Milena stood awkwardly, watching Saraya exit the restaurant.  She paced back and forth, before leaving and jumping in a taxi.  She told the man to take her to a separate hotel, wanting to avoid contact with SJ.  After arriving, she paid the taxi driver and she left.  She checked into a room and ditched the elevator by running up the stairs.  She found the room assigned to her and unlocked it.  She crawled into the covers and sobbed.  She cried and cried, full of embarrassment.  She hated herself.  

"Why did I have to mess this up...." she cried out into the silence.  

She eventually cried herself to sleep.  

~~

Catherine walked her way over to the hotel room she shared with her gal pals.  She entered the room weakly smiling,

"Hey,"  

Saraya looked up at her.

"What's going on?  Why aren't you gettin' your viper?" she asked.

"Ew, perv.  And no, he dumped me when he found out about Joe," Cat replied glumly.

"Aw, chicka, you okay?"  she put an arm around her.

"Yeah," she spoke so softly, almost a whisper.  SJ squeezed her.  "Where's Rouck?" Cat added.

"I don't know...haven't seen her since our 'date',"

"What do you mean, date?"  Cat raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, just a friendly date.  Well, I thought it was supposed to be a friendly date," 

"SJ, spill," Cat demanded.

"Fine.  Rouck and I went to a new restaurant downtown and at the end of it, she randomly grabbed my face and kissed me!  I was like, 'woah, I don't feel the same way, we are friends'.  We went separate ways and she hasn't showed up since."

"Call her!"  Cat said.  SJ rolled her eyes and finally nodded.  She picked up her phone and dialed her number.

Riiing, riing, riiing...

Nothing.

"Hmm... let me try," Cat said while dialing the number herself.

Riing, riiing,

Nothing.

"Crap," Saraya whispered.  

"What are we going to do?!"  Cat questioned out loud.

"What we got when we tried calling her--nothing," SJ blurted.

"Saraya Jade Bevis!" Cat exclaimed.

"Ugh, whatever!  We won't find her!  Let's just try again in the morning."

"She is our friend, SJ!  What if she is dead?"  Cat freaked.

"Calm down, she's probably just ignoring us, and being over dramatic," Saraya shrugged.

"Do you have no heart?!" Cat shrieked.  This got on Saraya's nerves.

"Me?!  How about Miss Sleep Around With Guys I Don't Care About and Cheat on Them and Move On?  Hmm, who would THAT be?  Oh that's right, it's YOU!"  Saraya glared.  Catherine was quiet.

"How could you?" she managed to squeak out.

"I see the way you look at MY man!  You are just upset because he is the only guy that has common sense and won't have sex with you.  You are exactly what people say you are.  A who-" she was interrupted by a stinging slap to the cheek.

"STOP!"  Catherine was crying now.  "I..I didn't mean to..." immediately regretting the slap.

"You are insane!"  Saraya ran out of the room and out of sight. 

Catherine for the second time that day, was alone.