The Doctor Will See You Now

Chapter Eleven (UPDATED)

The following morning Lex dragged her hungover ass out of bed, and promptly tripped over the bedclothes tangled around her ankles. Crumpling to the floor with a dull thud and a screech, limbs flailing uselessly, she groaned loudly on contact.

"What happened?" Bones demanded from the bathroom doorway, toothbrush in hand and a faintly bemused expression on his smug face.

"What the hell does it look like happened?" Lex groaned irritably from the floor.

Wandering over, he towered over her "Looks like you fell over your own feet Sweetheart" he chuckled.

Lex glared at his upside-down face "No shit sherlock"

"Well, someone's in a mood today" Bones arched an eyebrow at her but did at least reach down and untangle the sheets from around her legs.

"Thanks" she muttered getting slowly to her feet "You'd be in a mood too if you'd gone through three bottles of bourbon with Jim"

"You're expecting sympathy for that?" Bones muttered dryly, as he returned to the bathroom.

Lex sat heavily on the side of the bed rubbing her pounding head "Hardly, you're the least sympathetic person I know"

Bones didn't respond to the jab, but as Lex could hear water running, she assumed he was otherwise occupied.

Retrieving her uniform from the floor, where it had been flung last night in their haste, Lex grimaced at how creased it was.

"Looks like I'll have to go back to my quarters to get a fresh uniform before my shift starts" she called out.

Bones' head reappeared in the doorway, his toothbrush hanging from his mouth. Unable to speak he shook his head and used his free hand to motion towards the cupboard behind her.

Confused Lex looked to the cupboard, where she knew he kept his uniforms, then back to him, he pointed to the cupboard again and disappeared back into the bathroom.

Curiously she crossed the room and opened the cupboard, even more confused to find a neat row of her own uniforms hanging next to his. One of the drawers below also appeared to contain some of her underwear.

Lex stood with both hands on the open doors baffled by the sight in front of her "What are my clothes doing here?" she called over her shoulder, hearing Bones leaving the bathroom and crossing the room toward hers.

"After you passed out last night I went back to your quarters and retrieved a few things, your toiletries are in the bathroom too" he responded, reaching past her for one of his blue shirts.

"I passed out?" Lex asked, attempting to remember last night, but finding it slightly fuzzy around the edges.

Bones smirked "Yeah soon as your head hit the pillow, you missed all of my best moves"

Lex's hands flew to her face in horror "Oh god I didn't fall asleep during, did I?"

"No, no, that was never an option you were way too drunk for that" his chuckle was muffled by his shirt, as he pulled it over his head.

"My being drunk hasn't ever stopped us before" Lex queried, reaching for her own clothes, shutting the cupboard behind her.

Bones' face reappeared as he finished dressing "You mean both being drunk hasn't stopped us" he corrected "I was sober last night. Call me old fashioned but one doesn't take advantage of an unconscious woman"

Lex laughed, instantly regretting it as her head throbbed "What a gentleman... still doesn't explain why my stuff is here though"

"My quarters are bigger than yours, it made more sense for you to move in with me rather than the other way around" He shrugged dropping onto the bed and pulling his boots on.