Danny's POV:
I woke up feeling much better than I had done yesterday. My legs didn't hurt at all any more and my head wasn't aching quite as much. I looked beside me, expecting to see Dougie, only to find that he wasn't there. I sat up instantly and looked around the room, still not spotting him. I didn't want to worry the other two, and so I just got out of bed and silently left the room. I walked to the waiting room and looked around at all of the chairs. I couldn't see him anywhere and so I went to leave, but the receptionist caught my eye. I looked over to her and she pointed to underneath the desk. I didn't get it at first but then she mouthed 'He's here' to me, and so I walked over. I checked that I could go behind the desk, before doing so and spotting Dougie with his legs crossed and his face in his hands, still in the huge t-shirt.
'Hey Dougles. What are you doing down here?' I asked softly, crouching down in front of him. He gasped before moving his hands away from his face and looking at me.
'Danny! I was scawed!' He said quickly to me, wrapping his little arms around my neck.
'Why were you scared Dougs?'
'I needed a wee but you no wake up so I twyed to find toilet but I getted lost and I comed in here because a man shouted at me.' He rushed out, still keeping his arms around me.
'Aww it's okay Dougs. Come on, I'll take you to the toilet.' I said to him, wrapping my arm around his back and standing up with him. He muttered something as we stood up but I didn't hear him.
'What did you say Dougs?' I asked him with a small smile.
'I did a wee alweady.. I no mean to.. That's why the scawy man shouted at me... I weally sowwy Danny.. I twyed to howd it I weally did.. But you no there to helped me..' He whispered to me, and I could feel his tears starting to soak into my shoulder.
'Its okay Dougs, don't cry. I know you didn't mean to. Where were you Dougs? I'll ask to get it cleaned up.' I said softly to him, knowing that he was just scared. He pulled his head out from my shoulder and pointed over to the corner of the waiting room with a shaky hand. Sure enough, there was a small puddle there, and so I turned back around to the receptionist.
'I'm really sorry, would somebody be able to clean just over there in the corner? He got scared and had a bit of an accident.' I told her, stroking Dougie's hair out of his face.
'I weally weally sowwy.. I no mean to...' Dougie sobbed to her, his bottom lip trembling slightly as he spoke.
'It's fine little guy. Don't cry. I'll get it cleaned up for you, don't worry.' She said kindly, smiling comfortingly at Dougie. He still continued to cry and so she spoke up again.
'Do you like sweeties?' She asked Dougie with a small smile. He looked up, sniffing slightly, and nodded, still holding back tears.
'If you're a very brave boy, and you can wipe away all of those tears, then I'll get you some sweeties. Yeah?' She said to him. He nodded again and slowly started wiping away the tears from his cheeks. They were replaced by new ones quite quickly, but you could tell with one glance that he was trying his best to stop crying and so she pulled out a large pot of colourful sweets from under the desk and held them out to Dougie.
'Wow Dougs.. Look!' I said excitedly to him, helping him to wipe some of the tears from his cheeks. He gave us both a small weak smile and moved his hand from his face. He started moving it towards the pot of sweets, but stopped just before he got there, looking up at us unsurely. The receptionist just nodded and motioned for him to carry on, and so he stuck his hand in and pulled out a couple.
'Th-Thank you..' He smiled up at her, still stuttering from the crying.
'That's okay. Do you feel a bit better now?' She replied, receiving a little nod from Dougie in reply.
'Come on Dougs, lets go and get you dressed.' I said happily to him, boosting him up higher in my arms. He just nodded again and so I quickly thanked the receptionist before carrying him back into our room. I got him changed quite quickly and then grabbed a children's book from a little stand in the corner and sat on the bed reading it to him.
'Danny?' He asked about half-way through.
'Yeah Dougs?' I asked him quietly in reply, as the other two were still sleeping.
'Why you so nice to me? Nobody's ever fwiendly to me..' He asked, looking truly baffled.
'Because you're an awesome little guy! And I'm sure all your friends at school are nice to you.' I told him with a small smile.
'No.. I no have any fwiends at school because nobody ever want to talked to me..' He said sadly, hugging himself closer to my chest.
'Its okay Dougs, they'll talk to you soon and you'll have lots of people asking to be your friend.' I told him supportively, wrapping my arms around him and playing with his hair.
'Danny?' He asked quietly.
'Yeah Dougs?'
'Pwease will you be my fwiend? I weally like you..' He said sweetly, and so I nodded, hugging him a little tighter.
'Of course I'll be your friend Dougs! We already are friends, you know that. Come on, lets finish reading this book before the other two wake up.' I smiled to him, receiving a simple little nod in reply. I continued reading him the book until I looked down to see he'd fallen asleep again. I carefully tore him from my side and lay him properly in bed, tucking him under the quilts, just as the other two woke up.
'Morning Dan.. Are you feeling better today?' Tom asked tiredly, stretching and yawning to wake himself up.
'Way better! Dougie's just gone back to sleep so we won't go until he's woken up. He needs his sleep after the last couple of nights.' I said to the other two, still covering Dougie thoroughly in the quilts.
'Why was he awake?' Harry asked, looking confusedly at me.
'He needed the toilet this morning but couldn't wake us up, so he went to find them himself but ended up wetting himself in the middle of reception and hiding under the main desk until I found him. The girl at the desk is really kind though and she gave him some sweets to cheer him up and stop him crying.' I explained to them.
'Aww poor Dougs. He's such a sweet little kid but it seems like all of the bad stuff happens to him.' Tom said, smiling sort of sympathetically at Dougie.
'Yeah.. And he's been wetting himself a lot more over the last couple of days... You don't think he's scared about anything do you? I mean, his nightmares are getting worse, he wet the bed last night.' I said to them, suddenly beginning to get concerned about Dougie.
'He probably is scared about something.. But there's no way of us finding out. So we'll just have to try and keep him happy so he can enjoy himself.' Harry said, smiling slightly as if he was trying to give us some hope.
'Yeah you're right. We'll just let him sleep now, he'll wake up soon anyway.' I replied to him, and the other two nodded. We then sat around talking for about half an hour before I felt Dougie begin to writhe by my side. I instantly took him in my arms and stroked his hair as he started shaking and wriggling around. I placed light kisses all over his head until he finally began to calm down, relaxing into my hug and taking my shirt in his hands. He woke up a couple of minutes later and he smiled tiredly up at me.
'Morning Dougs.. Are you feeling okay?' I asked him gently, still holding him in my arms.
'My wist hurts... Ow Danny.. It hurts...' He said sadly, starting to cry.
'Ssh Dougs, it's okay. Should I get the nurse to bring you something to stop it hurting?' I asked him with a small smile.
'Yes pwease Danny..' He sniffled, wiping away the majority of his tears.
'Okay Dougs.. Well done for being brave..' I said to him, seeing him take a huge breath to try and stop himself crying. I then pressed the call button on the wall and a nurse came running in.
'Yes sir?' She asked when she got over to the bed.
'Have you got any painkillers that little Dougie here could take? His wrist's a bit sore.' I asked her, watching as Dougie looked up at her with huge watery eyes.
'Yeah.. I'll bring them through in a second. Is it just your wrist that's hurting?' She asked him, smiling down at him. He shook his head and I looked at him confused.
'Where else hurts Dougs?' I asked him softly, not wanting him to be in pain.
'I no say..' He said defiantly, crossing his arms tightly over his chest.
'Come on Dougs.. Just tell us and the doctors can make you feel better.' I carried on, trying to persuade him to tell us.
'I no want her to know..' He muttered, looking up at the nurse.
'Whisper it to me then Dougs.. And I'll tell one of the doctors for you, yeah?' I asked him, now really confused as to what was going on. He looked as if he was thinking about what I'd said for a second before he nodded and stood up on the bed so he could reach my ear. He then cupped his hands around it before putting his mouth right next to it.
'Danny... My willy hurts when I do a wee..' He said timidly into my ear, and I then understood why he didn't want the others to know.
'Oh.. It's okay Dougs.. You don't have to be embarrassed about the others knowing, they won't be mean. I'll tell them for you though, yeah?' I asked him, giving him a supportive little smile. He nodded against my shoulder and so I ruffled his hair before turning to the nurse, the other two both giving me confused looks.
'Its hurting him to go to the toilet.. He's just a bit embarrassed, that's why he didn't want to say.' I told them quietly, gently rubbing Dougie's back.
'It's okay, I'll bring you some tablets that will sort that out in no time, it's probably just a very mild infection.' The nurse said kindly before walking out of the room.
'There you go Dougs, that wasn't so bad, was it?' I said with a smile as he pulled his head out from my shoulder.
'No..' He mumbled and so I sat him down on my knee and hugged him tightly again.
'Danny?' He asked me quietly after a minute or so.
'Yeah mate?'
'Are we allowed to wead a stowy?' He asked sweetly and so I nodded and grabbed a book from the pile on my beside table. We only got about 3 pages in when the nurse came back with a glass of water and a couple of boxes.
'Here you go Dougie. If you take these two, and I'll give the others to Danny to look after.' She said cheerily to Dougie, passing him the cup of water and holding out one pill from each box. He looked at them confused and so I took them from the nurse and helped show Dougie how to swallow them.
'Now boys, about little Dougie's infection. It's nothing to worry about, quite a lot of kids his age get it, so don't be scared. He'll be needing the toilet a lot more until it goes away and sometimes he'll need it without even knowing, so just make sure you take him to the toilet regularly and be prepared in case he has any accidents, because he'll be more likely to have one while the infection is still in his system. Apart from that, he should be fine. He'll be complaining about it hurting when he goes to the toilet but that will go away within a couple of days. Just follow the instructions on the boxes for the tablets and if there's any other problems or if it's not gone after a week then just come back and ask for Nurse Lindsay. You're free to go whenever you want now. Have a nice day boys.' The nurse told us with a small smile tugging on her lips. We all said quick thank you's as she put the boxes down on the desk and then left the room.
'You okay to go home Dan?' Harry asked once she'd gone, and I just nodded in reply. The other two then left the room with Dougie as I got dressed and I met them outside in the waiting room once I was ready.
'Come on, lets take you to the toilet Dougs.' I said to him, taking him from Tom's arms.
'But I no need it..' He told me, but I just continued carrying him to the toilets.
'Its just to be sure Dougs.' I said to him, remembering what the nurse had told us. He gave up trying to fight against me and just relaxed into my arms. I found the bathroom after a couple of minutes and took him in there. I sat him on the toilet and he just sat for a minute before he started to cry.
'Hey Dougs, what's the matter little buddy?' I asked him softly, crouching down in front of him.
'It hurts Danny I no like it..' He sobbed to me, burying his face in his hands.
'Ssh Dougs it's okay, you'll be better soon. Are you finished?' I asked him quietly, to which he nodded. I stood him up from the toilet and got him dressed properly again before taking him to wash his hands. Once he'd washed them I carried him back out of the bathroom and wiped away his last few tears with my thumb.
'You okay now Dougs?' I asked just before we got back to the other two.
'Yeah.. Thank you Danny.' He said in a cute little voice, resting his head against my shoulder.
'Its okay Dougs, I'm just glad you're better.' I said sincerely to him. We then met the other two before going outside and ringing a taxi, just being happy that we were all fine.