elmo-doodle: Hiya! Okay, I'm gonna try and get some consistency in my updates, so I will be updating this story every Wednesday and Saturday, mkay? It gives me a scheduele to work to! Okay, here we have it - Perry's big scene! Enjoy!

Warnings: impled Slash (happy? hehe!) and Perry features in this chapter, so of course, there will be swearing!

Chapter Three

Perry couldn't believe that he was spending his day off checking up on JD.

The kid had been missing from work for four days now which just wasn't like him. Carla hadn't been giving him much more information than "Bambi's sick", although, when he was pestering her yesterday, he was sure that she was going to tell him the truth. Unfortunately, that annoying bald husband of hers interrupted them, and he didn't see her the rest of the day.

But now, here he was, standing outside Newbie's door, with his hand raised and ready to knock. He couldn't find the strength to knock on the door, but at the same time he couldn't find it in himself to just walk away, because hell, he'd be lying to himself by saying he wasn't worried about the kid.

He could hear movement about inside the apartment, and he distinctly heard Carla saying "JD". There was some muttering that Perry couldn't make out after that, but he definitely heard the words "we'll figure out how to fix this soon".

Fix? Perry thought. The only way to find out would be to knock and wait. So he did.

Knock, knock, knock.

All movement inside the apartment stopped. "Now, who could that be?" Perry heard Carla say. Her footsteps came closer and the door opened in front of him. "Doctor Cox!"

Carla, to put it lightly, looked astonished.

Well, it was a strange mixture of astonishment, shock, confusement and he was pretty sure there was a bit of fear in there.

That was the first thing he noticed. Carla never, ever, associated fear with the big bad attending and she was certainly the last person on Perry's list how he would ever think would be scared of him.

The second thing he noticed was that she was holding a baby in her arms.

The third thing, although he could probably tie it in with the second, was that the baby was also looking at him with wide-eyed astonishment.

"Doctor Cox, what are you doing here?" Carla asked, once she got over her initial shock.

Perry hesitated before he answered, only to realise that there wasn't much point in lying to Carla. "I came here to talk to Newbie." Okay, well, it wasn't exactly the reason. "He in?"

"Um," Carla seemed to be stalling, "h-he just stepped out for a while."

"Oh," Perry said in a tone that indicated he didn't believe her. "Mind if I wait for him to come back?"

Carla didn't answer for a few seconds. "S-sure," she stuttered, and she stepped back to let Perry in to the apartment. "Make yourself at home." Once she was sure that Perry wasn't looking at her, she cast a worried glance down at JD, who looked up at her with the exact same expression.

"We're screwed," his eyes said.

Carla sighed and closed to door. Perry was sitting on the sofa, so Carla took the armchair opposite him.

"What's with the kid?" Perry asked, nodding towards JD.

"He's my nephew," Carla quickly lied. "My sister asked if I could watch him for a few days."

Perry raised his eyebrows at her. "You mean your sister who leaves in a different state?" he said. Although, was absolutely positive that Carla didn't have any nephews. He'd let her get away with this one...

"Yeah," Carla said.

Silence.

"What's his name?"

"Matthew."

Silence.

"Alright, what's going on?" Perry said, finally fed up. "I didn't come all the way over here, on my day off, I might add, to be spoon-fed another bottle of lies. Newbie hasn't been at the hospital in days, and I've noticed that you, Ghandi and Barbie have all swapped your shifts around so that one of you is always off. You avoid all my questions about where he is and, darn it, I'm getting sick of it, so spill, sister."

Carla raised an eyebrow at him, a little peeved that he was giving her attitude. "What's the matter, Perry?" she said. "Worried about Bambi?"

"Don't start that with me again," Perry all but growled.

JD frowned. Start what? he wondered, and he began to drift in to one of his fantasies.

"Doctor Cox," Carla sighed, "I can't tell you what's going on right now. I'm sorry, but I would explain everything to you in an instant if I thought that it was okay. It's up to JD if he wants you to know or not, and somehow I think he wouldn't think it's okay and are you even listening to a word I've said?"

Perry was watching the baby on Carla's lap who had his head titled to the side and eyes looking towards the roof. "Is that kid daydreaming?" Perry asked.

Carla looked down at JD and cursed inwardly. "He does that," Carla said, visibly poking JD in the back. The effect was instant - JD straightened up and his face flushed.

OH CRAP, he yelled in his mind, please, please, just let him forget that ever happened! But Perry was staring at him intently as if just noticing him for the first time.

The house phone rang, making Carla and JD jump. Carla stood up and put JD on the seat of the armchair. "I'll be right back," she said, though Perry thought it was aimed more at the kid on the chair. Carla picked up the phone and went in to the other room. From what JD heard, she was talking to Turk, and she was probably going to try and get some help out of him.

JD looked at the closed door that Carla was now standing behind, and then turned his gaze over to Perry. He was still studying him closely, and JD felt himself blush from the intensity of his stare and he looked away.

Perry frowned at the kid's behaviour. He had never seen a baby sit so still in the one spot. The kid wasn't even doing anything to gain attention. And the black hair and blue eyes were beginning to look awfully familiar to him.

"Newbie?" Perry said, wondering if he was going crazy. Well, if it wasn't what he thought it was, then the kid wouldn't even care and continue ignoring him.

But the kid's eyes snapped over to meet his gaze.

Once JD realised what he had done, he looked away again as quickly as he could, hoping that the older man hadn't noticed.

"Oh my god," Perry whispered. He slid of the couch and kneeled in front of the kid who was still avoiding looking at him. "Newbie?" Now that he was closer he could see the kid's face better. There were definitely small resemblances to the Newbie he knew. He whistled sharply, and got the result that he wanted. The kid looked back at him and had an almost defeated look in his eyes. "Newbie, is that honest to god you?"

JD knew he was done for now. Perry had seen too much to pass it off as something else. He nodded.

"Jesus," Perry said, running his hands over his face. "What the hell happened to you?"

JD shrugged slightly. "Woodn' be-live me," he said. He got a strange satisfaction at the older man's look of absolute shock when he spoke. "'S silly," he explained.

Carla walked back in to the room. "That was JD," she said. "He called to say that he wouldn't be home until later."

"Interesting," Perry said, still kneeling on the floor, "considering that Newbie is sitting right in front of me."

Carla froze and JD nodded at her.

"Sowwy," he mumbled.

Carla sighed. "I was hoping you wouldn't find out," she said, moving over to JD and picking him up and sitting down with him on her lap. "I didn't think you would believe it."

Perry nodded and moved to sit back on the couch. "I've seen too much shit in my life to not believe it," he said. "So, you gonna tell me what happened?"

Carla's shoulders slumped slightly and she started in to the story.

elmo-doodle: Short, I know, but it was the only place I could squeeze this scene in (you have no idea how many random scenes I have written out, and I can't find any place to insert them!) What did you think of Perry? I'd really appreciate your reviews, since I'm struggling with writing Perry in this particular story! Cookies for people who review!