Tara walked along the outside of the hotel watching the other teams get ready, she spotted Mark one of her old friends.

"Hey Mark." Tara jogged over to him.

"Tara, long time." Mark hugged her. "You here with Carson?"

"You are not giving him a black eye."

"Why not, he gave you one." Mark glared.

"I want you to meet someone."

"Tara…"

"I wasn't with Casey! Why does everyone go there?" Tara growled and pushed against Mark.

"Just saying." Mark chuckled.

"Just saying, you're always just saying."

"Alright how long have you known her?"

"A day?"

"Gezz… Tara." Mark laughed then took Tara's hand. "Introduce me to the girl that's got you all twisted." Tara smiled and led Mark over to Izzy.

"Hey Iz, I want you to meet Mark."

"Oh we've meet." Mark laughed again. "How it going Prentiss?"

"Hey Mark, how's your dad doing? We haven't seen him around much."

"He's in a mid life crisis. Best thing that's ever happened."

"Wait how the hell do you know each other?" Tara asked.

"Izzy's grandma…" Mark ignored Izzy shaking her head. "Ambassador Prentiss, was my father's stepping stone to where he is now."

"Wait.. you're a Prentiss?" Tara looked at Izzy jaw dropped.

"Yeah, and you're a Synder." Izzy said looking down.

"Does Carson know?" Tara asked worried, the two families were sworn against one another, and what her and Izzy were getting into wasn't good, they shouldn't even be seen speaking to one another.

"Yup."

"Wait… that's our grandparents… screw them." Tara said earning a smile from Izzy.

"Cause that'll work." Mark chuckled.

"Is there anyone here not in politics?" Izzy asked.

"Carson, and most of the other teams," Mark said and looked at Izzy. "Wait if you're here where are your mothers?"

"Week long vacation to the Caribbean."

"And you're in a race?" Tara asked, "Your nuts."

"I'd rather be here, than having to witness anything they get into." Tara laughed.

x-x-x

After dinner JJ dragged Emily back to their rental, as soon as the door was shut she was kissing her up against it. Emily had started working on JJ's shirt trying to pull it over her head. Quickly both of them were down to their jeans, Emily was placing kisses on JJ's neck when her phone rang.

"My god! I hate my phone." She growled and grabbed it from the kitchen table. "Prentiss."

"Mom…"

"Izzy are you ok?" Emily asked concerned, JJ was leaning to grab her shirt but Emily stomped her foot down on it, shaking her head, JJ smirked back.

"Yeah, I just figured… well I kind of miss you and mom…"

"Oh, well hang on." Emily said and put it on speaker. "Can you hear us still?"

"Yeah."

"Hey Iz." JJ smiled sitting on Emily's lap.

"Hey mom."

"How's it going out there?"

"We keep coming in first, I don't race again till tomorrow."

"That's good." Emily smiled.

"Hey mom… you know how grandma doesn't like the Synder family?"

"Yeah, I do."

"What's the reasoning behind that?"

"Robert Synder nearly made your grandmother lose her job."

"Oh…"

"Why?"

"I um…."

"Tara… Tara Synder, right?"

"How'd you know?"

"Email from your little brother."

"Oh well yeah."

"Don't worry, I'm sure everything will be just fine." Emily smiled. "Now we should go, we love you."

"I love you too." JJ smiled.

"That was suppose to be part of the we."

"I just wanted to make sure she knew." JJ said.

"Alright, I love you both too." Izzy said laughing. "See you soon."