When it rains...

Arron turned off the engine and sat there in the driveway for a few moments just waiting to see if his mind could catch up with everything that happened. It was odd that two people thought he was a woman, especially since he was new to the place, but there was just something disturbing about all of this. Had he just accepted it or played along with it? Was it rude of him to correct people's mistakes? The cop, anyone could understand, since who the hell would correct someone giving you a free pass? And the kid at the register? Well, he was just being polite.

Still, could be worse, he supposed as he opened the door to get out of the SUV when...

SPLASH

...I gotta stop saying that.

He looked at himself, drenched from head to toe, before he blinked a bit in surprise. Almost immediately he heard a shout come from next door and soon a woman was running up to him. "Oh my god, I'm soooo sorry!"

Arron blinked in surprise and looked up just as a young woman came around the corner and let out a small shriek in despair at the sight of her new neighbor, standing there, water dripping from his hair and clothes. "Erm..."

"Philip! I told you not to throw those things!" She turned and quickly helped Arron take out the bags from her car while he slowly made his way to the front. "I'm sorry, my son got a new water balloon toy and he's just going crazy over it. Did you get any in your car?"

Arron carefully shook his head. "No, thank you for helping me with the bags."

"I'll be sure to send him over some time to apologize, that is completely unacceptable." After a few more moments to check on him, and with his reassurances that he was otherwise fine, the woman left and he could hear her voice carrying across the yard as she tore into the boy who was holding his head in his hands.

"Hey, I hea...what happened?"

He laughed at Sarah's reaction and then shook his head. "I'll tell you later, I feel like a wet shepard dog." He moved to the bathroom and as he stripped down, he got a good glance in the mirror and laughed again. "Look like it too..."