Disclaimer: I do not own the Gundam characters; I DO OWN Little Fox, Kitten, and Jessica. So please do not try to steal them. Thank you.
A Visit to the . . . Vet?
Ch.3
"Finally! It took forever and a day to get here. How come it took so long, Cat? I know, you weren't driving fast enough, next time let me drive! I can get us there faster. It will take, like, three seconds and not..." Duo's incessant talking was suddenly interrupted by a yank on his braided hair.
"What was that...Ow!" Heero yanked Duo's hair again and again, until Duo went silent. Everyone sighed in relief.
"Thanks, Heero." Trowa whispered, least he provoke Duo. Quatra quickly found a space and parked the car.
"Okay everyone you may disembark." Quatra said.
"Disembark? What does that mean? Does it mean I can talk again? Does it? Does it? Huh?" Duo rambled. Everyone ignored him as they got out of the car.
"Come on Duo." Fox said with a cute little smile.
This being the first time Fox had spoken sense breakfast that morning, Duo was shocked into silence. Duo had completely forgotten about Fox being there, so he briefly wondered, who is this kid and where the heck are we? Then Duo realized that he was still sitting in the car, and everyone was walking away. He Decided to follow. Getting up, Duo was stopped by the seatbelt, which he quickly unbuckled and run to catch up with the others. Coming up behind Little Fox, Duo scooped the boy up and set him on his shoulders. Fox giggled at the crazed man that was carrying him.
Once inside the doctors office, they were told to wait in the lounge. Duo, of course, immediately spotted a T.V. and turned it on. Unfortunately, the only things on all three hundred channels was Barney, Blues Clues, and theNews.
"Ahh, what's wrong with this T.V.? Where's all the bad stuff little children are not supposed to watch? Those poor children, deprived of all the "R" rated movies. They'll never have nightmares at this rate," Duo complained.
Umm, Duo, they kind of don't want the children to have nightmares," Quatra said.
"Oh, okay." Duo flopped down on the overstuffed couch with a sigh and tried to think of something interesting to do while he waited.
After a full five minutes of silence, Quatra began to get nervous; Duo's extended silence was not normal-it usually ended in disaster. Quatra then noticed Heero and Trowa eyeing Duo suspiciously, and slowly slipping closer to him. Quatra relaxed a little. This, after all, was the reason Heero and Trowa came in the first place. Duo wouldn't be doing anything stupid with those two around. The world, for now, was safe.
"Little Fox? Is that right or is it a joke?" the doctor, Mr. Fitch, inquired.
"No, it's not a joke. Some young men found this child abandoned on the side of a road a couple of days ago. The kid said that was his name. He is here for a physical, a flu shot, and some other medical tests," the nurse sitting at the check-in counter explained.
Walking into the waiting room, Mr. Fitch spotted the boy sitting calmly in the lap of Quatra Winner, the wealthiest teenager alive! Paling a little and taking a step back, he thought this must be a reward sent from heaven. The Winner family was always giving donations to hospitals and other health care units. He never thought one of the Winner family would come to his pediatrician's office. Mr. Fitch glance down at his clipboard and pretended to read something. Maybe if he was extremely polite and as helpful as possible he could get a donation.
"Little Fox, please come with me," Mr. Fitch said while giving the boy a warm smile.
"Oh! Oh! Can I come to, me to, please? I'll be good, I will, I will, please?" Duo exclaimed while jumping up and down.
Mr. Fitch stared at Duo for a minute. "Are you an crack or something?" Mr. Fitch asked. He honestly didn't mean to say it out loud, but it just came out on its own.
Grinning like a mad man Duo responded in a sing-song voice "Yes! No! Maybe so! I don't know!"
"Please excuse Duo's excessive Hyper activeness Mr..."
"Fitch. My name is Mr. Fitch."
"Mr. Fitch. I am Quatra Winner and I want to thank you for taking us in on such short notice. I honestly did not believe that anyone would give us an appointment so soon." Quatra lowered his voice. "Especially since it was Duo who made the call. You see, Duo slipped into a coffee shop yesterday morning and has been acting like this ever since. Please forgive his behavior.
Fifteen minutes later, Quatra was at the receptionist's desk paying for the visit, which had gone well. (Not counting the cruel comment Duo made about how the nurse was going to cut off little Fox's foot, causing Fox to Kick the nurse in the mouth and run screaming out of the room.)
"Mr. Winner, one more thing," Mr. Fitch said as Quatra turned to leave.
"Is this about the nurse getting kicked? Because..." Quatra started to apologize.
"No, no! It's not that, It's just that while I was examining Fox, I noted that Duo showed all the signs of someone who has ADHD, and I thought you might want to know that there is a medicine that will calm him down. If, If you want, I can prescribe it to Duo, but you would have to find away to get Duo to take it. I will not charge you for an extra visit and the medicine is inexpensive." Mr. Fitch finished quickly.
"Sure that would be wonderful!" Quatra exclaimed.
"Let me go get the forms and write up the prescriptionn It'll only take a minute."