Jests: a story where one character teases the other
Jests
Dr. Anthony Strallan looked with curiosity at the envelope on his desk.
"That was slid under the door this morning," his office mate informed him as she stirred her tea.
"Did you read it?" he asked with a mischievous smile.
"Of course not!" Edith protested.
"Well, it's nothing much, I'd imagine. Probably just a response to my request for you to move to another office."
Edith choked on her tea. "What?! You're trying to kick me out?"
"You've wanted your own office since you got here," he replied, glancing at her outraged face.
"Well, yes… but what gives you the right to demand that I leave…" she trailed off as she noticed the little smile dancing on his lips. She suddenly snatched the envelope out of his hands.
"This is a notice that you're banned from the tea cart until you pay up your ten pound charge for the term!' she shouted.
"It looks like you're staying here, then," he said with a smug twist of his lips. "Good thing. Judging by your reaction, you'd miss me."
Edith looked at him with narrowed eyes, then smiled. That should have been sufficient warning, but Anthony was too busy enjoying the result of his little trick. He suddenly found himself drenched in lukewarm tea.
"Will you look at that?" Edith crowed in satisfaction. "It doesn't look as if I missed you at all."
Anthony sputtered in surprise.
"Enjoy your tea," Edith threw over her shoulder as she marched out for another cup. "As you're banned from the tea cart, it's the last you're going to get until you cough up ten pounds."
Anthony watched her flounce out the door with amusement as he pulled his soaked shirt away from his chest.
"You'd miss me," he murmured with a smile.