HEY GUYS SO I'M BRINGING BACK AN OC FROM SEASON 1 SO IF YOU WANT TO RECAP WHO HE IS AND HOW HE FITS INTO THIS CHAPTER CHECKOUT BLACKHAT PART 1-2 AND GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST FROM AMBER KAREV SEASON 1. THE COBRA FANCAST FOR ME IS ADAM HUBER AKA LIAM FROM DYNASTY, ENJOY!
Chapter 7: Before Sunrise
SCENE: RESIDENTS LOUNGE
(Amber is at the table scrolling through her Tinder message board while Levi is getting his stuff from his cubby getting ready to leave for the day)
Levi: I've got the night shift how about you?
Amber: (Eyes on her phone) Um no I work today and tomorrow night, why?
Levi: I was thinking we could do something tonight before I go to work.
Amber: You mean watch Gilmore Girls like we do every night? (Looks up at Levi) Not exactly something I look forward to pal, although I am getting more invested since Jess came in.
Levi: (Agrees) Right? If Rory doesn't want him, I'll take him.
Amber: (Snickers) I'm not gonna be home tonight I'm going to the gym and-
Taryn: (Behind her) Are you on Tinder Amber?
(Amber gets startled by Taryn's voice and drops her phone on the table while Levi turns fully with a shocked face)
Levi: (Excited) Amber? Tinder?
(Amber groans as she holds her phone close to her chest. Levi joins Taryn in questioning Amber)
Levi: Wait a minute I thought you gave up on that app two years ago, after you went looking for a date to the Jolex wedding?
Amber: (Confused) Jolex?
Taryn: Yeah, I remember you calling it a technological gateway to perverts and severely depressed ingrates.
Amber: And it's also a quick path to brief and therapeutic sex. I'm not looking for anyone special especially not through this app from hell but I do need a release from my current situation. I mean you know Taryn you support the whole Netherland sex for therapy bit.
Levi: (Offended) You said it was stupid for me to do that.
Amber: No, I said it was stupid for you to do it with your emotionally unavailable ex, I'm just looking for equally lonely and horny strangers. Big difference.
Levi: (Narrows his eyes at her)
Taryn: Who are you DMing?
Amber: This 25-year-old paralegal, she's asked me out on an actual date and I said yes. We're meeting tonight at the Oyster House.
Levi: Wow seafood, very fancy.
Amber: (Looks at her phone) Yeah well, it's one of the few places that are open for the dating world.
Taryn: Are you sure dating during covid is the best idea? I mean you don't know where they've been.
Amber: (Raises an eyebrow) She knows where I've been and she still wants to hang, I should be brave as well. Besides it's not like I'm gonna meet anyone else the normal way.
Levi: So, what do you know about her?
Amber: Nothing aside from her age, job and profile pic.
Taryn: Well, that's not concerning at all, how do you know she's not a serial killer targeting doctors for not treating covid effectively?
Amber: (Raises an eyebrow) I see someone's binging on too many horror flicks. As for this girl, Pamela, I'm meeting her at a public spot so there won't be any killing involved…besides she's way too hot to be a serial killer.
Levi: I think that's what they said about Ted Bundy.
(Amber rolls her eyes at Levi when Andrew walks inside the lounge in his casual wear causing Amber to turn her phone off quickly)
Andrew: Hey you got work today?
Amber: Yeah, I have work today and tomorrow night, why? is it Grey? Is the trial not working?
Andrew: Her numbers are steady so far but we just got her in yesterday so it's still early. I'm headed out for the day and working tonight; you got any plans? Maybe we could go over her numbers and scans together see if we missed anything.
Taryn: Oh, uh she's-
Amber: (Steps in) Going to the gym and probably gonna be there all night. I've got a lot of rage in me and it's best I take it out on the bag before I snap and punch someone else.
Andrew: (Chuckles) Yeah that is probably best, okay let me know when your free and we can go over Grey's chart, see ya.
(Amber nods and Andrew leaves the lounge)
Levi: He doesn't know?
Amber: Of course not, do you think I just go straight to my ex-boyfriend and tell him I signed up for an app for booty calls? In what universe is that considered okay?
Taryn: I want to put an emphasis on the word 'ex' as in no longer dating you, as in it's time for you both to move on.
Amber: And we will, I will it's just…we're working closely together with Grey and I don't want to make things awkward or more awkward. I will tell him if this date gets serious which it probably won't and I would appreciate it if you two would let me and me alone tell him.
Levi: (Catches on) And if we do, you'll hang out intestines outside the hospital?
Amber: (Grins) Very good, you may leave now.
Levi: Happy Hunting.
(Levi leaves the room with Taryn while Amber looks at the app again)
LATER THAT NIGHT
SCENE: OYSTER HOUSE
(Amber sits across a pretty brunette with smoky eyes at a booth. Amber tells Pamela the story of her brother's wedding laughing at the memory while Pamela stares at her blankly)
Amber: (Sips her beer) And then he kicked down the door and there they were inside a shed after doing the deed and (Pauses to chuckle) and they found a skeleton in there like an actual skeleton of an actual guy. It was pretty funny.
Pamela: (Monotone) Funny? Your brother and his fiancé did it in a shed before their wedding next to a corpse because they couldn't keep it in their pants and a guy rotted in there for years?
Amber: (Chuckles) Yeah crazy right?
Pamela: (Eyebrows raised) Sad.
(Amber's grin falls at Pamela's depressing tone)
Pamela: But reflective on what wedding and negligence culture have devolved to.
Amber: Uh…yeah…so have you lived in Seattle long?
Pamela: No I moved after breaking up with my girlfriend, came here to get a fresh start but it seems the world decided to ruin that as well.
Amber: Yeah, (Raises her beer) To the the universe and the way that it keeps screwing us over.
Pamela: (Looks at her numbly) Not really something I want to toast to.
Amber: (Feels awkward) Um it was a joke.
Pamela: Not a very good one.
(Amber clears her throat and takes a big sip from her drink)
THIRTY MINUTES LATER
(After eating dinner, they order dessert)
Pamela: Can I get a chocolate macadamia brownie?
Waiter: Certainly.
Amber: Oh that sounds good, do you want to split it?
Pamela: (Scoffs) Wow that's presumptive.
Amber: (Purses her lips) Right, make that two brownies.
(The waiter nods and takes off)
Amber: (Chuckles) Looks like we got some extra cardio in our future huh?
Pamela: (Raises an eyebrow with a blank face)
Amber: Um as in the brownies, you know all that sugar and carbs and what not.
Pamela: (Eyebrows furrow) Did you just body shame me?
(Amber sighs as her night gets worse)
TWENTY MINUTES LATER
SCENE: BOXING GYM
(After her date Amber goes to the gym to blow off some steam. She enters the gym fuming where the receptionist recognizes her)
Tom: Hey Amber, how have you been?
Amber: (Angry) Like shit Tom ring me in for gloves I need to hit something.
Tom: You got it.
(Amber goes to her locker to change into her black joggers and red tank top. She puts her hair in a ponytail and puts on her black mask before heading out. She's one of the only five people inside. Amber starts punching her aggression out on the punching bag for two minutes straight. She hears the bell ring and turns to see a guy in a mask with boxing pads)
Trainer: All right whoever wants to punch an actual person get in the ring!
(Amber quickly gets first in line hopping on the ring along with the other four people and the trainer)
Trainer: All right so what we're gonna do tonight is jab, cross, jab, cross and then boom, I want you to put your full force into the hook, got it? You first.
(A man comes first and does as told twice with just the right amount of force)
Trainer: Good job, you next.
(Amber comes up in front of him with her gloves up)
Trainer: First time?
Amber: Been a regular since March need to let some new aggression out so come on.
Trainer: Eager, I like that, okay go.
(Amber does the moves flawlessly and with loud punches)
Trainer: Nice again.
(Amber punches the mitts again but her second jab goes too fast landing on the trainers face)
Amber: Sorry, are you okay?
Trainer: (Coughs and straightens himself) Its fine, let's try again.
(Amber goes again but her hook goes too fast landing on the trainers face again causing him to fall to the ground grunting)
Amber: (Gasps) Oh my god!
(Amber kneels down to the trainer who kneels groaning in pain before Amber gently gets him to sit down)
Amber: I am so sorry are you okay? Let me see your face, I'm a doctor.
Trainer: Really? I couldn't tell.
(Amber takes his mask off and hisses at the bleeding nose before recognizing the trainer to her horror albeit with a more trimmed beard that shows off his handsome features)
Amber: Cobra?!
(Cobra looks at her confused before she takes off her mask. His eyes widen as he recognizes her as well)
Cobra: Blondie?
(They stare at each other shocked at this chance encounter)
CUT TO BLACK
LATER THAT NIGHT
SCENE: ALEX AND JOS HOUSE
(Levi is on the couch in front of the tv watching Gilmore Girls season 3 episode 1)
Levi: (Angry at Rory) Come on Rory make up your damn mind, you know Jess is the one, forget Dean. Honestly, I'm never gonna get the straight mind.
(The door opens distracting Levi who looks and sees Amber leading Cobra to the living room as he leans forward into a napkin on his nose)
Cobra: (Looks up) Is this really-
Amber: (Pushes his head down) Lean forward all the blood needs to come out and breathe through your mouth.
Cobra: I know you've told me this about ten times on the way here.
Amber: And I'm gonna keep saying it until I fix you and my mind will ease from the guilt, here sit on the couch.
(Amber leads Cobra to the couch next to Levi who stops watching the show that's still on and stares at Cobra while Amber is oblivious as she searches for the first aid kit. She comes back with an ice pack and the kit)
Amber: Okay let's see how bad it is.
(Cobra drops the napkin reveling his nose and upper lip stained with blood that has stopped coming from his nose. Amber examines it quickly when she notices Levi)
Amber: (Unbothered) Oh hey.
Levi: (Calmly) Hi…who is this?
Cobra: My name is Caleb but you can call me Cobra.
Levi: (Gasps) Right the biker with the hernia! What injuries did you acquire this time? And why did you choose to get treated here instead of the hospital? Wait a minute how did you run into him? Didn't you have a date?
Amber: (Feels his nose for fractures causing him to hiss) I did and remind me to delete that damn app again. I went to blow off some steam and…Cobra was there and he got into a boxing match.
Cobra: (Glares at Amber) Blondie sucker punched me.
Amber: Hey!
Levi: (Shocked) You punched him?! What is the matter with you?
Amber: I've got rage issues! (Sighs and turns to Cobra) It's not broken, it's a hairline fracture above the lateral nasal cartilage.
Levi: Might I ask again why you choose to bring him to our safe bubble instead of the hospital.
Amber: I broke the guys nose I didn't want to be a reason he had covid, besides an injury like this doesn't require much treatment.
Levi: Can't you do something safe? Like yoga? Or D&D? They don't punch people in D&D.
Cobra: Do I need to be here? You said it's not bad.
Amber: It's not but it still needs to be popped out unless you want the Mike Tyson look.
Cobra: (Sighs) Okay fine.
(Cobra stands still while Amber puts her fingers on the fracture)
Amber: This is gonna hurt a little, on three; one-
(Amber pops the fracture causing a crack sound and Cobra to yell out in pain)
Cobra: A little?!
Amber: Put some ice on it for the next 24 hours in a few weeks it should heal completely, until then you're staying here for a few hours so I can monitor you.
Cobra: I'll be fine you don't have to take care of me.
Levi: You were just punched in the face and had your nose reset, how are you so calm?
Cobra: I'm in a motorcycle gang, this isn't the first time a woman punched me it's just the first time she took me home to bandage me. Which means I don't need to be watched in case my gut explodes…again.
Amber: Well in any case I still have to drive you back to your bike so maybe a drink before that along with apology leftovers shouldn't be too much to ask. Let me bandage you up.
Cobra: (Grins) I guess one drink with you is enough to forgive you for going all Rowdy Rousey on me.
(Amber smirks at him before putting a bandage over his nose and giving him an ice pack. Levi sees them looking at each other somewhat affectionately and gets the message)
Levi: (Stands up) I have to go to work in an hour I should probably get going. I trust you two can handle being alone.
Amber: Yeah, we'll be fine.
(Levi leaves the room to get his helmet. Amber notices blood on Cobra's white t shirt)
Amber: Oh, your shirt is all bloody.
Cobra: (Notices) Oh yeah, it's fine I'll just wash it when I get home.
Amber: I can wash it here, my brothers got clothes upstairs you're about his size. Come on take it off and I'll wash it.
Cobra: (Shrugs) All right.
(Cobra takes his shirt off exposing his muscles and six pack making Amber slightly blush. He gives her his shirt when Levi walks back in with his helmet and looks at the scene in mild shock. Amber looks at the shirtless Cobra and back at Levi clearing her throat)
Amber: I'm just washing his shirt that's all.
Levi: (Not buying it) Okay, I'm going to work now, have a good night you two.
Amber: (Glares at him) No we were just-
(Levi quickly leaves before she finishes though to her frustration and Cobra's amusement)
Cobra: (Still shirtless) So uh…you got any whiskey here?
Amber: Um in the cabinet next to the fridge, you get a glass and I'll…get you a shirt.
Cobra: Okay.
(Cobra goes to the kitchen while Amber heads to the laundry room exhaling in heat)
AN HOUR LATER
SCENE: LIVING ROOM
(Amber and Cobra are sitting on the floor eating leftover pizza watching Gilmore Girls. Cobra is wearing Alex's gray shirt)
Amber: Ugh I swear Rory needs to either pick Jess or join a monastery. I would be lucky to have just one hot guy chasing after me and she's got two despite being a skinny twig.
Cobra: (Chuckles) I didn't think you were into shows like this, I mean first day we met you struck me as more of a serious, hard boiled thriller girl.
Amber: Oh no I was I watched horror movies periodically, I even had a subscription for Shudder. I only recently got into this show with Levi.
Cobra: Ah right around March I'm guessing?
Amber: You guessed right, I needed an escape from my job and the stuff I normally watch isn't it but then Levi was watching Gilmore Girls one night and…it made me laugh and gave me a glimpse of a perfect world I crave. It also doesn't hurt that Lorelai is a total MILF.
Cobra: (Laughs) Well yeah, I can definitely see why you choose this show to binge on while the world ends.
Amber: And a good show to watch while catching up with old patients. How's your nose?
Cobra: It's fine, it doesn't really hurt, what about you?
Amber: (Confused) What about me?
Cobra: What caused you to all rageaholic at the gym and punch me in the face?
Amber: (Scoffs) Okay it was an accident.
Cobra: You punched too hard and too fast, that wasn't an accident that was attempted murder.
Amber: (Sighs) …I had a bad Tinder date.
Cobra: (Chuckles) I figured.
Amber: (Glares at him) It wasn't something I wanted to happen I just…needed a distraction from my life but little did I know it turned into a night of horror.
Cobra: Come on it couldn't have been that bad.
Amber: The girl was a walking DSM; it was like talking to a blob filled with contempt and self-loathing that's normally in women of my generation. Does that about cover it?
Cobra: (Whistles) I am not kidding you I genuinely had nightmares about dates like those
Amber: I can see why, your turn what tragedy made you want to punch out your emotions?
Cobra: (Shrugs) Nothing I volunteer at the gym on my time off, it helps me keep my sanity and social cues intact. Although it does help me with the tragedies of my past that I already told you about.
Amber: It's a good outlet as long as you keep your fists away from people faces unlike me.
Cobra: (Chuckles) You know I tried online dating too.
Amber: Really? What was your profile pic? You on your bike with your leather jacket or just a shirtless pic of you?
Cobra: I…didn't really stay on it that long. It felt weird like I wasn't even talking to an actual person so I just deleted it before I got in too deep.
Amber: Then you have the most dignity out of both of us. So, what brings you to Seattle? I thought you lived in Tacoma.
Cobra: I do but my work is based here.
Amber: Work? I thought you couldn't find a job after being in the clink.
Cobra: Yeah, I couldn't so I decided to start my own actuary firm. It's a suite just around Capitol Hill, I started it a year ago. Business is slow right now but I'm managing. I imagine the same can't be said in your line of work.
Amber: (Takes a sip of her whiskey) Your right about that this year hasn't exactly been kind to me with the pandemic and burnout. There are times I just wish I could quit, pack my bags and head to Ontario with a new identity.
Cobra: So, what's stopping you?
Amber: …My family I would miss them and they would miss me…also my pregnant sister-in-law would kill me if I left her here while my brother is in Kansas with his ex-wife and two kids.
Cobra: (Raises an eyebrow) Wow that's a lot of information in just one sentence. I don't recall a niece or nephew in the stories you told me while you were pressing on my wounds. Are you willing to give a poor biker another story while his shirt is in the washer?
Amber: (Considers it) …Sure but we need more alcohol.
Cobra: (Stands up) I think I saw vodka next to the whiskey let me get it.
(Cobra leaves to get the vodka as Amber grins at his generosity)
LATER AT MIDNIGHT
SCENE: ATTENDINGS LOUNGE
(Levi enters the lounge to give Jo a power bar as she massages her own feet. Andrew is in the room drinking coffee and going over Meredith's chart)
Levi: Long night?
Jo: (Groans) My feet feel like their two balloons filled with pudding; I think I need more than a power bar to get my fuel up.
Andrew: I think I left my veggie stir fry here yesterday, do you want it?
Jo: Yes please, Schmitt heat it up for me.
Levi: (Raises an eyebrow) What's the magic word?
Jo: (Glares at him) Heat it up for me now.
Levi: Your cranky and also my boss so I will accept it.
(Levi takes the veggie stir fry out of the fridge just as Andrew asks him something)
Andrew: Hey Schmitt, did Amber get back from the gym? Is she home now?
Levi: (Treads carefully) …Um yeah, she texted me said she came back early, why?
Andrew: I'm looking over Grey's numbers they seem to be improving so far, her CRP levels have come down but her ferritin levels are the same. I'm gonna clock out early I was gonna stop by and go over the chart with her, text her that I'm headed over there.
(Levi internally panics as Andrew gets his bag and helmet from his cubby)
Levi: Um maybe you shouldn't it's late.
Andrew: (Puts his mask on) Yeah, she's always up late.
Levi: (Panics) Oh let me! I'll go over Grey's chart with you right now, since we're both here.
Andrew: (Chuckles) Schmitt no offense but I trust Amber's medical mind more than yours now if you'll excuse me.
Levi: Wait please!
Jo: (Hungry and impatient) Schmitt where is my dinner?
Levi: I'll get it in a second, DeLuca, you really shouldn't bother her tonight.
(Andrew chuckles not taking Levi seriously as he heads to the door forcing Levi to tell the truth)
Levi: She's not alone!
(Andrew stops and turns to face a remorseful Levi. Jo looks up shocked at Amber having company as well)
Levi: I'm sorry.
Andrew: (Hurt but composed) …Okay um…just tell her to call me when…she has time. I'm headed out good night.
(Andrew leaves the room and Levi sighs in despair before going back to heating up Jo's dinner. Jo keeps massaging her feet despite feeling awkward)
Jo: Well, that wasn't horrible, I take it her Tinder date went well?
Levi: It didn't it's someone else.
Jo: (Eyes wide) …Okay so who is in my house entertaining my sister?
Levi: A former patient of hers, Cobra, you know the biker who-
Jo: (Remembers) Had his guts all over her yeah. Wow she left with a horrible date and came back with a biker, I'll give her this she bounces back fast.
Levi: Do you think she'll kill me when she finds out I told DeLuca?
Jo: Oh, she will, I'd make up a will if I were you, although you live with me and Amber so there's not much for you to leave.
(Levi sighs and bumps his head forward on the cabinet)
LATER
SCENE: ALEX AND JOS LIVING ROOM
(Amber and Cobra are still on the floor chatting and drinking vodka. Cobra processes how Amber became an aunt)
Cobra: So, your former sister-in-law recovered from cancer and used your brothers baby makers to have a baby and ended up with two and now you have a six-year-old niece and nephew you just met. I am astonished at how much crazier your life got since I last saw you.
Amber: (Laughs) Yeah well imagine finding out right after you punched your brother because you caught him inside his bitch ex's house playing happy family. It was an interesting start for my 2020 and then the pandemic happened and it turned into a horror movie opening.
Cobra: What do you hope to do this year? What do you want to do that you feel will make all the horrible stuff go away?
Amber: (Thinks) …Chew out my wretched witch of a former sister-in-law and make her sorry for ever messing with me. I want to just get on a plane go back to that awful farm and greet her with a punch when she opens the door, that'll definitely ruin her morning.
Cobra: (Chuckles) Wow you sound like me when I found my wife in bed with my boss. Other than throwing you out of her home, what made you hate her so much and wish her doom?
Amber: …Everything, she acts all high and mighty like she's better than me when (Chuckles darkly) She has done things that would make Vladimir Putin gasp. She cut an LVAD wire so her fiancé could get up the transplant list, she slept with her married friend, she seduced my brother into marriage only to leave him a few months later. I'm not talking she left him after a talk she just straight up left him, gone completely out of his life for no reason other than she is a presumptuous hag who keeps a tally for the souls she has damned. Sorry am I ranting? I get lost in my hatred for Stevens.
Cobra: (Shrugs) No more than I did with my ex, although I did less ranting and more destruction of property but to each his own. I see even without the pandemic this Izzie character ruined your year before it even started.
Amber: (Sips her drink) There may have also been a guy.
Cobra: (Chuckles knowingly) Oh there's always a guy.
Amber: Yeah he was…I thought he was it, you know. I thought I was done with the dating game because I found a guy who was sweet, smart, funny, handsome just…the whole package who for some reason thought the same of me.
Cobra: I can think of a lot of reasons why he felt the same.
(Amber looks away bashfully)
Cobra: So, what happened? Did he cheat on you?
Amber: No, he…he didn't cheat he's not the kind of guy who would do that to someone he loves.
Cobra: So, then what happened?
Amber: …He inherited his dad's mental illness and I told you about my mom and…he's taking his meds; he's doing better but-
Cobra: You couldn't deal with that stuff again?
Amber: (Bitterly nods and takes a sip) I'm sorry am I sounding awful to you?
Cobra: No not at all, your allowed to have your own opinions and make your own choices. What happened to the two of you is unfair and awful but it happened. It would've been better you left than to stay and lie to the man you love for the rest of your life. If he's as good a guy as you say, then I know he would appreciate it too.
Amber: (Looks at him touched) Um…it's funny I…didn't think I was the kind of person who needed someone's validation to make me feel better but…you just said the exact thing I've been waiting for someone to say to me.
(Cobra looks at her affectionately same as her. Amber inhales deeply before turning back to the tv)
Amber: So, uh anything else you want to watch before you go?
Cobra: (Lust deflates) I don't really have a preference whatever you want to watch, I guess.
Amber: (Clear throat) Sure um how does Legally Blonde sound?
Cobra: Sound's great, let's play that.
(Amber plays the movie and they both stay quiet trying to avoid the awkwardness)
AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER
(Amber and Cobra finish the movie and they look at each other still feeling weird from what happened)
Amber: So…What did you think?
Cobra: Definitely something a guy is forced to watch to get one step closer into his date's pants.
Amber: (Chuckles) Well you didn't seem too reluctant to watch it, especially during the trial when you gasped like a little girl and sang along to Perfect Day. I was in the bathroom but I could hear you from there.
Cobra: (Grins) Okay I did not do any of those things. I think your confused or you heard what you wanted to hear.
Amber: (Raises her eyebrow) Really? You swear on your life you didn't do it?
Cobra: Yep, one hundred percent.
Amber: So, if I were to tell your biker gang what your reaction was to a popular chick flick, you would deny it?
Cobra: Yes, I would because it did not happen.
Amber: Would they believe you even if they see the tape?
Cobra: Ye-Wait what?
(Amber snickers as she points to a hidden camera in a shelf by the living room with a clear view of them)
Amber: Yeah, my sister installed it last week, she wanted to catch whoever it was that was leaving dishes at night. Let's just say she made a grave error telling me her plan for exploitation, but the good news is that I have something to win over your biker friends.
(Amber laughs as she stands up to get her phone to view the tape with Cobra panicking following her)
Cobra: No, no way that recording has to be destroyed.
Amber: (Playing with him) Oh your being silly, all your friends are going to love it, all of YouTube is going to love it. Maybe we could set up a reaction channel, 'The Doctor and The Biker' what do you think?
Cobra: If that's you plan I think your liable to get me beat up by scary men in leather who can peel a grapefruit with their thumb.
(Cobra tries to reach for her phone which she pulls away from him still smiling)
Amber: Oh, you're being dramatic.
Cobra: And you are being straight up evil, you know that?
Amber: I need something to make me laugh while the world falls apart and making you squirm is definitely doing the job.
Cobra: (Grins) Really? Well maybe I'll just-
(Cobra tries to grab the phone from her by surprise but she sees it coming and takes it out of his reach causing her to laugh)
Amber: (Teasing) Oh, come on is that the best you got?
(They both chuckle and fall silent as they realize how close they are. They give in to their lust and start to kiss causing Amber to drop her phone and wrap her arms around Cobra. They kiss passionately for several moments before Cobra tries to lead her to the couch)
Amber: (Grunts and breaks the kiss) Not here sister and best friend live here now.
Cobra: (Kisses her) Bedroom, where?
Amber: Basement, follow me.
(Amber leads Cobra to her bedroom downstairs)
CUT TO BLACK
THE NEXT MORNING
SCENE: AMBERS BEDROOM
(Amber and Cobra are in her bed naked with Cobra spooning her from behind as the blanket covers them)
Amber: (Sighs in delight) Wow that was um…
Cobra: (Grins) Unexpected?
Amber: Yes, that's the word I am looking for. I expected last night to be a tinder date that turned into a booty call and an awkward morning after. But instead I got a horrible tinder date that turned into a session at the gym that turned into a reunion with my patient after punching him and taking him back to my place where a horrible night turned into a night of heated passion. And now the morning after is anything but awkward.
Cobra: (Kisses her cheek) Yeah I just expected last night to be a regular night at the gym but then you walked in and punched me.
(They chuckle at the memory)
Amber: So, I take it you forgive me for that hurtful encounter? I assume that's the case given how happy you looked a few hours ago.
Cobra: (Grins) All is forgiven.
Amber: I'm glad so…what happens now? Is this the part where you get up, change and run out of this house or do we eat breakfast awkwardly?
Cobra: That depends I guess.
Amber: On what?
Cobra: On what your call is here. (Amber looks at him) Remember three years ago when I asked you for a drink after my surgery?
Amber: Yeah, I said-
Cobra: That we wouldn't last beyond a steamy one-night stand.
Amber: And we had that last night so…
Cobra: So…I guess the rest is up to you blondie.
Amber: …Do you want something beyond one night? Is this something that's been in your mind for three years?
Cobra: Relax I'm not some psycho stalker or something I've had dates and had girlfriends after we met but uh…if I'm being honest here. I haven't been able to get you out of my head for a few days when we first met, mostly because of the horrible day I came in but also…you're not like anyone else I've met.
Amber: (Flattered) Well that's nice to hear and uh…you're not like anyone else I've met either. And last night was one of the few nights I've had fun since this year started. It's just a relationship isn't something I've had on my mind for a while now and-
Cobra: (Understands) I get it believe me, you spent two years thinking your life was going in one direction, I get it your still not over him.
Amber: No…but I'm a little closer and I think that this is what I'm willing to try like you are.
Cobra: (Surprised) I don't want you to do something you don't feel ready for.
Amber: I am ready, I'm ready to move on and see if there's something better for me out there so…do you want to take me out on a proper date tonight Cobra?
Cobra: (Grins) …Caleb.
Amber: (Furrows eyebrows) What?
Cobra: My dates I like for them to call me by my actual name Caleb. I just want you to know before I get dinner with you tonight.
Amber: (Chuckles) So that's a yes?
Cobra: (Smiles) It's a big yes.
(Amber smiles and kisses Cobra that turns into a makeout)