The Color Red

Getting to know You.

Pushing my plate forward and leaning back I sighed. "That was delicious, thank you."

We had just finished breakfast. David had cooked, bacon and hash browns.

"Good," he said. "Your welcome to take a shower if you'd like. Down the Hall and back into the bedroom."

I gulped. Right shower....

"Um, your shower?" I asked nervously.

"Uh yea babe. I'm pretty sure your not going to want to jump in the lake." He jerked his thumb toward the windows. Lake?

"There's a lake? Right next to your house?" She hadn't even noticed the windows during the search for her id.
And sure enough out of the wall of big windows there sat a beautiful calm lake. There was some spots of ice along the surface. It was breathtaking.

Turning back around to David She caught him staring at at her. "Do you always stare at people like that?"

"You light up like that again, you bet your sweet ass I will," he said huskily while giving her another intense look. Shiver

Blushing and turning away Elaine headed back down the hall towards the bedroom. "Um shower..." She muttered.

Finding the bathroom she went in and closed the door. She stared at herself in the mirror wondering how she ended up here. She looked a mess for one.

Why didn't she look earlier? Whatever.

She stripped her clothes and hopped in.
The warm water was such a pleasant relief from all the chaos.

In that moment she soaked up the pleasure letting the warm water droplets run across her skin, rinsing away her worry and sore muscles.

She felt awkward using David's shampoo. It was too familiar. Too intimate. But hell, she had already slept next to him and apparently had been held by him all night. Using shampoo was the least of her worries...

Grudgingly she turned off the faucet, hopped out and wrapped herself in a towel. She immediately felt loads better.

Well crap. She had no clothes to change into.

Wrapping the towel tightly around her and pushing the awkward thoughts from her mind, Elaine cracked the door and peeked out. No David.

She quickly waltzed out and searched for clothes. She didn't want to go through his draws, it felt wrong. Ugh!

She decided to face the situation head on. Wrapped only in a towel, Elaine marched out to the kitchen and approached David.

As soon as she walked out of the bedroom and down the hall, David's breath caught in his throat.
"Shit!" He groaned.

Elaine came closer. " David since I uh don't have anything to wear, uh could I borrow another shirt?" He could hear her voice shaking.

He sat stunned. She was only in a towel and probably getting cold. Get a grip!
David cleared his throat. "Um yea I'll go get you one." He hopped off the stool and went back to the bedroom with Elaine hot on his heels.

Reaching in the bottom draw he pulled out a red flannel. Handing it to Elaine, he hissed when her fingers brushed his.

"David. Is everything ok?" She asked timidly.

David couldn't stand it. He exploded quite loudly. "Fuck!"

Elaine jumped. "Wha-

Moving around her David growled,"I'm goin' to shovel snow." He left without another word or look. What?