Covering Up The Marks!

When the water poured from the shower to Marcella's face, it felt so relaxing. She didn't wash yet after this morning incident and had the time. After Ariel leaving, Marcella thought about him so much.

Last night was the most important for her life. Marcella lost her virginity to Ariel Reiden, who acted as Artemis. Marcella then gently rubbed her skin during her shower, but there were a few kiss marks when she checked her breast area. 

She widened her eyes and instantly covered her front with both arms. 

"Oh my God, what should I do know? I must dress in the closet," she muttered to herself. Marcella could not let anyone knew about what passed between her and Ariel. While thinking and daydreaming, she jolted by knocks on the bathroom door.

"Honey, are you still showering? You're taking too long!" shouted her Mom, Sherly. Marcella was even more scared. What about if her Mom found out about her?

"Marcella, Honey … are you inside?" Sherly called her for more.

"Y-Yes … I'm taking a shower!" Marcella finally answered her.

"Are you okay? You've been 30 minutes there!" Inside the shower's cube, Marcella kept on embracing her own body and thinking fast.

"I'll be out soon, Mom. Don't worry!" 

"Okay! I'll wait for you in the room. I need to talk about something." Marcella then turned off the shower's tap and replied.

"Yes, I'll come out after getting dress." Marcella waited some minutes to ensure that her mother did not see her in front of the bathroom door.

After a few minutes, Marcella peeked in each direction to make sure she was alone. She took the towel and dried herself before rolled it upper the breast. Marcella then stood in front of the bathroom mirror to check her skin.

Some hickeys were marked her skin. She never had those before, so it made her confuse about how to cover them. She tried to rub, but it only made them worse.

"This isn't working. What should I do? Shall I just put some rash cream on them? But they're not rashes. Ahh!" she grumbled to herself in front of the mirror. Marcella was thinking about something fast to cover these things up.

"I will put on some long sleeves shirt then; nobody will know. Yeah, I'll think about the cure later!" Marcella took her long hoody shirt and hot pants. She was also using a hairdryer before going out and met her Mom.

At the edge of Marcella's bed, Sherly was sitting to wait for her daughter. After Marcella showed up, she smiled tenderly at her.

"Sit with me, Baby. I want to talk to you." Marcella got closer to her Mom and sat next to her. Sherly took her hands and held them before speaking.

"Are you okay, Baby? Since this morning after you came, I didn't have time to ask you anything." Marcella gazed up at her Mom, Sherly, and bowed her head.

"What's happened? Tell me," Sherly continued more and sounded worried to Marcella.

"Nothing happened, Mom," Marcella answered the questions doubly. Sherly has a good instinct towards her daughters. She knew that something probably has happened.

"So why didn't you go home last night? And you turned off your phone too?" Marcella started to get nervous to talk about last night to her Mom. She was a good girl that never been lied to anyone. But now she has to protect her twin's sister because of the switching plan by lying to her Mom.

"I was so tired and sleepy. So, I asked Miraya to stay at the hotel for a night."

Sherly still has peculiar things on her mind. She knew it was not okay.

"How about the boys? Did they stay with you at the hotel too?" Marcella was grinning oddly then shook her head.

"Uhm … Artemis house was not far from the hotel. So, after they took us there, they were home!" Marcella felt so dumb of herself right now. How could that genius reason be trusted enough by her mother? Sherly became more suspicious, but she kept the smile to reassure her daughter.

"Were you doing something last night?" Marcella felt a little harsh on her heart, as if something was rubbing there. She could not utter anything that happened beyond the date, so she put another thing to say.

"We were drunk, so that's why we decided to sleep at the hotel." Marcella lies with the bowed head in front of her Mom. At the same time, Sherly smiled and gently stroked Marcella's hair.

"It's okay when you want to go out and have some fun, but when it comes to alcohol, you must think it carefully. I'm saying this so you won't get hurt by someone. There're many bad guys out there, and they could take advantage of you. Sexual harassment was an issue, Darling!" Sherly spoke gently about her daughter's self-protection. Marcella didn't answer and bobbed her head.

"So, how's the date meeting with Artemis? What do you think about him?" asked Sherly after few strokes on the hair.

"He's a nice guy," replied Marcella reasonably. She surely only knew one Artemis, and that one was Ariel. So, she described him as she knew Ariel.

"I'm glad that he came here to take Miraya and you home. I also glanced at him. He such a very handsome man, don't you think so?" Marcella only took a glimpse and nodded. She could not utter anything that made her Mom worry or even upset.

"I think he's gonna make a perfect future fiancé to your sister, don't you think?" once again, Marcella only nodded with her slight smile.

"How about you then? Was that true what another man said?" Sherly questioned her daughter for more. Marcella scrunched her forehead and shook.

"Said about what?" Sherly chuckled and moved a few hair strands to Marcella's side ear.

"Ah, when he said he's courting you in front of your Dad!" Sherly tried to remind her about the fake Ariel. After few seconds of thinking then Marcella responded.

"You mean, Ariel? No, Mom. We don't have any relationship at all. He came with Artemis to keep him last night. So, we chatted and drank few beers, then got drunk. But he's not courting me." Marcella smiled gently to make sure of her mother.

"Are you sure? But I can see that he's falling for you!"