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With a more than flushed face, Cal entered the car. She tried her best not to giggle at the man next to her fumble with his seatbelt. Her head remained as close to fresh air as possible during the ride.

Something that fit the mood clung to Cal's body, accenting her features. But hey, Mau had picked it out so it was appropriate. She smiled, eye a glow in the excitement. "I've seen better." She joked, taking the elegant menu in her hand. Everything looked delicious, she didn't know what to possible choose.... Well maybe that item that was hard to pronounce. It sounded absolutely delightful.

The waiter had come to make his rounds and after ordering, Cal and Mau were left with an awkward silence. She went out on a limb to make conversation, though it had been a question that weighed heavy on her mind. "S-so Mau," maybe she was just caught up in the atmosphere, "What do you look for in a woman?" She averted her gaze to the glass of water on the table.

She seemed fixated on the water withing her goblet, picking it up coyly and taking a sip. "W-well..." She raked her brain for a good excuses. "I'm trying to impress this guy." What she was saying wasn't a lie, just not reviling all of the information. "And I need, um, advice." That seemed plausible. Mau wouldn't be suspicious, would he? She tried to calm herself hiding her flushed face behind the goblet, sipping slowly.

The poor girl's mood slightly went under. No way could she hold an intelligent conversation with Mau. She wasn't at the level of most. Just average she'd say. She placed her goblet back on the table and looked upon Mau thoughtfully. I'm not a weakling... Her thoughts stirred. I can handle my own. But when she was around Mau, she felt so small and insignificant; like anything she did would just be a screw up.

She mumbled something under her breath. "What if-" She seemed to be a bit frustrated coming up with the right words to say. "What if I can't be everything he likes?" Those words were course and bitter on her ears, as if she were crying out for him to say that he adored her, or admired her efforts. Now her eyes- a hit of sadness filled them- were unconsciously drawn to Mau.

When their eyes met, her sadness, her uncertainty melted away in that instant and she was content. Content in the fact that Mau did think highly of her. She held back joyful tears. "Thank you Mau." She broke eye contact with him to gather her courage. She was going to do it. She was going to tell him the he was the one he liked. "Mau, from the beginning I've actually-"

"You're meal madam." The wait moved in an elegant hustle as if sent to deliberately interrupt Cal's confession. She opened her mouth to talk again, but closed it a second after having lost that spark. "Thank you..." She whispered, more to Mau than the waiter as she began to dine on the meal. Not really tasting what she was eating.

With their day all done, Cal waved Mau goodbye. So did Tybalt who carried her bags behind her. When she made it up to her room, she laid everything out in a nice order on her bed and sorted them in to the according places. With that all said and done, all that was left was the box of hair dye. She looked it over, trying to read the dirty box. If that creeper hadn't been eyeing her, she would have gotten a new box.

"Hm..." she stared thoughtfully at the box trying to make out the words. "This shouldn't be too hard!" She smiled. Cal had no intention of going to sleep just yet, so she decided to use the mysterious hair product.

It didn't take her long to figure out what to do. She put the product in her hair, what she thought was an appropriate of time and continues with the steps. She returned, tired and puffy eyed, the day had caught up with her. The towel from her refreshing shower still remained on her head. She rubbed her eyes and laid on her bed, out like a light.

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Not more that a few hours later, Cal shot upright, breathing heard with tears flowing down her cheeks. It had been that nightmare again. She felt claustrophobic as the darkness encircled her. With a panicked flutter, she grabbed her robe and ran out her door, going to the closest comfort she knew.

She knocked, quite hurried on Mau's door- as if to hurry in from her own fears. "Mau?" Her voice was shaky and chocked with tears. "A-are you there?" A quiet hiccup escaped her lips as she grabbed the towel from her head to dry her eyes.

Cal rushed in, drying her eyes. "I just..." She paused, muffled into the towel. Her body shook with each grief stricken hiccup. Her tears soon ceased and her body quit its convulsing. "It was all just a horrible nightmare." Though she knew it was more memory than anything. She lifter her face from the light colored towel, features turned livid from her crying. "I just.... Couldn't be alone right now, I'm sorry for barging in on you at this obscene hour."

She was about to dry her eyes once more when she spotted a big blue stain. "What the hell...." She turned her puffy eyes to look for a mirror, potting her reflection in the bathroom mirror. This refection looked so similar, but the girl in the mirror had a mess of muddy blue hair. "Dear Arceus...." She dropped her towel and ran to the mirror, pulling at her hair to make sure this wasn't some sort of trick. "T-this..." her voice cracked and whined, "This isn't happening...." She held her stained blue hands to her face and began to cry again.

"It'll wash out?" a hiccup caught in her throat. Would this blue die run away so easily? But it had stained her hands. She tore her blue stained hands from her face to see that the cheep dye was running. But how long did she have to get that gunk out? She turned and actually took in her surroundings.

"Could I use....." She stopped herself. Maybe asking to use his shower was pushing it? But she wanted to do something fast to make sure she'd get it all out. She gathered up her courage, trying again. "May I use you shower Mau?" He puffy eyes, blue hair, and stern expression were quite comical all wrapped into one. Like a child who had decided to toughen up after they had made their mistake.