DOCTOR'S FEE INCIDENT 35

WE'RE ALMOST HALF an hour into the trip. It's four in the morning, and we're on our way home.
"Ma'am, come here please," I said sweetly to Laura, who had her back to me, curled up against the car window. "You're sleepy; come on, here at my chest," I said as I grabbed her neck and lowered her head to my chest because she wouldn't move. She didn't speak but followed when I pulled her. Tejie and I looked at each other in the rearview mirror. We know that we are having an odd situation again because of what happened earlier during the dance battle.
Gwen, who was currently sitting in the front seat, also looked at us. Then…
"Where did you learn to dance like that?" she asked.
I saw Tejie glance at her and pinched her nipple.
"Damn it, Tej!" Gwen said as she hit Tejie's arm.
"Have you forgotten that our father's business is dance promotion?" Tejie said. "And my main source of income was teaching breakdancing?"
"What about, doc?" Gwen asked again.
"That was before me. I learned to breakdance from him. He was the pro; I was nine when we started, and Doc, as far as I recall, was only seven," Tejie replied, glancing in the rearview mirror at Clyde.
"Really? So Sir Clint is also good at dancing?" Gwen asked with admiration. "He breaks dances too?"
"Of course! Who else are we going to inherit from?" Tejie answered immediately. "Dad is a great dancer! If you see him move---you'll forget about me," he brags and teases Gwen
"Wow… That's so hot. By the way, Sir Clint still looks good despite his age," Gwen smiled at Tejie.
Tejie looked at her sharply, then pinched her nipple again.
"Fuck Tej! Stop it!" Gwen yelled, hitting Tejies' arm again and again. "It's embarrassing!"
"Next time wear a bra! Um!" He did it again.
"Awts! Fuck!" Gwen covered her boobies with her sling bag because Tejie keeps on pinching it.
"So you like the old ones?" Tejie exclaimed, brows furrowed.
"And you want a teenager, right? don't you?" Gwen snarled, then raised an eyebrow too.
We simply observe the two as they argue, giggling slightly.
"You saw that earlier? The teenager that kissed Clyde? Kissing your opponent is allowed in dance battles. For real?" Gwen said aloud sarcastically, then turned to us.
"It didn't stick to his lips! He avoided it. You saw that Gwen, didn't you?" Tejie also whined.
"Is it like that in dancing? Do you have to kiss?" The two are arguing now.
"Gwen! You'll meet different people, so—"
Gwen raised her voice, "What I'm talking about was the fuckin' flirt earlier! If only she was in my reach. I fuckin' slap her hard!" She's angry now.
"Gwen, it's like—"
Laura chimed in, adding up the heat, "The girl next to me said earlier, that pretty girl is Doc's ex, Dey— nie?" Her name is Deynie," she said calmly.
Tejie and I looked at each other.
"Really?" Gwen said in a high pitch. "Well, that fuckin' explains the clinging and kissing," pouting her lips while nodding.
"Gwen, no, Laura—she's not my ex," I cut off.
The discussion is getting further away.
"The other girl said that she introduced you to them. Is that so?" Laura looked at me. "So that's why you left Gwen and me," she murmured, then distanced herself a bit from me, removing her face from leaning on my chest.
I chased, "Laura, no, it's not true," I told her. I even touched her face, which she turned to avoid.
"That's not his ex, Laura. She's a liar," said Tejie.
"It's okay, the girl is young! 18? 17? You like teenagers, huh?" Laura grinned, then crouched at the car window looking outside.
I rubbed my neck. She's jealous again, I'm sure. I have one more week of leave. What if she won't talk to me again?
For a moment, we were all silent.
Laura spoke. "Just wake me up when we're there, then go home right away to rest. No one is staying, so we can sleep for a long time. No more fuckin' sweetness for a day. That's enough," she said, closing her eyes to take a nap.
Tejie and I looked at each other. Gwen also glanced at Laura. Then my phone rang.
Laura turned to me and said, "That's your ex, asking if you're back home! Checking in on you! Pft!
Deynie is calling. Even though her name was not registered, I memorized the number.
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CLYDE AND TEJIE'S POV
Tejie and I returned home after dropping the two off. Laura didn't say anything to me after that. For a while, she wouldn't let us into the house or even have coffee. She simply told us to go home.
"That girl is really stupid! We lost!" Tejie exclaimed. "She even boasted to her friends that you were her ex and bad luck that Laura was the one who heard it." "Laura is angry again," I replied.
"It means she already has feelings for you; congratulations! Now you can see how she's expressing them to you. That is, you already belong to her. Get it? So —you should be happy that she's jealous," Tejie said, winking at me.
Tejie's words made me smile. "And you? What are you and Gwen up to?" I inquired.
He exhaled a sigh. "Fuck!— I feel like—I'm not sure," he said solemnly. "I don't know, all I know is that I don't want to leave her company."
I laughed at what he said. "Really? Fuck! What are your thoughts on that?" I'm holding back my laughter.
"Fuck doc, by you? If you're with Laura, you nearly don't want to go home. And so am I, it's like I don't want to work every time I'm with her, I want to lie down all day," Tejie snapped back, shaking his head.
We both laughed at our stupidity.
"Dad said so—never break the tradition. Haha!" I laughed out loud.
"Two months! I'm giving myself two months to know where our love story will go. At that time, I will know what she is to me."
"All right, I'll wait for the result. Let me know right away, okay?" I said then patted his shoulder.
"Yes, doc, if she made me jealous, that's it! I've agreed to stop acting like a playboy because it means I love her." "Haha! Has no one achieved the two-month mark yet?" I let out.
"No! No one yet! Jealousy is an indication that you are feeling something."
"You're fucking dead, dude! Say goodbye to the people you've been hanging out with since I believe there is one now! Haha!" I burst into laughter.
"Haha! We're not there yet! They say you'll lose interest when you find 'the one'. Right now, we are still in the getting to know you phase. Like you and Laura, our age difference is five years." Tejie said happily.
We're in the middle of a good laugh when my phone rings again.
"Tej, isn't this girl tired?"
Tejie scowled. "Ugh! Answer it to shut her up! Don't let that fuckin' bitch destroy you and Laura! Answer it!"
Deynie is calling again.
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