Eternal Flame

~22~

Tori sighed in relief as she stepped out of the shower in one of the headquarters bathrooms. She'd managed to find an empty bathroom and was using one of the shampoos and body wash the bathroom already had stocked.

While she'd washed off multiple times in the lake while staying at the waterfall, it felt good to take a nice, warm shower. It made her feel somewhat normal again.

She wrapped the small, purple towel that had already been supplied in the bathroom around her body and squeezed the water out of her hair.

There was suddenly a knock at the door, causing her to jump.

"Is someone in there?" a male voice called through the door.

"Yes!" she called back, startled and flustered. She whirled around and cursed. She hadn't thought of bringing a pair of fresh clothes to change into, her only thoughts at the time was to get clean.

 The knocking came again. "I'm sorry, but can you please hurry up?" the male voice called again, his voice urgent. "I have to go really, really bad."

She looked around for another second before fluttering her hands in agitation. "I'm coming out!"

She quickly opened the door and nearly collided with a tall, buff, hot blond guy who was staring down at her in shock. They stood there and stared at each other for a long moment. His eyes started to travel down and that's when she bolted. 

She quickly ran down the hallway before he could say anything and tried to open her door, cursing when she realized she left her key in her room. Dammit, but she'd been so tired lately she could hardly think straight.

She ran across the hall and banged on Skylar's door and nearly knocked her out of the way when she opened it.

"What the hell?!" Skylar yelled as Tori ran to the middle of the room, shivering.

"Close the door!" Tori demanded, wrapping the towel even tighter around her body, her face growing hot with mortification.

Skylar hastily closed the door shut and stared at her like she'd grown three heads. "What the hell is going on?"

"I was taking a shower I forgot to bring my key and my clothes and I ran into a hot guy who needed to go to the bathroom really bad and I made a complete idiot out of myself and I need you to go get an agent to help me get back into my room." Tori said everything in one breath, growing more embarrassed by the second.

Skylar just stood in the middle of the room, staring at her like she was crazy.

Tori waved her hands at her. "Don't just stand there! Help me get in my room!"

Skylar held her hands up. "Okay, okay. Don't bite my head off. I'll get someone to open your room, hold on."

She quickly left the room, closing the door behind her. Tori stood shivering in the middle of her little sister's room. Damn, but this room was cold! She looked around, noting how the room's decor was similar to her own.

She swept a hand over her wet face. Damn, but she was an idiot. Why did she forget to bring her key, a change of clothes? Why did she have to embarrass herself when she'd barely begun her first day here? And in front of a hot guy who was probably laughing at her with his friends right at this moment?