Hey guys... How much do you guys hate me?... I know.. a lot probably... It's cool... I don't blame you. I've been slaking off and not updating, but I'll try and do better. Umm... well... here is chapter 49 for ya. It's not the entire party because It would have been WAY to long. The whol party may be 2 or three chapters... not sure yet. But anyways... I hope you guys enjoy it... and please don't bee toooo mad at me...

General POV

Some time later they finally arrived at their destination, and the car came to a slow stop. They began to get out, and Q looked back to look at Nathan with a small smile. Nathan nodded his head and smiled back.

Flashback
"Hey Nathan, you wanna do me a favor?" Q asked Nathan as he slipped on his Armani blazer.

"Sure" Nathan managed to say as he pulled his undershirt over his head. "What is it?"

"When we get to the party , I want you to make sure that Z is the last one out of the car."

"Alright."

"You think you can handle that Nathan?" Lucas asked tying his shoelace.

They guys laughed at the sarcam in Luke's voice and Nathan looked over at him with a glare.

"I'll be fine."

End Flashback.

Nathan held Z back while everyone else got out. She really didn't think much of it at the time. Finaly it was just the two of them left. He kissed her cheek softly and smiled.

"What was that for?" She asked looking up at him.

"I don't know." He gently pushed her bangs away from her eyes and lookedat her. "Just casue." He kissed her again and this time she kissed him back. A few gentle kisses later he pulled away and looked at her. "I love you." He whispered.

"I love you too."

He smiled and got out of the car, offering his hand for her to take. She took it and followed him out of the car. A smile still on her face for Nathan's tenderness before, she looked up at the eerie darkness and looking up at the 3 huge tents set up, the cool night air hitting her skin, her smile dropped and she looked up at Nathan confused. Nathan looked away and Z turned her eyes to Q.

"Q?" She asked getting his attention. "Where are we?"

"Follow me and find out." He turned hugging Brooke against him and leading the group to the entrance. The rest of the group was quiet; all the girls were walking together, occasionally turning to each other and smiling. The guys walked behind them. Q stopped in front of the bouncer holding Brooke's hand.

"Good evening Mr. Johnson." The bouncer said lifting the velvet rope. Q gave him a friendly nod, and the bouncer turned to Mercedes with a smile. "Miss Davis."

"Hi?" Mercedes answered confused. 'What the hell is goin on!' She thought to herself. She felt Nathan squeeze her hand. She looked up at him and he smiled.

The bouncer pulled back the curtain and Q and Brooke entered with Nathan and Z behind them. They entered the pitch black space, and Mercedes reached up and squeezed Nathan's arm lightly. Nathan looked down at her and smiled.

"Q?" She asked hesitantly.

All of a sudden a burst of light blinded her, she heard a very loud 'Surprise!' and she looked around the space in awe. All around her, she could have sworn that most of the people she had met were in that space. Everything was beautiful, lavish furniture, a fixed dance floor, Z looked around exactly as she should have... surprised. The lights dimmed and everyone waited for her to say something, do something.

"Happy birthday baby sister." Q pulled a surprised Mercedes into his arms and hugged her tight.

She hugged her brother tighter thinking about everything that he had done for her.

"I can't believe you did this!" She said pulling away from him just enough to be able to look into his eyes.

"Anything for you baby sis." He pulled away completely and pinched her cheek. "Now go… have fun." He took Brookes hand and leaded the rest of the group to an enclosed area near the side of the tents.

Mercedes and Nathan were left alone and Z turned around and walked back into Nathan's arms. He smiled down at her and was about to kiss her before they were both startled by the pulsating beat of a base speaker pumping music form the stage. Mercedes and Nathan both turned to see 50 Cent walk on stage….

"Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go shortie, is ur birfday. We gonna party like is ur birfday. We gonna sip Bacardi like is ur birfday. And you know we don't give a fuck cause is ur birfday." The beat mixed and turned into another one of his hits. He was joined on stage by the rest of the G Unit crew… "This is how we do. We make a move and act a fool while we up in da club. This is how we do. Nobody do it like we do it so show us some love…"

Nathan turned to enjoy the performance, still keeping Mercedes incredibly close to him. Z looked up at him just before the performance was over. Funny thing… they never talked about her other friends before and she was mentally praying that he wouldn't feel uncomfortable round them. Once they had finished their performance the place erupted in applause. Z let go of Nathan's hand and he turned to look at her confused.

"I'll be right back." She began walking backwards. "I'm gonna go to the restroom and I'll be right back." She knew that it was a lame excuse but… she needed to get away from the noise and compose herself before she faced all these people, all whom which were bound to tell her how sorry they were about what had happened with her mother, she just knew they would.

"Alright." Nathan watched as she walked away. "I'm gonna go find the rest of the group." Nathan walked in the direction of which he had seen the rest of the group walk towards. Once he arrived he was greeted by a 6' 3" 320lbs bouncer guarding the entrance where the rest of the group was staying.

"I'm sorry but this is VIP only." The bouncer informed him, standing in the way.

"My friends are in there." Nathan answered, unsure of what exactly he had to say to make him let him in.

The bouncer took the list and looked back up at Nathan.

"Can I get your name?" He asked briskly.

"Nathan Scott." He answered confidently.

Sure enough the bouncers eyes didn't have to travel far for him to see Nathan's name.

"Oh.. I'm sorry sir." He apologized pulling the velvet rope aside. "Please… go right in."

Nathan nodded his head appreciatingly and headed inside the VIP room. Not surprisingly Brooke and Q were in the corner…. Making out… Nathan made a mental note to make fun of Brooke for that later. He laughed lightly to himself and looked around the room for someone that was a little less occupied. He wasn't really having any luck… Brooke was busy making out with Q, Peyton seemed to be having an interesting conversation with Jake so he walked over and took a seat next to Lucas who was talking to Jorge.

"Hey. Where's Z?" Jorge asked when Nathan sat down next to Lucas.

"She's in the restroom." Nathan answered

"Oh."

A waitress appeared and took Nathan's drink order. One thing that was clear... there was no ID check in Los Angeles VIP. Mercedes walked out of the bathroom and through a crowd. People congratulated her on her birthday sending air kisses and such... Mercedes accepted them with a smile. She was tapped on the shoulder and she turned around to see Kimora and Russell Simons standing behind her.

"Oh my God, Hi!" Mercedes said giving them both air kisses.

"Mercedes, it's been too long." Kimora answered lightly touching her arm.

"You look amazing." Russell said looking a little too hard down Z's body.

Mercedes gave him a glare, which he ignored as his eyes traveled up her legs towards the high hemline of her dress. 'Eww... gross.' Z thought to herself as she crossed her arms over her chest. She tried to zone him out and turned back her attention to Kimora.

"You do look absolutely fantastic. Did you get the shipment I sent you?"

"Umm... shipment?" Z answered confused

"My winter line. Did you get it?"

"Maybe. I'm not living in LA anymore so.. It may be at home."

"Oh that's right." Kimora looked at Russell, making her hold on his arm stronger. "I completely forgot." She told him. She turned back to Mercedes and smiled. 'Ha ha.'Z thought to herself. 'She caught ya'. Z returned her smile. "Do you know when you're coming back?"

"Not really." Z answered honestly. "I haven't really thought that far ahead."

"Oh. Well... how do you like it there?"

"I love it there actually. It's nice to be around family."

"Yeah. I'm really sorry to hear about your mother."

Z felt her stomach cringe. She closed her eyes for a second and shook her head gently.

"Yeah... me too." She answered looking up at her with a sad smile.

Kimora let go of Russlle and squeezed Z's arm.

"If you'll excuse me" Z excused herself and walked along the crowd. After a few more... "talks"... all of which involved some comment about how sorry they were for her loss, she finally reached her goal point since she left Nathan's side at the beginning of the night... The bar. She took a seat and a bartender, a 20 something gorgeous blond, with a name tag that read "Crystal" walked over immediately.

"What can I get you?" She asked

"Umm... Bacardi, double."

"You got it." She answered pulling a cup out and placing it on a napkin. She poured the liquid into the cup, and looked up at Z for her approval.

"Thanks." Z answered taking the cup from the napkin and taking a sip.

"You're Mercedes Davis."

"Yeah." Z answered with a warm smile.

"Wow... you're so much prettier in person. I mean... you're gorgeous everywhere but-"

"Thanks." Z said rescuing her from having to explain herself.

"Umm... I hate to ask but... I was wondering if I could get an autograph for my brother. He's like... totally in love with you."

"Sure." Z put her drink down and took the pen Crystal offered her.

"What's his name?" Z asked taking a clean napkin off the table.

"Charles."

Z nodded and wrote down a quick note...

"Charles,

Thanks for all your love and support. Your sis gave you rave reviews... I'm sure you're a great guy if she loves you so much... Love strong, Live long...

Mercedes Davis"

Z handed the napkin and the pen back to Crystal.

"Thank you so much! He's gonna freak out." She said happily taking it.

"No problem." Z answered taking her drink again.

Crystal nodded her head and turned to another person that had sat down at the other side of the bar. Z nursed her drink in her hands and sat there thinking when she felt someone sit down beside her.

"Bacardi huh?" Brooke looked over at her and leaning on the bar counter. "Hitting it hard already?"

"You could say that." Z answered taking a sip of her drink.

"You ok Z?" Brooke asked concerned

"Fine." Z answered looking over at her and smiling.

"...Z..."

"Really Brooke... I'm fine, I'm ok." Z reassured her.

"Are you sure?" Brooke asked unconvinced.

"Yes, I'm sure." Z said squeezing her hand a little.

"Ok." Brooke answered squeezing Z's hand back.

Crystal walked back and smiled at both the girls.

"What can I get ya?" She asked happily.

"How about two shots of tequila?" Brooke answered looking at Z and smiling.

Crystal nodded and pulled two shot glasses out, and filling them with the thick golden liquid. By that time Z had polished off her double bacardi and looked over at Brooke, who picked both shot glasses off the table and was handing her one. Z put her empty cup down and accepted that shot with a smile.

"To you Z, and to a fantastic birthday." Brooke held up her glass for a toast.

Z clinked her glass against Brooke's and drank down the shot, feeling it burn against her throat as it went down. After a few more shots with Brooke Z was finally beginning to enjoy herself. Partly because she was starting to feel the effect of the alcohol, and partly because she was letting herself go a little more.

"I wanna go find Nathan." Z said looking at Brooke as she took the olive form her martini glass and popped it in her mouth.

"Ok, let's go then." She answered placing the pick back in the glass.

They both got up and headed to the VIP room together. Once inside Z noticed that the group was inconsistently divided. Peyton was sitting next to Jake, which didn't surprise her all that much, but Lucas was sitting with Ciara, who was laughing at something they were discussing. Jorge was throwing his charm in Haley's direction and Nathan was talking with her brothers. Well... one of them anyways... D had mysteriously disappeared somewhere. By this point Z didn't care anymore. She just wanted to have some fun tonight. She unlooped her arm from Brooke's when they arrived in front of Nathan and Q. Brooke sat on Q's lap and Z followed sitting on Nathan's.

"Hey babe." She whispered in his ear before nibbling on his earlobe.

"Hey" He answered pulling her closer and kissing her lips lightly.

She smiled on his lips and kissed him back. Nathan could taste the alcohol on her lips. Once again there came a waitress in a microscopic skirt to take their drink orders. Nathan and Z pulled apart from each other and everyone gave their orders. Z was the last one.

"Gray Goose Martini, two olives, dirty." The waitress shook her head as she scribbled it down. "Thanks."

After the waitress had returned with their drinks, Mercedes got up with her drink in one hand and held out her other for Nathan to take. He did and stood up.

"Let's go outside." She said getting close to his ear for him to hear.

He shook his head and followed her outside. Outside the VIP room was a completely different atmosphere. It was a lot more mellow in the VIP room, since it had only been the group in there. Nathan felt a tad uncomfortable looking around at some of the faces that he saw in the crowd. Beyonce and Jay Z, Kanye West, Ludacris, an endless oray of celebrities. As they walked along the crowd of people another pulsating beat came from the speakers. Nathan held Z's hand while she moved to the rhythm and balanced her drink in her other hand. Suddenly they came upon two people that Nathan would have never expected to see other than in movies…

"Z!"

He looked at Mercedes as she stopped dancing and let go of his hand.

"Oh my gosh Jen!" Z said hugging one of the most beautiful people in the freaking world, Jennifer Lopez.

"How you doing beautiful?" Mark Anthony, her husband, said taking a turn hugging her.

"I'm great. How about you?" She asked hugging him back and pulling away to look at both of them.

"We're great." Marc said slipping his arm around Jennifer's waist.

"Good." Z answered looking back at Nathan. "Guys this is my boyfriend Nathan." She introduced them

"It's nice to meet you Nathan." Marc answered shaking his hand.

"Nice to meet you too."

At that moment Daddy Yankee stepped onstage.

"Anyone know where the birthday girls at?" He asked speaking into the mike. He looked around the room and spotted Mercedes. "Ah, there you are." He said pointing her out of the crowd. "This one's for you Z, one of your favorite beats."

The beat to "Sabor A Melo Remix" began bummpin through the speakers and He began to do his thing on stage. Z looked up at him and rocked to the music. Nathan looked over at her. After the introduction she hadn't come back towards him so a few feet now separated them. Z was having a hard time keeping her attention on anything, it was the shots she had earlier, and the double bacardi and the martin she was just about done with that was in her hand. Not that she minded. She knew the effects that alcohol had on her and she knew that this numbness was exactly what she needed right now. At this moment all she cared about was the music.

"This is so not you Z." Jennifer said snapping Z back from dreamland. "Your usually always on the dance floor."

"Huh?" Z asked snapping back…

"Let's go. Dance with me." Marc said taking her hand. She smiled and walked onto the dance floor with him.

Nathan watched her go. Jennifer made him look at her by asking…

"Do you want to dance?"

"I.." Nathan was startled by her request. I mean… this is Jennifer Lopez; the only problem was that he had no idea how to dance to this. "I… I don't know how to dance this kind of music." Nathan responded finally, somewhat embarrassed

She smiled and took his hand. "It's ok. Just follow my lead." They walked onto the dance floor and he began dancing with her right next to Z and Marc. Nathan tried to position himself so that he wasn't touching her in a very sexual way. Jennifer laughed lightly and moved his hand to the small of her back. "Salsa is all about sensuality Nathan. Relax, let the music move you, not the other way around."

Nathan smiled shyly and did as she said. He looked over at Z and saw how good she was at it. It's like she and Marc were a single body, and the way he was holding her, he tried to focus his attention on Jennifer but it wasn't working out that well. He looked back at Z, not once had she looked over at him. Nathan had never felt so uncomfortable in his life. Marc looked over at Nathan and noticed that he was having a hard time.

"You're boyfriend looks like he's having some trouble." Marc whispered in Z's ear.

"He'll be fine." She answered taking a hand to his face to make him have his full attention on her. Z wasn't attracted to Marc at all, but she was way to into it to care.

The song finished with a bang and Marc had Z in a very compromising position, in Nathan's view anyways. They separated and walked back to Nathan and Jennifer who had already walked off the dance floor.

"That was tight Z." A female voice standing next to Jennifer said.

"Tyra!" Z asked looking at her and giving her a hug.

"I missed you, crazy." Tyra said hugging her back.

"Oh, I missed you too."

They began a conversation in which Nathan was not included. He just smiled and kept his mouth shut. And then... he was through with it. He began to walk away when Jennifer touched his arm softly, Nathan hadn't seen her and he hoped that it would be Mercedes that was holding him back, but when he turned around he saw Jennifer's eyes and not Z's.

"Are you leaving so soon?" She asked him as he turned to face her.

"I think so." He said softly. "It was very nice meeting you." He lightly touched her hand and she gave him a look of sympathy. "If Z notices I've left and asks for me, can you tell her I'll be around."

"Sure." She answered rubbing his arm. "Take care of yourself Nathan."

He nodded and with that left with his hands in his pockets towards the VIP room once more, somewhere he knew he had someone to talk to.

Ok... I know that you guys probaly don't like Z very much right now... it's cool that's what I wanted. Um... Leave me some reviews and let me know why you hate her, or me, either one... I've kinda begun the next chapter so... I'll hurry to post that up for ya...I wanted to say thanks to hoLamOchIlafor your reviews... your great... and also shabbii... You don't know how happy I was when I read your review... that's sooooooo coooool that You did that... Thank you so much! And to brathan-alwaysand4ever... I don't even know what to say to you... you read chapters 6-48 and left me a review for every one... You are amazing! Thanks soooooo much... Thanks to the rest of you that have also read... your guys rock... Um... so yea... leave me a few more reviews for this chapter please... they would greatly be appreciated... Thanks... peace guys...