Summary: Hey yall, I know I said this would be up oh I don't know yesterday but I got swamped and couldn't. However, I'm here today to present the newest chapter to you and I hope everyone enjoys it. Still AU with some similarities like I said last time and filled with slash. Don't like don't read. Anyways, on to the disclaimer.
Disclaimer: Even with a second look on my previous taxes with H&R block, I still don't have enough to buy Scrubs. Dammit, and I was so close. Oh well.
On to Chapter Three
Chapter Three
The neurologist came out of Perry's room and closed the door behind him. Being the best neurologist in the hospital, he was assigned to Perry's case and had been called as soon as the man woke up. Examining him for a while and giving him something to make him go back to sleep, he prepared himself to tell everyone the bad news.
"Dr. Drake, how he is?"
"I examined and questioned him then eventually gave him something for the pain which put him back to sleep. Aside from the external and internal injuries he seems to be fine."
"He doesn't remember me, how is he fine."
"Well the head injuries caused by the accident may have caused some damage to the central part of the brain which handles memory. It seems to me that Perry is suffering from a slight case of retrograde amnesia and doesn't remember anything after the year 2000."
"So he's got amnesia and only remembers some of us; the people he knew before the year 2000." Jordan asked the doctor. She and Paige, along with Elliot and Carla immediately returned to Perry's room as soon as J.D called for them. They were all glad that he was awake but were horrified to learn that he was having trouble remembering.
"I'm afraid so and until I run some more tests I won't know how severe it is."
"Well who does he actually remember?"
"He remembers you Paige obviously because you're his sister as well as Carla and Jordan."
"Hold on doc in what way does he remember me."
"Perry still thinks that the two of you are married."
"Well isn't that just dandy." Jordan hissed as she pushed past the group and found herself a seat. Just when she thought she was finally ready to move on something was pulling her back in.
"I know this may be difficult for you to hear but it is what it is."
"What should we do?"
"As of right now the people that he does remember should be with him right now."
"What about the rest of us, what should we do?" Elliot asked. She was saddened by the fact that Dr. Cox no longer remembered her. Maybe he would finally call her by her real name instead of Barbie.
"You should probably refrain from seeing him. Nothing against you personally J.D but I want to make sure that Perry isn't harmed by any stress or shock. As you know it could worsen his condition."
"So you're saying that you want me to stay outside and not see him?" J.D hissed as he stood up from the chair.
"Yes, I'm afraid so. I'm really sorry."
"Sorry, the man that I love doesn't remember and all you have to say is sorry."
"J.D sweetie calm down-"
"How can I be calm Carla when he doesn't remember me? He seems to remember everybody else but me; hell, he even remembers you."
"That's because I've known Perry longer than the rest of you and I know you're mad but yelling at Dr. Drake isn't going to help." Carla whispered, "He's just telling you what's wrong with Perry, it's not his fault."
"I'm only trying to do what's best for my patient." Dr. Drake replied.
"I agree with the doctor, if it helps Perry then maybe you shouldn't see him."
"Of course you would say something like that Paige, you don't even like me."
"Me liking you is not important right now, making my brother better is."
"As long as it keeps me away from him right."
"Maybe this is for the best."
"You're a selfish bitch you know that."
"Alright that's enough." Carla yelled at the bickering adults but quickly turned her attention back to Paige. "Paige I understand that you want what's best for your brother but trying to keep J.D away is a waste of time. One way or another he's going to find a way in that room. What I think we should do is allow J.D to be in there but not as Perry's lover but as his doctor. That way he won't be confused when he wakes up again."
Paige turned her glare from J.D to Carla but softened it when she noticed Carla's glare. She knew there was no way she could match Carla in an argument so decided it was best if she stop while she was ahead. "Alright, J.D can see Perry as long as he promises not to say anything about their relationship to him."
J.D opened his mouth to retort but noticed the stern look from Carla. A lashing from a pregnant Carla right now was not what he needed; he already had too much on his plate to deal with. "Fine. I'll be his doctor nothing more until he remembers me."
"Good. I need to call the rest of the family and let them know that Perry's okay."
Paige brushed past the doctor and went off to call her family while J.D sat back down in the chair.
"What if he never remembers me Carla? Tell me exactly am I supposed to do then because I don't have a clue."
"Perry's a fighter Bambi he'll remember you, all of you I promise."
Carla didn't wait for J.D to respond before wrapping her arms around him and pulling him into a hug. J.D released all the hurt that he'd been holding in and softly cried on her shoulders. Elliot soon joined in and the three of them held each other, waiting for J.D to release all his emotions.
It was two hours later when Perry awoke again. This time he didn't find a weird kid holding his hand but his estranged sister in the room with him. At the moment, she was filling him in on the things that he didn't remember like his relationship with Jordan.
"So Jordan and I have a son named Jack. When did this happen?"
"Four years ago although she didn't tell you right away. She led you to believe that she was pregnant by a bellhop in Greece. That woman I tell you." Paige laughed.
"And after all that we're still together."
"Yes you are and you live together in your apartment."
"Are we happy?"
Paige turned to her brother with a wide smile on her face. "Extremely. You couldn't imagine your life without her. I'm going to go down to the cafeteria and get a cup of coffee, want anything."
"I'm fine."
"Okay, be back soon."
Perry smiled slightly as his sister grabbed his hand and kissed it before walking out of the room. He was glad that his sister was there for him but couldn't help but feel that she was lying to him about something; he just didn't know what it was. Perry felt as if something or someone was missing.
He was jarred out of his thoughts when the sign of the door opening signaled that someone was coming in. Perry turned to see it was the young man from earlier who helped him take the tube out of his throat.
"Oh it's you."
J.D breathed deeply as he walked closer to the bed and grabbed the IV. He tried his best to mask the pain that he was feeling inside but he couldn't deny that it was hard. "Hello I'm Doctor Dorian but you can call me J.D, I'm here to check on you and make sure you're okay."
"You were in here earlier, when I first woke up."
"Yes I was, I was on call and you were my first patient."
"Do you always fall asleep holding the hands of your patients or do I classify as special."
"I'm sorry; I was just really tired-"
"No need to be sorry just don't let it happen again." Perry grumbled as he continued to eye J.D
"It won't I promise." J.D apologized, writing down in his chart. "Do you know why you're here?"
"I was in a car accident early this morning right."
"You are correct sir."
Perry rolled his eyes at J.D's answer and turned his attention to the television while J.D continued to check on him. "So you're a doctor here too huh?"
"Yes, have been for five years." J.D struggled to say as he placed his stethoscope underneath Perry's gown.
"Are we close?"
"What?"
"I asked are we close? Since I don't remember you I'm left wondering if I even like you; but by the looks of it I don't think I do."
"Why would you say that?" J.D replied, hurt evident in his voice. "Like you said you don't even remember me so you couldn't possibly know anything about me."
"I don't know; it's just when I look at you I don't feel anything at all and I'm wondering if I should."
"Oh."
"Look kid don't take this the wrong way but I'm just trying to sort everything out." Perry sighed as he laid back down on his bed. "I'm missing memories from the past six years of my life and I don't know where the hell they could be."
"Don't worry, everything will come to you. It just might take a little time."
He didn't mean to do, reach out his hand and place it on Perry's but it was like a reflex that he couldn't stop and before he knew it, he was holding the man's hand.
Perry felt his body relax as soon as J.D's hand wrapped around his. The feeling of holding hands with another man didn't feel wrong like it should have; instead, he couldn't help but feel better now that they were touching. The feeling seemed to grow and before Perry realized it, he was smiling back.
Seeing Perry smiling at him was enough to make him happy since he came into the room and he couldn't help but wonder if Perry was remembering something. He opened his mouth to ask the older man did he remember him yet when suddenly Perry yanked his hand away. Before J.D knew it, the smile disappeared and a sneer was put in its place.
"What are you a girl?"
"I'm sorry…"
"You're one of those doctors aren't you; the ones who care about their patients entirely too much and always have to meddle in their lives."
"Yeah, I guess I am."
"Well don't be one of those doctors around me alright." Perry hissed, "I got too many problems to deal with then your silly man crush. As a matter of fact beat it kid, I'm getting tired of looking at you already and if you see my wife could you tell her to come in here."
"Your wife…"
"Yeah, she's about this high, scaly skin, and horns sticking out of her head. Find her for me will you."
J.D nodded slightly as he wrote something down on the chart and made his way out of the room. As soon as the door closed behind him, the tears he'd been holding back suddenly fell down his face.
"I'm sorry you're hurting."
J.D turned around to see Paige standing behind him, a cup of coffee in her hand and a newspaper in the other. Quickly, he turned his head away to wipe any remaining tears from his eyes before turning back around to face her again. "Don't patronize me Paige, you're not sorry." J.D whispered to Paige. "You're happy that he's finally the brother you always wanted."
"I'd be a liar if I said he wasn't." Paige responded coldly. "I want what's best for him and if that means keeping him away from you then so be it. Besides, he was happy when I told him that he and Jordan were still together."
"You're lying to him about…everything."
"It's a lie I'm not proud of but maybe it will help my brother realize that he belongs with Jordan and if I have to lie about that then so be it."
"Why are you doing this, to me…to him?"
"Because this is the only way I know how to put my brother back on the right path."
"It's not your decision to make; it was never your decision to make."
"Doesn't matter who or how it got made it's over. Perry doesn't remember you but he does remember his love for Jordan. I would like to keep it that way."
"Well that isn't for you to decide and sooner or later he will remember his love for me and there won't be anything you can do about it. And when that happens you make sure you stay the hell away from us."
J.D didn't give Paige a chance to respond before sticking the chart outside of the door and walking down the hallway. He held his composure for as long as he could until he finally found an empty on-call room, went in and locked the door. He stretched out on the bed where once there he let out the remaining tears he'd been holding.
Unknown to J.D or Paige, Jordan had been listening to the argument between the two since it started and she couldn't believe what Paige was saying. She was actually lying to Perry about everything just to make herself look better.
Paige took a deep breathe and prepared to go back inside her brother's room when the sound of someone clearing their throat stopped her. She turned around to see it was Jordan standing behind her wearing a very angry look on her face. "Coming in to see Perry too are you."
"What did you tell him?"
"I'm not sure I know what you mean Jordan."
"Don't play dumb with me sister, you know exactly what I'm talking about." Jordan hissed, grabbing Paige's wrist and twisting it slightly. "What did you tell Perry about our relationship?"
"I told him what he wanted to hear; that the two of you were still married and lived together with Jack."
"I can't believe you did that oh wait, yes I can because you're nothing but a manipulative shrew."
"I didn't cause his memory loss."
"And you not helping it by lying to him. Perry and I have finally found a life apart from each other and here you go throwing it back up in our faces."
"How could you say that; you love my brother?"
"Loved, I loved you brother and a small, very small part will always care about him but I refuse to put myself back into that destructive lifestyle we had before. It's not fair to him and sure as hell isn't fair to me."
"That is the most selfish thing I've ever heard."
"You have the audacity to call me selfish when you're lying to your own brother just to keep him away from J.D. You couldn't even put aside your own moral beliefs for two minutes and have a decent dinner with Perry before jumping down J.D's throat. You have some nerve."
"Look I'm sorry okay but I didn't know what else to do. I couldn't risk his condition worsening all because I told him that he was in a relationship with a man, something he wasn't in six years ago. It could be too much for him to handle."
"That's not my problem-"
"It is your problem when you have a son to think about. Do you really want Jack to grow up without a father?"
"You know I don't."
"Then put aside your feelings for a short amount of time while Perry gets better. Maybe he'll remember everything or who knows, maybe he realize that you were the one he was in love with all along. Maybe you'll see that he's the one for you."
"That'll never happen."
"Nobody knows for sure Jordan." Paige smirked as she opened the door and walked into Perry's room, Jordan right behind her.
"Well if it isn't my wife from hell, what brings you by? Let all the minions go on a holiday did ya. "
"Thought you might be dying so I came to pull the switch. I'm still the beneficiary on your insurance policies right."
"Me die and spend an eternity in hell with you, I don't think so."
"Ohh I'm so wounded and would show it if wasn't for the Botox injection I had earlier this week."
"Alright that's enough you two." Paige interrupted, "Here's today's paper, thought you might want to catch up with the current events as well as the sports section."
"Thank-you although I'm still wondering what exactly are you doing here."
"I'll tell you later but for now I want you just read and rest."
Jordan nodded her head in agreement but turned her focus back to Paige and gave her an evil glare. Paige on the other hand pretended not to see it and sat down on the bed next her brother.
Aren't you so hating me right now, I know you are but guess what, since I was late with this update the next one will come a few days earlier to make it up to you. Hope you can wait that long because you really don't have a choice unless you give me lots and lots of reveiws then I might make an exception but only time will tell. Until next time
Go read a real book,
Lady C