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Author's Note: Well, chapter two is here. I didn't expect the flood of reviews that would be awaiting after chapter 1, that was really exciting actually! This is what makes me love being a fic writer.
And now that I've gone and turned this intro into a sappy love fest, here's chapter 2.
Chapter 2
I did have a damn good excuse, not that it was true, but it was a good excuse. The truth was that for the past few weeks I'd been unconscious in my room or in other peoples rooms. It was wrong, I knew it, after everything I had been through to get better, but something snapped inside me, the floodgates had been opened and I had to give in to the weakness.
But no one needed to know that. For all Kelso knew I had gone to visit my mom, gotten extremely ill, and had to be quarantined in the Lady of the Lake hospital.
And today I sat in the free clinic at Sacred Heart waiting for the results of my HIV test. The last person I expected to see walking out with the results was the one who did.
"Mr...Dorian?" Dr. Cox said, looking up at me. "Welcome back, kid."
"Yeah," I said, wishing he'd just get on with it.
"Why are you getting an AIDS test?" Even through the layers of disinterest he tried to pile on top of his voice I could tell there was some worry in it.
"I fell onto a pile of used hypodermics," I lied. "Figured I should probably get tested."
"It's negative," he said with a breathe of relief he did a great job hiding. "So are you coming back to work?"
"Kelso gave me graveyard shift the rest of the week," Dr. Cox nodded slowly, the room was suddenly very awkward and very quiet.
"You know, you may want to go and check in with..."
"Must've read my mind..."
"I'm all alone, there's no one here beside me, my troubles have all grown..." Turk sang sadly. Carla had a pair of headphones secured in her ears as though she had witnessed this event many times. I pulled my cell from my pocket and called his. Suddenly the song "Happy Days" blasted from the counter.
"Carla! Carla!" He shouted. "JD is calling, JD is calling!" Carla rolled her eyes and Turk answered. "JD?"
"Look behind you."
Turk turned around and cheered, hugging me tightly. "JD is back, JD's back!" Suddenly his grip loosened as he remembered that I had been missing. "Where were you?"
"Visiting my mom, I'll explain later." I covered. Turk was skeptical but chose to believe me. I had to hide my sigh of relief.
"You never do that again!" He said, waving his finger at me.
"Okay, okay," I said. There was silence before he grabbed me in another chocolate bear hug. "So who's going to fill me in on all the gossip?"
Carla appeared behind Turk.
"Welcome back, JD," I could tell she had been bursting to talk to someone.
"Open the floodgates, Carla, you know you want to."
So Carla caught me up. Elliot's brother had run away with Stephen the dancing nurse which upset my gay cake supplier so much that he ended up quitting, Dr. Cox had taken shifts at the Free Clinic to pass the time (although he was telling everyone it was just for the extra cash), The Todd had his first real relationship and break up, and Dr. Kelso was forced to start looking for new nurses to make up for the shortage.
"So what are the candidates like?" Carla rolled her eyes.
"A, A, C, B, male."
"So we assume C gets it?" Carla laughed.
"Jordan gets the final decision, and the male is an absolute dish," Turk scoffed. "Turk, you are my appetizer, main course, and desert. This guy is just a side of fries.
Turk smiled. "Aw, you remembered I love food metaphors." The two leaned in to kiss and I pretended to gag.
"Very funny, Bambi."
"So when do you work tonight?" Turk asked.
"Graveyard, I've got it for the next week. I guess that's what I get for not calling in."
"Damn straight," Carla whispered. We ignored her.
"So, JD, I was wondering..." Turk started.
"Will you marry me?" Carla asked. I turned to glare before refocusing on Turk.
"Can I redraw Rowdy? Please?"
"Of course my SCB, of course."
"Hm..." Turk said as he made the lines on my arm, it was a confused Hmm, one that made me nervous. "I don't recognize this spot, I don't remember using it last time."
"Oh, I must've been in the sun since last time, you know how I freckle." I held my breathe, hoping he would believe me. He seemed like he did as he attempted to incorporate it into the drawing.
"Ah, Doctor Dorian, Turkleton, slacking off I see." Dr. Kelso said, appearing behind us. "Dorian, I want that marker off your arm before your first shift tonight. And Turkleton..." Dr. Kelso looked at my arm once more. "I would be yelling if I weren't so damn impressed. Back to work."
Turk jumped up and walked away, snapping in my direction. Dr. Kelso watched him walk away before taking the seat next to me.
"So, Mr. Dorian, I heard about your little drug user last month," I tensed up at the mention of Jace Connor, the patient that had started this all. "Yourself and Perry have cost this hospital quite a bit over the last few weeks and it's about to be even more. The board of directors has reason to believe we have a drug user in our staff and they are requiring mandatory drug tests."
"Why are you telling me this?"
"Because unless you get your act together and show up for your shifts you'll be paying for them. Good day Doctor."
As Dr. Kelso walked down the hall I sunk into my chair. Whether he had any idea or not he had given me a good heads up. But it didn't matter. I didn't need the drug.
I can control it...
Author's Note: So for some reason this chapter was so much better in my head. Oh well, I hope you like it. It'll start to get more interesting soon, believe me. Or don't, I could be wrong.