We arrived to his house, a one store little suburban white house with a garage and a chimney, a yard and a backyard, maybe it was little for him, but for me, who had lived for so long in one that was just a tenth of this, this was a mansion. We went in, the house was nicely decorated, a sofa, a couch, a TV, a table, I could see the entrance to what it looked as a kitchen, other entrance to a room where there was a bed, surely his bedroom, and a third one that was pretty dark, when I asked him about it, he told me it was the basement, and warned me to be careful and to turn on the light first, or I could fall for the stairs. After a little tour for the house, he suggested that we should eat something and then go to bed, it was almost 1 am after all, in that moment, my stomach growled, and now he was his turn to let a giggle escape.
He fixed us a couple of ham and cheese sandwiches and a glass of milk, he excused it wasn’t too much, but to me, this was already a banquet. The Pink Panther told me I could sleep in the bed, and he was going to sleep in the sofa, he just needed a pillow and a sheet. “I can’t take your bed, I’ll use the sofa, is no problem, really”, I told him, but he insisted, so I had to agree, but I asked him if I could take a bath first, “I don’t want to… get your bed… dirty”, I told him a little ashamed. He didn’t mind that, but if I wanted, I could take it. I went to the bathroom, and I started to get my clothes off, when I realized something, the only clothes I had were these, “if I wear them after bathing, I’ll get dirty again, and if I sleep with them, I’ll get the Pink Panther’s bed dirty”; then, I hear the door knocking, it was the Pink Panther, asking me if I was alright, if I needed something. I put my clothes again, and I opened, the door, I told him about the worry I had, he told me that he understands, but as he was a panther, he didn’t have many clothes, or pants, and definitively not underwear, he had just a few robes, gym clothes, and a lot of costumes, but with optimism and confidence, he said that I could take my bath without worry, he would fix some clothes to me, and tomorrow we were going to buy new clothes for me; I wanted to cry, he didn’t just offer me his home, his bed, he was also going to buy me new clothes, he was really kind. I guess that feeling my emotion, he kindly hurried me up, after all, we’ll need to get up early, and he admitted he was a deep sleeper.
The bath felt soooo goooood, I don’t remember when was last time I could take a bath with warm water, I couldn’t believe how much dirt was being washed from my skin and hair, I must admit that my hair was really a problem, all that time without brushing it made it a mess of knots, I must have used a lot of shampoo and conditioner until I feel it was clean. The feeling of the soap on my skin made me feel refreshed, but even when I felt my skin was clean and not more dirt came out of it, my skin was still blue, but when the Panther used the magic to transform me, my color was different… maybe it was because of the magic, after all, I was a little shorter and my chest was… bigger, in any case, if there exist a pink panther, why not a blue woman?. I’m not going to lie, the hardest part was to brush my hair, I had to cut a lot of knots, trying not to lose too much hair, and I think I had a good result, my hair still looked the same, but now it could be brushed.
With my clothes now waiting to be washed, the only thing I had to cover me was this towel I had around me, good the bathroom was next to the bedroom, I’ll no need to cross the meeting room, I would die of embarrassment if the Pink Panther saw me wearing only this. When I went to the bedroom, I saw a wine color robe, a pink short with a hole (maybe for his tail), a white shirt of long sleeves, a pale mustard trench coat, and of course, no underwear, but honestly, I don’t know what I would have think if a bachelor like him really had female underwear he could lend me, but at least that will be for tonight and part of the next day. After making sure the door and curtains were closed, I wore the shirt and the short, a little loose, but I could wear them without problem. I wore the robe, after be sure it covered me without problem, I opened the door, I peeked my head, and saw the Pink Panther sleeping soundly in the sofa, covered with a white blanket, I approached as quietly as I could, and just whispered “Thank you, Pink Panther”, and I returned to the bedroom, I got rid of the robe, I tested with my arms how soft was the bed; I couldn’t believe how soft it felt, and also the pillow, I didn’t lose time to go into the bed. Man, it was so soft, and so warm. My mind raced through all what happened in the last hours, my life has changed so much just because a drunk witch lost her wand, just to be found for this marvelous Pink Panther, “I wonder if I could pay him the favor someday”, was my last though before I felt asleep.
