Ahhh, you wouldn't make a fool of yourself if your partner knew what he was doing. Then all you have to do is follow his lead. I could show you. I learned back when I was a kid and it's kind of like riding a bike.

[ He can't help smirking a little at the way Kara rambles like that. It sort of humanizes her, in a way. She's the manager at work; she's this gorgeous woman, so it's sort of nice to see that she's not perfect by any stretch. ]

I've never had a job before this one...

[ Derek realizes a second after saying it how lazy that makes him sound. ]

Not...like a real job. I inherited a lot of money and it afforded me the ability to just sort of keep watching over my town in my family's absence. It was sort of our thing. We protected it because God knows it needed protecting.

[ Now, he knows that McCall and his pack will handle it without him. They don't need him, anymore. At least, the version of Scott back home doesn't need him. The one here might not want to, but he does. He very sorely does for the moment. ]

I'll keep that in mind. I didn't know if that was, you know, boyfriend-approved sort of stuff to do with another guy, even just as friends. I'm...pretty far out of the friendship and relationship game, at this point, so I'm pretty rusty with the rules.

[ After all, the last serious relationship Derek had was in high school. ]