The pit works in mysterious ways

Flu Season

In the hospital many people are being rushed around and many nurses are hustling behind Ann.

"There is a crazy flu going around. Lots of miserable, dehydrated people with high fevers and diarrhea. And one of those dehydrated, high-fevered, miserable people is Olivia." Ann looks at the ground with a confused look and then back to the camera. "Who I think is mad at me, and I think I know the reason why."

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Olivia was feeling the slightest bit better thanks to all the fluids they had her drinking. Olivia sat up to greet the guest she had, which was Ron. Leslie had come earlier to her sister like she was going to die. Olivia insisted that Leslie not come in and leave, because of how contagious she was. But Leslie absolutely refused to go home when her sister was sick. Olivia thinks that she might have gotten Leslie sick.

"Here. I didn't know what to bring you, so I just got some magazines and lipstick. Woman stuff." Ron says in his monotone voice, throwing a plastic bag on the tray in front of her.

"Thanks. My sister got me that." Olivia says sickly,  points to a huge bear in the corner of the room that Leslie had dumped on her.

Ron stands there awkwardly, "Okay. Well, I'm not very good at visiting people in hospitals, so I'm going to go." But before Ron can walk out of the room, Olivia stops him.

"Hey. If you see Andy, will you not tell him I'm here?"

Olivia didn't want more people coming down to see her and make a fuss about her. She had already probably gotten Leslie sick. It was hard enough trying, and failing, to avoid Ann when she was Olivia's nurse. And Olivia was still trying to get over Andy, she doesn't trust herself not to kiss him again.

"Because of what happened, I don't want him to think-"

"Stop!" Ron interrupts. "Don't want to know."

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"The less I know about other people's affairs, the happier I am. I'm not interested in caring about people. I once worked with a guy for three years and never learned his name. Best friend I ever had. We still never talk sometimes." Ron smiles.

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Ron stands outside of Olivia's office, seeing the papers pile up and numerous calls coming in on her phone, with a very sour look on his face.

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" I need to find someone to fill in for Olivia. Olivia's job is to oversee the legality of what we do here and any potential lawsuits. But she does such an efficient job she also doubles as my assistant. And ever since I hired her I've never had one meeting." Ron smiles at the memories before getting back on topic. "Now, I know I'm not going to find someone who's both aggressively mean and apathetic. Olivia really is the whole package. But I think I might know someone who will be just as ineffective..."

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Ron walks down the hallway of city hall to one very specific place. He rounds the corner to find the shoe shine stand. Andy was sitting in the chair with a huge, five foot straw in his mouth, reaching for a cup of chocolate milk on the floor. Parallel to the chair he was sitting on.

"Hello, Andrew." Ron says getting Andy 's attention away from the straw. "What's new?"

"A whole lot!" Andy beams. " Check this out. I just invented it. Super-straw."

Andy goes back to sucking on the straw and Ron smiles at the camera, he's found his new assistant.

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