In Stick to you Guns we find Sally trying to do just that.  Things that continue to trouble her were that Roger was married and that she really did not know him.  They had only met a few days ago.  For some reason though, she found herself falling for this guy.  She tried lying, to have him believe that she had a boyfriend, but that did not work. Robert saw through her scheme and told her so.  He then invited her to a karaoke later that night.  She made no commitment, but Roger did his best to persuade her, “Please come. It’ll be fun.  I’ll see you there,” and left as quickly as he came.  The ball was now in Sally’s court.  Will she show up, or not?  Will she “stick to her guns?”

On that day Sally Holmes returned to her cabin.  She felt a bit queasy from the ship’s movement as she made her way to her room.  With a plastic key, she opened her door, and admired the work that house keeping had done.  They had made up her bed, took out the trash, rearranged the furniture, and designed swans from towels that they placed around her cabin.

She kicked off her slippers, gradually began taking off her clothes, headed to the bathroom, and began admiring herself in the mirror.  Smiling, she said, “What does he see in me?”  She asked the question again and again.  She pulled aside the red, plastic shower curtain, turned on the spigot, and waited for the water to start flowing.  After it was warm, by making a few adjustments to the shower’s  knob, and when it was about right, she ventured into the shower, pulling the curtain behind her.  With wash cloth in hand, she began scrubbing herself, from top to bottom. Once satisfied, she turned off the water, shook her torso, reached for a large blue towel, and dried herself.

“It’s pretty cramped in here.”  She thought.  Again, she looked herself over in the mirror and felt that she ought to go and get her hair done.  While at it, she figured, she should as well get a manicure and a pedicure.  Something was telling her, “don’t you want to do this because of Robert?  I can wait.”  She hesitated.  ”Many of the tourists dress informally.”  She wondered, “will I be going to the karaoke?  That has nothing to do with taking care of oneself.”  She insisted to herself.