Friends/Chicago Hope Crossover
"Aaron in New York" - Sequel to the Cruise
Part one of many
The day after the cruise ended, Aaron drove around New York thinking. About life, Monica and everything else. After the boat docked Aaron had to go and get a hotel room. If he was planning on staying an extra week with Monica Geller, he had to have some place to call home base.As soon as a hotel room was secured, Aaron called his boss, Chief of Staff Phillip Watters in New York to make the request for the extra time off. Phillip was more than happy to grant it.
"Stay a while Aaron. If you come back before Tuesday I may just have to fire you." Phillip said with what Aaron had hoped was a sarcastic tone in his voice.
"I'll try. The charms of this city are simply to tempting to resist." Aaron replied while hanging up. But of course he was not thinking of the city but of the wonderful young woman he had met.
Aaron had gotten the phone book to look up Monicas address. Monica mentioned on the boat she lived with a girlfriend and had some zany friends come over once in a while. If they were all just abit older it would be just like the hospital, particularly with Jack McNeil following Dr Lisa Catera around like a love sick puppy.
He braked hard as a man jumped in front of his rental car.
"Jeffrey!" Aaron said finally recognizing the jaywalker. Jeffrey Geiger was Aarons close friend. He jumped into the car with Aaron.
"Nice job mowing me over Aaron. You know what Chicago Hope would do to you if they found out you ran me over at Times Square?"
"You mean besides the ticker tape parade Kate Austin will throw in my honor?" Aaron cracked.
"You're still funny." Jeffrey said flatly. "Where are we going?"
"We?" Aaron turned to Jeffrey. "How about we answer a different question first. What are you doing here?"
Monica puttered around the kitchen of her apartment trying to make everything just right when Aaron Shutt, the doctor she met on the cruise she had won a ticket from her best friend, came over. Aaron had called to let her know that he was on the way. But since he was so unfamiliar with the city, he had asked her to give him an hour to get there. She gave very precise instructions there. She was so specific in the directions, even Helen Keller would be able to find her way around the city.
Monica so wanted to have an intimate evening alone with Aaron but now as it grew later she knew that was not possible. All her guy friends, Ross, Chandler and Joey. were using her tv to watch the big game and gal pals, Rachel and Phoebe, would not stop asking about the cruise.
"Come on Mon!" Rachel begged. "Throw us a bone already."
"She could throw you a bone but you still wouldnt get any info on the cruise." Chandler said not even turning his head.
"Ok." Monica said. "I met this really handsome doctor on the boat and we well spent a lot of time together."
"I thought doctors were your turnon Rachel." Phoebe said.
"Yeah, I must have rubbed off on you." Rachel noted.
"Fat chance the way she cleans things around here." Phoebe said.
"Anyway, I was cooking this dinner so we could be together. Alone." Monica explained heavy emphasis on "alone". "He lives in Chicago and he only got to stay a week here. If I don't see him as much as possible before he gets back there I don't know what I'm going to do."
"This is just like a soap opera. Except hes not dying. Right?" Phoebe asked.
"Yeah. He is the most intelligent, generous, kind man I have ever met." Monica sighed. "He'll be here any minute."
"Do you want us to go Monica?" Ross asked.
"Could that be any more obvious?" Monica addressed her brother. "It's not like you can't get this channel on the tv across the hall."
"Ok Monica." Rachel said. "We'll go."
Monica smiled and sighed. "Thank you."
