Illness
Ed's POV
The words stuck in Edwards head for a very very long time, 'Edward, you are coming home with me tomorrow.' he played it over and over, he couldn't believe Roy said something like that when he had promptly refused before.
Maybe he just said it because he didn't want to pay any extra hospital bills or anything. Yeah, that had to be it.
He was okay, but a little bit saddened at the thought Roy only cared about money and work, he probably didn't even care about Ed's health. Well, of course he did, but not sincerely. He always said it would be too much paperwork for him to let Ed die. Was that true though? Ed couldn't help think it was, but what if he actually cared about him? No, never.
And that was a sufficient answer to Ed.
Al's POV
The day he had heard his brother had been hospitalized due to a mysterious sickness, Al couldn't help but want to get to his brother's side immediately, but alas, he had things to take care of.
But, of course, Al was planning a trip down to the hospital soon.
Al had a lot of work to do before he could ever set a time or even a date for that visit though.
Ed's POV
Ed was very confused right now, Roy said he would be here to collect him in the after around 1 pm. It was already 3 and he was getting worried. He hoped it was nothing though.
Something else Ed saw as strange was, not a single nurse had come in today.
Nor, in all the time he had been there, had he been told what kind of sickness he had.
What kind of sickness did he have? He had seen some of the symptoms before, but, they weren't all the same. Therefore, he couldn't be sure of what he had.
He was certainly hoping it wasn't what he thought though.
Roy's POV
Roy had promised Ed yesterday, that he would be there around 1 pm to collect him, and take him home.
Roy set his alarm to wake him up an hour before, though since he was so tired from being at the hospital, he decided unconsciously to sleep in and forget about the alarm.
He had a dream about a unicorn flying him off into the sunset, that was happy. The only unhappy part was that when he got to a certain distance, the unicorn burned to death and Roy suffocated in space. Then, he woke up.
He got up, and took a nice long shower.
After he got dressed, he made breakfast which conceived of: Pancakes, milk, sausages, bacon, and a fruit salad on the side.
He sat down to watch television, because he thought he had woken up at the time he had set his alarm for.
He watched for a good hour, then decided to look at his watch.
His face paled.
"It's already 4?!" He said aloud
Just as fast as those words were out of his mouth, he was out the door.
Ed's POV
It was nearing 5 already, and Ed had just about given up hope of being picked up.
Yeah, just as he had thought… he wasn't going to be picked up any time soon, not today, not tomorrow, not in a week, and not in two.
He was alright with it though. He already expected to be ditched anyway.
A nurse came in and broke his train of thought.
" , we have a diagnosis on what you have. Is your guardian here yet?" The nurse asked.
This was a different nurse, one much more young and energetic.
"No, my guardian has failed to make it on time, unfortunately." Ed responded with a very glum expression.
"Well, would you like to hear your diagnosis anyway?" the nurse asked.
"sure." Edward responded still very unsure if he wanted to wait for Roy or find out by himself.
"Okay, please come with me then, Mr. Elric" and the nurse and Ed were off out the doors to see what was to come of young Ed's future.(A/N I was thinking of leaving this off at a cliff hanger, but thought that only 640 words would be a waste of a chapter, be thankful! end of A/N)
Roy's POV
He was in major traffic on the way to the hospital. He had been stopped by road work twice, had a class taking a field trip stop him once, and about every 3 minutes he was at a red light for another 2 minutes at a time.
The world must've hated him today, no, not hated, despised.
He really needed to get to Ed soon, no matter how fast he went, though, it seemed he was only going slower.
This is going to be a long day. Roy thought.
Ed's POV
He had followed nurse energetic around for what seemed like seconds, he was so nervous he could hardly see what was going on in front of him.
The only thing that snapped him out of his trance was, "Mr. Elric, Dr. Einstein is waiting inside I will come by your room later." the nurse said.
"OK thank you." Ed said.
Ed walked in what seemed like the x-ray room, but somehow, he knew it wasn't. This was one of those 'special' rooms in hospitals. You know, the ones you see and hear about in those emergency shows, but they won't let you see what is inside the room, because it is confidential. Yeah, this was it.
"Hello… Mr. Elric, sir." the doctor said.
Ed didn't like this, it was the calm before the storm.
"Hello." Ed said cautiously.
"please, take a seat." the doctor said. Ed sat.
"Mr. Elric, before anything, I want to inform you, even if your guardian comes to receive you, you may not be allowed to leave, I apologize for that, but we will get into that in a little ore detail later. Now, you have something we personally have never dealt with before. It is a type of cancer, but not just that, it is mixed in with multiple different sicknesses as well. The it is not very likely for you to go over the age of 16. But, I must say I have seen my share of medical miracles in my time, so you never know." the doctor said as Ed stared in complete shock.
Oh my, now we know what his illness is. I was going to have Roy come in and find out and then leave it off, but I thought that it was more for the next chapter. Again, very short chapter I apologize. Better then none right? I was planning on just fixing chapter one and two (which I advise you read again) and then doing chapter 3 either tomorrow or in a few days, so be happy about that.