"You are going to right all these wrongs." Camry said firmly. He reached over and pulled me by my ear. "You will undo the injustices that have been bestowed upon me. You will fix these woes, you meddling wench."

"Ow, ow ow!" I squealed in pain. He began marching me down the street tugging painfully on my beautifully shaped ear. "Don't do that!! And when did you develop a vocabulary?" I asked in slight shock.

"Don't mess with me! I want a Princess and I want her now!" He narrowed his eyes and fairly growled at me. Boy was he in for a shock when he laid eyes on his Princess. Ohhhh, this was going to be grand fun to watch. But I shouldn't get too close. No doubt he'd try to decapitate me after he saw her. That's so not a good thing.

I began to grit my teeth. "Spa first, Princess second."

"Don't try to make a deal with me." he said. "I'm the one who's got you backed into a corner." He jerked me again. Damn blast, that hurt!

I rolled my eyes. "Don't flatter yourself. I'm merely allowing you to do that. I mean, I know how long you've been dying to get your hands on me... have my hair brush your hand. How utterly romantic. You make me want to swoon."

He let go of my ear and looked at me quizzically. "Really?"

Great Belin, he was buying this! He obviously wasn't all that in tune with sarcasm. Either that or I was losing my touch. Nah, that couldn't be it. Perish the thought.

I gazed at him with adoring eyes and batted my lashes. "I… I just… I lose control of myself when I'm around you, Camry. That's why I play hard to get." I turned away so he couldn't see the smirk on my face. "I couldn't stand it if you didn't feel the same way about me!"

My acting is quite superb and in no time he wrapped his arms around me, begging me to forgive him. Simpleton. I merely nodded and all was well. Score! Spa time!! I win!

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"Wow. Don't you look good all cleaned up." Camry said when I emerged from the ladies' showers into the posh lounge.

If he was going to play the role of the bantering young lover he had another thing coming. Now that I was clean all I wanted to do was go get my massage.

Maybe the masseuse would turn out to be, shall we say, skilled... "Ah, but that doesn't mean my mind isn't still dirty." I muttered.

He raised an eyebrow, obviously misinterpreting. I hate to burst his delusional little bubble, but come on! Get a clue.

"Camry! Would you just get out of the way!" I tripped over his feet and sat down by the magazines, grumbling to myself all the while. "Did you find Alero and Miata, by the way?"

"Yeah, they should be out here any minute."

"I seriously question the class of a spa that allows hamsters as customers."

"It's not like they know he's a customer. We didn't exactly go to the front desk to get in here."

"Yes, well, let's just chalk that one up to my mad skill and be done with it, mmkay?"

He smiled. "There's a good boy." I said condescendingly.

He finally fell silent and left me to decide between Magical Girl Today or Anime Highlights for Kids. Just before I reached for the Highlights (because looking at the frilly outfits in MGT would surely make me sick), a woman walked into the lounge with some papers in her hand. Really, did it look like we desired company? Much less company that hands out annoying sheets of paper advertising for something that was either a doubtless waste of time or money? She stared at us for a moment and then let out an ear-piercing scream.

Camry and I both jumped into action. There wasn't any time to waste. Actually, we stayed seated and shot each other quizzical looks. What was this woman's problem?

She ran about in excited little circles and, as luck would have it, just before she screeched to the door a piece of paper flew out of her hands and settled at my feet. I picked it up…