You Should Have Knocked
So everyone has had this moment in their life, the one where they were so impatient or absent minded they went flinging a door open when they really shouldn't have. Sometimes its not your fault, how could you know your housemate and his girlfriend were having sex on the kitchen table!? Othertimes someone was in the bathroom
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Sorry!
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WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!! Don't you knock?! [Some clumsy fumbling (oh gee, thanks for THAT TOO, Dad) and she wraps herself in a sheet and a bathrobe]
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That's it. I've gone blind. I've lost the ability to see. Note to self: always, always knock.
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[Knocking on the door once, she already had her key in the door as she spoke.] Housekeeping. [Zara said unenthusiastically before just rashly opening the door.]
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There were hints that he'd been cleaning the flat all day, but apparently jamming to AC/DC was a wee bit more important at the moment...
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She half-collapsed against the door frame, clutching her sides, just laughing.
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And the reason for all the long-sleeved shirts is readily visible from the doorway--the rows of scars down each arm, chevrons tightly nested from shoulder to elbow, from elbow to the back of the wrist. They've healed over the years, to thin ridges of pale pink on paler skin (never-sunned, always-hidden).
When she hears the door open, Isadore drops her book and crosses her arms self-consciously, hiding the scars as well as she can.]
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She was so excited to share that she rushed in without considering the idea to knock and wait first. When she enters in without a thought and sees Isadore trying to hide her arms, and sees the arms herself, there is immediate regret all over her features and she shuts her eyes. The small book is held against her chest, like a small shield of sorts.]
I-I'm so sorry! I should have knocked, Isadore. [She'll be attempting to walk out backwards but since her eyes are closed, she fails at this.] I'll-- I'm-- This is-- I'm so, so sorry. I'll be going now.
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No...come on in, if you want. [Andrea was someone she had considered telling about the scars in the past, and this wasn't a bad time. She's calm enough to tell her story, if pressed, and...frankly, she doubts that Andrea will press.] Please?
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