Marliza - And they were romates!

Chapter 7

Eliza POV

I Don't hear her until it's too late. I'm standing in the doorframe with the door hanging wide open. She is standing in her underwear only in front of the shower. Her hair is still filled with milkshake which is dripping down on the floor and her body. We are both frozen not knowing what to do with ourselves.

We are both blushing furiously. I try to keep my eyes on her face, but I can't help myself from taking a quick glance up and down her body. God she's gorgeous, but she's covered in bruises. I wonder what happened, I'll ask her later. I start biting my lip unknowingly and I see her blush deppens. Then I snap back to reality.

"I-I-I'm so so so sorry. I d-didn't mean to. I t-thought you would st-still be fully clothed since y-you just t-turned on the w-water" I choke out while quickly looking down at the floor.

"I-It's okay. I-It was just a mistake. L-Lucky I hadn't undressed further yet" she giggles nervously and it is adorable, but the thought of her having undressed further reddens my cheeks more. I also let out a small nervous giggle.

"D-Did you w-wan't anything since you came bursting in when I was almost naked?" I gulp as she say the word naked, I almost saw her without clothes and I would have if I had come through the door only seconds later.

"N-No, I just wanted to see if you were okay. I saw those guys pouring that milkshake over you, so I just wanted to check on you" I ramble out quickly.

"You... Came to check on... me?" she asks quietly and like she doesn't believe it. "Aren't you supposed to hate me for ruining your relationship?" she continues.

"Yes, I came to check on you since I guess no one else would bother to. I also don't really hate you, hate is a strong word. You have taken part in ruining my relationship with Alex, but it was a two person thing. In the end it was him who decided to cheat on me. There are always two parts of a story, I realize that now. I never wanted people to say or do all those things to you" I look up and our eyes meet.

"T-Thank you" she almost whispers.

"There is no reason to thank me" I say as I move closer to her. She backs up a bit, but then I wrap my arms around her. I can feel her soft skin under my hands. For a moment she is all stiff, but then she leans into the hug. I feel the milkshake from her hair drip on me, but I don't care. All I care about in this moment is her.

Then by accident my hand strokes the clasp of her bra and we both pull away red in our faces again. "I-I should let you take that shower now" I say, turning to leave. Just before I'm about to close the door she calls after me. I turn back around to face her.

"Since you were about to do it anyway, could you maybe help unclasp my bra?" In the mirror I can see myself turn as red as a tomato.

"I-I wasn't t-trying t-to... I-It was an accident" I stutter.

"I'm just teasing you. I know you weren't trying anything. Now can you please help me?" she says while turning her back to me.

"S-Sure" I say walking closer to her. My hands fumble and shake as I'm trying to complete the simple task. I stop shaking when I get it unclasped.

Before I realize what I'm doing I have placed a gentle kiss on her shoulder. Then realization hits me and I mumble an apology before hurrying out of there. Why did I have to do that? God what's wrong with me?

Maria POV

For the second time today I'm thinking "what just happened?". Some assholes had poured a milkshake over my head in the cafeteria, so I had run up to the dorm to take a shower. I had just turned the shower on and taken most of my clothes off leaving me in my underwear only, when Eliza had come through the door.

Before I could stop her she was standing in front of my almost naked body. We had both turned red and frozen in place. I saw her looking me up and down biting her. When she herself had realized what she was doing she turned even more red and shifted her gaze down to the floor.

I asked her if she needed anything. Turns out she was here to check on me. She also told me that she didn't hate me and Alex was to blame as much as me when it comes to the affair. I can't even believe it.

Then she stepped closer to me and out of instinct because of James I backed a bit away. Then she unexpectedly wraps her arms around me. At first I was all stiff, only being used to being touched by James who was always rough and didn't care if he hurt me. I quickly relaxed realizing she is nothing like James and melted into the embrace.

It lasted till she by accident stroked the clasp of my bra and we both pulled away. She was about to leave when I did something irrational. I called after her and asked if she would help me unclasp my bra, teasing her by saying she had been about to anyway.

She turned as red as strawberry and started stuttering. I told her I was just teasing her, but asked for her help with the bra again.

Her hands were shaking and fumbling while trying to help me. She stopped shaking when she had gotten it open. Then I suddenly felt her soft lips pressed against my shoulder. Before I myself could react she had realized what she had done. She ran out the door while mumbling apologies.

But I didn't want her to apologize, I wanted her to do it again.

I know it's bad that I feel that way. Especially with Angelica's threats, but I just can't help it. Besides it wasn't me who kissed her, she kissed me and it was only on the shoulder.

I kept thinking about Eliza's kiss and her cute face while I was in the shower. When I thought about it, I had been kissed by two out of three Schuyler Sisters today. What was next, would Peggy come up to me in the middle of the hallway and kiss me.

I had been kissed by two of the people I had thought hated me most. Angelica probably still hates me, but you never know.