A/N: Me + updating = not good. So I somehow found some free time to update so please bear with me!
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"Come on Denise…you can do this." Denise told herself as she stood in front of Aiken's door.
Denise had been standing there for at least twenty minutes. It was her lunch break, and she only had thirty minutes for it. Denise raised her fist to knock on the door but slowly let it drop. Why couldn't she possibly just knock on his damn door? Denise sighed as she put her hand on her hip and started to tap her foot. She bit her lip as she looked around. The hallway she was in was completely empty. She heard laughter come from the other side of Aiken's door. Denise closed her eyes and let out a long breath. All she needed to do was just raise her fist…
"I'm wondering how long your just going to stand outside my door Dr. Sharia." Dr. Aiken said smiling.
Denise opened her eyes to see Aiken standing in his doorway. Over his shoulder Chris was sitting in a chair across from Aiken's desk reading a magazine. Aiken noticed that Denise was staring and laughed.
"Yes, that is your former patient." Dr. Aiken gloated.
"We need to talk about that." Denise said sharply.
"Okay. Just come in my office and we can talk to Chris about it too." Dr. Aiken offered opening the door a bit more.
"I mean in private." Denise said glaring.
"The last time we were in private Dr. Sharia…" Dr. Aiken started to say before Denise put her hand over his mouth.
"Not a word you hear me? Let's go." Denise said slowing pulling her hand away.
Dr. Aiken smiled at Denise which made her cringe. He poked his head into his room and explained that he was going to an impromptu meeting and would be back shortly. Then he closed the door and walked down the hallway behind Denise. They went to the end of the hallway before Denise stopped. She turned on her heel and glared at Dr. Aiken.
"How could you steal my patient like that? It's just wrong." Denise asked.
"Easy. He was YOUR patient. Plus he's a celebrity. I could get some good press out of him." Dr. Aiken told her looking back at his room.
"So you're doing this just for press! You don't even care if he gets better do you?" Denise yelled.
"Of course I care if he gets better. But when he says who treated him I'll get good press and more patients and soon more money." Dr. Aiken explained smiling.
"What if he crashes and burns again once he gets out of here? You're going to be part of the blame for treating him." Denise pointed out.
"But he won't crash and burn." Dr. Aiken said with confidence.
"And how do you know that? You can see the future now or something?" Denise asked sarcastically.
"No. Because he's under my care. And as shown by my records none of my patients have had a relapse. Last I can recall, at least ten of yours have." Dr. Aiken said, staring right into Denise's eyes.
"It was not my fault they relapsed." Denise said trying to defend herself.
"You know it was. You let what happened to us get to you and you didn't do your job. Soon we have complaints from the families about you and how you didn't work hard enough on the patient. Remember how you almost got fired?" Dr. Aiken reminded her.
"It was your fault for using me the way you did! You had a wife and still you lied to me saying you loved me!" Denise yelled at him.
"Calm down Denise, people can hear you." Dr. Aiken said grinning.
"I gave you all I had and you just go and break my heart like that?! Did you think that I wasn't going to feel anything when your wife showed up that day?" Denise asked, tears forming in her eyes.
"I knew you would feel something. I just didn't care enough to think about it." Dr. Aiken told her shrugging his shoulders.
"You little…" Denise started to say before being shushed by Dr. Aiken.
"No foul language now Denise. It wouldn't be nice to swear at a co-worker. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to have my lunch break." Dr. Aiken said winking at Denise.
Dr. Aiken walked past Denise and squeezed her arm. She shook his hand away which caused him to laugh. Denise closed her eyes as she tried to stop any tears from falling. She took in a slow, deep breath through her nose as she tried to calm down.
"You and Aiken had an affair?" Chris asked her.
Denise opened her eyes to see Chris ten feet away from her. Denise ran her fingers through her red hair and laughed. Chris looked at her confused. What was she laughing for? Denise looked into Chris's blue eyes and shook her head.
"I should have known he was married. He wore his ring the whole fucking time…" Denise said recalling her past.
"So is that why you didn't want me to see him?" Chris asked pointing back at Aiken's door.
"That's part of it. But he's in the business for the money. He's a greedy bastard and I don't want you seeing him got it?" Denise demanded.
"Uhm…yes mam." Chris said nervous.
"Good. And Chris?" Denise asked.
"Yes your majesty." Chris joked.
"I…uhm…I really enjoyed your kiss." Denise said quickly before walking off.
Chris stood there as he walked Denise walk off quickly. He laughed quietly to himself before she turned the corner. As soon as she did Chris laughed out loud to himself.
"I still got it!" Chris proclaimed as he walked off.
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Well that's quite a history Denise and Aiken have! Please review!
Next chapter: It's next week and Chris is at another session with Aiken. At this session he tells Aiken he's no longer seeing him. How does Aiken react? Keep reading!
