Lauren reapplied her lip-gloss in the bathroom mirror for the 3rd time in the last 15 minutes. She then studied herself in the mirror, she'd been in the shower so her hair was fresh from the salt water and it was placed in a loose side plait. She had used natural shades of makeup to complement her face, she'd placed simple diamond earrings in her ears, and had her love heart necklace, which had been a gift from her dad last birthday, around her neck; and then she finished with some white bead bracelets on her left arm. She was wearing her blue and white floral dress which finished just above her knees. She walked out of the bathroom and walked over to the closet looking for her favourite silver sandals that had small heels. She found them and placed them on her feet before returning to the closet to look for a simple wrap or cardigan; finding a white 3 quarter sleeved one hung up she pulled it off the hanger and pulled it on over her dress. Last night on there walk it had become slightly cold and when she'd returned to the hotel she had goose pimples covering her body. She turned around to face Emily who was laid across her bed talking to her mom.

"I got to go now mom. Talk to you later." Emily said before hanging up. She sat up and noticed Lauren waiting, looking slightly impatient.

"Chill Lo, it's not even 7 yet." Emily told her friend as she headed into the bathroom to add the finishing touches. Emily had also had a shower to rid the salt water from her hair and it was now fluffed nicely as it hung by her shoulders. She wore a black beaded necklace and black hoops to match. She wore the charm bracelet which had been her 18th birthday gift from her mum. She wore silvery blue eye shadow and had outlined the bottom of her eye with black eyeliner. She was wearing a green floaty dress that also stopped above her knees and on her feet she wore her favourite green sandals which wear outlined with darker green beads. She fluffed her hair once more before heading back into the bedroom. Lauren was sat on her bed clearly engrossed in her blackberry, Emily headed over to the closet decided she should also probably use a cardigan if they planned to leave the hotel again tonight. As she opened the closet door there was a knock at the door; Lauren made no attempt to move from her position so Emily went and opened the door.

"Come in I just need to find a cardigan." Emily said and moved back to the closet. Damon and Razor entered the girl's room and made there way to the main area, Lauren looked up and flashed a smile but returned her attention to her phone. Both lads took a place on there sofa and waited for the girls to be ready. Razor was wearing black skinny jeans and a white shirt, complemented with a thin black tie and he wore black combat boots on his feet. Damon was wearing navy blue jeans with black converse, and on his top he wore a simple black t-shirt which seemed to contain a picture of some rock band and he had a black leather jacket over the top. Both boys had also showered and they smelt of fresh aftershave. Emily emerged from the closet with a black cardigan which she put on.

"Ready to go then?" she asked the 3 sat in front of her. They all nodded and Lauren placed her blackberry back into her white handbag, Emily picked up her bag as well and the four set off to dinner.

When they got seated Lauren and Razor went to get there food first while Damon and Emily stayed at the table.

"Would you like any drinks?" the waiter said as he approached the table

"Two Budweiser's and…" Damon told him and turned to Emily

"two diet cokes please." She said and the waiter left the table to get them

"You guys are so boring. Why don't you order anything alcoholic?" Damon asked

"Because we are only 19." Emily stated

"Yeah but he don't check ID. He never once asked for my ID and I've just turned 21 so most people do." Damon told her

"Well I don't break rules." Emily said with a smug smile, she didn't want Damon to win this.

"You guys can go up now." Razor said as he and Lauren returned to the table. Both had there plates piled high with what looked like everything. Damon and Emily vacated there seats and headed over towards the hot food. The main option tonight was pizza and since it was Emily's favourite she opted for that, as did Damon.

"I bet it isn't as good as the Pizza Shack." Damon said as they stood in line.

"I love that place. Mom buys me and Brian a pizza from there every Friday night as a treat." Emily said as she picked up her plate and got 3 slices of the margarita pizza; Damon got 3 slice of the vegetarian pizza and they both headed over to the potato section. Once again they both opted for the fries option before heading back to the table.

"Fancy walking to the left tonight as we walked right last night?" Razor asked as the four of them headed out the front doors and down the steps leaving the hotel. The other 3 nodded as they walked to the end of the road and took a left. There was a wind out tonight and Lauren was glad she had chosen to wear a cardigan as she linked arms with Emily to conserve some more heat. Emily looked around her, there was nothing but closed up shops down this way with men around there 30's hanging around. Lauren kept huddling closer to her and she guessed that, just like herself, Lauren was feeling intimidated.

"Hey pretty ladies. Ditch those losers and come hang with some real men." Shouted a clearly drunken man from the other side of the road. Lauren's grip on Emily's arm became tighter but she replied

"FUCK OFF." Emily could tell her voice waved abit.

"You'll regret that little miss." He replied and he started to cross the road, a few others following in tow as if they were a gang ready to bully them. Damon and Razor went to defend the girls, but Lauren let go of Emily's hand and went soaring through the sky in a Olympic style cartwheel. She managed to kick the man who had shouted to them in the middle of his face, the other decided to try stay hard so Emily jumped in to defend her best friend. In less than a minute all the men were lying on the ground holding certain features of there face. Emily and Lauren gave them a smug smile before high fiving each other.

"Let's go." They said and walked away, arms linked and rather cheery.

"How the hell did you manage to do that?" Razor asked as him and Damon hurried after the girls, slightly gobsmacked at what had just happened.

"Comes with been gymnast." Lauren said with a triumphant smile; she really did feel relieved, she was so scared she was about to be raped back there and the first thing that popped into her head was gymnastics.

"You guys alright though? I mean for a minute I thought they were going to try rape you or something." Razor said as the four continued down the road.

"We're fine. Nothing happened and nothing will." Emily said.

"We wouldn't have let them." Damon reassured the girls and they both smiled at him. They approached the end of the street, decided it was probably best they turned right instead of continuing down the road. Within 5 minutes the group found themselves back into the main area and surrounded by bright lights. Lauren didn't even stop herself and let out a sigh of relief, Emily let out a small one beside her. They continued walking down the busy street, everyone now and then speaking but they kept falling into silence.

"How about we get a McFlurry, it'll be our treat and a way to put that little thing behind us?" Razor asked as they approached a massive McDonalds. The girls nodded and the four headed inside, since it was rather late the place wasn't to busy and they all had the ice cream in no time. Both Razor and Damon insisted the girls shouldn't pay as they paid for two each. Emily and Lauren both thanked them as they walked back into the street. As they ate the Mcflurry's it really was like there encounter had been put behind them and they resumed a normal conversation. The road turned out to be a main street in this small area of California and it contained many major shops. Once the four had finished there ice cream they decided they wanted to have a little shop. Since they wanted to visit separate shops they all split up a decided to meet outside the lion statue in an hour so they could return back to the hotel and get a good table for the evenings entertainment.

45 minutes later a Lauren was looking through the sales section in a major designer store. She had a lot of money and always though it was enough, until she had seen these prices. But wanting to look really rich she had found the sales section in hope to find something. Finally she found a cute summer top in pink and it contained a pattern of flowers and butterflies. Checking the price tag she smiled since it was in her price range. She took it up to the counter and placed it in front of a snobby looking lady in her mid 30's. She looked at Lauren as if she was a bad smell as she scanned the price tag.

"That will be $75." She told her in a cold voice. Lauren happily handed over her credit card; the lady simply swiped it and placed the top in a bag. Lauren took back her credit card and before she left the shop she made sure she flashed a smile towards the lady.

Lauren exited the shop a decided to head back to the lion statue; she wasn't completely sure where it was and she didn't want Emily and the guys leaving without her. The wind had picked up and she wrapped her cardigan tightly around her body, tucking in the bare skin on her arms.

"You cold?" she heard from behind and she turned around to find Razor walked towards her. She smiled and just nodded.

"Your not?" she said indicating to the thin shirt he was wearing.

"Nah! But it comes with been a man." He said with a sly wink and Lauren laughed. The two continued there small talk as they headed back to the statue. In total it took them around 5 minutes and once they approached it Lauren jumped up and took a seat on his paw.

"I wish we had nice statues like this in Boulder." Lauren said as she admired the statue in its full glory; she heard Razor mumble in response. Once inspecting it she turned back around. She loved the view of the ocean in front of her; it made her feel back in the sanctuary of her childhood. Closing her eyes she breathed in, capturing the moment as the smell of saltwater filled her nostrils. She was quickly pulled from her fantasy however when the smell of tobacco smoke filled her nostril's in replacement. Sighing she returned back to earth and turned to Razor who was lounging against the statue. Quickly glancing inside her bag for the time; she realised that the other 2 should have returned back now. She also noticed that Razor had checked as well; one thing they both had in common was they hated people been late. They both simultaneously looked down the road.

"What you looking at?" Emily said from behind and they both jumped as they turned around. Stood on the other side of the statue were both Damon and Emily. Neither of them was carrying any shopping bags like Razor and Lauren, but Emily was carrying her sandals in her hand.

"We were looking for you guys. Where've you been?" Lauren said as she jumped down.

"There weren't any interesting shops so I came back. Damon wasn't long behind me and since we had half an hour left we decided to take a walk by the sea." Emily stated as the four started heading back in the direction they came.

Once the four had returned to the hotel they grabbed a table at the left edge of the stage. There was currently a country singer playing; and the main entertainment, which tonight was tribute act to Michael Jackson. The boys both ordered a bottle of beer and the girls ordered a fruit cocktail each. They sat and watched the show, singing along to the songs they knew, which was practically them all; and by the time Lauren and Emily were back in the PJs and snuggling up in there beds the whole fiasco with the drunk guys was forgotten. All they could think of was there fun day ahead at Madame Tussauds.

A/N: so I decided to make a follow on from the previous chapter. As mentioned at the end tomorrow there taking a trip. I haven't been to Madame Tussauds in California but I am going to visit the website to try and write about it.