Erin walked into the elevator on Thursday, completely immersed in herself. She didn't even take a glace at Andy, although he stared hopefully at her. She just stood there, clutching her arm.
"Something wrong?" Andy asked, concerned.
"Oh, Andy! No, nothings wrong, or at least, nothing you can do about it." She shrugged. "Just a little scratch."
"Well, do you mine if I take a look?" Andy said.
"All yours, Dr. Bernard." Erin said playfully. Andy gingerly held her limp arm in his hand and carefully rolled up her sleeve. He gasped. It was not a little cut. It was long, all the way though her forearm, fresh, red, and deep. This was no normal cut. Andy didn't like blood, so he didn't want to look at it a second longer.
"Erin, that is not a small cut! That's gigantic, that's horrific! Do something!" He said loudly.
"What am I supposed to do? Go to the emergency room, and say, 'Hi, I have a cut. Where do I sign up for my operation?'" Erin said sarcastically.
"How'd it happen?"
"New cat. No toys. Hence this." Erin said simply, flashing her arm. Andy gasped again.
"Please, please roll up your sleeves." Andy begged, and Erin laughed, until Andy started talking again. "My ex-fiancee had tons of cats. And the two times I went to her house, they scratched me. Bad. Those cats hated me for some reason."
"I can't imagine why." Erin teased.
"Hey." Andy laughed. "Well, because of that, I learned a few tricks about scratching cures. And now I probably have the best cut remedy you'll ever learn."
"And what's that?" Erin asked.
"Vinegar and Sunscreen, mixed together." Andy said proudly.
"Vinegar and Sunscreen?" Erin repeated. "Why am I sensing this is a joke..."
"Because nobody is crazy enough to try it. Or stupid enough, for that matter. And yet, I seem to be the genius because while you stand here clutching your arm, I remain cut and scar free." Andy bragged.
"I dunno..."
Andy took off his blazer and rolled up his sleeves, pointing to his forearm. "See this?" He said.
"No."
"Bandit the cat scratched me when I tried to hold her. And this one here, oh, Ash hurt me big time." Andy explained, pointing to his battle scars.
"I don't see anything!" Erin exclaimed.
"And that, my lady, is the point we have come across." Andy smiled. "Sunscreen and Vinegar."
Erin gave a twisted smile. "It doesn't hurt, does it?"
P.S. Sunscreen and Vinegar, I have no idea if that works! I just took to odd mixtures and put them together, because it does seem like Andy would experiment with it!