Scarlett had hoped - no prayed, that it wasn't her bad luck cashing in on her tonight. How else would she explain the ceased water supply? Of all times, why did it have to stop now she was preparing for her date? Why didn't it stop earlier, why this minute?
What did she do so wrong? She just wanted happiness. She wasn't asking for much, right?
Scarlett cried for help and just when she thought of just dropping to the ground, wrap her hands around her knees and sob, he found her.
She was grateful. It was so lonely and frightening in this large shower with no clue how to leave without bumping into things and injuring herself.
It surprised her though, while she was narrating to him what happened but he was busy covering up her nudity and it warmed her heart. She wanted to cry in relief but the tears could mingle with the soap and sting her eyes further.
"Thanks for finding me" The words were almost out of her mouth when she heard her sister's roar.
"I knew it !"
Huh, Vivian?
She couldn't see so her auditory system was more sensitive to the sounds it received. Scarlett heard a crackle and a grunt, she gasped in disbelief, her sister just punched Jasper?!
"You pervert !" She accused him," I knew nothing good would ever come out from you rich guy hanging around her" Vivian was livid, with veins sprouting from her face.
Jasper was exasperated, his hand went to his nose and touched blood, another one, again.
"What was that for?" He asked, vexed.
"For trying to take advantage of my sister!" She spat.
Jasper snorted in disbelief, "I was not trying to take advantage of her, instead was helping your sis…." He trailed off when the rest of her comment sank in.
Words couldn't describe how shocked he was. He pointed to her then switched to Scarlett and back to her again, he asked," How is that possible?"
Vivian rolled her eyes, he too couldn't believe they were siblings "Yeah, get used to it, and because I'm here, you're not getting out of this one. I'm going to report you and make sure you don't ever -"
"That is not what happened, Vivian " Scarlett interrupted her.
But Vivian put up her hand," I'm sorry sister but you're infatuated with him, so your testimony does not count"
"You stupid stubborn moron of a sister, would you look this way!" Scarlett cursed out loud, eventually drawing her sister's attention.
"Why did you think my eyes were closed? Because I'm kissing him or the air? He's taking off my clothes in the locker room? Then whose blazer is it on my body?" Scarlett fumed.
She knew Vivian misunderstood the whole situation but she was tired of her sister's overprotectiveness.
"Now listen to me you dummy, my shower stopped running all of a sudden so I had soap in my eyes and all, Jasper was the only one who heard my cry of help and here we are, dearly beloved" Her words dripped with sarcasm.
"The water, that was what I was here to inform you about: water supply was interrupted due to a burst water main cutting off supplies to the area. I thought to inform you before you'd freaked out, who knew I was late" she eyed Jasper who was wiping the blood from his nose with his handkerchief.
Vivian felt guilty but she kept reminding herself that she was defending her sister, nothing else.
In the end, several bottled water was poured out into a bucket till it was sufficient enough for Scarlett to take a bath with it.
Vivian was reluctant but she had no choice but to treat Jasper for the injury she inflicted on him.
Thankfully, there was no broken nose and the blood flow from both nostrils was light.
"Why do you hate me?" Asked Jasper who was sitting upright and had a bag of frozen vegetables covered by a towel on the bridge of his nose.
Vivian frowned at him, "I don't hate you, I just don't trust you around my sister"
"I'm not going to hurt her, ever"
"You better," She told him firmly," Cause I'll hold you to that" Vivian made the I-got-my-eye-on-you gesture and left just as the door to the volunteer's lounge opened and her sister Scarlett came in.
"How's he?" She asked Vivian.
"Your honey pie is alright and I'm heading home, have fun" she dropped a light kiss on her cheeks and left.
"Hey" Scarlett waved two polythene bags as she made her way towards him.
"Hey" He looked at the bags in her hands, "What's that?"
"Take out foods and drinks, Madam lee treats her volunteers well. So um, there's a park a few blocks away, I was wondering if we could eat out there" she told him animatedly.
The girl keeps surprising him, Jasper thought. He has never eaten in a park before.
"A date in a pack sounds interesting"
She pointed "Your nose"
"It's healed up now" He took off the vegetable.
"You sure you don't want further treatment from the hospital cause we could always reschedule the d-date? "
"No, " he said briskly, almost forcefully which left Scarlett stunned.
He sighed and lowered his voice when he realized he scared the poor girl," I mean, I'm good. I don't feel discomfort in any area"
Scarlett tugged her hair behind her ear, "Alright if you say so"
Jasper's eyes flickered down to her lips and he gulped at the sight yet said, "Unless you want to kiss it better" he drawled, "like before "
Her breath hitched in her throat, her heart began to pound against her chest and the air in the room became thin and hot.
"I s-should kiss it better?" She stuttered
"Yes, you did it before," he said while taking the bags from her hands and dropping them on one of the tables beside them, "Can't you do again?"
Scarlett's throat dried up. When she kissed his nose that day, she didn't know what she was thinking but now, her head was clear.
She slowly took a step back but Jasper's hand snaked around her waist and pulled her gently towards him, a slow seduction.
Her heart was out of rhythm
with the way her body was pressed flush against his.
"Jasper" She called his name breathlessly, turning him on instantly and that was all the invitation he needed.
But just as he lowered his head, intending to kiss her, there came a
a quick burst of sparks from a walk outlet that ruined their moment.
"I think we should go" Scarlett woke up from her slumber.
Two strange events in one night? First the shower and now this?
Would it get any better or was this a warning to stop halfway before someone gets hurt?