Chapter 6: Nightgown
Tess was in the bathroom brushing her teeth when Claire stormed inside in her trousers and white T-shirt. She was dirty as a hell which proved to Tess that whole this Alex – thing was really serious 'cause Claire worked as a hell today. That's why she got so dirty. But, today, however, it work didn't helped. She was still upset.
Claire put her hair up, grumbling:
„I need a shower."
Tess washed out her mouth with water and said:
„I'm done."
She was about to leave the bathroom, when Claire called her:
„Tess?"
Tess turned around.
„What?"
Claire hesitated for a moment. Tess could tell that something was eating her.
She came toward Claire and they both sat on a tub. Tess put palm on Claire's shoulder, looking at her.
Finally, Claire spoke:
„Tess, do ya...do ya think that I'm boring?", she asked so quietly that Tess barely heard her. But, she did heard her and her eyes widened.
„Claire, what on Earth are ya talking about!"
Claire held her towel on her lap and stared to it.
„Well...ya know – am I too out of the picture? Too boyish?"
Tess grimaced:
„Claire, you're beautiful!", she raised her eyebrows „Though change of image would help – some nice short skirt..."
„Aw, gee!", laughed Claire, getting up and pulling Tess on her feet as well.
„Get out!", laughed Claire and gently pushed her sister out of the bathroom and slammed the doors, but not before Tess blabbled:
„I have beautiful black nightgown for you! Short, satin and with a bit of lace!"
Claire shook her head and smiled, stepping into the shower.
After 15 minutes she took a towel and than she realised that she forgot her PJ's in her room.
Wrapping the towel around herself, she opened the doors to find short satin black nightgown on the knob. She laughed, taking it. She put it on and looked herself at the mirror.
'This is ridicilous!', she thought and was about to go get her PJ's when she heard Tess screaming from the top of her lungs!
Claire ran out of the bathroom and rushed to Tess's room.
„Tess? Tess, what is it?", she asked scared and got even more frightened when she saw Tess shaking under the covers. She pulled them over her head and pleaded:
„Claire, kill it, please!"
Claire frowned.
„Kill what?"
„The bug! Aaargh, it's digusting!"
Claire cracked up from laughter noticing moth on the wall.
She took her slipper off her foot and went towad the wall.
With one kick, moth was dead.
„Is it dead?", Claire heard question under the covers and couldn't resist to tease her sister a bit:
„OH MY GOD, TESS! HE'S COMING RIGHT AFTER YA!"
Tess screamed and shook whole bed as she jumped and wawed with her hands. Claire laughed like crazy.
„Gotcha!", smiled Claire. Her little sister adapted very good on living on farm, but she still had some city – girl things. One of those was panicking about bugs.
Tess threw pillow on her sister.
„This isn't funny, Claire, than an idea came up in her mind as she preteneded to be upset „You and Alex are the same! He scared me as a hell with some snail few days ago, yuck, he put it on my shoulder!"
That sent Claire to bits of laughter.
„Good night, Tess."
She went out the room and went toward her room when she remembered that she forgot to give dinner to Roy.
She went downstairs, forgetting that she still has nightgown on.
Claire took some dog – food and went toward Roy's little house. She put food in his plate, patted him gently and said:
„There you are, boy. Sorry, I forgot to give ya dinner, I was upset about something."
She watched Roy for a while and than went toward house.
She rounded the corner and bumped to someone! And just as she was about to scream from fright, she recognized Alex!
When he bumped to her, Alex knew that she was scared, so he quickly said:
„Claire, Claire, it's just me!"
Claire breathed:
„Jesus, Ryan, you almost gave me a heart attack!"
It was than that Claire noticed how he looked at her and she remembered – she was still wearing Tess's nightgown!