//------------------------------// // 80 - The origin of blush // Story: A Penny for your thought // by Damaged //------------------------------// Jenny wasn't sure what she was expecting, but the bathhouse seemed just right. Resembling an oversized house with an entryway, she walked up with the others. "Five please, for the warm bath." Penny floated the right amount of bits out and to the mare at the little ticket window. "Go right in, you know the way?" The earth pony beamed at them, looking a touch puzzled at Jenny but just giving a little shrug. In they walked and it was as they entered the big walled off pool area that Jenny suddenly realized what this meant. "Wait, this is a mixed bath?" Penny lifted her hoof and bopped herself on the forehead. "I guess I really should have thought about this more uh…" Jen looked around, there were a few ponies in the bath already, two mares and a stallion, all keeping to themselves. "Okay, focus, three mares who are your friends, a stallion who knows your body pretty good already and three strangers… not a big deal." "What's the problem?" Stick nosed at Penny, levitating the mare's saddle bags off and into a little nook. "Humans… well, they like to keep covered all the time." Penny told her mate, giving a happy shiver and walking over to Jen. Looking up at the human, Penny reached for her hand with her magic. "If you want you can sit out here and just chat." "No!" Jen had replied too fast, her hand jerking a moment at the touch but she clasped the deep red magic in her hand. "No, I need to get used to being with ponies. This is a good start." Jenny was sure she was attempting to convince herself more than any of the ponies. With a deep breath she reached up, letting go of Penny's magic hand, and slipped her shirt up. "Are you alright dear? I heard yelling, oh, would you like those washed while you bathe?" The mare from the front door startled Jen so much she jumped two inches. Penny saved her having to turn around. A glance had revealed to the former human that Jen certainly had nothing to be ashamed of. "That would be great, I can bring them out once she is fully disrobed." Jen reached behind her back, her fingers trembling like a male's when she tried to slip the clasp of her bra. A deep breath and a snick of the fastener and she felt the constant hugging support of the garment let go. Leaning forward she let her 'girls' out and looked around. No one was even looking at her. It was both a kick at her ego and a boost to her at the same time. "I am being silly." "No you aren't." Penny levitated the bra over and grabbed the girl's top too. "How old are you?" "Twenty six." The human looked down, unbuckling her jeans. "Twenty six years you spent, being trained that your body was something to be hidden from view, that you mustn't feel good about showing it off." "Penny, you know that, I know that. Try telling my brain that." She got the fly undone and shimmied the tight pants down her hips. A glance revealed that Penny was at her side, gathering up her things carefully. "Thank you, though." Without thinking Jenny's hand reached out and she petted Penny, rubbing the mare's ears. She jerked and froze, realizing she had done it again. "No, keep rubbing if it helps you. I can put up with feeling a little worked up, I guess." Penny actually was aching to just lean into the nimble fingers, and with the formality of the excuse out of the way she did just that. "I owe you big." Jen's fingers worked along the unicorn's scalp, feeling how the folicles of mane grew in a different manner to the mare's regular coat. "You do." Penny said it simply. "You can keep those on if you want, but then you are going to be commando for the rest of the day." Penny angled her horn to bump the girl's hip, where her panties still clung. "This is a place for cleaning, seeing parts of a body normally not put on display is not uncommon." "Yeah, working up to it… oh, here goes." Jen couldn't stop the blush as she let go of Penny, reaching down to work her thumbs under her panty-hem on each hip. Taking a deep breath she pulled them down and tossed them, marching right down into the water. "There you go. Be back in a sec." Penny caught the panties out of the air and trotted out of view. No sooner was Jenny in the water but there was a familiar stallion waiting. "I can do your back if you do mine?" His grin was hopeful and Jen really wanted to tell him no and curl up in a corner and hide. "Yeah, okay." There was a blush permanently on her cheeks now. Watching as washing implements floated toward the bath from little racks around the side, Jen had a moment to gaze in wonder and ponder how useful it would actually be to have a horn. "Jealous?" Sablee paddled around in the deeper water, getting behind her and giving Jen a moment to get comfortable. "Of your horns? A little. I might have to have a chat with you later about it." She pressed her front to the side of the bath, laying her arms down flat on the stonework and relaxing. The first touch of a brush on her back was gentle, barely felt, but it soon started to work and she could feel soap suds working up as Sablee went to work. "Okay, a girl could maybe get used to this." Penny returned from dropping the human's clothes off. "She promised to take extra care with them, I told her they are impossible to replace. Quite true really. Oh, maybe we could see if Rarity would be up to the challenge of making some new things for you?" This had Jen's attention. "Rarity? Make clothes for me?" Deep down inside, in the 'little princess' within Jenny jumped up and down in excitement, suddenly giddy at the thought of getting a Rarity-dress. "Well, it is her job. Tell you what, we could go and see if we can get her to make something for you, and you pay me back when you can?" Penny walked up to the side of the pool and stepped forward, sinking down but breaking the surface again with a giggle. There was an overly excited human lifting her head and kissing her on the nose. "Penny you are the best!" Penny blushed, from her vantage she had a perfect view of Jen's assets and she was still enough of a 'mare's mare' to appreciate things. It was odd though, she knew if she had been a human still, the sight would have done nothing for her. "You are worth it Jenny. You really are. It is not hard to find good ponies here, but good friends are a treasure." Penny leaned forward and kissed the human on the nose. "Your turn." Sablee floated the brush around for Jen to see and she grinned as she turned back. The 'princess' was back in control and Genevieve had to fight not to squee. She was getting her own pretty pony to brush. Sablee moved to a shallower area and stood patiently as Jen began. He reflected that he owed the mare for helping him sort out his feelings for Hay. If nothing else he liked to feel her… "You're blushing, remembering things?" Jen worked the brush with some suds and started on his coat. "No… yes. That was fun…" Sablee sounded both happy and down. Jen had a thought as to why. "Would you like to-" "Not now, but yes." She worked at his mane slowly, taking her time. The pair went quiet as the human worked and, soon enough, Jen almost managed to forget that she was completely naked in a pool of some of the clearest water she had ever seen... almost. "Your things are clean to go whenever you are done!" The mare from the gate had her clothes all neatly folded and placed in a nook with her bag. "Thank you." Penny and Jen both said at the same time, then broke into a giggle. "You want to get out first, or last?" Penny paddled over, the unicorn looking sparkling clean. "First means you are sort of something to look at though." Jen stretched and, looking to Penny, she realized that she had become friends with the mare so fast. She had never just clicked with someone before, it made her wish she had known them before they were a pony. "Same time, I think. We will all be busy then." "And I can help dry you." Sablee was paddling to Jen's side, having spent some extra time washing his mane and tail while the human washed her own shorter hair. "Well, come on then." Penny paddled to the ramp and started climbing out, almost cursing at the weight of wet fur. They were all getting out and Genevieve braced her sensibilities and climbed from the bath too, her body sheeting water faster than the damp ponies. A warmth suddenly started at her legs and she looked down to see a glow of magic that she recognized as Sablee's. It sent a shiver through her for reasons that made her blush, but he worked upwards, drying every inch of the girl and finally giving a light warm brush through her hair. "Thank you." She turned to him without thinking, her body fully on display. "You're welcome." Sablee smiled, looking only into Jen's eyes and confusing her a moment. Then, still blushing, she realized that he really wasn't 'just like a guy'. It made her heart skip a beat but she had to get herself dressed. Working fast, she pulled on the dry clothing, wondering at first how it got washed and dried so fast. Then she remembered how Sablee had dried her off. Magic really was amazing. "You look as good putting them on as taking them off." It was like her thoughts had summoned the stallion and Jen found herself blushing. She looked over her shoulder at him. "Trust a stallion to say that." Jenny grinned to take the heat from the words and she wriggled her butt a little more than strictly needed to get the jeans back on but, it wasn't long before she was in clean clothes and felt good. Penny had been caught by both her mates stealing glances. "You know," Stick nipped her ear, "you aren't helping her adjust if she catches you looking." The busted unicorn looked back. "Is it wrong to look?" She had heard her friends, back when she was human, make jokes that 'looking was fine'. "Not if it warms you up for later." Stick nipped at her flank and made Penny jump a little, until Hay did the same from the other side. "You two are both terrible!" Penny threw her towel at Hay but the half-changeling caught it easily with her magic. "Ugh, worst!" Kisses came at each of Penny's cheeks, assuaging the mock anger and making her smile at each of them. "Still going to be a later, sorry." Stick kissed her again and was chased from the bathhouse by a laughing pair of mares.