Without You


written by Andie

Chapter 1

"Ready to go, B?" Eve shouted over the bedroom stereo.

"Hell yeah, baby! I only turn 21 once!" Breanna called back. Eve rolled her eyes muttering

"oh, this is going to be crazy! You realize it's legal for you to get alcohol? What in the hell was the government thinking when they made that law!"

"Obviously, they didn't have me in mind." Breanna laughed. Breanna looked around her room to make sure she had everything. Las Vegas on her 21st birthday was a trip she and Eve had been planning since they both turned 19 exactly one month apart, Eve being the oldest.

"So, got all of our CD's for the road, girl?" Eve asked.

"Of course! I wouldn't even think about leaving them. So, should we put on Garbage first? Or Rob Zombie? How about a little Marilyn Manson or some U2? Oh, better yet, Depeche Mode!"

"Breanna, you are too excited! We have plenty of time to listen to everything. Then again, the way you drive, we'll be out of LA and in Las Vegas before we even finish the first Depeche CD" Eve remarked.

"Naw, I think I'll drive slow this time. I want to enjoy the scenery, especially the scenery that drives if ya know what I mean?"

"Oh shit, that means we'll get into a couple of fender benders because you can't help but drool over the hotties driving by" Eve laughed.

"You know me! I am one lean mean driving machine! I can drive AND drool at the same time while staying on the road. I *am* multi-talented, Eve" Breanna shot back.

"Girl, I don't care how you drive, just get yo ass behind that wheel and let's go! I'm dying to see what our hotel room looks like. It's not every day we get to stay in one of the best hotel suites in all of Vegas." Eve said.

"Ok, ok, we's a goin' right now, k? Now, dontcha get all up tight n' shit!" Breanna joked back in her best southern accent.

It was a warm March day and both girls were wearing their favorite spring dresses. Eve was 5'4 and extremely attractive for your typical girl-next-door. She had long black hair and brown almond shaped eyes and normally had her bangs covering them which constantly drove her best friend nuts. She normally opted for little to no makeup and today was no exception. She wore a cute, thin cotton yellow flowered dress she bought off the rack at Ross'. Breanna wore a plain baby blue sleeveless spring dress that was too short. She didn't care because she wanted to attract attention today. This would be her weekend. One for the books.

Breanna wasn't physically much different from Eve. People often assumed that they were sisters. She was two inches shorter than Eve, wore more makeup, and kept her hair short claiming that she was too lazy to take care of it if it were long. Breanna was also a shopping freak spending all of her money on clothes and makeup.

Eve and Breanna had been the best of friends since their junior year in high school. They were as different as night and day but at the same time they were exactly the same. Breanna was a party chick who would occasionally drink too much on the weekends when she went out with her other group of friends. She never liked staying home. Eve was more than happy to stay home on the weekends to watch some of the latest movies released on home video. Luckily, their taste in music was exactly the same. Modern rock and alternative. They boycotted MTV in their spare time for playing too much pop and never listened to the radio for the exact same reason. Their taste in men was different as well. Breanna prefer men with that exotic look and closer to her height. She claimed it was easier to kiss them. She was "a little loose with her lips" as Eve liked to say. Eve liked her men tall and white. She often joked "I like my men with two legs and a willie. And they don't even have to have two legs. Just a willie!" Their complete opposite tastes in men helped solve a lot of guy problems between them.

They finally managed to pile all of their things into Breanna's new Toyota Corolla. "My parents must love me! They took over my car insurance premium this year as a birthday present." Breanna said. "Wow! Your car insurance? That must be hella expensive!" Eve joked. "Shut da fuh up, girl!" Breanna shot back. They both laughed. Breanna was not exactly known to be the safest driver. Her favorite driving activities included "is da cop around?" and "oops, was it red?" but lucky for her she had never been in a car accident. She also had a bad habit of following the cute guys who drove past her. Breanna's excuse, "hey, he may be my future husband!" Eve learned to get in, sit down, and shut up. But, she had to admit, driving with Breanna was a lot of fun.

After two hours, they pulled over to get something to eat. They noticed a large looking bus in the McDonald's parking lot. "Must be some kinda tour bus. Maybe it's U2's" Breanna said dreamily.

"Naw, we only wished. Anyway, what would you do if it was?" Eve asked

"Oh simple," Breanna said as she took a sip of her coke. "I would go up to Larry Mullens and ask him to impregnate me" she joked. They both burst into giggles.

"You have way too much time on your hands girl if you've been dreaming about *that*" Eve stated.

"Yeah, all I do is hang around with you" Breanna said.

"Ohhhhhooooo!!" both girls said together.

"That was a good one, I gotta admit" Eve said.

"Why thank you!" Breanna said. They enjoyed shooting each other down but they only did it in good fun and they always had a good laugh. "Well, we better get going. It's already 10am. I want to get there before noon." Breanna told Eve.

"Ok, let's go" Eve said as she stood up.

"Ohmigod! Who the hell is he and what the hell is he doing in a place like this???" Breanna said quickly under her breath as she stood up getting ready to head for the door.

"Who?" Eve asked while looking around trying to find the mystery man.

"Don't look! Don't look," Breanna said. "I don't want it to look obvious that I'm drooling over him. I might stroke his ego!" Breanna joked

"Girl, if he's as good looking as you are making him out to be, he already has a huge ego" Eve commented. Finally Eve noticed the good looking man Breanna had been drooling over for the past thirty seconds. "Wow, B...he's exactly your type and he actually looks, um, nice". The man they were looking at was about 5'6 or 5'7, dark hair, dark eyes, and dark complected. Exactly what Breanna went after.

"Yeah, he does look nice. Anyway, I'm not going to bother. We're in the middle of nowhere so I'm sure he isn't from around here. And if he is, we're not from around here anyway, right?" Breanna commented.

"E? E! EVE!" Breanna shouted "Huh? WHAT?" Eve shot back.

"What's wrong?"

"Oh sorry girl, Greatness just walked into McDonalds" Eve commented. Breanna turned around to see a tall good looking guy in his mid to late twenties standing in line with a shorter, funky guy.

"Oh...so you found a prince in the middle of nowhere, too?" Breanna joked.

"Hell yeah, baby! I'd do him in a heartbeat!" Eve said while staring at the man. Breanna burst into giggles.

"Well, I like his friend. He looks like fun!" Breanna said.

"He's not your type!" Eve said in disbelief as she tossed their trash away.

"No, he's not. But he looks like a lot of fun. A *friend*, Eve." Breanna explained.

"Ohhhhh!" Eve said. Breanna wrapped an arm around her friends shoulder.

"Girl, let's get going. That hamster in your head is working overtime on his little wheel you call a brain. And, we've spent what feels like a lifetime looking at two princes who are never meant to be."

"Oh, so now you're a poet?" Eve said with a laugh as the two girls pranced out the door.

"She's cute" Howie commented to Brian. "Who is?" "That girl in the blue dress. I think she was checking you out. She was staring pretty hard" Howie replied.

"Probably another fan checking *you* out" Brian laughed messing up Howie's hair as they walked out of McDonalds with their food in hand.

"I really doubt that, Bri" Howie joked as they saw the two girls drive away blasting loud rock music and singing on the top of their lungs and laughing.

"Bye guys!" Breanna and Eve laughed as they drove past the guys. "Um, judging by their music and age, I doubt they are, too" Brian laughed, "though I wish they were. YEOW!" he said loudly while biting his hand.

"Ready to get back on the road, guys?" Kevin asked.

"Yeah, sure. We only have, what, an hour left?" Howie asked.

"Yeah, about that. The sooner we get there, the better. The fans probably think we'll be arriving sometime tomorrow anyway. More time for us to relax and have a little fun." Kevin stated.

"You're right." Brian replied.

"Let's get the hell outta here! It's too damn hot for March." Nick said to no one in particular as he ran out of McDonalds into the bus.

"Yeah, I wanna get to Vegas, baby! Gambling, drinks, and beautiful ladies." AJ commented as he rubbed his hands together in anticipation of the fun he was planning to have.

"Speaking of beautiful ladies, I saw some inside a minute ago. I wonder where they went." Kevin said looking around.

"Short dress, dark hair, kinda short?" Howie asked as he stepped into the bus.

"Yeah" replied Kevin.

"Oh *those* ladies?" Brian said laughing.

"You saw them too?" Kevin asked.

"Yeah, they were cute." Howie mentioned.

"One of them kept looking at me. I wanted to stare back at her, too, but she was probably another fan. I didn't want to give her the wrong idea or anything" Kevin said jokingly.

"No, big bro, I doubt you would have. They weren't fans, trust me." Brian said laughing.

"Huh?" Kevin said as he walked up the steps of the bus.

"They drove past me and D a few minutes ago blasting some weird music. They weren't fans." Brian mentioned again in a hyper voice and a smirk on his face as he got in the bus behind Kevin.

"I should have said hello to her. She was cute." Kevin said.

"Which one was cute?" Howie asked cautiously as he sat down on the couch.

"The one in the yellow dress" Kevin answered.

"Oh, ok. Just wondering" Howie replied. Laughing, Kevin asked

"Why D? Had your eyes set on one of them?"

"No, man. I really didn't see the one in the yellow. I just thought the one in the blue dress was cute."

"Oh she was fly! And her dress was a little too short. Definitely an attention getter. My type of girl!" AJ yelled from that back of the bus.

"Bone, don't go off and get another boner because of another cute girl in a short dress. We still have another hour or so til we get to Vegas. Think you can contain yo'self?" Howie shouted back. AJ walked to the front of the bus were Howie was, looked down at the crotch of his pants, looked up and nodded his head.

"An hour is a long time not seeing some pretty ladies, but I think I can pull it off." They all laughed.

Chapter 2

Breanna was getting tired of driving in the bright March sun. "It's never been this warm in March before " she said to Eve.

"Yeah, I know. Maybe we should strip off our clothes" she said with a giggle.

"Whoa Eve! You're not an exhibitionist" Breanna told her.

"No, but for that hottie back there I would have been!" Eve said.

"You're still thinking about him? He was hot and all but you've never spent more than 5 minutes thinking about a guy you didn't know" Breanna said.

"Yeah I know, but my God, did you see the body he had? If he didn't have a willie, I'd still do him. He was *that* hot" Eve said while gazing out the window.

"Um, girlfriend, how do you expect to do him without, ya know, his equipment?" Breanna said laughing hysterically.

"Oh right. hehehe, I didn't think about that" Eve replied.

"That's ok, girl. That's why I luv ya. You make me look like Einstein." Breanna told her.

"Haha, very freakin' funny. Speaking of Einstein, have you heard from that University in Florida about transferring yet?" Eve asked.

"Not a word. I'm starting to wonder why. I mean, I'm 21, I almost have my bachelors degree and I have an excellent GPA. I'm wondering what the hold up is." Breanna had wanted to go to school in Florida ever since she could remember. She used to visit her family every summer vacation and she fell in love with the place. Right after their high school graduation, Breanna dragged Eve out with her for three months. Eve, too, fell in love with Florida and the many hot guys they came across. "So, have you heard anything yet?" Breanna asked Eve.

"Me neither. That's why I was asking you. Anyway, if you had heard anything, I would have been the first person you called" Eve said assumingly.

"Yeah right, Eve. What makes you think I would have called you first?" Breanna joked back. Eve looked a little hurt.

"Sorry, Eve. I was kidding" she said.

"No, it's not what you said. That guy back at McDonald's was...."

"Oh no you don't! You are not going to be thinking about *that* guy this entire week! You'll probably never see him again so let's not dwell on it. Anyway, he was probably a jerk or something." Breanna said.

"Ok, ok. I won't let a totally, hot, gorgeous, sexy, man ruin my week in the lap of luxury. Speaking of which, how the hell did we pay for this hotel suite anyway?" Eve asked.

"Well, my parents are paying for two nights. That lottery ticket I had was worth $2000 so I saved that money for this trip. It's probably the only time I will ever win any money from the lottery so I'm putting it to good use. You're paying for a night. And I saved last years birthday and Christmas money. All together the room is paid off for seven days plus our gambling, drinks, and food money. Don't worry, girl. I have it all planned out" Breanna explained.

"So, this is the only reason you're going to business school? To make sure you could budget a trip to Vegas for a week?" Eve jokingly asked. "Ha, ha, Eve. You know me too well" Breanna said.

Back on the bus Kevin and Howie were talking about the upcoming concert.

"Ok, so we're doing a small concert in two nights, then we have the next five days off to do what we want? Do I have it right?" Howie asked.

"Yeah, D. That's the plan. It's about time we had some serious fun. It's been work, work, work. I love to work, ya know that, but I think it's getting to me. I'm probably gonna stay 'n Vegas for our last five days before heading home back into the studio. I wanna get in a little gambling and see some shows. It seems like every time we come here, we never have time to enjoy it" Kevin explained to Howie.

"Kev, we never have time. I think Nick is probably gonna go back to Tampa to see his girlfriend, though. So, it'll be just us four" Howie assumed.

"Maybe guys," Brian interrupted. "I might go back with Nick, I'm not sure yet" he finished.

"But B, Nick's too young to gamble so he has a reason to go back. Just stay out here with us. I can't believe I'm asking *you* to stay and have fun. This is a hell of a role reversal" Kevin said laughing.

"Man, you're right!" Brian said cracking up. "Yeah, I guess I'll stay. Anyway, Nick's not certain if he's gonna go back to Tampa or not. There's a lot of things he can do out here. It's not like we're gonna be glued to the slot machines or anything" Brian said.

"That's what you think, B" AJ said as he casually walked past Brian to the back of the bus with two soda's in hand.

"Oh man, somethin' tells me we're gonna be throwing AJ into a lot of cold showers to sober him up" Brian said while picturing the scene in his head. "It's his twenty first birthday all over again!" Brian fell to the floor cracking up.

"Hey Frick, how much did ya have to drink today?" Nick said laughing as he came from the back of the bus.

"Nuttin' honey!" Brian shot back from the floor.

"You've been laughing a lot more than normal" Nick replied.

"Is that possible?" Howie asked as he walked to the bathroom.

"So, Nick. Ya gonna stay in Vegas with the rest of us or are ya gonna let your girlfriend wrap you around that pretty little finger of hers?" AJ asked as he walked back towards the front of the bus.

"No, man. No girl has me whooped. It's the other way around, and yeah, I guess I'll stay in Vegas. Might as well try to have some fun before it's back to the studio." Nick answered.

"Good for you. Trust me, you won't regret it," AJ commented, "beautiful ladies everywhere! Even if you have a girlfriend, you can still look, you just can't touch."

"Yeah, man. I saw some back at McDonalds..." Nick was beginning to say.

"No, man, those chicks are Howie and Kevin's" AJ said laughing.

"Shuddup, Bone!" Howie yelled from the bathroom.

"Huh?" Nick asked.

"Howie and Kevin picked up chicks at McDonalds?"

"No, blonde boy! They just popped boners when the ladies walked by" AJ said nonchalantly.

"I can picture it!!!" Brian said, still on the floor.

"Yo, somethin's up with B!" AJ yelled.

"Naw, man, I'm fine. It's just a good day, ya'll." Brian replied.

"This is going to be one interesting vacation" Nick joked as he walked to the back of the bus to join AJ in some Play Station. "I'm gonna whoop yo ass, Bone!" he shouted.

"Yeah, sure, Nicky! Uh huh." AJ said as he messed up Nick's hair with his hand.

"Turn it down! Turn it down!" Breanna shouted to Eve.

"What? Oh, okay" Eve said as she lowered the radio.

"It's my cellphone. Check caller ID cause I don't feel like talking to anyone right now. You know who I'm talking about" Breanna said as she checked her side view mirror while switching lanes.

"Yeah, it's Christian. You don't want to talk to him? I thought you two were still friends?" Eve asked.

"I don't like talking while I drive. Let it go to voicemail" Breanna said. She became very serious all of a sudden.

"Okay, B." Eve said as she shrugged off her friends attitude . "So, whatever happened to you two? I'm your best friend but when it comes to you and guys, you clam up and never say a word. You only inform me when you break up with them" Eve commented.

"Or when they break up with me" Breanna said.

"No, B, I've never met any of your ex's who could look me in the face to tell me that they dumped you. It's always 'Eve, why did she leave me?' or 'Eve, she doesn't love me anymore. She just said it was over without an explaination'" Eve complained.

"Sorry, girl. I just don't feel like talking about it. I just don't like relationships" Breanna tried to explain.

"Oh, but you would have had a relationship with that cutie back at McDonald's" Eve joked to lighten the tension

"Oh hell yeah!" Breanna shouted while turning the stereo back up.

"I think I'm paranoid! And complicated!!!" They both sung while listening to Garbage.

"Shirley Manson kicks some major ass!" Breanna shouted over the stereo.

"You got that right!" Eve shouted back. "How long until we get to Vegas?" she asked.

"Twenty more minutes!" Breanna said.

"Wooohooo!!!!!!" both girls screamed. They were all of a sudden filled with excitement over their week long and well deserved vacation.

"Where's Brian?" Howie asked Kevin.

"I think he passed out from over excitement. He's just all crazy today." Kevin told Howie.

"Oh, he's sleeping like a beautiful, innocent angel" AJ jokingly cooed while pulling back the curtains to Brian's bunk.

"Hey man, I'm tryin' to sleep!" Brian shouted at AJ.

"C'mon guys! Let's not get into it now. We're almost there. Let's try and make this a peaceful vacation" Howie tried to reason.

"I was just trying to joke around with grumpy over there" AJ said while pointing to Brian's bunk.

"We all might as well try to take a small nap cause we still have 40 minutes to go" Kevin said.

"Yeah, I'm off. Wake me when we get there" Howie said as he climbed into his bunk.

"Yeah, me too!" Kevin yelled to the back of the bus where he could hear the guys argueing.

"Man, that wasn't fair! You know I don't play this game as much as you do. Shit, you're practically married to it!" AJ argued with Nick.

"Haha, man! That's yo fault. You're the one who challenged me, the almighty king of video games." Nick yelled back. A few minutes passed before Nick spoke up.

"So, they're taking a nap?" Nick asked quietly.

"Yeah" AJ commented as he leaned over to reset the game.

"hmmmm" Nick mumbled.

"Yo, man. What are you up to?" AJ asked with a wicked grin on his face.

"Just thinkin'." Nick replied.

"Well, whatever it is, I'm all game. Brian's in a bad mood and Kev and D are all serious today" AJ complained.

"Whatever it is, if you try anything, you're both dead!" Kevin shouted from the front of the bus.

"SHIT!" AJ and Nick yelled in unison.

"Oh well...another game, bone?" Nick asked as he grabbed his controller.

Chapter 3

"God damn, this is EXACTLY what I had pictured this place to be like!" Eve exclaimed.

"You've never been here?" Breanna casually asked.

"Nuh uh," Eve mumbled.

"Oh, I thought you had." Breanna said.

"Nope, never. My uncle invited me once but I couldn't go because of school." Eve explained.

"Damn girl, screw school! This is Vegas, baby! If we're lucky, we'll see hotter guys here than we saw at McDonald's." Breanna said as she pointed out the window to the city. Breanna wouldn't admit it to Eve, but the guy at McDonalds left a lingering effect on her. She knew she wouldn't forget that face anytime soon. She also knew that he ruined her week of romance. Breanna always believed that you only live once. There wasn't time in her life to stick to just one man. She loved having "variety" in her life. She didn't care to have the love of a man, either. She always figured that she had enough love from her friends and family. A man was for fun and pleasure. She couldn't see herself being committed. Las Vegas was to be no exception, except now she would compare every man who tried to romance her to the man who took her breath away earlier that day. She shrugged off the images she was giving herself.

"B, what's up? You're in deep thought again." Eve asked.

"Nothin's wrong girl. I'm fine. Just trying to take in the entire city . I want to create a mental picture I'll never forget." she explained.

"Oh ok. For a second I thought you were actually thinking about your Prince." Eve giggled.

"Prince?" Breanna asked as she read the street signs.

"Who's my prince? What prince?" She asked Eve.

"Hello?? Anyone home, B? You know who I'm talking about. Mr. Mickey D's." Eve stated.

"Oh, no, I wasn't thinking about it, I mean him. I haven't really thought about him since we left McDonald's. He was just another pretty face. I'll meet many more this week." Breanna said happily.

"How many more minutes? I can't take this anymore. I feel too damn confined in this coffin!" Brian shouted.

"Yo, B, calm down. We're almost there." Kevin said.

"Naw, man, I know exactly how he feels. We've been on the road since early this morning." AJ complained.

"Yo, guys! We just passed the Las Vegas city limits sign." Nick pointed out.

"Finally! I kinda want to go out dancing tonight. Anyone gonna join me?" Howie asked as he started to put his shoes on.

"Sure, I will." Kevin said as he grabbed his water bottle and took a swig.

"You know where I will be!" AJ yelled over his shoulder as he walked to the back of bus. He and Nick had a game to finish.

"I'll be there in a minute, Bone!" Nick yelled at him.

"Sure, take your time!" AJ shouted back.

"Hehe, he knows I'm gonna whoop his ass." Nick said as he walked back to the game room.

"Ok, so we're goin' dancing tonight. AJ's probably gonna be in the casinos. What about you B? And Nick?" Howie asked Brian casually.

"I dunno yet. I'm just gonna play it by ear and see what looks good. I'll probably end up joining you guys. Nick, too. Unless he finds some pretty young girls to hang out with." Brian said laughing. He knew Nick was shy around people he didn't know, especially the ladies. Nick would be with Brian for sure.

"All right. It really doesn't matter what we do. You know how our plans go. We make plans, we never follow through with 'em. Usually a fan spots us and we're screwed." Kevin said as he saw the New York, New York hotel.

"We really gotta stay there again." Kevin noted to Howie.

"Man, you know how security was there. How many times did we find fans hidden away in our rooms?" Howie asked.

"Too many times. You're right. We'll go when we're not touring." Kevin stated.

"Cool. Ok, we'll I'm going to get my stuff together. Denise is starting to get a little pissed that we're not ready as it is." Howie said. Denise, AJ's mom was again the road manager, started walking around the bus telling the guys to get ready.

"We're gonna run into the hotel and security will take you up to your rooms. I'll get the keys to the rooms and meet you up there." She told the guys.

"All right! Las Vegas, here I come!" AJ said in his gruffiest voice as he gathered his bags.

"Are we there, yet?" Eve asked.

"See that hotel ahead of us?" Eve nodded her head.

"Well, good. Get your stuff together. We're here." Breanna said calmly. When it came to traveling and hotels, Breanna was a pro. She preferred traveling over anything else. She was a frequent flyer but opted to drive this time. Breanna took traveling very serious and had a snobbiness about her when it came to hotels. She demanded quality service from the hotels staff. She wasn't going to pay that kind of money unless it was worth it. Breanna and Eve stopped in front of the hotel, The MGM Grand, and had the bell boys unload the car, while valet parked it. They noticed a lot of young teenage girls walking around. A lot of them saw Breanna and Eve and pointed at them while talking quietly to each other. They gave Eve and Breanna dirty looks.

"Boy, I feel welcomed!" Eve commented as they walked into the building. Breanna giggled,

"There's something going on here." They walked up to the front desk and Breanna gave them their names.

"Hello, I am Breanna Winterson and this Eve Lexington. You were expecting us." Eve had a hard time keeping a straight face. She knew Breanna was having a fun time BS'ing them with her faux persona.

"Right away, Ms. Winterson. Gianni, take these ladies to our top executive floor." A good looking bell boy came over to escort the girls upstairs. "Ladies, these are your room keys, and here are your security passes. Please show them to the security on your floor when you exit the elevator." Breanna looked at Eve and winked.

"Thank you, kind sir." She said to the manager. As they got into the elevator with the bell boy, they burst into giggles. "We're really not bitches. We're just having fun." Breanna tried to explain to the bell boy. He only smiled at them.

When they arrived on their floor Breanna and Eve showed the security guard their passes. This is a strict hotel, Breanna though. They gave the bell boy a handsome tip "Thank you, Gianni." Breanna said in her most grown up voice. He leaned over and kissed her cheek.

"You're welcome." he whispered.

As soon as he left, Eve wasn't sure if she should yell at her friend for flirting with the hotel staff or kiss her for booking such a beautiful room. It wasn't even a room. It was as large as her house. There were two bedrooms each with it's own bathroom, an extra bathroom, a kitchen, a living room with a large entertainment center, and the most breath taking view of the city from their large balcony. The suite was two story’s with the rooms up stairs and the extra bathroom downstairs.

"The couch turns into a bed!" Eve pointed out excitedly.

"Thank God! 'Cause I know I'll be too wasted to climb those stairs later on." Breanna stated. Eve only giggled. She had seen her friend drunk many times and each time was a lot of fun in her opinion. Breanna was a crazy and fun drunk. She wasn't too wild or loud. She had more guts and confidence when she was drunk which made for a lot of good times when they were around many good looking men. "Well, we've seen the bedroom. It's large, gorgeous, a dream. Let's go check out the rest of this joint." Breanna said unimpressed. Eve jumped up and grabbed her purse and ran to the door.

"Aren't you forgetting something?" Breanna asked.

"No, I don't think so." Eve replied.

"Hun, look on the table." Breanna said pointedly. There sat Eve's room key and security pass.

"Shit." Eve mumbled.

"Ok, I got it. Let's go!" Eve said.

"Finally! What we've been waiting for for the past two years!" Breanna said happily as they closed the door behind them.

"There are fans all over the hotel, guys. We're gonna have to make this a hit and run." Q, the bodyguard told the guys.

"Ok, ready guys?" Kevin asked.

"Let's roll!" AJ said. As they walked off the bus, they noticed they were in the back of the hotel. A hotel security official opened a back door and the guys ran in. They were escorted to their floor through a service elevator.

"Oh, this is elegant." AJ said bluntly. "Bone, stop complaining." Nick joked.

"Hey, I'm not complaining. I was just stating the obvious."

"If it's obvious, then you don't need to say nothing." Nick shot back. AJ rolled his eyes. Kevin, Howie, and Brian started laughing.

"Ok guys, we're getting off on this floor. We'll take the regular elevator up the last 10 story’s." The security official said. Nick and Brian were the first ones off the service elevator.

They raced each other with Brian beating Nick by a fraction of a second to the regular elevator. They started bickering about who won. "No, man, I got here first. I pushed the elevator button before you did!" Brian said.

"No man, I swear I got here....first...you just...pushed the button first." Nick said out of breath.

"What are you looking for?" Breanna asked Eve as she dug through her purse.

"My cellphone. I want to call my parents to let them know I got here alright. I know they were worried because you were driving the entire way. I also want to rub this in my sisters faces." Eve said laughing.

"Shut up about my driving, bitch!" Breanna yelled. They both started cracking up.

"I also want to find my inhaler. This place really took my breath away." Breanna smacked her friend in the head for her corny joke. Just then, the elevator opened up to reveal two good looking guys. The blond one stepped into the elevator while the shorter guy with the darker hair pulled him back and pointed to the top the elevator.

"Sorry guys, we're going down." Breanna said to the shorter one. Eve was still digging into her purse. The shorter guy looked at Breanna in shock. Breanna winked at him. "See ya around." she smiled as the elevator doors closed.

Just then Eve looked up. Breanna had the biggest smile on her face. "What are you smiling about? See a few more guys you'd like to do on this lovely vacation?" Eve asked.

"No, I saw something better." Breanna said with a tingling feeling in her stomach.

Brian looked in shock. "What is it, Frick? You look like you've seen a ghost." Nick noted.

"Yeah, I admit they were cute. But we've seen hundreds of cute girls like that." He added.

"No, man, it's not that. Where's D?" He asked looking around.

"Behind you." Howie said.

"Oh, man, you'll never guess who I think I just saw." Brian said. Nick still looked confused.

"I really have no clue. Who?" Howie asked as Kevin arrived with AJ and the rest of security. The elevator doors opened and they all stepped in.

"Remember McDonalds, D. When we were leavin'?" Brian asked.

"Yeah, what about it?" Howie replied.

"The girls? In the car?" Brian said trying to refresh his friends memory.

"What? You saw them?" Kevin asked.

"I think so. The one in the blue dress was kinda flirting with me. The one in the yellow dress was diggin' through her purse I think. They were on the elevator going down. I saw a security pass in their hands..." Brian was saying

"Oh, then they are either staying on your floor or the floor below yours." The security official stated.

"Anyway, the one with the blue dress, I think she recognized me. Or, er, she remembered me from McDonald's." Brian explained to his friends. Brian was still confused himself.

"I think you're seeing things, B." Kevin said.

"Naw, man, I really do think I just saw them." Brian argued.

"Yeah, man, I was with him. They were cute but the one in the blue dress was definitely flirting with Brian." Nick said backing up his friends story.

"Told you." Howie said with a smile on his face.

"Told me?" Brian asked looking more confused as they arrived on their floor.

"Yeah, I told you. She was checking *you* out when we were in line at McDonald's." Howie stated as he showed the security guard his pass.

"Oh." Brian said, "Then again, she could have been checking both of us out." Brian finished.

"Frick, you've been acting really weird today." Nick noted.

"I haven't played a video game all day, man. That's my problem." Brian said as he jumped in the air onto Kevin's back.

"Hey big bro, how's the view from up here?" Brian said jokingly.

"Ok, he's fine." AJ confirmed.

"What is up with you? You've got the corniest smile on your face." Eve said to her friend.

"Nada! I just think I saw something that would make both of our, well, at least *my* week better, if not, just the weekend." Breanna said while looking at her feet.

"Girl, what is it? Don't make me beat it out of you? What was so special with that guy?" Eve asked impatiently.

"Well, there were two guys..." Breanna started.

"No shit, shirlock. I saw *that*. I just didn't pay attention to who they were." Eve stated.

"Well, let me finish. One of them, the tall blonde one, attempted to walk into the elevator but the shorter one pulled him back."

"I was too busy looking into my bag. I didn't really notice what was going on."

"Yeah I know. Anyway, the shorter one was, I think, the same guy who was walking with *my* guy at McDonald's." Breanna finished.

"Girl, you ok?" Eve asked as she put her hand to her friends forehead. Breanna pushed it away.

"I'm fine. Anyway, I think it was. He looked at me in shock. His mouth dropped open and he couldn't think of what to say." Breanna explained.

"Ohh!!" Eve exclaimed.

"No wonder you told him you were going *ahem* down." Eve said slyly. Breanna elbowed her as the elevator opened up to the lobby.

"No, I told him that because he wanted to go up. Anyway, I wouldn't have gone down on him. It was his friend I wanted." Breanna said but when she turned around, the hotel manager was standing behind her.

"Open mouth, insert foot." Breanna said as she and Eve turned quickly around to walk towards the hotel restaurant.

"These are going to be interesting guests." The manager noted to himself.

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