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WELL! I'M RUSHING TO GET THIS CHAPTER UP! SORRY NO SHOUTOUTS BUT TOMORROW, I'LL DO ONES FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW! THANKS! I've decided that Justin/Andrew/Toby ALSO make a lot. Not as much as Duke does. Who does? Let's say their annual salary including endorsements and everything is shall we say 25million? That sounds good. So Duke is there making 33 and their making 25.. Viola... I don't know... but it's a lot... LOL. HERE THEY ARE IN VEGAS! The next chapter, Viola will most probably find out... yeah.
The next day, they were in Vegas. It was night and the city was all bright with lights. It was a city that was the place to be at night. They arrived, tired and they went to their hotel. It wasn't a too long of a trip... or drive to get there. As they approached, all they could do was smile. They were in Las Vegas, ready for a long weekend. Boy, were they ever!
"Nice choice," Viola said tiredly. They approached and entered. There were people around, either heading to a club or casino. They walked up to the reception. The man there looked up.
"How may we help you?" he asked.
"We uh, actually made a booking... thing," Andrew handled the topic uneasily.
The man nodded slowly. "Name?"
"Uh I think it was under Justin Drayton." The man typed some things into his computer.
"Yes we have you here. 2 nights? Tonight and tomorrow night? Yep." He continued typing and soon everything was settled. They had agreed to pool in money to pay but for now, they used Justin's credit card.
"You guys owe me," he whispered to them as he signed. The man at the desk called over a bellboy and they went up to the 11th floor. The bellboy opened the door from him and grinned at the sight of their faces.
"Welcome to the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Penthouse." The bellboy happily accepted the tip and headed off. The all just stared. They went in.
"Nice place," Viola said.
Duke grinned, "Yep."
"So this is the Hard Rock Hotel." Justin said. He walked in further. He took a seat in a chair and sunk in. "I think I'll like it."
"Well, don't get used to it." Andrew said, sinking in as well. "Little Abigail here insisted we go to the Palms. So that's where we're off to on Saturday."
"Hey! The Hard Rock Hotel is great trust me but it's where all the 'wanna-be players' come. They hope that one day that they'll become players and move up to the Palms." Abigail prosested.
"She right," Viola agreed. "Hard Rock is nice and all, but the Palms is where everyone goes. Well everyone who's anyone."
Toby jumped into a chair. "Suits me. As long as we're a place where we're near our own kind."
"And that is?" Duke questioned.
"Players," Toby nodded. He hopped up and walked over to the bar. He grabbed a bottles of water and tossed it to them.
"Well, I'm going to go see what this 'penthouse' has to offer." Viola said. She grabbed Duke's hand. "And you're coming." (A/N: The thing about the Palms is true. If you've watched 21, the Hard Rock is nice. The Palms is the real party place. It's not on the Las Vegas Strip, but it's where like all the big people have been. Soulja Boy, T-Pain, Kanye West and a whole bunch of other people go to. Check out the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino site. It's awesome. Check out the suites... THEN go to the Palms website and check out their suites and villas. Now that's nice.)
It was a nice penthouse. It had a pool table, bar, huge lounge area, jacuzzi, three bedrooms, flat screen TVs and an automated bowling lane. Yep, it was sweet alright. Viola and Duke went back and they discussed with the others their 'to do' list.
"Okay. The club to be is the Pure," Justin stated. (This is true as well. It's always filled with celebrities)
"Let's go on Saturday night." Toby suggested.
"The busiest day of the week?" Abigail asked.
"It's worth a shot."
"Okay."
"And we gotta check out the casino and Body English here."
"Yeah, yeah, Justin" Andrew rolled his eyes.
"So we hit the casino and club here tomorrow and Saturday during the day, move to the Palms and then go to the Pure at Ceasars Palace?"
"Yep," I'm headed off to bed." Abigail said.
"You're not going to take a dip in the hot tub or play a game of pool or go bowling?" Viola asked.
"I can wait," Abigail smiled. So they all scrambled to do their own thing. It was only midnight. The night was still young. After all, they were in Vegas.
Viola and Abigail were sharing a room, Toby and Andrew were sharing one and Duke and Justin were rooming. There were two big, beds in the rooms with an en-suite each. In the lounge area, there was a huge glass window with a view of the Strip and the city with all the lights. It was finally 3 when they all had done what they wanted and they headed off to bed. Viola fell asleep right away. So did everyone else. They didn't wake up until 1 where they found themselves extremely hungry.
They decided to go out to shop and grab some food. They ate and headed to buy more clothes. Viola and Abigail needed clothes to go out that night. Viola admitted that she wouldn't go clubbing or gambling, but it was a special occasion. Soon they were all ready and the night just came by so quickly. When it was time and the Hard Rock Hotel Casino finally opened, they were ready.
Viola had her hair down, straight and was wearing this spaghetti strap, very sparkly blue dress that stopped just after mid-thigh. She wore little make up, a bit of mascara and some lip gloss. She wore her brand new shoes, the nice silver ones. Abigail was different. She wore a yellow dress. It went around like a strapless but then there were two thin straps in the middle that went out to make a V and then tie around her neck like a halter.
The guys were looking good too. They were all looking pretty similar. The black suit with the button up shirt with the top button undone. Typical them. Duke was holding Viola's phone and Viola just burst into laughter as they were walking down a hallway. There were pictures of 'rock legends' all up on the wall. Viola was shocked to see one of Sebastian and one of him and the band. Viola asked for her phone and took a picture of both.
"Vi? It's what, 10. How's Vegas?" Sebastian asked, tiredly.
"You'll never guess what I've found." Viola sent the pictures and Sebastian laughed.
"At the Hard Rock Hotel?"
"Yep."
"Sweet. Now, go on. I gotta go. Liv's calling." They entered the casino where there were people all around, trying their luck out. Their were casually dressed people and then the people dressed how they were. After getting their chips and all, Justin went off to play poker. He was always good at poker. Duke, Toby and Andrew went off as well and Viola and Abigail headed over to get a drink.
"Don't you have anything non-alcoholic and tastes good?" Viola asked. After hearing all the drinks, she was desperate for a Coke. "Don't you have Coke?"
"Coke?" The bartender turned and looked in the mini fridge of drinks and apologized. "Sorry no Coke."
"Something sweet and has no alcohol?"
"Ohh. Virgin pina colada?"
"THANK YOU!" Viola sighed. Abigail laughed while sipping her cocktail. They headed over to the slot machines, where the guys were, trying their luck. They were in a row, while the pictures buzzed by, slowly stopping. Andrew had all mis match pictures.
"Aww. C'mon!" He tried again.
Toby was in the same trouble. Duke however, was doing pretty well. He had gotten three of the matching things, not jackpot but still won quite a lot.
"Man, you're so lucky, did you know that?" Andrew complained.
Toby agreed. "Yah. You got the girl," he pointed to Viola, "the chips," Toby then pointed to the chips Duke had won. "Man you're life is like the bomb. You do not know how lucky you are."
Viola wrapped her arms around his waist and whispered in his ear, "You're quite lucky for someone who doesn't believe it luck."
Duke looked up at her. "Have you ever thought I might just be good?"
"In a game of luck? Duke look around you. The whole casino revolves around luck. Being good won't help you here."
Duke laughed. "You sure?"
"Positive."
"You sure?" Duke asked again, starting to tickle Viola's sides. He knew she was very, very ticklish.
"Duke stop!" Viola laughed.
"Never!"
"Duke I swear if you do not-" Duke and Viola stopped. There were two guys, obviously casino security.
"You're homeboy messing with you?" One asked in a gruff voice.
"No," Viola answered, wondering why they would think that.
"Just checking," the other said. They moved on to check on other people and patrol.
"Awkward," Viola murmured into his ear. Soon, Duke got bored with the slot machines and Viola dragged him to play some poker. She joined Justin's table, where they were starting a new game. The guys around, whispered to each other, laughing, knowing that a girl would stand no chance against them. They were really good and only Justin didn't underestimate Viola. Duke watched from behind, his arms around her waist.
"I'm not really good," Viola said innocently. The dealer started dealing. Viola had her cards and soon the other 'big' players started betting. One of them bid an enormous amount, 10 thousand dollars. "Looks like someone's confident," Viola muttered to Duke. When it was time, one by one they showed their hand. First the guy who bid 10 thousand dollars.
He had a four of a kind. "That's good?" Viola asked Duke, joking.
"No," Duke answered, being sarcastic.
The others went and none beat the guy. Then Viola looked down at her cards. "I'm not sure if it's good... oh well." She put down her cards. She had an Ace, Kind, Queen, Jack and 10 that were all hearts.
The others looked in amazement. "A royal flush," the guy barely got out.
"I take that's good?" Viola asked. She knew perfectly well that she had won. She whispered in Duke's ear. "That was lucky. Most probably a fluke." Viola collected her chips. She smiled at her opponents at the table. "Thanks for playing." Viola got up. "I'm bored of beating you. See ya!" She pranced off.
When they were all done at the casino and a a few hundred thousand dollars richer altogether, they decided to leave. It was getting close to midnight and they decided they would go dancing now. All together, the six of them made 600 thousand dollars, around a hundred thousand dollars each. Wow. After piling the stacks of money in the room safe, the headed to the Body English, a club at the Hard Rock Hotel.
They paid and entered the busy, loud club. They were really, really lucky to get a table. It was Friday night and they knew Saturday night at one of the best clubs in Vegas wasn't going to be easy. Duke and Viola walked through the busy crowd and sat down for a drink. Viola ordered a Shirley Temple and Duke a glass of champagne. Duke was talking with Viola, making her laugh uncontrolably.
When Viola couldn't stop laughing, Duke picked up her glass. "What's in this?" he asked. "Whatever it is, it's making you go a bit... loopy."
Viola giggled at this. She didn't know what was wrong. Was it the sugar that was making her hyper? Viola hiccuped and started laughing again. "You okay?" Duke asked, laughing as well. He put a hand on her arm and shook her gently.
"Don't worry Duke. I'm fine." Viola gave him a smile, before laughing again. Around 2, they were sitting with the group at their table when Viola's jaw dropped. She was staring at one of the waitresses.
"Don't stare Vi. People will start to get the wrong idea," Andrew smiled before taking a drink of his beer.
"I... I know that girl!" Viola exclaimed.
"So? Lots of people know people," Toby said.
"Justin! That's Heather!"
Justin eye's grew wide. "Heather Harolds?" He saw the waitress and soon he was staring as well.
"Tell us about what is so great about this Heather," Abigail rolled her eyes wondering what the fuss was.
"Justin and I know her. She went to Cornwall. In our grade..." Viola started.
"Yeah, she was the goody-two shoes of the school. Top scores in all the tests, straight A student, told she would be so successful and an intelligent young woman."
"It's funny how people turn out, isn't it?" Viola asked. "I mean she was the one who was always name she would be 'most likely to succeed and become all smart and famous." Viola took another sip of her still not empty glass of Shirley Temple. She snuggled in closer to Duke, who had an arm draped over her. The night went on and soon at 3am, they decided to head back. They were tired, their feet hurt and were ready to rest.
Justin was playing pool with Andrew and Toby was trying to get a strike 50 times in a row. Toby claimed he was a bowling 'champion' and was doing pretty well. He already had 3 stricks. Only 47 more, his friends reassured him. Abigail was in her and Viola's room, painting her nails and reading a magazine. Duke was in his room, on the bed, reading a soccer magazine. It was something he had done since he was in middle school but now, he had to get used to hearing about himself and Justin, Toby and Andrew in them.
Duke heard a knock on the door. Duke didn't look up. "Come in," He looked up to see Viola. Duke quickly tossed his magazine aside. "Hey. What's up?"
Viola frowned and pretended to be sad. "I can see I'm not wanted. Well, I'll just say goodnight and be headed off..." Viola walked up and bent down to give him a long kiss goodnight. She would've gone further, but she pulled away. "I can always go..." Viola turned and started to walk away, but Duke grabbed her by the wrist.
"I never said you weren't wanted." Viola smiled.
"That's a relief." She went to the other side and got onto the big, soft bed. She went right next do Duke.
"Watcha doing?" Duke asked curiously.
"Coming in closer, duh!" Viola went up to Duke, pressing against him. She got up and plopped herself down on Duke's legs, sitting up. She leaned foward and slowly and gently, she slipped her fingers under his shirt and ran her fingers up and down. It tickled. Then, Viola stretched her body and lay down on him, their noses touching. "I had a lot of fun," Viola whispered.
"Me too," he agreed and they turned their heads to the side and went for each other's lips. They lay their, making out, so softly and quietly, undetected by their friends. It seemed their tongue's were fighting and Viola was blocking Duke from letting his tongue enter her mouth. It was a silent war and Viola was clearly winning.
The three guys were just about to enter the room when Justin froze. The other two wondered why he wasn't going into his room. They silently watched for a moment as Viola and Duke made out. They were on their knees, in the middle of the bed. Viola was up higher than Duke, kissing downwards and Duke was lower, he was helping hold Viola up along with her knees, pushing her up and the fact that her body was so tightly pressed against Duke's.
The two were obviously unaware of the three watching guys. Justin finally backed away. "Ewww. I'm not sleeping in their to let them do who knows what." Justin left. He grabbed the blankets and pillows off of Viola's bed and dragged them to Toby and Andrew's room. "I'm crashing here tonight." Toby had just dragged Andrew away who was busily filiming them for future black mail or personal use against them.
Viola and Duke broke apart and fell down onto the bed, gasping for air. They snuggled up under the covers and the two drifted off to sleep. Well, Viola did. Duke lay there, propped up on one elbow, just watching her sleep. His mind painfully went back to his night with Abigail. He still wasn't fully aware of what happened besides he and Abigail having a drunken one night stand. Finally, Duke fell asleep, feeling guilty.
The next day, the friends checked out and headed over to the Palms. They were staying in the Real World Suite (check it out, it's sooo cool!) It was like the Hard Rock Hotel Penthouse with three bedrooms. They settled in and decided to go to the pool. So they swam and basically did all of that before going up to get ready for their night at the Pure. The Pure was at Ceasars Palace and was the Vegas 'hot spot'. There were always celebrities around and it being Saturday night, the lines were bound to be long.
However, they didn't need to wait in line. They were able to skip all the lines, lucky them. They knew who they were and because the group consisted of guys and girls, it would be easier to get in. The bouncer at the front looked grumpy.
"Hey. I'm Viola Hastings. This is Abigail Ramsey. They are Duke Orsino, Justin Drayton, Andrew Aguecheek and Toby Belch."
"Play soccer, don't you?" Anyone who hadn't heard of Duke, Viola, Justin, Andrew or Toby were most probably living in a rock. That is just an example to show how well known they were, not to the sporting community only but as well as everyboyd else.
"Well, we heard the Pure is the best place around and so we decided to take a visit. You won't find us on any list and we don't have any passes or whatever and we are aware that is a Saturday night. However, we didn't wait in line. Doesn't that mean something?"Viola looked up at him, all innocent. She smiled. "We're great tippers," she added.
The bouncer was aware of who the group was and gladly let them in, no hesistation there. They payed their entrance fee and wer stamped. Viola smiled at him, showing all her perfect teeth. She whispered something to Duke and he handed her a few bills. Viola counted over them before turning to the bouncer. She tucked the money into his breast pocket on his jacket.
"Here's 100. Go buy yourself something nice," And with that and a smile, the group were headed in. The club was great and so were the 'undisturbable' VIP rooms. It was true, there was no disturbances and after a long night of partying hard, they went back to get some rest. They had a great time and stayed as late as they possibly could before their bodies would betray them and fall asleep.
Viola and Duke snuggled up and had a true 'heart to heart' talk like they always did.
"I had lots of fun." Viola said.
"Really?" Duke asked, stroking her hair.
"Yep. It was a fun experience. Not over yet though. We still go to get to a bank and deposit our 'winnings'." Viola laughed.
"That should be fun," Duke laughed.
"That or the airport getting all suspicious about you and your one hundred thousand dollars?"
"I'll go with the banking."
"Thought so."
"Hey Vi?"
"Hmmm?"
"What's the best thing you like about me?" Duke didn't know where the words came from.
"Oh that's hard. Umm... I don't know. You're really funny and sweet and a wicked soccer player... but what strikes me is your personality and honesty. You're such a great person and you're always so honest," Viola said, a smile dancing around her lips.
Duke felt a stab of guilt. She liked how he was honest the most and that was the exact opposite of what he was. He felt so guitlty, unsure of what to do. Viola fell asleep soon and in the middle of the night, around 5am, about an hour after being asleep, she noticed Duke was missing. Viola woke up to find out where Duke had travelled to. She checked every where but he wasn't there. She checked the bathroom and it was there she found him.
Cliffhanger! OHH! GOTTA GO! PEACE OUT AND I LOVE YOU GUYS AND THE REVIEWS!
