WY: Chapter 7
It was now morning here in the little town of Peach Creek and we soon came upon the local hospital of the town. It was in one of these hospital hallways that we could see a few kids walking down the hallway, looking for a certain room to enter. The kids were Kevin, Nazz, Rolf, Jonny 2x4, Sarah, and Jimmy. Nazz was carrying a vase of blue flowers in her arms; a present from the whole Cul-De-Sac for their injured friend.
"So… which one is his room again?" Jimmy asked aloud to everyone as he turned to everyone else beside him.
"I think it was room A-44," Sarah stated as she kept on looking at the doors of the hallway that they were in.
Rolf was looking around with a bit of a worried look in his eyes, "Rolf does not like this place," he stated.
"Ah, it'll be alright, Rolf!" Jonny stated, "Plank says you're not the one being treated here; so you got nothing to worry about!"
"Gee, I wonder how Double D's doing so far?" questioned Nazz aloud, "He's not exactly the strongest person in the world to go through this kind of thing…"
"… I bet he's alright, Nazz," Kevin replied to her as Nazz looked towards Kevin a little, "He's been through a lot before; I think he can handle it."
Nazz made a sigh at his statement, "I guess you're right, Kev."
It was soon that the kids came upon the room that they were looking for; room A-44. They soon opened to door, only to see something that surprised them a little; both Double D and Eddy were lying in separate hospital beds, sleeping. They then saw Ed sleeping on a couch on the other side of the room.
"Huh?" muttered everyone as they came into the room, "I didn't know Eddy got hurt too…" Nazz stated.
It was when he heard his name that Eddy started to wake up from his slumber with a bit of a groan, "Geez, what a day…" Eddy muttered as he noticed the kids from the Cul-De-Sac in the room with him, "Whoa!" he exclaimed a little in surprise, "W-What the heck are you guys doin' here?!"
"We came to see Double D," Jonny stated.
"Did you get injured too, Three-Haired-Eddy?" Rolf questioned.
"Err, well; not exactly…" Eddy started to say but was interrupted by a yawn from the other side of the room.
Everyone turned to see that Ed was starting to wake up. He then turned to Double D, then to Eddy and the other kids, blinked a couple of times, and widened his eyes, "Eddy!" Ed cheered a little as he came over to him and gave him his famous 'Ed-Hugs', "You woke up from being passed out!"
"Yeah, yeah; that's great Ed," Eddy started to say a little as he made a bit of a squirm, trying to get out of Ed's hug, "You can let me go now!"
"… Oh," muttered Ed as he let go of Eddy, making him land back on the bed in front of him, "Sorry about that Eddy, I was just glad that you woke up!"
Eddy made a bit of a groan as he turned back to the other kids and noticed what Nazz had in her hands, "So, uh… What's with the vase and flowers?"
"We're giving them to Double D when he wakes up," Nazz replied to Eddy.
"Oh, uh-huh…" Eddy muttered back as he then turned to Double D, who was still asleep.
"… Will Double D wake up soon?" Jimmy questioned as he turned to Sarah.
"I'm sure he will, Jimmy," Sarah stated back in a reassuring voice.
Soon everyone heard a bit of a tired groan as everyone turned to see Double D, who was starting to wake up.
"And he's finally awake," Kevin muttered aloud.
Double D soon opened his eyes towards where Eddy was, only to see everyone from the Cul-De-Sac beside him. He widened his eyes at the rare site, "G-Guys…?" he questioned aloud to himself as he propped himself up a little to see everyone.
"Heh, you finally woke up, Sockhead," Eddy stated as he got up off of the hospital bed he was in and went over to Double D, along with the others with him.
Double D only nodded his head in a weak way to Eddy as he turned to look at everyone else, "Why are you all here…?"
"We came to see how you were doing," Nazz stated as she then showed Double D the vase of blue flowers she held, "And we came to give you these."
Double D looked at the vase of blue flowers that she held, "A vase of baby blue gym socks…?"
"Yeah," Nazz replied back as she sat them on the table beside his bed, "Eddy told us that it was your favorite kind of flower, right?"
"Y-Yes, that's true…" Double D responded back with a weak nod of his head.
Suddenly, from out of the blue, Double D hisses a little in pain as the injury in his shoulder started to throb in pain again, clutching the injury with his right hand as he did.
"Double D?" everyone questioned as they all made a bit of a worried face, "Are you okay, Double D?" Ed asked.
"Y-Yeah," Double D replied as he lay back down on the hospital bed, "I-I guess I strained it a little from sitting up like that."
Suddenly, you could hear a sound coming out of nowhere as everyone turned to Ed, "… My stomach's talking to me," he stated.
"… Why don't you guys go down to the cafeteria and get something to eat," Double D suggested as everyone turned to him.
"You don't mind if we did that, Double D?" Jonny questioned.
"Why… I don't mind it at all," Double D replied.
"Good," Kevin started to say as he started walking towards the door, "I'm starting to get hungry anyway."
Soon everyone started to follow Kevin's lead… that is, except for Eddy, "Huh…? Aren't you going to go with the others, Eddy?" Double D questioned when he noticed that Eddy stayed behind.
"… Nah, I'll grab some grub later," Eddy replied as he sat back down on the hospital bed beside Double D.
"Oh, a-alright…" Double D muttered a little as he tilted his head down a little with a bit of thought, 'I wonder… if it will be okay to tell him about it…' he then lifted his head back up as he turned to Eddy beside him to his right, "Say, Eddy…"
"Hmm?" Eddy hummed a little as he turned to his hat-wearing friend beside him.
"Did I ever tell you…" Double D started to say before pausing for a moment to gather up his courage, "D-Did I ever tell you or Ed how I got my scar?"
Eddy batted an eyebrow at him for a moment, "No, I don't think you ever did," he replied as he thought about something, "Wait… does it have something to do with that Janet girl?"
"Actually… No; it doesn't," Double D replied back as he made a sigh, "I got my scar long before I met Janet in that horrible school…" he made another sigh at the story he was about to tell Eddy, "I… had a little sister, named Evelyn; she was six at the time, and I was seven-"
"Wait, hold up!" Eddy interrupted with a bit of a surprised voice, "You have a little sister?!"
"… 'Had' would be the correct term now, Eddy," Double D stated back, "Now if you would let me continue…"
"… Oh, sorry," Eddy replied back.
"It's alright Eddy," Double D stated as he then made a bit of a cough to clear his throat, "As I said before, I was seven, and Evelyn was six. We lived in a house in a rural neighborhood outside a big city, and it was always quiet… that is, until one night," he lowered his head at what he was going to say next, "I was away with Mother, Father, and Evelyn when it happened; our house had caught on fire somehow. Evelyn did not know how dangerous the fire was, so she snuck past Mother and Father and went inside to save some of her belongings… So, when I found out that she had gone inside, I was so worried about her that I rushed off after her, knowing full well how dangerous it was. When I finally got inside to find her, the house collapsed with her and me inside it… I was the only one who made it out; but not without a price."
It was then that Double D took off his beanie from his head, exposing the burn scar on his forehead, "A piece of the house hit me on the head, leaving me with this scar…"
Eddy was shocked to hear his story; he did not know how much Double D had been through in his life.
"After the fire, we moved to another town, where I met Janet at that horrible school. She was the one that gave me the gap in between my teeth…" Double D continued to say as he looked back up at Eddy with a bit of a smile, "After that incident, I moved here to the Cul-De-Sac, where I met you and Ed."
"… Why didn't you tell me or Ed this before?" Eddy asked.
"… I don't know," Double D replied as he made a sad sigh, placing his hat back on his head again as he did, "Maybe because I didn't want you two to worry about me, I guess…"
There was another moment of silence between the two before they heard someone come into the room; it was one of the nurses of the hospital, "You must be Eddward Johnson, correct?" questioned the nurse as she looked at Double D.
"Yes, that's right," Double D replied.
"It's time for you to go home now," the nurse stated, "The doctors say that your shoulder is healed enough for you to go home, but they will need to examine you once more before you leave."
"Oh, thank you for the information," Double D stated back.
"It's no problem," stated the nurse as she then left the room.
"Well, that's good news to my ears," Eddy stated with a bit of a sigh.
Double D turned to Eddy with a bit of confusion, "How so?" he asked.
"Err, well…" Eddy started to mutter back, "I meant it'll be good to have ya back in the Cul-De-Sac, ya know?"
Double D blinked a little before chuckling a little, "I guess so, Eddy…"