Disclaimer: see chapter 1
A/N: ... and my fun begins!

Kendall barely slept that night and she found herself pacing her condo, back and forth, back and forth. She had spent the better part of the night calling everywhere to find Zach, to see if he would talk to her. She left him voicemail after voicemail and finally got someone at the casino to tell her that Zach had put a 'do not disturb' message on the phone to his suite. Kendall was barely keeping it together, so she called Bianca and talked to her till she practically fell asleep on the phone.

She looked at her watch and saw that it was 7:45. She knew it was early, but she couldn't take it anymore. "Screw it" she screamed at her walls. She grabbed her purse and coat and headed out.

Kendall took a deep breath and started pounding on the door of Zach's two bedroom suite. "Open the damn door, Zach!" she yelled, pounding on the door with both hands, refusing to give up till he opened the door. She pulled back and huffed, ready to start pounding again when the door flew open.

Kendall was shocked. In front of her was the red-headed woman from the lobby in pajama pants and black tank top, toothbrush hanging out of her mouth. Kendall's eyes became as wide as saucers as this woman looked her up and down. "Hesh no ere" she said over her toothbrush. Kendall just stared at the woman, who motioned for her to come in. Kendall followed as she walked back into the bathroom. Kendall glanced around the room, making sure she had the right place.

Kendall stalked over to the main bathroom, staring the woman as she spit out her toothpaste and cleaned up. She glanced up in the mirror and smiled at Kendall, which set Kendall off.

"What the hell did you say?" she screamed. The woman turned and leaned against the sink, crossing her arms over her chest. "I said, he's not here."

"What… when… where… where is he?" Kendall sputtered out.

"He had to fly to New York this morning, but he said he would be back sometime later tonight" she said, pushing past Kendall. Kendall could only gawk as she walked into the second bedroom. The woman looked up at Kendall as she dug through a suitcase. "I'm going to get dressed, Kendall. Why don't you have a seat?"

With that, she shut the door in Kendall's face. Kendall's world was spinning out of control right in front of her. She collapsed on the couch, a million thoughts running through her mind all at once, but at the forefront was the thought that maybe Zach had given up on her, had not waited for her like he said he would. Kendall was silent as this woman reappeared. She watched her move around the room, picking up papers and ordering breakfast all at the same time. Kendall noticed that she looked at her and she realized that this woman was talking to her.

Kendall shook her head. "What?"

This woman smirked. "I asked if you want some breakfast." Getting no response, she turned her attention back to the phone. "You know what, just bring two of what I just ordered. Thanks." The woman hung up the phone and crossed the room and sat in the chair across from Kendall, smiling at her.

"Who ARE you?" Kendall finally asked, feeling overwhelmed and more than a little confused.

She just smiled at Kendall. "I was wondering when you were finally going to get around to that. I really should have introduced myself yesterday, but you seemed a little preoccupied. I'm Elizabeth Slater."

TBC…