Reluctantly.

The closer he got to the door, the more hesitant Alexander became. He could scarcely even touch the doorknob leading to the girls' locker room, as if scared it would electrocute him when touched, or he would end up opening a door to hell.

But whenever he considered going back, the image of the other elves using up all the hot water, putting him in this mess to begin with, appeared in his mind. Alexander was not going to suffer because of how inconsiderate those jerks had been; so he closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and with renewed resolve he pushed the knob.
Alexander didn't look at first, but merely listened in to make double extra sure that no one was inside.
When he heard nothing, he opened a single eye and found a mirror image of the boys' locker room; the same rows of tightly packed blueish gray lockers suspended above and behind a bench covering the length of the row, underneath which were the green, pointy slippers the ladies wore during their off time, instead of the green, pointy slippers they wear during work... just like the boys did as well.

Absolutely no one was there though, so Alexander slipped inside. He wore nothing but his towel wrapped around his hips; carrying the clean, green robes he was going to wear after in a bag under his arm, along with shampoo, shower-gel and deodorant; everything he needed to get himself properly clean.
After closing the door behind himself, Alexander tiptoed between the lockers to the other side of the room where the shower room was.

Alexander was surprized to see the girls didn't keep their locker room in a much fairer condition than the boys did theirs, with grime between the tiles on the floor and black marks on the corners of the walls. In fact he noticed a single locker in quite the deplorable condition, several scratches adorning the golden paint of the locker door, the paint of which was missing at some places where the pale green ground paint is visible instead.
It did not take long for Alexander to figure out the locker probably belonged to Hailey, an elf known for her carefree disposition. She often seemed quite distant, keeping to herself as she was comfortable in her own company. Alexander always felt sorry for her since she never could keep up with all other elves, yet he was under the impression she was the one who looked down on them.

After passing her locker, along with all others', Alexander went into the shower room which was not only completely empty but also very dry. Each step echoed in the silence of the shower room, as Alexander entered the first booth and turned the nozzle.

Warm water.
Finally.
The gentle embrace of warm water on his skin immersed him, and he felt relaxed. He had waited way too long for this, and had to invade the ladies' locker room, but finally... finally he got his hot shower, and it was glorious.

He took his time to really appreciate his well-deserved shower, and felt absolutely no shame in that. Why should he? This was something he had to get for himself after it was taken from him.

Then he heard the sound of the door to the locker room shutting. Awoken from his stupor he looked around in terror. Had he really been there so long that the girls' shift had ended? Were they going to find that he snuck inside their locker room?
Shit! They're going to think he's a total creep!

Alexander could already hear the footsteps inside the shower room. He was worried the sound of his heartbeat alone would alert whoever arrived.

What should he do now?