Later that day after everyone got out of the pool, the band discovered their was a party for all the guests at Caesars Palace

And Caesars Palace only.

"We should go." Murph told the band "It sounds like fun."

"Let's meet here at 7:30 so that we can all be together before the crowd arrives." Mr Fabulous offered

The band nodded and mumbled in agreement.

"Sounds good" Jake said to Mr Fab.

This is so much fun! Maria thought to herself as she took many pictures with her camera. She felt like a kid at a candystore as she gazed over many of the Rock N Roll artifacts. She had just seen a silk shirt worn by Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon's guitar strap at the Hard Rock Cafe after she enjoyed a steak dinner with a tall glass of pepsi.

I wish Elwood was here to learn more about what I like. She mentaly shrugged to herself and continued taking pictures. I need a break from the guys and some Me time right now. I'm sure Elwood is having a good time with Jake anyway

"GO GO GO GO!" Jake yelled at the spinning roulette wheel in front of him. His fists were clentched in anticipation as he looked on with steady eyes behind his shades.

Poor Elwood stood by his side, bored as he too watched the roulette wheel spin. i I feel like his chaparone/i

The wheel stopped at a 11 and Jake whooped for joy. "Whoo! Five hundred bucks!"

"Wow, and you did that sober" Elwood told him sarcastically

"Try it, man!" Jake offered as he stepped off the stool he was sitting on.

"No thanks." he declined "I knew I shouldve went with Maria to the Hard Rock..."

"Let her have her fun" Jake told him "and try to have fun as well"

Elwood sighed and took out 500 dollars from his jacket pocket. "I bet 500 bucks on number...16. My lucky number."

The dealer spun the wheel and the brothers watched it spin as the little ball circled rapidly around the circumference of the wheel.

Please land on 16...please land on 16...

The wheel and the ball slowed down as Elwood watched it, anxiously. The ball slowly rolled to number...16.

"Yes!" Elwood cheered

Jake gave Elwood a congradulatory pat on the shoulder as Elwood recived not only his 500 dollars, but an additional 500 dollars as well.

"We shouldve done this, instead of performing in gigs!" Jake exclaimed happily.

"I think that's enough for me, Jake" Elwood began but Jake stopped him "Don't flake out on me, man!"

"I dont want an addiction" Elwood argued

"You're not gonna get addicted!" Jake told him with support "Besides, I think we have enough time"

Elwood checked his watch

7:45

"Son of a bitch!" Elwood yelled angrily. "We're late!"

He saw jake by a slot machine and grabbed him by the sleeve "C'mon!"

Jake held on the the machine with his hands, as Elwood pulled and pulled

"No please! Just one..more...spin..."

"We need to get back to the poolside, Jake! The band is waiting for us there!"

Jake let go in defeat as his followed his brother to the hotel pools.

When the brothers arrived, they found that being late wasn't worth anything. The whole place was incredibly crowded with dancers, swimmers and drinkers.

"Where's Six Strings?" Jake asked as they looked around

Maria, who ordered herself a fruity cocktail from a nearby bar, saw the brothers and waved her arm at them for their attention

"Jake! Elwood!"

The brothers heard their names and saw Maria waving at them.

There she is

They approached her and looked releived "There you are" jake told her

"Why are you guys late?" she asked them "The rest of the band went off drinking and dancing"

"Jake wanted to continue with the slots" Elwood told her

"Elwood won 1000 bucks" jake told her, changing the subject and avoiding the blame on himself

"Wow!" she replied with a smile at Elwood "Congradulations man!"

He smiled a bit, humbly "Thanks"

"Here, lemme buy you guys a drink" she offered. "Two beers" she told the bartender

"You dont have to..."Elwood began but Jake inturrupted him "Free beer Elwood! You cant refuse that!"

Maria got the two beers and handed them to them.

"A toast..." she began with her drink in the air. "to, friendship, love, and helping to save the orphanage with our power of the blues."

"Cheers!"

"Cheers."

They tapped thier drinks together in a toast and drank as they looked on at the party people

3 hours later

Maria and Elwood were chatting on with Murph and Matt until our of the corner of her eye, Maria saw Jake at another bar.

All alone and looking sad.

No one deserves to be sad in Vegas she thought to herself as she felt pity for him. Ever since that chat with him at the airport, she felt like she had a friendly connection with him and she wasnted it to be that way.

"I'm gonna go talk to Jake" Maria told the guys "Poor dude looks lonely"

"Ok" they responded in unison.

She got down and approached Jake "Hi."

He looked up and smiled sadly "Hey Six Strings"

"Are you ok? You seem down." she asked him concerned

He drank a bit of his beer and burped a little.

"No chick wants to dance with me."

"Oh." she replied "Well, that's not something to get all sad about"

"I felt bad that I made Elwood and I late, so I decided to stay out of trouble and just ask a girl to dance and not get drunk., but it seems like I can't even do that."

She was silent for a bit, thinking of a plan.

"What if I danced with you?"

Jake gave her a confused look "Me, dancing with you? Would Elwood get mad?"

"It's just one dance, Jake" she said with a shrug of her shoulders "I'm not gonna elope with you."

"True...Alright then, I'll ask you. Maria, care to have this dance?" he asked her, hand extended for her to take.

"Yes." she accepted as she took his hand.

They approached the dance floor, after they requested a song and began dancing as they sang along to the Ray Charles classic...

Well I heard about the fellow you've been dancin' with All over the neighbourhood So why didn't you ask me baby? Didn't you think I could?
Well I know that the boogaloo is outta sight, But the shingalings the theme tonight And if it was you and me now baby I would've shown you how to do it right

The other dancers seemed very impressed with Maria and Jake's dance moves, so they gathered around them in a circle and cheered them on

Do it right. Uh huh. Do it right. Do it right, do it right, do it right Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Twist it! Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it baby!

At this point people were cheering them on even louder

Here we go loop de loop!
Shake it out baby!
Here we go loop de la!

The dancers bended their torsos forward, facing each other with their hands behind them as they danced and sang

Bend over, let me see you shake your tail feather Bend over, let me see you shake your tail feather Come on, let me see you shake your tail feather Come on, let me see you shake your tail feather Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Twist it! Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it baby!
Here we go loop de loop!
Shake it up baby!
Here we go loop de la!

Bend over, let me see you shake your tail feather Bend over, let me see you shake your tail feather Come on, let me see you shake your tail feather Come on, let me see you shake your tail feather

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Come on! Come on baby! Come on! Yeah come on babe!
Alright!

The dancers began dancing to the lyrics as the song described the dance moves.

Do the twist!
Do the fly!
Do the swim!
And do the bird!
Do the duck!
Do the monkey!
(Hey! Hey!)
Watusi!
And errr... what about the food?
Do the mashed potato!
What about the boogaloo?
The Boney Muroney!
Come on! Let's do the twist!

They continued dancing until the song was over on the final note, everyone cheered around them as the dancers smiled at each other in vanity. They walked away from the crowd until two ditzy looking girls stopped them.

"Wow, you guys are awesome dancers!"

"Thank you." Maria responded

"Can we have a dance with your boyfriend?" one of them asked her

Jake lifted an eyebrow a bit and Maria looked uneasy

"Oh he's not my boyfriend. He's just my friend."

"Wanna dance?" one girl asked him.

"Sure" he responded smugly as he took both girls in his arms.

When they werent looking, Jake gave Maria a thumbs up in thanks. Maria walked off, returning the thumbs up and leaving him alone to be happy.

It was 3 in the morning and all the band members were on thier way to thier rooms, exausted.

"That was a nice thing you did for Jake, Maria" Elwood said to her kindly

She shrugged a bit humbly "I didnt want to see him all sad y'know?"

She yawned and stretched her arms out "Wow, I'm exausted."

"Me too" Elwood agreed. "I think Jake won't be back until..."

They approached Elwood and Jake's room until they heard something hard hit a wall in the bedroom many times.

The bed's headboard.

"Is that..?" Maria asked grossed out by what she heard

"It seems Jake is already there..." Elwood replied uneasily "and he's sleeping...with someone."

"Let's get outta here!" Maria exclaimed as she grabbed Elwood by the wrist and led him to her room.

"Great" Elwood grumbled as he sat on a chair in her suite. "I'm roomless for the night."

"You can stay here if you want" she offered.

"Thank you." he said to her "I can just make a bed out of the sofa and the pillows..."

She sighed, a bit nervous about her next offer "You don't have to sleep there. You can uh...share the bed with me."

Elwood's eyes grew wide behind his shades and he turned pink "Uh...I...um...I dont know..."

"I won't try anything if you don't try anything" She warned him.

He sighed and took off his coat, tie and hat. She got into bed as he also got in. Both of them were nervous about sharing a bed together so they just laid there in silence.

"Well uh...this bed's comfortable" she said, breaking the awkward silence

"Yeah"

She yawned again and snuggled closer to Elwood, shivering.

"The blankets are thin though." she commented "They don't keep me warm."

"Me niether" Elwood replied, a bit suprised she was snuggling against him.

He caught a small scent of her hair and smiled a bit. It smelled like roses and the feeling of her body against his made him feel like he was living the dream. He put his arms around her, bringing her close to him and not wanting to let her go.

"That feels so good" she said quietly as she laid her head on his chest.

Elwood then started running his hand through her silky wavy hair, to comfort her even more. She smiled and closed her eyes at his touch and soon she found herself drowsy and fell he knew she was sound asleep, he took off his shades to get a clearer look at her and kissed her before putting on the shades and falling asleep.