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Additional Cast:

Toru Uchikado as Ren Kurosawa

Alice's POV 

The beach was so amazing. It was calm with no waves and the sun was shining strong. I spent the whole day at the beach with my friends, which is the meaning of the summer holidays. I was getting in and out of the sea all the time and let the cool water refresh me from the heat. When I was out, I enjoyed the sun rays hugging my body while I was sunbathing. I just didn't want to leave, but Ren threatened to throw me to the sharks if we weren't going to eat soon. Like he said club sandwich from a beach bar wasn't even close to filling his stomach and he was right. I felt mine complaining right away. I couldn't believe I had such a great time that I forgot my hunger. Who? Me, whose middle name could be 'food'. Finally, we left the beach at 8 o'clock and we found a restaurant(which will have a supply shortage after our visit) and we stayed there until 10.

Now I am sitting on the bed of my hotel room, waiting for Angela, a British friend to finish her bath, so I can get in. At last, she's done and I am free to clean myself from the sand and the sea's salt. I feel the water really refreshing falling on my tanned body(my summer sunbathing was a total success) and I am thinking about what to wear for my last night in California.

After I am done Angela is still in her towel. I look at her with shock.

"Are you kidding me? Are you still not dressed? Ren will go complete Terminator on us if we're not ready on time."

"I know but I can't find what to wear." She says with a desperate voice, showing me a pile of clothes on our bed.

I look at them in distress. Who's going to clean this mess? Not me for sure!

"OK calm down! We'll find something." I am trying to reassure her. I start digging in the pile and I find a yellow tight short dress, sleeveless on the one arm and I turn to Angela.

"I think this is perfect. It suits your body perfectly."

She looks at it in disbelief at first, but then a smile crosses her face.

"I think you're right. You're my rescuer!" she says in relief.

"That's me! Always saving the day!" I tell her with a victorious voice.

After I dried my hair and made it in perfect curls I reach for my suitcase to search for the perfect outfit. And there it is my favorite dress. It's blue, airy at the end, and short just to be sexy.

Then I begin doing my makeup when I hear a knock on the door. I look at my cell and I realize that the time has passed and we should've been down 20 minutes ago. Angela reaches the door and when she opens it Ren rushes into the room with anger on his face. Damn the Japanese with their punctuality.

"What the hell are you doing?" he shouts.

"Getting ready," I answer as nothing happened.

"You should've been down 20 minutes ago!" he yells showing me his watch.

"Yeah, I just figured that, but don't worry we're almost ready." I smile trying to calm him down.

"Almost?" he repeats like he's talking to a dumb person.

"We're on the make-up part and you know girls can't go to a club without being 100% perfect and the makeup is like 50% of it." I defend myself and Angela, who doesn't interrupt us, because she knows I am the only one I can reason with Ren when he's freaking out.

"Why do I keep having my hopes up?" He sighs.

"Never expect a girl to be on time, especially when that girl is me!" I smirk.

"OK just get ready in 10 minutes." He commands.

"Fine. I love a challenge!" My competitive nature barges in.

I look at Angela and she's like she's having a stroke. She couldn't move.

"10 bucks if I do it." I turn to Ren. "Angela move!" I shout at her. "I see how you use your brushes. You can be breathtaking even in 10 minutes."

The 10 minutes are about to end. By the time I have finished applying my red lipstick I am done.

"Time's up!" Ren announces and he grabs my arm.

"All right all right!" I say annoyed, while Ren is dragging me out. I take my platforms at hand and my purse as he throws me out of the room. Angela as I expected is ready and her makeup is flawless. The colors bring out her blue eyes and match her blond hair. I wish I could do my makeup so great. For the moment I am happy. I am at a level in which I don't paint myself like a clown.

"Look who was complaining!" I comment throwing an ironic look at her and she giggles.

I put my shoes in the elevator and when we are at the hotel's entrance we find Liam a blond tall guy, our other UK friend.

"Where are we going?" he asks.

"Wait I have the club's location on my GPS" I reply and I am looking in my purse for my phone. Damn it, it's not there! I must have forgotten it when Ren was dragging me out.

"I forgot my phone! Happy?"I tell him glaring at Ren.

"Don't worry. Just calm down and go get it. We'll be waiting here." Liam reassures me giving me a sympathetic look.

"This adds another 10 bucks to our previous bet for psychological disturbance," I warn Ren and I go back to the hotel.

I love Ren, but his freaking obsession with punctuality can kill me. Maybe I will step on him while we're dancing... This thought lights my mood a bit.

I approach the elevator and I see a boy and a girl get in. I run a bit to catch it, as I don't want to take another disapproving glance from Ren. I am not in the mood for it.

As I arrive at the elevator I put my foot in, right before the doors close. I get in and I press the button for the 15th floor, while I see that the couple next to me is going to the 17th. I straighten my back and I look at the door at first, but then my curiosity wins and I take a glance at the people beside me.

Both of them must be near my age and they are well dressed like they're coming from a club. Actually, they must be coming from a club. The guy is tall with short light brown hair, with slight bangs and he has hints of beard. It's the ideal quantity. He's slim, but fit at the same time and he is wearing a light blue shirt, which isn't done up until the neck, and dark blue jeans. He has the typical winner face, that says he's going to get laid tonight, which I find disgusting. I observe that he grabs the girl at the lowest point of her waist and I can tell he's tempting her by not touching her butt. 

Then my eyes meet the girl. 

She's blonde and she can't take her eyes off him. Her red dress is way too short even for my standards, it's like its fabric has finished and it's left undone, not something that I'd wear but different strokes for different folks I guess. Then I look closely and her hand, which hugs him, is in his jeans' pocket, betting grabbing his butt. If she could she would ride him right away.

Speak of the devil! She starts kissing his neck and moving her hands around him. He smiles and he's pulling her closer. I try to look away nervous because I am beginning to feel nauseous. Then she starts to giggle and make weird noises like my eyes weren't hurt enough, she had to make my ears bleed as well.

This will be over soon... I hope...

"You're greedy, aren't you?" The guy purrs. "Just be patient..."

"I can't be patient..." The girl replies. I still have my eyes glued to the elevator's small screen hoping to be on my floor soon. "Why waste time?" From the mirror I see the guy glancing towards me. "Don't really care to be honest." She eyes me with the corner of her eye really quickly. "We have only a few hours so we have to make it count," she smirks and drags him by the collar to bring her lips to his and starts devouring him.

The guy doesn't seem to mind and pushes her towards the elevator corner.

Seriously. In here?

I cough once just to make my presence known because as it seems it's slipping their minds. They both turn to look at me, but the girl turns his head and kisses him once more, ignoring that there is someone else in here completely. 

Ok, that's enough! Party's over!

"HEY! Keep your hormones at bay a little bit! You're almost getting to your nest!" I snap at them spontaneously.

The girl stops and she's giving me an angry look. The guy's eying me from head to toe like he's looking at a fly, that makes annoying voices.

"What's your problem?" he's asking me like I was freaking out for no reason.

I feel the rage take its toll on me.

"I don't know... Maybe you and your stupid bimbo, who's pulling nine and a half weeks in the elevator!" I answer back at him with an ironic look.

The blonde is about to speak, but he interrupts her.

"Watch your tone! Who do you think you are? It's not your elevator to tell us what to do!" he yells rolling his index in front of me.

"Exactly! Public place! I don't have to watch 50 shades of Grey live!" I scream and I turn to look at him, face to face.

He leaves the girl's side and turns towards me too.

"Why not? Maybe you can learn a thing or two." He replies with a smirk crossing his face.

What? He didn't go there! But yes he did! What a jerk! I want to throw him a punch and bleed his nose, but I hear my dad's voice in my head "Alice you can't punch people without a serious reason, even the stupid ones. We live in a free country." Damn dad!

"Seriously? You think you're Brad Pitt hot and the master of love?" I laugh while I throw my words at him.

"There's no doubt of it! 5 stars out of 5! Maybe not Brad Pitt, because he's in his retirement age, but Ryan Gosling I would say is a close one." He smirks and then he winks.

I can see he is really enjoying this. Oh my god! He's such a typical womanizer! And he has a big mouth too. And the worst part is that there are women who boost his confidence.

"Who gives the reviews? Women like your date here?" I tell him showing the blonde behind him. She does not have to be in her right mind to want to sleep with a man without dignity like you." I shout as my eyes look at him very intensively.

The last comment really caught his attention. His playful look changed and an angry one took its place. The blonde opens her mouth really angry to speak at me, but he interjects again.

"Well, I can tell you with certainty that I wouldn't waste my time sleeping with a harridan like you." He shoots back and tries to act cool, hiding his anger behind another smirk. This man does really want a piece of me.

"Don't flatter yourself! I wouldn't sleep with you even if you were the last man on earth" I spit these words to him. I really wanted to take him off his limits, by provoking him so much. "And you blondie I wonder how desperate you are to be with him? There are better men out there!" I spit without breaking our intense eye contact.

Before he manages to say a word the blonde, who had been on the sidelines silent for the whole confrontation speaks.

"I think you've said enough little girl!" She gives me an intense glare.

"I think I saw enough!" I answer back.

"Watch it! I don't want to ruin my perfect manicure for you!" she counters.

"Try me!" I challenge her.

My last sentence set her off and she went for me, but since I am aware when someone's attacking, thanks to my martial training I take a step right and she hits with force the elevator's wall with her forehead.

"Too slow!" I smirk and a ding sound echoes in the elevator.

"That's my stop," I announce as I am going out. "Thank God I won't have to see your arrogant face again. NOT nice meeting you."My full attention is on the guy.

Then I disappear into the hallway, while the elevator's doors are closing behind me!

A/N Note: Thanks for reading, any feedback is welcome. :)