Close encounter

Mackenzie gritted her teeth thinking of all the possibilities to come. She imagined the four of them walking down the halls with Mackenzie dressed as she was now. They insist that everyone will just think it's a bikini, but Mackenzie disagrees. The bra's semi-sheer cups and panties' obvious elastic waistband definitely say otherwise. Not to mention she's totally dry except for her awkward soaked soapy bottom. Imaginary Mackenzie timidly goes along with it and sits down with them for lunch in her undies. One of them deftly snatches her panties off of her lower half, and Mackenzie is sporting a blush that matches her hair for the rest of their meal. They sneak her outside onto the deck to tan and insist she drops the bra, too. All of these thoughts swirl in her mind as the three real and very non-imaginary girls take their last couple steps toward the door where they will, any second now, surely find Mackenzie on the bathroom floor in her underwear...

The real trio of girls were close enough that Mackenzie could even hear them through the door, even though she was a few feet away and the door was no longer cracked.

The door pushed open a little bit, and Mackenzie heard Milly say, "Nuh-uh-uh, your little redheaded plaything is really living rent-free in your guys' heads, huh? She's probably gone anyways, let's get outta here. The brochure says the lunch buffet should be open at this time, and it's uhhhhh... This way!"

The door opened about halfway, and somehow, someway the trio didn't see Mackenzie despite her clearly seeing all of them. The blondes actually glanced inside, but they kept their eyes level and merely skimmed over the many stalls behind Mackenzie. They likely suspected she was still inside one of them and not sitting out in the middle of the floor. The whole encounter lasted maybe a couple seconds, but, to the petrified woman down below their gaze, it felt like hours before they turned their heads and moved on.

The two blondes could be heard complaining to Milly about how they never get to do anything fun as, thankfully, the trio continued on past the bathroom. The door swung shut and their shadows in the bottom crack were replaced by the bright lights of the hallway. Mackenzie held her breath for several more seconds before she trusted that the danger had passed.

At their closest, they were less than five feet from the underwear-clad redhead sprawled out in the soapy puddle on the bathroom floor.

Mackenzie frantically wrapped her towel back around herself and grabbed onto the counter to help herself back up. She securely fastened the knot and shook her head, mentally beating herself up for doing something so stupid.

Mackenzie shuddered and said to herself, "If they found me like that..." Her mumbling to herself was cut short when another announcement came over the intercom system. Mackenzie managed to not jump at the sudden noise this time, but she was definitely still on edge after such stressful events.

It was the same announcement as before about how the sudden weather meant all passengers should secure their luggage within their rooms for the safety of themselves and other passengers. Any lost or damaged luggage was each passenger's sole responsibility, and wouldn't be replaced until the passenger filled out a formal appeal form after the conclusion of the cruise.

The announcement was right, the ship was swaying to and fro, but Mackenzie thought nothing of it and promptly scampered back to her shower stall in the far corner.

Mackenzie pushed and wedged her suitcase back into place under the small bit of decorative trim outside of the shower. It had drifted about a foot from there, but Mackenzie's mind was in other places, and again she didn't think much of it. So, she put it back where it certainly wasn't designed to be. Her small purse, with her room key and phone and other essentials, still rested on top of her luggage.

Mackenzie looked at the shower faucet and nervously gulped. She internally debated whether she could really go through with still getting fully naked in a place like this. She just had a close encounter with four people in only her underwear, three of which would've certainly suspected her of getting undressed on purpose if they had found her...