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[surgical_intern]

It pays, it really does pay, to get to the hospital a few hours before rounds and go through the cases. Not only does that give you time to look up details that have become fuzzy, but you know which patients are getting the cool surgeries, and it is so much easier to gun for those

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[igottawrite]

Funny how these things seem to just set themselves up.

She's got a bundle of papers. He's tossing a ball between his hands and not looking where he's going.

There's only one way this can end, really.

With a crash. And profuse apologies. And -- "Hey, where'd my ball go?"

[surgical_intern]

Luckily, hospital records tend to be bound together for just this reason. Otherwise one would never know if the tests that show up in the charts actually belong there.
"Hey, if you don't know where it is, how the hell am I supposed to know?" She snaps back, fetching her file back from where it fell. "Dirty-minded idiot."

[igottawrite]

Matt actually spares a look at his hapless victim, who has just un-happed herself by quite a few points with that last remark. Wait, un-happed? Happed? He doesn't know. The point is, whatever just happened, he's right.

Still, he'd rather not consider the obvious answer to his situation, and doesn't look around quite yet. "You're not an actor hurrying to make it in time for a sketch, are you?"

[surgical_intern]

Christina gives him the 'You are such an everloving idiot' glare of doom.

"Do I look like an actor? Huh?" Actor. Please. Dense as well as posessing a complete inability to hide his filthy mind.

[igottawrite]

"You look like you could have a very good costumer, and probably don't require a lot of quick-changes. But that's not the point. The point is that nominally, I have to treat you with respect if you're not in show business."

He's getting the distinct impression that there's no such unspoken code among medical professionals, which this woman seems certainly well-outfitted enough to be.

[surgical_intern]

No, Christina is generally rude and abrupt, except with her superiors. And those she considers friends.

...

Well, no. Just with superiors.

"Gee, people must love you." She observes drily, struggling back to her feet. "Don't be surprised when the burning in effigy starts."

[igottawrite]

If there's any fatal condition Matt can diagnose, it's humorlessness. Many comedians react to it in the same manner normal people react to leprosy; Matt takes it as a personal affront and a challenge.

He straightens, eyeing her. "You're a little behind the times. That party started up five years ago, but I try to encourage reunion bonfires once a week to keep the old crew together."

[surgical_intern]

Christina gives him a long, 'you must be crazy' look.

"I need more coffee." She mutters under her breath, and heads off towards the bar.

[igottawrite]

He gets that a lot, really.

He watches her go, still annoyed that his ball is definitely missing.

Matt has a feeling that this isn't over yet.