“Come on John, let's set the scene in the bedroom" Calara said eagerly. ‘A girl's first time should be special!"

Alyssa bit down on her lip and her heart felt heavy, suddenly feeling saddened at her own awful first experience with a man. She suppressed the feeling immediately, not wanting her friend to see her reaction and risk spoiling the occasion.

"You wait here" Alyssa said to Sparks, "we want it to be a nice surprise!" She beamed a warm affectionate smile at her oldest friend.

Sparks smiled and nodded, feeling her excitement begin to grow and butterflies did somersaults in her stomach.

John, Alyssa and Calara left the redhead to enjoy the warm water of the shower and they dried themselves off quickly to go and set up the room. John dimmed the Lights, so that the room was bathed in a romantic glow and then Alyssa darted off to retrieve some candles from the playroom. She returned and lit them up around the room, the dancing candlelight adding a certain mystique to the romantic setting. Calara returned from her room cupping something red in her hands, which turned out to be rose petals. She carefully scattered them around the bed, adding the finishing touch to the room with a flourish.

"Where on earth did you get those from?" Alyssa whispered, astonished. Calara flushed, looking a bit embarrassed. "They were from a rose I was given from the first boy I thought I loved" she said, smiling at John and Alyssa. "It turned out I had no idea what love really was" she continued.

John and Alyssa wrapped the beautiful brunette in a loving embrace, touched by her heartfelt words.

“Alyssa!!" Sparks' frightened shriek pierced the tender moment with shocking abruptness.

All three of them leapt to go to the bathroom, before Alyssa held the other two back with her upraised hand. They waited in the bedroom pensively, worried for their young friend.

“What is it honey?" Alyssa said, her voice maternal and caring.

“My face, it's bleeding!" Sparks exclaimed in shock, opening her hands to show reddened Lumps cupped between her fingers.

“Let me see" Alyssa said, darting into the shower quickly and looking at her friends face with deep concern.

Alyssa gently brushed her fingers over the redheads face, noticing with surprise that the horrifically scarred, red angry skin covering the side of Sparks' face seemed to shift slightly at her delicate touch.

“There, there, it's nothing to worry about" she crooned softly to her oldest friend, her fingers moving deftly as she carefully peeled away a section of partially hanging skin.

“You're ok now, just let me check you over" she whispered reassuringly to the frightened teenager

Alyssa's sombre mood from before and her worry about her friend evaporated in an instant, as she struggled to contain her delirious excitement.

I was right! she exulted.

Under the disfiguring scar tissue that she was tentatively removing, supple fresh young skin was gradually revealed. Her agile fingers moved swift and sure over her friends face, carefully peeling away the hideous old skin and revealing the healthy, rejuvenated skin beneath.

“Just close your eyes a moment" she whispered to her friend "This won't take long”

Sparks closed her eyes immediately, her trust and faith in the blonde girl absolute.

...t bad?" She asked, her voice tremulous.

“You're going to be just fine, trust me" Alyssa said, confidently. Alyssa's elegant fingers danced over the frightened young girls arm and shoulder, removing scarred old tissue and uncovering acres of tanned unblemished flesh. Her quick, nimble hands had the girl completely cleaned in just under a minute and she then washed the scaly red remnants away and down the drain.