AN: I'll never understand why people seem to enjoy combining criticism with insults when reviewing my stories. If the person in question is reading this, I'm very sorry you don't like Emily. But please don't assume I'm, as you put it, "bad at everything I do in life". You should never make such statements about people you don't even know. It's verging on rude, and only makes people loose respect for you.

Moving on, here's the next installment. Sorry it's short. I have other things on my mind right now.

The next morning, Maureen, Joanne, Mark, Mimi, and Collins were gathered in the hall, waiting to go down to breakfast. Roger, Mimi stated, was sleeping in, and she had left him a note telling him that she'd bring something back up for him. At that moment, however, she realized that her AZT bottle was still in the bags in their room and Maureen volunteered to fetch it. As soon as Maureen disappeared into Roger and Mimi's hotel room, Emily came out of hers.

"Sorry for the wait, guys. I had to dig out Wenceslas' food out of my suitcase."

"Where's Nana?" Collins looked over Emily's shoulder. Emily rolled her eyes in exasperation.

"Last I saw, she was watering the rosemary plants she placed by the door."

"Rosemary plants?"

"Yeah. To keep the witches out. I told her they don't get many witches in Texas, and that they usually stay up in Massachusetts. But she didn't listen to me, like always."

"Well, I guess we should start heading down for breakfast, then," Joanne announced.

"I hope they have something besides omelettes," Emily noted. "I hate egg."

"How can you hate eggs?" Mimi turned to her in shock. "Look at all the ways to prepare eggs. Scrambled, sunny-side up, hard boiled…."

"I just have a thing with eggs. When I was a kid, I was helping Zack in making Easter breakfast. But one of the eggs we were using had been fertilized, and the baby chicken had already started developing. Lets just say if you had to see this red lump inside a bowl filled with egg yolks, complete with blood vessels,...."

"Okay, you just ruined eggs for me, now," Mark made a face.

"Sorry, Mark," Emily laughed.

"OH! OH MY…" Maureen suddenly raced into the hall, looking panicked.

"What's with you?" Joanne sighed.

"I… I… I thought he was waking up! I didn't realize he was still sleeping!"

"What did you do?"

"I… I just wanted to… I seriously thought he was waking up, and I wanted to hurry him up! I had no idea he wasn't awake! So... I took and ice cube, and…." At that moment, the door to Roger and Mimi's hotel room, the room Maureen had just run out of, opened, and a droopy-eyed, tousled-haired, grumpy-looking Roger shuffled into the hall. For a brief moment, he just gave Maureen a flat glare, but then he stiffly shook his head and returned to his room.

"He's so gonna kill you when he fully wakes up, you know," Emily smirked.

Down at breakfast, the group went over the itinerary for the day.

"OH!" Mimi squealed in excitement. "African & Brazilian Dance! That sounds fun!"

"Pumpkin body wraps!" Maureen pointed out.

"I wonder. What's Tajii Moxa?" Collins blinked.

"Ask Nana," Emily sighed. "I'm sure she'd know. I can't decide if I should do the cooking class or the nature walks first."

"Emily, don't forget, this is a spa. You have to do at least some kind of treatment," Joanne spoke up.

"Well…. I guess I'll do the waterworks program. If someone will do it with me."

As the Bohemians continued to plan out their day, Roger finally showed up, giving Maureen a death glare as he sat down next to Mimi.

"What I miss?" He asked, gulping down some orange juice.

"We're just planning what to do today," Collins explained, handing him the Activity and Program listing.

"Hey, here's something for you, Mark," Roger laughed, skimming it. "The Eternal Summer Tan!"

"Oh, shut up," Mark scowled.

AN: That may be my last update for a while. But I have happy news for me: this weekend, my friend and I have tickets to see RENT on stage! We've been looking forward to this for months.

Coming up:
Maureen gets a shocking surprise during a shower
Collins and Nana find a common interest in a game of Texas Hold'em
Emily gets a small confidence boost
Mark gets an earful about the Chupacabra legends.