When they got home, Alex jumped out and ran into the hotel.
"What's your hurry?" Charlie shouted after her as she rushed up the stairs.
She didn't even want to wait for the elevator. She sighed and got into the elevator. The doors closed and after a few seconds, they opened and she was shocked by what she saw.
"What, are you guys doing here?" she asked Tyson.
"Paris tournament. This time every year. How you doing Charlie?" he hugged her. She hugged him back and smiled at Hillary. She broke the hug and walked up to Max and Kenny, hugging each one. She hugged Hillary and smiled. Her friends were back.
"I'm, okay. As good as it can be, tell me…" she started asking them.
"Sorry, we haven't heard anything from Kai." Hillary said to her, taking hold of her hand.
She hung her head in sadness.
"Oh, and Ray, where is he?" she asked Kenny.
"Um, that's a little hard to explain." He said, looking at Alex's door.
Charlie blushed when she realized what was going on.
"Oh, well, you guys can crash here by me." She said, opening her door.
"We have our own room, five stories down." Tyson said, walking and heading straight for the fridge.
She sighed and was glad to see Tyson hadn't changed much.
"Oh, okay, but I hope you'll join me for dinner." She asked them.
She heard Tyson eating something at the fridge and looked over.
"First, second and third." He smiled at her.
She smiled back at him and closed the door.
Ray and Alex joined them later and after dinner and talking about what they had done in the past year, they left to go to their room.
"Charlie, this was fun. We should do it more often." Tyson said to her.
"We should Tyson. Maybe I should move to Japan and hang out with you guys." She said to him.
"No, I was thinking of moving here. You know, after the wedding and all." He said to her.
"I have very little reason to stay here. He…" she stopped and remembered Tyson wasn't in the loop with her thoughts.
"Kai…Kai's not coming back to me. I should move on." She said, looking at the floor.
She felt Tyson hand on hers and he pulled her into a hug.
"Kai's an idiot for letting you slip through his fingers. Just remember that, kay." He said to her, breaking the hug.
"I will, thanks Tyson. Hey, how bout you and I have a match tomorrow." She asked him she saw his eyes light up.
"Yeah sure, but do you know how to control that thing yet?" he asked her.
"In fact, I perfected my special attack today, taking my first victory." She smiled widely.
"Really, who'd you beat?" he asked her, smiling widely himself.
"Alex. Oh, I just remembered, I have a thing tomorrow, I can't battle you. Now hurry, they might lock you out the room." She said, pushing him out the door.
"Alex, man you've come a long way. Too bad about the battle. See you later." She said, running off.
She closed her door and walked over to her balcony. The get together didn't feel the same without Kai. She sighed and went in. She cleaned up a little and went to bed.