Chapter 10 Bones
I am so sorry for the delay in this update but things have been a bit hectic lately as I am making a huge career change into nursery nursing. I start the course in August I am so excited and nervous! As always thank you so much for the reviews and please keep them coming they mean so much to me!
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If I owned Sherlock we wouldn't be waiting until 2015 for the next season though I am so excited about the confirmed Christmas special!
"So will you do it?" Sherlock asked with an expectant smile not noticing the way that Molly was staring at him.
"I can't believe you just asked me that," she spluttered at last staring at him in a mixture of disbelief and something she could only describe as mild horror.
"Why, what's the problem?" Sherlock asked in confusion.
"I'm not doing it Sherlock, you, you shouldn't have asked me to," Molly said uncomfortably.
"Why not? I'm asking you for a favour," Sherlock reasoned.
"Most people don't ask for favours like this. They ask for normal things like a loan of money or to feed their pet when they are away," Molly said.
"Well I'll never ask you for that. I don't have any pets and I don't need any money. John might ask you for money if he gets desperate enough he always seems to not have enough money," Sherlock said.
"That's not the point. The point is i'm not doing it, i'm not!" she said as firmly as she could muster. She knew she was known to bend to Sherlock's will but not this time.
"I don't see why you are being so difficult Molly," Sherlock complained.
"I'm not being difficult," she protested.
"Actually you are Molly. You have always got me the things I've asked for before so why is this any different?" he demanded.
"I never liked giving you any of the stuff I gave you before. I try not to think about what your fridge must smell like but you're asking too much this time Sherlock, the heart was bad enough, but this, no," she said again.
"Molly, please do this for me it would mean a lot to me if you did," he said changing his tactic. He had work he had to do and he hadn't counted on Molly making things so difficult for him.
"I said no Sherlock. I am not giving you a human skeleton," she repeated.
"Why not?" he asked frustratedly.
"Why do you want it anyway?" she asked inspite of herself.
"I need it for work," he said.
"Why not use one of the anatomically correct skeletons like most people who need a skeleton use?" she asked.
"Not as good as the real thing, I need the real thing and you Molly Hooper can get it for me," he said again.
"No Sherlock I can't," she said.
"Please?" he asked hopefully.
"I am not getting you a skeleton Sherlock. Not only is it even more strange than the rest of the things you've got me to get you but it's also impossible. We don't get skeletons in here Sherlock. It's a mortuary, we get bodies. I can't get you a skeleton because it comes with the rest of the body attatched and I am not even going to try removing all that it's disgusting," she said firmly.
"There are ways Molly there is always a solution," he said trying to convince her.
"Not for this there isn't Sherlock. Also, there is no inconspicuous way for you to get a skeleton out of here without being noticed and I would lose my job," she pointed out.
"You can do this for me Molly and I know that you will do it," he said with a smirk.
"I won't. I can't believe we are still talking about this or talking about this at all," she muttered shaking her head.
"Molly, Molly you misunderstand me. I know you will do this. Will I tell you why will do it?" he asked raising a hand to stop her protest.
"Let's hear it," she said reluctantly.
"You will do it because you don't actually need to do anything," he said with a satisfied smile.
"What are you talking about?" she demanded.
"I know there is no way you can get me a human skeleton from this lab," he said.
"Then why did you ask me? Why have you come to me about it?" she asked confused.
"Here is the number you need to phone for a Doctor Walker he provides this sort of thing for, research purposes," he said.
"Why do I need to phone him? Why don't you phone him yourself if you want it so badly?" she asked.
"He wont get it for me. He only supplies to medical professionals which I suppose covers you, generally speaking," he said passing her the number.
"Why do you think i'm going to do this for you?" she asked.
"Simple, because if you do this for me I am in your debt, something you may find useful at some point," he said chuckling as Molly started at him for a moment before reaching for her phone.