Dr. August. [TMAD series.]

"Ugly Trait."

As Dr. August waited impatiently for Jayla to return his text, it seemed like it would never come through. Jayla was on her date, so he figured that that would happen. As he sunk into his couch and turned on his tv, his phone rang. When he looked at it, he realized that it was Jayla. He lunged out of his seat and picked it up.

"Hello?" Dr. August panted, quickly answering the phone.

"Why are you thinking about closing down the business!?" Jayla barked.

"I wasn't gonna close it down but..........I was thinking about it." Dr. August sighed. "I'm just thinking of Christina. I don't want her thinking that it's okay to have sex like that..."

"Damn." Jayla sighed. "I never thought about that........."

"Yeah." Dr. August sighed. "Anyway, let me let you get back to your date and-"

"Actually, i'm in the bathroom." Jayla said in a nervous tone. "I gotta tell you something...."

"What is it?" Dr. August asked.

"Please don't be pregnant, please don't be pregnant, please don't be pregnant." Dr. August thought.

"I'm uh..........dating your friend Rayan." Jayla said, biting her bottom lip.

"Huh?" Dr. August said in a shocked tone as it threw him off.

"BUT, I haven't seen him since high school!"  Jayla gasped. "I didn't even know that it was him-"

"No no no, it's alright Jayla." Dr. August lied. "We never dated anyway, right? I can't control what you do."

"Yeah." Jayla mumbled under her breath.

For 5 seconds, there was a long pause in the phone conversation. Both Dr. August and Jayla knew why. They both sighed, then began talking again.

"Well he's probably waiting on me, so i'm gonna leave the bathroom." Jayla sighed.

"Go ahead." Dr. August said in a cheerful tone, boiling inside. "I was just calling to tell you that."

"I'll call you back later." Jayla said in a serious tone. "Bye."

Dr. August hung up the phone. He was fuming. But what he had to realize is that him and Jayla never dated, so he had no reason to be. It wasn't his choice.

But what he was upset with, is that Rayan knew that he had feelings for both Jayla and Numra.

However, this had to be put off for tomorrow. The next day, was the first day of 5th grade for Christina. She was extremely nervous because she had so many friends from her old school in Iraq, so moving away from them worried her a lot. As Numra packed some spinach dip, chips, and a avacado wrap for her, Numra walked nervously out into the kitchen and met her mother at the door.'

"I'm scared, mom." Christina said, talking to her mother in their language.

"Christina, don't be worried. You'll make plenty of friends!" Numra smiled as she leaned forward and kissed her on her forehead. "And who did I say would drop you off at school and help you not be nervous?"

"Dad?" Christina said in a low tone.

"That's right!" Dr. August cheered as he stepped out in his cream jogging suit. "Don't be nervous, Christina. You'll be fine! Come on."

Christina got into the backseat of her fathers car as Dr. August got into the drivers seat. They both waved goodbye to Numra and drove off 15 minutes to her elementary school. They arrived 11 minutes later. When Christina seen that she was pulling up to the school, she pulled her hood over her head to show her religion and took a deep breath as she took her class paper out of her backpack.