Michael lit the last remaining candle with the lighter as another loud clap
of thunder rumbled outside. The freak summer storm had knocked out the
power. He slumped down on the settee just as someone knocked on the door.
He sighed and got back to his seat and walked over to the door. He swung it
open and was greeted by a shivering Maria. A sudden strike of lightning
illuminated her wet hair and her soaking clothes sticking to her body.
Michael grabbed hold of her shivering frame and pulled her inside rubbing
his hands up and down the side of her arms. He kicked the door shut behind
him and she sat on the couch. He went to find her a towel and wrapped it
around her.
"Sorry, Mum's at the Valenti's and can't get home. I got scared when the power went out." She admitted smiling sheepishly at Michael who grinned back.
"Why don't you have shower, you look freezing." He suggested.
"Ok." She replied getting to her feet. Michael led her into the bathroom and turned on the grubby shower.
"So, the waters kinda warm but if someone flushed the toilet next door you're gonna get burned." He smirked turning on the showerhead. Maria was standing in the doorway playing with her nails. Michael went to walk past her to leave her alone but she grabbed hold of his arm. He looked at her questionally and saw her biting her lip nervously.
"So spaceboy, you wanna join me." She asked glancing up at him from under her eyelashes. Michael raised his eyebrows and nodded.
"Thought you'd never ask." He whispered in her ear bending his head forward and kissing her softly. Maria kissed him back passionately and pulled his t - shirt over his head. The two collapsed into the shower kissing.
Michael's eyes fluttered open and he felt something on his chest. He looked down and saw Maria's blond hair spilling over his bare chest and he smiled. He sat up as carefully as possible being careful not to wake her. He sat there for a while just smoothing down her hair and stroking her soft skin. He took in her smell of strawberries and incense and the way the sun shining through the unclosed windows showered down over her golden hair lighting up her new blonder highlights that ran thorough her now long straight hair. He looked over at the bedside clock and saw the time 10:03 flashing on the small screen. He groaned to himself realising that their shifts at the crashdown started in an hour. He gently lifted up her head and moved it to the side clambering out of bed to take a shower.
Michael stood in the shower brushing his hand through his soaking hair rembering fondly the night before. He never thought he and Maria would ever do that again, and he was glad for once that she was persistent and there and then he decided to himself that he'd never try and push her away again when things got tough.
"Sorry, Mum's at the Valenti's and can't get home. I got scared when the power went out." She admitted smiling sheepishly at Michael who grinned back.
"Why don't you have shower, you look freezing." He suggested.
"Ok." She replied getting to her feet. Michael led her into the bathroom and turned on the grubby shower.
"So, the waters kinda warm but if someone flushed the toilet next door you're gonna get burned." He smirked turning on the showerhead. Maria was standing in the doorway playing with her nails. Michael went to walk past her to leave her alone but she grabbed hold of his arm. He looked at her questionally and saw her biting her lip nervously.
"So spaceboy, you wanna join me." She asked glancing up at him from under her eyelashes. Michael raised his eyebrows and nodded.
"Thought you'd never ask." He whispered in her ear bending his head forward and kissing her softly. Maria kissed him back passionately and pulled his t - shirt over his head. The two collapsed into the shower kissing.
Michael's eyes fluttered open and he felt something on his chest. He looked down and saw Maria's blond hair spilling over his bare chest and he smiled. He sat up as carefully as possible being careful not to wake her. He sat there for a while just smoothing down her hair and stroking her soft skin. He took in her smell of strawberries and incense and the way the sun shining through the unclosed windows showered down over her golden hair lighting up her new blonder highlights that ran thorough her now long straight hair. He looked over at the bedside clock and saw the time 10:03 flashing on the small screen. He groaned to himself realising that their shifts at the crashdown started in an hour. He gently lifted up her head and moved it to the side clambering out of bed to take a shower.
Michael stood in the shower brushing his hand through his soaking hair rembering fondly the night before. He never thought he and Maria would ever do that again, and he was glad for once that she was persistent and there and then he decided to himself that he'd never try and push her away again when things got tough.