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CHAPTER 4
Tori's POV
The first thing I saw was the gigantic chandelier hanging from the huge ceiling in the middle of the room, its crystals glittering in the lights like a disco ball. There were leather couches, lounge chairs, and coffee tables spread out over the thick red carpets that covered parts of the marble floors. I saw a few ATM machines by the doors, and on the walls were long mirrors that made the room look twice as big. People walked around and bellboys in uniforms wheeled around carts filled to the tops with bags. If this was just the front area, I couldn't wait to see the rooms.
We went up to the gold-colored counters, looking around eagerly. There was a bowl of candy on top, and Jade grabbed a whole fistful, almost leaving nothing left. She popped one in her mouth and offered some to Cat—and only Cat, who accepted it, giggling like a child.
A woman in a red uniform with the words 'The Royale' sewn onto the back came to help us.
"We're here for the Vegas 777 rooms," Sikowitz told her.
"Oh!" the woman looked surprised. "Well, Brandon over there can help you to your special rooms." She pointed to a small man waiting by one of the two arching doorway. "I hope you all enjoy your stay, and have fun!"
The bellboys who had our luggage were already by Brandon as if they knew we were part of Vegas 777.
"Are you the lucky kids here for the Vegas 777 program?" Brandon asked when we approached him.
"First, we're not kids," Jade corrected in a seething tone.
"Yes, we're here for that," Sikowitz interrupted, shooting Jade a warning glance.
"This way. You know where to go, right?" Brandon said to the bellboys, who nodded, because we all couldn't fit into one elevator, although it was much larger than ones I had been in before.
As we entered the elevator I was surprised to see that it was a forty-story building, and when Brandon pressed one of the buttons, we rocketed up to the thirtieth one.
This floor was extremely nice. Once again, there were mirrors on the walls, which were gold-colored, and the ground covered in a plush carpet. We followed Brandon to one very long hall with only three doors, spread at least two hundred feet apart.
"These are your three rooms," he said, reaching into his pocket and pulling out three cards and giving them to Sikowitz, ignoring the confused looks on our faces. How big could the rooms possibly be? And why were they so spread out? "Your baggage will be up in a few minutes. And let me just say you are all very lucky kids to have these rooms." He left with a wink in his eye.
"We aren't kids," Jade snarled under her breath.
"So why don't we decide on who's with who?" Sikowitz said, ignoring Jade.
"I'm with Beck," Jade announced before anyone could say anything. She walked over to her boyfriend and held him in a hug. "Because he's the reason that you're all here at this moment and I'm his girlfriend and we need to spend some time together."
"Okay," Sikowitz said, looking a little unsure. "Then would you like to go with Cat, Tori? And André and Robbie can be with me, if that's all right with you boys."
"That's fine," André said calmly.
Cat danced over to me and grabbed me in a tight hug, not letting go.
"All right then," Sikowitz said happily, handing out the keys. "I'll check up on you guys in ten minutes and then we can head back to the airport to get your luggage, Tori."
I took the key and Cat and I went over to the door at the far right. Sikowitz, André and Robbie were in the middle, and Beck and Jade were on the complete opposite side of the hall. I inserted the key and pushed the door open.
My jaw fell to the ground and Cat was dead silent.
There were two king-size beds pushed up against the far right wall, and a master bathroom. Beside the beds were a wooden oak nightstand with a fancy lamp and a PearHome. But I was absolutely shocked to see that there was a full-out pool that took up the majority of the room. There was a short two-foot tall fence around it, probably to prevent people from falling in accidently.
"Oh my god," I whispered, unable to move.
"Yay!" Cat screamed suddenly. "A pool!" She ran over to it and opened up the gat leading into the pool area. She dipped her finger in the water excitedly. "Wow, Tori, come and feel this!" She splashed in her whole hand, sending water across the clean tiles that surrounded the pool.
I walked through the gate and knelt by the side, putting my hand in. The water was nice and warm, but not hot, like a Jacuzzi.
"What kind of hotel has swimming pools in their rooms?" I said softly.
"I want to go swimming!" Cat exclaimed.
"Okay, wait for our luggage to get here," I said. "You did bring like a bikini or something, right?"
Cat nodded furiously, getting up and dashing into the bathroom. "TORI!" she screamed.
"What?" I ran over to the bathroom, thinking to find a dead body or something. But all I saw was the gleaming white tiles and the huge Jacuzzi set in the middle of the room. Jade is going to be jealous, I thought. The shower was on the left and the toilet was on the right. I went to investigate both, finding that there were four different knobs and nozzle heads in the shower, and a telephone right next to the toilet.
"I want to go in the Jacuzzi!" Cat started climbing up the steps even though the cover was still on. I grabbed her arm.
"Hold on, Cat," I warned. "Can you wait a few minutes?"
"Okay, Tori." She sped out of the bathroom and I could hear her laughing as she jumped on one of the beds.
This is like the coolest hotel ever, I thought, lifting up the cover to the Jacuzzi and peeking at the steaming hot water.
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André's POV
I was actually completely cool with having Robbie and Sikowitz in my room. Not so sure about Rex though.
We picked the room in the middle, because it looked like the biggest, since we had three people. Sikowitz opened up the door, and after we were all went inside I thought I was in a dream.
There were two king beds on the right side of the room, a door that led to a huge and beautiful bathroom, and in the middle were two curved black leather couches around a glass coffee table. But then I looked on the left side, and I suddenly understood why everything was so far pushed to the right.
Taking up the entire left side of the room were two bowling lanes.
Yep, I said bowling lanes.
The pins had already set up at the end, and I noticed the couches and coffee table were facing the ball return. On the opposite side of the room were three shelves with different sized bowling balls and more couches and seats.
"This place is loaded!" Rex shouted, his voice echoing.
"A bowling alley? This is so cool!" Robbie set Rex down on one of the couches and rushed over to the shelf of bowling balls. "You wanna play a game, André?" he asked eagerly, picking up a shiny blue ball and testing its weight.
"Well, well, well, I wonder how much these rooms cost," Sikowitz said, shaking his head in pure awe. He sat down next to Rex. "No wonder these rooms are so big. I wonder if the other two groups have something like this in their rooms. I think I'll go check on them." He got up and left us.
I decided to get a bowling ball for myself and set up a game for us.
Just as I sent my first ball spinning down the slick alley, I couldn't help but think how amazing this trip was going to be, no matter what happened.
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Jade's POV
Beck had his arm on my shoulder as he led us all the way down to the other end of the hall. I wondered briefly why the rooms were so far spread apart, but my question was soon answered when I came into the room.
Of course we had the two king-size beds and the master bathroom, but Beck had discovered that there was a DJ station and dance floor, which would probably explain why the room looked quite bare. He pressed a button somewhere and the odd-shaped tiles on the floor lit up in different colors, and hidden lights in the corners of the room came to life and flashed everywhere. I even found a fancy bar, the fridge behind it already full of beer, cocktail drinks, and martinis.
"This is the coolest thing ever," Beck said, jumping down from the DJ booth and grinning at the incredible light display lighting up our room. "This place is big enough to have a party. And not the small kind."
I laughed and pulled him into a kiss, falling onto one of the beds.
Just then, there was heavy knock on the door.
Beck leaped up and ran to open the door. "Oh, hi, Sikowitz," he greeted, running a hand through his fluffy hair.
"Hello, Beck." Sikowitz stepped into our room. "Wow, that's a very nice dance floor you've got there," he said, admiring the flashing colors. "We have a bowling alley, and Tori and Cat have a pool and Jacuzzi."
Jacuzzi? I never thought I would get jealous over Tori.
Sikowitz looked around for a few moments before going into the bathroom. I heard him clear his throat nervously.
"What's the problem?" I asked, walking over to him with Beck close.
He was staring at the shower, which was at least thirty feet long, but the doors were all glass. Perfectly see-through. He raised an eyebrow. "Okay, guys, I'm not really comfortable with you two being alone, but I trust that you'll be okay." He continued to stare at the clear door uncomfortably. "And please make sure you close all the doors when you shower." He pointed to the white main doors of the bathroom.
I rolled my eyes and Beck gave a nervous laugh. Come on, that was common sense, wasn't it?
"So Jade, I need you to come with me, Cat and Tori to the airport," Sikowitz said, turning to me.
"No!" I didn't want to go.
"You are coming," Sikowitz said firmly. "It's your fault that we have to go in the first place." I rolled my eyes again. "Oh, and Beck, when the luggage comes, can you help André and Robbie bring it to Tori and Cat's room? For some reason, it's not here yet."
My boyfriend nodded.
"Let's go, Jade," Sikowitz said.
I sighed, gave Beck one last kiss and followed my teacher out of the room.
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Trina's POV
Right afterschool I headed to the airport. It was about 3:30 when I got there, so I hurried to get my car parked and paid that special fee before I went to get my luggage checked in and go through security. My flight was at 4:30, and I realized that Tori and them had left school at about one, which meant that Cat had given me the wrong flight number. But I was okay with it, since then it means that they would already be in Vegas and I wouldn't have to worry about them catching a glimpse of me.
I boarded the plane at five because it was slightly delayed. I had to sit near the back with some random strangers, but luckily there were no little kids anywhere to bother me, like that last flight I had gone on with Tori.
I tried to sleep for the entire flight, so I wouldn't get distracted, like trying to sneak into first class and see which celebrities were on this flight, but it was pretty hard to stay asleep with all of the background chatter and annoying whirr of the plane engines.
So here I was, my parents thinking that I was spending the night at someone's house, when I was actually heading to Vegas. Trina Vega, you are one smart chic.
It was at six that we landed, only half an hour late, not that it really mattered. I was waiting for my luggage by the luggage carousel when I saw a very familiar redhead bouncing up and down with a group of strangers.
Cat? What was she doing here?
I reached into my purse and slipped my sunglasses and hat on, in case she came over and noticed me. I willed my bag to appear faster, or at least so I could get it before Cat saw my luggage, because I knew she would recognize it immediately.
I ducked behind some people, and saw Cat talking to someone I now recognized as Sikowitz and Jade. Jade looked different at first, probably because she was actually smiling for once as Cat jumped up and down in front of her. And of course, Sikowitz's odd way of wearing clothes I could notice a mile away.
Then I saw Tori. She was grabbing something from the carousel—it was her own luggage. What was it doing on my flight? But then I saw her go back to Jade and Sikowitz, who was frowning at Jade. I noticed that Cat was no longer with them.
"Um, excuse me miss?" I turned around and came face-to-face with the redhead.
My palms went sweaty, and I tried to stay calm. Yes, Trina, because if you panic now then everything will be blown, I thought. So I improvised, something that every great actress should be able to do. "What do you want?" I asked in a slightly British accent.
"I was wondering if you saw…" she stopped, staring at me hard. I looked away quickly, trying to disguise myself better. Her eyebrows raised up and I could tell she was thinking. She said, "You look a lot like one of my friend's older sister."
"Oh really?" I asked, "Well, I do get that a lot." I mean, I'm sure with my good looks I could easily be mistaken for a celebrity.
"You get told a lot that you look like Tori's older sister?"
"Never mind," I said in a fake disgusted voice. I started to walk in a different direction, Cat watching me curiously. I was a good distance away when I looked back, and saw that she was back with her group and that they were leaving.
I breathed a sigh of relief and went to get my luggage.
That was a close one.
I took a cab to The Royale, using cash I got from an ATM machine using Mom's credit card. I had figured out the pin number as one that my family always used for passwords and such. The signature was easy enough to fake. But my ID was a little harder, so I decided to use my school one, changing the name to 'Holly Vega' with some whiteout and a label maker.
When I arrived at The Royale, I kept my cool, even though I was completely astounded by the beautifulness of it. I was immediately certain that this place would be able to accommodate my needs.
I stood in line and got a room, on the twenty-eighth floor. Apparently, the 'special' rooms, like the ones with Jacuzzis and indoor pools and bars started on the thirtieth floor, but I couldn't afford one of those without giving myself away. And the lady who was helping me kept giving me weird looks when I paid with 'my' credit card.
I brought my own luggage up to the twenty-eighth floor. There was a mix of different hallways that all looked exactly the same. It took me a while but I finally found my room.
I opened up the door, and was greatly pleased by what I saw.
There was only one bed, but it must've been three times the size of the bed I had at home. The walls were painted a nice creamy color, and there was a little nightstand next to the bed with a fancy clock on it. I walked across the soft carpet, looking into every nook and cranny I could find. The closet was a walk-in one, and I saw the fancy robes with the words 'Royale' sewn onto them in fancy gold lettering. There were a few couches spread around the room, each looking as inviting as the next. I smiled in satisfaction, continuing the walk around.
The bathroom was completely white, with a shower and a separate bathtub. I arranged all of my toiletries on the marble counter and leaped onto the bed, sinking down into the soft material.
Now this is going to be a fun vacation.
I'm pretty sure it's not possible to use a school ID with a credit card, so I ask you to suspend your disbelief for this fictional story. :)
And might I just say that hotels like The Royale really do exist...somewhere. ;) The ideas for the rooms came to me after watching a TV show featuring these crazy nice hotel rooms, so I just took the best ones I can remember and put 'em here.
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