A/N: Long time no see ;) Sorry bout the slow update, i just realised I dont really know towards what this story is running..open for suggestions! I'd psoted another chapter as this one, but realised (with help from reviewer) that I was messing around too much, so gotta slow down. A massive hug to the ones who've written a review! I'll comment at the bottom ;) So please keep reviewing! :D
Chapter 9: The Shower
The following day started out quite well I'd say. After waking up I could feel my body filled with new Energy and I was ready for some action. The strange dream was pushed away and I was determined upon looking forwards. I decided to find a shower. It felt like days since I'd last showered. Honestly, I've lost complete track of time since stepping through the doors to this place. It's time I got a grip on myself. The room I'd collapsed in was a normal sized bedroom. A big bed took up most of the space. It was a dark wood canopy bed, with beautifully carved details. It was most likely an old artefact which made it seem like a crime having slept in it. Though what's the point of a bed if one cannot use it? Apart from the bed there was a little bedside table in matching wood and a small lamp on top. Wonder how much bedside reading they did…
Inside the room there was another door, inquisitively I opened it. Utter darkness confronted me. My left hand wandered along the door-frame until I found the light switch, thus letting the room bask in light. It turned out to be a closet as big as the bedroom in my apartment. I walked in and softly touched the clothes filling the space. Having seen many movies I knew how many shopaholics there were out there. I myself had never seen the point in having a room filled with clothes, until now. The fabrics ran smoothly through my fingers, there were all kinds of colours, shapes and sizes. When I looked more closely on the contents I realised the clothes came from different time periods. There were medieval styled dresses next to late 19th century dresses. Anything extraordinary or beautiful one's mind could conjure up and it was sure to be found in here. I realised I could remain in here for hours which reminded me of my goal; to find a shower. I made a mental note of this closet for future references as I closed the door again. Once out in the hallway I followed my gut feeling. Normally my sense of direction should have rendered me lost at a place such as this one. However my mind managed to connect to the feelings I'd had when I'd last walked here and thus I managed to trace my way back. Sounds a bit weird I know, but each to their own. Finally I stood outside the door I'd searched for, so I knocked and waited.
"Good morning darling! Did you sleep well? You poor thing! You've only worked a day here and we're already bossing you around! I hope Master didn't push you around too much, he can be rather brusque…"
A soft blush tainted my cheeks, suddenly reminded of earlier scenes, which had been just as much my fault as his though.
"No, he wasn't so bad. Anyhow, I was wondering if there's a shower somewhere which I could use? I've completely lost track of time here but it seems like ages since I showered."
Zarah looked at me questioningly.
"But of course sweetie. I'm not sure now's the best time though, the boys are about to wake up and-" she stopped mid-sentence and the look on her face turned attentive. She nodded, flushed and was back to normal, smiling. What an odd woman…
"Come with me, I'll show you."
"Thanks, can I borrow a towel as well? Maybe even some clothes?" The word clothes lit up her eyes and she looked at me as if she'd finally found a doll she could dress up.
"Bathrobe and towel first, when you shower I can find you the clothes meantime."
Walking down the corridor we made a left turn and ended up in front of an elevator.
"So you do have elevators here?" Zarah looked puzzled at me and motioned me to follow her inside. There were no buttons, nothing to indicate how far we went. The doors simply closed about us and opened a few seconds later revealing a different floor. Down another corridor we went and stopped in front of a dark brown door.
"This shower you may use today" she looked around us as if to make sure nobody was close then she whispered to me "I suggest you hurry". She turned on the lights and stepped in with me. She showed me the towels, bath robes and shower gel then she stepped out and closed the door behind her.
A lovely lady yet a bit strange, like the rest in here I gather.
I looked around in the well lit room. The room was so beautiful built that it seemed taken straight out of a catalogue. It was a huge room with several cubicles with showers. The opposite wall held five large mirrors showing off all the bodies' faults. Everything looked so shiningly cleaned. What a big cleaning company they must hire for this place! I picked out a shower gel which smelled of pine apple and passion fruit, so yummy I wouldn't mind eating it, luckily I resisted the urge. With the gel, a sponge and bathrobe I walked towards a cubicle and stepped in.
The hot water flowing down my skin felt truly blissful. I sighed and closed my eyes. Memories flooded my sight; old –from when I'd been a kid, growing up around vampires…maybe not the best place to race a kid, and new –all the people I'd met here and above all Sky.
I thought I heard some noise, a door opening, but then nothing else. Peculiar, yet the solitary bliss was gone. I turned of the water and stepped into the bathrobe. I'd forgotten to take out a towel for my hair so I gathered up my clothes and stepped out, into what one could believe was a commercial. The room was filled with men, in their 20s maybe even 30s. I stopped and gazed around in chock. How could I not have heard them laughing and talking? I shook my head, closed my eyes, counted to ten and opened them, unfortunately there was no change in scenery. I recognised a voice, Jonah was here? As if I'd said his name out loud he turned around towards me and smiled. That's when I realised they were all stark naked. My cheeks burned and my eyes roamed for the exit, where was the bloody door? Way too much skin to see, enough to last a life time or more. Jonah walked towards me grinning.
"Fancy running into you here."
"I-I-I- Zarah showed me the way, I had no idea- I just wanted a shower…" shocked I stuttered and tried to look anywhere but there.
He could taste my insecurity and embarrassment in the air yet he didn't think of helping out.
"Zarah? Strange, she knows…" he stopped looked at me and laughed. He looked at his friends who also cracked up laughing.
Finally anger started building up in me, the pink-blushed cheeks turned a furious red. I gave him a cold stare.
"What's so funny?"
"He must have told her to, sometimes his mind works in mysterious ways." Jonah dried away his tears from laughing. I must point out that none of the men had tried to shield themselves or anything of the kind; arrogant bastards.
"Who?" Though I guessed the answer straight away; who had the power to order people around in this place?
Thinking of the devil he stepped in through the door. I felt his presence though furiously refused to turn towards him, not until he was right behind me and addressed me.
"Cassandra? What are you doing in here?" I could hear the subdued laughter in his voice. I took a deep breath repeating a mantra in order to calm down.
"If you'd wanted a private show honey all you had to do was ask." That's it, to hell with the mantra! I spun around shooting arrows with my blazing eyes into his calm blue smiling ones. Smiling? The bastard was smiling!
"You…."
"Yes?"
"You arrogant jerk!"
His eyes twinkling, happy that he was getting the response he'd meant for. A trap I had a hard time not falling into, too late. I'd never been good at hiding my feelings, especially not when it felt like they were going to explode within me.
Then I realised his chest was naked and…I gulped, most likely the rest.
I could hear a laughter building up in his throat. I focused on his chin refused to let my eyes wander over his body, that satisfaction I would not hand him. His firm chest, most likely he had a six-pack as well, and… no! Not further down dammit! I needed safe ground. His chin, I could stare at his chin. I had no interest in seeing it either. Liar, liar… he clearly couldn't bare it anymore and laughed out loud. That's when I turned pale and remembered; he just read me like an open book. This thought made him laugh even harder. How could I get out of this with a little dignity? I felt sweat brake out at the nape of my neck. On the verge of panicking thoughts ran around in my head, trying to figure out what to do now, what to say. Then it dawned on me; if it's what he wanted anyways, what harm in taking a look at the view?
"Fine" I stared into his eyes with a raised eyebrow, and then demonstratively let my eyes wander downwards.
"Not bad, but, I've seen bigger." I stared into his eyes again and left before I'd lose coherent thinking. I slammed the door shut behind me and the laughter inside erupted again. He knew he'd gotten my interest, my previous acting had already shown that but now it was as clear as a blue sky. Didn't mean I'd give in to it. No, I raised my chin high walked off with my clothes tightly held in my arms. I found consolation in knowing that he was clearly affected by me as well, though I'd rather not have fount it out the way I just did.
It was about time to find Zarah, and afterwards I really needed to learn how to control my thoughts.
A/N: Dark Angel Fall: Thanks for the review, made me realise a big part of the story is still only in my head and it hasn't appeared in written form yet, so no wonder it caused confusion :S Hope this chapter doesnt confuse too much (given my history I wouldn't be surprised though..) :D
sweetkyo: your commen made my day :D
Devil Nightmare: i'm the master at creating confusion..tell me what's the most confusing and i'll remember to try and sort it out ;)
magsalot: not really a cliff hanger this time -felt really weird not to write one, but cliff hangers all the time can be a bit too much :S
DisneyJGirl: thanks for reading ;)
valroxursox123: did i clear out the confusion? think i sent you a message...but will by and by clear it out, Cassie digs Sky -doesnt want to admit it though, cliché I know ;P
Krystal-wolf77: Thanks for pep-talking me ;)
arya-v: hope i didnt scare you off with my confused writing ;) thanks for being my first reviewer!
Please keep reviewing :D (Sorry for the nagging...but it makes me so happy XD)