she said shut up and have dinner with me

[puppydoctor]

WHO: Sarah Manning coppelgangerand puppydoctor George O'Malley
WHERE: Nonah, NC
WHEN: 10/4
WHAT: Actual adult ~*~dinner date*~*
WARNINGS: Language, sexuality

[Hey Sarah, there's some total dork knocking on your front door. You should probably see about that, before the little bunch of flowers he's holding behind his back wilt or something.

Yeah, he's trying the Full Real Date Thing. Let's see where this goes.]

Knock knock knock.

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[coppelganger]

[ Sounds like hell on earth to her, too. ]

I like cats. They're independent. They need less.

[puppydoctor]

[He gives a little laugh.]

Maybe that's why I don't get along with them. They're my opposite.

[coppelganger]

So you like cats, but they don't like you.

[puppydoctor]

Animals in general, I think. They know when people are uncomfortable around them. Or maybe they can all sense my cold-blooded turkey murder.

[coppelganger]

Ooh, yeah, I bet.

[ She takes a bite of her dinner. ]

I never had pets or anything. I know Kira would love it, but...

[ Things have been way too unstable for pets. First Sarah running out all the time, now all this shit with DYAD coming after them. ]

[puppydoctor]

I had a dog once as a kid, but... I don't remember him, I was pretty young.

[A lie, but he doesn't really want to talk about his dead dog, in addition to his dead dad and his dead best friend.]

[coppelganger]

[ He sure knows a lot of dead people. ]

Yeah? I always wanted one, but Mrs. S said it's like taking care of a baby that never grows up.

[puppydoctor]

[He's a magnet. You'd better get away from him.]

That sounds about right. Except I know a lot more about babies than dogs, even if I haven't had one. I mean... fathered one. That I know of.

[coppelganger]

[ She laughs, although underneath she's feeling pretty awkward, since she purposefully didn't tell her kid's father about her for... oh, eight years. ]

How do you know so much about babies, then?

[puppydoctor]

I'm pretty good with them. Delivered a couple, actually, but they just like me for some reason.

[coppelganger]

They can tell you're a good person.

[puppydoctor]

[Definitely not turning a little pink.]

I guess I shouldn't let them know I'm secretly a total asshole, then.

[coppelganger]

That's the great thing about babies, though. They love you no matter how much of an asshole you are.

[ She knows this from experience, of course. ]

[puppydoctor]

[He gives a dramatic gasp.]

Sarah Manning! Were you an asshole to your baby?

[coppelganger]

[ She swats at him across the table. ]

Of course not! I was just... y'know, young.