My Funny Valentine
Zeilfanaat
Disclaimer: DOC does not belong to me. The show is created by the Johnson brothers.
A/N: Thank you all for the reviews! I'm sorry it took so long for me to update again. I'm just glad this story is finished, and all I have to do is upload it. ;)
Trinitystargazer3 - Hehe, you're not supposed to have figured out what they have planned... yet. :) You're right, tapes aren't all that reliable long term... it's the reason I'm slowly transferring those things that are on video to dvd, but it's a slow process.
BrianBach - Hey Brian! Good to see you around again! :) Thanks for the review! Haha, didn't know you had underrated my 'level of deviousness'... but I'm glad you like it!
Felicity18 - Hi Felicity! Thanks for reviewing! I'm sorry I wasn't faster in updating, but I hope the next chapter will be up sooner.
Chapter 7
"Hey Country, come in!" Nate said as he opened the door.
"Hey Clint, what brings you here?" Beverly said, as she came from the bedroom. Raul also looked up from playing with Mattie.
"Hey Nate, Beverly, Raul" the country doctor greeted the couple. "I'm here to take care of the boys."
"What?" Beverly said, alarm bells going off.
"Yeah, I arranged with Clint that he'd take care of Raul and Mattie, so we can go out for dinner," Nate said, a wide smile on his face as he approached his wife.
Raul froze, this couldn't be happening!
Unbeknownst to him, Beverly too was frantically trying to come up with something without sounding suspicious.
"That's so sweet of you," Beverly said, plastering a smile on her face. "But eh, Clint, I'm sure you have other things to do tonight…"
Clint shrugged. "Oh, well, I was invited for supper by a 'Secret Valentine'. But I have no clue who that could be, so I guess it's just a prank someone's pulling. Taking care of the boys so you two can have a romantic evenin' is more important. Don't worry about it."
"Oh, but I was going over to Justin's place, and I'm sure Mary won't mind looking after Mattie too," Raul supplied suddenly.
"You were?" Nate asked, looking at Beverly, who after shooting Raul a look that was a cross between surprise and relief, just smiled. "Looks like you can go find out who that Secret Valentine is after all, Clint," she said, hoping this would be enough to get the man to go.
The man shrugged. "Well, if you're sure you don't need me here…"
"No, we're all set. And you can't very well just let your Secret Valentine wait, can you?"
Clint shrugged. "Ok, if you're all set, then I guess I'll go and get ready."
Beverly nodded encouragingly, and Raul sighed in relief. After Clint left, she turned towards her husband. "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Because I wanted to surprise you! Don't you want to go?" Nate asked. Beverly hesitated, but not for long. "Of course I do, it was just a little unexpected."
She then turned towards Raul. "Are you sure Justin's sister won't mind? Didn't she have plans herself?"
"I'm sure," Raul said. "Their parents are going out tonight, and Mary was going to stay home anyway."
"Ok, well, in that case I guess I should get dressed in something more appropriate," Beverly said, a smile on her face as she looked up at her husband lovingly and gave him a kiss.
TBC
