Geeky Turn On!

Doc Martin and Tenko

 "Why are you here, Daisy?" Asked Doctor Martin, hereby referred to as Doc because that's my name for him. He's pretty cool; he's been the family psychologist since Mom... yeah.

"Well," I sighed as I sat on the chair, darting my eyes around the office. Doc had a nice office; lots of books, his diplomas on his wall, some toys and puppets for kids to play with on the floor; he's a good dude. "Ummm...."

"Would you be more comfortable talking to Tenko?" he asked, and I nodded. Tenko is his cute princess puppet that he uses to talk to traumatized kids. Now that I think about it, I've needed Tenko from age 5 to age 20 or so, I think. And now I need her again, Jesus.

"Hi, Daisy!" Said Tenko, a beautiful princess from the Far East with long, black hair and a beautiful pink dress. "I heard that something bad happened; do you want to talk about it?"

"Hi, Tenko," I said, tears forming in my face. "I had a really bad day yesterday, and I almost hurt myself."

"What happened?" Asked Tenko. "Would you like to tell me?"

"Well," I started. "I...got broken up with by my girlfriend."

"Oh no," said Tenko. "That's awful. I'm so sorry."

"She left me for some dude," I said, tears in my eyes. "And yeah...it sucked."

"Yes, it does," said Tenko. "You put your trust in someone, only for them to toss you aside so callously. It's a sign of how selfish and cowardly the other person truly was."

"I was gonna break up with her anyway," I said, twiddling my thumbs. "There was...an age difference, and I wasn't comfortable with it."

"It's good that you recognized that about yourself," said Tenko. "Sounds like you learned it the hard way, though."

"I don't know, I guess she was young and hot," I said. "And...I was so happy to have someone WANT me, you know?"

"That's normal, honey," said Tenko. "We all want to feel wanted, desired. It's a basic human want, and there's nothing wrong with that. Plus, I know your romantic history; I'm sure it felt good to have feelings reciprocated, yeah?"

"Uhuh," I said, wiping my tears. "I wanted to break up; why does it hurt so bad?"

"Because it's not the breakup," said Tenko. "It's the reason. You wanted to break up because you felt you were violating your own code of ethics; she broke up with you to be with someone else. What she did was hurtful, and it's OK to feel hurt by it."

"I guess so," I said, sighing.

"But I don't think that's all," said Tenko. "Did something else happen?"

"I met up with a friend and her boyfriend later," I said. "We went for nachos."

"Go on."

"Well, me and my friend were talking video games," I said. "And I bored her, so she left."

"Is that how it happened?" Asked Tenko.

"Yeah," I replied. "I mean-"

"For how long were you two talking?" She asked.

"A half hour," I replied.

"And who did most of the talking?" Asked Tenko.

"I think," I began, recalling. "She did. I mostly asked her about what games she liked, and she answered me."

"That doesn't sound like someone who was bored," said Tenko. "That sounds like someone who had to go, regardless of what was happening."

"I guess," I said.