Title – My Happy Ending
Author – JubilationLee
Summary – A devastating illness to one of their own causes mixed reactions from the staff of Sacred Heart.
Authors Notes – Look at me! I'm updating early! It's pretty short, but it had to be that way, its sort of a linky chapter…oh well. Earliness rules!
Confession – Last night I had a drunken conversation with the guy I like and I can't remember a bloody thing that I said. Something about Surfies and a dog called Egypt. I am an idiot.
Disclaimer – I don't own anything to do with Scrubs! Except that little exclamation mark which i just put on the end there.
Chapter 10
It seemed as if people were shrinking out of the way of a terrifying rampaging monster or cowering in the shadows in an attempt to hide from some unnamable threat. But in reality the strongly built doctor striding down the corridor was not a monster (not physically anyway), but a man projecting an aura of such anger, that people knew it best to stay out of his way if they wanted to escape with their lives.
Dr Perry Cox thought himself to be a reasonably tempered man, but every now and again something got his goat and it kept on eating away at him until it made him as dangerous as a walking time bomb with a very short fuse. This was on of those moments.
About 10 minutes previous to this moment Dr Cox had been having one of his "chats" with Dr Kelso and it was at this moment, that the man Cox referred to as the Devil Himself, had got a firm grasp of his proverbial goat and yanked it, hard.
"Ah Perry, trying to make my life hell as usual?" The smarmy voice of Dr Kelso said, drifting over his shoulder.
"Just trying to make you feel more at home, Bob" Dr Cox said, looking up from where he was checking a middle aged woman's vitals.
"I didn't approve that woman who's in surgery at the moment; she doesn't have insurance to cover herself, this is going to cost the hospital and once again you are responsible"
"Well gee, Bobbo, I thought that was your signature I saw on the approval sheet but I could be mistaken. You know I thought that it looked a little strange but I could really be sure, the S and the A where all mixed up with the TAN-"
"That's the last time you're going behind my back like that Perry" Dr Kelso interrupted furiously "because I won't tolerate it anymore. One more chance Perry, one more. After that you'll have to move to another country because you won't even be able to get a job as a Janitor, let alone a Doctor in any hospital in this country."
"Hey!" Came the voice of the Janitor out of nowhere.
"Is that understood, Perry?" Dr Kelso asked condescendingly with a self-righteous smirk playing around the corners of his mouth.
Dr Cox tried ignored him, desperately trying not to let his anger bubble over the surface of is already overflowing mind. He roughly finished checking his patient quickly and got up to leave, still ignoring the piercing eyes of Kelso in the back of his head.
"Oh, and another thing Perry" added Kelso, forcing Dr Cox to stop walking away and listen, thought not bothering to turn around.
"Tell that little protégé of yours, Dr Dorian, to start turning up to work on time and doing his job properly, otherwise he'll be in the same boat as you."
"Here's an idea, Bob, you don't you do your job and do it yourself" Dr Cox said turning to face the smaller man and towering menacingly above him. Still not feeling the desire to speak to the person who was responsible for most of his pent up frustration.
"I would if I could find him Doctor. Thank you for you time" Kelso said terminating the conversation.
Dr Cox stood watching him for a second, trying to control his overwhelming rage before he pivoted on his heals and stalked off down the hallway.
So this was why he now found himself searching for the man who had managed to cause him so much grief over the past three years. Brain Tumor? What am I supposed to say to that? What does he expect me to do?
He hadn't seen him since the event 2 days previous, which hadn't ended the way that it probably should have. It's not my problem, that stupid kid knows I hate getting into other peoples business. Cox knew hewas kidding himself. He knew he was being selfish.
"Hey Carla, you seen Susan around?" Dr Cox asked the woman as he approached the nurses' station.
"Who? Bambi? No, but I think Turk was gonna meet him for lunch. Something wrong? He hasn't really been himself lately"
"Yeah something's wrong, I'm gonna give him the beating of a lifetime, that's what's wrong, I'm not his personal messenger service" Dr Cox said as he walked off.
Carla shook her head and wore a vague smile as she returned to work to the files on her desk as Dr Cox marched off. "Oh Perry, you are so transparent"
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"Hey big boy, where your girlfriend, I hear she was supposed to be meeting you for lunch" Dr Cox asked as he approached Turk. Ignoring fact that Turk seemed to be attempting to accomplish some sort of ninja feat in the company of only himself.
Turk looked up and replied, "Carla's working, man. And no we're not breaking up anytime soon so you can forget that idea right now"
The look from Dr Cox told him at once he wasn't looking for Carla and he hurried to amend his mistake before he bore the full brunt of Dr Cox's wrath that he could see just bursting to break free of the mans frame.
"Oh you mean JD? I dunno, he never turned up"
Cox rolled his eye and began walking away when he heard the shouted remake from behind him.
"I think he had rounds now!"
That guy would not make a good ninja. Turk thought to himself wisely as he attempted a fly kick and ended p on his backside.
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Dr Cox approached the group of interns that were milling about like sheep and let out a shrill whistle that attracted the attention of all in the near vicinity. They could all see the rage in his eyes and all rushed to avoid them.
"Barbie! Get over here" Dr Cox shouted. Elliot cringed and looked at her companions as if looking for backup but as all averted their gazes she resigned herself to her fate and began walking cautiously towards Dr Cox.
"Now tell me Barbie, please, please by god please tell me you know exactly were Newbie is because if you don't I'm afraid that I might actually tear off my own head and kill myself repeatedly and Barbie, I don't wanna die…I really don't wanna die" Dr Cox said.
"Uhh, he went to the bathroom a little while ago, he had a blood nose, I haven't see him since" Elliot said timidly.
Blood nose? Maybe it didn't mean anything; it could just be a blood nose. No, stop acting like a spineless wimp and face facts Perry. Dr Cox tuned his back on an intrigued slash "desperately afraid and almost wetting her pants" Elliot and headed towards the nearest bathroom. But as reached out to turn the handle a mixture of guilt at the way he had acted the other day and a feeling of foreboding rose up in his stomach. Something wasn't right..
He pushed open the door and walked into the room trying to ignore the foreboding ever growing in the pit of his stomach. What he saw made his blood run cold and he uncharacteristically faltered before shouting out into the hallway.
"Someone get a gurney in here! NOW!" He yelled going in doctor mode. Jesus Newbie, what have you done to yourself?
He quickly ran further into the room, noting as he did so the small droplets of blood littering the floor and towards JD who was a thrashing violently on the hard tiled floor in the midst of a seizure.
Heaps of thanks go out to BridgetLynn (you are the first person I have met called Bridget), Sunniva (Aint no sunshine when you're gone), Selphie (here's Coxy), DannyBoy (I hope your lady problems resolve themselves soon;), Nikelodean (thanks for reviewing, I love cartoons), and Mugglewolf (my strange little friend).
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