After all of that, everything went great! Me and Pinkie didn't have anymore awkward or sad conversations, Mr. and Mrs. Cake pretty much consider me part of the family, and I haven't had any trouble with anything. It seemed like everything was PERFECT!

"Hey, Shadow! I have a super-duper extra special amazing idea!" Pinkie burst through my door, and spouted that off in under a second. Good thing I'd gotten used to her insanely fast speech.

"Sure, what is it, Pinks?" I'd also given her a pet name.

"You and I should go to the spa!"

I could have SWORN I heard glass break then, to signify the shattering of my good mood. I just stared at Pinks, giving her my "You'd better be joking" face. She just kept smiling.

"Nope! Not joking! I thought it would help you with your touching problem!" Yeah, as you all know, my skin crawls when another pony touches me, asides from Pinks.

"This is NOT a good idea, Pinks. Who's to say this won't make my problem worse?"

"Well, it's either that, or I give you a massage of my own..." She gave me bedroom eyes, and even though I know she was being goofy, I still turned beet red. She fell off the bed, and started rolling around on the floor, laughing her head off.

"A-Alright... Let's go to the spa then..." I stood up, and my knees were shaking a bit. "I'll just walk it off... I'm gonna get back at this mare one day..."

"Are you sure about that?" She... Was sticking her head down from the top of my vision. I fell onto my haunches, and she just walked in from the side... How does she do that? And did she hear my thoughts?

"Yep! Now stop with all that text, and lets get going!" She grabbed my hoof, and we were off. Wait... Text... Whatever.

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"Finally, in town... It feels like my leg's gonna fall off..." Pinkie had been running at a breakneck pace, dragging me along the whole time. But I wasn't worried about that, I was worried about the spa. I looked around a bit, and didn't see any familiar looking buildings. "I haven't been here yet..."

"Hey, what's wrong?" Pinks looked at me, her expression as innocent as ever, despite what she was doing to me...

"Oh, nothings wrong. My crazy marefriend is dragging me to the spa so somepony can feel me up and she expects me to not be uncomfortable..." The sarcasm was practically dripping from my tongue.

"That's why I'm doing this! I Don't want you to be uncomfortable if somepony touches you!" She gave me one of her big, toothy grins.

"Gee, thanks Pinks..." I grumbled a bit, and my expression soured. Pinks looked a little sad, but she perked herself right back up.

"You don't have to be such a groucho! Just enjoy it! After all, the spa IS supposed to relax you!"

"Er... Yeah, I guess so..." I rubbed the back of my head sheepishly, smiling just the same. "Sorry I got upset. You know how I am..."

"That's why I'm doing this!"

"Well... Thanks. I guess I do need to get over these problems sooner or later..." Before I knew it, I almost walked into Pinks. She'd stopped in front of a building, which I assumed was the spa. I shuddered, but decided I'd best get it over with.

"Okie-Dokie-Lokie! Rarity got us all one free spa day, but I sorta forgot about it..." She smiled sheepishly, and I could have SWORN I heard a squeak. "I hope they let me use mine for two ponies!"

I PRAYED to the Goddesses... "Please let it be one pony only..."

We walked into the spa, and the bell above the door jingled. Two mares, one blue with a pink mane, and one pink with a blue mane. They both had the aloe vera plant as their Cutie Marks.

"Hello! We're the spa twins! How can we help you today!" They both spoke in perfect unison... It really creeped me out. The pink one trotted up to me, and looked me over, then smiled. I felt as uncomfortable as could be. "You must be Shadow Weaver! Rarity and Fluttershy talk about you a lot. They say you're a really nice guy..." She looked over at Pinks. "Pinkie, you're lucky." Pinks blushed, and I just stared at the pink twin, shocked. "My name is Aloe." She gestured to her blue counterpart. "This is Lotus." I was ashamed that her name wasn't Vera. That would have been hilarious.

"Well... You know my name..." I backed up a little bit. Aloe was in my personal space.

"What's wrong? Aloe, did you do something?" Lotus gave me a look of concern.

"Nope! He's just super super SUPER shy around ponies he's never met before!" Pinks jumped around, giggling at my expense.

"Oh! You poor dear... Pinkie, we assume you're here to use your free spa day? He can join you, it's no trouble." Lotus gave Pinks a smile, and Pinks nodded her head violently. "Alright then! This way please!"

She led us to a large room, full of massage tables and all sorts of therapeutic things. I even saw a mud bath. I'd never even THOUGHT of going into a place like this.

"Lay down here!" Aloe pointed to one of the tables. Pinks was already laying on the one next to it. I did as I was told, and braced myself for extreme discomfort. I felt Aloe's hooves touch my back, and cringed. My heart started racing, and all that I could think was: "IhavetogetoutofhereIhavetogetoutofhereIhavetogetoutofhereNOW!"

She started rubbing my back, chopping it, applying pressure on pressure points, things like that. The whole time I had to use every ounce of willpower I had to keep myself from jumping up and running out of the spa. I looked over at Pinks, and she had a content smile on her face, and she looked really relaxed. "Wow, these two can make PINKS stay still... That takes some insane skill. Either that, or Pinks is just calm by her own accord..." Then I felt Aloe's hooves reach my shoulders, and I started freaking out again. Every time anypony had ever touched my shoulders, it usually meant they were going to spin me around and sock me one. But that was just my past getting to me. I started sweating, but I managed to remain calm. After a few more minutes of pure torture, Aloe stepped away, and for the first time ever since setting hoof in the spa, I felt relaxed. I stood up, and Lotus motioned to the mud bath. It sounded stupid, but I decided to keep pressing on, for Pinks.

Surprisingly, the mud felt... Good. It was gross, but had a relaxing feel to it.

"Wowie-Zowie! Now I see why Rarity and Fluttershy come here all the time!" She started SWIMMING in the mud bath, and I just sank down all the way to the bottom of my nose into the mud. I had my mane wrapped in a towel, thankfully. I felt silly, awkward, and just plain horrible. Pinks seemed to notice this, and swam over to me. "... Are you alright? We can go if you want..." She had a sorry look on her face. I just shook my head.

"No, Pinks, it's fine, really... I'm starting to adjust." I was always good at lying to pretty much anypony. Pinks bought it, and smiled and settled down next to me.

"Well, after this mud bath, I say we get cleaned up and get going."

"Yeah..." I mumbled under my breath. "The sooner the better..."

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After cleaning ourselves off, Pinks and I headed home. Mr. and Mrs. Cake asked us where we were.

"Oh! We were at the spa!" Pinks smiled. The Cakes had a look of surprise on their faces.

"Really? We never thought you would go somewhere like that. It seems too... Calm, for you." Mr. Cake chuckled a bit.

"That's what I thought..." Pinks elbowed me in the side. "Hey! I was just saying..." We all laughed.

"Well, it sounds like you two had fun. We were just heading out to have dinner. Try not to get into too much trouble while we're gone, OK?" Mrs. Cake gave us a wink, and she slipped out the door with her husband before we could say anything. I looked and Pinks, and she had the biggest smile I've ever seen on her face.

"Celestia, Luna... HELP ME."