Disclaimer I don't own the hot sexy guys with attitude, just my puppets. Hell, at least I can make them do what I want.

Back in Warren …

"Reid calm down." Caleb repeated for the hundredth time since this whole started.

"Yeah man, chill out." Tyler tried.

Reid's glare was something of a sight. "Chill out!? Fuck that! It's been forty minutes since anyone heard from that girl. Who knows what she's done to my car. Probably crashed it into a ditch somewhere."

"Your car, or I rather say 'baby', will be fine." Pogue interrupted his little tirade.

" If she's not here in the next 5 minutes … and what the hell is that noise?"

In the time it took for the four of them to get out to the parking lot, a rather familiar copper Corvette was pulling into the parking lot. It stopped right in front of them an barely missed hitting Pogue in the process. Jenna jumped out of the car as soon as it was stable.

"Land! Sweet - Sweet unmoving land!" Jenna practically cried.

Victoria came out after a few seconds of Jenna's 'land' remarks and just shrugged. She could hear a few of the guys talking to Jenna. The same old 'Are you ok?' 'Where were you?' 'Did the crazy girl corrupt my little girl?'People need to relax a bit, let us live a little.

'Great. Here it comes.'

"You stole my car! You took Jenna for a joy ride in a car that 1: was not yours 2: should have been locked He glared at Tyler and 3: had no key. So what I don't get is why Jenna would get into a car with you and drive off without even telling anyone where she was going. I swear, if you scratched my car I'm gonna …"

"Cool it Blondie. I didn't hurt your car although you should take a look under the hood. It was kinda' stalling. You might want to take a look at the oil and fuel injectors. What?" Tori couldn't help but smirk at the look on his face. 'I guess he doesn't like getting car advice from a girl. Tough.'

"I can't believe a girl's telling me what to do to my car."

'Guess I was right.' "Whatever."

Victoria started looking around for the ever present black bus. It wasn't where she left it so she kept looking. She really had a bad feeling about this. She knew they were gone the moment she saw John MaCallister's face.

"What did she say?" Tori asked. She held herself stiff and ready for the blow sure to come.

The look that passes through their faces wasn't missed.

Flashback

Victoria and Jenna had just sped out of the parking lot. Leaving a very angry Reid and a very amused Caleb.

"Where the hell does she think she's going? That's my car!" Reid screamed into Caleb's ear.

"She probably just needed to get away. Think things through. She'll be back." he responded in a quiet voice. 'Lord knows I've done it enough to know.'

Reid looked at him like he were someone else. The Caleb who came out and said shit like that was the Caleb he related to. "For Tyler's sake, you better be right."

Caleb shook his head and smiled while Reid kept fussing about his car. Moments later Rodmilla exited the inn followed by Mike, the drummer and Zoë, the bass guitarist. She walked up to the MaCallister's with nothing but greed in her eyes. The boys saw John pass her an envelope but didn't think much of it.

Rodmilla looked around and then it dawned on her that her "precious" daughter was gone. She walked right up to Caleb and Reid for answers.

"So, where did the little whore go off to?"

Caleb's face showed his shock yet he answered her all the same. "Ma'am, we don't know. She just needed to go for a ride so my friend lent her his car. She said she'd be back."

Reid passed an unbelieving look over to Caleb.

"Really? How nice of you. What, were you expecting to sleep with her after? God knows I tried to bargain off that chip but she's a little picky. But you boys look good, hell, you're probably loaded. Hmm, maybe she'll get lucky and get knocked up by one of you and become you're problem. She certainly stopped being my problem the moment she left that Inn."

The other two brothers had come out and joined Caleb and Reid during Rodmilla's little speech. They couldn't believe what they'd heard this mothersay about her own daughter. She was going to leave her there.

Rodmilla turned on her heel and headed toward the black bus that got them around.

"No way," Tyler muttered.

"She's kidding, right? Caleb?" Reid asked, showing his concern without realizing it.

"You heard her. She's leaving her here." Caleb confirmed.

Tyler was aghast and had to say: "Unbelievable. How does a mother just say those things and leave her only daughter in the middle of no where by herself?"

"She's not an only child. I'm Amanda, Mandi for short. I'm her sister."

Mandi was a short girl. She had big, brown eyes filled with tears. She looked under fed, like all the other band members, but she still glowed with goodness. She had a duffel bad by her feet and a guitar case slung over her back. She was plainly hurt by what was going on.

"I packed everything I could get my hands on. I could only bring one guitar so if you could give these to her…" she started to walk away when she turned. A tear rolled down her face and she added "…tell her she was great."

She walked away with her heart breaking, but she didn't have a choice. At least Tori was free now.

End Flashback

"Well?" Tori waited for her answer.

Caleb stepped to the front of the group. His face showing his discomfort.

"She left. She isn't going to be back. They left some of your stuff. Your sister…your sister was upset but she said to tell you … you were great."

"You're a nice guy. You gave me all the info and just left out my mother's assured ass-ripping. Yeah, you're ok."

"We're really sorry, sweetheart," Mrs. MaCallister sighed, her heart breaking for the young girl.

"It's fine."

She moved to pick up her stuff and missed the pleading look that passed from Jenna to her father. The look worked.

"Victoria, wait. You can stay here as long as you need to. You'll have to earn your stay, but you'll have food and a room." John supplied.

Victoria hesitated but agreed. Little did she know that this would be the turning point of her bad luck.

"We don't have many rooms open tonight, but Jenna could always sleep on the couch."

"No. She can have my room. I'll stay with Caleb." Pogue

They all looked at Victoria. For the first time they saw gratitude in her eyes.

"Thank You." she responded sheepishly.

Caleb walked away with his phone in his hand. "Mom, I need your help."

Showers are always good. Victoria decided she needed a shower. Yeah, it had been three hours since anyone had seen her. Of course they had sent Reid to go check on her. Why did they think an X-Box wasn't a good excuse to not go find this girl?!

Tyler and Reid had been up to a four hour Halo marathon. They had been challenging opponents across the globe and yet Caleb just had to walk in and deem them lazy. Lazy? He didn't know how much skill it took to get through the city without loosing two lives, passing the swarm of enemies at the entrance of the fifth building on the left and still be able to get the extra ammo. Yeah Halo was a task. One task that Reid really wanted to get to and yet he was the one sent to find the girl.

He decided that her room or rather Pogue's was a safe bet. He found the teal blue door that was three doors down from his. He knocked 'till his fist hurt and that had been pushing it. He decided that anything she didn't want known would be out of the way so even if he was to open the door, he wouldn't be intruding on anything. Right? He opened the door and was floored. Wrong.

The room was a dark green and blue color. The bed was spacious and yet held itself as the central piece of the room. It had a small reading area with books and a comfy looking lounge chair. Everything in the room was impeccable arranged and yet the object of Reid's attention was the girl in the room. She was at the foot of the bed. She was barefoot and wild. The earphones were obviously the reason she couldn't hear the door. Her outfit was quite the eyeful, with her snug white booty shorts and red sports bra. She was dancing to her obviously punk rock music that fit her personality so well. Her eyes were closed and her movements were masterful. This was too much for Reid to resist and yet he did. He stood there, too stunned. He was stuck between backing out of the room and striding forward to join in on the 'fun'. So he just stood there.

Her hips swayed to the rhythm he couldn't hear and yet felt. Victoria looked like a goddess. Her red streaked hair flipped with every move she made. Reid couldn't breathe.

The song ended and Victoria opened her eyes. She was a little shocked to find the blond at her door, enjoying the show, but that didn't faze her. She needed some fun anyway and he couldn't have picked a better time to come in. She was going to have fun with her Blondie Bear. She sauntered up to Reid. Each step calculated and provocative. Victoria's hips were considered deadly force and now she was going to use them to her advantage. She reached the door and gently placed a hand on the frame while the other went to the knob. She smiled a very seductive and gut wrenching smile. Her stance was natural and yet her insides were a complete mess. Victoria hadn't messed with a guy in such a long time and that moment felt too foreign to be true. She sucked up all the confidence and sexual frustration she had held in all that time and smirked at him.

"See ya' Blondie."

Click. The door closed. Leaving a very confused and frustrated Reid.

Yeah showers are good.