Closing the door softly behind me, I snuck back to my room and pulled off my damp clothes. I walked to the attached bathroom and began to run the shower. My body was still so warm from the walk and the sex that I kept the water cool rather than hot. I stepped into the stream and let my head drop back, feeling the weight of my hair being soaked by the spray.
I touched my lips with my finger, feeling their slightly puffy fullness. The thought of Josh kissing me again, made me tingle with the anticipation of our next meeting. I washed my hair and lathered my loufha with vanilla scented soap and scrubbed my body. It had been a really long night, and I felt completely drained.
I rinsed and grabbed the towel from the rack, flipping my hair over to wrap it up snuggly. I dried the rest of my body with another towel and hung it on the back of the door before going back into my room. As I opened the bathroom door I saw Johanna come in through the door and close it softly behind her. She stopped when she saw me coming out of the bathroom.
“Oh!” she said in surprise. “I didn’t think you were back yet.”
“Yup. Got in a few minutes ago.”
”Oh.” Jo said quietly. “Well, how was it? What happened?”
“I’ll give you all the details tomorrow, but I am really tired now.” I climbed into my bed, feeling the cool sheets against my skin. I glanced at Jo as she took off a towel that was around her and climbed into bed next to me.
“Yeah, me too.” She said.
“However,” I started, “I’d much rather hear why you were fucking my brother.” Jo lie still for a second and let out a breath.
“I wasn’t sure if you saw or not.”
”Yeah. I saw.”
“Um, well, it didn’t really mean to go that far. I mean, I was supposed to stay in your brother’s room and he was supposed to sleep in the den, that’s what your mom said anyway. I came up here to help him get some of his things. One thing led to another and, well, you saw the rest.”
“I guess.” I said, knowing she wanted to say more, but was afraid to go on. “Do you want to talk about it?” I sighed as I saw her smile brightly in the low light of the moon.
“Well, I do, but seeing that he is your brother…” Jo trailed off, not wanting to upset me.
“Okay,” I said, sighing again. “Tell me all about it.” I figured that at least I could sleep in tomorrow, so staying up this late wasn’t a big deal.
“Well, after you left I helped myself to that huge bathtub up the hall. I soaked for a while, enjoying the bubbles and that scented stuff that was on the shelf. I waited until I was just pruney that my fingers were wrinkled, ya know.” For a few moments, Johanna was lost in thought, thinking back to those moments when Brian starting hitting on her. She smiled in the dark, remembering how it all started. She settled under the covers and continued.
****
Johanna wiped the fog from the mirror and peered at her reflection. Scrubbed, splotchy and hot, she thought of herself as unattractive at the moment. Her hair was wet, and sticking to her back. Glancing around she cussed.
“Damnit. I forgot a towel.” Looking under the sink and on the shelf next to the stand up shower, she didn’t find anything she could use to dry off with. Looking at her dirty clothes, the thought of putting them back on made her skin crawl. Biting her lip, she thought of what to do. Finally deciding that she was going to get a towel one way or the other, she opened the door to the hall a crack.
The cold air rushed in, and the sudden change in temperature made Johanna’s nipples harden and gooseflesh break across her skin. Darting her eyes in each direction to make sure the coast was clear, Johanna tiptoed into the hall and down to the first floor. Since it was almost past midnight and she had already heard Angel’s parents go to bed, she figured she was safe until she found the towels. Making her way to the first floor bathroom, she opened the door to the small closet next to it, but only found toilet paper and some cleaning supplies.
Closing the door, she nearly screamed when she saw Brian, Angel’s younger brother standing on the other side.
“Jesus Christ!” she hissed, holding her hand to her heart. “You gave me a fucking heart attack!”
Brian smiled, trying to keep a straight face and his eyes directed to hers.
“What are you doing sneaking around our house naked?” He asked, keeping his gaze steady. Johanna, now realizing she was naked in front of him, opened the closet door again and poked her head around it, using it as a shield to cover her body. She smiled sheepishly and blushed.
“I, uh, couldn’t find a towel.”
“My parents never keep towels in that hall bath, since we all have our own bathrooms attached to each of our rooms.” He paused. “There are some in the basement. Do you want me to get one for you?”
“ I can get it myself." She snapped. "Where is the basement?”
