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Despite the lack of noise, I had a great night’s sleep. I went to bed earlier than I had in a long time and woke up with the sun. I made myself a cup of coffee from the coffee bar and sat on the porch to watch the sunrise. I can’t remember the last time I was up in time for sunrise.
My mind wanders…I’m interested in seeing what things will be like when this group of ladies arrives. I’m excited to see this place in action. I finish my coffee and head back inside to get ready for the day.
I turn the shower on, and water starts spraying out everywhere. It’s coming out so fast and pelting me so hard I can’t even tell where it’s coming from. It’s hitting me right in the face. I hear a high-pitched, ear-piercing noise. The water is very disorienting. I realize after a minute that the noise is me–I’m the one screaming. I’ve got to get out of here!
Wrapping myself in a towel, I quickly leave the bathroom and slam the door behind me as if that will keep the water in. I’m dripping wet from head to toe, yet not clean. The water hit me hard right in the face. My eyes hurt! I’m trying to dry myself off when the front door to the cottage flies open. Travis barrels in.
“Ava! Are you ok? What’s going on?”
“Hey!” I turn around quickly and wrap myself in the towel, but I’m sure he got an eyeful. “What happened to knocking?”
“I heard you screaming. It sounded like an emergency. There’s no time for knocking in emergencies. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to barge in like that—I didn’t see any–”
“Yes, you did! Don’t lie!”
“OK, but are you ok? Why were you screaming like that?”
“The water! It’s spraying out everywhere. I couldn’t stop it.” I point to the bathroom. Travis goes over and cracks open the door. Water is still spraying everywhere.
“Holy cow! What happened!?”
“I just turned the water on to take a shower, and it started spraying everywhere. It got me right in the face. I couldn’t see. I didn’t know what was happening.”
“I’m going to have to cut the water to the house.” He runs outside. A moment later, the water finally stops.
I sit on the bed, still wrapped in a towel, looking around. Water seeps from under the bathroom door into the cottage’s main room. I feel bad, but I don’t think it was my fault. All I did was turn the faucet on.
“Well, holy cow. I’m sorry about that.” Travis comes back in and looks around, surveying the damage. There’s water everywhere.
“No, I’m sorry. I just–”
“You didn’t do anything. I should have checked the shower. I checked everything else, but not the shower.”
“It’s ok. I can just–”
“No, it’s not. It’s a big problem. A big problem that I don’t have time to fix. You can’t stay here without water.” He looks up at me, exasperated. “Oh–sorry, I forgot—I’ll step out so you can get dressed.”
“Thanks. I’ll just be a minute.”
After wringing out my hair, I threw on my jeans from yesterday and a fresh T-shirt. I open the front door so Travis can come back in.
“Ok. Well. Let’s get your stuff out of here. I don’t know where I’m going to put you. But we’ll bring your stuff over to the main house. Here, let me get your suitcase–”
“Wait! It’s not zipped!” At that exact moment, all of my clothes fell out onto the wet floor, including my new lacy panties and bra. Is it just me, or is it super embarrassing when someone else sees your underwear?
“Oh no–oh, wow. Could this get any worse? I’m so sorry. I’ll have this all laundered.” He starts scooping stuff up, and before I know it, Travis is standing there holding my bra. I am completely humiliated.
“It’s ok. Just give it all to me, and–I got it.” I took my bra back and tried to scoop everything back into the suitcase. Everything is soaked. Thank goodness I didn't have my laptop in there.
“Wow. What a day! And I haven’t even had breakfast yet,” Travis says. I can tell he’s extremely embarrassed and really overwhelmed. “I’m so sorry about all of this. I’m going to make it up to you.”
“No. It’s ok.”
“Here, let me get that. Is it zipped up now?”
“Yes, it is.” I roll my suitcase toward Travis. He lifts it to take it out to the four-wheeler. I’ll grab the rest of my stuff and be right out.”
“OK, let me know if you need me to throw your computer on the ground or something.”
