Chapter 36- Run, Dr. Macon, Run!
Being on the boat was like being on a whole new planet. All the modern conveniences that they hadn't used in over a year were strangely foreign and seemed frivolous.
On demand on the captain, every castaway had to undergo through exams from the ship's doctor, despite Jack's grumbling that he had kept everyone healthy. Alex had the worst time of it all. Dr. Macon, after finding out that Alex had grown up on the island basically by herself, talked to her like she was three, using small words and hand-gestures to communicate with her. He also insisted give her all the shots she had missed as a child.
Needless to say, Alex didn't appreciate being stabbed repeatedly with needles and being baby-talked, which she let the good doctor know by screaming at him and yanking his stethoscope out of his ears.
"I think she took it way too easy on him." Kate stated as she and Claire watched Dr. Macon scurry out of the examination room, closely followed by a medical textbook, which Alex seemed to have thrown out the door to punctuate her rant.
"Yeah, that guy's a complete asshole. He asked me if Hope was Charlie's, and when I said no, he smirked and said 'So cheating happens in paradise.' I was so mad, I could have strangled him!"
"You should have!" Kate replied, glaring down the hall at the offensive man.
"I know, I would have helped you." Alex said, emerging from the doctor's office, clearly still pissed-off.
"Someone's a little touchy!" teased Claire, smiling a little. "Hormones all out of whack?"
"Oh, shut-up." Snapped Alex, crossing her arms and stalking off towards the room she and Sayid shared.
Kaye rolled her eyes. "C'mon, we'd better go pry Sawyer and Charlie away from the cabin's TV before their brains melt."
"Actually, I'm afraid it's too late from Charlie." Claire said in mock-seriousness. "I think he was born with a melted brain."
Laughing, the two women strolled off down a hallway in search of their boyfriends.
AN: GAAH! Sorry it took so long again! I'm a bad person :( Please R&R!