31. Who's always on time and who is always late?
Anna is always late. She tries to cram too much into the limited amount of time she has. John chuckles at both her and himself. He finds it amusing that she apologizes so profusely each time and swears she'll do better next time. He laughs at himself because she always looks so adorable during her apology he just can't bring himself to mind.
32. (Having just moved in with each other) Who has to get used to the other wearing nothing to bed?
John climbed into bed on the second night of their honeymoon and was surprised to find Anna lying there completely naked.
"What's this Mrs. Bates?" he asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"What do you mean?" she asked him cheekily, "I should think you'd be used to me being in your bed naked. After all, we're an old married couple now."
"Promise me something," he said, turning toward her and pulling her close, "If I ever get old enough to be used to you being naked...just shoot me."
33. Who replies in an argument, "bite me" and who actually bites them?
"Da!" Lily shouted from upstairs.
John could tell she was upset both by the sound of her voice and the heaviness of her steps on the staircase.
"Da!" she shouted again,entering the room where he was studying his lines, "Where's Mummy?"
"Mummy's still at the university," he responded, closing his script and looking into his daughter's rather red face, "Can I help?"
"You could have helped by stopping at two children. I swear I'm going to kill that little monster."
"What's Jack done now?" John sighed, knowing he probably wouldn't get back to his script for awhile.
"He bit me, look…" Lily held out her arm and John could clearly see a set of teeth marks in deep relief against his daughter's pale skin.
"Why did he do that?" John asked in surprise.
"I already told you. Because he's a monster, that's why."
"He's not a monster, Luv, he's four. He doesn't know any better." He moved to the bottom of the stairs and called up to his son, "Jack, come to Da please."
A moment later John and Anna's little ball of energy came running down the stairs on his pudgy little legs and launched himself into his father's arms. He didn't seem the least bit remorseful.
John looked at his son seriously and asked, "Jack, did you bite your sister?"
"Yes," Jack answered looking straight into his father's eyes.
"Jack," John scolded, "we don't bite people when we're angry with them, do we?"
"I'm not angry, Da," his young son responded.
"Then why did you bite, Lily?"
"She asked me to."
"What?!" Lily yelled from behind her father.
"Jack," John's seriousness continued, "In this house we don't bite and we don't tell lies. I know your sister didn't ask you to bite her."
Jack was clearly confused now, "But she did Da. I wanted to play with Lily so I went into her room but she was listening to her music so I had to ask her lots and lots of times but she saided no. So I kept asking and asking and she finally decided to play wif me and she said Bite Me. So I bit her so we could play."
John had to muster all his acting skills to keep a straight face in light of this new information. The last thing he wanted to do was set his daughter off again.
34. Who is the more outdoorsy type and who would rather stay in and read?
Both John and Anna love to take the dogs on long walks at the beach or hikes in the hills. They are both avid readers as well. They can often be found combining these two activities. John carrying a blanket in a backpack and the two of them finding a shady spot under a tree, the dogs panting happily near by. Anna's favorite is to have her head resting in John's lap while he reads poetry to her surrounded by nature's beauty. He only stops once she has drifted off.
35. Who is ticklish and who takes advantage of it?
John was delighted to find early on in their relationship, well before they were a couple, that Anna's ribs are very ticklish. Taking advantage of this fact led him to many a cold shower once they were sharing a house in St. Andrews.