Dr Cox was avoiding all the pudding-oriented nonsense, and was actually having a pretty normal day. Until he ran into the chief of medicine.
"Dr Cox, what the hell are you doing here?" Kelso said.
"Uh Bobbo, last time I checked, I work here." Kelso raised his eyebrow and handed Dr Cox a sheet of paper.
"Not right now you don't. Fist fighting in the hospital gets you two weeks suspension." Dr Cox crossed his arms over his chest.
"Hold on just a second there, Gandhi hit first. Suspend him."
"I'm on my way right now." Kelso thought for a second. "Actually, I could forget the suspension if you did me a favor…"
"Now Bob, you know I'm not into necrophilia."
"I didn't mean you, I mean your little protégé. Harrison's coming to town and long story short, he needs a date. You set them up, and you can come back to work early." Dr Cox didn't even pretend to consider.
"A-habsolutely not going to happen Bobbo. Never ever ever ever ever…" Dr Cox walked down the hallway, continuing his sentence. A nurse walked by carrying a gift basket full of banana nut muffins, and of course Kelso followed.
He passed Turk, Carla and me in the hallway, and had to tear himself away from the muffin basket.
"Turkleton! I was looking for you, you're suspended." He looked over his shoulder, searching for muffin-nurse.
"Suspended!" Carla said, pulling him back into the conversation.
"Fighting in the hospital. Two weeks. This conversation seems very familiar…" Carla had her I'm-gonna-kill-someone look on her face. Turk took his suspension slip, and walked her away, talking her down. Dr Kelso looked around hopefully for muffin-nurse, but she wasn't there.
"Sir." I said.
"What do you want?"
"Well, the whole fight was sorta my fault, and I feel really bad about it, sir, is there anything I can do to make you reconsider?" Kelso gave me his patented smirk.
"Funny you should mention that…"
I fidgeted uncomfortably at the table, waiting for my 'date' to show up. Perry would kill you if he knew where you are right now… I was waiting for Dr Kelso's son at this fancy restaurant, where the waiters snubbed their noses at Sasha and wouldn't valet park her. Then they made me put on this stupid too-small jacket! Itchy!
"Your friend, sir." A waiter said and lead a skinny blonde man up to my table. Am I supposed to stand? Pull out his chair? I'm so confused… The waiter pulled out his chair for him and gave me a glare. Harrison looked me over with eyes exactly like his fathers.
"Hmmm… Not bad. I guess Dad has better taste than he lets on." What am I, a piece of meat?
(Harrison wondered up and down the deli istle, then finally stopped in front of a display.
"I'll take that one," he said, pointing. The man behind the counter pulls me out, wrapped in paper.
"How much?"
"Just a pound a half." The guy behind the counter smirked.
"There's a lot more than that here.")
"I'll have you know I am at a healthy weight for my body type!" Harrison's eyebrows shot up.
"O-kay then…" Great, I killed the conversation before it even started. Wonderful way to start a date.
"Sorry, I have blurting problems…" Harrison laughed.
"I can tell! And before you get all nervous and weird, this isn't a date." Huh? Harrison smiled, and it was slightly less threatening then Dr Kelso's grin. "I haven't told Dad yet, but I'm dating someone else. You might know him, he works at your hospital."
"Who?"
"This guy named Todd…"
"THAT IS A VERY BAD IDEA!" I yelled, jumping up and scaring the people around me. I quickly sat back down, embarrassed.
"Trust me, I know. We haven't done anything. And never will. I just want to piss of Dad, and the Todd is perfect for that." Oh yes he is. I felt so relieved that it wasn't a date. I couldn't cheat on Perry like that! "You going out with someone?" he asked.
"Yeah, you might've met him, Dr Cox?" Harrison grinned again.
"Yes I have! In fact I love that man. He pisses my Dad off so much it almost not funny. Almost." I settled into the conversation. Maybe this won't be so bad after all. Good food, wine, and someone to talk to. Tonight was shaping up pretty nicely, all things considered.
Woot for some Todd love! ;p It had to be done... Anyway, reveiws make me happy!
