Chapter forty-one
We pull up in front of a beige building. I'm guessing that it's just a clinic because it's not nearly big enough to be a hospital. Matt puts the car in park.
"This is where my dad and I go. For, y' know, checkups and stuff." Matt tells me. He opens his door and I open mine. He walks over to me and takes my hand, bringing it up to his mouth. He and plants a kiss right atop my hand all the while I'm grinning like an idiot.
"Nervous?" We're standing right outside of the building.
"Yeah," I reply.
"Well, don't be. Everything is gonna go great," he says reassuringly. We walk into the building, my hand in Matt's larger hand. The waiting room is empty. There's a walk-up window and a blonde girl with glasses and blue eyes sitting behind it. She looks up and smiles at Matt. Matt waves at her.
"Hi, Roxy," he says to the blonde girl.
"Matt," she replies with a shy smile. Her cheeks turn red and I can't help but roll my eyes dramatically. We walk straight through the lobby and into a hallway. Matt turns and looks at me. His face clouds with worry.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing. That receptionist was nice, huh?" I say and cross my arms. He smirks at me and we stop walking in the middle of the hallway.
"Yeah, Roxy's nice. Do you like her? I can bring you when I come back here to get my monthly check-ups." he says with a dumb grin on his face.
"I hope Roxy wants to suck your dick tonight cause I won't be doing it." I counter. He smiles smugly.
"I didn't know that was on the table. Are you jealous of Roxy?"
"No. And I don't remember you being that nice to me when you first saw me."
"This isn't the first time I've been here. And I'm in a good mood right now. I'm sorry, did you want me to be rude to her?"
"I would've preferred that. You being nice to women is unusual. Have you slept with her?" Matt starts to walk back down the hall in the direction that we came. I have to jog to catch up with him.
"Where are you going?" I ask uneasily. Is he leaving? He walks back out into the lobby and goes right up to the window. Roxy smiles at him.
"Everything okay, Matt?" he leans into the window and for a second I think he's gonna kiss her. I close my eyes shut but then I hear him say,
"Roxanna, there's nothing between me and you. Leave me the hell alone. See Novah, over there?" he points to me with a smile on his face. "She's amazing and I want to be with her. Bye," he finishes. She's standing there, mouth hung open, her blue glasses about to fall off her face. Matt approaches me with a smile on his face and winks at me. He gathers me up in his arms bridal style. He kisses me, right in front of Roxy and then proceeds back into the hallway. "Good enough? I just wanted to prove that I don't give a shit about her." I'm still shocked at how.....blunt and cold he just handled her. He looks down at me.
"What is it?"
"That was....wow." he frowns and continues to carry me through the building. He takes a left at the end of the hall.
"Bad wow?"
"Umm....usually I would say that that was rude but I think that was very sweet of you." he puts me down in front of a door that says, Dr. Shelby
"Well, I know I can get very jealous sometimes so, I just wanted to make it up."
"Oh, that does not make everything up. You beat up Ben and Dylan and you cursed out Liam. And there's been quite a few other standoffish moments." I say, all in one breath. He smiles arrogantly.
"I didn't know you were keeping track," he says and grabs me by the waist.
"Well, what can I say? I'm grateful for my knight in shining armor." he blushes.
"Did you just blush?!" I exclaim. He rubs the back of his neck and looks down at his feet, his face a rosy red.
"Go on. Dr.Shelby is waiting for you. I'll be right down the hall talking to a friend." I give him a quick peck on the cheek.
"But one thing, have you slept with her?" I ask quietly. He sighs.
"I didn't sleep with her, I fucked her. In the bathroom." he knocks on Dr. Shelby's door and she opens it almost immediately. She has brown hair that is pulled back in a ponytail and hazel eyes with little crows feet at the folds as well as very faint freckles on the bridge of her nose. She has tan skin and nude-toned matte lipstick on her lips. She looks to be in her late forties. She's a very pretty older woman.
"Matt," she says with a professional smile. She holds out her hand and he shakes it. "Alright, be on your way. Dr. Franklin is waiting," she says to him. Matt gives me a quick kiss on the cheek and turns and walks down the hall.
"Shall we?" she gestures into the room. I smile nervously and walk into the room. "Take a seat please." she gestures to a long medical bed with long, white paper going down the middle. I boost myself up onto the edge of the bed. I look up and see a smirk on Dr.Shelby's face as she's pulling gloves into her hands. She looks at me and her face changes back to the professional smile. She grabs a clipboard off of her desk.
"Novah Nelson?"
"Yes," I reply confidently.
"Very pretty name."
"Thank you," I reply.
"So, I'm just going to do a routine check-up and you can ask me about anything. Do you have insurance?"
"Yes."
"You don't happen to have anything with you? Like insurance papers or anything?"
"No, I didn't know I was supposed to bring them."
"No worries. I can pull it up on my computer after the check-up. Okay?"
"Alright."
"Okay. I'm just gonna take your blood pressure, to begin with. Do you have any concerns?" she asks in a motherly voice. I offer her my arm for her to wrap the cuff around.
"Actually..." I begin.
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