Author's notes:

This is my very, very first time to submit here. Actually, I started this long list of stories with a friend and we escaped our questioning mothers by labeling this as our "English Assignment" which is to write a story per day. Well...if that was true then I'd be failing the assignment already...nods head...because I haven't been dutifully doing it at all.

Feel free to comment, criticize, flame or whatever because your comments help in the improvement of my writing style but always remember to keep it polite (Even the flames...if you feel the need to curse or to do other stuff like that, send it through e-mail or private message so that other reviewers wouldn't feel the negativity of the situation)

Disclaimer:

I do not own Gundam 00 in any way, form or shape. I only have the DVDs that I bought without my mother's knowledge, with my hard earned money by breaking my back carrying books in my summer job and through all that checking of Kumon papers that little kids just doodle the numbers on.

Characters Involved:

Graham Aker, Hailey Beckett (OC) and Billy Katagiri

Story #1: (Currently Untitled)

"Visit to the doctor's?"

Billy nodded while flipping over a few pages on his book. He and Graham were in a taxi, going to the nearest hospital in the Californian UNION base. He was told earlier by the higher-ups that Graham should get his annual medical checkup by a professional doctor in the hospital rather than the ones at the base because the hospital had better equipment and they worked faster too.

"And this is for my checkup?"

"That's right."

Graham scoffed and stared outside the taxi's window. It was a sunny day outside, people were enjoying themselves and walking around while shopping for the newest clothes or heading off to the nearest movie house in Beverly Hills to see the latest movie. If he wasn't a soldier, he thought, he'd probably be out there too, enjoying life with the rest of the people.

'Come to think of it…if I weren't a soldier…maybe I'd be a pro-football player now.' He mused.

He was shaken off his thoughts when Billy opened the door. He looked up and saw that they were already at the hospital. Billy had already paid their bill in the cab and was tapping his foot impatiently. Graham sighed and stepped out of the cab and began walking towards the hospital when somebody bumped into him.

"Sorry…I wasn't looking where I was going again…" the person muttered. It was a girl, Graham noted, wearing a white doctor's coat over a pale blue blouse and black skirt. Her things were scattered all over the ground and she hurriedly picked them up and tossed them into her bag. She didn't even wait for Graham to help her up.

"Who was that?" Billy asked once they were in the hospital waiting room. The nurse said that their appointment with Dr. Beckett would be in just a few minutes as the doctor was running a little late that morning.

"How should I know?"

"The doctor will see you now, Mr. Acre, Mr. Katagiri." The nurse said, gesturing to the door to her right. Graham and Billy entered and heard clinks of glass from an adjacent room. The doctor must have heard them coming.

"Sit, sit…I'll be with you in a minute!"

The voice was oddly familiar to Graham's ears. Whoever it was that spoke came out a minute later and rolled her eyes when she saw Graham.

"Oh it's you. So he's the one I have to do a checkup on, Billy?" she asked when she sat down on a chair. Billy nodded in agreement.

"That's right. You two know each other don't you, Dr. Hailey Beckett?"

"Of course we do, we went to the same high school…heck we went to the same schools until SOMEONE decided to enlist in the military." She said bitingly as she shuffled around the folders strewed on her desk. Graham scowled at her direction.

"Well if SOMEONE wasn't always such a damsel in distress, maybe I wouldn't have gone."

"Right, right…Graham…take off your clothes. We're starting with the checkup now."

The way Hailey said it was completely blunt and direct to the point that Graham's face had flushed red the moment she said it.

"Oh…right…Billy, can you go out for a while? I'll just have Nicolle call you in later…Graham, what are you waiting for? If you need to take it off in another room go there! Hurry up, I don't have all day!"

Billy immediately went out of the room while Graham stood his ground inside the room. Hailey sighed and put both of her hands on his shoulders.

"Would you rather I take your clothes off? If you're embarrassed or anything, do take it in mind that as part of my training to become a doctor…I had to see everything…so…nothing's new to me even if you do strip. Besides, you don't have to go past your boxers…or briefs…whichever."

It was only after Hailey's little speech that Graham complied and removed his clothes. The checkup had gone by quickly and she ordered him to put on his clothes again while she talks to Billy.

"I don't see why you have to tell Billy. I'm the one you did a checkup on, so why not tell me?"

"Oh…well…in that case, don't faint at what I'm about to tell you since you asked for it…You've got cancer." Hailey said, putting down the folder and scribbling something on it. Graham stared at her with his mouth open.

"Are you serious?"

"Of course not…you're perfectly healthy…now, get out. I've got more patients and no time to spare."

How was it? Strange? Yes, I know it's weird/strange...but I like it strange that way. Anyway, criticize ahead! c: