"This is peachy. Juuuuuuuust peachy." groaned Madi. "Brilliant."
Satine shivered in her Poison shirt, and Christian, being the gentleman that he was, shrugged off his jacket and gave it to Satine.
Hannah glared at the bag.
"Kara, return the boots." she said in a low, dangerous voice.
"Never," replied Kara in the same tone.
"They are nice shoes." Satine said. Christian elbowed her and motioned for her to shut up.
Madi sighed, feeling as if she was baby-sitting for a bunch of second graders. "Okay, guys, this is what we're gonna do. Since it seems like Mr. Time Person up there is sick of us screwing around, so we're stuck here. We're gonna go back to the coffee shop we came from and I'm gonna talk to my mom. She'll wire us something. Or better yet, my dad. He'll give me the gold card." Madi's eyes glinted. "Then I can shop. If worst comes to worst, we'll pawn Satine's stuff." she smiled apologetically. "Sorry."
Kara clutched her bag tightly. "Sounds like a plan."
Hannah relaxed. "Okay."
Christian nodded. Satine moved to protest, but Christian covered her lips with his finger. She smiled at him, and just before they kissed-
"EW!" shouted a little boy. "MOMMY! Those two are KISSING!"
Madi, Hannah and Kara burst into hysterics as Christian and Satine turned bright scarlet. The mother, who was pretty red as well, dragged her kid away, muttering about 'public displays of affections being banned'.
~*~
A few minutes later Madi was chatting happily with her momma, who was sure her daughter had lost her mind and was just trying to get out of the math test she had the next day. Madi assured her it was nothing of the sort, and got her mother to send her a couple hundred dollars.
She logged off AOL and turned around. Christian and feeding Satine an eclair. They both had lattes next to them on the table. Kara and Hannah were playing hand games until Hannah knocked over both of their hot chocolates.
"Good news!" Madi called happily. Everyone (meaning the entire shop looked up) looked at her. The rest of the cafe ignored Madi, but Satine, Christian, Kara and Hannah paid attention.
"Okay, I got money from my momma, and I've got a new credit card coming my way." she grinned. "My mother, being the kind and generous soul that she is, said we might as well spend the night in NYC right. Guys-" she paused. "We're staying at the Ritz!"
For a minute, everyone was silent. A few seconds later, however, Hannah and Kara were jumping around and screaming.
Satine and Christian looked at one another, confused. "I'm guessing it's good." Satine supplied. Christian nodded.
The three girls stopped, and looked at Christian and Satine. "Oh, yeah. Hi." said Hannah. "Ummm..." she searched for words to explain that little display of insanity.
"Madi'll explain."
Madi grinned sarcastically at Hannah. "Thanks, Nana. The Ritz is a really nice hotel. It's world-renowned, and we're staying there tonight."
"If we can get a room," said Kara nervously.
Madi stuck her nose up in the air. "Oh, puh-leeze, Kara. If anyone can get into the Ritz, it's us."
"We'll be just like Eloise!" exclaimed Hannah.
"I love that book," agreed Madi. "Now, let's go. All sorts of creepy people start to come out after dark in NYC."
~*~
After almost being mugged a few times, they arrived in the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton. Madi, with her gold card in hand, stalked over the desk. She pressed the little bell.
No one came.
She pressed the little bell again.
Nothing.
Kara and Hannah started to laugh.
"Oh, please, this is SO a bad knock-off of 'Pretty Woman'." Madi said angrily. She started to ring the bell continually until a snooty man walked over.
"Hellooo. Welcooome tooo the Ritz-Carltooon. Hooow may I help yooou?"
"Yeah," Madi said. "I'd like a room."
He quirked an eyebrow. "Wooould yooou? Hooow very nice." he eyed her, then let his eyes skim over Kara and Hannah. Satine and Christian were hidden, making out behind a conviently placed little potted plant. "I suggest the Hoooliday Inn. It's a few blooocks sooouth frooom here."
Madi laughed lightly. "I don't think you heard me. I said I wanted a room. As in, here. As in, now." her voice raised a few decimals. "And if you don't get me a room, I'm gonna-"
Madi was neatly cut off by Satine gliding from behind the plants and next to her. With her Poison shirt, messy ponytail and numerous Scooby-Doo bandages, she made an interesting sight.
"Hello," she said. "What seems to be the problem?"
The concierge looked at her with wide eyes.
"We'd like a room here." she got her snobby 'Sparkling Diamond' attitude. She got an extremely put-out look. "Do you know who I am?"
The concierge began to stutter. "N-n-n-n-"
Satine smiled dryly. "Just as I thought." Abruptly changing tactics, she smiled coyly. "Now," she said, pouting. "Are you going to help us or not?"
~*~
The Presidential Suite was huge. It took up the entire top story.
"Gee, Satine." Madi said from where she was jumping up and down on the water bed in the shape of a heart. "That was impressive." she looked around, smiling. "My mom's gonna kill me. This room is like a million dollars per hour." she shrugged. "Oh well."
Satine shrugged noncommitally from her place on the leather couch. Christian was on the other side of the room, engrossed in 'The New York Times'.
Hannah's head appeared around the corner of another room. "Madi?"
"Yeah?" said Madi, letting herself fall into sitting position.
"Do you think we can buy bathing suits in the lobby?"
Madi made a face. "Uh, probably. Why?"
Kara's face appeared as well. "There's a huge jacuzzi in here."
Madi's face lit up.
"Poorhouse, here we come."
~*~
The jacuzzi was rather large, they soon found out, as they managed to fit all five of them in there. The lobby had nice bikinis available.
Satine nearly had a heart attack when the three girls came out to show off what they wanted. Madi had a light blue bikini that tied around the neck and back and on either side of the bottoms. Hannah had a dark green bathing suit with boy cut bottoms and the same kind of top as Madi's. Kara had a tube top made of denim and matching bottoms.
Satine shook her head. "Oh no. I'm not wearing one of those. That's- that's degrading."
Kara snorted. "And this is coming from Miss Moulin Rouge herself."
"Oh, come on." prodded Madi from where she was primping in the mirror. "Why not let it rip? Live a little bit!"
Hannah nodded and pushed Satine into a stall. "Because you can can can!"
Kara threw a tiny black bikini over the door. "You can can can!"
Christian stood outside, politely averting his eyes when Hannah came out to see him. "Uh, you need a bathing suit too." she announced, putting her hands on her hips.
Christian kept his eyes focused on hers. "What kind of bathing suit?"
Hannah grinned evilly.
Meanwhile, in the changing room...
"I won't come out in this." refused Satine hotly. "It's ridiculous. All my lingerie is more modest than this. This is just... indecent."
Madi sighed and hit the dressing room door. "Satine, me and Kara are out here in our bathing suits, and we're just fine. Heck, Hannah is out there with Christian and she's fine too."
The door was threw open and Satine whirled out. "Hannah's doing WHAT?"
Madi and Kara slapped high fives.
Kara examined Satine with a critical eye. "The bikini works, but, damn, girl, you need to work on your tan."
They heard Hannah shriek with delight. Satine, with fire in her eyes, led the way for the other two girls.
"You're PASTY!" shrieked Hannah. "Look! He's pasty!"
Christian stood there in a pair of trunks, looking rather embarrassed. That soon changed as his eyes bugged out at the sight of Satine.
She did the same.
Madi moaned. "Where is a camera when you need one?!" she exclaimed.
Kara smacked her upside the head and said "Up front, dummy."
"Oh yeah."
And so, they bought 5 different bathing suits and 3 disposable cameras.
Upstairs, Kara and Madi decided they wanted some chocolate mousse cake, but when they saw that there were seven different types of chocolate cake, they couldn't make up their minds. "Hell, let's get them all." Kara said.
Madi grinned. "Not only will we be broke, we'll be fat."
Hannah politely asked for a vanilla ice cream.
When the waiter man brought it in, he left muttering something about an orgy.
Around three o'clock all three girls were lounging around in front of the TV that was taller than they were, watching an 'I Love Lucy' rerun. Satine and Christian had disappeared into the room with the water bed.
"So," yawned Madi. "What do you want to do tomorrow?"
'Sightsee." said Hannah.
"Shop." said Kara.
Madi hit Kara over the head with a pillow. "You silly potato."
All three girls yawned in unison.
"We'll talk about it in the morning." said Hannah.
"Yeah," agreed Kara and Madi.
"Goodnight!" they called out.
From Christian and Satine, there was no response.
Satine shivered in her Poison shirt, and Christian, being the gentleman that he was, shrugged off his jacket and gave it to Satine.
Hannah glared at the bag.
"Kara, return the boots." she said in a low, dangerous voice.
"Never," replied Kara in the same tone.
"They are nice shoes." Satine said. Christian elbowed her and motioned for her to shut up.
Madi sighed, feeling as if she was baby-sitting for a bunch of second graders. "Okay, guys, this is what we're gonna do. Since it seems like Mr. Time Person up there is sick of us screwing around, so we're stuck here. We're gonna go back to the coffee shop we came from and I'm gonna talk to my mom. She'll wire us something. Or better yet, my dad. He'll give me the gold card." Madi's eyes glinted. "Then I can shop. If worst comes to worst, we'll pawn Satine's stuff." she smiled apologetically. "Sorry."
Kara clutched her bag tightly. "Sounds like a plan."
Hannah relaxed. "Okay."
Christian nodded. Satine moved to protest, but Christian covered her lips with his finger. She smiled at him, and just before they kissed-
"EW!" shouted a little boy. "MOMMY! Those two are KISSING!"
Madi, Hannah and Kara burst into hysterics as Christian and Satine turned bright scarlet. The mother, who was pretty red as well, dragged her kid away, muttering about 'public displays of affections being banned'.
~*~
A few minutes later Madi was chatting happily with her momma, who was sure her daughter had lost her mind and was just trying to get out of the math test she had the next day. Madi assured her it was nothing of the sort, and got her mother to send her a couple hundred dollars.
She logged off AOL and turned around. Christian and feeding Satine an eclair. They both had lattes next to them on the table. Kara and Hannah were playing hand games until Hannah knocked over both of their hot chocolates.
"Good news!" Madi called happily. Everyone (meaning the entire shop looked up) looked at her. The rest of the cafe ignored Madi, but Satine, Christian, Kara and Hannah paid attention.
"Okay, I got money from my momma, and I've got a new credit card coming my way." she grinned. "My mother, being the kind and generous soul that she is, said we might as well spend the night in NYC right. Guys-" she paused. "We're staying at the Ritz!"
For a minute, everyone was silent. A few seconds later, however, Hannah and Kara were jumping around and screaming.
Satine and Christian looked at one another, confused. "I'm guessing it's good." Satine supplied. Christian nodded.
The three girls stopped, and looked at Christian and Satine. "Oh, yeah. Hi." said Hannah. "Ummm..." she searched for words to explain that little display of insanity.
"Madi'll explain."
Madi grinned sarcastically at Hannah. "Thanks, Nana. The Ritz is a really nice hotel. It's world-renowned, and we're staying there tonight."
"If we can get a room," said Kara nervously.
Madi stuck her nose up in the air. "Oh, puh-leeze, Kara. If anyone can get into the Ritz, it's us."
"We'll be just like Eloise!" exclaimed Hannah.
"I love that book," agreed Madi. "Now, let's go. All sorts of creepy people start to come out after dark in NYC."
~*~
After almost being mugged a few times, they arrived in the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton. Madi, with her gold card in hand, stalked over the desk. She pressed the little bell.
No one came.
She pressed the little bell again.
Nothing.
Kara and Hannah started to laugh.
"Oh, please, this is SO a bad knock-off of 'Pretty Woman'." Madi said angrily. She started to ring the bell continually until a snooty man walked over.
"Hellooo. Welcooome tooo the Ritz-Carltooon. Hooow may I help yooou?"
"Yeah," Madi said. "I'd like a room."
He quirked an eyebrow. "Wooould yooou? Hooow very nice." he eyed her, then let his eyes skim over Kara and Hannah. Satine and Christian were hidden, making out behind a conviently placed little potted plant. "I suggest the Hoooliday Inn. It's a few blooocks sooouth frooom here."
Madi laughed lightly. "I don't think you heard me. I said I wanted a room. As in, here. As in, now." her voice raised a few decimals. "And if you don't get me a room, I'm gonna-"
Madi was neatly cut off by Satine gliding from behind the plants and next to her. With her Poison shirt, messy ponytail and numerous Scooby-Doo bandages, she made an interesting sight.
"Hello," she said. "What seems to be the problem?"
The concierge looked at her with wide eyes.
"We'd like a room here." she got her snobby 'Sparkling Diamond' attitude. She got an extremely put-out look. "Do you know who I am?"
The concierge began to stutter. "N-n-n-n-"
Satine smiled dryly. "Just as I thought." Abruptly changing tactics, she smiled coyly. "Now," she said, pouting. "Are you going to help us or not?"
~*~
The Presidential Suite was huge. It took up the entire top story.
"Gee, Satine." Madi said from where she was jumping up and down on the water bed in the shape of a heart. "That was impressive." she looked around, smiling. "My mom's gonna kill me. This room is like a million dollars per hour." she shrugged. "Oh well."
Satine shrugged noncommitally from her place on the leather couch. Christian was on the other side of the room, engrossed in 'The New York Times'.
Hannah's head appeared around the corner of another room. "Madi?"
"Yeah?" said Madi, letting herself fall into sitting position.
"Do you think we can buy bathing suits in the lobby?"
Madi made a face. "Uh, probably. Why?"
Kara's face appeared as well. "There's a huge jacuzzi in here."
Madi's face lit up.
"Poorhouse, here we come."
~*~
The jacuzzi was rather large, they soon found out, as they managed to fit all five of them in there. The lobby had nice bikinis available.
Satine nearly had a heart attack when the three girls came out to show off what they wanted. Madi had a light blue bikini that tied around the neck and back and on either side of the bottoms. Hannah had a dark green bathing suit with boy cut bottoms and the same kind of top as Madi's. Kara had a tube top made of denim and matching bottoms.
Satine shook her head. "Oh no. I'm not wearing one of those. That's- that's degrading."
Kara snorted. "And this is coming from Miss Moulin Rouge herself."
"Oh, come on." prodded Madi from where she was primping in the mirror. "Why not let it rip? Live a little bit!"
Hannah nodded and pushed Satine into a stall. "Because you can can can!"
Kara threw a tiny black bikini over the door. "You can can can!"
Christian stood outside, politely averting his eyes when Hannah came out to see him. "Uh, you need a bathing suit too." she announced, putting her hands on her hips.
Christian kept his eyes focused on hers. "What kind of bathing suit?"
Hannah grinned evilly.
Meanwhile, in the changing room...
"I won't come out in this." refused Satine hotly. "It's ridiculous. All my lingerie is more modest than this. This is just... indecent."
Madi sighed and hit the dressing room door. "Satine, me and Kara are out here in our bathing suits, and we're just fine. Heck, Hannah is out there with Christian and she's fine too."
The door was threw open and Satine whirled out. "Hannah's doing WHAT?"
Madi and Kara slapped high fives.
Kara examined Satine with a critical eye. "The bikini works, but, damn, girl, you need to work on your tan."
They heard Hannah shriek with delight. Satine, with fire in her eyes, led the way for the other two girls.
"You're PASTY!" shrieked Hannah. "Look! He's pasty!"
Christian stood there in a pair of trunks, looking rather embarrassed. That soon changed as his eyes bugged out at the sight of Satine.
She did the same.
Madi moaned. "Where is a camera when you need one?!" she exclaimed.
Kara smacked her upside the head and said "Up front, dummy."
"Oh yeah."
And so, they bought 5 different bathing suits and 3 disposable cameras.
Upstairs, Kara and Madi decided they wanted some chocolate mousse cake, but when they saw that there were seven different types of chocolate cake, they couldn't make up their minds. "Hell, let's get them all." Kara said.
Madi grinned. "Not only will we be broke, we'll be fat."
Hannah politely asked for a vanilla ice cream.
When the waiter man brought it in, he left muttering something about an orgy.
Around three o'clock all three girls were lounging around in front of the TV that was taller than they were, watching an 'I Love Lucy' rerun. Satine and Christian had disappeared into the room with the water bed.
"So," yawned Madi. "What do you want to do tomorrow?"
'Sightsee." said Hannah.
"Shop." said Kara.
Madi hit Kara over the head with a pillow. "You silly potato."
All three girls yawned in unison.
"We'll talk about it in the morning." said Hannah.
"Yeah," agreed Kara and Madi.
"Goodnight!" they called out.
From Christian and Satine, there was no response.