“That’s bad,” she said, crouching down for a moment. “Lars will be pissed someone spilled.” She touched her fingers to it but came up dry. Then she shrugged, stood, and continued walking with Nathan right through the trap…and safely to the other side.
Nathan was pretty sure he gaped at her for a split second, but kept his cool as best he could. “Well I…guess that’s all I needed. You should probably get back.” He had all intentions of turning around and walking to where Jim was watching Jennifer so he could smack him one, since somehow the mistake had to be his fault, when he figured he should at least be completely sure before he counted Tina out.
It was a little mean if she was just a normal girl, but Nathan feigned tripping on the last of the still wet paint, which was slippery enough to make the fall completely natural looking. A second later, he knocked into Tina and brought both of them down hard to the floor of the stage.