Knock, knock!

Keith looked up from his tablet, "enter."

Lance walked in and smiled, "hey Cap!" Keith raised an eyebrow at him in response. He sighed, "I wanted to see if there's anyway we can take a vacation?"

Keith set his tablet down on his desk and leaned back in his seat. "A vacation?"

Lance sighed and took a seat across from him. "Chantel is graduating from the academy soon and I wanted to be there when she walked."

Keith smiled back at him in response and gave him an understanding look. He sat up and rubbed his chin in thought. "I can try and ask Coran or the Princess if we can get some time off. I'm sure the rest of the team would love to see their families." Lance's eyes lit up in excitement. He gave him a warning look, "I have to ask and it's not a guarantee that we can get the time off."

Lance gave him a lopsided smile and rubbed his head. "I really hope we can get the time off. My sister would love to see us, she misses us." He looked at his hands and spoke softly, "I haven't seen her since we graduated."

Keith got up and walked around his desk and placed a hand on his shoulder. He spoke softly, "I know what you mean. It's been years since any of us have seen anyone." He slapped his shoulder and smiled at him. "I'm sure they'll say yes."

Knock, Knock!

Both men looked towards the door. Lance glanced up at him and raised an eyebrow. "Were you expecting anyone?"

Keith shook his head in response. He cleared his voice and called out. "Enter." Both men watched the door open and found Princess Allura smiling back at them. She gave them a surprised look when she spotted Lance. He smiled at her. "Hello Princess, how may I help you?"

She gave him a nervous smile, "I had to ask you a question, but if you're busy..." her voice trailed off.

Keith leaned back on his desk, "I'm not busy."

Lance looked between the two, clearing his voice he stood up. "I'll take this as my leave." He gave the Princess a little bow and winked at her. He glanced at Keith, "tell me what happens."

Keith nodded his head at him in response. The couple watched Lance leave. Allura smiled at him. "Was I interrupting anything?"

Keith shrugged his shoulders at her in response. She took a seat across from him. He raised an eyebrow at her, "so...was there something I can help you with Princess?" She gave him an innocent smile. He glared at her, "you're up to something, aren't you?" He stood up straight and gave her a suspicious look. She giggled at him. He walked around his desk and sat down. He picked up his tablet and looked down at his files. "You're hiding from Nanny, aren't you?"

She nodded her head and sighed, "she won't leave me alone. I told her I needed a break from my studies but she wouldn't listen. He chuckled at her in response. She rolled hey eyes at him, "so when she wasn't looking, I snuck out and ran for my life."

He glanced up at her and raised an eyebrow, "you ran for your life?"

She nodded her head in pride and gave him a smug look. "Yes, I ran for my life and didn't look back."

He chuckled at her. Hearing his COMM, he grabbed it. "Keith here."

"Hello Capitan, Nanny hasn't been able to locate the Princess. Have you seen her?"

Keith looked at her in response. She smiled at him sweetly. He rolled his eyes back at her. "She's in my office at this moment Coran."

"Is there a problem?"

He could hear the concern in his voice. He smiled at her which she returned. "No, there is no problem. But is it possible for you to stop by my office this moment?" She looked at him in alarm. He gave her a wink and a reassuring smile. "I just have something I need to speak to the two of you about."

"On my way Captain."

Keith set him COMM back down on his desk and smiled at her. She looked at him with worry. "Am I in trouble?" He shook his head no. She relaxed. "What did you need to speak to us about?"

He leaned back in his seat. He glanced to his side and starred out the window. "I want to speak to the two of you at the same time." She nodded her head in understanding. They both sat in comfortable silence.

Knock, knock!

He looked away from the window. "Enter." Coran walked in the room and smiled. He gave a little bow to the Princess and took the other seat across from Keith. He sat up and smiled at Coran, "Hello Coran."

Coran nodded his head at him in response, he glanced at Allura and gave her a suspicious look. "Are you skipping out on your studies?"

She gave him an innocent smile. "Of course not Coran, Keith said he wanted to have a word with us." Keith glared at her in annoyance, she ignored his glare and kept starring at Coran. "I didn't want to be the last to arrive so I came her as soon as possible." Both men rolled their eyes at her in response. She just giggled at the two of them.

Coran cleared his throat and looked at Keith. "What did you need to speak to us about?"

Keith smiled at the pair. "I had a request." They raised their eyebrows at him to continue. "Lance has requested if the team can have a vacation." Coran frowned. Seeing the frown, he spoke quickly. "Lance's sister Chantel is graduating from the academy and he wanted to be there for her graduation. Also, the rest of the team hasn't seen their families in a long time."

Allura smiled at him in excitement. "That sounds like fun." She glanced at Coran and her smile fell when she saw the look he was giving them. She frowned at him. "Let me guess, the answer is no?"

Coran sighed in sadness. "It sounds like the boys would enjoy it, but what would happen if Arus is attacked while you're away?"

Hearing a ping come from his tablet, he picked it up. He quickly read the email he had received and set it down. Looking at the pair. "It's been covered, we will take the Lions with us to Earth and they will send a fleet to protect Arus while we're away. If needed, we can return quickly to Arus with the lions."

Coran looked at Keith in surprise, "when did you get this done?"

Keith smiled at him, "this morning before Lance made the request. Chantel had actually given me a call and begged that Lance and I make it to her graduation." Allura's smile fell a little. She quickly hid it from Keith before he noticed. Unfortunately Coran had caught it. She looked down at her lap in sadness. Keith smiled at Coran. "Also, would it be possible for the Princess to join us on this trip?"

Allura's head snapped up and she gave him an excited smile. The men chuckled at her. Coran rubbed his chin in thought. "I don't know Keith, It might not be safe for her there." She glared at him in annoyance. He chose to ignore the look and continued. "How would you keep her safe?"

Keith chuckled at Allura. He glanced at Coran. "Easy, we don't introduce her as the Princess. Just a teammate we met here on Arus."

Allura bounced in her seat in excitement. Both men raised an eyebrow at her. She grabbed Coran's arm and begged. "Please Coran, I need a vacation as well! I'm part of this team as well. I need a break from my studies and I would love to meet the boys families." Coran pretended to think to himself. She thought desperately to herself and smiled at him. "How about if I get all my studies down before we leave and I don't complain?"

Coran smirked and winked at Keith. Keith silently laughed in response. Coran stood slowly and smiled down at her. "If you can keep your promise, I don't see why not." He glanced at Keith, "I'm sure the Captain can keep you safe on Earth."

Keith nodded his head. "Of course, I always do." His eyes soften as he smiled at Allura. Coran raised an eyebrow at Keith in surprise. He quickly hid his emotions and stood. "We will come up with cover for the Princess and have everyone on the same page."

Coran nodded his head, he started heading to the door. He glanced over his shoulder at the couple, "you could just say she's your fiancée that you met here on Arus." The couple looked at him in shock. He chuckled at them, he opened the door. "She's safer with you than anyone else I know. You will protect her with your life. I'll go let Nanny know what's going to happen and if you want to tell the team as well." He walked out of the room and closed the door.

The couple starred at the door in shock. Allura glanced at Keith. "Did he just say what I think he just said?" He nodded his head slowly. She stood up and smiled at him coyly, "So my dear fiancée, when do we leave?"

He glared back at her in response. "Allura!"

She giggled at him and rolled her eyes at him. "Come on Keith, live a little!" She gave him a challenging look.

He raised his eyebrow at her in challenge. He smirked at her. "My dear fiancée, I don't think you could handle me!" She looked at him shock. He chuckled at her and stood. He motioned her to the door. "If you want to make it on this trip, you have my studies to get back to." He winked at her so she could see that he was playing with her. She smiled and got up. She stuck out her tongue at him and quickly left the room. He chuckled at her retreating back. He sat back down and closed his eyes. He figured he could take a nap.

Allura walked into the control room hours later. She felt like the life of her was being drained from her. Keith looked up from the control panel and smiled at her. He called out to her, "how was your studies today?" She glared at him in annoyance. He chuckled at her in response. He turned his eyes back to the monitor. "What brings you here?" She walked up to him and stood right next to him and gave a long sigh. He glanced over his shoulder and her. Her bottom lip stuck out and she gave him a puppy face. He looked away from her. His inside started to melt under that look. Letting his voice deepen, he gave her a warning tone. "Princess..."

She gave up trying to get him to feel bad for her and responded. "When are we going to speak to the team?"

He typed some codes on the monitor and responded. "In a few minutes. We're going to meet in one of the conference rooms." He looked away from the monitor and glanced at her and smiled. "We can head over there right now if you wish?" She smiled at him and nodded her head. He looked to his left and called out to one of the soldiers, "can you take over?" The soldier nodded his head and quickly rushed over. He stood up and stretched. She watched his muscle move as he stretched and felt her face heat up. She quickly looked away. He smiled at her, "let's get this meeting started then." The couple left the control room and headed towards one of the conference rooms. They each took a seat, he brought his communicator out. "Team, meet in the conference room in 5 mins, Keith out."

She smiled at him, "do you think they'll be excited?"

He nodded his head. "I think they'll be more than excited."

"Can I break the news?" She asked. He nodded his head in agreement. She bounced in her seat excitedly. One by one the men started entering the room. They each gave formalities and took their seat. Coran was the last to enter. She smiled at the men, "thank you for coming so quickly. I have some very exciting news!" She glanced at Keith and took his hand, he gave her a questioning look and she smirked back at him. "We're engaged!" The room irrupted in excitement.

Keith pulled his hand away from hers and she giggled and raised his hands to silence them. He saw the excitement in all their eyes and even heard Lance mutter quietly to himself. He shook his head at them. "The Princess is joking! We are not engaged."

She stuck her bottom lip out and gave him a sad look. "But we are Keith, remember!"

He glared at her in response. Lance smirked at him, "I knew it! I knew something was going on between the two of you!"

Hunk smiled at the couple, "so? How did it happen?"

Pidge nodded his head, "yeah Keith, how did you ask her?"

Coran watched the team silently. Keith clenched his teeth in annoyance and barked at them. "We're not engaged. No one asked no one for their hand in marriage!" The team shut their mouths quickly. He glared at her in annoyance. She pretended not to see the look he was giving her. He shook his head in annoyance at her. Looking back at his team. "Since the Princess isn't going to do it, I will. Boys, pack your bags! Tomorrow morning we will be on vacation heading to Earth!" The boys jumped from their seats in excitement. Lance's mouth dropped in shock. He chucked at them, "I take it you like this news?"

"Fuck yeah!" Exclaimed Lance. Coran gave him a warning look and he gave a apologetic smile. "Sorry Coran, sorry Princess." She smiled at him in response. He looked back at Keith, "How?"

"I had actually made a request before we spoke earlier," Keith responded.

Pidge looked at the Allura, "what about the Princess?" She smiled at him in response, she felt the love from him. He gave her a smile. "It wouldn't be fair for us to leave her while we went home."

Coran took this moment to stand and respond. "That's why Allura will be posing as Keith's fiancée. No one on Earth can know that she's the Princess of Arus."

Lance chuckled and smirked at her. "So that's why you two are engaged?"

She nodded her head excitedly. "Is that awesome? I can go with you guys and meet your families."

Hunk nodded his head in excitement, "and you can try my mom's cooking. My family is going to love you!"

"Hey, she's going to meet my family first!" Exclaimed Pidge.

"No, mine!" Argued Hunk.

The two men started playful arguing. She watched them fondly. Lance cleared his voice to get her attention. She looked at him in question. He smiled at her. "You'll meet my family first." He smirked at Keith, "and if you want Princess, you can pretend that I'm your fiancée." He winked at her. She rolled her eyes at him in response. He gave her an offended look, "I think I'll be a better suitor than grumpy pants." He motioned to Keith who glared at him in response. The room filled with laughter. She tried to hide her smile behind her hands.

"Hunk and Pidge, can you have the lions prepared? We'll be leaving at 700 hours." He looked down at his watch and back up to the group. "I recommend after dinner everyone calls it a night. In regards to the Princess, all formalities will be put on hold. We will treat the Princess as one of us."

"If people ask, how did we meet?" She asked.

Hunk got a dreamy look in his eyes. "Say you met in the village and when your eyes connected you felt a spark and things progressed from there." Pidge gave him a shocked look. Lance chuckled at him in response. He looked at them in question, "what?"

Keith smiled at him. "I never took you for a romantic."

Hunk shrugged his shoulders at him. "Nothing wrong with a being a romantic."

Allura smiled at him, "I love it!" He smiled back at her in response.

Keith looked at her, "we'll tell people that we met while i was on patrol and our eyes met and i was awestruck. We had dinner and sparks flew. We've been dating for months and just recently got engaged."

She clapped her hands together excitedly. Lance snorted at them, "I say you two should wing it. You pretty much act like a couple already. Keith gave him a glaring look. He shrugged his shoulder in response. Allura giggled at them.

Coran cleared his voice to get their attention. "I recommend everyone get their duties done ASAP so nothing puts a hold on your plans." The group nodded their heads in excitement. He looked at Keith, "will Allura be taking blue?"

She frowned at him, "why wouldn't I be flying blue?"

"Because it's common knowledge that the Princess flys blue." Replied Keith. He scratched his head in thought, "maybe we'll leave the lion here?"

Her frowned deepened. "That's not fair Keith."

Lance cut in, "he's right." She glared at him. He continued, "it'll give you some time to get to know one another on the flight." He ginned evilly at Keith, "and you can come up with your game plans." Keith glared at him angrily. He smirked back at him, "where are you going to be staying Keith?"

"My family home," replied Keith.

Lance's mouth dropped a little, "but you haven't been there in years." The room looked at Keith in question. He looked confused, "you normally stayed with my family."

"Lance!" Keith gave him a warning. He looked at his team, "meeting is over." He glanced down at his watch, "dinner should be served in hour, so wash up and I'll see everyone later." The group nodded their heads and got up and left. Coran and the Princess remained seating. He raised an eyebrow at them, "yes?"

Coran gave him an uncomfortable look, "I don't want to impose, but your records said your family passed away on a mission."

Keith looked down at this hands, "they're MIA. What Lance said is true, I did live with his family. His parents and my parents were best friends." He started to get uncomfortable. He never felt comfortable talking about his family life.

Allura picked up on his feeling. She reached across the table and took his hand, "you don't need to explain yourself Keith." He looked up and her and she could see the pain in his eyes. It broke her heart. He quickly hid his emotions. She sighed, "you don't always have to hide your feelings from me Keith."

He pulled his hand away from her. "Princess, please."

"Please what?" She asked.

"Please stop," he responded quietly.

She sighed but nodded her head, she got up and looked at Coran. "I will be in my quarters until dinner." Without another word, she left the room.

The men could feel the annoyance coming off of her. Coran cleared his throat and got up and gave him a little smile. "Good luck with her, you're gonna need it." He winked at Keith and left.

Keith leaned back in seat and closed his eyes. His thoughts went back to his parents, the pain was still there. He opened his eyes and got up and left the room. He had some thinking to do and packing he had to get done.