Artemis stood on the main square. She must have had a pretty scary expression on her face, because most gods who were on the square as well quickly ran past when they saw her. Today was the day that Artemis had to go on another 'date' (as Apollo insisted on calling it) with Aphrodite. She had no idea what the love goddess had planned this time.

Aphrodite walked down the stairs (there was a plateau with the palaces of the main Olympians on it. A flight of stairs lead to the main square) with her new Valentino bag over her shoulder. She was glad that she had won the coin flip that decided who could pick the activity. Still, she had really tried to find something that Artemis would also like. She got the tickets out of her bag. 'Artemis, darling...'

'Please do not call me darling.'

Aphrodite scoffed. 'Let me speak. I got tickets for the spa.' Artemis eyes went big. 'It is women's' only day!' Aphrodite quickly added. Artemis calmed down. She did not want to admit it, but she liked the spa - it was relaxed. Sometimes she hired a spa with her hunters, so that they could have a nice day out of the forest, to calm down from a difficult hunt.

She rolled her eyes. 'It is not the worst, I guess. When are we leaving?' Aphrodite, wanting to be kind, acted like she did not see the glint in Artemis' eyes.

Aphrodite snapped her fingers. The two women appeared in front of her favorite spa - and even Artemis had to agree that it did not look like a bad place. The building had the form of a lotus flower. It seemed like there was a pool on top of the building. 'Come!'Aphrodite said. She grabbed Artemis by her hand. The love goddess pulled her through the neatly cleaned doors. Artemis just walked after her. Usually, she would have pulled her hand back and ran away whenever Aphrodite tried to pull her anywhere, but today she decided that that would not work.

Aphrodite rang the bell on the counter. 'Hello?' She said. Artemis groaned.

'They'll come, Aphrodite.' The love goddess rolled her eyes.

'Well, it is not fast enough. It is like they do not even know who I am!'

'That is because they do not.' Aphrodite turned her head around. She shot Artemis a venomous look.

'Sarcasm, you...' she swallowed her words. 'Anyway, I would just like if if there was more...'

At that moment, an employee came rushing to the front desk. 'Hello, ladies! Have you made a reservation?' Aphrodite showed the young man her tickets.

'I did.' He scanned them.

'Perfect! Now, here are your wristbands... I suppose you two are friends, having a nice day out together?' Artemis and Aphrodite looked at each other.

'Not exactly.' The young man grinned.

'Oh, girlfriends then? Or sisters?' Artemis tilted her head a little.

'Sister will do.'

'He was so confused,' Aphrodite mused, as they walked through the hallway to the changing rooms. Artemis shrugged. 'Hm. Have you planned anything else, or was the idea that we just go to this spa and see what happens?'

'I thought we could just see what happens. Although the hot tubs here are really good.'

'Subtle hint.' They reached the changing rooms. Artemis opened a cabin. 'Please do not take an hour and a half to change.' Aphrodite rolled her eyes. She was about done being nice.

'Of course not, missy,' she snarled. She stepped into the changing room next to Artemis's and slammed the door shut.

Ten minutes later, Artemis was banging on her door. 'Aphrodite! How long does it take to change out of your clothes and into a bathrobe with a bathing suit underneath?' Aphrodite looked around her cabin. There were five bikinis hanging on the wall. 'Aph-ro-di-te!' The love goddess grabbed the first one (which was just a regular black bikini), changed into it and stepped outside. 'Yeah, yeah, tiny drama queen.' Artemis was tapping her foot on the floor.

'You know, I can distinctly remember you saying at least six times that we 'needed to hurry up' today.'

'Yeah, to be on the main square!'

'I was earlier then you!'

'So what? I meant it so that we could be in the spa longer.' Artemis sighed.

'Alright, alright.'

Together, the goddesses walked towards the hot tubs. Artemis eyes shot around. 'Are you one-hundred percent sure that it is women's' only day today?' Aphrodite nodded.

'Ye-heah. Sadly enough.' Artemis did not react to that.

Yet, the goddess of the hunt had to agree that the hot tub was really good. She basically felt her muscles relaxing as she stepped into it. 'Hmm. You know, some credits to you, Aphrodite - this feels really good.' Aphrodite stepped into the hot tub as well.

'I know. You basically just feel all of the hard work slowly dripping out of your muscles.' Artemis would have made a snippy remark about the 'hard work' Aphrodite had to do, but she did not. She was trying to relax.

'Artemis!' Artemis shot up.

'What?'

'You were falling asleep! You cannot fall asleep in a hot tub, dummy!' Artemis rolled her eyes. Usually, when she was with her hunters, nobody cared if you fell asleep in a hot tub. Yet, she assumed that when there were strangers, it was weird to do so. Aphrodite got up. 'What are you doing?'

'I am getting out of here. Apparently you cannot...' she swallowed her words again. 'Let's go to the massages, shall we?' Artemis very much wanted to know what she could not, but she did not ask about it. 'Whatever you want.' (If looks could kill, both goddesses would have been dead already, but the look Aphrodite shot her not-really-sister right now made Artemis feel as if her cells were really disintegrating).

They got to the massage tables. Artemis stopped dead in her tracks. 'That one over there is a man.' Aphrodite bit her lip.

'So what? He won't be massaging you if you do not want that.' Artemis grumbled.

'I'll see what they have to do in the room next to this.' Aphrodite wanted to say something truly catty back, but then the man left. 'See? He is gone.'

'Alright, then,' Artemis hissed. They both sat down on a chair, shooting each other death glares like it was a competition.

After six minutes, the women were arguing so loudly that the masseuses stopped massaging them. 'Maybe you two should blow off some steam in the sauna before you come back,' one of them snapped. Artemis and Aphrodite got up. 'Maybe we should,' Artemis said in a cold tone. Aphrodite nodded. 'Yes, we really should.'

On the way to the sauna, Aphrodite and Artemis did not speak. When they opened the door, they still did not speak. While they were sitting in the sauna, their attitudes were as cold as antarctica.

'Because, Aphrodite, Fashion is not as important as food. That's why,' Artemis eventually mentioned, breaking the silence. Aphrodite bit her lip. 'What? That was not what it was about. We were talking about what made people more happy!'

'So food and the wilde outdoors. Not fashion and manicures.' Aphrodite jumped up.

'That is not what... AHHHH!' She screamed. She ran out of the sauna and jumped into the cold pool. Artemis stayed in the sauna longer, boiling with anger.

When she eventually got out and got into the cold pool, Aphrodite was nowhere to be found. She stayed in the bath for a few minutes, before getting up and stepping into another room.

Her mouth fell open. Scones. Jam. Chocolate. Sandwiches. It was like heaven. Aphrodite was sitting next to the neat pile of food, with a cup of tea and a scone. 'Did you get this?' Artemis asked. 'Yeah,' was the answer. Artemis picked up a scone.

'Thanks.' Aphrodite looked up.

'What?'

'Thanks. I am show gratitude. I like cake.' Aphrodite took a sip of tea.

'... alright. My favorite is chocolate fudge, though.' Artemis stopped mit-bite.

'Mine too...' Aphrodite and Artemis looked at each other. It felt like a cheesy movie. Their eyes grew wide, as they finally realised how similar they really were. They slowly stood up. They fell into each other's arms, as they realised how lovely they we...

'... In the seventies. I like cake with chocolate chips much better now.' (Scratch everything I said. Sorry, I do not know what came over me). Aphrodite huffed. 'Alright.' They ate their cakes in silence. Yet, they managed to not argue for the rest of the day.

They arrived back on Olympus. Artemis marched into her palace. She let her clothes lay on the ground - her servants would pick it up. She fell on her bed, flat on her face. 'I have never been so a-relaxed,' so muttered. 'I will take my hunters to the usual spa tomorrow.