The world was ending!

That was the only explanation for the day from hell that Kaycee Samuels seemed to be having.

It had all started this morning when instead of the romantic proposal over breakfast that she had been expecting, her boyfriend Rob had dumped her and then left her to pay the bill.

Expecting her stepsister to be sympathetic to her first breakup Kaycee had driven straight over to her father's house barely able to hold it together. But she had managed right up until now when her stepsister had brought her world crashing down around her ears.

"Could you please repeat that?" Kaycee asked unable to believe that she was hearing right.

"I said I'm getting married!" Sarah told her excitedly barely able to contain her little dance which under normal circumstances Kaycee would have found amusing and would probably have been joining in with.

"And after that? You said?" she prompted and Sarah's smile faded slightly.

"I said that I was getting married to Rob!" she repeated and Kaycee frowned with a forced laugh.

"You know, it's funny but I don't recall meeting a Rob before. Other than my Rob of course but I know that you wouldn't be marrying my Rob!" Kaycee said and Sarah looked uncomfortable suddenly.

"I know it's sudden and completely out of the blue but Rob loves me and I love him. Can't you just be happy for us?" Sarah asked pleading with those baby blues of hers that had always gotten her everything she wanted.

"Can I be happy for you? Are you kidding me? Until an hour ago I thought I would be marrying Rob and you think that you can steal him off me and just carry on as though nothing happened?" Kaycee demanded unable to believe that the girl she had counted as a sister for so long could do this to her.

"I think it's very selfish of you not to be happy for Sarah!" her stepmother said as she appeared in the large lounge that was filled with expensive furniture and paintings. It reflected her family perfectly.

For as long as she could remember Kaycee had come second to Sarah. Their parents married when they were too young to remember and had always lavished their attention on Sarah who had been the cutest child ever with her chubby cheeks, blonde curls and baby blues. Kaycee had been invisible in the background with her plain looks, dark, dull hair and green eyes. As they grew older Sarah had grown in both confidence and looks. She had started high school with straight blonde hair, a slim body and breasts that actually filled out a bra. Unlike Kaycee who had remained with the same dull hair, a curvy body and a flat chest that had taken several years to fill out at all. So while Sarah had spent high school as one of the most popular girls who had a different boyfriend every week, Kaycee had not been as lucky. She had very few friends and became very withdrawn. Rob was the only boyfriend she had ever had and they had been dating for six years, ever since her eighteenth birthday.

It had never really been a surprise to Kaycee that their parents were prouder of Sarah the blonde model but what had been surprising was how little they really cared about her. At school Kaycee had killed herself studying so she could get good grades and make her parents proud of her. All she had gotten for her efforts was a pat on the back. Sarah had spent her school years partying and had cried so much when she had failed her exams that their parents had bought her a car to cheer her up. Even now they didn't much care that Kaycee had a job to support herself and had moved out years ago. No, they were just proud that Sarah had been given one modelling job in one crappy magazine years ago.

None of this had ever bothered Kaycee. She had always seen herself as one of those people who liked to fade in to the background and had allowed Sarah to have all the limelight. Until now!

"You know what? I think it's selfish of you to even stand here before me and tell me this. I think it is selfish of you to steal my boyfriend and I think it is especially selfish of you to think for one second that I will ever forgive you!" Kaycee informed her stunned stepsister who had never heard her talk this way before. Then before she had chance to rethink her actions Kaycee stormed from the room determined that she would do something she had never done before. She would go out and have fun with her real friends!

Jake frowned at the letter he held wondering if there had been some mistake but his father soon put him right on that score.

"No mistake my boy!"

It didn't make any sense. He had worked his ass of for his father's company and had turned the failing hotels in to a prosperous chain that had become one of the best in the world. So how was he about to be fired?

"I don't understand," he told his father who gave a husky chuckle.

"It's quite simple. I am tired of these shenanigans of yours and I want you to settle down!" his father explained making Jake wince as he risked a glance at the newspaper that described the supposed shenanigan.

A photo of him and his married assistant stared back at him, both half clothed and looking like they were doing something more than working late. Damn the bloody press! He didn't even know how they had got this picture when it had all been completely innocent but try telling that to his family.

"It's not how it looks!" he informed his father once again and the old man laughed.

"That letter should explain it all. Unless you find a wife in the next few weeks and prove that you can settle down and be a responsible family man then you forfeit your rights and your job at the company." His father said making Jake wince once again.

"I am hardly going to find a wife that soon," he offered trying to find some way to extend the deadline but his father would not be fooled by that.

"Madeleine would be happy to marry you!" his father pointed out and Jake shuddered at the thought of the young woman who had been nothing but a pain since she revealed her crush on him. The fact that she was the daughter of his father's partner only made the relationship seem like more of a winner to his father.

"And if I refuse?" he asked determined not to do what his father wanted.

"This isn't like when you were a kid, Jake. You refuse? You lose!" his father said and then he hung up leaving Jake staring at the telephone in shock.

Jake had never obeyed a rule in his life. He was the ultimate playboy and had been since he could remember and his father had never once put his foot down and threatened to cut him off. But now it seemed like he was about to lose everything. And where did one go when they were about to lose their whole life?

"Vegas?"

Kaycee stared around the strip in wonder while her two best friends laughed with excitement.

"It's the ultimate place to forget your troubles!" Hannah explained as she gave a giggle and grabbed Kaycee's hand dragging her the short distance to their hotel.

When Kaycee had rung and told them she needed help, she'd had no idea that this was where she would end up and truth be told it had never really been her sort of scene. This was exactly the sort of place where Sarah would have been most at home though.

"Stop thinking about them!" her other friend Vicky instructed firmly once they had checked in.

"I can't exactly help it. I mean this is a great idea and all but I'm not sure this place is really me!" Kaycee said with a shrug that made her friends exchange exasperated glances.

"Exactly!" Hannah told her firmly.

"You wanted to get away from your life for a while. What better way than by being someone else?" Vicky said while Kaycee frowned.

"I can't just be someone else!"

"Why not? This is Vegas, nobody here is real. It's the perfect place to change and be someone else even if it's just for the night." Hannah said firmly and Kaycee chewed nervously at her lower lip.

Maybe they were right, maybe Vegas was the perfect place to lose herself and become someone completely new.

Oh dear god!

What did he look like? It had to be the worst outfit ever.

Every year he took a trip to Vegas with his friends and every year they took a bet on whether he could pick up a girl in the outfit they chose for him and every year he succeeded but this outfit was beyond a joke.

"I look like a nerdy cowboy!" he said with a grimace while his friends cracked up.

His normally sexy, muscular body was covered by an ugly pink shirt and a pair of ripped up jeans that were way too big for him and were only held up by an ugly leather belt with the biggest silver buckle he had ever seen. His normally dazzling cool grey eyes were covered by a pair of spectacles and his dark hair that normally stuck out at all angles was slicked back and covered by a white Stetson. Combined with the white cowboy boots he looked like the nerdiest cowboy alive and definitely not any girl's idea of the dream man.

"Good luck winning the bet!" his best friend Sam said with a grin and Jake sighed. He had never had a problem winning before and he was certain that he wouldn't tonight but this could well be the last time he got to have this kind of fun for a while. This time next month he would either be married or cut off. Either way he was determined to enjoy this while it lasted which was why he sent the boys an evil smile.

"I play to win!" he informed them and they laughed as they set off for the most popular casino on the strip.

Incredible!

Kaycee could hardly believe her eyes as she stared at the mirror image of herself. In just a few short hours she had gone from being a plain Jane to a gorgeous woman that she didn't even recognise as being herself. All it had taken was for Hannah, the hairdresser in training to cut her hair in to a feathered style and dye it to a dark purple that blended in to her hair well. Vicky had gone shopping and had come back with a gorgeous black dress that barely covered anything and had insisted that Kaycee wear it. Add that to the matching underwear and shoes that they had bought and she certainly looked like someone else. All it had taken then was for her to do her makeup and there she was in the mirror looking more beautiful than she had ever expected she could be.

"I look amazing!" she said stunned and her friends smiled at their achievement.

"We told you that you were beautiful but would you listen?" Hannah said with a laugh and Kaycee laughed too.

"And now we're going to have the best night ever. We are going to drink and dance and gamble and find the most perfect man ever to take your mind off that cheating bastard who never deserved you!" Vicky informed her.

Who could have guessed that after tonight her life would change forever?