Chapter 15
Elliot was pale and had the urge to vomit out of nervousness and shame.
There stood Kelso in front of the counter, her panties in his hand for everybody to see.
"Whoever of you decided that the morgue was a good place to leave these around, thought wrong."
The people around her whispered and murmured to each other. She ignored the comments.
The reactions varied from distaste (well, it was the morgue) to intrigue and interest.
The panties were pale sunny yellow lace but otherwise pretty plain. With everybody believing her to be a bit slutty but prudish, nobody would think her to be responsible. Well, it certainly wasn't her idea, Perry could be very persuasive and it wasn't as if the corpses were out.
"You have now the opportunity to get them back or we can have a discussion in my office, in private."
His face was frozen somewhere between lecherous old man and anger at somebody desecration his morgue. Somebody not him.
Eww.
Ok, she wouldn't take them now and she certainly wouldn't go his office.
Before she could think more about it a big hand took the slip of lace away from Kelso.
Dr Cox
"Why Perry, I thought you would be more the boxers type."
"Why Bobo, don't you think this is my color? I decided to go against the stereotype of vibrant pink because it clashes with my hair."
A snort.
"The morgue, Perry?"
A careless shrug. "After the tryst in your office this was nothing."
And there he went, leaving a furious Kelso behind him.
"I can't believe Dr Cox was doing it in the morgue." JD sighed.
"Hey man, somebody female is not wearing underwear at the moment, let's focus on that."
Carla hit Turk for that comment. The only naked female you are allowed to think about is me."
Elliot ignored the imbeciles and concentrated on her work. "Are the tests for Mrs Finn back?"
Carla gave her the folder and looked back to Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. "See boys, there are people that manage to focus on other things. Tell me you are not like the Todd."
Oh yes, the first thing Todd had done was to put his compact mirrors on his shoes. Thank good for scrubs pants. She didn't even want to contemplate why he had various compact mirrors with his things and what he used them normally for.
"Don't tell me you don't want to know. You are the biggest gossip here. You are wondering now who she is yourself."
Ouch, that hit looked like it had really hurt. Somewhere in the boyfriend book of rules was certainly something about "Don't casually mention your girlfriends big character weaknesses to make your point, least of all in public". Of course Turk had to confirm the preconception that surgeons weren't big with the thinking and did just that.
Carla lounged around when Perry sat on the couch with Laverne, both watching their soap.
She tried to appear unobtrusive but like a terrier with a bone, she wasn't able to let go of the fact that Perry had found somebody and hadn't told her. Her, his only friend. Well, his only friend here at the hospital. That he liked back.
When he ignored her she pouted.
No reaction.
Carla didn't know if he was so concentrated on his soap he didn't know she was there or if he just ignored her.
"What?"
OK, he did ignore her.
Figured.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
The MD concentrated on his soap, ignored Carla behind him and the Laverne-shaped blowfly thirsting to be fed fresh gossip.
Perry nearly expected her to phone Mr Roberts to inform him of everything happening at the exact minute.
"There is nothing to tell. It is just sex.
And yes Laverne, I will go to hell for that. And you will be there too because you are a busybody and a gossip."
The other nurse felt insulted and left them alone. It wouldn't take more than 3 to 4 minutes tops before everybody would be informed what she knew so far.
Carla didn't react to his outburst, she knew he wasn't really angry at the moment.
But he needed a different approach with his mood.
"Did you really do it in Kelso's office or did you just say that to freak him out?"
The satisfied grin he gave her confirmation that he really had done that.
Why did that feel more perverted than the morgue?