erica comes over to the bar area. "hi castor? you want to fuck me too? hell, apparently,that's all people think i'm good for." she sits on one of the barstools and cries.

nina puts her arm around her friend.not really knowing what to tell her.

erica says in between sniffles. "i am so sorry i screwed up whatever was going on here."

nina nudges her head against castor, "thank you so much." she whispers. "i am useless in such situations." she kisses him lightly.

erica takes another drink and shakes her head."no.i am sure you guys were having a grand time before i showed up." she puts her head on the bar. " i feel so fucking dirty and cheap. chris tried having a go with me before i was voted off.is that really the vibe i give off? if it has a pulse,i will fuck it? andros was someone i care about. nichole is someone i lo- like. erich i love.nina i love,but recognize is off limits now. do i really seem like a whore?" erica looks out over the ocean. "i am so sorry guys."

erica laughs a sort of bitter laugh. "i recognize that.i just dont see why respect has to go out the window? maybe i am just fooling myself into thinking i meant something to anyone for longer than it takes to remove and replace clothes."

nina drinks her drink for some liquid courage." erica,love.you know you mean the world to me-"

"not you,nina.i know you are true to me. relationship status not withstanding.you and erich are the only ones i can depend on it seems....and castor." erica keeps her head buried in her arms.

erica rubs her eyes,smearing her mascara that already was running down her cheeks."this is so fucked up,huh?"


nina nods slowly. "yeah,it is,love.but you know what? fuck him. you did nothing wrong.he is the one getting pissed about a bird he never has even spoken to. it's so...weird,love. sam was nothing but sweet to me."

erica thinks for a moment." castor is great,isnt he?"

nina nods,"yeah.i love that man so much."

erica smiles and hugs nina. " i am so happy for you.i really,really am." she says without a hint of bitterness.

Castor comes back with drinks for all, handing them out.

Sam pulls him into one of the side rooms. "I...I want to say sorry for what I said about Nichole earlier. I don't even know what's fucking wrong with me. I've made the worst impression possible on Erica....I really have no clue why I said what I said...I don't want to fuck Erica. I just...have no clue what's wrong with me. I guess I'm jealous, god knows what that means. I have no fucking clue. But I fucked up...pretty bad. Didn't I?"

Sam swallowed hard and nodded. "Yeah...again, I'm sorry."

Sam heads out to where Nina and Erica are sitting. He takes a deep breath, "Listen, I just wanna say I'm sorry. I don't think you're a whore and I don't want to have casual, meaningless sex with you. I, uh, think we got off on the wrong foot. I didn't mean anything I said and I'm not really an asshole, most of the time. Whenever Nichole gets mentioned my brain kind of...shuts off." He stands there, shifting in his spot nervously, hoping that he hasn't completely burned the bridge with his only friends. "That's...uh, all I got. So yeah...sorry."

nina putters about in the bar mixing up new martinis nervously. "imagine how fucked up things are going to get when nichole gets here...."she tells castor. "call me evil,but i cant wait,love. there is going to be so much drama.".

nina shakes her head. "i hope so too.but i think it's not going to end well if nichole and sam are together in front of her....then again,i might be wrong. she seems to think you are great for me.".