An Officer, The K9, And Me

Chapter 15

SOPHIA

Sophia was in awe, wide eyes and smile much like a kid in a candy store, as she stared into the interior of the patrol car.

She stood up straight. "It's pretty cool they let you take your cop car home with you." she stated towards Jack.

Jack replied, "most Florida police officers do."

They stood in a small private parking garage. The floor was made up of cool grey concrete. Sophia noted the small drainage squares spaced sporadically on the ground.

"Alright. So which one do you want to start with?" Jack questioned, holding a bucket in one hand and the handle of a garden hose in the other, dragging the length behind him.

Sophia looked over to the other half of the garage where a large Silverado truck sat, it's exterior sleek and black. She couldn't help but drift her gaze back over to the Ford Explorer, fully marked with the county name and the word 'SHERIFF' emblazoned across the side.

"Let's start with the patrol car." Sophia offered.

"Thought you would choose that one first." Jack smirked and Sophia couldn't help but meet him back with one of her own.

Jack squeezed the handle of the garden hose and began filling a bucket with water. Once filled, he grabbed some car wash soap and added it to the bucket.

Handing Sophia a large sponge, he instructed, "wait for me to spray the car with water and than just go wild with this soapy sponge."

Sophia nodded. "Got it."

They work as a well-oiled unit. Jack sprayed the cars with some water, followed by Sophia wrapping the sponge along the exteriors, ridding them both of the collected dirt and dust.

Since both of them worked, they got most of the washing done in record time.

"Now what?" Sophia asked enthusiastically.

"Do you wax?" Jack asked without thinking.

"What?"

Catching himself, Jack clarified, "like as in cars."

"Oh. Got it." Sophia said. "Not really."

Jack reached down and picked up a bottle of the floor and grabbed a small towel.

"It's simple." Jack held the towel in one hand and opened the bottle of car wax and squirted some into the table. "Just place the rag on the car and do small circles." He said as he demonstrated how to wax his patrol car. "Just keep going with it until the wax is gone and the car shines."

"Seems simple enough." Sophia confirmed as she took the rag from Jack and he handed her the bottle of wax.

"Oh dang it!" Jack suddenly exclaimed.

Sophia looked at him as she continued waxing the car in small circles, much how Jack showed her. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing that serious. It's fine." Jack said. "We just almost forgot to do the tires."

Sophia chuckled as she went back to waxing his patrol car. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Jack reach down for the hose, then suddenly, a large stream of water blasted her with a large amount of water. The water continued for a good few seconds before Jack realized and immediately dropped the hose.

"Sorry." Jack apologized immediately.

Jack stood motionless, unmoving as he just starred at her, yet not quite making eye contact.

"You okay?" Sophia asked, albeit a bit concerned and then suddenly she looked down at her shirt. The white t-shirt she was wearing was now drenched. Completely soaked. It became glaringly obvious she wasn't wearing anything underneath the shirt.

And obviously Jack had noticed this too. He stood in his spot, clutching his hands together into fists. He stuttered, "uh, um..." clearing his throat it became glaringly obvious that he was affected by the girl's impromptu wet t-shirt contest. Suddenly he muttered the only five words he could think to speak at the moment. "You're not wearing a bra."