Re: Caesars Palace

[Guest]

"Of course not, his wife does need to be fed. I nabbed the rich one of course, make it fancy." Ashlee smirked at Evelyn. Yes this was wrong but she figured she was only married to a millionaire for tonight and once Monday rolled around she'd be Ashlee Brooks again.

[[FF to later]]

Jake had come back with Nova and he opened the suite door, unclipping his leash.

"I'm back." He announced, closing the door behind him. Jake strode in setting the bag down on a chair.

[Tiger-Lily]

"In the kitchen!" Evelyn answered, and given today's situation, Jake's return might have unsettled her but she suddenly had a whole new problem.

She couldn't find Rose. Evelyn had called and messaged her about fifty times altogether. No response, but Rose hadn't been on her FB either. But she was rarely on there to begin with.

SO Evelyn had simply spent the last two hours in the large jacuzzi tub in Jake's bathroom, scrubbing at her skin with bathing salts till it was raw red, tears seeping down her face the whole time. She hadn't found a damn hair dryer that wasn't Barbie-sized, so she'd just thrown on Jake's clothes, squeezed the water out of her hair and called it a day.

But the water didn't help. She still felt queasy but she hadn't said a word to Ashlee. Ashlee probably understood without Evelyn having to say it, so she'd not brought it up either.

Evelyn was seated on a high seat at the kitchen table just off the main living room, behind the sofas, a half-eaten plate of some sort of ahi tuna in front of her. Evelyn texted Rose one more time (Ur freaking me out. Feel free to call anytime soon before I start filing missing person reports -_-) as she looked up, hearing Jake and Nova.

[Guest]

Jake walked into the kitchen and his nose was filled by the aroma of food and his stomach responded by growling. He hadn't eaten in over 24 hours!

"Did you get anything for me?" Jake asked, his eyes going between the girls as Ashlee finished off some chicken pasta.

"Oh no, sorry we got for ourselves." She apologized. Ashlee sort of assumed Jake would have grabbed something on his way out.

Jake wasn't really fond of tuna, but he was so hungry then he had suddenly remembered that they had ordered a pretty huge red velvet cake last night and they all only had about one slice or so. Jake went to the fridge and was so excited to see it was still there.

He pulled out the cake, carrying it to the table, plopping down on a seat near Evelyn's and grabbed a fork and just began eating from it, "Mmmmmm oh my god... its like an orgy of flavor." Jake moaned in pleasure as he let the cream cheese frosting sort of melt in his mouth. Red velvet had always been his favorite.

[Tiger-Lily]

Evelyn exchanged a disturbed glance with Ashlee and then put down her phone and said sweetly, "Jake? Do you like tuna?"

[Guest]

Ashlee giggled eating the roll that had come with her meal.

Jake looked up from his "orgy", red crumbs all over his mouth, "No I hate tuna."

[Tiger-Lily]

"Aw, that's terrible," Evelyn said, still in that sweet tone as she pushed her plate away from her. She picked up a napkin from the fancy holder on the table, scooped up a chunk of her tuna and looked around for Nova.

Nowhere in sight.

Evelyn turned, leaning forward in her chair, and smacked her tuna-holding hand over Jake's annoyingly loud, chewing mouth, stuffing the fish through his lips.

[Guest]

Jake choked on the smelly fish scent plus the tuna being shoved in his mouth, he hated seafood! As Jake finished his coughing fit he scooped his hand into the frosting and smeared it across Evelyn's cheek.

"Dessert's on you." He grinned.

Ashlee tried to suppress her giggles but this oddly reminded her of the bonfire, minus the offensive names.

[Tiger-Lily]

Evelyn yelped and jerked back in shock, almost tipping off her seat, but she should have expected that, she thought ruefully, feeling her cheek tingle where Jake's fingers had brushed it. She cringed and wiped at the frosting with a tissue, and then shoved a couple of napkins at Jake so he could clean himself up before turning to Ashlee.

"Rose still isn't answering. I tried calling her and texting like fifty times now." She bit her lip and took a swig of her glass of water, setting it down as she looked over at the annoying Spaniard. "Hey, did you see her in the suite?"

[Guest]

"I saw a few suitcases there, but I didn't see her. She's probably still here, I'd doubt she would leave without taking her stuff with her." Jake pointed out.

"Maybe her phone died?" Ashlee said.

[Tiger-Lily]

"Maybe," Evelyn muttered hopefully, wondering if she should go take a look. She got to her feet and then looked down at herself and sighed, recollecting she looked like a tomboy. With badass boots. She had a hair dryer in her bag upstairs. "Well, she knows our flight is tonight," she said, drumming her fingers on the table. "When do you guys leave?" she asked Jake.

ANd then realized he was wearing a familiar red hoodie. She froze momentarily and shoved the distraction aside, although given recent circumstances, she sort of wished he hadn't.

[Guest]

"Tonight, probably after we pay off the Japs." Jake said taking another forkful of cake.

[Tiger-Lily]

She nodded and then picked up her plate of tuna and walked into the kitchen to deposit it in the fridge. She rinsed off her hands and tried Rose one more time. No response.

Evelyn walked back to the kitchen. "Um, Ash, we should get going. We still have to pack up our stuff. We'll see you guys back in Manhattan, I guess," she added to Jake, cringing inside at the thought of what awaited her outside Sin City.

***

Seth pushed open the suite door, trailed by the other boys. Luke and Ashton had been in touch, saying they were going to be home in a couple hours.

"The WHORES ARE HOOOME!" Seth announced to the empty living room, smirking at James and Antonio.

[Guest]

Jake got up after putting the cake away hearing the guys enter, "Ah yes the stench of STDs hangs heavy." Jake grinned, "How was it whoring yourselves out?" He asked the guys.

"I need to shower." James said simply leaving the room to shower. Antonio nodded following suit.

Jacob laughed and looked at Seth, "You get the same grimy feeling Seth?"

[Tiger-Lily]

In response, Seth placed both hands over his own throat and made gagging noises before heading upstairs to his bathroom. Connor had gone out sometime during the day and wasn't back yet.

Evelyn headed into the living room, finding the bag Jake had brought back, and riffled through it till she found her dress and her beloved leather jacket. She grabbed Ashlee's dress and jacket too. "C'mon, Ash." She pulled her jacket on and grabbing her purse, headed for the door. Nova bounded out of the kitchen and trailed after her, whining.

[Guest]

"Coming!" Ashlee said coming out and going to the bag grabbing her things from Evelyn.

"See ya Jake." Ashlee waved to him heading out the door.

Jake waved to the girls, "Bye guys." He said closing the door behind them.

[Tiger-Lily]

"Thank God that's over," Evelyn muttered the moment the door closed behind them. She passed Ashlee her dress and jacket and headed down the hall to the lift with Nova trailing behind her.

***

Seth bounded back downstairs after showering, a slight frown on his face. "My suitcase has been rifled through!" he announced in wounded tones to Jake as he flicked on the TV. He peered around. "Also, where'd the girls go?"

[Guest]

"Back to their room to pack." Jake said sitting down near Seth, "Oh Ashlee went through your clothes."

***

"Things kinda awkward for you?" Ashlee asked taking her clothes

[Tiger-Lily]

"Don't want anything to do with him," Evelyn said quietly, hitting the button for the Tower lobby once they entered the lift. She bit the inside of her cheek and her stomach lurched, but she knew this was what she wanted right now.

***

"Ah, figured," Seth replied, flicking channels. He glanced up. "Wait, they're leaving now?! Our flight's not till, like, ten. Shit, I forgot to tell them they should just come with us.. WAY better than flying commercial!." Simply to annoy Jake, he winked and nudged the Spaniard. "I bet you'd like that, Mr. Shakiro Duck."

[Guest]

"You always have such an odd way of showing it." Ashlee pointed out.

***

Jake shot a glare at Seth and shrugged, "Sounds fine by me, but after what happened last night I can tell Evelyn doesn't want to be anywhere near me"

[Tiger-Lily]

Evelyn leaned back against the wall of the elevator and blew out a breath, staring down at her feet. "Well, what else am I supposed to do, cold-shoulder him? It's not like this is all his fault. I just..." She bit her lip and trailed off, feeling that familiar queasy feeling on her skin again, and closed her eyes.

***

"Well, I figure it'll cheer them up, and frankly, I don't feel good about leaving them behind with your new Jap friends around, you know?" Seth replied, glancing up at the second-floor landing and wondering if they should pack up themselves.

[Guest]

Ashlee nodded, "You're right it is both your faults. Likes its both mine and Seth's fault. Just I don't know be a little more civil until you guys sign the divorce papers, then hate him."

***

"Well I'm sure we can convince them, but I just remembered, Evelyn has been trying to get a hold of Rose all day. Apparently she came with them, and I know the girls won't leave without her. But I doubt Rose will wanna be anywhere near you." Jake remembered that the girls wouldn't leave without their friend.

[Tiger-Lily]

"I am actually being fairly civil about this," Evelyn pointed out a little irritably. "Considering most girls would probably be screaming and throwing shit at his head. I'm not really in a mood to hate him but I don't want anything to do with him unless it's to sign a dotted line."

This whole stupid thing had gone on long enough. Seeing Jake would now only remind her of the drunken night she'd lost her virginity. Her only consolation was that at least she'd married first! Then she remembered her wedding ring on his dressing table. She figured Jake would deal with that however he wanted to.

****

Seth's stomach jolted sickeningly at the mention of Rose. "Oh," he muttered. She hadn't texted him any bad news recently, though, so he was starting to get a little more relaxed, but it still made him clench his teeth.

"I'm not exactly all that eager to hang around her either," he reminded Jake. He put the remote down and rubbed his forehead. "Well, we'll ask them and see what they wanna do. Did James and Tony drown in there or what?"

[Guest]

"Alright, dullay noted. We can drop it if you like." Ashlee said, she could tell it bothered her so she decided not to say anything else.

***

"How is it I took like three showers and still feel dirty?" Antonio piped up coming into the living room.

"No kidding." James piped up behind him, "I mean its like I scrubbed and I scrubbed but damn it they just don't make water hot enough."

Jake stifled a laugh and then thumped Seth on the shoulder, "Oh speaking of money I got like fifteen hundred from a pawn shop for the ring, how much did you guys make?"

[Tiger-Lily]

Evelyn was relieved; she really didn't want to think about this whole stupid ex-virgin/marriage thing any more. She knew she'd probably be haunted by this later but for now, it just pissed her off.

She and Ashlee made their way to their room and Evelyn unlocked the door from the keycard she'd swiped from Jake's jacket when she had passed him. She stepped in, leading Nova, and frowned.

Jake had mentioned packed bags. Rose's stuff was packed.

Evelyn turned around to look at Ashlee, dread pooling in her stomach. She'd seen her Facebook off her phone earlier and no doubt, so had Rose.

This was one ugly situation. Evelyn figured Rose might have been with her cousin.

Evelyn looked around the room as she set down her stuff. There was a cell phone on the desk, Rose's. Great, she'd left her phone. No wonder all the calling and messaging went unanswered.

Next to the phone though, was a piece of stationary paper with the Caesars logo. On it was a phone number and "Weston" scrawled underneath the numbers.

Evelyn blew out a breath and glanced at Ashlee. "Do you get the feeling Rose might be a little upset?"

***

"Six grand, maybe more than that," Seth said proudly, amused their escorting had brought in this much. He reached up and fist-bumped James. "Sweet Jesus bless our genes."

He mentally added up how much they had made. "So, wow, we only need like seven grand more and um, Luke and Ashton's dough aside, I can get those out of my cards and James mentioned he could help with that. We can just hit the bank real quick."

Just then, the door swung open and Luek and Ashton entered, looking exhausted. Luke dropped down on his back on a sofa and promptly closed his eyes, tucking his arms behind his head.

"Four grand this time," Ashton said, handing over the cash to Seth.

Seth grinned wider and bounded to his feet. "Okay, let's go hit the bank and then Ash can just transfer all this dough to them. Ash, I'll dump this into your account then?"

Ashton nodded. "You'll need me to come with, I guess?"

"Probably." Seth grabbed James' shirt sleeve and yanked him to the door. Ashton cast a longing glance at the couch but followed. "E'rrbody else, pack up!"

[Guest]

James went along with Seth, and on his way he texted the girls to let them know that they would be heading back with them to New York City.

Hey, just as a safety measure from the Japs. Seth arranged for you guys to fly back w/ us on his jet.

***

Ashlee shrugged looking to Evelyn, "I mean I dunno she could be. A lot of people seem to be upset over it." Ashlee's phone started buzzing in her hand and she opened up the message from James.

"Hey listen, they want us to fly back with them on Seth's jet. You know cause of those Japanese guys." Ashlee informed Evelyn.

***

Jacob had went upstairs and showered since you know he had been busy beating up half of Japan downstairs for most of the day, plus he smelt like tuna and red velvet cake. After getting out of the shower, while brushing his teeth he reached into the drawer where he had left his wedding band, he really didn't feel like holding it so he set back down on the counter like he had a few hours earlier.

He rinsed out his mouth, and took his tooth brush with him to pack it along with his other clothes. He pulled on a pair of sweats and socks, and threw on a t shirt along with a black hoodie of his. Jake sat on the floor for a moment and blew out a breath, but he didn't know why he found himself drawn to go the damned ring out of the bathroom so he did.

Jake spent a few moments playing with the ring, sliding it on and off his ring finger, spinning it between the others. It wasn't that bad looking of a wedding band, he just felt so weird. Like the damn thing was a piece of him like it was something that was a part of him, but it shouldn't be. He was only eighteen years old. Eighteen year olds aren't supposed to get married.

He should just toss it in the trash, it was probably worthless piece of junk. Probably not even real silver, the whole thing the whole Vegas wedding thing was just such a ridiculous event, and shouldn't even be worth remembering. Jake went to toss the ring in a wastebasket when something gleaming in the light caught his eye on the table by his comb.

It was a ring, Evelyn's wedding band. Jake picked it up off the table, and looked down at both of the matching bands. Although Evelyn's was obviously a lot smaller to fit her slender finger, as opposed to his. There they were just like that in his hands, the two rings that were a symbol of bringing two people together.

This was stupid, this all of this. Jacob stopped thinking about it and tossed both of the rings in the wastebasket both of them landing in there and reverberating off the sides of the metal wastebasket. Seth, and everyone else had been right. That this was all just stupid and come by the end of this week or whenever he'd be divorced.

Jacob needed to distract himself so he went to fix the bed. He pulled the duvet and pillows off and picked up the bed sheet and shook it out. He neatly put the sheet down and smoothed his hand over it to get rid of any wrinkles when he saw something red... he stopped and looked down at the white sheet with a red area on there that would be very hard to miss.

Then it hit him, it really hit him. The whole situation, that he had been Evelyn's first. That he had taken her virginity from her. A small gasp escaped his lips. He really couldn't believe it, but there it was. Jake didn't want to look at it anymore, it just filled him with guilt. He felt so terrible for it and the last thing he needed was a reminder of it.

Jake quickly threw the duvet over the sheets, and placed the pillows on there, he grabbed his suitcase and left his room.

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