This chapter was really sucky to write, and I think you can tell by how I wrote this that I was kind of sick of it...but oh well life will go on l0l. Anyways, thanks to everyone who reviewed.

Disclaimer: I don't own Summerland or its characters.

The next day, Braden was desperately trying to get a hold of Vegas, but she wouldn't answer her phone, and when he went by her house, no one came to the door. He had no way to tell her about what happened at the party and he knew he had to do that before he worked with Sienna again or else Sienna would probably scream at him for a second time.

This whole situation was unsettling to Braden. He had screwed up so bad by staying with Vegas when he knew that he cared about Sienna more. It wasn't his best decision and now he was paying for it severely. He regretted how much he had and would hurt both of the girls. Braden was still afraid to tell Vegas the truth about that night, but he knew it had to happen. The fact that he couldn't even get a hold of her in order to tell her though was starting to make Braden anxious. He needed to tell her as soon as possible.

Suddenly, his cell phone rang, and Braden's stomach plummeted. It had to be Vegas, and he would have to tell her right now. The time had come to be honest, and with a shaky hand, Braden answered his phone. "Hello?"

"Hi," came a sad little whisper from the other line. It wasn't Vegas, but it was Sienna.

Braden was a bit relieved that it wasn't Vegas because than that meant he didn't have to hurt her just yet, but he was also worried about why Sienna would call him. He spoke cautiously. "Um, Hey….what's up?"

"I just called to tell you never mind." Sienna seemed deeply distracted and urgent.

"Never mind? Never mind about what?"

"You don't need to tell Vegas anymore…" She had a short intake of breath before continuing with a regretful tone. "She already knows."

He hoped that Sienna didn't mean what he thought she meant. "Knows what?"

"God, Braden, do you need me to spell it out for you? Vegas knows that we fucked each other."

His head was spinning with this new information and Braden couldn't quite figure out what it meant. How did Vegas find out? Is that why she wasn't answering his calls? Why hadn't she come to yell and scream at him yet? Was she all right? His head was swarming with so many questions that all he could manage to sputter was, "Well, uh wha…how?"

"Remember how I saw my cousin Wynnie at the party?" Sienna spoke slowly and with all the emotion gone from her voice. She sounded detached.

"Yeah"

"She took pictures of us together, and even recorded the sounds we made while we were….you know."

There were no words to express what Braden was feeling now. He loathed himself so much in that moment; all he could think about was Vegas having to look at those pictures of him with her best friend and for her to have to hear him be with someone else. He had hurt her so much.

When the silence lingered on too long, Sienna quickly shattered the quiet with another bombshell, "There's something else too."

He finally found his voice, "There's more?"

"Yeah," she replied while wincing. This was hard for Sienna to say, "She left early for private school. Vegas didn't have a reason to stay here, so she's, uh, gone."

It took a moment for Braden to grasp what that meant. He wouldn't be seeing her for a very long time and he would have no way to apologize or even speak to Vegas for months. She probably wouldn't even want to visit here on weekends anymore, because who would want to go visit their cheating ex-boyfriend? He doubted whether he would ever be able to see her again, Vegas was gone. "When did she leave?"

"This morning." Sienna answered. She almost felt compelled to tell Braden about her fight with Vegas and how she had broken Vegas' cheekbone, but Sienna couldn't bring herself to say it. Talking about it pained her too much.

"Oh…" He shook his hair out of his face, and wrinkled his brow. Braden had no idea what he was supposed to do now. There were no books that told you what to say in a situation like this.

Sienna bit her lip in nervousness and finally after a full five minutes of no talking, she spoke into the receiver, "I think I'm going to let you go now. I'll see you around…"

"Wait, don't hang up." Braden added desperately; he had suddenly thought of something that didn't quite make sense.

"Um, okay…"

He asked curiously, "How did you know that Vegas had found out about us? Did she, uh, talk to you about it before she left?"

Sienna sighed. She didn't know if she should tell him or not, and Sienna went back and forth in her head on whether or not she should, but in the end, it made sense just to tell him the truth. "Yesterday after work, she came and talked to me."

"And?" Braden was impatient to hear what Vegas had said.

"Well, she was understandably a little angry after hearing that her boyfriend and best friend had slept together."

"So she was yelling and upset?" He sounded concerned and guilty at this news.

Sienna reasoned, "For a while."

"Then she calmed down?"

"Not really…"

"Well, what happened then?"

"You know, Braden, I really have to go."

"Why don't you want to tell me?"

Sienna pursed her lips; he was obviously not going to give up. Braden really wanted to know what happened between her and Vegas; Sienna supposed he had a right to know. "Ugh, fine, Vegas punched me."

"WHAT?"

"Yeah…so can I go n—"

"She punched you and what did you do after that?"

"I fought back a little bit, but really it was just--"

"You two got into a catfight? How bad was it? Are you all right? Is she all right? I can't believe…" This is when Braden noticed that the person on the other line was no longer listening. "Sienna?" He looked at his phone and read the words 'call ended'. She had hung up on him.

……………………

A day later, Sienna found herself roaming around the peer alone. She needed to get out of the house and away from her stepfather and her mother; she just needed to get away to think and figure out what she was going to do. She wanted her best friend back.

Sienna could feel the stares from people as she passed them; they obviously didn't see too many people as banged up as she was. There were bruises all over her body from the fight she had had with Vegas, but a couple of her injuries were from a certain someone else. She ignored the curious looks from strangers though as she walked over to sit down on the bench that looked over the ocean's waters.

As she was walking though she was spotted by, none other than, Nikki and Cameron. "Sienna, hey!"

Sienna smiled at Nikki, and gave a fakely cheerful hello to the happy couple. She really didn't feel like staying and having a long chat though, so she was trying to gradually back away from them, but Nikki stopped her with a question, "I haven't seen you around the house lately, where've ya been?"

Now this was uncomfortable; obviously Braden hadn't gotten around to explaining to his sister what had happened. Sienna paused for a moment to think of what to say to this before answering, "Well, me and your brother are kind of ignoring each other right now."

"Oh my god, why? What did he do now?" Nikki was looking genuinely concerned, but she was oblivious to Sienna's awkwardness at these questions.

Cameron seemed to take immediate notice of Sienna's discomfort, however, and suggested tentatively to Nikki, "It really is none of our business, maybe we should talk about something else."

Sienna looked at Cameron thankfully, but Nikki quickly interjected, "Sorry, I didn't mean to pry, but I just thought maybe you're not around much anymore because Braden and Vegas broke up…and you being her friend stopped talking to him because of that."

"Nikki, I thought we were going to drop this subject." Cameron gave her a warning look, but she didn't take the slightest notice of it.

"And I think that if that is why you stopped talking to my brother, than that's really unfair and stupid. You don't pick sides when people break up; a good person stays friends with both of them."

"Nikki!" Her boyfriend was now looking at her while simply exasperated by her behavior.

Sienna was seriously confused by how Nikki was acting as well. She had no idea where Braden's sister would get the idea that she had stopped talking to him just because her best friend wasn't dating him anymore. Did Nikki really think she was that superficial? How could she even think that in the first place? "Did Braden tell you that's why were not talking?"

Nikki shrugged her shoulders, "That's the idea I got from what he told me. Although, all he does is grunt and mumble so I could be wrong."

"Yeah, well, you are." Sienna was agitated that Nikki thought it was her right to butt in and state her opinion on things that had nothing to do with her. What did Nikki care if her brother and Sienna weren't talking?

Cameron was sensing a little bit of tension between the two girls and he quickly tried to smooth it over, "Me and Nikki had better get going. Were seeing a movie tonight."

Nikki glared at him and replied hotly, "You know what, since your so desperate to come to Sienna's defense you can stay out here with her while I go and see the movie!" She turned on her heel and headed off towards the movies, leaving two very confused people behind her.

"Umm…..wow" Sienna laughed out loud, "That was just about the weirdest thing that has ever happened to me."

Even though he tried not to, Cameron couldn't help laughing too. "I have no idea what got into her!"

"I guess she went from thinking I was cool to thinking I was the spawn of Satan within a week." It did bother Sienna that Nikki obviously thought she was a bitch, but she didn't let it bother her too much. It was actually kind of funny.

Cameron smiled at her and shook his head disbelievingly. "I don't understand you people."

"You people?" she questioned with her eyebrows raised and a glimmer in her eyes.

"I mean you girls. You change your minds every five seconds and you never NEVER mean what you say." Cameron rolled his eyes dramatically.

Sienna gave him a mocking smirk and shot back, "If you think us girls are the only ones who can't make up our minds, your wrong. You boys like to change girls like you change your underwear."

"Now, hey, some guys don't change their underwear that often."

"Ha ha, you're so funny," she answered sarcastically while rolling her eyes, "But you better get out of here and go after Nikki."

"She said she wanted to watch the movie by herself though…"

"I thought you understood that girls don't mean what they say! What she really meant was 'you'd better follow me and not talk to that bitch or else'."

"Oh geez, I'd better go than. See you later!" He said while turning to jog towards the movies.

"Yeah yeah, later!" Sienna smiled as she watched him rush towards the movies. Boys were so clueless especially boys who lied to make themselves look better…..boys like Braden.