Someone can't keep their hands to them self.

Renato knows the way to the hospital already so I don’t have to give him many directions. He, Natty and the two other coaches happily chat away in Portuguese leaving Lawan and I to talk amongst ourselves. Lawan settles in on my lap and I place my hands around her waist to keep her in place.

“Kind of like being around you girls sometimes,” I comment to Lawan making her laugh.

“It’s not that bad, is it? I can’t understand a word they’re saying,” Lawan asks me.

“Yeah kind of,” I admit.

“I could teach you some if you like?” she offers.

“Sure that would be good,” I say, thinking I could surprise Yui and Piya by picking up a few sentences.

“Ok say ‘tàe tông chǎn’“ she tells me taking a hold of my hand.

“Tàe tông chǎn“ I repeat. “What’s that mean?”

Lawan leans in close to my ear and whispers, “touch me,” as she then slides my hand up her short dress and against her damp panties. The car is dark and I’m certain no one would have seen what Lawan just did but still, it’s so completely wrong of Lawan to try that.

“Oi,” I tell Lawan off quietly pulling my hand away before she again slides it back to her wet panties.

“Cut it out,” I tell her quietly but sternly. This time freeing my hand from her and trapping hers with mine instead.

Lawan gives me a feisty look then. I have a feeling I’m going to have to be on my guard for the rest of the night.

Thankfully we are close to the hospital so she doesn’t get a chance to try anything else before we park up and can quickly get her up and off my lap. I lead our group into the same Emergency Department Piya and Lawan brought me too when I cut my eyebrow in Piya’s bathroom. I step forward to the triage nurse with Natty and ask her if Dr Xi is available. The nurse lets me know that Candace has informed her that she was expecting me and she will page her to let her know we have arrived. The nurse then proceeds to take Natty’s details while we wait.

A few short minutes later Candace steps through an electronic door and beckons us through.

I get a hug and a kiss on the cheek, as does Lawan before Candace introduces herself to Natty and leads us all into an examination room. Candace is all professional as she examines Natty. Checking her for concussions and any other trauma before she brings out a stitch kit to sew up the cut under Natty’s eye.

“You know the first time I met this guy I had to do a similar procedure,” Candace begins before recounting the last time I was here and how exactly I ended up there. The way she tells it has Natty and the rest of cracking up at my expense.

After much laughing, they are able to settle down and Candace gives Natty five very fine stitches that draw her wound close to start the healing process. When she goes to get some more supplies to cover the wound I quickly duck back outside to give Piya a call to let her know everything is taken care of.

“Hey babe, thank you for organising that. Candace was wonderful,” I tell Piya when she answers.

“Any time sweetie. Candace said she’d be glad to see you again so soon,” Piya informs me of the conversation she had to set things up. “How’s your date with Lala going?”

“Yeah about that. Lala came on pretty strong in the car on the way here. I think she thinks this is an actual date,” I tell my girlfriend about Lawan’s wondering hand in the car.

“She likes you. She’s got a bit of a crush on you,” Piya tells me.

“Your ok if she does something like that?” I ask.

“Tonight is a special night for her. Our Lala is growing up and I think she wants to experience something special with you. You were so wonderful and caring with Yui, we think you’d treat Lawan the same,” Piya clears things for me.

“But not as a girlfriend,” I clarify.

“No,” Piya laughs, “that’s just Yui and me.”

I head back inside the hospital then but spot a familiar face sitting in the waiting room to be seen as I come inside. Kelly, the tall blonde fighter Natty squared off against.

“Hey,” I say drawing her attention.

“Oh hey. We met before the fights,” Kelly says on seeing me.

“Yeah and guess what, you were right too. You did punch Natty in the face and you still look the same.”

Kelly gives me a wry smile at the reminder of her submission loss. I tell her that I’m going back to see Natty then and she is surprised to hear Natty was seen so quickly. Kelly was told the wait was likely to be three or four hours to get in.

“I maybe able to do something about that,” I tell Kelly and then have her follow me as we’re buzzed back in.

Everyone in Natty’s team is all smiles to see Kelly, including Lawan who had been cheering for Kelly in the fight. I ask Candace if she could do me another favour and see Kelly as well.

She agrees saying, “long as the news is good about your girlfriend working here.”

I give her a big grin and tell her my lips are sealed until I have broken the news with Piya first on Tuesday. Kelly is cleared of a concussion and able to leave the hospital at the same time we all do. We invite her to continue the night and come out with us if she feels up to join us in our post-fight celebration. Despite the loss, she is happy to join us and we organise to meet at The Loft for drinks. Lawan and I saying we will share a cab with Kelly there. Sharing a taxi also means that I can have a seat all to myself without Lawan sitting on me with her roaming hands, something she was planning in trying no doubt.