No Pairing; Angie&Sidney friendship

Trauma Center (c) Atlus

A kiss on the cheek means…

Sidney was very unsure of what he was doing when he invited the blonde nurse on a trip to the mall. He could remember the look on Angie Thompson's face when he asked her if she would like to go shopping with him and see a movie. It was almost as if he was asking her on a date.

The blonde's green eyes practically bulged and her mouth literally dropped as far as humanly possible. The only word she could get out was, "yes". Due to the shock of Sidney Kasal, the uptight chief of Caduceus, asking her out, she barely had time to even consider the fact she was steadily dating Derek Stiles.

"Hello, Ms. Thompson," Sidney addressed formally when he arrived at her doorstep. Angie smiled back. "Thank you for accompanying me."

Angie's green eyes twinkled. "Of course, Sidney. But we're off work, just call me Angie."

Tints of red began to appear on the older man's face as he forced out a "right".

"So, what's your plan, Sidney?"

"Plan?" Sidney asked inquisitively.

Angie giggled. "You must have a plan for our date." she said slyly.

"D-date?! I'm sorry, Ms. Thompson! You have got it all wrong!"

The short, quiet giggles soon gave way to bold laughter. "I'm sorry, Chief, you are just too much fun to not tease." She coughed in order to compose herself. "But you really do need an idea of what to do on a date if you're planning to ask this mystery woman out."

Sidney pushed his glasses further up his nose and ducked his head slightly after embarrassing himself. "Right. What do you suppose I do?"

"A good place to start is a quiet dinner at a nice restaurant and follow it up with a movie and maybe stop by a place for dessert."

"So malls are a bad place for dates?"

"First dates… yes. It's noisy and impossibly hard to get to know one another." Angie stated with confidence and the experience to back it up. "However, since we're here, we can at least figure out topics to talk about and do some shopping! Derek's been wanting a new oxford shirt after he got blood on the last one."

After deciding upon several topics to converse about that Sidney was both fairly knowledgeable and interested in, Angie proceeded in dragging him to several stores to buy a new outfit for his date as well as the oxford shirt for Derek. It was already nine o'clock when Sidney walked Angie back to her door.

"Thank you, Angie. I appreciate your help." Angie smiled, but raised an eyebrow as Sidney began to dig in his coat pocket until he produced a small box. "A token of my gratitude," he explained, handing the velvet covered box into the blonde's hand.

"You didn't have to." she told him, pushing the gift back.

"I did." Sidney insisted, firmly handing the box back.

Angie smiled to herself, knowing debating was futile. "Well, thank you, Sidney. I had fun." She tiptoed to reach Sidney's height and placed a chaste kiss on his cheek. "Good night, Chief."

Sidney nodded, a slight smile on his face. "Good night, Ms. Thompson."

…I just want to be friends.

Angie and Sidney friendship. I thought, after reading a chapter from TCGeek's Tales of Caduceus with Leslie and Sidney friendship, Angie and Sidney can be friends too! Anyways, I liked how in the chapter, Sidney was kinda clueless about women so he's clueless in this series too! Yay for cluelessness!

Plus, making Angie tease Sidney was fun. And Sidney is such a gentlemen for giving Angie a present as a thank you. It seems like him; hopefully he didn't turn out too OOC. Still Derek&Angie forever!!! :)

- Jammed Radio