"I am so glad you dragged me here with you."

"Like I'm going to babysit Airhead by myself. I'd go crazy."

The two stood side-by-side, looking out at the astounding resort they would be staying at for the next week. Val hated to admit it, but Jason's girl had taste. The two best friends looked at each other, brunette to blonde, before they burst into identical grins.

Katie grabbed her suitcase and ran into the hotel, while Val struggled to grab all of her things and catch up to her. After checking in, the two went to their room.

Val was putting her things away, being a neat freak like always, when Katie burst out of the bathroom in her bikini and strutted around the room, giving her friend a runway show.

"C'mon, Val, let's go to the pool!" she said, grabbing her friend's hand and trying to drag her towards the door. Val, however, had other plans, and as she stood firmly without budging, no matter how much pushing and pulling her friend did, she informed Katie of her plans.

"Nope, I'm not going. I'm staying here and unpacking and then I'll just grab my book to sit down and read." As if to prove her point, she grabbed the book and plopped down on the bed, putting her feet on top of the suitcase.

Katie frowned at her, deciding she wasn't going to let that happen. She knew how to convince Val – after all they'd been friends their whole lives! She sat down next to her, taking the book from her hands and handing her the swimsuit she found in the suitcase.

"You're coming. I don't wanna hear about it. And don't tell me you're not, because you sure as heck know I'll get you there somehow," she said.

Val stood up, and took the swimsuit from Katie's hands. "Don't think I'm going down without a fight," she said.

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"Wow, Vikki," Jason said in awe as he looked around the resort, standing almost exactly where Val had stood only half an hour before. He squeezed his girlfriend's fingers, which were currently interlocked with his. "This place is amazing. Where'd you hear of it?"

"I read about it in a magazine," Victoria said, smiling at her boyfriend. "So are you sure Nate and Shane are okay with me stealing you for the week? I really don't want them to resent me in any way."

"Of course not," Jason reassured her. "They're glad we get to spend time together. Besides, I think they secretly needed a reason to spend time with Mitchie and Angie, and I was their excuse."

"Aw, I'm so proud of you sweetie," Vikki cooed. "Now let's go unpack! I can't wait to go swimming!" All of a sudden, her phone rang. "You go ahead, sweetie, I'll catch up with you. I just have to take this." Jason just smiled as he left her, dragging his suitcases to check in.

"Hello?" she said into the phone, glancing around to make sure nobody would overhear her.

"Vik?"

"Jay?" Vikki said, worry filling her heart. Jay was her older sister, and she wouldn't call if it wasn't important. "What's wrong?"

"Has Sugar Daddy given you any more dough?" Victoria rolled her eyes at her sister's comment, but didn't comment on it.

"Not yet," she told her. She paused, thinking, "Go pawn off something from my jewelry box. I'll buy a knockoff replacement later."

"Alright. Remember, we're counting on you, Vik."

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As the pair of best friends made their way down to the pool area, Katie was bouncing up and down, excited. In contrast, Val seemed to be stomping like an angry child being forced to go to the principal's office, huffing and puffing the whole way.

"Aw, don't be such a Debbie Downer," the shorter friend laughed. "You never know, you could find love on this trip." She waggled her eyebrows as Val just rolled her eyes. Katie was always the romantic of the pair.

"All I want to do on this trip, is my job, and get some relaxation," Val said, refusing to give in to her friend's contagious bubbly attitude.

"Then I was the wrong friend to bring along," Katie replied brightly.

Val rolled her eyes again, knowing Katie was right. But there wasn't anyone else who she'd want to be here with.

Once they got to the pool, Katie jumped in enthusiastically, while Val sat on one of the chairs with her book. She was not going into the pool, and Katie could not change that no matter how hard she tried.

"Val!" Katie called from the water. Val looked up from her book. "Come get in the pool!"

Val shook her head adamantly. She rarely swam - in fact, she could barely remember the last time she did. "Nope. Not gonna happen," She told Katie.

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At some point, Katie gave up on her swimming, so she got out too, and they had an on-going conversation while Katie tanned and Val read her book.

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Jason walked out of the room he and Vikki were sharing, holding her bag, her dog's bag, and a bag full of things Vikki said she needed but he had no idea what they were. She insisted that it was the gentlemanly thing to do, carrying her bags, and she was usually right. She was right about that one girl who talked to him at their show – she just wanted to meet him because he was famous and rich. So did pretty much everyone else who went to their shows or asked for his autograph, apparently. Vikki knew things, and he didn't, so he just went with what she said. He trusted her.

Vikki walked out after him, wearing a fitted cutout one piece and sunglasses, carrying the dog he'd gotten her, Tweety. Unsurprisingly enough, Jason suggested the name. That boy and birds…

She walked confidently in her high heels, while Jason followed her like a puppy. In fact, that was a pretty good comparison – he was like her puppy.

When they were at the pool, she sat down at the one of the chairs there. For a couple of minutes, Jason stood next to her chair, unsure of what to do. Shouldn't she be coming into the pool with him? That's what going swimming meant, right? Unless he confused the words again, like when carpool meant it was a car with a pool inside.

She put her sunglasses on top of her head and looked at him. "Why don't you go in the pool, sweetie?"

He nodded and walked towards the shallow end. He was walking by the edge of the pool he when tripped on a girl's bag that was at the foot of her chair. Startled by the sound, the girl opened her eyes abruptly. He was still trying to regain his balance when he looked up and saw who she was.

Before he realized what was happening, he was in the pool.

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Val saw Jason fall into the pool, and the first thing she did was roll her eyes. Sighing exasperatedly, she stood up and took her shirt off, jumping after him. The water was cold, but she tried to forget about it as she dove under to get Jason. Of course the doofus would fall into the deep end of the pool when he could barely swim.

Val blew out some air bubbles, just remembering that Jason, as airheaded as he was, was still much larger and heavier than she was. Luckily, Katie and Vikki helped her get him out of the pool. She quickly flipped her hair out of her face as she checked for a pulse, a crowd gathering around them.

"He has a pulse," Val said, breathing a sigh of relief. How bad would that look if he had to be sent to the hospital on their first day? "Damn, but he's not breathing. I should start CPR."

"Uhm, excuse me, but I think my boyfriend would prefer that a random stranger not give him CPR. I'll do it," Vikki said, slightly snootily. Val just rolled her eyes and backed off, sharing an amused look with Katie. Val sighed in annoyance as she realized that Vikki didn't know a thing about CPR.

"Actually, I think he'd much rather prefer a stranger who actually knew what the hell she was doing," Val snapped, none too gently pushing Vikki out of the way and giving Jason proper mouth-to-mouth.

After a few breaths, Jason started coughing up water.

"Oh, thank God you're okay, Jasey," Vikki cooed, shoving Val out of the way. Val made a 'gag-me' face at Katie and she had stifle a laugh. Seeing that Jason was okay, the crowd started to clear.

"What – What happened?" Jason asked, confused, and still slightly out of breath.

"You tripped over my bag, Klutzilla, and fell into the pool, when I decided, out of the goodness of my heart, to save you and give you CPR," Val said, her voice oozing with (insert word I can't think of here lol).

"Valentina?" Jason said. Val made a face at the use of her full name; he was the only member of Connect 3 that didn't call her by her nickname, not knowing how much she despised her full name.

"Wait, you two know each other?" Vikki asked.

"Obviously," Val replied with an eye roll.

"What're you doing here, Valentina?" Jason asked.

Val shrugged, not wanting to blow her cover, but not having an excuse on hand. She mentally kicked herself for not being prepared.

"It's a small world?" she offered.

Vikki, who was getting quite exasperated, tried to get more information. "How do you know each other?"

Val looked at Jason, who looked at Vikki. "Actually… we dated."

As soon as Jason said that, both Vikki and Katie's jaws dropped.

Ooh, cliffie! Just FYI, author's notes from Vale will be italics. Anyway, this chapter was hard to finish, but we did it! Yay us! (Insert London Tipton-type clap) I hope you guys liked it, and review please!

And author's notes from me (pr0udpnaii x33) will be bold :) So sorry for the long wait! I had hit major's writer's block, but hopefully, updates will come sooner and better thanks to my amazing co-author, valele! So please review and let us know what you think! xo