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Lexi wasn't sure what to do as he looked from his prone sister to his
cat chasing dragon.

Luckily Jason stepped up. "Go get Samson, I'll take care of Pandora!"

Lexi nodded his thanks then grabbed Allora by the arm dragging her with
him to chase their errant dragons.>

Jason chuckled to himself as he watched the two run off. Sometimes...no,
most of the time...he was very glad Starfire was relatively quiet. Those
two sounded like a couple of wild animals in a feeding frenzy.

< Thank you...I think. >

Jason smirked to himself, then looked down at the woman lying at his
feet. It was almost comical...her body was mostly white from the flour and
her hair was intertwined with wet lumps of white paste.

He bent down and lifted her into his arms gently, resting her head on
his shoulders. He was getting flour all over him, but he didn't really
mind that much.

"Okay people," he said to the few remaining riders that had hung around,
"show's over." He walked slowly over to the door of the apartment,
stepped inside and firmly shut the door behind him.

Laying her on her bed, Jason grabbed a cloth and after running it under
some water, proceeded to wipe some of the gunk off her face.  As he did
so, she began to stir slightly.

"Oh Pandora," Jason said quietly, "wakey wakey." He rinsed off the cloth
and wet it again, this time laying it across her forehead.

"Oh..." Pandora murmured as her eyes fluttered open, "...what happened?" Her
eyes opened wide as she realised someone was above her and she sat up in
shock, as if to scream.

"Hey," Jason said with a grin, holding up his hands in mock surrender,
"only me."

 "Oh," she said, blushing furiously. "I'm sorry, I..."

"No problem," Jason assured her. "Are you okay?"

"I think so," she replied, checking herself over. "This will all wash
off, but..." she touched her hair gingerly, as if for the first time
realising the mess it was in. "Oh Jason..." she exclaimed, tears beginning
to run
down her cheeks, "I'll never be able to get this out."

"Oh don't be silly," Jason told her. "But first, you need to have a
shower."

"Shower?" Pandora's face came alight at the prospect of being clean.
"Yes! Right now!" She leapt up off the bed and ran for the bathroom,
leaving Jason sitting there, a slightly bemused expression on his face.

'Interesting girl,' he said to himself.

< I hope you know what you're doing, > Star said in a slightly worried
tone.

* Why do you say that? *

< Because if that big red dragon comes back and finds you in there, he
may just bite your head off? >

* Thanks Star, * Jason replied dryly. *I'll keep it in mind.*

Jason made a paltry attempt at cleaning up the place...paltry in the sense
that he had no idea where to start. It was as if a bag of flour had
exploded in the kitchen: the white substance covered almost every
exposed
surface. The remnants of the cooking process were scattered over the
floor and what seemed to be a pie, or part of one, was dripping its
contents onto the floor.

"What a mess," Jason sighed. "I, for one, am glad I'm not responsible."
He grinned wickedly to himself. "I hope Allora hasn't got anything
planned, 'cause she's going to be busy."

"Uh, Jason, do you think you could help me?"

The voice floated in from the bathroom and the choice of words made
Jason blanch.

'Please,' he begged silently, 'please, not again.' He turned around
slowly, not quite knowing what to expect.

Pandora's head was peeking around the corner of the bathroom, the face
still damp from the shower. Her cheeks were bright pink and her
startlingly blue eyes very round.

"Sure," Jason heard himself say, "what's up?"

"Well," she said, stepping out from the doorway, clad in a fluffy white
bathrobe with a low v-neck front, "what am I going do with my hair!" She
tugged at a lock. "Look at it! How am I going to get this stuff
out!"  She looked at him, a slightly ashamed look on her face and her
bottom lip quivering. "I'm sorry...I don't know what came over me out
there."

Jason looked her over critically for a moment.

"Well," he said in a serious tone, "flour obviously."

Pandora stared at him for a moment, then burst out crying.

"Hey, I'm sorry," Jason said, walking over and wrapping his arms around
her. "I didn't mean to make you cry."

"It's okay," Pandora sniffed, "I'm having a bad day."

"Yes, Jason replied wryly, "I noticed."

They both laughed for a moment and then Jason suggested that the best
way might be to comb the gunk out of her hair. "After all," he told her,
"we can't have you going out like that, can we?"

"Do you...do you think you could do that for me?" Pandora asked him, a
little half smile on her face. "It's a bit hard to do it on my own."

* Be on the lookout for more wraiths, * Jason informed his dragon with a
sigh. * They're sounding like a good idea right at the moment.

< You're to pessimistic, > Star replied amusedly, < but I'll watch for
some. And don't' worry, that big dragon is still running after Shadow
and Fluffy. >

"Well before we try and get a comb through it I was going to wash it
once more but unfortunately I can't really see in the back well enough
to see where it all is at." Looking at the small kitchen sink covered in
flour Pandora made a face.  "I...I...I know it's not really appropriate,
but there is a small sink in the bathroom. That's if you wouldn't mind.
Jason I just have to get this stuff out of my hair." Pandora asked
almost pleadingly with the young man. Jason smiled at her.

"Well it'd be rude of me to offer help then back out on you," Jason 
replied. "Besides," he gave her a smirk, "your hair looks much nicer 
when you don't use it as a cooking aide." Panda flashed him a shy smile, 
then grabbed him by the hand and pulled him towards the bathroom, taking
whatever decision Jason would have made out of his hands.

The bathroom was small and barely fit the couple. Explaining what she
needed him to do she got her hair wet with a large glass picture of
water. Bending over the sink she worked the water through the best she
could getting the neck of her robe wet. Realizing Jason hadn't moved
she looked under her arm and grinned. The man was staring at her
backside.  Blushing furiously she couldn't help see the silliness of the
whole situation and started giggling. "I'm sorry I don't mean to laugh!"
she said as the young man blinked realizing he had "been caught!"

Smiling at her giggles he stepped forward grabbing the shampoo.  He
massaged the fragrant liquid into her hair. Being as gentle as possible
as there was still a lot of flour clinging to her hair to joked amicably
as he tucked in her collar so it would get wetter.

Pandora's knees almost buckled at the wonderful feeling of someone
actually washing her hair. Lexi would brush it, but that was only when
he wanted something. Jason's fingers moved expertly washing and gently
massaging at the same time. A languorous feeling spread through
Pandora's body as she closed her eyes and let her body relax.  Sooner
then she wished he was done patting her hair.

"I think I got most of it.  Come on, I'll comb it for you now.

As Pandora settled into a stool, Jason sat on the bed behind her and
took up the proffered comb. Mentally, he judged the distance to the
door. Not to far, close enough for him to make a run for it in case a
certain overprotective dragon came back. Then he kicked himself. Here 
we was, helping one of the most beautiful women he'd ever seen, yet all 
he could think of was damage minimization. 'No wonder you have such bad 
luck with women,' he thought to himself. 'Instead of enjoying it, you
concentrate on how to get out.'

So, putting all thoughts of self-preservation aside, Jason boldly
stepped over the abyss.

"So," he asked Pandora, "since we really haven't had a chance to get to
know each other, perhaps now would be a good time?"

Pandora blushed remembering the few times she had actually seen Jason.
Immediately she dropped her head out of habit.  *Pandora, chin up, men
don't bite* Lexi's voice filtered through her mind. Slowly she lifted
her head looking over her shoulder to meet Jason's gentle smile. His
hand was poised in mid-air holding the comb. Returning the smile she
turned around sitting up straight.

Jason was amazed as he gently combed the long black tresses.  Her hair
was incredibly long normally, but wet it went clear down past her 
nicely-formed butt and tickled her upper thighs. Jason didn't think
having it that long was entirely practical, especially if she started 
dragon-riding, but it suited her body and personality like a glove.

As Jason combed her hair Pandora shut her eyes, totally letting herself
enjoy the feeling of the comb and the hands as they gently stroked her
hair.  Soon she was humming lightly to herself.

"Your hair is so long." Jason said thoughtfully.

Pandora smiled, "It grows pretty fast: in fact I really need to get it 
trimmed again. Hmmmm boy does that feel good!"

"Well I'm trying to be gentle. I don't want to hurt you. The last thing
I need is for you to holler and have Samson come running! Jason chuckled.

"I think you are doing just fine!"

Pandora was so relaxed that she leaned backwards between Jason's legs.
The young man seeing her lean back pulled all her hair up and across his
leg. "It's okay,  you can lean back further if it's more comfortable.

"Are you sure?" Pandora asked, completely surprised at how comfortable
she felt with Jason. Chuckling lightly, the young man lightly grabbed her
shoulders pulling her back she was leaning against the bed.

"I just can't believe how good this feels," Pandora dreamily. "You know,
in the old times I've read that they had servants or slaves that did
this for hours on end. Me thinks I will talk to Samson about you!" The
woman grinned then added, "You have definitely missed your calling."

Jason marvelled at how Pandora's sweet voice titillated his senses (not
to mention other parts of his body). Her every word and action seemed to
be directed towards that part of his mind that usually got men in trouble.
Jason wondered if she was doing it deliberately or not. If it was 
Deliberate, it was the best act he'd ever seen. If it was just natural...
Jason found himself shuddering slightly, thinking about the havoc that this
young women could wreak on the male population.

Leaning forward Pandora shifted her legs.  In the process some of her
hair had fallen forward.  Jason leaned to the side to pull the loose
hair back and he couldn't help but notice that the robe had fallen open
slightly, giving him a full view of her breasts, confirming that yes indeed,
the tan did cover a large percentage of her body. 

These little 'looks' he was getting of her body were making him slightly 
frustrated and confused. It was probably innocent on her part, but they were
certainly driving him mad. The hint of perfume drifting off her body wasn't 
helping the situation either.

"Tell me about yourself Jason!" Pandora said.  The man stiffened
instantly, realizing she had made and error  Pandora quickly changed the
subject. Laughing she said, "Um, well do you at least like apple pie?"
she asked chuckling slightly.

"Oh, I've been known to," Jason said lightly, looking around the apartment.
"I don't think the furniture does though."

"Neither do I," Pandora replied with a giggle. "But there isn't any left I'm
afraid."

"Oh," Jason replied with just a hint of innuendo, "I'm sure there is plenty 
more where that came from."

< Jason...sorry to interrupt your fun, but that big red dragon has given up
chasing Shadow. >

* Damn, * Jason cursed, * I suppose I should start making my excuses. *

< And Chamelle asked me to remind you that you're meeting her rider for 
lunch, > Starfire added helpfully. Jason groaned mentally. < Would you 
like me to try and stall the red dragon for you? >

* Thanks bud, * Jason replied gratefully. * You're a lifesaver. *

Jason's gentle attention to her long tresses was having a mesmerizing affect
on Pandora and even with their light banter she could feel her eyelids
growing heavy.  Her body was so relaxed at this point that her whole body
went limp and she felt like she was floating on air.  Pandora was having
problems holding her head up so she blinked several times to keep her eyes
open.

The comb caught slightly in her hair being so relaxed her head snapped
backwards into Jason's lap. Pandora gasped as she found herself staring into
startled blue eyes.  

"I wasn't combing that hard," Jason said defensively. Then he grinned at
her. "Perhaps someone was falling asleep, huh?"

Pandora smiled, her own blue eyes twinkling, "Guilty as charged!"

As Jason leaned over, looking deep into her eyes, he felt an overpowering
urge just to bend over and touch those lips with his own. One small kiss;
nothing serious, just one.

"Panda!" Lexi yelled, as the door slammed open and he and Allora filled the
doorway.

Pandora jumped up her face instantly red, as if she had been caught doing
something wrong. Tripping slightly on the stool she glanced down and her
eyes widened as she realized the front of her robe was gaping open. Glancing
at Jason her face reddened even more when she saw him looking at her with a
quirky little smile on his face.

"You'd think," Jason said to her conversationally, "that even a brother
would knock before entering." He glanced up at Lexi and grinned at him. "You
never know what he might walk in on."

Pandora, covering her face with her hands, was so embarrassed at this point
she just moaned, "Oh no!" 

Lexi grinned at his sister's embarrassment and Allora looked around the
apartment in disgust, "Boy, this is pretty nasty!" She said wrinkling her
nose at all the flour and dumped pie.

"Well, since you obviously seem none the worse for wear Sis, I'm gonna take
our resident hairdresser here with me." Lexi said chuckling at his joke.

Nodding at Jason seriously, "We need to get to the offices to check on
T'rell and the rest of the group! See a later Sis!" The big man walked out
the door with Allora following, who just happened to turn and wink at the
couple.

Jason squeezed Pandora's hand and smiled at her.

"It was a pleasure my lady. I'll speak to you again very soon I hope." With
that, Jason ran out after the other two.

Submitted by,

Jason and Starfire
Aka
Michael Turek

And 

Pandora & Lexi
aka 
Tree Deutscher
treedr@yelmtel.com



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