<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 1.45em;">Ashley 2nd floor with Imogene</span><br/>Glad to see Genie finally smile, Ashley laughed aloud and with a skipping run, practically dragged her friend down the long dark hallway to the second bedroom.  Ashley stopped Imogene right outside the door.  With a breathy laugh, she grabbed her by the shoulders and with a shake of her head admonished, "Uh uh, No peaking naughty girl!"  Ashley poked her head around the door and to her delight, the tub was filled with steaming water and sitting next to the tub were 6 more buckets of heated water.  Ashley grinned and clapped her hands.  She twirled around and warned in a mock stern voice, "No peaking or suffer the consequences!"  Taking Imogene by the hand now, Ashley removed her neck scarf  and gently brushed the hair out of Imogene's huge trusting eyes.  Ashley had meant to tie the scarf around Genie's eyes, but some soft look she couldn't name held her in thrall -- trapped for a moment in the perfection of their design.  At that very moment, Ashley felt her whole heart, no... her whole being --travel the distance between her and Imogene and enter her wondrous eyes.  Involuntarily, Ashley leaned closer to Imogene; she felt her face soften and her body grow warm,  her breathing grew a bit unsteady.  Just as Ashley was raising her arm to caress Imogene's silken cheek, the maid came round the corner and with a quick bob asked, "Will that be all you'll be wantin miss?"<br/>Breaking from her sweet Imogene's gaze, Ashley ran her tongue over her suddenly dry lips. "A moment please." She croaked, trying to find her voice.<br/>Turning to Imogene with a sudden thought, "Dear, the trip was so tedious, I would love to just have dinner in our room.  Would you care to join me?"<br/>