So Rico headed to the elevator to go to his room, but before he got there he saw Hitomi and like always...Rico was infatuated! Only thing was Hitomi was listening to her MP3 player so she was unaware Rico was even in the vicinity, meanwhile Destin and Kasumi locked lips while they were heading into the elevator to their room.

"I wish I were that lucky" Rico thought to himself

Hitomi had walked into an elevator and Rico didn't even bother to get on, he just turned his head so Hitomi wouldn't even notice him but he felt pitiful meanwhile Rico's new friend was about to have the time of his life with Kasumi and Rico was gonna the have the time of his life...with himself. When he got up to his room Rico had laid down on his bed and began to drift asleep but that sleep didn't last for long as Rico's friend Destin was in the room right next to his...and Rico heard every last detail of Destin and Kasumi's love;

"You ready?" asked Destin to Kasumi

And Rico heard every last detail, from every moan to every scream of ecstasy and Rico fantasized himself doing that with Hitomi. Man was Rico jealous...but then again Destin had money and fame and could get any girl he wanted with the snap of a finger.

"DUDE SHUT UP!" exclaimed Rico as he banged against the wall

Destin was oblivious to the fact that said banging was Rico and not his raucous love making to Kasumi, man you should've heard it...and to Rico's chagrin he sure as heck did for four hours straight of constant love! The next morning Rico left his room to go get some breakfast and Destin left his room at the same time Rico did;

"Ah, what a refreshing morning..how did you sleep?" asked Destin stretching

"Very well thanks" replied Rico grinding his teeth obviously lying

"Man I'm hungry" said Destin as he began to head downstairs to grab some breakfast]

Rico followed but was stopped when he saw none other than Hitomi, he stopped dead in his tracks at her sheer beauty, this was it he was gonna talk to her;

"Hey Hitomi" said Rico

"Oh hey...Rico right?" asked Hitomi

"Yeah, say I'm going to breakfast do you wanna join?" asked Rico

"I'd love to but me and Tina are going to hang around the beach for awhile" replied Hitomi

"Dammit" Rico thought to himself

"You're welcome to join us" said Hitomi

With that being said Rico felt like the happiest man on the planet...but the sad part was he was hungry

"Can I join you after breakfast?" asked Rico

"Sure, we'll be there for awhile" replied Hitomi

Rico jumped in the air happily and Hitomi didn't see him because she had already walked away and Rico couldn't wait to tell his friend Destin! Rico headed down to the cafeteria and there he saw Destin eating steak and eggs and Rico quickly rushed up to him;

"DUDE SHE SAID YES!" exclaimed Rico

"Who said yes?" asked Destin

"Hitomi! Man this calls for a celebration...care for a little nose candy?" asked Rico

"Wait, what?" asked Destin confused

"I'll sell you one, twenty bucks" replied Rico

"Are you talking about coke?" asked Destin

"Well I'm not talking about rock candy, come on" replied Rico

"No way dude, do you think I'd ruin my reputation for that?" replied Destin

"Dude you're a rock star man, party a little" pleaded Rico

"I don't think you should do that" replied Destin

"Whatever dude, I'll party alone then" said Rico as he went up the nose

"Dude, you're gonna throw your life away" said Destin

Rico didn't listen, now he wasn't all buzzed but that hit did a little something to him for you see Rico had broken the cardinal rule of dealing; don't get high on your own supply! Rico had grabbed some food and began to chow down, not even taking the time to chew for God's sake. He was in a rush to see Hitomi so badly, after he finished he had rushed to the beach wearing nothing but a blue Hawaiian shirt and a pair of white swim trunks, and he looked all around the beach and there he saw Tina and Hitomi sunbathing.

"Hey miss" said Rico to Hitomi

"Oh hey Rico, come on and sunbathe with us" said Hitomi

Rico threw off his shirt and didn't even care where it landed as he lay next to Hitomi, now sunbathing wasn't Rico's thing but hey as long as he was next to Hitomi he didn't give a crap!

"Hitomi, I'm gonna grab a snack care to join?" asked Tina

"No thanks" replied Hitomi

"YES!" Rico happily thought to himself

Tina had went to go fetch a snack for herself and Rico had Hitomi all to himself

"So Hitomi...do you maybe wanna grab a bite later?" asked Rico

"Sure Rico, that sounds like fun" replied Hitomi sweetly

"Great...so I'll meet you at eight tonight?" asked Rico

"Sure, we could do that" replied Hitomi

"Awesome I can't wait till eight" said Rico

Even though it was only 9am and Rico had eleven hours but he didn't care because he was going on a date with the girl he sought...and he had something in mind with Hitomi! No it wasn't only the horizontal tango he had other motives aside from just dating Hitomi! For you see Rico was a pretty shady character but Hitomi didn't know it and neither did Zack but it was going to be a shock that they would soon find out (maybe in a later chapter)

(A/M) So what do you guys think of Rico? What do you think I mean by a shady character? What are his motives? Well that will all be answered in chapter 3...when it's up of course!