Back in the bathroom Melanie was still soaking away happily as if nothing was amiss. She could hear her new housemates footsteps coming up the stairs towards the door. One thing that had bothered Melanie about this place was that there was no lock on the bathroom door. It was perfectly understandable, if Jed had been living alone or with other males there wouldn't have been much need for privacy. She would happily pay for one to be put on as soon as possible, but for now she had to settle for continuing to hum and splash about loud enough to make it obvious the room was occupied and she was naked.
Melanie could hear Jed's footsteps coming up close to the other side of the bathroom door where he seemed to linger a while. She couldn't help but wonder if Jed was perhaps a little creepy. Maybe his advertisement for a female roommate was just a clever way of getting his foot in the door for a potential sex partner. He had no chance with her if that was his plan since he wasn't her type at all. She had no idea what Jed was doing outside the bathroom just lingering like that. There was no peephole, so he couldn't have been perving on her, but nonetheless it was starting to feel a little off.
"Are you waiting for the bathroom? I won't be much longer!" Melanie called out, trying to break the tension. There was a pause, then a reply.
"Nah, I'm good, thanks" Jed replied. "Carry on, don't mind me"
What was that supposed to mean? Melanie decided not to think about it too much. If this guy got his kicks being in the next room to a naked woman he couldn't see, let alone touch then it was too pathetic to bother about. She decided
to put it out of her mind.
A few moments passed, and Melanie started to feel a little self conscious, so she decided it was time to get out. She turned the water off and climbed out of the bath, her naked, wet body dripping. She looked around to grab a towel but noticed there wasn't one. That was strange, she had entered the bathroom wearing a towel and had no idea how it could have simply vanished from the room. Nobody had been in there but her. This was more than a little embarrassing on her first day. She had left her clothes in her bedroom and the towel she had entered with had mysteriously vanished. Not realising the magical abilities of her new roommate, who very much intended to keep her nude and soaking wet, she could only think she had absent mindedly taken it off before entering. She frantically searched the room but it was obviously not there and she was starting to feel cold. She didn't want to risk getting Jed excited but she had no choice and called out to him.
"Jed, sorry to bother you again, but I don't seem to have a towel"
"Oh" came the reply "No, I don't have any towels"
Melanie's heart sank. This guy was a creep after all.
"You don't have any towels in the house?" she sighed cynically.
"No, just never needed them"
This was a very strange thing for him to say and Melanie was sure he was lying, but she knew she had a spare in her suitcase. She wasn't about to let him go through her things so there was only one option.
"Jed, I'm really sorry to ask but I am going to need to get to my room without a towel. Could you head downstairs for a moment?"
"Nah, it's ok, I won't look" came the reply "It's not a problem."
Melanie couldn't believe this. Was this guy really that desperate? Did he actually expect her to walk through the house with no clothes on so he could ogle her. This was totally unacceptable.
"Jed, I'm really not comfortable walking past you naked. Could you please just head into your room for a minute or something?"
There was a pause. Then came the reply.
"No"
"What?"
"You don't need clothes anyway"
"What do you mean I don't need clothes?" Melanie called back, now sounding a little worried.
"animals don't wear clothes"
"I'm not an animal!"
"Yes, you are"
Melanie didn't know what was going on here. Was this guy just a pervert or completely crazy. Maybe it was both.
"I'm coming in, Mel" Jed's breathing was getting heavy, as if he could no longer hold back his urges.
"NO!" Melanie shouted, "I don't want you coming in, and I'm not a bloody animal!"
"Yes, you are" Jed's voice was becoming more commanding "and from now on you are going to be my little animal"
Melanie had no idea what to do. This guy wasn't talking any sense. Instinctively she stood with he back to the wall and covered her breasts and her sex with her arms.
"If you come in here I will go to the police!" she warned.
"The police won't help an animal that isn't even supposed to wear clothes. They won't even be able to understand anything you try to say anyway!"
Melanie had no idea what that meant or why Jed kept insisting she was an animal. Some kind of weird power play?
"Stay away! I am a human and I have rights!"
"You may have had rights once, but not anymore" Jed's voice was full of authority and confidence. Melanie began to feel very nervous "I'm coming in!"
Melanie could not believe this was happening. Jed really walking in on her? Had she moved in with a psychopath? She had no time to consider the questions as the bathroom door began to creak open.