The water felt like protection, covering her body in warmth.

Samus knew she showered way too often, she was surprised she hadn't gotten dried skin yet.

The showering room gave you the option to do it in private or to join the other girls. There were stalls that were lined up next to each other, and others that had more covering, and were separate from the rest. Samus often showered away from the other females, but tonight, she was in the not-so-private stalls. No one else was in there with her though.

She slicked back her blonde hair, allowing the water to drizzle into her eyes. She wanted to tell her fellow girls about what had just happened between her and Snake, but she knew it was a bad idea. Gossip spread faster then wild fire in the mansion. Samus had a feeling she knew too much about a couple people already.

She then looked down, observing herself. That's all Snake had wanted. Nothing to do with her personality or how she felt inside. Just.. what she looked like. She hated him with a passion. Same for the others.

Suddenly the door opened, and Rosalina, followed by Peach, Zelda and Jigglypuff walked in.

"Oh hey, Samus." Rosalina greeted in her soft voice. She started stripping down, and the climbed into a stall next to Samus's.

"Hey." Samus replied, "how did the rest of the fights go?"

Peach sighed, before also climbing into a stall on the other side of Samus.

"I lost to Ganondorf." she huffed, crossing her arms. "This is the third time I've lost in a row!"

"Awh, Peach. Don't let it get to your head. Everyone has their off days." Zelda reassured, checking her hair in the mirror reflection, before starting to take off her clothes.

"Yeah, but this has been More then a day!" Peach whined. Put then, she whipped her head around, and faced Samus.

"But enough about me, How about you, Samus?"

"Huh?" She was confused.

"Oh, don't play dumb with me! We all saw you chatting with the Captain! He also personally congratulated you!"

Samus tensed up. No way were they suggesting that they were into each other.

"No. We were just talking about fighting techniques and such."

"Oh really?" Peach purred, "Because Snake seemed pretty upset about whatever you were talking about."

So that's why he confronted me in the hallway. Samus thought, honestly horrified. This Mansion had no privacy what so ever! She couldn't even have a talk with a male friend without being accused of having an affair with him.

"Oh, Shut up, Peach. You know like hell I don't like any of the guys here."

Peach giggled, before asking:

"Could you please hand me that shampoo?"

After the female fighters had finished up, they all slowly made their way back to their rooms. Samus, however, decided to hang out in the common room. So she headed over after getting dressed into a green tank top, and somewhat booty shorts. Maybe the quiet of the empty common room would put her mind at ease.

Samus walked down the dark hallway. It was quiet since most of the fighters had gone to sleep. It was nice.

She walked into the lounge. It was dark. The only light that was on was in a separate room. She didn't bother turning the lights on, instead she walked over to a beanbag and sank down into it.

She relaxed into the over-sized cushion, until a voice startled her out of her comfort zone.

"Hey, trouble sleeping?" Asked Falcon from the one side of the room.

Samus jumped, "I-I didn't see you there.."

Falcon chuckled. It was warm and welcoming. "Sorry about that."

"It's fine, and yeah.. I haven't been getting to sleep as easily lately." Came her reply.

There was silence. But then he spoke up.

"Hey, I was wondering if you would like to train with me tomorrow," he suggested, "that is, if you're free."

"Sure." Came her unexpected reply. Samus couldn't handle most men, but Falcon was different somehow. She couldn't quite put her finger on it though.

He then stood up, and crossed the room.

"Don't stay up too late. Especially if we're meeting at 10:00." He then walked out of the room leaving Samus to herself.

Wait, 10:00? When the hell did we decide that? But instead of dwelling on it for too long she decided to go to bed. If 10:00 was the time he wanted to meet, then 9:40 was the time she would wake to get ready.

Sorry for the shorter chapter! I'll try to make them a bit longer as they come.

I hope you've enjoyed the chapters so far~