Allegra honestly didn’t know where Hungary even was. Geography wasn’t a strong point for her. Why bother to figure out where a country was on the map when you could just get on a plane and fly there?

“If you ever want to visit California, I’d love to play tour guide,” she said. “Have you ever been back to Hungry?” she asked not realizing she was pronouncing it wrong.

Allegra smiled at Derek. “So you’ve got two guys. At least,” she smirked. "You sexy heart breaker."

Xavia seemed pretty star struck with this Altair guy. Interesting name. Maybe he was from ‘Hungry.’ She seemed so happy. There was that thrill when you just meet someone and the sky’s the limit as you’re getting to know someone.

Sadly, Allegra’s only experience was when she crushed on a guy. She’d imagine the things they’d do together and what he was like. It never went further than that. She was feeling so self conscious. Derek had two potential boyfriends and someone like Xavia could obviously attract guys easily. Allegra had never even been kissed. She replayed her mother’s voice in her head telling her how ugly she was.

Allegra tried to push aside her sadness and just be happy for her friends. If they were happy then she could be happy.

"Hmm?" she asked when Derek was trying to get her attention. Hell, she had totally missed what Allegra was saying to her. "Oh, we went to eat French food and had a lovely time. He was very sweet." And she said no more, because she was picturing that smoocharoo again. Gosh, but that had been such a charged one. She didn't remember ever having a kiss like that. She was saved from having to further explain when they were all escorted back to their first stop in the spa, the dressing rooms and the lockers to stash their clothing and such.

She came out of said place, all wrapped up in a fluffy spa robe, feet in slippers, and leaned against the wall to wait for the others to be done. And her mind was firmly on the date.

Once they came out dressed in robes, Derek walked over to the center seat of five. He was going to get his hands and feet polished up. Derek stretched a bit before getting in the chair and leaning back. He rested his feet on the small foot rest in front of him.

When the other ladies came out, Derek looked over at Allegra and smirked, "while Ms. Rose n' pot over here is daydreaming about Artair, tell us about this guy you have a crush on." Derek had left his phone in the locker room so he could focus on the quality time he was spending with both Xavia and Allegra.

"Do spill."

Xavia seemed to be on Cloud 9 with this guy. Allegra wanted to learn more just so she could live vicariously but they were escorted to their dressing rooms.

Allegra took her time so she wouldn't walk out the same time Xavia did. Allegra wasn’t sure if Xavia disliked her. Allegra was constantly worried about people not liking her and she was afraid Xavia thought Allegra was some immature kid. Allegra wondered if she was a third wheel. Both Derek and Xavia had exciting adventures and were dating interesting and exciting guys. Allegra had never even been kissed.

She stood in her robe staring at the mirror wishing she could be prettier. She was stressing out when she was supposed to be enjoying herself. Allegra smiled at the mirror and put her most confident face forward even though that was far from what she felt. "Let's go," she told herself.

She came out and Derek greeted her. Allegra blushed when asked about her crush.

“Oh it’s nothing,” she said. “I seem to be attracted to a different guy every week. Last week it was this thin emo kid. This week it’s this Latin hottie. Oh my god. I caught him with his shirt off. Sizzle! You should see him. He’s super friendly. He sort of flirted with me in the halls once but he’s like that with all the girls and I haven’t talked to him since. He knows how to dress and his eyes. Normally I get freaked out my mutant stuff but he’s got like rainbow eyes. And did I mention his glowing personality? And his body?”

Allegra sighed. “How is it you can get me to talk about things that no one else can draw out of me, Mr. Menes?” she asked. She looked over to Xavia who most likely heard Allegra go on about her schoolgirl crush and probably thought she was even more immature than before. Allegra sighed as her insecurities took hold once again.

She forced herself to come back to attention. Woopsy.. Heheh. "Umm... Sorry." It was just that she was firmly stuck in what happened between Artair and herself. It started with just a kiss to the cheek and somehow ended up in a haze. Ok, so maybe she caused it to h.... No... HE DID... Pressing on pressure points in her palm. That man. Lord Jesus, help her. She fanned herself.

She didn't really have anything to say about high school romances, since her only experience was watching her sweetheart get shot dead. Yup, she wasn't the best to talk to the girl about that stuff. She didn't even have a problem with the young lady... Hell, she was looking forward to seeing her face when she plopped some of her brand new costumes from tour into the her arms. She was going to poop her pants. Just saying. Xavia listened to the two talking with a smile on her face, and she didn't mean to start doing this, but she was rubbing now at the baby bump that was already starting to show, not even thinking about kisses anymore but about babies.

"Aw! He sounds great!"[/color] Derek smiled over at Allegra, "I remember when you had that little crush on me. It was so cute." He reached over and bopped Allegra's nose playfully. Derek knew Allegra's problem with visible mutations. He was hoping that she was dealing with that especially with the guy he was currently talking to. She might even have a heart attack. "And it's a gift." He smiled to himself as he closed his eyes.

Soon the workers came in and started to work on their feet. Derek chewed his lip in thought. Although he liked Aleksandr, he knew that he liked to have fun. He was flirt and Derek could tell that he didn't want to be tied down right now. On the other hand, there was..Zeus. Derek sighed and closed his eyes [/font]

Allegra looked over at Xavia who seemed to be in her own world. That was something Allegra could certainly relate to as she often checked out of reality herself. The land of fantasy and daydreams was usually far superior to this one.

Xavia, however, looked like she didn't have to dream about how things might be. That guy she was dating certainly left an impression with her. And she had baby on the way. Allegra didn't think she'd have the strength to raise a child on her own like Xavia was planning on doing. She had seen enough episodes of '16 and Pregnant' to know what a responsibility a child was.

"You're never going to let my little crush on you go are you?" Allegra laughed. "That's ancient history." One week ago was 'history.' Two weeks ago was 'ancient.'

"God, I am so looking forward to a massage followed by an aromatherapy mani-pedi and an algae mineral wrap detox." She wondered if she'd get some champagne afterwards like at her spa back home.

 

Hah, she already had a kid and TWO on the way, but she never really took anything about Delilah to school to show people unless they asked, and she, herself, didn't know yet about there being two buns in that oven. She was not alone, either, her own mother was helping and she never asked others to help...

"I can't wait to see your face when you see t'e clot'es I have for you, kid." she changed the subject, hopefully effectively. No matter how much Derek tried, she was not going to reveal that she and Artair did make passionate good-good. Mum's the word. She totally kept that to herself. Yup.

"I have some stuff from Christian Dior, Gucci, and even Chanel. Trust me, you will be drooling. A whole rack with tags still on em..."

Derek gave Xavia the side eye with a smile on his face. He wasn't going to give up on her so quickly. He had to keep begging her about what happened until she either turned him into a tree or gave in. He was betting on the latter. Derek listened to Allegra and Xavia talk about clothes.

Truthfully, Clothes wasn't something he absolutely loved above all else. Derek would take the woods any day. He even thought about going nude and just running through the forest. Though, if he did that, Derek would run into some problems.

"Some thin's don't even have tags on." Derek chimed in.

Allegra made an excited noise that sounded kind of like ‘squee!’ when Xaxia offered the clothes to Alelgra. “Oh my god! Thank you! Thank you! Again!”

Derek looked a little bored with this conversation though he was contributing to the conversation. 

“Yep, a lot of clothes don't have tags. When you come to California, I’ll take you to some of the private boutiques,” Allegra said. “I’ve had originals made just for me. You’ll love it.”

She could talk about clothes for days but she had to be sensitive to Derek possibly being bored. He also seemed dead set on getting more details on Xavia and this mysterious Altair.

“So what was it you were talking about before?” Allegra asked Derek.

Damn, she was trying to steer the topic off of men. Derek was trying to find out more than she was willing to let on. And if she knew him like she thought she did? He would probably stoop to sending some kind of animal after her to track her movements, the brat. Oooh, she would fix him good if he did that, he just didn't know she was on to him. That punk didn't need to know.

Nosy little weasle.

"You're welcome. It would be a shame not to see t'em worn, and I am afraid pregnant women don't exactly fit some of t'ose t'ings... Hell, I stopped fitting t'em after getting pregnant for Delilah." She wondered how her kiddo was going to take the news that she would be a big sister.

She didn't have much time to ponder, however, because it was time for their mud bath.

So what if he sent a couple of bats to check up on Artair and Xavia during their night out? Derek didn't find that creepy. Actually, he found doing that pretty resourceful (something he would have to bring up to Mister Boss Man later). Plus, he was sure that Xavia talked to her rooted buddies about keeping an eye on Derek.

Little flower pot.

On the subject of Delilah, Derek smiled, "speaking of the little seedling, took Mama and her out for ice cream after your mother cooked. It was the least I could do." He smiled sweetly at Xavia before facing forward and closing his eyes.

"Well, thank you. I'm very grateful," Allegra said. Allegra thought about having kids some day. It would be a lot of work and responsibility. But she hadn't stopped to consider the important stuff. What if her clothes didn't fit anymore. Yikes!

Apparently Xavia had another daughter who Derek had already met. Allegra hoped to meet her someday. For now, though, she just closed her eyes and enjoyed the pampering.

She sank up to her shoulders in mud. Oh yeah... That was a plant girl for ya. She leaned her head back as the person attending her rubbed the same type of mud all over her face and stuck cucumbers on her eyes. "You didn't have to blow my phone up t'e day after t'e date, Derek. I was safe." She said with amusement as she brought up the many texts... "Nosy bugger. But t'ank you for treating my kid and mom so awesome."

This was the life, she thought. "How are you feeling right now? T'is is nice!" she said to Allegra. The girl had stopped her chattering and gave in to relaxing.

"...I know, but y'know how overprotective I am over you. You, Artair, and Allegra are all apart of my...herd." He shrugged his shoulders coyly. He knew better than to send the bats to check up on them, but he worried when she was away. "Maybe I should've stopped after the fifth one."

Derek moistened his lips, "It is nice! I feel so...tamed," he chuckled and looked down at the man who was doing his feet. Damn, he was cute too. What was up with all these attractive men surrounding him?! He let out a groan and closed his eyes. "How are you feelin' over there, Allegra?"