A/N: Here's another mini-fic! I just want to say, I posted my first LTM story yesterday, and am extremely pleased with the wonderful welcome I received. You guys are all awesome!

Emily bounced into Gillian's office one Thursday afternoon in July.

"Hey Em," Gill said. "What's up?"

"Dad just said he'd take me to the ocean tomorrow! We're going to Virginia Beach and staying in a hotel right on the water! Dad says we might be able to stop at Busch Gardens on the way back on Sunday! Do you want to come?"

"Um, I don't know."

"Please?" Emily begged.

"I don't want to intrude on your trip, Em."

"Come on Gill, please? Dad'll be happy to have someone else to talk to."

"I really don't know Emily."

Just then, Cal walked in.

"So, Gill, are you coming?" Cal asked.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, don't force me to go to the beach alone with her," he said pointing at Emily. "It'll be a nightmare."

"Cal!"

"What, love? If you come at least I can distract myself from the torture of the beach with how beautiful you are."

Gillian blushed.

"Okay."

"Yes!" Emily yelled and she twirled around to give her father a high five.

"Em and I were planning to leave tomorrow afternoon at 3. Is that okay with you?"

"Uhm, yeah, I guess. I'll have to check with my boss though, to make sure it's okay that I'm leaving early."

Cal an Emily laughed.

"I don't know love, I suppose you can take the afternoon off."

Gill smiled.

"Emily, would you mind running to the break room to get me some chocolate pudding? Bring some for yourself too," Gill said.

"Okay!"

As soon as she was gone, Gill stood up and walked over to Cal.

"Are you sure you're okay with this?"

"I'm sure."

"Thanks Cal," she said. He wrapped his arms around her and she laid her head on his shoulder. He whispered in her ear,

"You're welcome darling."

When Emily returned with the pudding, Cal and Gillian broke apart and Cal left.

Gill and Emily sat in the couch to eat their pudding.

"So, tell me, how did you convince your father to take you on this trip?"

"I did all the planning before I told him," Emily said with a smirk. "Even booked the hotel!"

"You didn't," Gillian said, eyes widened with surprise.

"I did. Then I just told him that we were going to Virginia this weekend, and he looked really put out, like he didn't want to go."

Gillian smiled. No surprise there.

"So I asked him what was wrong, and he made up some bull headed excuse about having to work, and I could tell he was lying."

"Cal and I aren't working any cases right now, and I just finished payroll," Gill said.

"Yeah, I know. Torres told me you guys weren't working any cases this week. I did a bit of thinking, and then it hit me. Why would my dad rather work than go on vacation with his favorite daughter? And then it hit me." Emily stopped, and flashed Gill her biggest I'm-up-to-something look before continuing. "You're here."

Gill looked shocked.

"So I told Dad he could invite a friend, and he acted all clueless like, 'why would I want to invite one of my nonexistent friends on vacation?', so I was like, 'um, hello dad, Gillian.' And I could tell he was thinking about it, and then his face got kinda red and he looked away, but he jumped all over the trip after that."

Gillian couldn't help the blush that was creeping its way up to her cheeks.

"Well, since I'm going to need to pack tonight, you might as well tell me what's on the agenda," Gill said.

"Well, as I told Dad this morning, we're going to leave tomorrow…"

"Wait, you didn't tell Cal about this until this morning?"

"Of course! I figured the less time he had to freak out about it, the better it would go over."

Gillian nodded. That was, unfortunately, often the case.

"So we'll get down to Virginia Beach around eight. We're staying at the Tropicana Resort right on the boardwalk. I was thinking we could swim in the pool or walk on the beach or something. Then Saturday will be a full day at the beach and shopping on the boardwalk, and then Sunday we'll start heading back early and go to Busch Gardens in Williamsburg. And then we'll be back late Sunday night."

"Sounds great Em, it really does," Gill said with a smile. Although she was a bit worried about the sleeping arrangements, she tried not to let that bother her. Whatever it turned out to be, it was only for two nights. And Gill loved amusement parks. She hadn't been to one in ages, because Alec hadn't been interested, stating that the rides were for children, and since they didn't have any, it would be silly to spend the money.

Even though she had been divorced for almost two years, Gill had never gotten around to going. It was no fun by yourself. She was excited for this trip. Nervous, yes, but she really was excited.

Cal and Emily left the office around five that night, presumably to go home and pack. Gillian left at six.

The next morning, Emily and Cal loaded their bags into the trunk of Cal's car, and Emily jumped in the front seat with a book and her sunglasses. She had on short denim shorts and an orange tank top and her favorite American Eagle flip flops. Cal double checked that he had shut off and locked everything, and then got in the car and drove them to the office. Emily headed straight for Gillian's office to say hello. Cal stalked into the lab to check in with Torres and Loker. They were working the usual slur of tax fraud and is my boyfriend cheating on me? cases.

Emily greeted Gillian, and then headed straight for the break room, where she snagged a can of soda and a bowl of berries from the refrigerator and settled down to read. She spent all morning reading, until Gillian came to get her for lunch. They went to a café around the corner for a quick lunch. Cal ordered a sub, Gillian a salad, and Emily some sort of grilled vegetable filled sandwich.

Before Gillian and Cal knew it, Emily was following them around telling them it was time to leave. Finally, at quarter of three, they headed out their cars. Gillian headed off to her house, and Cal and Emily followed, but stopped at a convenience store to grab some snacks for the road.

By the time they got to Gill's house, she had her stuff all ready and had changed into shorts and a cute and very low-cut top. Cal put Gillian's bags in the trunk, and Emily moved to the back seat with all the food.