Liberty couldn't believe it. She was convinced, by Riley, to join the group. They had found the clue on the saber that day. Engraved in the saber's guard was, in Spanish, 'Find the blood ruby in the villa'. The villa that the inscription was talking about was probably Villa de Cortes, which was like Mt. Vernon to the Americans. The only chance they would get to get into the villa was the 490th Cortes Gala hosted by the Sisterhood of Cortes or the Cortes reunion, which Liberty said no to in a very colorful way.

But there she was, on a plane to Spain. She had gotten first class but she had to sit next to Riley. In front of them was Abigail and Ben holding hands and talking quietly. Liberty had always been envious of people in relationships; even the short lived one her sister had which produced L.B. She knew no one would go for a history nerd like her. Riley was thinking almost the same thing. He thought that if history freaks like Ben and Abigail could get married, computer nerds like him could at least hold a girlfriend. But he couldn't. Riley had had one girlfriend a month since he co-found Cibola. For some reason Riley wondered how many boyfriends Liberty has had. 'I mean' Riley thought, 'A gorgeous girl like her has to have- WAIT! Rewind! Did I just call the crabby professor gorgeous?' He looked over at the professor who was reading his book with a stack of post-its and a pen on her lap. She was wearing those REBELDE glasses again, which were her reading glasses. She looked up at him for the briefest second and looked back down at the book, and his heart skipped a beat. 'What the hell is wrong with me?!' Riley thought as she did a double take at him.

"Why are you staring at me, Riley?" Liberty asked, looking at him straight in the eyes. 'His eyes are so beautiful. WHAT THE H-E-DOUBLE HOCKEY STICK WAS THAT!!'

"I'll- I'll tell you when I find out." Riley stuttered and looked away and back at his computer. Liberty smiled and returned to her book. At the airport Liberty had to translate everything. They were walking out of the airport when a 'plump' woman grabbed Liberty's arm. Riley, Abigail and Ben tensed up until they heard in a thick Spanish accent say: "My little niece! What brings you to Barcelona?"

"The gala, Auntie Ashlyn." Liberty said hugging the huge woman.

"And who are these strapping young men and who is this beautiful young woman?"

"My friends, Auntie."

"Mire el que está con esos ojos azules magníficos, todos sus primos femeninos lo adulará por todas partes apenas debido a sus ojos." (Watch the one with those gorgeous blue eyes, all of your female cousins will fawn all over him just because of his eyes.) The plump women warned. "Do you need somewhere to stay?"

"We're going to stay at a hotel-"

"Nonsense little one, you will stay at El Chalet Azul." (The blue villa)

"Your villa?! We're only going to be here a few days though."

"No, you will stay until after the reunion in a few weeks, especially if the sisters find out you're here. I must go, you know the way to the villa, and I'll be back within the week." Ashlyn said kissing Liberty on the cheek and walking into the airport.

"I have the strangest family." Liberty said wiping the cheery red lip mark off her cheek

"You've got that right." Riley said "Ben, young?"