Louise keeps her word.

‘Thank you, again,’ John said while Louise drove. He was unsure of what else he could say after her forcing him to look at the underwear she was wearing.

‘It’s okay. You did what I asked, so I’ll do what you ask,’ Louise said without a hint of awkwardness, apparently unfazed by the interaction. ‘Next time, make it a bit later in the day, though. I can barely feel my hands.’

John laughed, agreeing that it was too early in the day for anyone to be awake. ‘You just know Clara would be awake right now, though.’

Louise laughed. ‘Definitely. She’s probably been awake for hours. You should’ve asked her to take you.’

‘I probably would’ve if she still lived at home,’ John said. He thought of his older sister, having not seen her for a few weeks, and wondered how she was doing.

‘And Rachel?’ Louise asked.

John thoughts of his girlfriend, who was likely to still be sound asleep when he returned home after the doctor, unaware he had ever left. ‘She’s still asleep. I didn’t want to wake her.’

‘But you can wake me?’

‘Of course. You’re my sister, I’m supposed to annoy you.’

Louise playfully punched John’s leg. ‘Seriously, though. Why couldn’t she take you?’

‘What, Rachel?’ John asked, unsure if he had been clear. ‘I just told you?’

‘Come on, man, she’s sleeping?’

‘She was.’ John turned in the passenger seat, despite his pain, to face her. ‘What are you getting at, exactly?’

Louise sighed and kept her eyes on the road. ‘Nothing.’

A few minutes of silence passed, which John spent wondering what exactly his sister had been insinuating, before Louise spoke up again. ‘So, what, uh, is wrong with you, anyway?’

‘What do you mean?’

‘I mean I’m not driving you to the doctor at 5 in the morning for nothing, am I?’

‘Oh,’ John laughed. ‘No. I’d rather not talk about it. It’s just, worth checking out.’

‘What, you can’t talk about it with me, your little sister?’ Louise asked, her voice playfully cute. ‘After all we’ve been through?’ Before John could laugh with her, he looked over to see her slowly pulling down the pair of tights she had thrown on before they left, revealing the top of the same lacy panties she’d been wearing earlier.

‘What are you doing, Louise!?’ John said, having thought the humiliating ordeal was over. He was more annoyed at how long it had taken him to look away from the seductive display and actually say something.

‘Relax, dude, I’m just fucking joking.’ She pulled the tights back up and put both hands on the wheel. ‘Besides, you’re the one who was perving on your little sister. You admitted it, remember?’

John shook his head as Louise laughed. It was unlikely he’d ever be able to live this down.