A Bit of Teasing

“I guess this is good night, Jay.” Maddy says, as she unlocks the door to her grandparents’ apartment with the keys they gave her after informing them she’ll be returning late.

“Good night, Maddy.” You tell her, pulling her in for one last hug before she turns the doorknob to their apartment. Maddy smiles her happy and toothy grin as she looks up at you while hugging you back.

“Good night, Mr. Craig.” She replies, before getting on her tiptoes and obviously asking for a goodnight kiss that you happily give her. Once the two of you part, she turns the doorknob to their apartment and pushes it open, walking in while still looking at you, only to slam her body on the door as it didn’t open fully.

“Are you okay, Maddy?” You ask her, and she nods to answer she’s fine. You and Maddy both realize that despite being given the keys to the apartment, the chain lock is preventing the door from fully opening.

“Maddy? Is that you?” You and Maddy hear Tricia call out from inside.

“Um~, yeah, sis. It’s me.” Maddy answers, and you see Tricia peeking from the gap on the door. Tricia closes the door from the other side, before obviously sliding the chain lock free, and opening the door fully from her side.

“Hey~ Tricia.” You greet Maddy’s older sister once the door is fully open.

“Hey, Mr. Craig.” Tricia greets back, then looks at Maddy from head to toe with a look of surprise, clearly noticing that she’s not wearing her clothes and borrowing some of Stella’s. “What happened to your clothes?” Tricia asks, voicing her curiosity.

“Oh! Uh~, she got… um~... paint… on her dress when she was helping Brooke move to Viv’s apartment.” You reply to Tricia, making up the lie on the spot as you and Maddy assumed her family would already be asleep and she’d be able to get in their apartment undetected.

“Paint?” Tricia asks, definitely not fully believing the reason you came up with.

“Yeah, sis. Paint.” Maddy answers with obvious undertones of ‘it’s none of your business’.

“Right. Paint.” Tricia concedes, not oblivious to Maddy’s delivery.

“Can I come in now?” Maddy asks, unable to hide the hint of annoyance in her tone.

“Oh, yeah. Sorry.” Tricia says, before stepping aside to let Maddy in. Maddy turns to you again and almost goes in for another kiss before catching herself and instead offering her hand for a handshake, which you awkwardly accept as a way to say goodbye to her one last time. You glance at Tricia who just has a knowing and amused smile. Maddy immediately walks away from the door, most likely heads to the guest bedroom where she’s staying, leaving you and Tricia by the door.

“Wow. Getting paint on her clothes really got her panties in a bunch.” Tricia comments on Maddy’s abrupt departure.

‘Why’d she say that? Was it obvious Maddy wasn’t wearing any panties?’ You can’t help but ask yourself.

SHUT UP, STUPID! It’s just an expression!

“Yeah, I guess it did.” You just mindlessly agree with Tricia’s observation.

“That’s what happens when you don’t use protection.” Tricia then comments, and your paranoia immediately sets off alarm bells.

“What?” You blurt out, needing immediate clarification; and Tricia’s knowing smile returns after seeing the guilty look on your face.

“I’m pretty sure she packed overalls. She should’ve grabbed them if she knew she was going to help paint.” Tricia explains without a hint of a tease, except for the smirk on her face that belies her pretend ignorance at what really happened.

“You~ are absolutely right.” You just reply, unable to think of something better. “I’ll remind her next time.” You add.

“You really should. Wouldn’t want my dad to suddenly put us on lockdown again if Maddy’s going to be… careless.” Tricia replies, not hiding she’s teasing this time, and most likely hoping you’ll crack.

“Yeah. We wouldn’t want that.” You agree.

“Where’s her dress though? I’m pretty good at removing stains. Paint stains specifically. What color paint was it though? If it’s white, I’m sure it’s easy enough to remove.” Tricia continues to tease.

“It’s taken care of.” You answer dismissively, and Tricia’s teasing smirk turns into a wider smile, amused at herself for getting you to change your demeanor like Maddy. “Good night, Tricia.” You say with finality.

“Good night, Mr. Craig.” Tricia replies, and you immediately try to walk away. “Don’t forget to remind Maddy to wear protection next time you guys have to paint.” She adds from behind you, and you just raise a thumbs up in response without looking back, and you can hear Tricia stifle a laugh before closing the door to their apartment.

You walk towards Viv’s apartment and ring Viv’s doorbell so you can meet the rest of your girlfriends, and pick up the ones that are staying in your apartment. The door swings open with some speed, and it seems Viv opened it excitedly. The look on her face pretty much confirms why she swung the door open that way. She has the exact same teasing smile that Tricia had, but a lot less subtle. Viv even raises her eyebrows suggestively while tucking her chin just to confirm that she has some idea of what transpired in your apartment.

“Don’t start.” You tell her after a long sigh of acceptance, knowing there’s no point in denying what you and Maddy did. Viv just steps aside, then silently walks next to you as you make your way inside her apartment. Once you reach her kitchen, you’re just greeted by the same teasing smiles from all your other girlfriends, but they don’t say anything.

Viv sidles up next to you and wraps her arm around yours, before asking, “You want some tea?”

The next day…

“So~...” Tanya suggestively says as soon as you buckle up to drive her, Brooke, and Viv to their respective places of work. You look towards Tanya and you can see the same smile she’s had on her lips since she got back from sleeping in her apartment. She had to sleep there last night since you had to get the bed dry first before replacing the sheets in order to not get the new one wet too. It also meant you had to sleep on the couch, while Stella and Cassie slept in Stella’s room.

Tanya’s smile is transparent in its intent, not really hiding that it's suggesting all sorts of teases that she and the rest of the girls have been holding back from saying since last night at Viv’s apartment. You then glance towards the back through the rearview mirror, and Viv and Brooke both have the exact same teasing smiles.

You just let out a long sigh that you hope the noise of the car’s engine starting drowned out.

“Just… say what you have to say.” You finally tell them, as all these teasing looks have finally become more torturous than the idea of what they’ll actually say regarding the matter.

“I wasn’t going to say anything.”, “What’s it like being a cradle-snatcher?”, “The hamper had some really wet panties in it this morning.” Brooke, Viv, and Tanya, respectively, all say at the same time.

“Don’t call him that.”, “There was a ‘what’ in the hamper?”, “Oh just say it, Brooke!”, they then all react to each other’s statements.

“I really wasn’t going to say anything!” Brooke reacts to Tanya, as they finally stop talking over each other. “I liked the previous approach way~ better.” Brooke adds, and you can only imagine the teasing smile returning across her lips as you start to drive.

“Yeah, well, Tanya mentioned something that I just can’t keep quiet about.” Viv replies, before clearing her throat for some reason; and it doesn’t take long for the reason to become clear.

“Good morning, we’re here with Ms. Ramirez inside our boyfriend’s car with some breaking news!” Viv suddenly turns into a morning news reporter. “Ms. Ramirez, you mentioned that you discovered wet panties in your hamper?” Viv asks with her arm outstretched towards Tanya, pretending she’s holding an imaginary microphone.

“Yes. I found them this morning when I took a shower, and these panties were on top of a very familiar looking dress that was also wet.” Tanya answers, and you can hear Brooke stifling a laugh at the skit the other two are doing.

“Two wet clothing items in the hamper!? Impossible!” Viv reacts in exaggeration. “Ms. Ramirez, tell our viewers how wet these clothing items were.” Viv continues.

“Drenched.” Tanya immediately answers, and Viv stifles her own laugh now. You turn on the radio so you can at least drown out this bit of theirs, but Tanya immediately turns it off as she doesn’t want to stop what she and Viv are doing.

“Hi, Ms. Ramirez, Brooke Taylor coming to you from Studio J of the Boyfriend News Network.” Brooke suddenly jumps in on the bit, unable to not join in any further. “Do you have any idea who these clothing items belonged to?” She asks.

“They definitely weren’t mine is all I can be sure of.” Tanya answers Brooke.

“Could it have come from any of our boyfriend’s other girlfriends, do you think?” Brooke then asks.

“I don’t think so.” Tanya answers, which gets Viv and Brooke to react with exaggerated gasps of scandal.

“How can you be so sure, Ms. Ramirez?” Viv asks.

“His other girlfriends and I were all together at the time these panties could have gotten wet.” Tanya answers, resulting in another gasp of scandal from Viv and Brooke.

“Scandalous!” Viv reacts out loud as well.

“Does this mean that our boyfriend has gotten a new girlfriend?” Brooke asks, and Tanya doesn’t answer the question this time. You notice in your periphery that Tanya’s looking at you while Viv’s hand holding the imaginary microphone has shifted from Tanya and is now directed towards you.

“Does it?” Viv asks, and she’s poking you with the imaginary mic now.

…

“Yes. Yes it does.” You answer, unable to hold back your smile since it’s actually news you find pleasant.

“YIIIIIIII!” All three girls shout like giddy highschoolers.

“You heard it here first, folks! We’ve just confirmed that—” Viv returns to ‘reporting’, but Tanya cuts her off.

“I think he’s had enough, V. We got what we wanted. We can just be happy for him and Maddy now.” Tanya interjects.

“We’re all officially dating Jay now. We have to celebrate!” Brooke excitedly suggests.

“Oh, yes! Agreed!” Tanya shouts in support.

“You guys know what that means, right?” Viv asks the three of you, and you all wait in silence for Viv just to answer her own question.

“ORGY TIME!!”