Chapter 4

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John took the clothes and headed into the direction that Shanna had told him. He relished getting a hot shower and getting these dirty clothes off. He stepped inside she was right it was not very big it only contained a small stand shower and a toilet to the left. Right now though he didn't care if it just had the shower. He stripped down after turning the water on to as warm as he could stand it. He made quick work of getting clean using the stuff inside. It must have been her brothers he hoped the guy didn't mind. He heard the door open.

“its just me...” Shanna's voice filtered over the water. “I am grabbing your clothes and leaving you a towel so I can wash them. Uh .. my brother left a comb or brush in the medicine cabinet if you need it.” Quickly the door shut after her. He couldn't hide a grin as he finished getting cleaned up.

He stepped out of the shower using the towel to dry himself and then rubbed his hair to get it dry. He stepped into the clothes they were a size bigger than he was but right now he didn't really care. As he stepped out of the bathroom he heard a shower above him “Must be taking one of her own...” He shrugged and headed into the main area of what seemed to be her loft. He hoped she didn't' mind him looking around. To left set a big book case full of books and CDs. He was pursuing the CDs when he found their latest CD Crush setting with a bunch of them. “so her great niece is a fan huh...” Jon smiled looking at Jovi the dog setting on the couch. Scattered around the room were pictures of a little girl and what could only be her older brother. As he looked around the room he noticed there were tons of pictures of what was he guessed her mom brother and the little girl yet there were none of her. Not even a small one. He shook his head and put the picture down back on the stand. He stood next to the couch when he heard foot steps behind him. He turned seeing Shanna come down the stairs. She wore a pair of blue sweats that seemed to swallow her whole and she wasn't wearing her glasses. Her long hair was pulled up in the towel and she was cleaning her glasses it looked like with her sweatshirt. “nice collection of music...” Jon couldn't help but stating. He startled her enough that her head snapped up and he got the first look of what was hiding behind the glasses. Cornflower blue eyes blinked at him with long dark lasses as if she forgot he was there.

Her face took on a light blush as if she got caught. “okay so … it wasn't just my great niece... I turned her onto the music first..” She slid her glasses back on. “are you thirsty ….I can make us some cocoa I also have some bottled water....”

“what no coffee?”

She gave him a look “after four large cups at Jake's you want coffee?”

“no not really ...” He gave her another smile. He watched as the color flushed through her face again. “I was just teasing...” he explained. “I like the photos..” He indicated the ones hanging on the wall as if to make small talk maybe put her more at ease. He was standing next to one of a large sunset with mountains and horses. “I really like this one... its kind of peaceful..”

She had just come back into the room handing him a cup of hot cocoa. “yeah that's my favorite too... I took it at my one friend's horse farm...” She sipped her cocoa.

Jon was astonished “You took this photo?”

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