The Muse

Maya was relieved to finally be home. Work had been a disaster recently. With the nurse shortage, her hospital was severely understaffed, which resulted in Maya's already intense workload getting even larger. Of course, Dr. Maynard wasn't helping things. Dr. Mitchell Maynard was the upper 40 something year-old that didn't even try to hide when he was openly flirting with all the female staff, especially the young new nurses. Maya had heard stories from her coworkers about their "not-so-secret" meet ups with the doctor. Even some of the nursing students had stories to tell. While even Maya had to admit that he was quite handsome, she had always turned down his advances due to her long standing relationship with Charles, that and the fact that Dr. Maynard was older than her own father was. Despite this, or maybe even because of this, Dr. Maynard had been doubling down on his efforts to get inside Maya's pants lately. He'd never push hard enough for HR to get involved or at least take things seriously, but he was certainly making Maya uncomfortable lately. Of course, he had been the doctor on call the past three days while she had been working, making an already stressful stretch of days even worse. Maya was just relieved that her stretch was finally over and she could enjoy the next four days off before going back on Monday.

With a sigh, Maya turned off her car and walked up the three flights of stairs to her apartment. Days like today really made Maya resent living on the top floor when there was no elevator in her building, but it wasn't all bad. No upstairs neighbors made for less noise and the view from the balcony made things worth it. Living just outside the city meant that there was a small stretch of woods behind her building, yet the city skyline could still be seen stretching overtop the treeline. All things considered, Maya quite liked the 2-bed 2-bath apartment she shared with her fiance.

"Hey Sweetie! I'm home!" Maya announced as she walked into the apartment, locking the door behind her. She looked around for her fiance but didn't see him anywhere. Figuring he must be in the bedroom, Maya walked in that direction but he wasn't there either. Maya wasn't particularly surprised however. With a sigh, she walked back into the kitchen and strode up to the refrigerator. As she expected, there was a note hanging from a magnet. It read:

"Sorry I'm not home. Picked up another overnight shift. To make up for it, I left some money for you to get yourself some pizza. See you in the morning. Love, Charlie"

Sure enough, Maya found some cash pinned behind the note. It was just enough to pay for one medium pizza and the tip for the delivery driver. Of course he wouldn't leave any more than that. Maya couldn't help but feel frustrated that he had yet again chosen work over spending time with her. She was considering just taking the money and making something else, but the growling from her stomach helped her remember that she had been too busy to eat lunch today and was in no mood to cook anything. Maya took her phone out of her pocket and opened the website for the nearest pizza place and placed her order. The app said it would take about 20 minutes until the pizza arrived.

Deciding how best to use this time, Maya walked into her bathroom and turned on the shower. She began stripping off her scrubs, sticky from her busy day, and threw them into the hamper. While she waited for the water to heat up, she walked out to the sliding door that led to the balcony. Opening the glass door, she stepped outside and leaned against the railing. The sun was getting lower and the sky had just started to turn orange. Maya closed her eyes and stood there, feeling the wind on her naked body. Maya had always loved this feeling, and since the only other apartment on this side of the building on this floor had been vacant ever since Maya and Charles moved in, she had spent a lot of time out here. She thought about their first night in this apartment when they hadn't even moved the bed or any furniture in yet, and instead Maya and Charles spent their time tangled up on the balcony. With a smile, Maya opened her eyes and walked back inside towards the bathroom.

After testing the temperature of the water, Maya stepped inside the shower and let it wash all the grime and the stress from her week away. She stood there, just letting the water flow down her body. It helped relax her so she took a few minutes longer than usual. Finally satisfied, Maya turned off the water and stepped out into the steam filled bathroom. Maya stood against the vanity and looked at her reflection in the mirror.

Standing there, Maya reflected on all the recent events and tried to determine what it was that made her feel so hollow. After a couple minutes of reflection, Maya was snapped out of her trance by a loud knocking on the front door. Maya glanced at her phone and saw that the pizza had arrived. She couldn't believe how long she had taken in the shower.

"I'm coming!" Maya yelled as she dashed out of the bathroom. She made it all the way through the bedroom and into the living room before remembering a key detail, she was butt ass naked! With her cheeks reddening, she turned around and ran back into the bathroom and grabbed a towel. She haphazardly attempted to tie the towel around her as she ran back towards the front door, dripping water all over the carpet, but as her wet feet hit the tile flooring in the kitchen, she started slipping and ending up falling in front of the fridge, landing hard on her bare bottom and dropping the towel in the process.

Maya got up and rubbed her sore butt and took a few steps before realizing she was missing her towel. She went back and picked up the towel, now giving up on wrapping it around her. She decided it would be fine if she just held it infront of her with one arm. That would leave one arm free to grab the pizza and it wasn't like she was going to have to turn around for anyting so as long as her front was covered she'd be fine.

A little out of breath, Maya turned the knob and opened the door. Standing on the other side was the delivery boy. With his oversized uniform and glasses that were much too big for him, the skinny looking stranger couldn't have been any older than eighteen or nineteen. The nametag on his chest read Jim.

"Delivery for M..." he trailed off as he took notice of Maya's attire. "Holy shit! Is this one of those videos where the sexy babe answers the door in a towel and "accidentally" drops it? I never thought I'd have this happen to me. Where's the camera?" The young teen started looking around for any cameras that might be set up nearby.

"Sorry to disappoint but this "sexy babe" as you called her is not gonna do that. I was taking a shower when you got here earlier than I expected. That's all. This towel is staying up." Maya couldn't believe what this boy was saying. Did he really think that those porn videos he watched happened in real life?

"Sure, that's what all the babes say in the videos. Next thing you know, the towel's on the floor anyway. Sometimes they even have sex with the delivery driver. Are we gonna have sex right now?" Maya could tell by his voice that he was getting really excited, as if there was even a chance of that happening.

"Excuse me?! Absolutely not! That is disgusting that you would even suggest that! This behavior is unacceptable and I'm gonna make sure your supervisor hears about this." Maya noticed that the teenager had a blank stare as his eyes were locked on her chest. "Are you even listening to me?" With no response, Maya snapped her fingers in front of his face which seemed to snap the boy back to his senses.

"Could you at least flash a tittie? All the other guys would be so jealous of me if I got a hot blonde to show me her tits. They always make fun of me but now I'd finally have something to brag about. Just a quick titty flash."