Catherine wakes up; she looks at Gil who is still sleeping. She smiles sadly, 'It's all gonna change now,' she thinks to herself. She pushes Gil's arm off her and gets out of bed.

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Catherine is standing at reception reading another one of her magazines, listening to her iPod, in her own world. An old lady walks up to her, "Now girl." Catherine doesn't respond. "I need change for this." She slams a bill onto the counter.

Catherine looks up. "Can I help you?"

"Will you take those daft things out of your ears and give me change for this."

"Certainly." She gives her the change. "Are you checking in?"

The lady looks at her, "What do you think?"

"Your name please?"

"Mrs. Richards. Mrs. Alice Richards."

"Oh yes, you're in number 2.

"Now listen to me. I've booked a room with a bath and a sea view for three nights. I specifically asked for a sea view in my confirmation, so please make sure I have it."

Catherine turns around to get the key and under her breath she says, "We're a B&B right on the beach…you're gonna see the sea."

"What?"

"Shaun will see you to your room, ma'am. SHAUN!" And under her breath, "If you're lucky."

And a guy the same age as Catherine walks into the room. They share a glance and he walks off with her bags—Mrs. Richards following behind.

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Gil walks down the stairs over to Catherine, "Hey."

Catherine looks up and smiles, "Hi." They lean over the counter and kiss. "You have a good sleep?"

"Yeah."

"Mrs. Smith's gone to fetch my mom and Nancy so I'm in charge." She grins.

They share a kiss again but are interrupted by…

"Are you the manager girl?"

Catherine and Gil break away and Catherine looks at Mrs. Richards, "No ma'am the owners have gone out for a few hours."

"What?"

"The owners have..."

She cut off by, "I want to speak to the manager."

"They are the managers, too." She says impatiently.

"What?"

"They are the managers as well."

"Now listen to me. I specifically requested a bath for my room. When I pay for a bath, I expect to get a bath."

"You've got a bath.

"I'm not paying nineteen-dollars-fifty per night plus VAT for a room without a bath."

Catherine gives Gil a sorry look and walks up with Mrs. Richard to her room and indicates her bath. "There is your bath."

"You call that a bath? It's not big enough to drown a mouse. It's disgraceful." And with that she walks out.

Under her breath Catherine says, "I wish you were a mouse; I'd show you."

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Catherine and Gil are leaning against the front of the check-in counter waiting for Catherine's mom to arrive. Mrs. Smith had phoned a few minutes before telling them that were about five minutes away.

"I nervous." Gil looks over at her and squeezes her hand, smiling. "I don't know why I'm nervous I guess…aren't you nervous?"

"Yeah." Gil's voice sounds slightly shaky and that makes Catherine even more nervous. All of a sudden they see car lights approaching. Within a minute they see Catherine's mom, Lily.

"Catherine!" she comes over and hugs Catherine.

"Hey mom." She looks at her younger sister, "Hey Nans."

"Hey." They share a quick hug and Catherine looks at her mom.

"Mom…this is Gil, my…boyfriend."

"Hello ma'am, I'm Gil Grissom. It's so nice to finely meet you, Catherine has told me so much about you." He looks at Nancy, "About both of you."

"So…Gil Grissom…how old are you?"

That was the question Catherine was dreading, "I'm twenty-three, ma'am."

"And do you think it's nice to go around from town to town courting sixteen-year-olds?"

And for the remainder of the night it was extremely awkward for Gil and Catherine. They were all having dinner when Lily started digging deeper, pissing Catherine off with each word; the night went something like this:

"So Gil, did you know how old Catherine was when you had sex with her." That caused Catherine, Gil, Nancy, Mr. and Mrs. Smith to drop their forks.

"Mom, we haven't had sex."

"You know I said the exact same thing to my mom."

"Do you drink, Gil?"

"Well…I'm twenty-three so yes; I have a beer now and then."

"Did you let Catherine drink?"

"Of course not."

And after about forty-five minutes Catherine finally had enough, "MOM! STOP IT! JUST STOP IT! For the first time in my life I've got a boyfriend who hasn't pressured me into anything! Why can't you just be happy for me and stop treating Gil like shit!?"

"I just don't want you to be hurt like I was."

"You were hurt cause all the guys wanted from you was sex! And you let them!"

"Catherine, Nancy…in the car. We're going home." And with that Lily gets up, "Thanks for dinner guys, sorry we can't stay longer…I have to sort some things with Catherine." Lily and Nancy start walking towards the car but Catherine just stands there, standing up with her arms folded staring at Lily.

"I'm not going anywhere with you." Her voice was like ice. She didn't even blink she was stood there.

"Oh…I think you are."