Out of the Closet - Part 3

Carter was mortified. He stood, rooted to the spot, frantically thinking of something to say. After what seemed like an eternity of silence, Weaver eventually spoke. "Carter, Malucci, Exam 2." She stared coldly at them. "Now!"

Silently, the two trooped into the Exam room. Outside the door, they could hear Kerry dishing out orders to those which had just arrived, and sent everyone else home.

"Right, you two." She said as she stormed trough the doorway. "Sit," she said, pointing to a gurney. The male doctors sat down, and kept their heads and gazes towards the floor. "In all my years as a doctor, I have never seen, or heard, anything like that! Now, which one of you would care to explain it first? Dave? How about you?"

"Um... well... It all started when Abby overheard my phone conversation, and worked out that the person I was now living with was male. She and I had an argument about it, and she was very upset. Abby being upset made Carter upset, and my jaw black and blue." He grinned impishly.

"And what do you have to say for yourself, Carter?" Kerry regarded him with a stern look, not unlike that of his high school principal, whose office he was in, almost on a weekly basis.

"Well... I was only looking out for Abby. I thought Dave might have hurt her, or something," He said meekly, believing himself even less that Weaver did.

"And you find this kind of behavior acceptable, do you, Carter?"

"No ma'am" he replied, his eyes on the floor.

"And what about you, Dave. What was all that nonsense you were shouting, about being gay?"

"It wasn't nonsense. I am gay; I just hadn't planned on telling everyone yet. But now that it's been said, I can't really take it back. But I don't really want to take it back. In a way, I'm glad that it's out in the open, cus now I won't have to hide from my friends, or lie to them."

Weaver, slightly taken aback by Dave's honesty, hadn't a clue what to say to that. Instead, she said, "I think you two are finished for tonight. Go home and rest, because I want you refreshed for your next shift. Now shoo!"

The two very different doctors got off the gurney, and shook hands. They headed away for their separate homes, with very similar thoughts in their minds.

"I wonder how I'm going to fix things with Abby?"

"I wonder how I'm going to fix things with Paul?"

*** The End ***