Alright, I believe I forgot to make this clear, I don't own scrubs. Let me reiterate… I DON'T OWN SCRUBS! However you do not know what I would pay for about 1or… I don't know 5 hours with John C. McGinley, some whipped cream and a rope… Need I say more?
By the way I would like to throw out some props to some great JDA and DCA fics I have read (namely Elise Davidson and Taelyn Hawker… way to kick some ass ladies.) Anyway, even though I normally stick with humor, I may have to dip into drama and H/C just because of them.
Also a big thanks to 'babyholder . com for all of the Indian names.
………….In this chapter…………
Dr. Cox faces a fear, and J.D. tries to explain just why he doesn't have a problem with the upcoming trip.
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'Seriously… flying. I haven't had to do that since I was little. Definitely not one of my top priorities… like ever. If it weren't for Newbie there is no way in hell I would get near one of those flying metal death contraptions… and now I sound like someone's grandpa. Just lov-er-ly.'
Perry Cox had never been much of a flyer. Planes just didn't seem like the safest thing, and being stuck in an enclosed, inescapable room, miles above the ground with a bunch of people who he would probably want to kill within five minutes was not his idea of a good time. The only thing that would make this bearable would be that he would have Anish with him (he had decided today was 'Indian Name Day' and had thusly informed Dayita.)
Jorderoo had known about his fear of flying but she was the only one. The only reason she had even found out about it was that she wanted to go visit a relative of hers that he actually liked but who had the unfortunate problem of living in Georgia. It took much pleading and drinking (well at least on his part) to get her to never mention in again.
Of course now that she was doing… well whatever she was doing with Barbie… he wasn't so sure about any of his secrets. Just yesterday they had walked by him and Perry swore he heard 'the Demon' whisper something about a curling iron into the younger girl's ear. Now some things were just meant to be private. If Nisha ever found out about that …'I wouldn't be able to call him girls names anymore, I would be even too much of a hypocrite even for me.'
However even if the curling iron stayed a secret he had the feeling that there would be no escaping the younger man's noticing he was afraid of flying- especially if he started to hyperventilate like the last time he had gotten on a plane.
Perry walked out of the break room a lot more stressed than when he went in. Tomorrow was the day; he only hoped he wouldn't have a nervous breakdown before then.
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'Whew! I thought Dr. Kelso was going to give me bad news, this is the best thing that happened since Rowdy and Steven were in the same room together for the first time.'
J.D. supposed that to just about anyone else would have thought it was a bad thing, but since finding out about the conference yesterday, he had practically floated around. Wouldn't that be cool (J.D. imagines himself floating around Mercury style, with the flying shoes…)
"I wonder if I'd have to wear a toga or if it was optional."
"I'm sorry, what was that Bambi?"
J.D. thought about the fact that he really had to stop finishing thoughts out loud for a while if he wanted a chance at surviving this coming week and apologized to Carla. He was rushing around the hospital trying to avoid his Chocolate Bear for the first time in his life. He hadn't done anything, at least not yet, but J.D. was sure he was going to ask about this Dr. Cox thing. He knew he hadn't done the appropriate job of seeming upset and that had caused his best friend to become suspicious.
"You could just tell him the truth"
J.D. looked over at Carla in shock
"Did I just say what I was thinking out loud?
"No, but I could tell what you were thinking anyway. If you just tell Turk that you have the hots for Dr. Co-"
"Carla!"
"What, it's not like it comes as a surprise to anyone around here right Laverne?"
"Mmm hmm. Everyone with eyes knows you got it bad for him Q-tip."
"Well that's not fair, maybe just Laverne knows…"
"Jordan?"
"Be careful DJ, he likes it rough."
Carla winced at that one and Laverne tried to pretend she hadn't heard that and went about her business.
"A little graphic for my tastes Jordan, but you sure can prove a point.' She turned to J.D. "Now before you ask, like Laverne said, it is obvious to anyone with eyes, so the two most important people don't know yet, Turk and Dr. Cox."
Jordan chimed in, "Yeah, Perry might pretend like he knows all, but he is a typical male in situations like this. I think you could wear a sign around your neck that says I LOVE PERRY COX and he wouldn't notice. Just try to keep it on the down low kid. And do yourself a favor; go tell your wife before you die from the withdrawal of not talking to him for six hours."
As J.D. walked away with a new spring in his step Jordan once again shared a conspiratorial smile with the Latina woman next to her and said…
"Oh, did I forget to mention that Perry feels the same way. Ooops. Well I guess we can't go and spoil all of their fun this weekend, how mean would that be. I wonder who's gonna top?"
Carla just shook her head and left the slightly evil woman to her musings.
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J.D. found his Brown Bear in the cafeteria, sitting and drinking some apple juice. He took a deep breath and walked over, mentally preparing himself for whatever was about to go down between him and his best friend.
"Okay Turk, I'm ready. I know you've been dying to ask, so go ahead."
Putting a mock innocent look on his face Turk asked J.D.,
"Why whatever are you talking about VB? Is there something I should be wondering about? Unless you're talking about the question on every person in the entire universe's mind! Why on earth do you seem to be excited to go on this trip with Dr. Cox? Cause seriously man, I almost called someone over from psych to help me figure this one out."
"But SCB…"
"No J.D. let me finish. I know you have had some sort of hero worship for this man since we started here, and I have let it go, but he is just a straight up bastard."
"Turk, I don't appreciate you-"
"I don't care what you appreciate man, this needs to be said. You can't follow him around like an injured puppy. One day he is just going to turn on you and show what a jackass he really is. So unless you have some great reason for being his lap dog then-"
"I LOVE HIM TURK. MY GOD WHY CAN'T YOU SEE!"
At that point J.D. felt shocked and thought he was going to faint, he hadn't really just said that out loud had he? He decided to take the look on Turk's face as a yes. He also counted his blessings that the only other person in the cafeteria was Dr. Beardface, if everyone were there someone would probably figure out who he was talking about. As it was he was almost afraid to look at his best friend, Turk didn't know he was gay, let alone that he had fallen for the illustrious Perry Cox. Well to be honest he hadn't know he was gay either, he always thought he liked girls, but Perry was the exception to the rule apparently.
J.D. hesitantly looked over at the one person who's opinion mattered most (well except for Dr. Cox, but there was no way in hell that he was ever gonna find out.) Oddly enough Turk didn't seem upset, just surprised. J.D. awaited the answer to his question and looked into his friends eyes.
"I would love to say that I am surprised dude, but I'm not. I saw this coming a long time ago. Now, I definitely don't agree with your choice, I'm happily married, but I suppose I will support you. Imagine what kind of state you would be in if Vanilla Bear didn't have his chocolate counterpart."
"Seriously man?"
"Of course J.D., I could never be mad at you for something like that, I mean you can't choose who you love, right?"
"Well, yeah. Are you sure you're not mad at me though; not that I am trying to push you or anything, but it seems like you should be screaming words like 'pansy' and 'poof' at me instead of being so understanding. It's what everyone else would do."
"Yes but I'm not everyone now am I? I'm your Super Chocolate Bear."
J.D.'s face broke out into an all out grin at the last statement. He should have known Turk would be cool with this, they were the two closest people in the world.' Heck he probably knew before me.'
"Yes, I think I did know before you did. You were all normal, puppy dog like and then you got all depressed, I'm guessing that was when you realized you liked him, then you got all 'dopey-smiley' around him. I'm assuming that is when you realized this wasn't going to go away and decided to just be happy you saw him so much/ relish the moment."
"It is like you were in my head."
Turk grimaced at that one and said "For a while it seemed like I was, which meant I got to watch you stare at his ass whenever he walked away or his hair when he wasn't looking. It was a little gross man…"
"I thought you were okay with this C-bear?"
"Oh I am, but you can just keep the gory details to yourself like a good boy. I don't want to know what he is like in bed. I have a hard enough time pretending like I am oblivious to what is going on without the added benefit of having nightmares."
Blushing at the mental image that sent J.D. attempted to explain to Turk that this was just a one sided thing, and there never was and never will be any 'gory details', as much as he wished that there were. Turk didn't seem convinced but he let it go eventually. All of a sudden his pager went off and he had to go, apologizing about the crap-tacular timing.
J.D. wasn't too sad about having a couple minutes to himself. It gave him time to think about the fact that he was leaving tomorrow for a week with Perry Cox and he couldn't quite stop the smile that came over his face.
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So sorry about the delay getting this story out, I was torn between writing and reading. I know I mentioned this before (at the top) but Elise Davidson amazing. If you like magic-y stuff I'm currently reading My Looking Glass and it rocks out loud. Next update won't be until next week at the latest, the new book in the Twilight series comes out Sat. and I'm gonna be at the release party all night tomorrow.
Special thanks to everyone who reviewed.