Who: Lupe Acevedo, Phillip North, (eventually) Aidan McCloy When: Monday, January 18th, 2010 Where: Phillip's house, CA What: Lupe returns to Dr. North's house for a check-up and more awkward
For a wonder, Phillip realized as he opened the door, Lupe had actually appeared when Phillip had told her to. More or less--she was half an hour late. But at least she showed up which was something. He half expected her to just be internally telling him to go to hell, as usual, and that her inner toughness would snort at the idea of a check-up.
Three cracked ribs were enough to not easily be ignored, though, and to make pretty much anyone take it seriously.
She'd brought Aidan along, of course. In a way, Phillip realized he was sort of relieved for the other wolf's presence by her side. He at least would look out for her when she inevitably did something incredibly stupid and risked her neck. He'd been the one with the sense to bring her here, after all.
"Come on in," he said. "Can I get either of you something to eat or drink?" Not exactly clinic procedure, but his off-the-books work didn't exactly fit that either. And given that she was probably on the run as ever, she might not have eaten well for a while. He thought, as he always did, that Lupe could stand to gain a few pounds. She never took care of herself and her health.