"Are we just going to play the slot machines all day?" Tori says looking down the row at Cat and Jade.
"I hope not." Jade says as she hits the button to spin again.
"I like the slot machines." Cat says looking at her friends.
"But we've been here for forty-five minutes." Tori says taking another spin. "When are we going to do something else?"
"Go ahead... I can stay here by myself." Cat says as she presses her spin button. "Wooooo! I just won something!"
"How much did you win?" Jade says looking over at her machine.
"I don't know it's still going!"
They all watch Cat's slot machine waiting for it to stop. Finally it lets out a ring and stops the tally.
"Four hundred thirty-five dollars!" Cat squeals.
"Good job." Jade says nodding her head.
"Alright Cat." Tori cheers.
"I can't leave now guys, I'm on a roll." Cat says as she happily wiggles in her chair.
"Well I'm going to get a drink. I'll be back." Jade says as she spins her chair around and looks for the bar. She carefully makes her way through the crowded casino when she spots Andre and goes to see what he is doing. "Andre!" She calls out waving her hand in the air for him to see.
"Hey." He says waving back. "Are you guys still at the slot machines?"
"Yeah. Cat just won four hundred dollars so she's not budging."
"Where were you on your way to?"
"The bar to get a drink."
"Come to the craps table with me."
"Alright."
Andre and Jade make their way to the craps table where they see Robbie and Beck standing and Beck's about to roll the dice.
"Here, blow on these." Beck says holding his hand out to Jade.
"What?" Jade says looking at him like he's crazy.
"It's for luck, come on blow on 'em" He says.
Jade hesitates for a moment before finally giving the dice a quick blow. Beck tosses the dice and everyone cheers as the dealer yells out "Eleven!" Beck let's out a holler and Jade sees everyone celebrating and starts to clap.
"I don't have the slightest idea how this game works." She says.
"Stick with me, I'll teach you the basics." Beck tells her. "Blow the dice."
She blows on the dice again and Beck tosses them. "SEVEN!" The dealer yells out met with cheers from everyone. Beck puts the dice in front of Jade again and once again she blows on them. This time he rolls an eight. He continues to roll and appears to be on a winning streak when Tori and Cat walk up.
"Hey, what's going on?" Cat says.
"Beck's on a roll!" Robbie says putting his arm around her.
"I see you finally left your slot machine." Jade says.
"Yeah after she lost all of her winnings, I told her to stop while she was ahead." Tori says.
"Jade, blow the dice." Beck says impatiently waiting for her.
She blows the dice and Beck wins again.
"Here Tori, I never did make it to the bar. Come blow the dice for Beck." Jade says pulling Tori next to Beck.
"You can't leave now, I'm on a roll!" Beck says pulling her back.
"Tori will take care of you." She says as she slips out and walks away.
It's 3 a.m. and everyone is returning to their suites after a busy day and a long night. Jade and Cat have to practically carry a drunk Tori back to her room and put her in the bed. Once they have Tori undressed and in the bed they go and sit in the livingroom.
"When did she drink so much?" Cats says laying on the couch with her feet on Jade's lap.
"Well she had a couple of drinks at the casino, and she had a cocktail at lunch, and a couple of glasses of wine at dinner, and she was throwing back shots like it was nothing at the club."
"Wow, that's a lot. I didn't even realize she had that much."
"I just thought she was hardcore like that, It didn't catch up to her until we were at the club."
"She's heavy when she's drunk. Do you think she drinks like that a lot?"
"Dead weight. She might have ruined her chance with Beck though. She was too sloppy. He looked annoyed and completely turned off." Jade says.
"I already told you Beck doesn't want Tori."
"Don't start." Jade says throwing her hand up.
"Fine...Are you tired?" Cat asks cunningly.
"Why?"
"Let's go crash the guys' place. I could go for a swim."
"Sure. Let's do it."
Jade and Cat change into their swimsuits and make their way to guys' suite. Cat slides the spare card key she had in and carefully opens the door. It was silent in the men's suite. Robbie and Beck were both in the bed and Andre was still out entertaining a young lady he met at the club.
"I'm gonna go get Robbie." Cat whispers to Jade.
"What? I thought we were going to swim by ourselves."
"No, let's get the guys... it'll be more fun." Cat says before hurrying towards Robbie's room. "Get Beck!" She shouts back to Jade before disappearing.
Jade wanders around before finally slipping into Beck's bedroom. She turns on the table lamp so that she has just enough light to see where she was going. She walks up to the bed and lightly taps him on his arm. Beck rolls over but doesn't wake up.
"Beck!" She whispers. "Beck, get up." She says this time lightly nudging him.
Beck pushes most of the hair out of his face and manages to slightly open his eyes. All he can see through his sleepy eyes and hair is the mid section of someone standing over him.
"Hmm." He mumbles.
"Beck?" Jade says bending down to get a look at his face.
"Jade?" Beck says opening his eye all the way and sliding himself up in the bed and sitting up against the headboard. "What are you doing here?"
"Wanna go swimming?" She asks nervously.
Beck looks at the clock sitting next to the bed. "Do you know it's 3:30?"
"Yeah, Cat and I wanted to go swimming. She's waking Robbie up now."
Beck pushes the rest of the hair out of his face and looks at Jade. "What's under the robe?" He asks her.
"My swimsuit..duh." She says snidely.
"Let me see it."
"Why?"
"I wanna know if it's worth getting out of bed."
"Yeah right, you just want to sneak a peek."
"OK, maybe that too."
Jade laughs while Beck sits with a big smile on his face waiting to see what she is going to do. Jade unties the belt to the robe and quickly opens and closes it again.
"Was that a red bikini?" Beck say quite amused.
"Yeah."
"Hmmm, never seen you in a red bikini. I'm in." He says as he gets out of the bed.
"I'll meet you at the pool." Jade says as she walks out.
When Jade gets back to the pool Robbie and Cat are already inside playing around.
"What took you so long?" Cat yells out.
"I had to wake him up." Jade says sharply.
She drops her robe and stands at the pool steps. When Beck walks up he sees Jade slowly dipping her toes in the water trying to test the temperature. He gently places his hand on the small of her back.
"What are you doing?" He says.
"Trying to see how cold it is."
"Just get in." He says pulling his hair into a ponytail and then jumping into the pool.
Jade carefully steps into the pool and Beck playfully splashes her.
"Beck, stop!" She says.
"Stop being so uptight." He says as he splashes her again.
"I'm not being uptight. It's cold."
"Well the only way you're going to get used to it is if you get the water on you."
"Ohhh, we'll be back." Cat says pulling Robbie towards the steps of the pool by the arm.
"We just got in here, what do you need?" Robbie says trying to pull away.
"I need you to come with me." Cat says through her teeth to which Robbie agrees and comes with her.
"You know, you owe me seven thousand dollars." Beck says swimming up to Jade.
"Excuse me?" She says pulling him up.
"You owe me seven thousand dollars." He laughs.
"How is that?"
"You left the craps table while I was on a winning streak. You can't do that when someone is using you for good luck."
"Oh, please. I left you Tori."
"Yeah and I crapped out."
"Sorry." Jade laughs.
"Why do you keep handing Tori off to me anyway?"
"Because she likes you and wants to hook up with you. I know you know it by now."
"Yeah, but I've just been trying to ignore it."
"Why?"
"Why are you helping her." He asks.
"Why not... Trying to be a good friend I guess."
"That's a change. Anyway, Tori's not my type."
"Yeah right. I've seen the girls you've dated. Haley Paige, Sierra Baxter, London Carrey, they are all like Tori. Bubbly, sweet, so why not just go for Tori."
"Yeah, and you see none of those dates went anywhere. It's just not my type of girl."
"She was your type in high school when you tried to kiss her." Jade says quietly.
"No, she wasn't... To be honest, I was hurt and confused, and I didn't really know what I wanted. I just knew I couldn't have you."
"What's your type then?"
"You."
"Yeah right." Jade says splashing him in the face with water.
"What about you? I've seen the kind of guys that you have gone out with also. Dylan Swain, Xander Roberts?"
"I went on one date with them and the media blew it up. I don't really do that much dating. It's like most of the guys in the industry are assholes or douches. And its hard to meet a regular guy that doesn't know who you are and isn't going to try to use you. It's not even worth the headache."
"You could date me. I'm not an asshole, and I wouldn't use you." Beck says softly as he slowly approaches Jade.
"Oh please. We broke up and have hardly talked since. Must be for a reason."
She swims away to the very edge of the pool overlooking the city. She looks down at all the lights and just takes it all in. Beck swims up next to her and just looks out at the lights.
"Beautiful view huh?" She says still looking out.
"Yeah." He says before turning to look at her. "Jade, I still love you and I think about you all the time. We drifted apart at a very busy time in both of our lives and I think that's the worst mistake I've ever made."
"What makes you think it would work out now? We're just as busy, if not busier than we were then."
"We're both established, we don't have to try as hard. We can make it work."
"Beck... I don't..." Jade starts as Beck grabs her and kisses her. She pulls back at first caught off guard and unsure of what to do. They look each other in the eyes for a moment as Beck smiles and puts his hands around her waist and carefully pulls her up against him. He leans in and kisses her again and Jade, unable to suppress her feelings anymore, wraps her arms around his neck and passionately kisses him back.