Chapter 9:
"Spa Day"
September 15th, 2014…9:43am
I felt really excited this morning as today was the first day of one of our many planned activities.
We were going to spend at least a full day at the spa. Now that I was looking forward too.
I just want to hurry up and go for that nice full body massage already!
I haven't gone for one in so long! After a year like this, I could so definitely use one! Especially since that this is one of the many birthday presents from Vanessa. I really have to thank her after today.
But right now, I want to digest some of this breakfast we had. We were in the same restaurant we in just a few days ago. But we all got something light this time as we already made lunch plans in one of spas restaurants around 1pm.
We were all getting full body massages and mani-pedis so that should at least take a couple of hours to do so before hand.
Our appointments weren't until 10am so instead of going back to our rooms to chill, we decided to come down in our pjs again and just hang around the restaurant until its almost time to go.
As always we were chatting amongst ourselves, I on the other hand was listening but texting my Mom, it was her day off today so I thought now would be a good time to message her before we headed off to our day of relaxation.
"Ooh lucky you! Make sure after today or after this trip that you thank her, because I"m sure she paid and planned a lot for you and the girls to go on this trip"
"Yeah, I will relax! Like why wouldn't I thank her? Like she invited the other girls to come too so I'm sure that they'll thank her too after this."
I suddenly heard a snapping noise in front of me. Vanessa caught my attention by snapping her fingers at me, pointing her thumb out, letting me know that it was time to head out.
I nodded. "Gotta go now, our appointments are at 10am"
"Alright have fun. Love u lots baby girl ?¬ンᄂ️"
"Love u too ?¬ンᄂ️"
With that I closed my phone, getting up from our seats, we made our towards the spa.
September 15th, 2014…9:55am
We were all sitting in the waiting room of the spa, filling out some health forms while dressed in nice cozy white robes. Most of were done with the papers except for me. There were two question I was stuck on, which I wasn't sure on how to answer them:
"Are you on any type of medication?"
"Do you have any medical conditions we should be worried about?"
I wasn't sure whether it was a good idea for me to put my medical issues down. I mean, yes I have a learning disability and I'm on 'the pill' for which I've been on for the past 4 years, but again debating if I should put them both down or not?
At home, I've sometimes put it down, sometimes no. But for now I'll leave it be, I didn't want to take too long anyway so I'll just write down N/A for now.
"How are ladies doing so far?"
One of the ladies from reception came over to check on us.
We talked over each other and nodded saying that were all good.
"Alright then, sounds great, I will take those if you don't mind and I'll be right back and send in our lovely masseuses to come fetch you ladies."
We handed her back the clipboards that had the health forms on them and left with them for a moment to bring back to the front desk.
Moments later, 4 women in spa attire appeared from the hallway.
A young orange and white female fox, wearing white spa attire spoke up first.
"Bonjour, est-ce que l'une de vous parle anglais ou français?"
"Pour moi, les deux, quant a eux, pas tellement" Vanessa referring to her self and also us.
"That's alright, not a lot of people that come to France can't speak french that well so that's why we always ask before hand."
"Eh, true" Adeline said
"Now then, which one of you is Alice?"
"Ah! Now that would be me!" She said standing from seat.
"Alright, my name's Anna, and I'll be taking care of you for the next couple hours, now if you could just come with me" She motioning for Alice to follow her.
"Enjoy!" Vanessa called out
"Oh I will alright!" Alice said waving off sweetly.
And she was gone. Adeline was next to leave.
"Well, I'm off into our first session of pampering, I'll see you girls after for our mani-pedis."
"Have fun!" I said.
"Oh I know I will" She winked as she waved off, walking away.
Vanessa was next as she got up.
"Welp, I'm off now, officially entering zen/nirvana mood" She said, pressing her hands together, making her way to the treatment room.
I waved at her and looked around, realizing that I was the last one in the room now.
"Well, I guess you're the last one" The spa masseuse said.
"Yep" I said getting up.
"My name's Eva, I'll be your masseuse for today" She then escorted me to the treatment, while holding a clipboard in her left arm. Once we got there, the room was average size but enough room for at least two people. A side table and cabinet was set up with different essential oil bottles already set out and other spa equipment and essentials. A bed table was all made and ready to use, the room was dim with calm relaxing spa music playing in the background through the speaker on top.
I looked around, already feeling serene.
"So Kristina, I have some oil bottles laid out for you to choose from, you can have a smell and see which one you like best."
I nodded.
There were 6 bottles laid out, all labeled with a colour and their scents:
Turquoise: Peppermint
Orange/Yellow: Sweet Orange
Green: Tea Tree
Purple: Lavender
Light Yellow: Lemongrass
Light Blue: Eucalyptus
Mhm, they all sounded nice, but I already know which I'm going for. But, I should take a quick smell of the other five just for curiosity.
I wasn't always fond of peppermint, makes cringe every time I smell it, so I didn't bother smelling it. The Sweet Orange, well smelt like orange, with a hint if citrus to it. Tea Tree, similar to peppermint but a little better than it, but had a very strong scent to it, so strong that people can easily smell it closely to them whenever in the same room or within a distance, or even fill the room entirely of that scent. The lemongrass bottle had a light and fresh lemony smell with earthy undertones to add to it. I just loved the smell of lemon, especially in those spraying/cleaning products that we use sometimes, can even fill the room up with that scent and immediately people won't stop smelling it until its gone. Eucalyptus had a minty smell with a hint of honey to add to it. Smelt pretty good actually.
All of them had great smells, except for one really, but I had my eyes set on one from the beginning, so there was no need for me to smell that one.
I picked it up and showed it to Eva. "I think I'll go with this one"
"Ah good choice, that one is my personal favourite, the best one for relaxation. Alright then, I'll be back in a couple minutes, in the meantime, make yourself ready and comfortable.
I nodded.
She then left the room to give me some privacy. I undid my robe, I was almost naked, except that I only had black bikini underwear on so, not completely exposed. The rest of my stuff was in a locker in another room. Except that I had my phone with me, which was in the deep pocket of my robe.
I swear phones are so addicting, not just that but the same goes for computers, tv, etc. Well I guess that's just how modern society is nowadays. Oh well.
I got climbed onto the bedside table laying on my stomach, covering my self up partially, exposing just my upper body.
I heard a knock on the door just a couple minutes.
"Come in!"
The door opened to Eva coming inside.
"Alright, I see that your ready. Now before we get started what kind of pressure did you want me to do?"
"Uh, light pressure's good"
"Alright then, what I can get you to do now is lay down flatly on your stomach and put your face through here." Referring to the opening of the rounded pillow. I put my face through the little hole and adjusted myself to get more comfortable.
"Are you ok like that or do you need to adjust yourself a little more"
"Uh…" I adjust my face a little bit more so I can manage breathe to breath more easily.
"Ok, now I'm good"
"Alright, let's get started then, if you need anything else don't hesitate to ask."
"I will"
The entire hour I was there, I felt at peace. My mind was blank, except for a few thoughts that interrupted me every now and then but other than that, I was enjoying this as always. I definitely needed this. The calming music playing in the background, the feeling of your skin being rubbed and kneaded on by the hands of another person…the sensation of it makes you want to sleep, which was exactly happening to me right now as my eyes felt heavy. I tried not to fully fall sleep but I couldn't help my self. I tried my best to keep them open as much as I can, also just in case when Eva asks me to turn around to do the front of my body halfway through the session.
The music that was playing in the background, always gets thinking, and puts me in another world, where everything was magical, serene, and at peace. Almost like a fairytale kind of world, where there would be special creatures like fairies obviously and small little creatures like bunnies there to greet you. But in this case, I was in my own little world where it was just me and only me.
It was only a matter of time before this all ends.
"Alright, Kristina, looks were done."
And just right when I said that.
"You can get up and start to get dressed, I'll be outside waiting."
With that, she left the room once again.
I honestly just wanted to lay there all day and just sleep but I couldn't unfortunately. Ugh!
I sat up slowly, still feeling tired, uncovering myself from the blanket. I rummaged around my body and hair, feeling the oily residue that was left on it.
"I definitely need good shower tonight"
I got off the bed and went to go put back on my robe. I pulled out my phone to check the time:
11:03am
That definitely felt like more than an hour to me.
I sighed. Next time, I'm doing 90 minutes.
I walked out the door to meet up with Eva. I saw the others already there waiting, all talking with their masseuses on their sessions.
"So Kristina, how do you feel right now?"
"Oh that felt really nice thank you"
"Good to hear that" Eva handed me a glass of water that was in her hand.
"The most important thing about physical health, is keeping the body hydrated, especially your skin"
"Yeah, well luckily I don't eat so much junk food or drink so much pop"
"Well, that's good, to hear." Eva then extended her hand. "It was nice to meet you Kristina, hope you enjoy the rest of your day here."
I extended. "Thank you I will" She then left to go clean up the room for the next person coming in possibly, or for the next time someone comes in.
I go walk towards where the girls were, they were just finishing up their short conversations with their masseuses, they left shortly after.
"Ladies" I said approaching them.
They turned to look at me.
"Well someone looks relaxed?" Adeline said to me.
"Heh, funny, I should be saying that to you three"
"Ugh! You have no idea!" Alice said, rubbing her head.
"I was literally passed out within the first 20 minutes I was in there" Vanessa said with her hands behind her head.
"Ugh! Your telling me!" Adeline said, rubbing her eyes.
A Siberian tiger lady came up to us. "Bonjour Mademoiselles." We turned to look at her. "I'm sorry to interrupt but we have everything set up for the mani-pedi session all set up for you four."
"Heh, oh right, almost forgot about that." I said.
"Yeah, wanted to go pass out on the bed too, but you why know I booked this"
"Cause it's part of my birthday package, yeah I already know that"
"Well that and were getting some parts done today for Thursday so we don't have to get them all done at once, so were not being pressed for time and have less stuff to do that day"
"I guess that makes sense"
"Well, let's get a move on then before I pass out on the floor here" Adeline said, walking towards the tiger lady in her white spa uniform.
"Right behind you" Alice said, moving forward as well.
Vanessa and I started catching up with them. I kept noticing the bags under her eyes all morning, they looked a little grey too. Mhm, I guess she had a hard time sleeping then. I don't know, but I'll ask her later if I can.
12:15pm
The next hour of getting pampered has passed once again.
We've gotten our mani-pedis done, now were about to go for lunch. We were on our way to the spa's restaurant when I happened to pass by a room with 2 spa beds with wax paper on top of them, I'm assuming that's where they do waxing.
Thank god I got my eyebrows done the day before we left. Phew.
We were just approaching the restaurant: 'Barre de balcon'
Mhm, fancy name for a bar/restaurant.
"You ok V?"
I heard Adeline, and turned to see Vanessa yawning and rubbing her eyes, they still looked grey and baggy.
"Yeah, I'm fine, no worries, just had weird dreams last night but also a good sleep."
"Mhm, well you do look well rested."
"Maybe, well let's not waste time, I'm starving"
"Uh, me too" I said. I can tell she's sleep deprived most likely.
1:15pm
We were done for the day and started to head up to our rooms.
"Well, I think after today, I could go for a little snooze right now" Adeline said, doing a little stretch with her arms.
"Me too" Alice said.
"I think we all do" Vanessa said.
They made their way but I stopped Vanessa.
"Hey, do you have minute?"
"Uh, yeah sure"
We walked towards both our rooms but stopped in between them.
"What's up?"
"Well firstly, I just wanted to thank you for today, you know, for doing all this for me even though we've been here only for a few days."
"Heh, see I told you'd enjoy it, even though it took you some convincing but still your my best friend and wanted to do something special for you, so, your welcome."
I smiled a little at the comment.
"And also, you've been yawning and rubbing your baggy eyes all day almost. Did you get any sleep at all last night?"
…
She sighed.
"No I didn't, the truth is I was having these weird dreams"
"What were they about?"
"Uh, well, you know I can't remember most of them, but one I do remember having"
"What was it?"
"Well, I was outside, it was a clear night, and was in some sort of park just taking a little stroll, until this figure popped in front of me."
"What kind of figure?" I asked
"It was in this black cloak, kind of like from one of those you see in those witch covens, and was just standing there."
"Mhm"
"Then he said something to me"
"What'd he say?"
"Long time know see, Vanessa. Then he lifted his hood up to reveal himself…"
"And then what happened? Did the dream just end like that?"
"Yeah it did, the only thing I saw were his eyes"
"What colour were they, do you know?"
"Golden"
...
Huh…wait! Did she just say golden?
….
No, no, I must be imaging things.
Unless he's…
I sighed, either he's what I think he is, or just an figment in our minds, and were just seeing it in our dreams.
I didn't even want to say it, plus I was too tired to think and my eyes were starting to feel heavy.
"You ok?" I snapped out of my thoughts and looked at Vanessa.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine just tired."
"Well I think after a day like today, I think we all need a good rest."
"Yeah, well anyway, I'll see you in a little while."
"You too."
I then headed for my room.
…
Vanessa sighed as she just stood there as she saw me go into my room.
'I don't know if I can tell them about this, maybe not yet, when the time's right I guess…or never…they'd be mad at me if they found out this way. If they did, I'd be in so much trouble…and so would he.
She sighed. She turned and went inside her room.
