A crowed gathered 'round to see what all the fuss was about. And although Minx had gotten her nose under control by then it was by far too late. Through watery eyes she saw something that made her blood run cold. A video camera! She hadn't noticed that one of the two cameras was a camcorder. It was one of the most humiliating experiences of her life and this whole time they had been filming??? She had to get out of there and fast!!! Without even a second thought Minx ran past the cameras ,bolted through the store and ducked into a restaurant a few doors down. She didn't trust any nearby cabs. For all she knew they were all in cahoots with each other and those horrible paparazzi scum! She got a table and ordered some food. She waited until she was sure the coast was clear and finally after she was sure that the media hounds were far from the vicinity she paid for the meal and left.

She waited outside the restaurant for a cab .

this time in the car Minx stayed quiet. Her head hung low as an unpleasant haze enveloped her sinuses. She felt the pressure building behind her eyes and she closed them and tried to relax and enjoy the motion of the ride home. When the cab driver tried to make polite conversation instead of snapping like usual minx patiently explained that she had an awful headache and she preferred to ride in silence. She honestly didn't have the energy to unleash the list of insults she had reserved for those people who she thought were beneath her. she just wanted to get home as fast as possible, take an aspirin and go to bed. when they finally arrived Minx tipped the cabbie generously and headed toward the entrance of her luxury apartment complex. She was greeted by the devastatingly handsome doorman." good evening miss Kruger" he said and took her hand to kiss it. They usually enjoyed some good natured flirting and on other occasions much more. But tonight Minx was not in the excused herself and quickly walked away much to the confusion of the young man

She rode the elevator to her floor and it was times like these when Minx was grateful it was the kind that opened directly into her apartment suite. Minx loved where she lived and spared no expense hiring a top of the line interior decorator to help her design and furnish its interior.
It was done up in a colour scheme of red white and black. it seemed very art deco but still had a modern edge. Each wall was painted a solid colour of wither black red or white. Minx turned on the lights and headed toward the bathroom. She opened the bottle of aspirin she found but when she shook the bottle against her palm she realized that it was empty.
" Mien gott" she swore under her breath. It seemed at that moment her head began to pound even harder as if to demand an explanation for such bad timing. she closed her eyes again and swallowed began to see spots as the pain seared through her temples.

And then she sneezed and it sent a whole new wave a pain swirling around in her head. It seemed with just that one sneeze her head was suddenly filled with congestion. She sniffled thickly. Minx looked on the counter and gave a sigh of relief to see that at least she had tissues. She plucked one out of the box and blew her nose with a force that rendered it utterly useless in almost seconds. She went for another one and it seemed that Murphy's law was having a field day because it was the last one. After that the box was empty! She stopped and almost didn't want to use it right then. But an unexpected sneeze made up her mind for her . "HHHhhmmphhh!!" Into the tissue it went.

"Great" Minx thought out loud " Now what am I going to do?" She closed the lid of the toilet and sat down. As a worse case scenario she could always use toilet paper. She sighed. She didn't even have the cold pills she had meant to purchase at the drug store for she had dropped them in all the commotion. Her head was ready to explode and that tickle in the back of her nose didn't seem to be leaving anytime soon. There was no way she was leaving the house in her condition. Not after what had happened before. Her nose was simply not to be trusted in public until she had gotten over whatever bug she had caught.

It was time to fess up. She needed help. She left the bathroom and headed over to the phone in her bedroom. She dialed Raptures number and waited few rings before her friend answered.

"Hello?"

"Hi. It's me"

"Minx! I swear I was just about to call you. Isn't that odd? Maybe your the one who's physic after all." Rapture joked. " Anyway guess what? I am leaving tonight for that photo shoot in Salem. I pitched the gypsy idea to them but David thought the witch angle was more controversial ya know being burned at stake and all....." Rapture was abruptly interrupted by coughing on Minx's end. It didn't last long but it was enough to cause concern.

"Hey, are you ok?" She asked her band mate her voice evident with worry.

Minx was hesitant at first to answer and she did so reluctantly. She was still getting used to the idea of admitting she was sick.

" No. Not really. I think I'm coming down with some sort of virus."Minx replied.

"Oh no!"

"That's why I was acting so off today. I'm sorry I didn't tell you before." She paused. " Rapture I need to ask you a favour"

"Sure. You know you can ask me anything" Her friend reassured.

" I'm wondering if you wouldn't mind picking up some aspirin and other stuff for me at the drug store."

"Oh Minx!" Rapture was dismayed. "If only you had called earlier. I have to pack and leave right away for Salem. I just got the call an hour ago to be ready by 7pm. That only leaves me 2 hours to get ready"

"Herrachoo!!" Minx tried to sneeze as unhappily as possible. Rapture could practically hear her pouting over the phone

"Goodness! Bless you!" Rapture replied. " I'm so sorry Minx. If I could do it I would but I really don't have enough dont you call Riot Im sure he would help you"

Minx was petulant. " Are you crazy? I cant call Riot. Don't you remember the last time he thought I wasn't being "strong"? He kicked me out of The Stingers Rapture! I don't want him to think I am weak"

"But that was totally different! You were acting like little miss goody two shoes! You were helping Jerrica and her stupid kidlets. Oh yeah and lets not forget the fact that you sabotaged our interview by trying to out me as a fake"

Rapture still hadn't completely forgiven her for that