“Here,” She said, getting him to his feet, “Try to wash it out with water, that might help.” She stood back, to give him some room. She stood, arm crossed, nervously chewing on her thumb nail as she watched him.
“I’m so sorry,” She said, again.
“Shut up,” She said, smiling, pushing him playfully as he made the comment about her locking her doors more often. To be honest, she probably would. At least, for the next two weeks … until the only person that she ended up locking out was herself and Annie and then it would be back to unlocked doors … and spraying friends in the face.
“But, hey, on a scale from 1 to 10, how well did this stuff work?” She asked, “I mean, if you really were here to rob and/or murder me, you think this might buy me enough time to get away?” She asked, half teasingly, but half serious, “Because we both know that I’m not actually going to start locking the door … even after this. Sorry.”
John dips his head under the running faucet to let the cold water wash over his eyes. He doesn’t really want to admit it but Kara nailed him good. Serves him right considering he made himself at home in her apartment. His previous closeness with Kara still lingers between them even though they are not dating anymore. Truth is, he can’t help but feel an ease in her apartment thanks to their history and his relationship with Annie.
Lifting his head, John reaches to nudge her side as he brings a dry towel to his face, “I’d say, it gets a 10 from me.” He smacks the towel on her face briefly, “Any real invader would definitely be eliminated,” he says, before wetting the corner of the towel to press it against his right eye again.
He’s about to apologize for coming in unannounced when he feels a sting, “Agh,” he lets out and moves to sit down on the toilet seat. “Hey can you check out my eye?” John asks as he lowers the towel from his eye and looks up at her. “By the way, you’re not allowed to ever carry pepper spray, you’re lethal with perfume, pretty sure I wouldn’t have made it if you had that,” he teases her, before he makes sure to sit still for her.
After a moment, he asks, “Am I gonna die?”