A/N Hey! I hope you like this story! It's my first L.J. Smith story so please go easy on me!

Disclaimer: YES!!! I OWN EVERYTHING!! MWA HA HA HA HA!!! Ugh! I wish.... I only own the plot. Thank you and good night.

Chapter one

It had only been a week since the demise of Mr. Zetes. And also since Bri, Renny, and Joyce had been put under the care of Tamsin. There were only Lydia, Rob, Anna, Lewis, Kaitlyn, and Gabriel left.

All of them were still at the Institute cleaning everything up. Yup, even after a week of endless cleaning, it still wasn't done. Luckily, that day, they finally finished.

"Finally," Rob huffed after putting out the final box out. "We're done, and the movers will be here any minute to take all this stuff back." He slumped down on one of the over-stuffed chairs that they had moved onto the lawn and took a while to catch his breath. Anna, who had helped around with Rob the most, Kaitlyn noted smiling to herself, sat beside him in another one. Again, just being around Anna made him feel at peace.

Kaitlyn sat close by Gabriel on a couch, who also had recently just finished up with his work. She looked up and caught his eye. His arm still around her tightly. "Now, about that vacation you were talking about."

"Yeah!" Lewis pitched in. He had had taken about a dozen pictures of Lydia and now had his arm around her, Lydia, who wasn't so used to this kind of attention from guys blushed furiously. "Where do think we could go for a vacation? I think we should vote, I'm going for Las Vegas! Who's with me?!"

"There's no need for that Lewis" Gabriel objected before anybody else could agree

Startled, Kaitlyn asked why not.

Gabriel flashed her his most unsettling smile. "Because I already know where we're going and already got tickets.

"WHAT!?" Every body shouted all at the same time.

"It seemed that Mr. Zetes was going to send us on a vacation during the summer, sort of like a thank you for doing all my dirty work. And while I was cleaning out that secret room Joyce had inside, I found an envelope with 6 cruise tickets and a brochure."

Everyone gaped at Gabriel.

"But the best part is," He continued, ignoring they're questioning faces. "is that the cruise tickets are good for anytime this year, and as I recall in the brochure, that the next cruise in about two days. Of course now that the old crackpot is gone, he wouldn't mind giving us these well-deserved tickets." He smirked.

Rob indeed looked horrified.

Oh no! Kate thought alarmingly to Anna. Here we go again...

Rob had gotten to his feet and looked Gabriel squarely in the eye. "Look Gabriel, we can't do this! It's..it's...it's wrong! By the way, what if they ask about Mr. Zetes! They'll throw us out! And maybe possibly go to jail!"

Gabriel flinched. Just hearing that word brought back memories. He leaned back, seeming as cool as ice and then shot another one if his dangerous smiles, "Cool it Kessler, I've already got everything cleared up with Joyce before she left. She says we deserve this."

Rob seemed to cool down after that, maybe because Anna had come and put a hand on his arm. "Fine, we can go then."

Took a while...

Kaitlyn shot Gabriel a warning glance. C'mon Gabriel! Give it a break, you two have only just started to get along!

Gabriel smiled and directed a thought only for her. Hey, maybe we could come in my room.

Sorry but there's 6 tickets, meaning everyone can have their own room. Kaitlyn sent back.

Wait, but there's one extra, of course...unless... She was staring intently at Lydia. She looked pretty grim since she was probably thinking she wouldn't be able to go.

"Hey! Lydia!" Lydia turned to look at Kaitlyn

"Yes?"

"You know, we have an extra ticket, and I think you deserve this almost as much as we do, so why don't you come along?"

Everybody seemed to agree with her.

Lydia smiled. 'Sure, I guess so, if I'm not too much trouble, I mean."

Lewis looked like he'd found the pot 'o' gold at the end of the rainbow.

Thanks Kait, I owe you.

Kaitlyn smiled at Lewis. No Problem.

"Now" Anna announced. "Let's get packing!"

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