Me: Hey guys. The last chapter was a little typoed! I umm.well I was really
tired and it took me 3 hours to type it so I might have, no I defiantly did
mess up on some of my typing then. And I was too tired to read over the
chapter on Word and correct my mistakes, sorry. The last chapter was low
key, no drama really. I'm not sure if you'll see who the secret admirer is
in this chapter, maybe, you'll have to read and find out. I need someone to
do the disclaimer.
Fancy Announcer Guy (FAG)*That one's for Crazy*: Special doesn't own any characters except Dr. Alan Mitchelson and Dr. Jim Lawk.
Me: Thank you FAG! Anyway, on with the story and you'll see who those people are when you read on.
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It was a week after Andy and Milo's romantic vacation to the mountains and Lu's wonderful weekend with Andy's girls, Jessie and Lizzy. Andy was making her way out to the outer cafeteria to get some more coffee when she spotted Lu, Peter, and Lana talking at a table. She decided to walk over to them.
"Hi everybody."
"Oh, hey Dr. Campbell. Have a seat. Join us." Lana requested. Andy did what Lana told her to do and they chatted for awhile.
"So, Lu, you were saying?" Peter restarted the conversation.
"Oh yeah, I was saying that this guy sends me an email with this long wonderful beautiful romantic lovely poem along with two dozen red roses! And I have no clue who he is!"
"What? Did I miss something?" Andy asked surprised.
"It was while you were away in the mountains with Milo. The poem was so sweet. It basically said that this person, whoever it may be, has known me for a long time and that they just realized that they well..that they are falling in love with me."
"Whoa." Andy said. "That's intense."
"You're telling me. Imagine how I felt when I read the email for the first time. I want to know who it is."
Peter smiled at Lu but the only one who caught it was Andy. 'He's up to something.' She thought but put it in the back of her mind and returned to Lu. After a few more minutes of talking a familiar voice came on the intercom and they all recognized it as Dr. Jackson's.
"Will all Rittenhouse Women's Health Clinic staff please report to the conference room. I repeat. Will all Rittenhouse Women's Health Clinic staff please report to the conference room immediately. Thank you."
"Great, another meeting. Wonder what it's about this time." Lana mentioned sarcastically while they were all leaving for the conference room.
Dr. Jackson waited politely while everybody gathered around him into the chairs inside the small room. Andy sat next to Lu and Lana because Milo was sitting in the back and there were no more chairs around him.
"Ok. Let me have your attention everyone." It got silent as he spoke. "It's that time of year again I'm afraid. Inspection time. Most of you have done this before at Rittenhouse but some of you haven't so I will go through the procedure with you. There will be two men all together who are coming to Rittenhouse next Monday." Some people went wide-eyed and he noted on it. "Yes that's right. Today is Thursday. Which means that you have four days to prepare for them. Dr. Jim Lawk will be inspecting last names A through L and Dr. Alan Mitchelson will be inspecting L through Z. Now, I want you to be the best you can be. I know that this is going to put some of you under a great deal of pressure because well, your jobs are in these men's hands right now. Do your best.don't disappoint me people. That about sums it up. If you have any questions just come to my office and I'll talk to you about it. Thank you. Now get back to work." He dismissed them. Andy walked out with Lana and Lu.
"Well I don't want to do this." Andy commented.
"Why not? It's just an inspection." Lu asked.
"Let's just say that I know Dr. Jim Lawk, and he's not the nicest person in the world." With that said Andy walked back to her office to get to work.
Later in the day Milo made his way down the elevator to the floor that Andy worked on. Since she was in with a patient he decided to talk to Lana until she was done.
"So how's everything going?" She asked.
"Good. How's everything with you?"
"Fine." She responded while typing up files on the computer in front of her.
'This conversations basically shot.' He thought while turning around to see if Andy was done yet. 'No such luck.'
"So how are the wedding plans going Dr. Morton?"
"Well, I don't really know. All we've done is set a date and size and things. That's what I wanted to talk to her about now."
"Oh well. Dr. Campbell should be done soon. To tell you the truth." She looked up at him and whispered. "I think this new patient of hers is a hypochondriac. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with her ever but she's come in here so many times seeking medical attention."
"Is that so?"
"Yep." She went back to her computer.
"So, how are the classes going?"
"Good. I have about one and a half more years until I get my degree in Therapy. I was thinking. When I'm done with college and I do have my degree, maybe I could start working in the Therapy department here. I mean, I love this place and I don't want to leave it so maybe I could convince Dr. Jackson to hire me as a therapist."
"Sounds like a plan." He smiled at her and noticed that Andy's patient was leaving. 'Finally.' He thought. Andy greeted him with a smile and once they were back inside her office she greeted him again with a kiss. He wrapped his big arms around her body and hugged her. "How are you today?"
"Fine." She said plainly.
"Is something wrong?"
"Not really. It's just his inspection thing."
"You've done this before and last year it was no problem." He stated.
"Yeah. But last year I wasn't being inspected by Jim Lawk."
"How do you know Jim Lawk?"
"Afghanistan." They sat down on the couch and she laid her head on this shoulder. He heard a deep sigh come from her.
"It'll be ok." He kissed her again and she snuggled against him more. "I wanted to talk to you about the wedding."
"What about it?"
"Well, Andy we really haven't discussed it that much and it's almost September. That only gives us five more months to plan everything. And you and I both know that it takes a long time to plan a wedding."
"Yeah. I know. Let's see." She sat up and shifted to talk to him better. "We set the date for January 23rd and we decided on a medium size with just friends and family. And..well that's all."
"Exactly."
"I see your point." She placed her head in her hands and sighed again. "Should we get together tomorrow and plan some more. Because we obviously can't do it right now considering I have another patient in about five minutes."
"Yeah that would be fine. Just come to my apartment tomorrow night and we'll talk over dinner and some wine and music." He started to get closer to her to snuggle again.
"Sounds good." She leaned into his face to kiss him and he responded gladly.
The next day Andy spent the entire time thinking of what colors she should pick for her wedding. When Lu came in her office to chat for awhile she brought the subject up.
"What colors do you think I should wear?"
"Well I think red goes great with your hair and eyes. What for?"
"Umm..my wedding Delgado. And I'm not wearing red."
"Oh, sorry. Didn't know what you were talking about." She sat down on the couch while Andy looked in her mirror that was inside her cabinet. "Umm.I don't know. White?"
"You're not supposed to wear White if it's your second wedding." Andy closed the cabinet and sat down across from her in a chair.
"Sorry, I'm not really good at this Andy. I mean, I haven't even had a first wedding."
"Yeah. I was thinking cream."
"Wouldn't that be consider white?"
"I don't think so."
"What about blue?"
"It's a possibility." Andy shrugged.
"How much have you and Milo planned?"
"Not much. That's why he wants to get together tonight to talk about it." Lu nodded. "So, anything new from this secret admirer?"
"Actually yes. They sent me another letter."
"An email?"
"No, an actual letter. It was on my desk in my office this morning. Lana said she didn't see who went in there this morning."
"What did it say?" Andy asked.
"Basically the same thing as the poem in the email. That he's known me for a long time and that he's just now realized how he feels."
"How do you know it's a he?" Lu went wide-eyed.
"I don't." Andy smirked and laughed at her. "That's not funny! What if it is a women? Gross. I hope it's a man."
"It probably is." Andy reassured her.
That night Andy went to Milo's apartment for dinner and some wine and music. He always knew how to romance her. When she got there the lights were low and there was soft instrumental music playing. Milo took her purse from her hands and set it on the floor next to them. Then he pulled her into the living room and started to dance with her in his arms. She laughed at his jokes and it wasn't until later that night that they actually started to talk about the wedding.
"So, what colors did you pick out for your dress and bride's maids and stuff?" He asked.
"Well, first of all, I'm not wearing a normal wedding dress. I want to were something not as noticeable. You know, nothing poofy like an actual wedding dress but a dress that's straight cut. Like this one." She pulled out a drawing from her purse.
"That's good. I like it. What color?"
"That was a harder decision then I thought it would be." They were sitting on the couch but Andy couldn't get comfortable so she slid to the floor and put her legs under the coffee table and Milo did the same. "I was thinking cream. Or light blue."
"I like light blue. Maybe even Lavender."
"Then what color would I chose for the bride's maids?" He thought for a moment.
"I know. Your dress could be light blue and the bride's maids can be a darker blue."
"I like that."
"I thought you would. Plus, blue looks really good with your eyes."
"Thank you." She said while smiling at him. Milo pulled out a notebook with some paper in it.
"I'm a very organized person Andy. So we are going to write down our plans and keep them in this notebook."
"I know you are." She kissed his cheek and told him to write down what they had decided. Through the rest of the night they decided that Milo's tux was going to be black, along with his best men and that they didn't want to have it in a church but in a nice hotel in Philly.
On Monday Andy was preparing for her inspector to come. Dr. Jim Lawk wasn't on Andy's best friend list but she wasn't going to let that get in the way of her job. She never did before and she wasn't going to now. Dr. Nick Biancavilla was the first one that Andy knew that was being inspected by the same guy. She decided to go and talk to him about it.
"Biancavilla?" She knocked on his office door.
"Oh, what can I do for you Dr. Campbell?"
"I was wondering. Have you been inspected yet?" He nodded. "Well, can you tell me what Dr. Jim Lawk was like?"
"Umm.he seemed nice. Said I did good work. Didn't talk much, just wrote in a little notebook. Why? Are you worried about your inspection or something?"
"Well, It's a little complicated. I know Jim Lawk. He was on the tour in Afghanistan with me and let's just say we weren't the best of friends." She stood up. "Well, that's really all I wanted. I have to go. Bye." He waved and she left to go back to her office. When she walked towards the door Lana cleared her throat to get her attention.
"Hawkins, is there something you wanted?"
"He's in there." Andy got wide-eyed.
"Now! I'm late." She hurried in the direction of her office but stopped at the door and looked back at Lana. Lana gave her a look of encouragement and Andy sighed before walking in.
"Sorry if I've kept you waiting Dr. Lawk. I lost track of time talking to a colleague of mine."
"Dr. Campbell. Long time no see." He stood up and shook her hand. She smiled politely and sat down at her desk. "How have you been these past few years?"
"Fine. And yourself?" They pretended to like each other but they both knew that that would never happen.
"Good, good. As you know, I'm here to inspect your work." Andy nodded. "I'll be watching you in the ER later on in the day along with some other of your doctor friends. And I'll be asking you a few questions right now."
"All right."
"But first, why don't we catch up."
"There's nothing to catch up on." Andy said harshly.
"What do you mean, nothing? How is Les?"
"I wouldn't know. I haven't talked to him in a couple of months why?"
"A couple of months? Did something happen between you two?"
"Umm. Dr. Lawk-"
"Call me Jim." He interrupted.
"Dr. Lawk, I don't see how any of this has to do with my inspection."
"It doesn't. I'm just seeing how things are."
"If you're really that interested fine. Les and I are divorced. Ok?"
"What happened?"
"Why do you care?" Andy asked begging him to stop.
"I don't know. Maybe we could talk over coffee." He stood up and walked around her desk so he was behind her. "You know, Andy I've always thought you and I had chemistry between us." He put his hand on her shoulder. "I always wanted you to leave Les for me. Now that your free." He bent down in her face and his lips got close to hers. "You can be mine." She slid her chair to the left away from him and scrambled out of it.
"I don't think so." She walked around to the door to be away from him.
"I do." He walked to her.
"No." She put her hand up to stop him.
"Why?"
"Because, I'm taken and even if I wasn't I wouldn't even think about being with you. You treated me like the scum of the earth when I worked with you on the tour and you treated Les like the husband of the scum of the earth."
"But he's not your husband anymore."
"What do you not understand about what I just said?!" She walked back around to her desk to be away from him again. "I'm taken Dr. Lawk."
"I told you to call me Jim."
"I don't want to call you Jim because I don't feel that it's appropriate. You're here to inspect my work, not my body."
"What if I want to do both?"
"I'm not letting you do both." She told him harshly. "Now please leave."
"I'll let you think about this sugar." He cornered her behind her desk and pinned her to the wall. His face was inches away from hers. He placed his hands on her hips and look up and down her body.
"Get your hands off of me." She said in a tone that he found sexy and daring. He took his hands off but kissed her lips instead. She fought it with her hands and her screaming. He continued to pin her to the wall with his arms and kiss her neck. She couldn't break away from him so she raised her voice instead so somebody would hear her. "GET OFF OF ME!" Lana, Lu, and Peter were standing at Lana's desk outside Andy's office but all three were to busy concentrating on something else to hear her cries for help. He cupped his hand over her mouth.
"Shhh..somebody will hear you Andy." He continued to kiss down her chest. She couldn't think of what to do and he was blocking her air supply. She found herself getting dizzy but she raised her leg into his stomach and he let go of her. She was able to get his body away from his grasp. "Like I said, I'll let you think about this." He walked around her, holding his stomach and then out the door of her office. After a few seconds he was gone and Andy slid down the wall of her office, tears rolling down her face. Lu, Lana, and Peter saw the man leave in pain and with lipstick on his lips so they decided to check it out. When they found Andy, she was still sitting in the corner on the floor of her office. She had stopped crying but was pissed as hell. After awhile she told them what happened.
"I'll call Milo!" Lana said.
"No. Don't." Andy said while breathing heavily. "It'll just make it worse."
"I'm going after him." Peter said angrily. He hated men like that. Men who thought that they could take advantage of innocent women.
"No Riggs. He's dangerous and powerful. Don't. It's my problem. I'll deal with it myself." She stood up and wiped the last tears off of her face.
"You're going to have to tell Milo Andy. This guy groped you. He hurt you and you didn't deserve that. No one does. Believe me. I've been there before. It's not good to keep it all inside." Lu said.
"I'll tell him. And I'm going to report Dr. Jim Lawks to Dr. Jackson now before he gets to him first." She stormed out of her office away from her friends who were trying to calm her down and to Dr. Jackson's office.
"Dr. Campbell, what-" He noticed her face was blood read and her shirt was twisted and she had been crying. "What's wrong?"
"Rob, Dr. Lawk.... just.... groped me in my office....while inspecting me."
"That's crazy!" He stood up and walked over to her.
"It's the truth." She explained to him what happened. After hesitation Dr. Jackson spoke up.
"Well, what do you want me to do about it Andy. There's nothing I can do. I can't fire him. I didn't hire him in the first place."
"Report him!" She said, amazed that her boss could stand there and not do anything.
"To who?"
"To his boss. I don't know. I don't care. Just get him out of here."
"How do you purpose I do that Dr. Campbell?"
"I don't know. But if you don't I won't be around for an inspection." She stormed out of his office regretting what she just said to him. Andy went back to her office and Lu was still in there waiting for her to return.
"What happened?" She asked while standing as soon as Andy came in.
"I think I just quit." Andy was so confused.
"WHAT?!"
"I told him that if he didn't get rid of Dr. Lawk then I was leaving. I can't believe I told him that and I don't want to leave Delgado. Believe me, I love Rittenhouse and I don't want to quit but I will if I have to. Dr. Lawk isn't going to give me a good inspection after what happened. So why be fired, when you can just quit?" Andy took off her white lab coat and got her briefcase.
"Where are you going?"
"Home. I'm not staying here right now."
"You can't just walk away from this Andy."
"Watch me." She left the clinic furious. Lu was stunned so she decided to go to Dr. Jackson herself. When she got there he was talking to Dr. Lawk. She turned to walk away but stayed and eaves dropped on them.
"I don't have any idea what you're talking about Dr. Jackson. I'm here to inspect your doctors not...well you know."
"Is it true that you knew Dr. Campbell before today?"
"Yes. We were friends on the tour in Afghanistan."
"She doesn't seem to think the same thing."
"Well, she must be mistaken."
"Listen, Dr. Lawk, these are my doctors and my clinic and I don't let scum come in here to hurt them. I have only seen Dr. Campbell cry in my presence once and that was when her daughter was on her deathbed. I don't like you and I believe my employee, not you. Get out of this clinic. Even though I might lose my job over it, I'm reporting you to the head department of inspections. You might want to start looking for a new employment because you're going to need one after I'm done with you. Now get out." Lu heard his words and was shocked that he would stick up for Andy like that. She ran around the corner so that Dr. Lawk and Dr. Jackson wouldn't see her there.
At home Andy had a chance to think things through. She couldn't quit her job and she knew that before she even said anything to Dr. Jackson. The phone rang and it was Lu. She told her what happened and Andy came back to work the next morning. There was a new inspector there to complete Dr. Lawks job. Dr. Jackson said that Andy didn't have to be inspected this year and that he already knew that she was one of his best. Andy never told Milo what had happened and she didn't plan to. He showed up in her office that day.
"Why did you tell me about Dr. Lawk Andy?" He asked angrily but sympathetically.
"Who told you?"
"Not you, that's for sure." She got up and walked over to him.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you."
"Me too." He wrapped his arms around her. They both liked it when he did this. "Don't shut me out again Andy."
"I won't." She promised.
That night Lu received another letter from her secret admirer. She read it aloud to Lana.
"So, if you want to know who I am, meet me in the cafeteria tomorrow for lunch at noon. Exactly noon. I will be waiting."
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Me: OH! Cliffhanger. Romantic cliffhanger. Haha..looks like you guys will just have to wait until Chapter 13 to find out who it is.
Fancy Announcer Guy (FAG): That was a good one Special.
Me: What the hell are you doing in my after chapter FAG??!
FAG: Don't call me a FAG!
Me: That's your name dumbass. ~Rolls eyes~ Anyway, I'll catch ya on da flipside homies. Review please!!!
Fancy Announcer Guy (FAG)*That one's for Crazy*: Special doesn't own any characters except Dr. Alan Mitchelson and Dr. Jim Lawk.
Me: Thank you FAG! Anyway, on with the story and you'll see who those people are when you read on.
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It was a week after Andy and Milo's romantic vacation to the mountains and Lu's wonderful weekend with Andy's girls, Jessie and Lizzy. Andy was making her way out to the outer cafeteria to get some more coffee when she spotted Lu, Peter, and Lana talking at a table. She decided to walk over to them.
"Hi everybody."
"Oh, hey Dr. Campbell. Have a seat. Join us." Lana requested. Andy did what Lana told her to do and they chatted for awhile.
"So, Lu, you were saying?" Peter restarted the conversation.
"Oh yeah, I was saying that this guy sends me an email with this long wonderful beautiful romantic lovely poem along with two dozen red roses! And I have no clue who he is!"
"What? Did I miss something?" Andy asked surprised.
"It was while you were away in the mountains with Milo. The poem was so sweet. It basically said that this person, whoever it may be, has known me for a long time and that they just realized that they well..that they are falling in love with me."
"Whoa." Andy said. "That's intense."
"You're telling me. Imagine how I felt when I read the email for the first time. I want to know who it is."
Peter smiled at Lu but the only one who caught it was Andy. 'He's up to something.' She thought but put it in the back of her mind and returned to Lu. After a few more minutes of talking a familiar voice came on the intercom and they all recognized it as Dr. Jackson's.
"Will all Rittenhouse Women's Health Clinic staff please report to the conference room. I repeat. Will all Rittenhouse Women's Health Clinic staff please report to the conference room immediately. Thank you."
"Great, another meeting. Wonder what it's about this time." Lana mentioned sarcastically while they were all leaving for the conference room.
Dr. Jackson waited politely while everybody gathered around him into the chairs inside the small room. Andy sat next to Lu and Lana because Milo was sitting in the back and there were no more chairs around him.
"Ok. Let me have your attention everyone." It got silent as he spoke. "It's that time of year again I'm afraid. Inspection time. Most of you have done this before at Rittenhouse but some of you haven't so I will go through the procedure with you. There will be two men all together who are coming to Rittenhouse next Monday." Some people went wide-eyed and he noted on it. "Yes that's right. Today is Thursday. Which means that you have four days to prepare for them. Dr. Jim Lawk will be inspecting last names A through L and Dr. Alan Mitchelson will be inspecting L through Z. Now, I want you to be the best you can be. I know that this is going to put some of you under a great deal of pressure because well, your jobs are in these men's hands right now. Do your best.don't disappoint me people. That about sums it up. If you have any questions just come to my office and I'll talk to you about it. Thank you. Now get back to work." He dismissed them. Andy walked out with Lana and Lu.
"Well I don't want to do this." Andy commented.
"Why not? It's just an inspection." Lu asked.
"Let's just say that I know Dr. Jim Lawk, and he's not the nicest person in the world." With that said Andy walked back to her office to get to work.
Later in the day Milo made his way down the elevator to the floor that Andy worked on. Since she was in with a patient he decided to talk to Lana until she was done.
"So how's everything going?" She asked.
"Good. How's everything with you?"
"Fine." She responded while typing up files on the computer in front of her.
'This conversations basically shot.' He thought while turning around to see if Andy was done yet. 'No such luck.'
"So how are the wedding plans going Dr. Morton?"
"Well, I don't really know. All we've done is set a date and size and things. That's what I wanted to talk to her about now."
"Oh well. Dr. Campbell should be done soon. To tell you the truth." She looked up at him and whispered. "I think this new patient of hers is a hypochondriac. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with her ever but she's come in here so many times seeking medical attention."
"Is that so?"
"Yep." She went back to her computer.
"So, how are the classes going?"
"Good. I have about one and a half more years until I get my degree in Therapy. I was thinking. When I'm done with college and I do have my degree, maybe I could start working in the Therapy department here. I mean, I love this place and I don't want to leave it so maybe I could convince Dr. Jackson to hire me as a therapist."
"Sounds like a plan." He smiled at her and noticed that Andy's patient was leaving. 'Finally.' He thought. Andy greeted him with a smile and once they were back inside her office she greeted him again with a kiss. He wrapped his big arms around her body and hugged her. "How are you today?"
"Fine." She said plainly.
"Is something wrong?"
"Not really. It's just his inspection thing."
"You've done this before and last year it was no problem." He stated.
"Yeah. But last year I wasn't being inspected by Jim Lawk."
"How do you know Jim Lawk?"
"Afghanistan." They sat down on the couch and she laid her head on this shoulder. He heard a deep sigh come from her.
"It'll be ok." He kissed her again and she snuggled against him more. "I wanted to talk to you about the wedding."
"What about it?"
"Well, Andy we really haven't discussed it that much and it's almost September. That only gives us five more months to plan everything. And you and I both know that it takes a long time to plan a wedding."
"Yeah. I know. Let's see." She sat up and shifted to talk to him better. "We set the date for January 23rd and we decided on a medium size with just friends and family. And..well that's all."
"Exactly."
"I see your point." She placed her head in her hands and sighed again. "Should we get together tomorrow and plan some more. Because we obviously can't do it right now considering I have another patient in about five minutes."
"Yeah that would be fine. Just come to my apartment tomorrow night and we'll talk over dinner and some wine and music." He started to get closer to her to snuggle again.
"Sounds good." She leaned into his face to kiss him and he responded gladly.
The next day Andy spent the entire time thinking of what colors she should pick for her wedding. When Lu came in her office to chat for awhile she brought the subject up.
"What colors do you think I should wear?"
"Well I think red goes great with your hair and eyes. What for?"
"Umm..my wedding Delgado. And I'm not wearing red."
"Oh, sorry. Didn't know what you were talking about." She sat down on the couch while Andy looked in her mirror that was inside her cabinet. "Umm.I don't know. White?"
"You're not supposed to wear White if it's your second wedding." Andy closed the cabinet and sat down across from her in a chair.
"Sorry, I'm not really good at this Andy. I mean, I haven't even had a first wedding."
"Yeah. I was thinking cream."
"Wouldn't that be consider white?"
"I don't think so."
"What about blue?"
"It's a possibility." Andy shrugged.
"How much have you and Milo planned?"
"Not much. That's why he wants to get together tonight to talk about it." Lu nodded. "So, anything new from this secret admirer?"
"Actually yes. They sent me another letter."
"An email?"
"No, an actual letter. It was on my desk in my office this morning. Lana said she didn't see who went in there this morning."
"What did it say?" Andy asked.
"Basically the same thing as the poem in the email. That he's known me for a long time and that he's just now realized how he feels."
"How do you know it's a he?" Lu went wide-eyed.
"I don't." Andy smirked and laughed at her. "That's not funny! What if it is a women? Gross. I hope it's a man."
"It probably is." Andy reassured her.
That night Andy went to Milo's apartment for dinner and some wine and music. He always knew how to romance her. When she got there the lights were low and there was soft instrumental music playing. Milo took her purse from her hands and set it on the floor next to them. Then he pulled her into the living room and started to dance with her in his arms. She laughed at his jokes and it wasn't until later that night that they actually started to talk about the wedding.
"So, what colors did you pick out for your dress and bride's maids and stuff?" He asked.
"Well, first of all, I'm not wearing a normal wedding dress. I want to were something not as noticeable. You know, nothing poofy like an actual wedding dress but a dress that's straight cut. Like this one." She pulled out a drawing from her purse.
"That's good. I like it. What color?"
"That was a harder decision then I thought it would be." They were sitting on the couch but Andy couldn't get comfortable so she slid to the floor and put her legs under the coffee table and Milo did the same. "I was thinking cream. Or light blue."
"I like light blue. Maybe even Lavender."
"Then what color would I chose for the bride's maids?" He thought for a moment.
"I know. Your dress could be light blue and the bride's maids can be a darker blue."
"I like that."
"I thought you would. Plus, blue looks really good with your eyes."
"Thank you." She said while smiling at him. Milo pulled out a notebook with some paper in it.
"I'm a very organized person Andy. So we are going to write down our plans and keep them in this notebook."
"I know you are." She kissed his cheek and told him to write down what they had decided. Through the rest of the night they decided that Milo's tux was going to be black, along with his best men and that they didn't want to have it in a church but in a nice hotel in Philly.
On Monday Andy was preparing for her inspector to come. Dr. Jim Lawk wasn't on Andy's best friend list but she wasn't going to let that get in the way of her job. She never did before and she wasn't going to now. Dr. Nick Biancavilla was the first one that Andy knew that was being inspected by the same guy. She decided to go and talk to him about it.
"Biancavilla?" She knocked on his office door.
"Oh, what can I do for you Dr. Campbell?"
"I was wondering. Have you been inspected yet?" He nodded. "Well, can you tell me what Dr. Jim Lawk was like?"
"Umm.he seemed nice. Said I did good work. Didn't talk much, just wrote in a little notebook. Why? Are you worried about your inspection or something?"
"Well, It's a little complicated. I know Jim Lawk. He was on the tour in Afghanistan with me and let's just say we weren't the best of friends." She stood up. "Well, that's really all I wanted. I have to go. Bye." He waved and she left to go back to her office. When she walked towards the door Lana cleared her throat to get her attention.
"Hawkins, is there something you wanted?"
"He's in there." Andy got wide-eyed.
"Now! I'm late." She hurried in the direction of her office but stopped at the door and looked back at Lana. Lana gave her a look of encouragement and Andy sighed before walking in.
"Sorry if I've kept you waiting Dr. Lawk. I lost track of time talking to a colleague of mine."
"Dr. Campbell. Long time no see." He stood up and shook her hand. She smiled politely and sat down at her desk. "How have you been these past few years?"
"Fine. And yourself?" They pretended to like each other but they both knew that that would never happen.
"Good, good. As you know, I'm here to inspect your work." Andy nodded. "I'll be watching you in the ER later on in the day along with some other of your doctor friends. And I'll be asking you a few questions right now."
"All right."
"But first, why don't we catch up."
"There's nothing to catch up on." Andy said harshly.
"What do you mean, nothing? How is Les?"
"I wouldn't know. I haven't talked to him in a couple of months why?"
"A couple of months? Did something happen between you two?"
"Umm. Dr. Lawk-"
"Call me Jim." He interrupted.
"Dr. Lawk, I don't see how any of this has to do with my inspection."
"It doesn't. I'm just seeing how things are."
"If you're really that interested fine. Les and I are divorced. Ok?"
"What happened?"
"Why do you care?" Andy asked begging him to stop.
"I don't know. Maybe we could talk over coffee." He stood up and walked around her desk so he was behind her. "You know, Andy I've always thought you and I had chemistry between us." He put his hand on her shoulder. "I always wanted you to leave Les for me. Now that your free." He bent down in her face and his lips got close to hers. "You can be mine." She slid her chair to the left away from him and scrambled out of it.
"I don't think so." She walked around to the door to be away from him.
"I do." He walked to her.
"No." She put her hand up to stop him.
"Why?"
"Because, I'm taken and even if I wasn't I wouldn't even think about being with you. You treated me like the scum of the earth when I worked with you on the tour and you treated Les like the husband of the scum of the earth."
"But he's not your husband anymore."
"What do you not understand about what I just said?!" She walked back around to her desk to be away from him again. "I'm taken Dr. Lawk."
"I told you to call me Jim."
"I don't want to call you Jim because I don't feel that it's appropriate. You're here to inspect my work, not my body."
"What if I want to do both?"
"I'm not letting you do both." She told him harshly. "Now please leave."
"I'll let you think about this sugar." He cornered her behind her desk and pinned her to the wall. His face was inches away from hers. He placed his hands on her hips and look up and down her body.
"Get your hands off of me." She said in a tone that he found sexy and daring. He took his hands off but kissed her lips instead. She fought it with her hands and her screaming. He continued to pin her to the wall with his arms and kiss her neck. She couldn't break away from him so she raised her voice instead so somebody would hear her. "GET OFF OF ME!" Lana, Lu, and Peter were standing at Lana's desk outside Andy's office but all three were to busy concentrating on something else to hear her cries for help. He cupped his hand over her mouth.
"Shhh..somebody will hear you Andy." He continued to kiss down her chest. She couldn't think of what to do and he was blocking her air supply. She found herself getting dizzy but she raised her leg into his stomach and he let go of her. She was able to get his body away from his grasp. "Like I said, I'll let you think about this." He walked around her, holding his stomach and then out the door of her office. After a few seconds he was gone and Andy slid down the wall of her office, tears rolling down her face. Lu, Lana, and Peter saw the man leave in pain and with lipstick on his lips so they decided to check it out. When they found Andy, she was still sitting in the corner on the floor of her office. She had stopped crying but was pissed as hell. After awhile she told them what happened.
"I'll call Milo!" Lana said.
"No. Don't." Andy said while breathing heavily. "It'll just make it worse."
"I'm going after him." Peter said angrily. He hated men like that. Men who thought that they could take advantage of innocent women.
"No Riggs. He's dangerous and powerful. Don't. It's my problem. I'll deal with it myself." She stood up and wiped the last tears off of her face.
"You're going to have to tell Milo Andy. This guy groped you. He hurt you and you didn't deserve that. No one does. Believe me. I've been there before. It's not good to keep it all inside." Lu said.
"I'll tell him. And I'm going to report Dr. Jim Lawks to Dr. Jackson now before he gets to him first." She stormed out of her office away from her friends who were trying to calm her down and to Dr. Jackson's office.
"Dr. Campbell, what-" He noticed her face was blood read and her shirt was twisted and she had been crying. "What's wrong?"
"Rob, Dr. Lawk.... just.... groped me in my office....while inspecting me."
"That's crazy!" He stood up and walked over to her.
"It's the truth." She explained to him what happened. After hesitation Dr. Jackson spoke up.
"Well, what do you want me to do about it Andy. There's nothing I can do. I can't fire him. I didn't hire him in the first place."
"Report him!" She said, amazed that her boss could stand there and not do anything.
"To who?"
"To his boss. I don't know. I don't care. Just get him out of here."
"How do you purpose I do that Dr. Campbell?"
"I don't know. But if you don't I won't be around for an inspection." She stormed out of his office regretting what she just said to him. Andy went back to her office and Lu was still in there waiting for her to return.
"What happened?" She asked while standing as soon as Andy came in.
"I think I just quit." Andy was so confused.
"WHAT?!"
"I told him that if he didn't get rid of Dr. Lawk then I was leaving. I can't believe I told him that and I don't want to leave Delgado. Believe me, I love Rittenhouse and I don't want to quit but I will if I have to. Dr. Lawk isn't going to give me a good inspection after what happened. So why be fired, when you can just quit?" Andy took off her white lab coat and got her briefcase.
"Where are you going?"
"Home. I'm not staying here right now."
"You can't just walk away from this Andy."
"Watch me." She left the clinic furious. Lu was stunned so she decided to go to Dr. Jackson herself. When she got there he was talking to Dr. Lawk. She turned to walk away but stayed and eaves dropped on them.
"I don't have any idea what you're talking about Dr. Jackson. I'm here to inspect your doctors not...well you know."
"Is it true that you knew Dr. Campbell before today?"
"Yes. We were friends on the tour in Afghanistan."
"She doesn't seem to think the same thing."
"Well, she must be mistaken."
"Listen, Dr. Lawk, these are my doctors and my clinic and I don't let scum come in here to hurt them. I have only seen Dr. Campbell cry in my presence once and that was when her daughter was on her deathbed. I don't like you and I believe my employee, not you. Get out of this clinic. Even though I might lose my job over it, I'm reporting you to the head department of inspections. You might want to start looking for a new employment because you're going to need one after I'm done with you. Now get out." Lu heard his words and was shocked that he would stick up for Andy like that. She ran around the corner so that Dr. Lawk and Dr. Jackson wouldn't see her there.
At home Andy had a chance to think things through. She couldn't quit her job and she knew that before she even said anything to Dr. Jackson. The phone rang and it was Lu. She told her what happened and Andy came back to work the next morning. There was a new inspector there to complete Dr. Lawks job. Dr. Jackson said that Andy didn't have to be inspected this year and that he already knew that she was one of his best. Andy never told Milo what had happened and she didn't plan to. He showed up in her office that day.
"Why did you tell me about Dr. Lawk Andy?" He asked angrily but sympathetically.
"Who told you?"
"Not you, that's for sure." She got up and walked over to him.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you."
"Me too." He wrapped his arms around her. They both liked it when he did this. "Don't shut me out again Andy."
"I won't." She promised.
That night Lu received another letter from her secret admirer. She read it aloud to Lana.
"So, if you want to know who I am, meet me in the cafeteria tomorrow for lunch at noon. Exactly noon. I will be waiting."
*****
Me: OH! Cliffhanger. Romantic cliffhanger. Haha..looks like you guys will just have to wait until Chapter 13 to find out who it is.
Fancy Announcer Guy (FAG): That was a good one Special.
Me: What the hell are you doing in my after chapter FAG??!
FAG: Don't call me a FAG!
Me: That's your name dumbass. ~Rolls eyes~ Anyway, I'll catch ya on da flipside homies. Review please!!!