A surprise!

Rose stepped out of the shower, and shifted her hair over her shoulders. Water rolled down her body like a river, creating a damp spot at her feet.

Rose looked to her right, and noticed her towel wasn’t on the rung. She briefly considered calling out to her mom to bring one, but tossed the thought aside with a laugh.

“She isn’t even home. Not to mention there isn’t much of a point in a towel anymore...” Rose trailed off. She recalled the past two days vividly, and remembered how embarrassed she had felt the first time she had stripped down. Now, she didn’t even feel embarrassed about the lack of a towel. Rose even considered forgetting the towel entirely, and just air drying her body. But she knew the carpet would get wet, and decided that she needed to at least dry off the majority of her body before turning the carpet into a wet dishrag.

As Rose stepped out of the upstairs bathroom, she couldn’t help feeling a gut feeling. Like she was being watched.

“Mom?” Rose called out, nervously making her way down the stairs. The lack of any noise other than the creaking of the stairs beneath her bare feet put Rose on edge as she reached the bottom of the stairs.

Each footstep made an echo through the silent house, and Rose swore she could hear her own breathing. She took a look around, and tried hard to find something out of the ordinary. Just as Rose turned towards the TV behind her, she heard a loud creak of a floorboard in front of her. She quickly whipped her head around, and found herself face to face with Cindy.

“RaaaaaAAAAAA!!” Cindy screamed, the smile on her face quickly shifting to horror. Rose screamed back harder, and her hands quickly shot up instinctively to cover her breasts. She tumbled backwards, and landed on her back.

As Rose laid there, she took a full 2 seconds to remember she was naked, and not just scared. Her blush quickly deepened to a bright red, and Rose dove behind the couch.

Cindy had just processed the sight before her, and quickly turned her head far to the right, holding a cupped hand between her eyes and the view of Rose’s bare body. “Woah!” She exclaimed. Rose couldn’t even open her mouth to speak, and just crouched behind the couch.

After a long, awkward pause of avoiding eye contact Cindy was the first to speak. “Sorry, I didn’t know you’d be... you know...”She trailed off, awkwardly shifting her feet.

“I just got out of the shower...” Rose said just barely above a whisper. She wasn’t surprised Cindy had done this. She had been a friend of the family since middle school, and as such had grown used to walking into the house without permission. Rose realized she was largely to blame. Not once had she ever acted brazen enough to strut around her house in the buff, so Rose knew Cindy had every right to be as shocked and surprised as she was.

After another awkward silence, Cindy asked “Do you maybe-“ Cindy began, but Rose quickly cut her off with a “Yep!” and took off upstairs.