Round Two

[CHAPTER 8]- PEACE AND QUIET

We all exited the arena and were greeted by another limo. I was now soaked in blood. It had been months since I'd had a decent fight, and this most defiantly made up for the lost time.

Everyone sat on the long leather seats. I think that Payne had grown a liking to Theodor because she sat over by him rather than me. Theodor set the backpack by my feet.

We arrived at the hotel within fifteen minutes. It was a beautiful building. When we entered, we saw other contestants, all talking with each other in the lobby.

One team of two people was covered head to toe in blue dye, while another team of three was attending to their wounds.

Nikki got us two room keys. One room was for the boys of our group and one was for the girls. We all went to the fourth floor and walked down to rooms 506 and 507; the rooms were right across from each other.

"We'll see you tomorrow. I'll meet you guys here at 7," said Matthew pointing to the carpet in between up. We all said our goodbyes then entered our rooms. The girls enter 506 while the guys entered 507.

Our room had a hallway that led to the bedroom. Where we found two beds next to each other. The beds were both queen-sized and with silk sheets and soft blankets. The bed frame looked as if it was made from gold.

"I didn't expect this," Nikki said jumping onto the bed "I could stay here forever!"

"We should wash up; come here Payne," I said. Payne walked up to me and grabbed my hand. I led her into the hallway where there was a door that I assumed led to the bathroom.

I opened the door to find a bathroom the size of a dining room. I was shocked at the open space. There was a tub against a wall and across from that were sinks. I instantly opened the cabinets to find every makeup thing you could possibly wish for. As I looked around, I found hair products. Hair gel, hair spray, dry shampoo, etc.

"You go and get into the tub. There are bandages in the cabinets for your scraped knees." I left the room to give Payne her privacy. I walked out to the bedroom where I saw Nikki in the tall wardrobe that was next to her bed.

"Grace! They have clothes in here, and they have them all in my size! Even ball gowns!" Nikki said pulling out a poufy sunset-orange gown. I couldn't help myself but check my and Payne's wardrobe.

I opened the wardrobe to find clothes in my size and Payne's. There was a short, black dress that would end just below my knees and had thin shoulder straps in my size, and a long, navy-blue dress with long sleeves in Payne's size.

After forty minutes, all three of us had been cleaned and in a new outfit. I was in a simple short-sleeved shirt and black leggings and I had the now clean cardigan back on; Payne was in a black long-sleeved shirt and jeans; Nikki was in a simple white shirt and jean shorts. Both me and Payne had our hair down. Nikki kept it up as usual.

Payne and I fell asleep in the same bed while Nikki went straight to the TV.

Payne and I woke at around six in the morning, so I gelled her hair back once again into a bun.

By six thirty, everyone was out in the hallway except for Matthew. He did end up coming out at seven.

"I said seven, didn't I? It's just now seven guys, you're early, I'm on time." Matthew said as Nikki glared at him.

"Grace, I think you should take Payne to go do something. She'll be bored out of her mind here," Nikki says.

"Theodor, you should come too. We can go get a victory milkshake if you want." Payne said, licking her lips.