"Ugh, I am so HUNGRY. I didn't get a chance to eat anything today." Jade says as she rummages through the aisle of the convenience store.
"Yeah, I'm hungry too." Tori says.
"Maybe we should wake up the guys. They may have wanted to pick something out." Cat says looking out the window of the store at the bus where the guys are still sleeping.
"Hey Cat, where's Rex?" Tori asks.
"Shhhh." Cat says horrified. "We don't talk about Rex."
"Why not. When did Robbie stop carrying him."
"Robbie put Rex away because he said something inappropriate to me."
"Really? Jade asks having never heard this story before." What exactly did he say?"
"I don't wanna say, but Robbie sure was mad. He told him that he didn't want him around me anymore." Cat says as she twirls her hair. "So now Rex only gets to come out for kids' parties... if he's good."
"Wow, that's interesting."
"Yeah, I don't want to talk about it anymore. And don't say anything to Robbie about it. okay?"
Tori and Jade both agree to never bring Rex up again.
"How much longer until we get to Vegas?" Cat asks.
"A little less than two hours." Dave says as he pays for gas. "I'll meet you ladies back at the bus."
Dave goes back to the bus so that he can pump the gas. Jade, Tori and Cat all walk around the store trying to figure out what to get when Jade sees a sign pointing to the deli.
"Yess! They have a deli. Let's see what they serve."
Jade takes off towards the deli with Tori and Cat in tow. She looks over the menuboard and enters her order. "Should I get something for the guys?" She asks them.
"I'm getting Robbie something." Cat says staring at the menuboard.
"And maybe I can get Beck's" Tori says waiting for Jade's reaction.
"Cool." Jade says as she continues to enter her order. "I guess I'll get Andre's. Do you guys think he'll want a sub?"
"Yeah, probably so." Cat says as she enters her order.
Once all of the girls have entered their order they walk around some more waiting for their food to be ready. Jade and Tori go straight to the coffee bar to make drinks.
"Ooh coffee, I'm about to make a big ole cup." Jade says grabbing the biggest cup she can find. When she comes back she sees Tori pouring a lot of creamer into a cup of coffee.
"Is that for you or for Beck?" Jade asks, knowing Tori hardly drinks coffee.
"It's for Beck."
"That's waaay too much cream."
"I thought Beck liked cream in his coffee?"
"He does, but just a splash. Barely enough to even make a difference. Two sugars and just a splash of cream."
"Well this was just a splash." Tori says as she puts the lid on the cup. "I think he will be okay with it.
Jade throws her hands up as if she were surrendering. "Look, I was just trying to help." She says as Tori walks away from her.
"Hey Jade, I think they just called your number." Cat says sprinting towards the back of the store.
Cat, Tori, and Jade all get their food from the deli and pay for everything they had. As they walk across the parking lot towards the bus they see Andre, Robbie, and Beck getting off.
"You guys weren't going to wake us up? Maybe we wanted some snacks too." Andre yells with his arms in the air.
"Oh, stop whining!" Jade yells back. "We got you all something."
They all meet in the middle of the parking lot.
"Did you get me something?" Robbie asks Cat.
"Of course." Cat says wrapping her arms around him as the two of them walk back to the bus.
"Beck I got you a turkey sub." Tori says. "And some coffee. And some other stuff if you want it."
"Oh, thanks." Beck says as he takes the cup of coffee and starts to drink.
"Here Andre, I got you an Italian sub, a lemonade and some chips. Enjoy." Jade says reaching the bag out to Andre.
"Cool, I am starving." Andre says giving Jade a kiss on the forehead before running back towards the bus.
"Wait up Andre! I think he handed us the wrong bags!" Tori yells as she starts to run after him.
Jade starts to walk after them when Beck grabs her by the arm to stop her.
"What is this crap?" He asks holding up the cup of coffee.
"It's the coffee Tori got you."
"It's gross, its tastes like warm milk. Why didn't you help her?"
"Look, I tried but she didn't want my help. "
"Why not? "
"Because she's trying to impress you, you idiot. The last thing she wants is the ex-girlfriend's help." Jade says before walking back to the bus.
Beck takes another sip of the coffee and makes a sour face. " I can't drink this." He says to himself before walking to the store and making another cup of coffee. He picks up a pack of gum and pays for his items and heads back to the bus. He sits down and Tori comes and sits next to him.
"How is your coffee?" She asks.
"Oh, its good. Thank you."
"No problem. I was thinking maybe we could go out tonight. Maybe either to dinner or a club."
"I don't know." Beck says hesitantly "I think I'm going to rest tonight. We've got the entire week to go out."
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Tori says sadly. "We just haven't seen each other in awhile and I thought it would be nice to catch up, you know?"
"Isn't that why we're riding a party bus instead of flying?"
"Yeah, but you and I haven't had a chance to really talk. Alone."
"We will, you want to go to the front of the bus and talk?" He suggests.
"No, I don't want Dave all in our conversation."
"Dave is cool, I doubt he cares what we talk about."
"It's okay, we'll get together after we rest. I'm going to hold you to it."
"I promise." Beck says.
Its been a long four hours, but the bus ride was finally almost over.
"Hey guys, Dave said we should arrive in about fifteen minutes." Robbie says to cheers from his friends.
"Before we get there, Robbie and I have something we wanted to say to you all. We really appreciate everyone taking time out of their busy schedules to take this trip with us." Cat says as she holds onto Robbie's arm.
"Yeah, I can't remember that last time all six of us were together." Robbie says.
"Yeah, and since everyone wasn't able to make it to the wedding, we thought it would be cool if we renewed our vows on our anniversary Thursday and have all of you there with us."
"We just want to share this moment with all of our closest friends. We don't want to take too much time away from your vacation with this but it would just mean a lot to us to have you all there."
"Of course we will be there!" Tori says getting up to give them a hug. "We wouldn't all even be on this trip if it wasn't for you two."
"Yo Rob, we can give you a bachelor party Wednesday night. Let's do this right." Andre says as Beck shakes his head in agreement.
"But he's not a bachelor anymore!" Cat says pulling Robbie closer to her.
"It's okay Cat, let him have his bachelor party. That just means that we get to throw you a bachelorette party!" Jade says with a sly grin on her face. "This is going to be so much fun."
"Not too much fun." Beck says seriously as Jade makes a face at him.
"Alright guys we're here." Dave says as he pulls up to the hotel.
"You guys stay here while we check in." Cat tells everyone as she and Robbie exit the bus.
They go inside and check in and come back to the bus.
"Hey, Dave can you pull the bus around to the back entrance." Robbie says pointing him in the direction of the entrance.
"That's the celebrity VIP entrance." Dave says very confused with what's going on.
"Well Dave, it looks like you might have a few celebrity VIPs on this bus." Cat says as she pats his shoulder. "You didn't notice how everyone arrived in limousines?"
"I just thought you were a couple of spoiled rich kids."
Cat laughs and sits in the seat behind Dave while he drives the bus around to the VIP entrance. Everyone gathers their belongings and gets ready to get off of the bus. Once the bus stops Dave opens the door so that the hotel manager can get on and talk to them and he can get off and help the bellhop.
"Hey man, who's on there?" The bellhop asks Dave.
"Apparently not who I thought was on there." He says as they finish loading the bags onto the carts.
The Hotel manager gets off and Dave gets back on the bus.
"Alright Dave, It was nice meeting you." Andre says as he gets off the bus.
"Take care Dave." Beck says as he follows Andre.
"Hey Dave, don't forget to show your daughter the pictures on your phone, okay?" Jade says as she gets off the bus.
"Seeya Dave!" Tori says as she hops off the bus.
"Alright Dave, you were great. We enjoyed having you drive us. You're pretty cool." Cat says as she stands up from her seat.
"If you don't mind me asking, who are you all?" Dave says as he watches the hotel staff swarm the group that just got off the bus.
Cat lets out a little giggle. "That's Beck Oliver. He was just in a Martin Scorcese movie. That's Andre Harris. He's a Singer, songwriter, and producer. That's Tori Vega. She's a singer. And that's Jade West. She's a singer and actress. She sings..."
"Broken Promises." Dave says figuring everything out.
"Yep, that's her." Cat says with a smile.
"And what about you and that guy." He says pointing to Robbie.
"Oh, we're the Shapiros." Cats says as she joyfully hops off the bus. "Hey Dave, come take a picture with us!" Cat says waving him off the bus.
"Oh no, I can't. " Dave says as he nervously grips the steering wheel.
"Come on Dave, don't be like that now that you know who everyone is."
"Yeah, come on Dave." Jade says as she walks up behind Cat.
"Okay." Dave says hesitantly before getting off of the bus.
Jade hands her phone to the bellhop. "Dave, give him your phone so he can take a picture." She tells him.
They all gather around Dave and the bellhop takes a picture of them with Jade's phone and with Dave's phone. When he is done he hands the phones back to Jade.
"Thank you." She tells the bellhop. She puts her phone in her back pocket and takes Dave's phone and turns the camera on. She kisses him on the cheek and takes a picture of it and then hands the phone back to Dave. "Take care of yourself Dave." She says before running off with the rest of the group as they head into the hotel.
*** I know these two chapters didn't have a lot going on but things will be heating up shortly...stay tuned!***