Mandy gave him a quick peck on the lips and stood up to gather her clothes. "How dare you leave me hanging like that!" She rolled her eyes and walked down to the bathroom. "Ah. But unlike you, I have a job to uphold!" She called out. Frank folded his arms. "But I'll make it up to you!" He chuckled and followed her. "Oh will you?"

She closed the door and kissed him on the cheek. "Yes." "I'm offering you a job right now. How would you like to be my handyman?" She sighed and rolled her eyes. "You want me to move in don't you?" She set a hand between his legs. He tightened his eyes as she circled her thumb. "What..are you doing?" Frank sighed. "Nothing." She started the shower and turned her back to undress. "Oh how I will miss that." He undressed as well.

"I'll be back on my next day off." Frank hugged her and closed his eyes. "I apologize for all this chaos baby." "Hey." She lifted her head. "It was a fun, yet tragic, ride." Frank opened the shower door and gestured a hand to her. "Ladies first."

Mandy stepped in and Frank shut the door behind him. The water shot down onto her head and she smiled. He gently pushed her against the other shower wall and cleared her drenched hair out of her eyes. Frank picked her up and tightly hugged her. "You drive me crazy baby. But I love you." Mandy lifted her head. "I did warn you. Crazy is my middle name." He put her down with a smile as she washed her hair. With his hands on her hips, Frank softly kissed her neck.

After washing her hair, Mandy turned around to see him shutting off the water. She giggled and stepped out, grabbing a towel and wrapping it around her chest. As he did the same, Frank smiled as she took another to dry her hair. "So." "Yes?" The girl smiled. "What are the current sales where you work?" Mandy playfully rolled her eyes. "Well I do get some minor employee discounts every now and then. I'll text Columbia when I get there." "Alright. Thank you."

Once she and Frank were fully dressed, he led her down the stairs.

"Hey Collie." She lifted her head. "Wh..where are you going?" "I have to get back to work silly." Columbia gulped. "But..you just got here." Frank hummed. "It's been nearly a week Columbia." "Really?" She tilted her head. "Yeah. I asked Brian to pick me up." She couldn't help but blush.

The doorbell rang. "That must be him. See ya guys." Mandy walked towards the door. Columbia sighed. "Okay." She waved. Frank on the other hand wouldn't let go of her waist. "Frank. Please." He hugged her again, even tighter. "I'm so sorry I hurt you baby. I truly am." Mandy hugged back. "I forgive you Frankie." She opened the door.

"Hiya!" The red head ran over with a light smile. "Hi sweetie." They quickly kissed. "Nice shirt Mandy! Is that new?" "This? Nah. Just couldn't grab the courage to wear it in public." "Looks fine to me." Brian shrugged. "It hides your curves and gives off some mystery." "I don't know about that. I'm a pretty open book." Frank twirled a strand of her hair. "You certainly are." "Yeah." She unsurely shrugged. "Ready to hit the road?" "Yep." Brian smiled. "Cool. Bye guys." Mandy waved and followed him to his car. Frank followed her. "You lost puppy. Now what?" "One of your buttons is undone." He fixed it. "Okay. Bye." Frank smiled and walked back inside, closing the castle door.

"What a freakin' roller coaster!" Her head fell back on the headrest. Brian backed out of the driveway. "You.. didn't like it?" "Are you kidding? That was the craziest fun I've ever had!"

He parked in the store parking lot. "Really? What happened?" "Well, aside from the scary near death experiences..twice, I ended up giving an eye for an eye." "I..don't understand." Brian unlocked the door. "I ended up saving Frank's life." "Woah! Really?" "Yeah. So surreal." She shook her head and went to straighten each rack of clothes.

"Anything interesting happen around here? On the side note, I feel really bad for having to make you work double while I was out." "Ah don't sweat it. Service has actually been really slow. World is overflowed with 'normal'.." He quoted with his fingers. "..people." "Lame! Just because it's not Halloween any more doesn't mean that a robot curse should strike down from the sky." Brian laughed. "Agreed."

Mandy shut her eyes and rubbed her forehead. "Hey. You alright?" He walked over. "I just have a headache. I'm fine. Can you..turn down the music? Please?" He did so with a stereo clicker and rested her head on his chest. "I have some medication in the back room. Will that help?" "Please?" She asked weakly. "Sure thing." Brian left then came back with a plastic cup of water and a white pill. "Thanks." She swallowed it with a smile.

"It's cool. That was probably a lot of chaos to handle. Oh, I.." The store phone rang. "Hello?" It was Frank, no surprise. *"Hello. Is Mandy there?"* She glared at the phone as she overheard the call. Now suddenly angry, Mandy hurried over and hung it up. "What was that about?" "I just want him to leave me alone for once! I don't want anymore of his affection." Brian wiped her eyes. "Too much of anything is always bad." He hugged her again. "I just want a pizza, video games, and junk food date you know? No constant sex, love making, or kissing. It's killing my brain cells and completely turning me off." "I hear you. I was just being nice to Columbia so I wouldn't hurt her feelings. How about this. Once we finish today's shift, we can head back to my place and play some Halo or something. I'll pick up some soda and chips too." "Really?" She smiled. "I think we both need an escape from reality." He smiled back and kissed the top of her head.

Mandy let her frustration go once he turned on music from her second favorite metal band, Dragonforce. He smiled as she happily skipped around while putting away each bra on the bar. "Is there one for every letter of the alphabet?" "I personally wouldn't be surprised. There are some weird chicks out there." "You're telling me." She shrugged. "I'm glad I'm not this big." "But you know, you always can be if you wanted to." He leaned on the counter. "I'd rather not. Kids drain me beyond belief."

"Huh." He shrugged and greeted the next few customers. Mandy tightened her eyes. "If one of them is Frank, I swear I'll.." She turned around to find two men, possibly in their early twenties. "Excuse us." "Yes?" "Hi." One of them smiled. "We're looking for something to..you know..spice up the bedroom." "Ah okay." Mandy smiled and took out her measuring tape. "Girlfriend?" "Me actually." The other boy smiled. "Cute. Do you know your sizes?" "I'm a medium." He smiled. "I love the plaid shirt your wearing!" "Aw thanks." Mandy lightly blushed and used one of the step ladders. "Can I see the rainbow corset please?" She grabbed it and handed it to him. "Thank you." He went into one of the change rooms and came out fifteen minutes later. "I love it!" The other boy smiled and they shared a soft kiss with his friend.

"We have a winner!" Mandy smiled. "Very nice." Brian agreed and added it's subtotal. "That will be seventeen sixty-seven." "Thank you so much!" He thanked them again. "You're welcome. Bye." They waved back and left out the door. "Like I said. Screw gender roles." Mandy cleared her throat. "Yep. It's not the nineteen fifties anymore."

Mandy nodded. "Speaking of which, what map do you want to play on?" He cleared his throat. "Hm. How about Corvette? A little Firefight action?" "Sounds good." He smiled and turned up the volume on the stereo. "This band has such fantasy-like music." "I know! That's why I love it."

After another slow six hour shift, Brian locked the shop door for the night. "I love that feeling when you help someone." "Right?" He opened the passenger door for her. "So I'm going to swing by the store to get some soda, chips, stuff like that. Want anything else?" "How about instead of ordering pizza, we just get a frozen one?" "Good idea. I can't wait forty-five minutes for one to get here." He laughed and parked the car in the lot. "I'll be right back."