I wrote this in a hurry. Sorry if it's terrible...
Mother's Day
"Mug? Why did I even think that? Vase? Cliché! A card? Now I'm running low on ideas…"
Joshua was going out of his mind in his room. What could buy for his mother? Whatever it was, it had to be something that wasn't so traditional. Joshua sighed to himself. Maybe he could ask someone who knew his mom. But no way was he going to any of his mom's friends. She worked with them so he'd be found out if he asked. Was there anyone else? Then he remembered something. While he was being examined, the doctor said his mother's name for a second. Joshua snapped his fingers.
"The doctor!"
…
Gabriel yawned in his office as he sat lazily on his chair with his feet on the desk. Surprisingly to the doctor, almost no patient came. Either people were surprisingly staying healthy or they thought they were healthy at least. As he got up, a nurse came in.
"You have a visitor Dr. Cunningham."
Gabriel yawned. "Tell them to leave."
"It's Joshua." Gabriel raised an eyebrow the minute he heard Joshua's name.
"What?" Gabriel asked.
"He said he needed help on something." the nurse said. "He's waiting outside at the lobby." Gabriel couldn't help but be surprised that his son suddenly came to ask him for help. He got up to leave to the lobby. As soon as he turned to lobby, Joshua was walking around as he waited for the diagnostician. When he turned to a corner of a hallway, he bumped into the diagnostician.
"Doctor!" Joshua said in surprise.
"Joshua!" Gabriel said in shock but quickly regained his composure. "You needed something?"
"You know her name right?" Joshua asked suddenly. "My mom's?"
Gabriel's body stiffened. He could feel that it wasn't like Easter. Joshua knew who he was.
"Let me explain Joshua." Gabriel said.
"Can you help me get my mom a present?" Joshua asked. Gabriel stared at the boy, dumbfounded.
"Are you serious?" Gabriel asked.
"Of course!" his son answered. "My mom's friends work with her so I can't ask them for help."
Gabriel sighed a bit. "Fine. I'll help you."
Joshua smiled. "Thanks doctor!"
Gabriel didn't know how his son couldn't put together that they were father and son. All he did was sigh to himself and help his boy in finding a gift for Lisa.
"One more thing doctor." Joshua asked. "Can you put in a budget of $50?"
…
"Joshua!" Lisa called out for her son.
"Mom!" Joshua said as he got out. "Happy Mother's Day!"
In his hands, was a large but adorable plushie. Lisa immediately fell for it. "It's so cute!"
Joshua felt slightly surprised by his mother's sudden change in personality and at her words. It sounded like something Alyssa would say. Lisa quickly realized her mistake and quickly regained her composure. "I-I mean… it's great Joshua." Lisa said. "How did you know I loved these kinds of things? I never told anyone because it was embarrassing."
"The doctor told me!" Joshua answered, utterly oblivious to his mother's surprised face.
"Ga-The doctor," Lisa began to say, "told you that?"
"Yup!" Joshua smiled. "He said he heard you say it once before." Lisa stared in surprise at Joshua before smiling.
"Thank you Joshua." Lisa said.
"You're welcome mom." Joshua smiled. As she saw her son leave. She couldn't help but still continue to look at the doll in surprise. She couldn't believe that he still remembered.
(You actually like these things?)
(How-)
(I can tell by how you look at them. But why would you like these?)
(It's cute. It's hard not to like them.)
(Their stuffed…things I guess.)
(You just say that because you don't want to admit you think it too!)
(What? Of course not! Why would I think anthropomorphic animals and personified food are cute?)
(Your such killjoy, you know that!)
Strangely, even after he said all those things, he still remembered it. Who knew that knowledge would be used? Gabriel sighed as he thought to himself that in his office. Soon his phone rang but Gabriel didn't even move a muscle to answer it. This is what he often did. It was already bad enough to deal with uncooperative patients all day, he didn't want to have deal with on other times he could spend lying on the couch. Eventually, he heard his phone beep.
…
"Gabriel?"
Gabriel nearly fell from hearing the voice. "Lisa?" he thought.
"Thanks." After that the machine made another beeping sound. Gabriel couldn't help make a small smile to himself.
"Gabe!" Maria said as she burst in "There's a patient for you. He's real stubborn."
Gabriel sighed to himself. But for some reason, he felt happy to do it.
