Oh this was lovely, more fighting. This wasn't going to solve anything and there was no way Nick was going to jump into the argument. Not yet anyway. Just then Rachel's beeper went off, Round two over with, here comes round three and this time he was apart of it. "One...actually half of it." Nick replied. "I'm not drunk if that's what you're trying to imply here Derek." Hell he drove both himself and Julia back here without anything happening so why would anything happen now? ----------------- > Rachel > I was so angry I could burst, "reasonable! How reasonable are you being > right now, keeping us locked in here? I am her mother, not you and not your > Legacy..Me!" As I was about to launch into another tirade my beeper went, it > was the hospital. I looked at Derek partly victorious and partly relieved, > "I have to go, unless you think my patients can wait?" I looked back at > Nick, "I'm ready when you are." > "I am perfectly aware that you are her mother," Derek snapped. "That's a fact you make me a habit of pointing out on a regular basis. Do not presume to analyze me doctor, particularly when you are in such a state." Derek's heart was pounding pretty hard in his chest and head, which was aching slightly, when Rachel's beeper went off. His eyes felt as though they were full of sand. "I won't keep you from your patience," Derek told her. "I wasn't going to keep you from anyplace. The gates were locked because I didn't want you venturing out on your own. No one bothered to inform me that you and Nick were leaving and frankly based on what I heard Nick hasn't been out drinking milkshakes all night!" He glanced at the younger man, "how much did you drink before your....incident?" Derek
