"So i'm dating the princesses easier." Jack said off-handedly walking next to Shining as they moved through the halls

Shining's eyes "You're doing what now!" He shouted making Jack look to him confused till it registered.

"Oh that's right you don't know that the princesses and elements have a thing for me and want to go on dates besides Twilight." Jack said.

"Anyone else I should know about..?" Shining said still stunned at the news.

"Well there's also Spike." Jack said putting a hand to his chin.

"SPIKE TOO!" Shining practically screeched. "I thought it was only Twilly who had a thing for you." He said putting his head in his hands. "Cadance is probably having a field day with them all." He groaned already knowing the entire trip back is going to be about this. "Well there goes relaxing time." He added with a grumble.

The girls were busy helping a certain purple dragon think of a date plan. "What if you take him to a show?" Asked Twilight.

"Too boring." Rainbow shot down. "What about a training day?" She said flapping her wings and flexing her arms.

"It's a date darling not a work day." Rarity replied shaking her head at Rainbow's antics. "Oh, how about a spa?"

"Ain'ts we supposed to be getting them a date not you?" Applejack said frowning at the fashionista.

"No dear not us. Though it would be nice." She countered whispering the last part that earned glares from the group. "Jack say's he's done a lot of things and he's good with his hands, why not go to a spa and have you two relax." She stated proudly with a flip of her hair.

"That's all well and good Rares but how does that get me closer to you know what?" Spike asked fidgeting in his seat thinking of how Celestia described Jack.

"Darling it's simple. When you to get alone ask him if he'd be willing to give you a hand relaxing. Then with how nice he is it's guaranteed to have him say yes and as he helps you just give him a little 'Encouragement' lets say." Rarity said as if it was obvious.

As much as anyone wanted to argue they couldn't see a hole in that plan. So with the new plan laid out they needed a place but where?

"Ponyville spa?" Jack asked looking up to the zen building. "Never saw this before. Why do you want to go here?" He asked turning to the nervous dragon.

"Um well you see the thing is um ugghhhh..." He tried getting out failing miserably. "Damn it girls we didn't plan this part out." He mentally cursed. He perked up when he saw Jack walk to the door and hold it open.

"Well come on slow poke. I may not know the reason you wanted to bring me here but it's been a while since I just relaxed and could use the chance." He said with a laugh.

Spike quickly rushed past into the waiting room to see the spa twins Aloe and Lotus at the front desk. "Hello Spike we've been waiting for you, oh and this must be your second person Jack correct?" Aloe said stepping around the desk to shake Jack's hand.

"Yes that's him um is the room ready?" Spike asked his nerves fraying the closer he got to his goal.

"Yes, if you two will follow me please." Lotus replied heading for a side door that when opened revealed a changing room. "Once you two are ready just head through that door at the end and enjoy your stay." She said cheerfully.

"Thank you ladies." Jack said with a small bow making the two giggle as he went into the changing room followed by Spike. Once the door closed he started removing clothes causing Spike to blush and slight smoke at the nose. "Is there a problem?" Jack asked tilting his head when he saw the dragon's position.

Spike went rigged before trying to play cool. "No, no, it's nothing just can't wait to get into the hot spring." He said quickly taking his clothes off except his underwear heading for the door.

Just as he reached the handle he heard Jack clear his throat making him turn. "I believe you are forgetting something." Jack said with a wink wrapping a towel around his waist and calmly walking to the blushing dragon. "You don't go into one of these spa's with clothes on silly. Got to lose the last bit of cloth." He said tugging playfully at the edge of the waist band before walking past the now almost crimson faced dragon.

Spike got the last bit off after waiting a moment to calm down, walking out with towel at his waist to find Jack at the edge of the pool with his arms to the sides, a gentle almost serene look on his face that Spike hadn't seen before. Slowly approaching he tried to slip into the water without making to much noise and keeping some distance from the man. Watching from the side he couldn't help but think how handsome Jack was. Sure Spike could say he found both sides attractive but Jack just had an attraction to him Spike couldn't place.

"You know it's impolite to stare." He heard causing him to blink and realize he'd been so deep in his thoughts that Jack had noticed him looking. Jack still had on his smile and his eyes seemed to sparkle like he knew something Spike didn't. "You brought me here for a date didn't you?" He said. All Spike could do was nod his head and turning his face to somewhat hide his blush. "It was a good choice." Jack said.

Spike snapped his head back to the human." I...it was?" He stammered out.

"Yeah." Jack confirmed nodding his head approvingly. "See back on earth my mother loved the spa and when me and my siblings were younger she'd take us once a month to just...relax." He said sinking a little deeper into the water. "Over time I started to learn how to massage and give the fancy treatment the staff gave us. Eventually though my mom got old and couldn't really leave the house much thus leading to not being able to go to the spa." He said a sad look on his face. "She'd always try but it didn't help she was in a wheelchair after a nasty fall." He added giving a sigh.

Spike scooted closer listening to every word. "What did you do to help?" He asked almost next to Jack.

Jack was silent for a moment before the smile slowly crept back on his face. "Well as I said earlier I learned what the staff could do in fact I learned so well one of my first jobs was working at the place. After a while of watching my mom get sadder from not having her spa day I came up with an idea. I can do what they provide easily enough so I went to the place got all the little goodies she adored, came home and when she woke up I made her breakfast and surprised her by making the bathroom a 'spa' if you will." He stated putting air quotes around spa. "She loved it. I even got her favorite masseuse to come down and help me with the gift and it just felt nice you know. Making some of her last days on earth happy." He finished looking across the room in his own thoughts.

Spike sat there quietly watching the man. "You really are a kind person." He said after a while making the man turn to him. "How do you always push through and put others before yourself. You basically embody all the elements together."

Jack just shrugged. "I've done a lot of good but also a lot of bad. Over time through different mistakes or situations and promises I've just learned how to balance myself out. Anyone who says the world is black and white has never been in a situation where both choices are utter shit. The real skill is being able to look at them and know which is the lesser evil and being able to live with it." He stated looking Spike in the eyes.

Spike sat quietly looking away wondering how to continue from here. Sure they had made the plan but now he was learning things about Jack no one knew. While thinking he didn't notice Jack getting closer till he felt a pair of arms wrap around his waist pulling him into the mans lap, feeling hands start to work up and down his back. "What are you doing?" He questioned turning red from the close contact

"Well we are at a spa and I figured you'd like to see how good I am at it since everyone loves testing me." Jack said with a chuckle as he began digging into some knots in Spikes back making him groan out slightly. It turned into moans as the pain went away and was replaced with pleasure as the man made quick work across his body. Moving his hands down Jack started on Spikes legs spreading them apart slightly to get a better grip as the dragon started to pant slightly. Finally Jack stopped his massage leaving a loose and heavily breathing dragon on his lap. "How was that?" He asked turning to look at the purple dragon but got his response in the form of a kiss.

When Spike pulled away he only said one thing. "Spike want."

Author's Note

Another date yay!