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It was a frosty day, but the sun was shining brightly on Ted as he walked on the concrete pavement. The sky was clear and blue, with transparent, ghostly clouds that lazily collided and drifted apart again. With a spring in his step and a whistle on his lips, he walked up the stairs he'd missed, into the office he'd missed not so much.
"For God's sake, Tom, I don't care what pathetic excuses you have, you have to come and prepare your speech for my award ceremony! What do you mean; you're not going to be there? How dare you disobey me? I am your boss, and… what? How dare you hanf up on me you insolent…" Kelso screeched, and slammed his phone down on the desk. Then he looked up at the door.
"Ted? What are you doing here?"
"Sir I want my old job back" Ted said, in his clear, monotonous voice. Kelso stared at him, confused. Then he picked up the phone, held down 1, and held it to his ear.
"Tom? You're fired" he said. He put the phone down and smiled. Ted was taken-aback. He hadn't expected it to be that easy.
"He was costing the hospital a lot of money. I was gonna fire him anyway" Kelso snapped. But Ted knew that it wasn't true.
"Welcome back, Ted" Kelso grinned. He got up, and put his arm around Ted's shoulders, and led him back to his old office. He practically threw the lawyer down in his chair.
"Now get on with your work so I can go back to mine" he snapped, and left.
Ted leant back in the familiar, tattered swivel chair, and looked out the window at the familiar setting. There he sat, at peace, for an hour. Then, suddenly, he was jolted out of his contented state by a rap on his door. It opened, and Carla came in. Ted felt his heart pulsating wildly.
"Hey, Ted!" Carla said. Ted tried to reply, but he found that he could only make sounds that slid out of his mouth in a stream of nonsense. He could only think about how beautiful she looked in her lilac scrubs.
"Hey, C-C-Carla…" he stuttered. Carla smiled, and flop sweat cascaded down Ted's face, so much he could almost feel himself downing.
"We heard you came back! It got round the hospital in a flash. Everyone's so happy; Tom was a self-righteous A-Hole!"
Ted was astounded.
"Y-You're happy I'm b-back?"
"Of course we are! We missed you!" Carla said. Then she reached up and pecked Ted on the cheek. Then she smiled, and left.
"Hot…damn…" Ted whispered to himself. Then he turned back to the window, and the view of the parking lot.
Maybe this place wasn't so bad after all…