Chapter Eight
Summer 20
Dorie wakes up early in the morning and makes her way to her closet, she picks out an old dress from her younger times. She moves over and picks out two gold bracelet and a set of hoops earrings to match it, she lays them on her bed as she hears the phone ring. She moves over quickly and picks it up "ollo?" On the other end it's Abigail "hey farmer Dorie!" Dorie lights up "Hey Abbie!" Abigail grins as she asks "would you possibly be able to come with us and help us set up?" Dorie glance to the side at the bed smiling. "Sure! I already have my dress ready anyways." Abigail happily responds "oh you're the best! See you in about 2 hours!" Dorie closes her eyes "see you then Abbie." Dorie opens her eyes as she breathes in softly through her nose, her finger moving in between the numbers on the old dial phone. She moves her fingers twisting them into the telephone wire as it rings, Harvey picks up the other end "Pelican Town Clinic, Dr.Harvey speaking." She pauses "hey Harvey… It's Dorie." He smiles as he glances at the chart in his hand "oh what a lovely surprise. How did you sleep last night?" Dorie glances down as she blushes "p..pretty good.. what about you?" Harvey glances away from the chart as his cheeks burn up "I'd be lying if I didn't say our conversation didn't give me sweet dreams." Dorie closes her eyes and giggle a bit "you're such a lover boy.~" Harvey glances at the phone as he smiles more "you make me want to be." Dorie quickly moves the phone away as she blushes bright red placing her hand on her cheek and sighing happily "Ah.~~~" she's moves the phone back as she moves her finger and twists the wire "About tonight. I'm gonna go early with Abigail." Harvey raises his eyebrows "okay, so I'll drive down after work alone, want me to drive you home?" Her blush returns as she glances at the phone "only if you walk me to my door after." Harvey blushes at her request and smiles softly "what kind of boyfriend would I be if I didn't do that." She sighs "alright, I'll see you there." Harvey put the clipboard down "I'll see you soon" Dorie hangs up and begins to change into her Dress, she takes her bracelets and puts them on her left wrist as she puts the matching earrings in and move to her makeup putting on black lipstick to match. She moves into the bathroom and begins to straighten her hair, she glances in the mirror as she hums softly knowing this could take awhile. As time ticks on by she finishes it up and walks out as she checks herself in the mirror. She glances at the clock as she turns to peaches "All right peaches I'll be back later tonight! Do not destroy anything while I'm gone… and don't get into the plastic!" Dorie walks to the door and magically locking it on her way out. She makes her way to where Abigail said to meet, she walks up to Abbie as she smiles back and waved at Dorie "Hey Dorie!" Her eyes move to dorie's hair as she points at it "Your hair looks great Dorie!" Dorie motions to her hair with a grin as she raises her eyebrow "Thanks! I like… never go out like this anymore. Plus I think it's suits this dress pretty well." Abigail points over her shoulder behind her "Cool. Let's get going then, Seb has his mom's truck." They walk up and Abigail gets in the front as Dorie opens the door and gets in the back next to Sam, while Abigail sits in front with Sebastian. Dorie closes the door "Sup losers." Sam looks at Dorie surprised "farmer Dorie! I brought weed!" He smiles as everyone glances at him knowing how tonight is going to end. Sebastian rolls his eyes as he starts the car "dude you better breathe through your nose this time." Everyone buckles up as Sebastian starts driving through the valley towards Zuzu city, Dorie turns and looks out the window as she lets her mind wander. The clouds drift on by as the sun begins to lower in the sky, they pass by buildings on either side until they eventually get to their destination. Seb and Sam get out and begin to set up as Dorie goes with Abbie to help her with her makeup.
As Harvey is driving to the venue he glances around at the city. His feelings mixed from all the time he spent here working towards becoming a doctor. He drives his beetle over and parks it on the side of the road, making sure to lock it and heads in, he pulls his phone out and goes to dorie name in his messages and types "hello my dear, im at the venue." On the other hand Dorie checks her phone as she sees the response from Harvey she types back "That was fast! Sam & Seb are looking for you. Abbie wants me to help her with her makeup. :)." Harvey begins to blush as his expression softens typing "I'll keep an eye out." He smiles more until he's pulled away from his phone "Dr.Harvey!" Sam and Seb come walking up to him "thanks for coming doc, Farmer Dorie is with Abigail." Sam smiles "we'll show you where you'll be watching us with her!" Sam moves over slowly and whisper in a quiet voice "yo, Dr.Harv, listen…" Harvey looks at him with an eyebrow raised "Farmer Dorie is looking pretty hot tonight." Harvey stares confused "I'm your best friend?" Sam fires back "No, I'm your best friend." Harvey stands in the spot Sam told him to and checks his phone, he sees Dorie responsed back "ur cute." He smiles as he types back "spot acquired." She responded quickly with "Okay! Heading over now!" Harvey puts his phone away as he begins to take his jacket off, the concert starts "Alright everyone!" Abigail raises her drum sticks in the air as she screams out "WE ARE GOBLIN DESTROYERS AND WE WANT TO WATCH YOU KILL EACH OTHER!!!" Sam looks at her worried "Abs what the fuck?" But Sebastian look at her and just mumbles "cool." They begin to play as Dorie makes her way over to Harvey. She looks at them and grin as her hand moves against Harvey's back "nice." She looks over at him as she smiles "hey Harvey!" He begins to look down at her "oh hello my… my… Dorie…." As his eyes land on her it finally hits him. As him mind flashes back to that night in the hospital, the young girl with purple hair. Dorie looks at him smiling as she holds his hand "are you okay Harvey?" He takes it all in as he mumbles "I… your dress…" she waved her hand as she looks at it "oh this old thing? I've had this for years and I try to find excuses to wear it." He then looks at her hair "And your hair…" she crosses her arms as she tilts her head slightly "oh well… I flat ironed it. I wanted to look nice… for you…" she glances to the side and frowns slightly "do you not like it?" Harvey moves in and places his hand on her cheek, she glances at it as he moves in closer "I think seeing you right now is making me believe that maybe this was fate." They both smile blushing at each other. He puts his jacket around Dorie as she points out where to meet Abbie, Seb, and Sam after the show "so if we head this way we can meet up with them." Harvey moves his hand "before that, let me have a moment with you." His hands move to her hips as he pulls her in "I have a question." She looks at him and hums back "mhmmm." Dorie goes for the kiss as Harvey raises his eyebrow, grinning as he ask "How do you know the Hippocratic oath?" She pauses and looks at him confused "wait, what?" He closes his eyes "humor me." Dorie glances to the side as she recounts that night "okay, just please don't judge me. This is kinda embarrassing, but when I was younger I kinda got tipsy… I brought this girl I met at the club to the E.R. & there was this… well a cute doctor helped her and I called it the hippopotamus oath…" He stares her down and questions "the hippopotamus oath?" She looks at him "hey, be nice. I had drinks that night…. Anymore questions darling?" He blushes as he responds "actually, just one more." Dorie snickers a little as she shoots back "tease." They smile at each other until some screams out "Dr.Uncle Harvey!" They turn to look who it is and it's Sam. He holds his hands to his chest as he panics "I CANT BREATHE THROUGH MY NOSE!!" Harvey looks annoyed as he sighs "alright Dorie go say goodbye, we're taking sam home before he has another panic attack." Dorie grins knowing this would happen as she mutter "loser." As dorie says her goodbyes Harvey takes Sam and guides him to his car, he opens the back seat and sits him in and buckles him up. He shuts the door as dorie makes her way over, He grabs the handle of the passages side and opens it for her. He smiles at her a blush spread across his face. She smiles as she gets in and buckles up, he closes the door and makes his way over to the drivers side. He climbs in and bucks up while locking the doors. He starts the car and begins to take them home. They drive by the a lot of buildings that are hidden by the dark blue sky. Dorie looks at the car and takes it in "this is a neat car Harvey!" He rests his hand on the wheel and hums back "it was a gift from my grandpa when I finished med school." She looks at him grinning "I think it suits you… the old man car." He glances over at her " maybe I'll just dye my hair gray and feed birds all day." Dorie raises an eyebrow "hubba hubba!" Sam snores loudly as he lays up against the side of the door, Dorie and Harvey look at each other as they hold in their laughter "Tonight was fun." Dorie says as Harvey pops in "it was." As the light turns red he stops and he called out to Dorie "Dorie…" she turns towards Harvey a blush scattered across her cheeks as he continues "you look beautiful. I don't think I told you that tonight." Harvey places his hand over hers, she look down and then looks back up at him smiling softly "thank you." He drives them out of Zuzu city as he goes to park his car. He turns off the car and heads over to Sam and helps him out. Dorie gets out and Harvey puts Sam in the front seat with the window down and buckles him in. Dorie hands him his jacket back as he takes it, Dorie places his hand on his arm "so you drive me home and actually walk me to my front door? Harvey you might be the perfect boyfriend." He shoots back "And you actually returned an article of my clothing." She squeezes his arm and sighs "sorry, they're kinda my pajamas now hun." Harvey glances to the side as he begins to sweat thinking to himself "Am I allowed to request a picture?" Dories face lights up as she remembers "oh what else did you want to ask me earlier?" Harvey snaps out of it as he looks at Dorie quickly "Question?" He calms down as he smiles "oh, right… would you meet me by the tracks at 9am?" She replies "sure." He smiles brightly "great I have a nice surprise for you sweetheart." Out of no where Sam puts his hands over the edge of the car "I'm sitting in the FRONT SEAT!" He screams it louder "IM SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT!!!" Harvey says goodbye to Dorie and watches her enter her house. He goes back and drives Sam home, as he turns off his car and goes to help Sam. He holds Sam up as he smiles gently "Okay, we can walk the rest of the way, you need fresh air." Sam looks over to him "thanks Dr.Harvey." Harvey responses "it's no issue Sam." Sam looks down a bit sad "I'm sorry you didn't get a chance to ask out the farmer. You should be happy." Harvey stops for a moment "Sam?" Sam continues "you've done a lot to help out my family Doc. You're always there for everyone in town and we just kinda pick on you. We don't mean to, we're just dicking around cuz you're not from here, but farmer Dorie won't let it slide she cares about you." Sam glances at harvey "you actually look at her the same way Seb looks at Abigail. I'm not stupid, I just want my friends to be happy." Harvey looks at him and smiles gently "you're not stupid. You never were. You're my best friend Sam, I know you care." Harvey takes him to the door and watches as Sam stumbles in and shuts the door. Harvey makes his way back to his car and drives it back to his garage and puts it away. He glances at the night sky as he walks to the clinic and pushes the doors lightly. He turns and locks it as he makes his way to his home, climbing the stairs slowly he yawns as he makes it up and closes his door. He goes to his dresser and grabs a pair of pajamas to change into. As he changes Dorie just crosses his mind again, he smiled as a blush appears on his face. He tirelessly climbs into bed and places his glasses on the dresser with a tired smile. He closes his eyes and slowly drifts off to sleep.
