a/n: First fanfic I ever wrote. Set sometime in the first few seasons of scrubs, because I wrote it all the way back then. It's supposed to become JD/Cox later, but I don't know if I'll finish or not...we'll see. :)
Fifteen Seconds to Say I Love You
Elliot passes him a beer, and their fingers brush, making him look up into her face, only to see her staring at the TV. She isn't paying him any attention, and that's the moment he decides to do it.
Only he can't seem to spit it out.
Fifteen.
"Hey, Elliot…"
"Yeah?"
"Um, I wanted to tell y-
"Oh my god, look! JD, look at this!"
Fourteen.
He doesn't look. His hands are sweaty and he's still trying to psyche himself up for this, if only she would just pay attention.
"Yeah, that's cool. But, um…"
Thirteen.
Elliot runs to the kitchen, still excited over whatever it is.
"JD! Come here!" she whines. Like it's ever as exciting as she makes it out to be.
Whatever the hell it is.
Twelve.
He follows her.
Eleven. Ten. Nine.
Elliot grabs him by the end of his shirt and pulls him to the sink, putting her hand out under the streaming water to wash off some dirt encrusted artifact she'd found in the couch.
"Do you know what this is?"
Eight. Seven.
"Uh…"
Six.
"Come on, JD, I can't believe you don't remember!"
Five
"Should I?"
Four
"Yes. You're the one that gave it to me."
She wipes the dirt off it and dries it off on her shirt.
Three
As she holds it up for him to see, he covers her hand with his and looks her in the eyes, ready to tell her, ready to finally say it.
Two
Her eyebrow goes up under her bangs.
"What are you doing?"
One.
He takes a deep breath.
"…"
"JD?"
"…"
"Can I show you what it is now?"
"…sure."
She opens her hand, and slips it on his finger. He looks down. It appears a lot further away than it should.
"…Decoder ring."
"Yeah! You don't remember do you?"
"Not really, no."
"You gave it to me. Remember? The first time you said you loved me?"
Gobsmacked. Like he just got punched in the gut.
"Oh yeah." Weak.
She grins.
"I'm so glad that whole thing is over now, aren't you? Here, you can have this back. I know how cool you think it is."
"…yeah,"
She goes back to the couch.
"Thanks," he says to no one.
a/n: Thanks for reading. Feedback encouraged. :)