Mike coughed from the kitchen table in his parent's house. He was able to get over most of his sickness because I ended up dragging him to the doctor, although he screamed at me for about two hours because of it. It was kind of funny to see him squirm around all freaked out in the doctor's office. All he had left was this gross cough that just would not go away. We were doing Thanksgiving at his parent's house instead of mine because my little sister was having the boyfriend and his family over, and I didn't want to encroach in that. I had told my mom that Mike and I would come over for dinner in a few weeks, and she seemed to be okay with that idea. Vivian was practically slaving over the stove making dinner. Victor and Vic were both throwing back beers in the living room, watching some football game. Mike was sitting at the kitchen table with Kayla as she talked to him about some movie she just saw. Jesse and Marianne were in deep conversation with Alex about work.

"Viv would you please just let me help you?" I whined for the hundredth time.

She shook her head and bumped her hip with mine, "Absolutely not, Rae. The only thing you're going to help me with is tasting everything when I'm done and making sure it's right."

"Hey, that's usually my job," Mike's head perked up from the table.

Vivian smiled, "Not this year, Michael."

He rolled his eyes and I sat down next to him and Kayla. "What's up, Kay?"

"Uncle Mikey said we can go shopping tomorrow," she grinned at me.

I groaned, "Really, Mike? You're going to take your niece Black Friday shopping?"

"Why not?" He shrugged, "I'm going to need something to keep me company while you're boarding a plane to Vegas. Kayla can even just sleep at your apartment with me. She can meet Diablo."

"I really wanna meet him, Rae Rae!" She whined.

I smiled, "Okay. I guess you guys can go." I whispered into her ear, "You just gotta be careful and make sure you don't lose Uncle Mikey. Maybe you can walk him with Diablo's leash." Kayla bursted into a fit of giggles. Mike was eyeing me. I smiled, sheepishly, "What, baby?"

"What did you say to her?" He raised an eyebrow.

"Oh…nothing…"

"Rae!" Victor's voice sounded from the living room. "Get over here!" I got up and walked in there to find him and Vic on the couch, "Sit down, hija."

"What's up?" I asked as I plopped down in between him and Vic. I put my feet on the coffee table and leaned back on the sofa.

Victor threw and arm around me and peeked over at the kitchen, "So Vic and I were talking about what to do for Mike's birthday. Vivian and I would be more than willing to let you guys take the beach house in Mexico for a week."

My eyes lit up, "That's such a good idea, oh my god."

"You and Mike can take his room. Alex and I can take my room. Casey and Mia can take Ma's room. Tony and Steph can take Jesse's room, and Jaime and Jessie can either double up in the other bed in Jesse's room or just crash in the living room," Vic smiled. "You think it would work?"

"Duh!" I squealed, "Vic we haven't gone there in years!"

"Gone where?" Mike walked into the room with a confused look on his face.

"Disney. Rae and I are going to Disney next week," Vic smiled and elbowed my side. I smiled wide at Mike and he gave me a look like I was up to something.

"Alright, well, Ma said to come in the kitchen. It's time to eat," Mike smiled and walked back towards the kitchen.


Thanksgiving went by in the blink of an eye. Papa Fuentes brought up the idea to Mike about what we wanted to do for his birthday, and he literally got up from the table and started jumping around squealing like a little girl. Vic referred to him as a "Mexican Jumping Bean" and got a roll clocked into the side of his head from Mike's jumping figure. Mike had gone back to my apartment with me to spend one last night with me and help me pack up everything. He then dropped me off at the airport in the morning, wearing only a pair of boxers, a hoodie and slippers. Needless to say, I'm glad no one was there and saw how much of an embarrassment he was. He kissed me goodbye before I boarded my plane with the girls. The flight wasn't so bad, I slept the entire time because I knew once we got to Vegas I wasn't getting any sleep.

"JESUS CHRIST LOOK AT THIS FUCKING BED!" Alex screamed as she dove onto the bed in her room of the suite.

"LAST ONE ON THE BED DOESN'T GET TO SHOWER BEFORE WE GO OUT!" Mia screamed and we all jumped onto the bed.

Steph was the last one on because she was plugging her phone into the charger, "FUCK ALL OF YOU!"

"Can we order alcohol to our door? I want to be drunk before I even walk out of this hotel," Alex grinned and grabbed the phone in the hotel.

"WAY AHEAD OF YOU! CLAIM YOUR BOTTLE OF THE EVENING, GIRLS!" I yelled and ripped open my suitcase, revealing a wide variety of different types of liquor. "I'll see ya'll after my shower," I grinned while grabbing a bottle of whiskey and running towards the bathroom."

"BITCH!" I heard Steph scream and then the sound of a bunch of bottles clanking together.

I left the bathroom door opened as I showered, just in case anyone had to use the toilet or something. I stripped myself of my clothes and hopped in, cracking open the bottle of Jack and taking a swig from it. I washed my hair and my body, and had taken about three more shots of Jack from the bottle. I felt myself pretty tipsy and I grabbed my phone off the ledge in the shower, turning on FaceTime and waiting for Mike to answer.

His face popped up, smiling, "Are you seriously video chatting me while showering?" He laughed.

I grinned, "Drunk showering, my friend." I took the bottle of Jack and shook it from side to side in front of the camera.

He rolled his eyes, "Who's the best boyfriend for buying you all those bottles?"

"You are!" I giggled. "I don't plan on being sober at all this weekend."

"Please just be safe and be a good girl," Mike smiled as I mumbled 'no promises'. "Rae."

"I'll try my hardest!" I whined and put the bottle down. I grabbed my phone from the ledge and flashed the camera down my body, "LOOK!"

"You're killing me, smalls," Mike groaned from the phone. I giggled and brought it back up to where he could see my face, "I'm going to miss you so much."

"TELL ME YOU ARE NOT ON FACETIME WITH MIKE IN HERE!" Mia yelled as she pulled open the shower curtain. I turned and grinned at her while showing her Mike's smiling face.

"Nice boobs, Mi," Mike chuckled.

"FUCK YOU MICHAEL!" She screamed. "Rae, get off chat and scoot over. You can shave while I wash my hair.

Mike wiggled his eyebrows at me, "If you guys have any hot lesbian sex in there please call me back."

I rolled my eyes, "Bye baby."

"Bye, I love you. Be good."


By the time we were all ready to go out, we were all pretty plastered. I had finished off about half of my bottle of Jack, but I was ready for so many more shots. We walked into a strip club, all of us had our arms linked. Five drunk, California girls, in Vegas, at a strip club… it was probably a sight to see.

"LOOK AT HER ASS, I WANT HER ASS!" Alex whined as a female by the name of Jynx slid down the pole closest to us. "I need another jager bomb. If I'm drunk I'll feel better about my small ass."

I rolled my eyes and threw back my shot of vodka, "I want to take pole dancing lessons. Mike would shit himself."

"Oh my god! We can do them together!" Mia practically screamed, "I've been wanting to take them for so long, Rae! Why didn't you ever say this before!"

I shrugged, "Never thought about it. Alex, take them with us."

"I'm so in," she smiled and then leaned up to put a few bucks in the underwear of Jynx.

"Thanks, doll face," Jynx winked at Alex and then sauntered away.

"I think I may have just turned lesbian…" Alex muttered and held a hand over her heart. "Don't tell Vic."

Jess laughed from beside Alex, "You know, if it wasn't for you guys I would never do shit like this. You seriously bring me way out of my comfort zone."

"Mia and Rae definitely brought me out of my comfort zone in college," Alex giggled. "Then Steph's wild ass joined the group."

"Hey if it wasn't for Rae I wouldn't be have as wild as I am," Steph laughed and threw an arm around me. "You're like my big sister," she kissed my cheek.

"Big sister that creates bad habits for my little one," I laughed. "I guess Mia and I are the craziest."

"Rae, the day you got your nipple pierced you ran out of the tattoo shop topless and showing it to everyone… you totally are the craziest," Alex cackled.

"It was exciting! I had so much adrenaline pumping through me. I remember I went home and ripped my shirt off in front of Vic and Jaime to show them and they both thought I was on drugs," I smirked and grabbed another shot from in front of us.


It was about time to leave and we were all even more drunk. I had left my phone in our room, so god knows how many calls I missed from Mike. We began stumbling towards the door as I nearly bumped into one of the strippers. She was about 5’6” and had tan skin and bright green eyes. Her hair was long, blonde and curled. She had huge boobs on her tiny frame, a small black bra holding them up. Big, black heels were strapped onto her feet and a tiny black thong was slipped up her backside. She stopped and looked at me, cocking her head a bit to the right and gnawing on her lip. Then she opened her mouth, “Rae Matthews?”

I knew that voice, a smile came across my cheeks, “Lex Brooks?”

“Oh my god, it really is you!” She squealed and leaned forward, pulling me into a tight embrace. “What the hell are you doing here?”

“My friend, Alex,” I motioned to Alex. “It’s her birthday, so all of our men paid for us to spend the weekend in Vegas.”

“Are you still with Charlie?” She asked as she ran a hand through her long, blonde hair. “Are you still friends with Jaime? I heard about Pierce the Veil!”

I blushed, “No, we broke up some time ago, and yes, I’m actually dating someone from PTV.”

“Vic?” I shook my head. “Jaime?” I shook my head again. She pursed her lips, “I know you’d never date... are you with Tony?”

I smirked, “Guess again.”

Her jaw fell, “Don’t bullshit me. Rae Matthews is dating Mike Fuentes? Good joke!”

I laughed, “I’m serious!”

“I don’t even know how to handle this,” she laughed. “How about you give me your number and we can catch up. I miss you,” she said with a smirk.

“I miss you too, Lex,” I blushed and gave her my number.

“I’ll text you tomorrow,” she gave me a hug, giving my backside a small squeeze. “You’re still as perfect as I remember, babe,” she whispered into my ear.

Chills shot up my spine as I pulled away from her embrace with a smile, “Likewise. See you later.”

I braced myself for questions from the girls asking who exactly Lex was. Mia knew that her and I were friends back in high school, and they had hated each other, but she didn’t know the extent of the friendship between Lex and I... only Jaime knew about it. I was going to need to text him once we got back to our suite.

“She would be a stripper,” Mia scoffed as we crossed the vacant road.

I shrugged, “She makes a good one.”

“You guys friends from high school?” Alex slurred out.

I smirked, “Something like that.”

Notes

So this chapter isn't too exciting,
but it gives a little insight on some shit that is going to go down.

How do you guys feel about this Lex girl?
What do you think is up with her and Rae?

As I've stated before, this isn't your average love story.
There's going to be a lot of curveballs in this.
I am ending this at 50 Chapters.
There WILL be a sequel.

I'm sorry I haven't been updating or commenting or anything...
I had gone on vacation, as well as three different concerts in the past two weeks.
I hope you guys enjoy this update!
I'm going to update Running tonight.
Next update on Sam's Town should be up by Monday 8 AM.

xoxoxoxo