Page 57 of Family Bonds: Coy & Angel

“I think you’re done,” he said. “Bite down on this one more time and rub your teeth back and forth.”

She did as she was instructed for the third time.

“Thanks,” she said.

“The Novocain should wear off in an hour or so. Maybe longer for some people, but you’re good to go and eat like you normally would. If you have any problems or pain or something feels off or not even, give us a call.”

“It already feels weird. What I can feel.”

“Which is normal. It’s not the same as having your original teeth touching there and that will take a bit to get used to. I’d say if in a few days that doesn’t go away, let me know. I might have to sand it down some more.”

He could tell by the lopsided smirk she was giving him that she’d suck up anything to not come back. Again, something he was used to.

He helped her out of the chair and watched her leave and Mandy would clean the room up and get it ready for the next patient.

At the end of the day, he was in the break room filling his cup up with water. He needed to stop at the store and get more of his sparkling water and some snacks to replace what he’d been stealing from people.

Not that he did it often, but as Abby had pointed out, he’d done it enough.

“Today seemed to fly by,” Abby said when she came in.

He turned from where he was bending over to get his water and hated that he was alone with her, but he was at the other end of the room.

“It did,” he said.

“One more day and it’s the weekend,” Abby said. “I can’t wait. Not that I’ve got much going on. It’d be nice to find someone to do things with. Even if it’s dinner.”

He was sipping his water.

“That would be nice,” Angel said, coming in. “I’m sure you’ve got lots of friends that like to go out to eat.”

His shoulders relaxed some, but he could see Angel wasn’t thrilled over Abby’s flirting.

“I do,” Abby said. “It’s not the same as going on a date with a sexy guy. You know, where they look into your eyes and make you feel like no one is as important as you are in that moment.”

“That is a great feeling,” she said. “Every woman likes to feel that.”

“Do men like that?” Abby asked him.

“Like what?” he asked. He was looking back and forth between the two of them.

“When a woman looks at you as if you’re the most important thing in their world when you are together.”

“I think every person likes that,” he said. “If you’ll excuse me I need to get to my notes and try to get out of here at a reasonable time.”

He moved past Abby and then Angel to his office.

Five minutes later, Angel came in and sat down. “Everyone is gone. How long do you think it will be before Abby realizes you’re not interested in her?”

“You’re sure everyone is gone?” he asked.

“Yep,” she said. “I locked the door, why?”

“Because I wanted to make sure no one else was around before I answered your question.”

“What question is that?”

“About how long it will take Abby to realize I’m not interested in her.”

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