The Doctor Romance Plan

By: SilverstartheWaterbender

Silverstar: Here's Chapter 3! Sorry about the wait, I was on vacation. Enjoy!

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Disclaimer: I don't own Harvest Moon.

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Chapter 3: Step One

Ann and Karen walked sneakily out of the Supermarket, keeping their eyes open for the enemy (a certain brown-eyed, short-haired, aren't-I-sweet nurse). They made their way towards the Clinic, ducking behind every tree, lamp, and garbage can. Karen poked out from behind a bush and gave the faithful readers a thumbs-up sign. "What did you do that for?" Ann hissed.

"For the readers," Karen said, as if this were the most obvious thing in the world. Ann rolled her eyes and continued on.

"Guys?" asked a confused voice. Ann and Karen poked their heads out of their respective hiding places. Alyssa, several bags of Seeds in hand, was staring at them.

Karen slapped her forehead. "Ann!" she growled. "You were supposed to tell me if anyone's coming!"

"But we're helping her!" Ann protested. "Don't you think we should tell her the plan?"

"No way in hell!" Karen argued. "Lyss can't know! It's supposed to be a surprise!"

"No, it's not!"

"Yes, it is!"

"No, it's not!" The girls argued for ten more minutes. By the time they stopped, Lyss had walked off, asking what had possessed her to hang out with those lunatics. "Now look what you did!" Ann snapped.

Karen glowered and walked over to the Clinic. "Keep watch," she whispered. She pulled a small, whirring gadget out of her backpack. She pressed a button and held the device close to the doorknob. An iron rod stuck into the keyhole. Within moments, the door was unlocked.

"It was never locked in the first place!" Ann hissed to the authoress. "And couldn't you have just used a hairpin instead of vandalizing a hospital doorknob?"

"Ann," Karen said, shaking her head, "why must you always complicate things?" She crept into the Clinic. Ann followed, rolling her eyes. Thankfully, Elli was apparently upstairs, and Doctor was secure behind the blue curtains. Ann ducked behind the sofa, while Karen pulled a pair of shoes and a pair of gloves. Once she put them on, she was able to attack herself to the walls. She climbed to the ceiling above Doctor (who was writing at his desk), humming the Spiderman theme song. (1)

"Will you cut that out?" hissed Ann through their two-way earphones. "He'll hear you!"

"Don't worry," Karen reassured. "I've done this hundreds of times."

Behind the sofa, Ann sweatdropped. "I don't even wanna know," she muttered.

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"How long is this going to take?" Ann hissed an hour later.

"Ssssh!" Karen hissed. She was about to reply when the door opened.

"Hello, Alyssa," the two heard Elli say politely.

"Hi, Elli," an all-too-familiar voice answered. "I'm here for a check-up."

"The Doctor's not busy. You can go right on in." Alyssa thanked her and walked towards the curtains. Before entering, she hesitated, as though steeling herself. The two wannabe spies silently wished her luck.

"Hi, Doctor," Alyssa said.

"Hello, Alyssa," Doctor replied, looking up from his writing. "Are you feeling all right?"

Alyssa nodded, and Karen searched Doctor's face for emotion. "Damn," she thought. "He looks as stoic as ever! Wait…what the hell does 'stoic' mean?"

Karen continued to spy as Doctor gave Alyssa her check-up and told her to stop working today. "You're exhausted," Doctor scolded. "And I don't need any medical tools to see that." Karen had to agree; Alyssa looked very pale and sweaty. "I think I might have some medicine for you," Doctor continued slowly. "It's a special mix from the city. It's bitter, though, and some people have different reactions to it."

Whatever color was left in Alyssa's face drained. She gulped and answered, "O-okay. You're the Doctor."

Doctor smiled and handed her a bottle. "I knew you'd try it," he said happily.

"Cheers," Alyssa said weakly, and drained the bottle. Almost immediately, color started returning to her face. Alyssa swallowed hardly and stuck out her tongue.

"No good, huh?" Doctor asked. "But did it work?"

"Yeah, I think."

"Wonderful!" Doctor said, smiling again. "You certainly are courageous!" Alyssa blushed and Karen smiled. "Remember," Doctor reminded, "get some rest when you go home, and head straight there."

"I will," Alyssa promised, handing the Doctor 10G and heading towards the door. "Thank you very much, Doctor. Bye!" When Doctor was writing again and Elli went to the restroom, Ann and Karen snuck out the front door, mission complete.

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(1) Which, of course, I don't own.

Silverstar: Well there's Step One of the DRP and Doctor's Black Heart Event. Expect the next chapter soon. R&R!