Tori Lambur, Juliet Thorne, Lydia Dunn's Story

[Sorry for not posting earlier lol]

Ezra, Sam, and Monique were all in Ezra's room, watching him as he practiced. Ezra had been practicing the same songs on his violin, guitar, and cello over and over again. Even though the fly to Shanghai would take about 2 or 3 days, Sam wanted to make sure Ezra didnt forget a single thing, and that his songs were performed perfectly. The tips of Ezra's left hand fingers were numb and red, small slits were beginning to show from the wires.
At that time, he was only practicing on the violin. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul-sAtatFr8 ) When he finished, like all the other times, Monique clapped for him. "Sam, my fingers hurt. And we're going to miss our plane if I stay to practice any longer." Ezra sighed, setting his violin down. "Really?" Sam sighed and looked over at his room clock. "S'at so?" he took a big swig of his beer, then dropped the empty bottle into Ezra's trashcan. "Mhm." Monique nodded with a smile and stood up.
"Alright. You have your bags all packed already?" Sam asked, scratching his head. "Yeah, let me pack up my violin and we can head out." Ezra smiled brightly and placed the violin in its case. "Man, all our stuff will be a pain in the ass to carry." Sam sighed. "Your just being lazy again." Monique said as she helped Ezra strap in his instrument. "... I agree." Ezra said, holding his mouth to the side. "Your BOTH lazy, thats the problem. You really are beginning to act more like Sam, Ezra."
Monique stated, crossing her arms. Ezra picked up all his stuff. "N-no Im not." he said in-denial. "I dont see it." Sam agreed. Monique held open the door for them and rolled her eyes.
They both walked out of Ezras house and into Sams car. "Your stuff is still in the back?" he asked. "Yes." Monique nodded, and they headed off to the airport. Once they got there, Sam made a big fuss about specifically not loosing or damaging there luggage whats so ever. Which for some reason completely embarrassed Ezra. "Sam come on!" he said in an aggravated tone. "This is serious ok! Fuck off and go read a magazine or somethin while I chat, got it?"
Sam snapped. Ezra sighed and walked back over to Monique. "But then again you two piss each other off way too often." she said softly. "He started it." "Shut the hell up!" Monique snickered.
Once Sam finished his nagging, they waited for a while before getting on the plane to China.
After about 10 minutes, the people on the plane were allowed to bring out there electronics. Monique and Ezra were both messing around on a tablet. A flight attendant in a skimpy outfit walked past Sam. "Excuse me?" he asked, staring her up and down quickly. "Oh, yes?" the women asked, turning to him and bending over slightly. "Theres alcohol on this plane right?" he asked. "Yes, and excellent service." the woman winked. Sam smirked.
"I see, get me whatever." Sam nodded. "Will do, sir." the woman licked her teeth and walked off. Monique and Ezra were glaring at him. "What?" Sam snickered. "Dont 'what' us." Ezra said. "We're not here to get you laid, go it?" Monique said.
"You two ruin everything." Sam sighed and shook his head, leaning back in his chair.
Ezra handed Monique the tablet and looked out the window. 'Grandmas still alive I think, even though shes like 97 or something. Maybe we can stay at her house... I wonder if Siobhan is still alive too? That dog is old as fuck.' he thought to himself. Sometimes he could make himself giggle. It confused Monique whenever he did but, it also made her laugh in return.
Ezra giggled quietly as he stared out the planes window. 'Ill enjoy being in Shanghai while I can though... maybe Ill meet a cute Asian girl?' he made himself giggle again. 'Im stupid. Monique would have to approve of her anyways... how rude.'
He suddenly turned back around to the two. "Hey Sam how do you pick up chicks so easily?" he asked with a sigh. "Well Ezra-" "No." Monique interrupted and turned to him. She acted as a big sister to Ezra. Since Ezra was an only child, he didnt mind it in the slightest. He loved Monique in that way in return. "Whats your problem? I just want a pretty girl who will make me happy and who I can love in return <3" Ezra smiled then laughed. Monique stayed serious though. "... NO." she stated and turned back to face forward.
"We'll talk about it later." Sam smirked and winked. "Damn right we will >:T" he said crossing his arms and looking back out the window. 'How rude.'

After the three day flight, they finally reached China. "This. Sucks." Sam said as they tried there hardest to walk through the airport. It was packed with way too many people. "My bubble is ruined ;-;" Ezra said as he pushed through people. "I think I just got a new disease from some random dude..." Monique said quietly as they continued walking... waddling.
They got to the luggage station and picked up there bags quickly. "Now we run out of here. Understand?" Sam said. "Yep!" Ezra and Monique both nodded. They ran out of the airport as fast as possible. Once they were out front, Sam hailed a cab. "You speak Chinese, right?" he asked Ezra. "Yeah." Ezra smiled brightly. "You take front seat." Sam patted his back, making Ezra couch a bit. They put there luggage in the trunk of the cab. Monique and Sam sat in the back with Ezra in the front. "Nin hao!" Ezra smiled brightly as he closed the door and
strapped his seat belt on. "Nin hao, zai nali?" the cab driver asked. "Huamei da guangchang shangtian yao quio dao." Ezra nodded. Monique and Sam looked at each other and disbelief. 'No idea' Monqiue mouthed. Sam nodded and they both looked back forward. "Xing!" The cab driver smiled and nodded, then began driving. "Ni shi san wei laizi meiguo?" he asked. "Shi de" Ezra replied. His mother, aunt, and grandma all made sure Ezra spoke traditional Chinese very well, even if he was always in New York. "A, ni shuo zhongguo hua hao!" the cab driver smiled.
They both had a long conversation in only Chinese and laughed a lot. Sam and Monique just sat in the back seat minding there own business. 'What the hell are they talking about?!?!' she thought. Sam didnt even try to understand.
Once they reached Ramada Plaza, the hotel they were staying at, the man turned to Ezra. "Sishi-wen quing ri yuan" he said. "Sam, do you have the yen?" Ezra asked, turning in his seat. "How much?" "45." Ezra nodded. "Yes..." Sam narrowed his eyes and took out all the yen he had, handing it to Ezra. He shook his head and handed the cab driver a little more just for the tip. "Huanying lai dao shanghai! You yige hen hao de douliu!" the cab driver smiled. Ezra nodded. They left the car, grabbed their luggage and entered the hotel. Ezra got their room key and they walked upstairs. Room #463.
He opened the door. Their room was small but, quite pretty. (the bedroom http://www.sparkles-and-crumbs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/panda-hotel-1.jpg)
(the dining room/main room http://aj2010.com/design/Dizajjn-gostinih/Primery-dizajjna-gostinojj/Primery-dizajjna-gostinojj-7.jpg the door leads to the bedroom)
"Why is the table so small?" Sam asked with a yawn. It was almost midnight there. Ezra broke down in laughter. "Jet lag!" he continued laughing. Monique yawned as well. "Your used to coming here, dont make fun of us." she said with a second yawn. "Anyway, this is a traditional Chinese dining table. Normally a family would sit down on pillows with a low-to-the-ground table and eat that way." Ezra smiled brightly. "Sounds uncomfortable." Sam said and looked to their room entrance. "We share the big bed." Ezra and Monique both said at the same time, glaring at Sam. "Fine
fine Ill get the small bed." he rolled his eyes. They all got comfy in there new hotel room. "Jet lag sucks..." Monique yawned, unable to sleep. While Ezra who was laying next to her slept like a baby. "Lets wake him up extra early in the morning" Sam smirked. "Agreed." Monique sighed.

In the morning Sam and Monique stood on the side of the bed, glaring down at Ezra. "Cold water, do your job." Monique smirked. At the same time, Sam and Monique both dumbed cold water onto Ezras head.
He woke up immediently. "W-WHAT THE HELL?!" he yelled, shivering. "Whoops, it slipped." Sam said and walked into the dining room. "Teehee" Monique giggled. Ezra shook his quickly. "I-Im going to the bathroom to clean up, you assholes." he stated and walked out of the hotel room. At that hotel, they had bathrooms in the hallways instead of the rooms.
Ezra walked into the guys and took a shower. "Assholes, waking me up like that. Ill get revenge, they'll see." he sighed,shaking his wet hair around as he turned off the shower. He wrapped a towel around himself and peeked out the showers door. His clothes were gone.
"SAM!!!" Ezra yelled and waddled to the hotel room. He banged on the door. It was locked.
Monique and Sam were snickering behind it. "Oh haha really fucking funny guys!" Ezra said angrily, holding the towel tight around his waist.

"I told you! I want to play this piece! That piece is too classic!" Tori shouted as she stuffed some final clothing in her suit case.
"This Piece! Is a traditional Romance Classic. You will play it because it is beautiful and elegant!" Juliet said in frustration.
Once again Tori and Juliet were having an argument. They always fought and as usual Lydia was left sitting on the sofa sipping a glass of ice tea. She just smiled and breathed in and out calmly as they shouted back and forth. "Oh dear..." She said quietly as she set the glass of ice tea on the coaster that laid on the coffee table. They were in the apartment that Tori has.
Lydia slowly walked into the Tori's room where the battle was raging on. "Um, We are going to miss the plane if we don't hurry" She said quietly. "You're right Lydia, sorry, Let's get going. And you miss." Juliet turned around to face Tori once again.
"You will bring both pieces. You can practice both, but you will be playing the one decided by me." Juliet said sternly and turned away. Tori puffed and finished packing. Tori could have quite the temper some times, probably from being an only child and she was very rich. Although Juliet was very kind and tried to compromise the best she could with Tori, sometimes she too, would loose her temper. Juliet was very elegant. She was wore something beautiful with lots of accessories to go with her outfits. She usually wore dresses and her voice was very smooth and had a slight French sound to it. As Juliet walked away she mumbled, "Les enfants de ces jours!" (French: Children these days!) Tori sneered at her compliment and mumbled back. " Vieilles femmes ces jours!" (French: Old women these days!) Juliet stopped in her tracks and turned around. "I am not old!!" She pronounced. Another war was probably about to start but Lydia stepped in. "The cab is here! Let's go go~" She said grabbing her luggage and hurrying out into the cab. Tori and Juliet hurried as well. Most of they're instruments were going to be imported there. Once they got to the air port Juliet charmingly talk to the man about their requirements on the plane.
"She sure is two -faced." Tori sighed watching Juliet. "Really? I'd call it professional." Lydia smiled and patted Tori's back.
Tori just puffed air and smiled at Lydia. "Sorry to make you deal with all this" She chuckled. Lydia just shook her head delicately. "It's ok, at least it's always lively." She said calmly. Lydia and Tori chit chatted and laughed until Juliet came over and they all boarded the plane. Lydia made sure to sit in between Tori and Juliet afraid that they would be arguing the WHOLE way.
Most of the way Juliet read magazines and organized their schedules on a tablet. She was sort of like a mother figure to them, or perhaps a aunt, Although Tori would never admit it. Tori wasn't close to her mother at all. In fact, she despised her mother for many reason. But Juliet saw her potential and took her under her wing, just as she did with Lydia. The rest of the plane ride Lydia and Tori talked or slept. Then finally after a couple days they made it. They got out of the plane and into the airport, yawning and stretching. "Ugh finally!" Tori said happy to get on the ground again. "Yeah that was really long" Lydia said agreeing as they got their luggage. A man holding up a sign "Miss. Thorne" Stood awaiting them. They all met him and greeted him. His name was Jin and he was mostly Chinese with slight American. His English was perfect and so was his Chinese, giving that he lived back and forth from China and America for many years, he got excellent at both. He escorted them to the "Ramada Plaza" Where they would be staying at. They had quite the suite, requirements from Juliet. They made there way to the hotel room as various workers brought their luggage up. There hotel room was very nice: http://qloungemiami.com/wp-content/uplo ... lx-tfa.jpg It also another room where two smaller bed versions of the one seen were. They had a small eating place though, much like the one resembling Ezra, Sam and Monique's. The men were able to import Tori's piano into their hotel room. They also had a piano in the lobby available for people to play on. Juliet bowed and thanked the men after all their luggage had been brought. She gave them a tip and they left. Jin stayed in room a the hotel too, it was one a little far away from theirs. Juliet thanked Jin as he left. "This is nicer than I thought." Lydia spoke up looking around. "Of course! Only the best for my girls!" Juliet smiled. "There's no bathroom?" Tori spoke up. "The bathrooms are in the hallway." Juliet stated. Tori wasn't too happy with that but didn't really mind. They were all jet legged and tired. Lydia and Tori stayed in the room with the two beds and Juliet stayed In the main one. They all fell asleep peacefully. In the morning they were a little groggy but were busying around. "Can we go shopping today? I want to buy a bamboo flute so bad!" Lydia said excited. "I'm sure we can" Juliet smiled.
Tori went to the bathroom and came out in this: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QUylThAYz0g/U ... ice+...jpg )
She heard banging and looked over to see a guy in a towel who had apparently been locked out.
She stared and lifted her eye brow. "This is going to be a long trip, isn't it?" She sighed. She gave him another look like he was crazy and she walked back to her hotel room. She entered the hotel room looking like she was already fed up with the trip.
"Asians are weird." She stated shaking her head and walking back to her room. Juliet and Lydia laughed at her remark.
A little while later Tori was once again arguing about song pieces with Juliet. Lydia was watching tv and trying to drown them out. Tori got upset and left the hotel room. She marched into the lobby and tried to calm down. She sat at their piano and let her hands run along the keys slowly. Playing the piano soothed her and whenever she played she could let the music translate her feelings. She slowly started plaything this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBWEf8QUFmQ

"Im not crazy." Ezra muttered. Sam and Monique opened the door laughing there asses off.
Ezra huffed and slapped Sam across the face, walking into the hotel room and into the bedroom.
Sam chuckled and rubbed his cheek. "Ouch.." he said and walked over to the dining room
"Monique don't come in here." Ezra called as he changed into http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvoapjmMdX1qi5t1oo1_500.jpg
Once he finished getting dressed he walked out and shook his hair around, then slid the beanie on.
"Ezra, since you speak Chinese you have to go get us food." Sam said, looking through a menu.
"Fine.." Ezra huffed. "Sake, Miso soup and.... Sobe it looks like?" Sam questioned.
"Sobe is disgusting. Ill get us GOOD food." Ezra laughed. "We'll be here." Monique giggled, brushing out her hair.
Ezra walked down to the lobby and to the person at the front desk.
"Zaoshang hao, zhe shi wo zai nali keyi yaoqiu kefang fuwu?" he asked, leaning against the desk.
"Shi de, ni yao shenme?" the man behind the desk smiled.
"Um..." Ezra sighed and turned to look at the girl playing on the piano. 'Beethoven, I like it.'
he thought then turned back to the man.
"Wo keyi dedao yi daping qingjiu, yixie weizeng tang san, yi wan bai nuomi, yixie jīdan he haidai de xinpian?"
Ezra asked with a large smile. "Shi de, dan ni duodale?" the man stood up and looked him up and down.
"Wo shiwu, wo de jianhuren shi chaoguo ershi sui, ying zhifu de shiwu. Womienu de fangjian sibai-luishi-san." Ezra nodded
and turned back to the girl on the piano. He walked over to her and stood beside her, watching as she played.
"You play really nicely..." he said with a soft smile. "I haven't heard a wrong note..."
he nodded, watching her hands dance across the pegs. "Whos your teacher?"
he asked softly, looking at her then back down.

"yeah." he nodded with a bright smile. "How bout that, Im competing too" he laughed softly.
He clapped as well when she finished. "I think Ive heard that name before.." he nodded to himself.
"Sams talked about her I think..." he trailed off then looked back at her.
"Im Ezra Matherson. Its nice to meet a fellow competitor!" he said and held out his hand.
'Isnt this that girl that looked at me like I was crazy this morning...? =3='
he thought but didn't say anything about it. 'Shes really pretty though!' he thought and blushed lightly.
"Is this the only instrument you play?" he stood up on his toes then rocked back on his heels.

"Really? So's mine! Well, ex-famous. Sam Cordun."
Ezra smiled brightly. "Used to be a huge star then quit. I still don't understand but, whatever."
he shrugged.
"Violin, Viola, Cello, Guitar, Ukulele, and Guzheng." he nodded.
"We both have a lot to practice, huh..." he chuckled softly stratching the back of his head.
He was a natural at being nice to people and making friends; it was obvious.
There was just a nice feeling about him.
"If you use your throat to play the Clarinet and Flute often though, wouldn't it get tiring to sing?"
he asked softly and curiously. "Or, wouldn't it strain your voice I should ask?"
he chuckled softly.

'Oh my gosh.' he thought and felt a little lost for words for a moment.
"N-no, not yet anyways." he smiled brightly. "I would love to go to dinner. Have the instructors meet, you know.."
eh chuckled and scratched his neck.
Behind him he heard footsteps running down the stairs.
Monique had run over to him and grabbed his hand with both of hers.
Ezra looked over and chuckled. "Whats the hurry..?" he asked softly.
"Your gonna miss breakfast. Also you can keep Sam from drinking too much Sake. I cant."
Monique giggled. "R-right. Monique, this is Tori. She's participating with us in the music thing."
Ezra smiled brightly and turned back to Tori. "This is my friend Monique haha... I should get going for breakfast but,
maybe around dinner I can meet you back down here?" he asked as Monique tried to drag him away.

Monique and Ezra both rushed upstairs. They ran into the hotel room and shut the door.
Sam looked over at them with a large bottle of Sake in his hand. "what..?" he asked suspiciously.
"We have dinner plans tonight down in the lobby just dress nice and act polite and don't you dare get drunk off
your ass." Ezra said with a bright smile and sat down. "How not fun..." Sam sighed and sat down at the head of
the table. "So with who?" he added as Monique sat down across from Ezra.
"This girl named Tori that I met downstairs. She's participating in the music contest thing too!
I think she's like my age. She's really nice... and really pretty" Ezra blushed,
taking a pair of chopsticks into his hand.
"Nice." Sam smirked. "No! N-not nice!" Monique said.
"She wanted you to meet her instructor too! Juliet I think her name was..?" Ezra said as he
prepared a bowl of rice for himself with eggs and seaweed, along with a bowl of miso soup.
"So its a chick too?" Sam smirked and ate with them. "You two are idiots *-_-"
Monique sighed, eating her food quietly. "Yes, but you have to dress nicely, you cant be drunk, and you
most certainly can not 'bang her', I swear to god Sam if you do any of those I will break your arm."
Ezra threatened as he ate. "Calm down, child!" Sam laughed.
"SO changing topics..." Monique glared. "We need to be at the school in two days, right?"
she asked. "Yeah because today is a regular day and so is tomorrow, but on Wednesday we need to
be at the school so you two can audition to see if your good enough." Sam scratched his ear then nodded
and ate. "Me and Ezra should practice some more after this then." she nodded.
"Fine." Ezra sighed and looked at his fingers. 'More ouch.' he looked back at his food and ate.
Once they all finished, Sam stood up and stretched his arms. "Ezra. You know."
he said with a nod. "Yeah whatever" Ezra sighed and rolled his eyes. He stood up and walked
downstairs to the main desk guy. "Ke wo de fangjian li you yige nupu ba women de cai?"
he asked. "You shi ni? Shi de!" the man smiled. Ezra walked back up to their room.
"A maid will come in to take our dishes." Ezra said with a yawn.
"Monique, you play in front of Ezra first. Then flip. Got it?" Sam said with a burp. He quickly excused himself.
"Mhm." they both nodded and took out there instruments in the bedroom.
When Monique finished her song she looked to Ezra. "Doesnt your grandma live around here?"
"Yeah, right by the market road. Tomorrow I was going to go visit her and buy some things
from the stores." Ezra smiled. "Sounds fun!" Monique giggled and they switched places.

When Ezra finished playing his cello, Monique started snickering.
"what?" Ezra asked seriously. "Did I mess up?!" he asked, sitting up in his seat.
"No no. I just... is that what your wearing to dinner?" she giggled lightly.
"why? Does it look bad? Does it look dirty? Is the beanie too much? Are there bow strings on it?
Maybe something's ripped on my shorts?" Ezra asked, examining his clothing frantically.
Monique just laughed. "Im kidding! Geez your ridiculous!" she laughed.
Ezra glared at her. "No Im not. Cmon, lets go tell Sam we finished." he blushed lightly with embarrassment.
They both stood up and walked into the dining room. Sam was just about to leave.
"Ugh." he sighed and turned to look at them. "Busted." Monique laughed jokingly.
"Me and Monique finished practicing. What do we do and where are you going?" Ezra asked
suspiciously. "Just... uh..." Sam scratched his head.
"You were gonna get Sake, weren't you?" Monique couldn't help but snicker as she saw
the empty bottle on the table. "What? No." Sam rolled his eyes. "Fine fine. Ill listen
to you two play, and tell you what to work on." Sam sighed and they all three walked back to the
bedroom. "I told you, this is important and you cant get drunk before dinner."
Ezra said calmly, sitting back down and holding up his cello, going first.
"Yeah yeah." Sam rolled his eyes again and licked his teeth as Ezra began playing.

[Btw if you wanna skip to dinner im cool with that.]

"I look good? Are you sure? Are you like REALLY sure that I look good?! Cuz Im wearing the same thing
I was this morning and-" 'Ezra please stop..." Monique chuckled tiredly and patted his shoulder.
"I-I cant help it!" Ezra laughed, scratching his head.
Sam walked in and patted his head. "Lets go, Im hungry." he said with a yan
Ezra made Sam change into something nicer.
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmi8hdGQAi1qzt15co1_500.jpg
"Ok, fine. But you remember? Do not fuck this up!" Ezra said nervously.
"Yeah yeah" Sam rolled his eyes.
Monique was wearing http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/29000000/Alice-disney-outfits-for-girls-29081543-429-620.png (without the rings and necklaces)
She re-adjusted the bow on the back of her head and smiled brightly. "Cmon
Ezra" she giggled. "Do I smell nice?" he asked, checking himself in the mirror again.
"Go!" Monique pulled his arm laughing.
The three of them walked out of the room. Monique was wearing light perfume that made her smell
like coconuts. Sam purposely smelt like light alcohol but, it wasn't overpowering, it was actually kinda
nice. Ezra just tried his best to smell nice at all. Monique couldn't describe the smell but, she liked it.
Ezra scratched the back of his neck nervously as they walked. Monique nudged his shoulder.
"Chill dude." she giggled. "Right..." Ezra smiled softly and slid his hands in his pockets.
They got down to the stairs and turned the corner.
Sam really didn't pay any attention to the three girls but, Ezra had to keep his jaw from dropping.
"You idiots." Monique giggled and walked over. "H-hey..." Ezra chuckled softly and looked over at Juliet.
"I assume your the instructor? Im Ezra, its nice to meet you." he held out his hand to Juliet politely.
"This is my instructor Sam and my friend Monique" Ezra smiled brightly.
"I would have introduced myself, gosh." Sam smiled jokingly. "Nice to meet you."
Sam held out his hand as well. 'Lets just get this over with...' he thought. Since he left the music industry
he really didn't like associating with people. It was a weird habit of his to start avoiding socialization, actually.

Sam had no idea who she was and... it was quite obvious.
"Seems like that was everyones first assumption, huh..." He chuckled softly.
"My, my" "I-Im sorry, is there a problem?" he asked with a sweet smile. 'Bitch please, I swear to god...'
he thought but, showed no trace of anger. 'Thinking your so high. I dont even know you!'
Without his actual short tempered side showing, he seemed like the nicest guy in the world.
"I hope I wasn't being rude on a first meet." Sam smiled brightly. "Apologies if I had been." he nodded.
"You too." Monique giggled. "So um, I know this place close by I thought we could go to. Its within walking distance but, I think
its considered rude if we dont properly take beautiful girls to a fancy restaurant for dinner..."
Ezra smiled and blushed. "Maybe I just heard wrong..." he said bashfully.

"Ah, good to hear." Sam nodded. "Sam we should get going now..." Ezra
said softly. "Oh, right. Is anyone allergic to sushi? wouldn't want anyone getting sick tonight." [if so change the last part]
he chuckled softly. "Give me your wallet, you cant count yen correctly."
Ezra snickered. "F-fine." Sam sighed, handing it to him.
"They both seem nervous...." Monique said with a smile under her breathe, then turned to
Lydia. "I would assume your participating in the music school as well?" she smiled.
Ezra went through the money they had under his breathe and smiled, placing the wallet in his back pocket.
"We're good. Lets head out." he nodded. Sam walked to the front door and held it open for them.
Ezra hailed a cab. "How about the young ones share one cab and we take another?" Sam asked with a smile to Juliet.

"Correct I, major in Viola" she nodded and they walked to the cab.
Sam smiled "I understand the feeling, Juliet." he laughed. Ezra handed him the right amount of money and laughed
as the three girls sat in the back and he sat in the front. It was the same man that got them to the hotel that morning. "Hei, zhe shi ni!" (Hey it's you!) the man smiled "Shi a shi ni haha" (Yeah it's you haha) Ezra laughed. "Wa, san ge nuhai yigeren. Zhe jiushi ni! Ni bixu you zheyang de luoshuan, dui budui?" the man rolled his tongue with a smirk as he started driving. Ezra blushed dark red. "U-um..." He chuckled embarassedly, not really knowing how to reply, and looked back at the girls. "Sorry if it's cramped back there..." Ezra laughed nervously. "Ah, so Tori. And, Lydia. Your instructor is world famous like me and Monique's, right? Juliet is? That has to be where Ive heard the name from." he smiled brightly.
Sam hailed a tab for him and Juliet and held open the back door for her. 'Ill sit in back too. Thats whats polite, isnt it? Yeah? Thats what I remember atleast... I cant fuck this up for Ezra.' he thought.

"Ah, right. Monique is always keeping me and Ezra from starting wars with each other so, as you can imagine she's useful."
he laughed softly. "Ezra was actually the one who introduced us, so Im thankful for that." he nodded.
They got to the restaurant. Sam handed the driver the money and walked out, holding the door
open for Juliet.
"Well that's MUCH better than MY story, gosh." Ezra laughed jokingly. "How long ago?" he asked with a smile,
but was interrupted by Monique. "The adults are here." she snickered. "Right right..." Ezra nodded, only really
paying attention to Tori.

"R-right!" Ezra nodded with a bright smile. Sam held open the door for them again.
Ezra let the girls in first, then both him and Sam came in after.
"Nin hao!" Ezra smiled brightly as Sam payed for there reservations.
"This way~" the man at the counter said and led them to a table.
They each sat down. The table was like a half circle; Sam and Juleit sat on the edges across
from each other, Ezra and Monique sat in the middle next to each other, and
Monique and Lydia were the spaces between the four.
Ezra moved his hand to pick up a menu. He hand brushed over Toris.
"He blushed and quickly grabbed the menu. "S-sorry" he laughed embarrassedly.
"Everything is on us, so don't worry about the bill." Sam smiled.

"Seriously?!" Ezra smirked. He turned his back to them for a moment. "Yessss" he said quietly then turned back around. "I can sure as hell do that!" Sam scoffed. zra stood up with his hand in the air "Fuwuyuan!" (Waiter!) he said loudly.
A waiter rushed right over. "Shi ma?" (Yes?) "Ba lu te he youyu de tiaozhan you liang ge!" (Balut and calamari challenge
for two please!) the waiter smiled and nodded. "Shi ma!" (Yes!) the waiter rushed off to get the challenge started.
"W-wait, I never said I would do it too though..." Sam sighed.
"Too late." Ezra snickered and sat back down. "Now we wait..." he snickered and rubbed his hands together.
"You two..." Monique chuckled and shook her head. 'I thought it would be rude to do something
like this in front of girls. Hell yeah!!!' Ezra thought, totally pumped up.
Sam sighed and smiled. "Whatever, I can do it." he snickered to himself and held his arms.
The waiter came back with two plates, both covered with a silver bowl.
He set them down. Ezra and Sam both took a plate. They took off the bowls.
Two eggs sat on top of writhing and wiggling squid tentacles.
"Xiexie!" Ezra said. The waiter placed down a timer.
Sam and Ezra both broke there chopsticks and prepared themselves.
"Go." the waiter stated.
Ezra picked up an egg and peeled the top of it off. He drank the juice inside like a shot, and made a sour face, then
quickly went right back to it. He took the duck out of the egg and ate it quickly.
Sam on the other hand took apart both the eggs and mixed it with his calamari. They both ate
fairly quickly.

Sam made a sour face. "Theres a beak..." he shook his head and sighed, continuing to eat.
'Damn Ezra... ' he thought.
Ezra swallowed and chuckled softly. "I didn't think this would be entertaining to watch..."
he said with a smile and continued eating. Sam nodded and chuckled.
"The calamari sticks to your tongue.... how annoying." he said.
Ezra finished his plate first, stopping the timer. "Freeee food for meee." he laughed jokingly.
"Sam finished after he did. "Happy happy fun times, eh?" he chuckled softly.
"Sam-Sam you don't look so good!" Monique giggled. "Don't call me that." Sam snickered,
him and Ezra pushed there plates to the center of the table and wiped there mouths with a napkin.
The waiter took there plates, and came back with two cards that gave them free food for 5 weeks.
"Worth it." Ezra snickered. "For you." Sam sighed with a soft smile and the three ordered there food as well.
"Didn't you used to be vegan?" Ezra asked Sam. "I used to be stupid. Lets just say that."
he responded, making Monique laugh like crazy. Her laugh was soft and cute.
The waiter came back with all their food and set the plates/bowls down for them.
Ezra smiled brightly and started to eat GOOD food.

"Me neither..." Sam chuckled, a little embarrassed. In the middle of a conversation,
Sams phone rang. "O-oh, Im sorry..." he chuckled and looked at his phone. It was his manager..?
"Im sorry guys but, if you don't mind I have to take this." Sam smiled softly and stood up,
leaving the table. "That's weird. Sam never takes calls during dinner" Ezra shrugged and
turned back to Tori, just chatting with her about random things.
Sam walked outside and answered it. "How the hell did you get my number?"
was the first thing he asked. "Sam! Hey hey buddy how ya been?" the manager laughed.
"Answer my question." Sam snapped. "That's not important. Anyway, why I called was theres
this chick. Her names uh, Juliet or something. Yeah well she used to be a huge fan of you!
She went to like, all your concerts or something!" the manger laughed.
"And I give a shit because...?" Sam sighed. "Dude shes like famous now! And I heard
she's gonna be at the music thing with you and Ezra!" the manager laughed.
"Wait, how the hell did you know about Ezra?!" Sam asked, getting angered easily.
"H-hey... calm down. That doesnt matter, ok?" The manager laughed uneasily.
"Yeah, it sure as hell does. That's private! Tell me how you got all my info!" Sam said, clenching
his fists. 'Juliet...' he thought, and absent mindedly interrupted the Manager.
"Wait wait wait... Juliet who?" he asked, suddenly calm.
"J-Juliet Thorne, of course!" The Manager laughed.
".... really?" Sam asked, crossing one arm under the other. "Yeah... you know her?"
the Manager asked. "We were just chatting." Sam ended the call. "No wonder I hate my fans..."
Sam sighed. "There all stuck up assholes." he said to himself and walked back inside, sitting down.
"Sorry." he chuckled. "You're fine. Who was it?" Monique asked softly. "My manager." Sam popped his lips.
"Since when do you talk to him...?" Monique asked, Ezra was busy with Tori.
"Since tonight." Sam smiled without showing his teeth, then dropped it.

Sam gritted his teeth and gripped his chopsticks tighter.
Monique narrowed her eyes. "What happened...?" she asked suspiciously.
"Just some information to explain some bullshit. Nothing big." Sam said with an angered tone as he continued
to eat. 'Stuck up bitch.' he thought. "... alrighty then..."
Monique chuckled and shrugged it off, eating as well. Ezra glanced over at him. 'Sam wont be able to keep
up the nice guy act much longer. Juliet is pissing me off too. Why is she trying to act so damn high and
mighty? Why not show some respect when that's what Sam has showed to you in return all night!
I don't blame him for being pissy!' Ezra thought. 'I get it, act all professional. But you're acting like
a bitch now. He's apologized over everything! You're just being a brat stuck up on her high horse.
Tori, can we go somewhere else alone?' Ezra thought with a small sigh and looked back over at her. "Sorry,
just zoned out haha." Ezra laughed softly. Monique shot a text to Sam, but he didn't read it.
"Don't worry about it, Monique. Like I said, it's nothing big. Nothing to fuss over, I guess." Sam sighed.
"That's a contradicting sentence." Monique snickered. "Whatever." he shrugged. 'Can we get this over?'
Sam thought, suddenly feeling really eager to just leave, go back to the hotel, and sleep.

Tori stopped talking once she noticed Ezra wasn't listening.
She followed his gaze and noticed it was on Juliet. His expression seemed a little angry.
'I wonder what's going on...' She thought unsure of what to do.
Once Ezra spoke Tori's attention was on him. "It's fine." She said simply smiling.
Juliet ate her food calmly and composedly. She glanced around the table feeling Ezra's eyes piercing her.
She shot him a smile and continued eating. 'What? Can you blame me, Sam's the one who crushed my young girl dreams.
If it weren't for my ability to be charming I might've ended up on the streets or worse. But instead I was able to build a grudge and although it's probably not the fairest thing, it's gotten me here.' She thought chomping down on her last bite of food a little annoyed. She looked up at Tori and began speaking in a quieter tone.
"Tori êtes-vous prêt à partir ? Je sais que vous vous amusez , mais nous devrions revenir à l'hôtel ." Juliet smiled, speaking French to her young pupil. Tori frowned and answered back. "Pourquoi devons-nous aller si soudainement? ce ne est pas comme si nous devions nous lever tôt , demain est un jour gratuit!" Tori answered. "Hey ! Ne pas obtenir tous accrocheur avec moi ! Je suis l'adulte , ici ." Juliet puffed making Tori and her both look the opposite way.
Lydia sighed and dabbed the corners of her mouth with her napkin. 'Oh boy, here we go again..' She sighed in her mind.
Lydia smiled sweetly. "All done," She said out loud, pushing her food plate a little out in front of her.
That caught Juliet and Tori's attention. "Aw, so you are.." Tori said softly. 'I guess we will have to go.' She thought.

[btw I just used Google English to French translator so if you want to know what they were saying just copy the French and paste in the translator lol, but basically Juliet was just telling her it was time to go, and tori didn't want to go yet.]

"God thank the queen" Sam said quietly, clearing his throat; causing Monique to burst out into laughter.
"W-what? All I heard was French..." Ezra laughed awkwardly, scratching the back of his neck.
"N-nothing!" Monique said, still laughing. "Oh its nothing. But, I think we're all done here." Sam said with a nice smile.
Ezra frowned slightly. "Yeah..." he said quietly. A waiter came by and picked there food up, which Sam payed for.
"Alright. How about me, Ezra, and Monique take one cab, and you and your three students take another.
Then we can regroup when we get back to the hotel or whatever." Sam smiled brightly to Juliet.
Ezra glared at Sam. 'Well fuck you too!' he thought. Monique sighed. 'They're totally gonna fight tonight...'
she thought.