Mandy winced as Columbia rested closer next to her. "Can you not touch me please?" She frowned and lifted her head. "Are you feeling alright sis?" "I'm fine." Columbia sighed and quietly walked out of the room.
Frank was upstairs in his lab thinking eagerly about how to bring Rocky back to the castle. "Tension..Tension..Tens.." His eyes then looked up from the ground and saw his creation's old thirty pound weights in a pile near the circular ramp. "Hm. Perhaps Mandy can lift one or two." "Frankie!" Columbia chirped from the elevator and ran towards him. Frank shrieked. "Restart my heart again and I will have yours. Wait. Aren't you supposed to be upstairs watching Mandy?" She slowly nodded then pouted. "Yeah. I am but she told me to leave."
"Oh did she now?" He cleared her hair out of her face. "Uhuh. But don't tell her I told you to that. Secret." Frank pressed his lips as he walked to the elevator. "Very well. I'll be back shortly." The door slid shut. She shrugged. "I hope she's okay." Frank walked down the hallway towards his bedroom to find Mandy fiddling with the bedsheets with a smile. He sighed. 'Nothing too suspicious.' "How are you feeling baby?"
"Oh! Hi." She turned her head. "Can you help me stand up please?" He rose an eyebrow and walked over to the side of the bed. "That's what all the fuss was about? Why didn't you ask Columbia? I had to walk all the way from my lab." He hummed with a smile and held out his arms. Mandy slowly stood up holding onto his wrists. "Thanks." Frank looked at her bandages and covered her with a teal colored robe. "If you start to feel dizzy, let me know." Mandy nodded as he tied it then held her breath. "Too tight." She hiccuped. "Sorry." He kissed her forehead as the belt was loosened. "Fine." Mandy whispered and slowly caught her breath. "I didn't mean to hurt you."
"I know." She sighed as Frank lifted his head, taking her right hand in his left. "We'll go slow. Come on." "K." He then blinked. "One moment." Mandy tilted her head as he went over to his makeup desk and came back behind her with a hairbrush. "What are you doing?" She giggled. "Nothing." Frank neatly brushed her staticky hair into a low ponytail, tying it at the end with a small blue bow. "Fabulous." Mandy looked into a mirror on the wall and smiled. "That is fabulous." "Shall we?" He held her right hand once more. "We shall." Mandy slowly walked the hall beside him.
"Frankie!" Columbia rushed out of her room and frantically turned her head. "Oh! There you are. Your mom is on the monitor. She wants to speak with you." Mandy briefly jumped. Frank rolled his eyes. "About what?" The red head shrugged. "I dunno." "What do you mean you don't..." He sighed. "I'll be right back Mandy." "I want to come with you!" Frank held her shoulders. "It'll only be a few minutes. I promise." The transvestite lightly kissed her knuckle then let go of her hand before disappearing into Columbia's room. Mandy started to cry and the groupie let her be. She left down the stairs to work on her tap dancing. 'I'm alone again.' She sniffled. 'Rejected.'
Frank exited the room ten minutes later rubbing his forehead. He frowned and carefully hugged her from behind. "Why such a sad face baby?" "I missed you." She wiped her eyes. 'Poor thing. Don't you dare tell mother about her.' He sighed. "Well I missed you too." They then continued to walk around the castle. "So what were you doing in the lab? That I disrupted you from?" "Hm? Oh yes. Follow me." Mandy stopped walking but felt her wrist still being tugged. "Mandy what's wrong?" Frank then sighed, looking into her eyes. 'She's scared again.' "I just need your assistance for a few minutes. You aren't sick anymore now come on."
After a quiet sigh, Mandy walked beside him and into the elevator. "Okay." "Wonderful." His hands held her hips while the elevator was in motion. "Now stand right…here." She sighed as she was moved next to the pile of weights and stripped of the robe. "Are you..planning on using me as a replacement?" "Y..N..No. Absolutely not Mandy. All I need is a model for my next creation. Pick up one of those weights." "What's the magic word?" She sang then giggled. "Don't push it." He shut his eyes then pressed his lips.
The smile was wiped off her face and she carefully knelt down, picking one up. 'Am I in trouble or something?' "Higher." Mandy stood back up and held both her arms straight up. "Good." She shut her eyes a little as the tape began to pull against her skin. Frank rolled his eyes and walked over, moving her arms in a different position. 'I don't even know anymore.' "Eyes on me dear." Mandy sighed and looked up at him with a straight face. "Smile darling." Although hurt by his comments earlier, she forced herself to do so.
"Frankie! Fr..Oh. There you are. Have you seen Mandy? She's not in your room." Columbia turned her head then sighed in relief. "Thank goodness. You scared me for a minute. Are you busy sis?" Mandy opened her mouth. "Yes. She is." Frank folded his arms. The girl's arms then dropped from growing stiff. "I didn't tell you to stop." He glared at her. She sighed and now lifted two weights. "Okay what's going on?" "It's none of your concern Columbia. Leave." She gulped and started to tear up. "Now." She left back down the elevator and towards her room, collapsing on her bed.
Mandy closed her eyes again. "You may stop." The weights were dropped to the ground the minute she heard his voice. "Thank you. I apologize for that sudden mood swing." "It's fine. I'm not dead." The girl sat on the ground. "Don't be so selfless baby. Can I get you anything?" "Um...Well I am kind of hungry." He lifted her in his arms with a soft chuckle. "Well it is almost time for lunch. What would you like then?" Mandy blushed. "I'm having a craving for pizza if that's okay." "Why of course it is. What kind would you like?" He pressed the up button of the elevator and carried her back to his room, covering her with the blankets. "Vegetable please." He lightly smiled and felt her left cheek. "Alright. I'll get a small." "Thanks." She closed her eyes. "I do have another request though." She sighed. "Hmm?" He gently kissed her on the lips. "Don't fall asleep. I'll be back shortly." Mandy couldn't help it and fell asleep two minutes later. Frank looked back into the room with a smile. "Request not order."
