My first Scrubs fanfic. I wanted to do a future piece with JD and Cox established as a couple and with Sam. JD is not in this, but he will be in the second part. Enjoy!

My Disappointment

"Hello. How can I help you?" The high school secretary asked, politely.

"Yeah, hi." Perry muttered. "I'm here to pick up my step-son. They called and said he'd gotten into some kind of trouble."

"Okay, who's your step-son?"

"Sam Dorian." He braced himself for the next part of the conversation.

"Oh! You're Kim's husband?" She raised her eyebrows and smiled.

"Nope." Perry grimaced. "Other parent."

The all-too-common look of confusion flashed across the secretary's face, followed closely by the dawning realization. Then the judgement.

"Ah. I see." She nodded slightly, then suddenly had something very important to look at on her desk. Without glancing up, she added, "He's in the principal's office. I'll tell him you're coming in."

"Thank you." Perry turned and shuffled quickly to the principal's office door, waited for the secretary to give him the okay, then entered.

"Hey, Perry." Sam sat in front of the principal's desk, not smiling.

"Mr. Cox." Principal Freln, a very skinny blond man, stood up from his desk and greeted Perry with a smile and a hearty handshake.

"Doctor Cox, actually." Perry didn't return the smile.

"Right, of course. Sorry." Freln laughed nervously.

"So," Perry began with a quick look to Sam, "you wanna tell me why I'm here?"

"Please, sit." Freln gestured to the chair next to Sam, "We called you, particularly, because Sam here insisted we call you. And not Dr. Dorian."

Perry raised his eyebrows. "Oh?"

"Indeed. Now, the reason we called at all is because your step-son was found in possession of," he picked something up off his desk, "this."

It was a pack of cigarettes. Camel Signature Blend. Perry touched his nose, shifting his gaze from the cigarettes, to Sam, to the principal.

"Now," Freln continued cautiously, sensing the doctor's growing tension, "as I'm sure you know, possession of tobacco by someone under the age of 18 is illegal. However, at our school, we prefer not to get the police involved in things of this caliber. But we need to make sure that, as a parent, you will deal with this very seriously."

"Oh," Perry said, turning to Sam, "you don't need to worry about that."

"No, I didn't think I would have to." Freln smiled humorlessly. "And Sam will also be suspended for two weeks."

"Okay." Perry stood. "Now, if we're done here..."

"Yes," Freln walked over to open the door, "Good day, Doctor."

"Don't count on it." Sam said gravely.