"Ma?" Seaweed yelled as he saw her bed was empty. He pushed open the bathroom door and saw his mother laying in blood and water, slits in her wrists and her eyes shut.

"MOMMA!" Seaweed screamed. He checked felt the water. It was still warm. He checked her pulse. It was still there. He got there just in time.

He rushed to the phone and dialed 911.

"911 what is your emergency?"

"I would like to report a suicide attempt. She's not dead yet but I need an ambulance NOW!" Seaweed gave the dispatcher the adress and as soon as he heard 'the ambulance is on it's way.' he hung up and immedietly called Corny.

"What's goin on Seaweed?"

"Momma tried to kill herself. She's not dead yet and the ambulance is right outside and they're comming to get her as we speak."

"I'll meet you at the hospital."

The medics got her in the ambulance and to the hospital quickly, got the bleeding to stop and tried to get her detoxed as quickly as possible. They were able to save her, but she wasn't awake yet, and nobody was allowed in the room.

Seaweed was in the lobby pacing the floor when Corny ran inside and started questioning him, tears in his eyes.

"Where is she? Is she okay? What happened?" Corny ask franticly.

"Room 211. They won't let anyone back there. They said that she is doing fine, and I don't know. I just came home from getting Alex to G-mommy's and noticed she wasn't in her bed so I opened the bathroom door and she was in the tub, with bloody water, 2 slits in her wrist, an empty glass, and an open bottle of painkillers." Seaweed explained. Corny plopped down in a waiting room chair and continued to cry.

"Why would she do something like this?" Corny ask, throwing his hands in the air.

"Man she had a misscarrage. She was having a baby and lost it. That has to be tough on anybody. She was looking forward to that baby more than the rest of us." Seaweed explained sitting down next to him. Corny just sat, stears still streaming down his face.

"Imma go get Inez from school. She needs to be here." Seaweed said standing up snd walking out of the waiting room.

"Mr.Stubbs?" The nurse called out in the waiting room.

"Oh he went to go get his sister. I'm Mr. Collins, Maybelle's husband." Corny said jumping out of his seat.

"Ok. Well you can go see her now. She's awake, but not fully. She won't talk but when your daughter and son get here I'll tell them where you are and they can come on back too."

"Thank you." Corny said making his way to her room. He opened the door and saw his wife lying in the hospital bed. He pulled up one of the chairs in the room next to the bed and sat. He just stared at her for a moment.

knock knock* Seaweed knocked on the door, holding Inez's hand. They stepped in and approached the bed.

"She awake?" Inez ask tears brimmimg her brown eyes as she sat on the foot of the bed.

"Only a little." Corny said taking her hand.

"Do we know when she'll be awake?" Seaweed ask as he pulled up the other chair next to Corny's.

"No." Corny said. Maybelles eyes fluttered open to see Inez is tears, sitting at her feet.

"Momma?" Inez ask in a wisper like voice. Maybelle looked over to Corny and Seaweed, who looked to afraid to move. She pondered what happened and all of her old feelings flooded back to her, causing a wave of panic and hurt. She burst into tears and desperatly wished to go back to sleep, trying to avoid the pain.

They all sat and let her cry, comforting her through love that they knew she felt. Maybelle hadn't spoken a word in 3 days, but she ended that streak with something that broke everyone's heart.

"I can't do this anymore." Maybelle choked out through tears. Inez couldn't stand to see her mother so broken and distraught.

"Momma are you okay?" Inez ask fresh tears rolling down her cheeks.

Maybelle shook her head covering her face with her hands as she continued to let her tears flood out of her eyes.

"Baby why?" Corny ask taking one of her hands. Maybelle tried to answer but everything got jumbled up and she was having a hard time explaining herself.

"Slow down momma. Take your time. It's okay." Seaweed said.

"Well, after I had lost the baby, I felt like I was useless. I had one job. To take care of myself and that baby and I failed. Then I got to thinking about all the other things i fail at or do wrong. I realized i'm not usefull anymore. The show is intergrated and it doesn't need two hosts. You guys don't need me anymore. Seaweed, you're grown up and have a lot going for you. Inez, you're finishing school and have a baby and a boyfriend. Corny, I figured you lived before me and you could live after me. Alex is too young to know me so it wouldn't effect his life at all So I thought to myself, why stay?" Maybelle explained slowly, stumbling on a few words but getting her point across.

"Momma no, " Inez said ," I need you now more than ever. I can't raise a baby. I'm 14! And Alex needs his lottie."

"Yeah momma, and just because I have things going for me, I still need my mother." Seaweed added.

"Baby I wouldn't be able to manage the show without you. Forget the show, I wouldn't be able to manage without you. I wouldn't be able to live without you because I know what it feels like to live with you and it's too good to let go. Maybelle you have changed my life completly. Being with you got my life on track. Before you I was a mess, and if you had taken yourself away from me I would be even worse. I love you. I need you." Corny explained staring deep into her eyes. She she searched the brown pools for honesty, and found it amongst love and hurt.

"I'm so sorry. I-I-I just couldn't-" Maybelle said breaking down again. Inez gave her a hug, laying her head on her mother's chest. Seaweed embraced the two, like he always did, laying his head ontop of Maybelle's. They took a deep breath and let her go, allowing Corny to access her. He placed a hand on her cheek and rubbed his thumb over it. He placed a gentle kiss on her lips and connected their forheads.

"It's okay."