Rosa deflated slightly to hear Caleb mention just the braid, but, really, just the braid was still pretty acceptable. "Braid it is, then," she said. "Come on. I got us set up in the kitchen."

The bathroom might have made more sense, but she didn't need some pervy guy sitting there thinking about where she'd taken a shower that morning.

"You know," she added, because she just couldn't help herself, "I did pick up some blue for myself, too. If you wanted, we could do a pink braid and blue on top and your normal hair in the middle, that'd be cool as hell."