As Hook and Chris headed down the hallway, Chris smiled tentively
over at him. There was something that she wanted to ask him but she was a
bit nervous about it. Their relationship was still so new, after all. She
didn't want him to think that she was too forward but....
Hook felt himself grinning when he saw the way Chris was looking at him. He knew both from the little he had said and the hospital gossip that he had checked out after they had gotten together how bad her last relationship had been and he was willing to do whatever she needed, be as patient as she wanted him to be. He just had a good feeling about this thing, that maybe Chris could be the one for him. It looked like maybe she might be ready to move things forward a bit though, but couldn't quite say it. "Hey," he said as he reached out and laid a hand on her arm. "Do you want to come down to Hook's Kingdom with me tonight?"
"I'd like that." Chris said softly before her nerves almost overcame her once more and she backtracked a bit. "I mean, if you don't have anything else that you need to do or anything, that is. I wouldn't want to...."
"Chris, I would love to have you come down." Hook told her,
leaning down and softly kissing her forehead to relax her a bit.
"Oh, please!" Stegman muttered as he came down the hall and spotted Chris and Hook just as he kissed her. Honestly, how Hook got away with things like that.... Totally inappropriate behavior for a hospital and Hook's entire attitude....
"Oh, Dr. Stegman." Hook said as he looked up and the noise and saw Steg coming down the hall towards them. Well, if that wasn't the perfect thing to kill a romantic mood he didn't know what was. "Did you need something?" Well, did he need something besides a very large clue that he was an idiot, not God's gift to neurosurgery?
"As a matter of fact, I did need something," Stegman scowled at Hook and Chris as he spoke. If he had his way, both of them would be out of there. Well, okay, he supposed that Chris could stay as some sort of research assistant or something, about all that he imagined she was fit for, except for the little extracurricular benefits that she was providing Hook. He wouldn't mind those either.
"So, what seems to be the problem?" Hook asked as he moved slightly, blocking Stegman's direct view of Chris. He didn't like the way that he was looking at her, like he either wanted to fire or bed her or possibly both. If Steg ever tried anything with her....
"What we need to talk about is that malingering Sally Druse! She's wasting valuable hospital resources and her fantasies about some sort of little ghost girl...."
Mrs. Druse. Hook rolled his eyes and could almost feel Chris rolling her eyes as well as Stegman started his rant about her. After they had heard the same rant so many times, they had learned to pretty much tune it out. Honestly, he didn't know why Mrs. Druse seemed to set him off so badly. Hook really had to ask her about that one day. It had to be something besides her current faking of illness in order to investigate Mary. He just hoped that Steg's current rant didn't last too long. He really wanted to get down to Hook's Kingdom so that he and Chris could get better acquainted.
They let Steg ramble what felt like forever before Hook finally got frustrated and broke into his rant. "Look, it was Dr. James's decision that Mrs. Druse be readmitted. If you have a problem with that, well, I suggest that you take it up with him. Chris and I have patients though, so if you'll excuse us...."
"This isn't over, Hook!" Stegman yelled, his face going red as he moved in front of Hook, blocking his path down the hallway.
Hook started to say something but suddenly he stopped when an odd feeling washed over him.
"Hook?" Chris whispered a moment later as Stegman started to yell once more. "What's wrong?" She moved around him trying to get a good look at him. She could tell something had happened from the sudden change in his entire body, like a slightly visible shudder running down the length of his body. "Hook?" He hadn't eaten some of the cafeteria food, she hoped.
She thought that the dinner menu had said fillet of Salmonella.
Hook acted like he couldn't even hear Chris as he watched Steg carefully, a strange expression in his eyes, something that Chris hadn't seen before. Oh, he really was sick. She just hoped he didn't throw up on Steg. They would never hear the end of that if he did.
"Dr. Stegman, we really have to go and see our patients now,"
Chris said firmly as she reached out and started to take Hook's arm. Okay,
Steg deserved thrown up on but Hook didn't need the trouble that it would bring on him, not now, not when he was working out a plan for bringing Stegman down. Better get him downstairs and into bed for the night.
As Chris touched Hook's arm, he pushed her away, not hard, of course, but firmly enough to shock her. She stepped back slightly, shock apparent on her face as Hook stepped towards Stegman. At first Chris thought that maybe Hook had just finally had too much and was going to hit him but there was the oddest look in Hook's eyes and a moment later, he reached out a hand, gently caressing Stegman's cheek before suddenly drawing him into a deep kiss.
Hook felt himself grinning when he saw the way Chris was looking at him. He knew both from the little he had said and the hospital gossip that he had checked out after they had gotten together how bad her last relationship had been and he was willing to do whatever she needed, be as patient as she wanted him to be. He just had a good feeling about this thing, that maybe Chris could be the one for him. It looked like maybe she might be ready to move things forward a bit though, but couldn't quite say it. "Hey," he said as he reached out and laid a hand on her arm. "Do you want to come down to Hook's Kingdom with me tonight?"
"I'd like that." Chris said softly before her nerves almost overcame her once more and she backtracked a bit. "I mean, if you don't have anything else that you need to do or anything, that is. I wouldn't want to...."
"Chris, I would love to have you come down." Hook told her,
leaning down and softly kissing her forehead to relax her a bit.
"Oh, please!" Stegman muttered as he came down the hall and spotted Chris and Hook just as he kissed her. Honestly, how Hook got away with things like that.... Totally inappropriate behavior for a hospital and Hook's entire attitude....
"Oh, Dr. Stegman." Hook said as he looked up and the noise and saw Steg coming down the hall towards them. Well, if that wasn't the perfect thing to kill a romantic mood he didn't know what was. "Did you need something?" Well, did he need something besides a very large clue that he was an idiot, not God's gift to neurosurgery?
"As a matter of fact, I did need something," Stegman scowled at Hook and Chris as he spoke. If he had his way, both of them would be out of there. Well, okay, he supposed that Chris could stay as some sort of research assistant or something, about all that he imagined she was fit for, except for the little extracurricular benefits that she was providing Hook. He wouldn't mind those either.
"So, what seems to be the problem?" Hook asked as he moved slightly, blocking Stegman's direct view of Chris. He didn't like the way that he was looking at her, like he either wanted to fire or bed her or possibly both. If Steg ever tried anything with her....
"What we need to talk about is that malingering Sally Druse! She's wasting valuable hospital resources and her fantasies about some sort of little ghost girl...."
Mrs. Druse. Hook rolled his eyes and could almost feel Chris rolling her eyes as well as Stegman started his rant about her. After they had heard the same rant so many times, they had learned to pretty much tune it out. Honestly, he didn't know why Mrs. Druse seemed to set him off so badly. Hook really had to ask her about that one day. It had to be something besides her current faking of illness in order to investigate Mary. He just hoped that Steg's current rant didn't last too long. He really wanted to get down to Hook's Kingdom so that he and Chris could get better acquainted.
They let Steg ramble what felt like forever before Hook finally got frustrated and broke into his rant. "Look, it was Dr. James's decision that Mrs. Druse be readmitted. If you have a problem with that, well, I suggest that you take it up with him. Chris and I have patients though, so if you'll excuse us...."
"This isn't over, Hook!" Stegman yelled, his face going red as he moved in front of Hook, blocking his path down the hallway.
Hook started to say something but suddenly he stopped when an odd feeling washed over him.
"Hook?" Chris whispered a moment later as Stegman started to yell once more. "What's wrong?" She moved around him trying to get a good look at him. She could tell something had happened from the sudden change in his entire body, like a slightly visible shudder running down the length of his body. "Hook?" He hadn't eaten some of the cafeteria food, she hoped.
She thought that the dinner menu had said fillet of Salmonella.
Hook acted like he couldn't even hear Chris as he watched Steg carefully, a strange expression in his eyes, something that Chris hadn't seen before. Oh, he really was sick. She just hoped he didn't throw up on Steg. They would never hear the end of that if he did.
"Dr. Stegman, we really have to go and see our patients now,"
Chris said firmly as she reached out and started to take Hook's arm. Okay,
Steg deserved thrown up on but Hook didn't need the trouble that it would bring on him, not now, not when he was working out a plan for bringing Stegman down. Better get him downstairs and into bed for the night.
As Chris touched Hook's arm, he pushed her away, not hard, of course, but firmly enough to shock her. She stepped back slightly, shock apparent on her face as Hook stepped towards Stegman. At first Chris thought that maybe Hook had just finally had too much and was going to hit him but there was the oddest look in Hook's eyes and a moment later, he reached out a hand, gently caressing Stegman's cheek before suddenly drawing him into a deep kiss.