Chapter 1
You sat at the dimly lit bar, slowly sipping your drink as your friend sitting to your right rambled on about her work day at the hospital. You wished you could have been at home but this was not the case seeing she dragged you out of your apartment claiming you don't get out enough. The only reason she ever brought you to the bar with her was so you could meet cute doctors off duty together, you weren't that into the scene seeing that most the doctors who showed up were either married or highly unattractive, but you went to support her, and to listen to her daily stories. You knew that listening to her was important but you couldn't help but drift off as she was talking, thinking about anything other than her daily rant of the day in the life of a nurse. There was nothing you found more boring than listening to her ramble on about the calls she had to deal with, the blood she had to draw, and the charts she had to fill. Doctor stuff was not your thing, so you sat there giving the occasional nod and "mhmm" noises when necessary, trying to act like you were listening.
As you were sitting there dazing off a tall man sat in the seat next to you, completely unnoticed by you in your current state of daydreaming. You noticed that she was finally coming to the end of her stories and you felt a sense of relief.
"...Isn't that just like, the strangest thing?" she asked, bringing her story about the man with a missing finger that she had done the blood work for.
"Yeah" you sighed sarcastically, "that's sooo strange."
As you said this the man who had sat in the seat to your left turned to face you and your friend. "Sorry what is so me?" he asked with a smirk on face.
You looked over to your left and took in the man sitting to your left. You were shocked not only by him intruding on your conversation but also how handsome he was. It was not often that you actually saw a man as good looking as him in the bar. Your friend on the other hand did not notice as she was too busy ordering another drink.
You were speechless, but you had to think of something to say, and fast. "Oh I'm sorry, is your name strange?" you asked with a sarcastic tone.
"No actually it's Stephen, Strange is my..."
"Middle name?" you asked as you interrupted him, trying to jump on the very strange pick up line you thought he was trying to pull.
"No, actually it's my last name." he stated with a subtle laugh to his words.
"Oh" you were slightly embarrassed by your sudden jumping to conclusions. "So, Stephen Strange, what bri..."
"Actually it's Doctor."
You looked at him with a confused face, "What?"
"Well it's Dr. Stephen Strange, but please continue." he interrupted with a sense of pride and arrogance in his voice and a smirk that you couldn't tell if you found attractive or not.
"Okay... well DOCTOR Stephen Strange, what bring you here tonight?" you asked, for once actually interested in what a person in this bar had to say.
"Well seeing that i'm a doctor, I would think it would be obvious what I am doing at a bar across the street from the hospital I work at. The better question is what are YOU doing here. I haven't seen you wondering around the hospital, trust me," He looked you up and down, holding his breath as he took in the curves that your tight dress revealed, "I would remember a... face like yours." He looked back up at your face, giving you a wink as he took a swig of his beer.
You were taken aback by his forwardness and his quick witty response. You couldn't help but let out a slight chuckle as you felt your face get hot, embarrassed by the amount you must be blushing right now. "Well thank you for that very forward compliment" you said sarcastically, "and yes you are correct, I don't work at the hospital, actually it's my friend Bianca who does."
Bianca turned around at the mention of her name. Her eyes widened as she took in the man that was sitting to your left. "Oh my god." she said as she pulled you towards her to have, as she liked to call it, a mini conference. She popped her head up for just a second, directing her attention to the man. "Excuse us a moment..." she said as she pulled you down to speak with you. The man chuckled as he shook his head and returned to reading his emails on his phone.
"Holy. Crap. Do you know who that is?!?!" Bianca said in an aggressive whisper. "Yeah" you responded sounding slightly confused, "he's some doctor who works across the street."
"Some doctor? SOME DOCTOR?!?!" Bianca's whispers got more and more aggressive with each phrase. "That is not just 'some doctor' that is Dr. Stephen Strange, he's like the best neurosurgeon... EVER! He's so hot and sooooo rich, every girl at the hospital wishes they could be with him."
You looked back over to Stephen who was staring at the two of you with a puzzled look. He gave you a little wave, making you laugh nervously and turn back to your friend.
"Okay so what do you want me to do about it? I can back off and let you have him if you wa..."
"NO!" she exclaimed, this time actually yelling, causing some people to look at the two of you, including Stephen with a curious look on his face. She blushed and went back to her whispered tone, "No, god no, this man is like... a god, as jealous as I am right now I'm not letting you give him up."
You were relieved at this since you didn't have the intention of ending things with the hot doctor.
"I hate to interrupt, but is there a problem here?" Stephen interjected pulling the two of you from your conversation.
"No, not at all, I was just letting her know that I was leaving." Bianca said as she got up from her bar stool.
"You're what?? We just got here!" you asked very confusingly looking at her with a look that could kill.
"Yeah you know I have an early shift in the morning and I am just sooo tired." she faked a yawn as she stood between you and the doctor. "You two have fun." and with a wink she started to walk away.
"Um excuse me," you started to follow your terrible friend as she walked towards the door, "how am I supposed to get home?!? You drove me here remember?!?!?" you were starting to get very annoyed with Bianca as she walked away.
She looked at Stephen and then back to you, "You'll find a way." and with that she was out the door.
You looked back over at Stephen who was chuckling as he took a swig of his beer. "That's quite a friend you got there."
You sat back down next to him signaling the bartender to get another drink, "She really is something..." you said as you sat down and began your night.