Generic Bottled Water

As the credits rolled on the TV Dave glanced down at Barbara who was snuggled up underneath his arm. About halfway through the movie Dave had to get up and use the bathroom. When he returned to the couch Barbara had slid over and snuggled up to him. They had remained that way the rest of the movie. "I can't believe you are falling for her..." Dave thought as he looked down on her cinnamon colored hair.

Barbara began to stir and looked up towards Dave. "That was a lot different than what you let me watch before. I can see why you told me to not learn from it!" She said shifting her body to face Dave. "So what are we gonna do now sugar?"

Dave laughed. "Yeah I don't want you learning from Dogma." Dave paused for a moment. "Well maybe learning from Salma Hayek's character would have been okay... But yeah..." Dave shook his head no. "Anyways I was thinking that we should get you something to rehydrate and then I think I am going to get some sleep."

"Okay!" Barbara said as she excitedly jumped off the couch. "What do I get to try this time?"

Dave chuckled as he got off the couch. "I was actually thinking about what to have you drink next and I had an interesting idea." Dave motioned for Barbara to follow him to kitchen. "What do you think would happen if you drank this?" Dave picked up a bottle of generic bottled water that he had bought at the grocery story.

"Umm..." Barbara took the bottle from Dave's hands and began inspecting it. "I don't know... The label doesn't really say anything." She said handing the bottle back to Dave.

"Exactly! It just has the store name and the nutritional facts." Dave held the bottle up. "No branding. No story about where the water came from. Just water!" Dave spun the bottle back around so that Barbara could see the store name. "That's it." Dave pointed to the store name. "Just the name of an upper middle class grocery store."

"So I'm going to become a grocery store?" Barbara asked. She wasn't picking up on what Dave was hinting at.

"No silly. If this works like I think it will, you shouldn't change at all." Dave tossed the bottle in the air and caught it. "This is what we can have you drink when we don't want you to change... Well at least that is my hypothesis." Dave said handing the bottle back to Barbara.

"So should I drink it?" Barbara asked. Dave nodded yes and she tentatively opened the bottle. After a short stare down with the bottle she tilted it back began to chug. Within seconds the bottle water empty. "I don't feel anything..." Barbara said nervously.

"I don't see any changes." Dave said leaning in to look at Barbara's face up close. "Nothing."

"I still don't feel anything..." Barbara scratched her hair. "I mean I feel refreshed, but that's it."

"Perfect!" Dave said as he snatched the bottle up. "This is perfect!" Dave turned and tossed the bottle in the recycling.

"Wait I do feel something!" Barbara exclaimed. Dave spun around to see Barbara with her shirt pulled up over her butt grinning at Dave. "Ha! Gotcha!"

Dave felt a wave of relief wash over his body. "So you're a comedian now?" Dave said as he walked over and slapped Barbara on her bubble butt. She let out a little yelp and dropped the shirt back down. Dave could see that her had made her blush. "Let's go get around for bed." Dave said as he grabbed Barbara's petite hand and led her out of the kitchen...

Author Note: I've started up another DPC story arc while I let this one simmer a bit. I'll come back to careful Dave at a later time, but for now I thought it would be fun to write about a group of somewhat reckless college students.