A/N: Thank you to everyone who supported the first chapter. I wanted to post this one sooner, but work and life got in the way. WARNING...this last chapter dips into smut territory for no good reason at all. Most of it is just silly good fun though. Enjoy!
"Danny do we have to go?" Mindy pouted childishly. "We can stay cuddled up in bed. We'll order Chinese food, and watch that boring Ken Burns documentary on Gettysburg you love so much." Mindy sat up on the bed of Danny's apartment with an innocently hopeful look on her face. Danny considered her proposition for a moment, amused by her reluctance, but ultimately rejected the idea. "No, Min. You know I don't want to go either, but this will get us on their good side. It'll take two hours, and then we'll be done," Danny reasoned.
"C'mon Danny. You know Morgan is just going to stuff his underwear with leftover food. Then Tamra is going to go on and on about the time she and her cousin Sheena jetskied with Lil' Wayne off the coast of St. Croix or something. That girl can be a real braggart," Mindy complained.
"Would you get over it already. They're not that bad," Danny chided. Mindy switched to a different tack. "If we stay here I'll do that thing you love," Mindy tempted. Danny stopped in the middle of putting on his button up shirt as his head quickly whipped to Mindy's direction. "Which thing would that be? I love a lot of the things you do to me," Danny questioned, his eyes quickly pooling with lust. Mindy smiled slyly realizing she had struck the right chord. She was silently thankful she had stalled getting dressed as she crawled toward the center of the bed in her lavender laced nightie. "Well Dr. Castellano, there are certain benefits to going to bed early. And if you play your cards right, I could do all of those things you love," Mindy whispered seductively. Mindy stood up on the bed as Danny dared to inch closer and closer towards her, nearly in a trance.
Danny slid his hands up the side of Mindy's thighs, ascending the edges of her nightie. Mindy gasped, nearly thrown off course by Danny's sudden movement. Mindy was always surprised at how confident she felt with Danny. She rapidly regained her senses as she slid her hand underneath his shirt, across Danny's abdomen. Mindy locked eyes with Danny, both refusing to look away. Danny gripped tightly to Mindy's thighs as he leaned forward vigorously capturing her lips with his. Timid flirtation forgotten, Mindy responded in kind to Danny's embrace. Mindy could feel Danny's arousal through the fabric of his jeans pressing against her stomach. Her fingers lightly grazed the edge of his skin as they made their way lower and lower toward the edge of his pants line. Not to be outdone, Danny's fingers drifted from the outline of Mindy's underwear to the edge of her increasingly slick folds. Eliciting breathy gasps and deep moans from her throat, Danny used the opportunity of Mindy's momentary ecstasy to attach his mouth to the edge of her neckline, suckling slowly. Just as Mindy was building to a crescendo with Danny's accelerated minstrations, they were both thrown off course by a loud knock at the door.
"Hello? HELLO! It's Morgan, Morgan Tookers, the nurse from work, and with me is Tamra...also a nurse from Schulman and Associates!" Morgan shouted through the closed door. "They already know who we are, Morgan. You don't have to announce it every time we see them," Tamra explained patiently in the hallway.
"Shit, shit, shit. Why did you tell them to meet us here?" Mindy questioned angrily. "Well how was I supposed to know you were going to jump me five minutes before they got here?" Danny argued. "Oh, please. Like it doesn't happen every day. Whatever, can you just go answer the door?" Mindy asked hurriedly as she looked around for the simple, black dress she laid out for dinner. "I think out of the two of us, you're more appropriately equipped to answer the door," Danny stammered, gesturing to his still evident arousal.
"Fine," Mindy replied angrily. "Just go clean yourself up while I try to make it look like I didn't just almost rock your world." As Danny rushed for the bathroom, Mindy took purposeful strides to the door. Opening the door, Mindy jumped back immediately upon seeing what Morgan was holding in his hands. "This is Frank," Morgan smiled indicating the turtle he held in his hands. "It's name is Frank, as in Sinatra. We thought Dr. C would love it. I thought about bringing over one of the new puppies I found, but they still need me. Then we found this little guy wandering around the street and thought you guys would love it," Morgan explained. "How did you find a turtle walking around New York City?" Mindy asked. "Well he wasn't so much 'in the street' as he was near the rock quarry I like to go to." Morgan admitted. "Ok, well Morgan feel free to never bring us any kind of pet, animal, or creature that crosses your path in the future. This is plenty." Mindy pacified. "I told him to get this really nice $8.00 bottle of wine we saw, but he insisted on bringing the turtle. Men can be so cheap, right?" Tamra smirked toward Mindy with an understanding look. Before Mindy could respond she was interrupted.
Danny walked out of the bathroom fully dressed, and seemingly well-adjusted. "Alright, who's ready to eat?" Danny asked with false excitement. "Can Frank come with us?" Morgan asked hopefully. Danny and Mindy shared a knowing look before silently bracing themselves for the evening ahead.
Aside from Mindy, Danny, and Tamra rejecting Morgan's suggestions to eat at different soup kitchens, the journey to the restaurant elapsed without incident. As they sat down to their table, the first awkward silence of the night weighed heavily upon them. All Mindy could think while sitting across from a fidgety Morgan, and a curious Tamra was how strikingly different she and Danny were from them.
"So, Tamra, how did you two end up getting together?" Mindy asked to break the silence. "Well," Tamra answered with a smile spreading across her face, "I was still technically with Rayron, but Morgan would take me places like the quarry and the batting cages. He would give me little flowers that he found around the quarry. I threw most of them away because they were really weeds filled with bugs, but he was so sweet to me." Tamra said hooking her arm with a blushing Morgan. Morgan finished off her story, "I asked her out a thousand times, left love notes under her computer at work, showed her more gentle ways to draw blood from a patient; all the things guys do to impress girls." Morgan smiled back at Tamra.
Mindy shook her head incredulously, but was surprised how sweet they looked together. Although, her moment of happiness for them dimmed a bit when the waiter brought over bread with dinner that Morgan was now attempting to stuff in his pants. "Wait, wait Morgan. You don't have to do that," Danny explained. "They can give us a box for the bread after dinner is finished." "I know that, but it stays warmer, and you have quicker access to it when you just stuff it in your boxers. Alright though, we'll try it your way Dr. C."
"Look, I'm glad we're all here tonight. I think it's about time that we all cleared the air," Morgan stated heavily. "I think you're right," Danny agreed. "There's been a lot of tension between all of us lately, and it this is the perfect opportunity to just let it all out," Morgan continued. "Tension? Where exactly are you going with this?" Mindy questioned. "I'm talking about the obvious sexual tension that the four of us share." Morgan looked to Tamra for confirmation as she quickly agreed. "He's right Dr. L. The way Dr. Castellano stares at me all of the time doesn't really help the situation," Tamra announced.
"I'M SORRY?" Dannu blurted out.
"Uhhm, Exsqueeze me?" Mindy choked out in surprise.
"You don't have to be sorry Dr. C. Betsy told me how you were always saying how hot she was..." Tamra began.
"Well, that was one time, and it was to make her feel better..." Danny stuttered.
"It's ok. You don't have to explain, but now that I'm with Morgan the looks feel uncomfortable and inappropriate. I'm used to wealthy old men looking at me; Lil Wayne's third cousin Tony still calls me every once in a while after that jet ski trip. However, we should keep things professional."
Danny and Mindy exchanged incredulous looks not knowing where to begin. Danny could tell by the tone of Tamra's voice that there was no room for discussion. Instead of arguing the point further, he decided the fastest option was to just agree and move on. "Well Tamra, I'm sorry if I ever made you feel uncomfortable," Danny stated unable to take the look of confusion off of his face.
"That was very big of you Dr. C., and I think I owe you an apology," Morgan sighed. "Why?" Danny asked steeped in bewilderment at the turn the dinner had taken. "Well, I'm sure you've been made to feel uncomfortable by all of the sexual chemistry between me and Mindy," Morgan stated, his eyes teaming with unnecessary guilt.
"Oh my god, where is the check?" Mindy shrieked.
"It's ok Mindy. Everything is out in the open now. We don't have to be ashamed of the feelings we used to share for one another, and the electrifying sexiness that still burns between us," Morgan exclaimed passionately. "I'm incredibly happy with Tamra now, and you and Dr. Castellano seem like you're doing alright. So there's no reason why we can't just put this all behind us and be friends. Dr. C., please don't be jealous. That night Mindy saw me with all my lovely bits hanging out was just an example of two lonely people trying to make a connection." Morgan explained.
"Morgan, listen to me very carefully," Mindy hissed threateningly. "Never has there been, nor ever will there be anything romantic, sexy, or otherwise between us. If I ever hear you use the words sexy or electric in a sentence, when the two of us are the subject of the sentence, then I will take one of your precious wind chimes you collect and shove it straight up your..."
"Hey, hey, hey. Why don't we get the check over here buddy," Danny called to the waiter. "You trippin' right now Dr. L. There's no need to go all Mike Tyson on Morgan. He's just trying to let you know that despite the past you two share, and the fact that you and Dr. C. have weird obsessions with us, we still consider you both to be true friends." Tamra defended.
Despite the insanity of the night, Mindy's anger deflated. Even though Morgan could be incredibly annoying at times, she knew his heart was always in the right place, and she couldn't say the same for most people she knew.
With the check finally arriving, Danny and Mindy took their opportunity to settle the weirdness between the two couples. "Look you guys, creepy obsessions aside, we invited you both out to dinner because we really appreciate the work you do around the office and we love having you as friends," Danny admitted. "Also, we don't want there to be any weirdness at work every time we catch each other making out." Mindy stated truthfully. "I definitely think we can be cool," Morgan stated matter-of-factly. Mindy chose to ignore the irony of Morgan trying to be cool with breadsticks poking out of his cargo pants, instead choosing to smile and nod.
Danny and Mindy said their goodbyes to Tamra and Morgan at the subway entrance as they walked toward Danny's apartment hand in hand. "I think we've filled our work hangout quota for the year. Don't you?" Mindy asked jokingly. "I thought you said you had lunch with Betsy tomorrow." Danny reminded her. "Oh, that's right," Mindy pouted with her head in her hands. "Your other hot girlfriend and I will have a lot to talk about tomorrow," Mindy teased nudging Danny in the shoulder. "Aww man, I'm never going to hear the end of that am I? You try to make a girl feel good about herself and suddenly your Clarence Thomas." Danny complained.
"Oh, after that dinner let's not compare ourselves to people famous for sexually harassing their coworkers." Mindy exclaimed.
"I would love to harass you for the rest of the night Dr. Lahiri. I guarantee you won't throw me out after you see my 'lovely bits' tonight." Danny promised.
"Shut up Danny." Mindy laughed
"You love it." Danny teased
"Yeah, that's true."
End.
A/N: Thank you for reading! I don't know if I got the Morgan/Tamra voices right, but I loved writing for them.