side. “Can you put your feet in the stirrups for me?”
Ohhhh shit. She nodded and complied, willing the tremble out of her damn body.
He ran his fingers along her forearm in a petting motion. “Good, you’re doing fine. I’m going to open your gown and check your breasts now.”
“Mmhm.”
His began at the lower left side of her breast, pressing warm fingers into the mounds with circular motions. She stared straight up at the ceiling, keeping him in her vision while her toes wiggled like they were on fire.
“How’s your grandmother?” His voice was soft like his touch that slowly circled in toward her nipple.
“She’s fine. Called me Mary today. We’re getting her hair done cause she looks like Albert Einstein.” The words flew out all chirpy and in half ass order. She made the mistake of focusing on his warm fingers and heat shot to her belly.
“That breast is fine. Moving to the other side now.” Professional colored his words this time. “You’re doing good,” he soothed. “But go easy on that lip.”
Nothing like somebody rubbing your tits and knowing how much it affected you. She cleared her throat when the need to hum became almost unbearable. Why did she have to be so weird? Her thoughts raced as the breast exam came to an end. Would he be able to tell she was aroused when he did the vulva thing? Oh God, what would he think of her vagina? Damn. Wished she could’ve washed just one more time.
“That one’s fine too.” He moved to her lower abdomen and began pressing in various places. “Let me know if there’s any discomfort,” he muttered, staring into the air at nothing while he did his thing all I’m so not into you looking. He leaned and looked her in the eyes as he shut her gown. “Everything seems fine, sweetie.”
He patted her hand then moved to her feet. There was a sheet draped over her legs and he lifted it.
Oh God, oh God. She bit her lip hard.
“Your gloves,” the nurse whispered after a few seconds.
“Oh, thank you,” he mumbled.
God, they were staring at her vagina!
There was a knock at the door and instinctively Sofia tried to close her legs as the doc sighed.
“Must be important,” the nurse said.
“It better be.” He gently removed her legs from the stirrups and reached for her hand. She let him pull her upright. “Sorry, stay covered love.”
Her heart raced in her chest , not sure how to process the way he talked to her while touching her so intimately. It was both weird and nice at the same time. He opened the door a little and mumbling proceeded. Sofia caught things like so sorry, can’t wait, something something.
He shut the door and turned to her. “I’m afraid we’ll have to reschedule, there’s an emergency I need to handle.”
“Dr. Gonzalas is here,” the nurse whispered.
“No, reschedule her.”
“As in , he’s here in the office,” she persisted. “If you like he could—”
“Re. Schedule. Her. Please.”
Sofia bit the smile from her lips. He didn’t want another doctor seeing her? That was a good sign. And totally sweet.
Well that was that. Another dud visit. No, not quite. Sofia’s heart raced as she dressed. She could barely wait to get to her car and call Dara.
****
Second ring. “Tell me tell me tell me,” was her greeting.
“Oh. My. God.”
“Shut your face, spill it!”
“We still did not complete my exam!”
“What? What happened now?”
“Well, he did check my breasts. Oh my God, Dara, he was sooooo gentle. And he called me sweetie and made idle chatter to soothe me. So romantic.”
“What else!”
“So then my feet are in the stirrups right, and he finally makes his way to the south side of my body, lifts the sheet and I hear the nurse remind him to put his gloves on.”
“Ohhh, you think he did that on purpose?”
“No! Heavens no. I think he was kinda distracted though?”
“Hihihi, yes!”
So then I’m burning up with shame while waiting and there’s a knock on the door.
Karen Duvall Ann Aguirre Julie Kagawa