Oh my god, I'm SO sorry for the wait. You don't have to read my big old excuse, but just know that I feel SO bad for dropping out with no notice at all, especially after I got a whopping 19 reviews in one chapter. That's a new record for me, and I wish I could have been more appreciative by updating faster Dx

So, my excuse is as followed. So, I 'm on a roll with this story, right? I'm about to start the fifth chapter and just finished the 4th after some struggle getting past the drunk bits (because I've never been drunk, so I only have my family's example to follow) and what happens? My computer crashes and eats EVERY LAST CHAPTER after the first. So I managed to save the second one after some digging, but the completed third and fourth were lost. Rewriting the third was a cinch because not much went on besides some awkward Bade and a bit of a surprise, but the fourth was a pain in the ass to finish, currently I'm about halfway through rewriting it, but I felt I've kept you guys waiting MORE than long enough, so I decided to upload it. See, I have this thing where I have to be at least 2 to 3 chapters ahead of where I am published-wise, otherwise I'd fail to finish the story :P

So yeah, hate me if you must, I don't blame you D;

F- YEAH TIME TRAVEL :D (in other words this takes place the previous day from the last chapter)

The air was warm and humid in the Vegas airport, but that didn't deter the happy smiles on their faces. Tori Vega, Cat Valentine, and Andre Harris, all now 21 and juniors in college waited for their remaining 3 friends. Because they all went to the same school they took the same flight to the City of Sin. Jade West, their other friend, attended Julliard with them, but took a separate flight. She should be there in a while, but for now they were waiting on Beck Oliver and Robbie Shapiro to make an appearance. They went to different colleges in California. To save money they were driving in together.

It was because of the long distance that Tori had decided on this little trip. It was spring break for them, and since they all turned 21 recently she decided a trip to Vegas was just what they needed. They needed to reconnect, not focus so much on their school and careers (Despite the fact that it was important, they needed to make time for each other after all!) Plus, Tori had never been to Las Vegas, and she had to wonder if it was all everyone said it was. If it truly deserved the name Sin City.

Tori checked her watch, wondering what was keeping Jade. As if by fate, an unamused looking Jade walked her way to them, wheeling her luggage behind her.

"Jade!" Tori said excitedly.

"Ugh!" She groaned out, walking straight passed the open-armed Latina and stopping at a bench close to them. Suffice it to say she did not want to be here. Beck was going to be here, and she had made it her job to avoid him since senior year at Hollywood Arts. After that it was breeze, he visited Julliard sometimes to say hi to Cat, Andre, and Tori, but that was the most she saw of him, and even then she did a good job of showing she was trying to avoid him.

Of course, no one knew why she tried so hard to keep him away, which only made this worse. The only one that knew was Cat. Coincidentally, Cat was the one who convinced her to come. She just didn't understand how awkward the entire situation was.

"What's the matter?" Cat asked obliviously.

"What do you mean what's the matter? You know what the problem is Cat, you practically begged me to come on this stupid trip!"

"C'mon, it'll be fun!" She insisted.

"No, it won't, and you know why!"

"Oh…is this because of what happened the summer junio-"

"Shh!" She hissed, ignoring the weird looks Tori and Andre gave her. "Yes, it's because of that." She said in a hushed tone.

"Cat's right Jade, this is gonna be fun!" Tori said. "I'm sure whatever you two are hiding is no reason to let it ruin your fun."

"Yeah, she's right, at least give it a try, Jade." Andre piped in.

"Ugh, but I hate it." She whined. It was hot. It reminded her of when they all got stuck in Beck's RV. If she started sweating again she was on the first plane out of here and back to her parents' house where she planned to spend Spring break in the first place.

"Come on, Jade, please?" Cat whined.

Jade groaned. "I'm here, aren't I? I said I would come, I didn't say I'd be any fun." She said.

Just then Beck's car pulled up with a Rex-less Robbie in the front seat. Beck told Robbie that he'd only drive him if he left the puppet at home, and as attached as he was to Rex, and he'd done a good job of detaching himself from him over the years, he wanted to come to this trip, and Beck was his ride.

Jade sunk deeper into the bench, wondering if it was too late to hop back on the plane and avoid this entire situation. Jade West did not run away from anything, however, at this moment she was close to jumping out of her seat and running in the opposite direction. He hadn't spotted her yet, after all.

However, before she had time to mull over the pros and cons of leaving, Cat and Tori screeched in delight.

"Beck, Robbie!" Tori yelled as the two boys made their way toward them. She dropped her bags and enveloped them into a tight hug. Cat was the next person to jump up and run to them, hugging Beck tightly, who gave her a small kiss on the cheek, and then going to Robbie.

"Hey man, long time no see." Andre teased as greeted Beck and Robbie.

"Hey, you could make the effort to come back to California every now and again." Beck said, half kidding.

"Hey Robbie," Jade said. "Beck." She greeted, though it was obvious that when it came to him, she felt awkward. Jade was an excellent actress, but right now she wasn't willing to put forth the effort to make it look like she wasn't uncomfortable. And it would take a lot of effort. Beck had only gotten more attractive over the years, he had the makings of a beard growing, though it was shaved to look a bit like Johnny Depp, Jade remembered he's always liked him. His hair was gorgeous as ever, and he'd hardly aged a day. It made Jade wished she's dressed to impress too, but not by much. The most that had changed about her was her dark green streaks were now a dark purple color.

"Jade." He said, trying not to let it show that he felt the same.

"Hey, Jade, how's it going?" Robbie asked, a lot less awkwardly.

"Great." She said a hint of sarcasm in her voice.

"Okay, well, who's ready to go check out our hotel?" Tori asked, trying to cut through the weird phase. Not that it was as all possible.

"Fine by me." Jade spoke up.

By the time they got to their hotel the nightclubs and casinos were opening. The girls went to go get settled in their own room while the guys went to theirs. Each room was decent sized with one bedroom with 2 beds and a pullout couch, which Andre happily took. He felt it more comfortable than the beds anyways.

"So Beck, you gonna be okay?" Andre asked as he unpacked his stuff and put it into the dressers below the TV.

Beck didn't really have to ask what he meant. "Yeah, I'm fine, Jade and I are history, man." Whether or not he actually believed his own words was up for debate, but Andre didn't pry. "I promise I won't let it ruin our time."

"OK." He said hesitantly. "But if this is too weird for you, just say so."

"Stop worrying, it's not weird." He said with a dismissive wave of his hand.

"Alright, if you say so." He said, not fully believing it.

"Hey guys, Cat just texted me, Tori wants us all to meet in the lobby in a few minutes so we can get going." Robbie yelled from the room.

"Alright, tell 'em we'll be down in a few."

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"I just texted them, Robbie said they're heading down right now!" Cat said excitedly. The girls had come down to check their room and get ready. This was Vegas, so they had to look hot (And maybe a certain pale-skinned brunette had an ulterior motive for wanting to look especially good.)

"Woohoo." Jade replied in a monotone.

"Come on, Jade, there's no reason why you and Beck can't get along." Tori insisted. At that, Jade let out a humorless laugh.

"Come to think of it, you and Beck broke up halfway through junior year, but you didn't start avoiding him like the plague until senior year." Tori said. "So unless something happened to you that summer there's no excuse for it.

Jade visibly stiffened.

Tori gasped as if she had just solved a crime. "Something did happen that summer, didn't it?"

"You're insane Vega." Jade snapped before stomping into the room. If only to get away from Tori.

Tori made her way over to the door and yelled. "You can't avoid this forever!"

"I'm not avoiding anything, you're just crazy!" Jade yelled, slamming the door open and stomping past Tori.

"Why don't you just tell her?" Cat yelled.

"Cat knows?"

"Cat!"

"Oops." She said, shrinking back a little.

"Just tell me!" Tori begged.

"Ugh! Since Cat can't keep a secret I guess I have to."

"Hey! I kept it a secret for three years!" The bubbly red-head defended.

"Whatever! Just sit down, shut up, and maybe I'll tell you."

"Yay!" Tori yelled, sitting herself down on the couch.

Jade rolled her eyes. Did she really want to go down this road again? All so Tori would leave her alone? No. No she didn't. But unless fate decided to be kind to her, she had no choice. She slumped down in the cushy hotel room chair and sighed.

"Fine. Since nobody in this group can mind their own damned business, here it is."