Disclaimer: I do not own Doug or it's characters.
Chapter 3,
After a struggling ride, Doug and Roger got the food back to the store. Mr. Stoneheart's assistant, Sherri ran over and opened the door for them.
"Thanks Sherri." Doug said as they walked in.
"Mr. Stoneheart has to go fix something, so go ahead and put the food in the conference room." Sherri said.
"Still seems odd that you guys have offices in a place like this." Roger said and Doug shrugged.
"Look we might sell photos, clothes, coffee, and whatnot. But we are still a business." Doug said. All of a sudden, Sherri ran up in front of them.
"Sorry. Excuse me; but aren't you Roger Klotz?" Sherri asked. Doug and Roger looked at each other.
"Yes." Roger asked and Sherri giggled.
"Oh, Mr. Klotz, I am such a huge fan of yours." Sherri said and Roger went ahead and smiled at the girl, which made Doug jealous.
"Thank you. I would shake your hand, but I do have my hands full." Roger said and Sherri blushed.
"Oh, goodness. Right this way." Sherri said, leading them to the room. Doug and Roger placed the food down and pulled the items out of the bags.
"Thanks for the help, Rog. I really appreciate it." Doug said and Roger shrugged.
"I told you it's no problem. Quit acting like I gave you a kidney or something." Roger said and they heard Sherri laughing behind them.
"Good one, Mr. Klotz." Sherri said and Roger's eye twitched.
"Ma'am, please do not call me 'Mr. Klotz'. All that does is remind me of the ass who ran out on me and my mother." Roger said, ironically doing well to hide his anger.
"Oh!" Sherri gasped and she blushed.
"I-I'm sorry." Sherri said and Roger sighed.
"I know you are. Don't worry I hear that a lot." Roger said. With the awkward silence that followed, Sherri quickly excused herself and ducked out of sight. Doug and Roger exited the room next.
"It didn't occur to me that I would get that sort of attention here. This is my home town." Roger said and Doug blinked.
"So your use to being recognized?" Doug asked.
"There are still a bunch of fans who love monster trucks. Otherwise my colleagues and I wouldn't be able to live off of it." Roger said.
"If that's the case, then I gotta think that you'll get bored with me." Doug said and Roger turned to him.
"Why would you think that?" Roger asked.
"Because I didn't even hear that you got hurt. I don't really know anything about monster trucks. Why would you want to hang out with me? And don't say 'Grimm marathon' because you said that already." Doug said, returning to his desk. He needed to check the order forms to see which films got developed tonight.
"Man, you don't need to get sensitive about it." Roger said and Doug picked up the clipboard, quietly.
"Ok! Would you believe that I missed you, Doug? There I said it." Roger said and Doug looked at him.
"You did?" Doug asked, scared that this was a joke.
"I... really missed you. I didn't realize how close we were to each other. For some reason, I ended up missing you more then Patti." Roger said and Doug blushed. Hearing that made his jealousy subside; though Doug wondered why he got jealous to begin with.
"I understand I-I missed you too." Doug said and Roger blushed a little.
"Ok, then. Now that, that's been settled." Roger said, he pulled out his phone and started texting. Doug bit his lip at Roger's sudden change in behavior. But then Doug felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. He pulled out his phone and saw a text from Roger.
"I'm standing right here, Roger." Doug said and Roger chuckled.
"I know, that's half the fun." Roger said and Doug giggled at this response. He checked the text, which said, Wanna hang out after work?
"Oh." Doug said with a blush, and he looked up at Roger. The green boy walked right up into Doug's personal space.
"Text me, Funnie." He whispered seductively in Doug's ear, and then Roger walked away. For some reason that made Doug's whole body tremble. He sat down at his desk and stared down at the order forms, but he couldn't focus. His mind couldn't stop thinking about how sexy Roger was.
SEXY?!?
Doug's mind panicked. He looked around and exhaled when he saw that he was alone. Doug sighed and grabbed the order forms and took them to the photo lab.
"Doug, wait." Sherri said, walking up to him.
"Yeah, Sherri?" Doug asked and they walked together.
"How on earth did you convince The Roger Klotz to help you with that order?" Sherri asked.
"We ran into each other when I was out on delivery, and he offered to help when Mr. Stoneheart called in the order." Doug said.
"Wait, so you already knew each other?" Sherri asked.
"Know him? We went to school together. He started picking on me the day I moved to Bluffington." Doug said and Sherri sighed.
"Oh, you are so lucky." Sherri said and Doug rose an eyebrow at her.
"It's odd that you find a bully, good." Doug said and Sherri shook her head at him.
"He may have started out as a bully, but you seem to have gotten over that." Sherri said and Doug shrugged.
"I don't know, we just bumped into each other today. It was nice to talk to him again." Doug said and Sherri shoved her hands in her pockets.
"If I were in your shoes, I would do everything in my power to keep this budding friendship alive." Sherri said, then she walked away. Doug watched her for a minute, thinking about this. Doug really didn't have friends anymore, and even though Roger made him feel weird, it was a nice weird. Doug pulled out his phone and looked at the text again. It was nearly three now, so he got off in an hour. Doug remembered how he and his friends would hang out at the Honker Burger after school. Surely Roger didn't want to go back there. But where do legal adults hang out?
What did you have in mind?
Doug texted. He put his phone back in his pocket and he dropped off the paper at the lab. The second he turned around Doug felt his phone buzz again. Doug was shocked to see another text from Roger, since he didn't expect a speedy response.
Your place?
Doug read, and then he blushed.