After using up almost all of the hotels hot water on the combined showers; each teen checks themselves out in the mirror to make sure they look great and head to the rooftop pool. As everyone makes their way onto the roof they take in their first glimpse of the Hawaiian themed party. There are hula dancers, leis, and Hawaiian musicians scatter sporadically. Everybody's attention however is on the feast setting on the tables because both teams have not eaten since the challenge began. "Alright everybody" Logan says appearing from nowhere, "You guys will be paired up to eat so find the table with your name on it and dig in." Everybody rushes around to find their seats, some more eagerly than others.
At the first table Megara sits down and waits for her companion to accompany her. To her delight it is none other than Beck Oliver. "When I said I would meet you on the roof this wasn't exactly what I meant" Beck says as he easily slides into his seat. "You did a good job on the roof today, I'm proud of you going across that platform even though you are scared of heights." Megara blushes and smiles shyly at Beck and whispers "I couldn't have done it without you." Beck smiles at her and says, "I can't believe that I am in this crazy competition with all these prizes." He gives Meg a pointed look which she misses as she digs into her salad. Beck sighs and starts to pick at his salad too.
At the next table Slayter and Sinjin are engaged in a heated verbal spat. "Why are you so dense?" Slayter screams as she is nearly in tears trying to get Sinjin to open his eyes to what is obviously in front of him. He is in his usual bewildered state as he innocently states, "All I said is that I envy Andre because I think that Lilliana girl is pretty." Slayter growls at Sinjin and throws her dinner roll at his face. It bounces off his glasses and into his glass of water. He picks it up and sniffs it then takes a bite of it and then starts rambling about the time he got attacked by seagulls. Slayter gives up and slumps in her seat wondering if Sinjin will ever stop being so idiotic. Everybody shakes their head at Sinjin's continuing episodes of stupidity.
Sitting down at table number three is Trina and Zeak. Zeak decides to ask a question all of his teammates had been wondering about, "So all of the other players on your team seem to be able to contribute a ton to the team's cause and you seem to not; how did you manage to get on the team?" Trina looks at Zeak annoyed and says in a haughty tone, "Because I am the best thing that has ever happened to Hollywood Arts and they are lucky to have me." To which Zeak replies, "If you say so Trina, I didn't mean to upset you." She takes a long drink out of her iced tea and finally says with a sigh, "If you must know I begged our guidance councilor Lane to participate because my sister was in it and I can't stand seeing her get a leg up on me. She has been the school's new "it" girl ever since she stole my spot in the talent showcase." Trina violently stabs at a piece of lettuce as if it has personally offended her. Zeak sits there speechless because whatever he was expecting Trina to say he wasn't expecting it to be so vulnerable. Trina apologizes for her rant and for dumping her concerns onto Zeak. He sits there in silence and tries to digest the bombshell that was just dropped on him.
Table number four has Shaylee and Jade sitting there in stony silence. Jade has been watching Beck like a hawk ever since the group had come to the rooftop. Interestingly enough when she isn't looking at Beck she is staring at Connor who is at a table with his fellow captain Tori. Shaylee has retreated into a shell after following Jade's gaze to her least favorite person at Los Angeles Star Tech, Connor. Shaylee snaps out, "What is this? When you share a table with someone who might be better than everybody else you can't handle it? Or is it that you just lead people on by giving them signals one way and then ignore them when they get too close?" Shaylee is actually shaking with rage and storms off leaving a confused Jade to eat alone.
Connor looks over at the commotion at the table of Shaylee and Jade and raises an eyebrow when he notices Jade's intent gaze. He shrugs it off and turns back to Tori only to be dazzled by her incredible cheekbones. Connor loses his train of thought and begins to stutter. Tori just smiles at Connor getting flustered and lays a hand on his arm and says, "You don't have to be nervous, you haven't even seen me pig out yet." Connor loosens up and laughs at the joke and says, "Sorry about that, I just can't get over the face that I screwed up in the challenge today and that I did it in front of someone I am falling for." Connor's eyes go extremely wide and he blushes and concentrates on his dinner. Tori gives Connor a nervous little laugh and then sighs because Connor won't look at her because he is so embarrassed by his slip up.
Robbie and Teresa are the people who occupy the next table over. "I just wanted to say thank you for coming and checking on me the other day Robbie; you were the only person who cared enough to come see me and that means the world to me. I don't trust any of my teammates now because they were too concerned with the win instead of making sure that I wasn't badly hurt" Teresa says smiling at Robbie. Robbie smiles back and replies, "I have teammates who are the exact same way and I just wanted to make sure that I was there for you if you needed me. I have never been good with putting myself out there and I just wanted to make myself noticed." "I have noticed you from the beginning," Teresa says blushing furiously but never taking her eyes off of Robbie's face. They continue to talk totally ignoring the fact that heaping plates of food has been set in front of them.
A/N Please Review and let me know what you think. If I get a lot of reviews the next chapter will be the longest one I have ever written.