Chapter 25. And so with this chapter we shall draw to a close. This will finale as my longest story and one of my most efficient ones. I rather and enjoyed it and hope that you did too. Now onto the last chapter but before we do I would like to thank a couple people for devotedly reviewing this:

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Disclaimer: I do not own Kate Abby or Ziva. I do however own: Mason, Landon, Monica and the vast host characters we have met along the way.

Spoilers: It finishes as it began…AU

"So it's our last night," Abby said reminiscently as the two girls looked out over the water.

"Don't think that way," Kate told her without looking away from the water. She had left the Vineyard enough times to know that was not way to approach it.

"Then how do you want me to think?" Abby questioned.

"Think that you still have one wonderful night left with all your favorite people," Landon said approaching the pair from behind.

"And that there will always be next summer," Mason reminded the pair of them as he smiled at Kate.

"Or winter, or Thanksgiving," Landon started to list as Abby grabbed his wrist and led him back down the dock towards the beach, "or Labor Day."

Kate and Mason both laughed and turned back to each other. "You look great," Mason told her looking at her. She was wearing a very simple red cotton sundress and a matching headband. "Turn around." Kate obliged and Mason fastened and necklace around her neck.

"Oh my gosh," Kate exclaimed as she looked down at the pendant, "It's beautiful."

"I wanted to get you something to remember me by," he told her then added lightly, "You never know what those southern boys could do to sweep you off your feet."

"They have nothing on you," Kate told him leaning over to kiss him on the cheek.

"Good to know," Mason told her as they walked back up the dock hand in hand. As soon as they reached the beach they were greeted by Ziva.

"Kate," she said embracing her friend, which was not something she usually did, "please to introduce me to this gentleman."

"Ziva this is Mason," Kate introduced the two with out much fan fair, "Mason this is Ziva."

"Well I am going to go find Landon," Mason told the girls. He was doing his best to bow out of the girl talk he knew was coming. He did after all have three older sisters.

"I saw you two on the dock," Ziva told Kate ask they leaned up against the sea wall.

"Oh yea?" Kate asked impassively though some part of her believed that trying to be impassive with Ziva was a pointless exercise.

"Yea," Ziva replied with a smirk that told Kate that she had been right, "He looks like a real stab."

"A real catch," Kate corrected her automatically.

"Whatever," Ziva dismissed the correction, "The dot holds that he seems to be a really sweet boy."

"It is the point," Kate told her, "not the dot, but either way it does." The two girls exchanged a smile as Landon and Abby came tearing out onto the lawn. Abby pulled out a lead, but Landon grabbed her up in his arms and twirled her around.

"Those two on the other hand," Ziva commented, "Are a wild pair."

"Seconded," Kate replied, "but if it works for them who are we to comment."

"Anna's looking for us," Abby yelled from the lawn. She sounded breathless both from running and laughter. Kate and Ziva exchanged a look and headed back across the beach. Kate had a pretty good idea that this was going to be a 'say goodbye to out girls who are leaving us' scenario. Anna loved dishing out attention almost as she loved it being given to her.

Kate and Ziva joined Abby on the lawn and the three of them walked up to the porch together. By now all the guest had congregated on the lawn and were staring up at the porch where Anna stood illuminated in a floodlight that Kate did not know existed. Slowly Kate made her way on to the porch with Abby and Ziva following behind them.

"Well I am sure we all know why we are here," Anna announced the group of people congregated below her.

"Which explains why you are subjugating us all to this speech," Abby spoke out of the corner of her mouth so only Kate and Ziva could hear her and no one could tell she was speaking.

"So now is the time to," Anna began, but at that moment the floodlight went out plunging the porch into darkness. There was a pause. "Start the music." Anna dismounted the porch gracefully and was only slightly put out that her speech had gotten preempted.

As the three girls followed Anna off the porch, Kate caught sight of a silhouette of someone trying to sneak back into the party. Kate broke away from the other two and walked over to the figure who was, as she had assumed, Monica."

"I don't know what you just did," Kate said hugging her sister, "But thank you."

"I tripped the circuit breaker," Monica told Kate sounding a little prouder than was probably healthy given what she was talking about.

"And that doesn't affect the music because the sound system is running off a back up generator," Kate realized as she took in the full brilliance of her sister's plan, "You are wonderful."

"I know," Monica replied with a smirk, "Now don't get used to me being nice and all. This was just a one time going away present."

"Right," Kate replied, "I won't tell anyone that you are a nice person." At that moment Drew walked into the party and catching sight of sight of Delilah he grinned. Kate and Monica exchanged a worried look. "He's going to do it."

"Oh yea," Monica agreed then muttered under her breath, "Idiot."

"Hey there Delilah," Drew called out. Delilah stiffened and then very slowly turned to face Drew with her eyes flaming.

"Go save your boyfriend," Kate prodded her sister.

"Must I?" Monica asked with a grimace. Kate's pointed look was answer enough and Monica walked over to run interference between her mother and Drew, who for all his good qualities was not always the sharpest crayon in the box.

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No one quiet knew what to make of the mood of this party. It was partially a low-key get together of friends, and it was partially an upbeat dance. There was also the undertone of Anna trying to show up the neighbors who had a party at least once a week. Either way Kate decided to follow the lead of Abby, Landon, and Ziva who were all dancing on the lawn.

It was not dancing that you would see in a ballroom. It probably more closely resembled the type of dancing that was done at school dances. Either way many of the young people and some of the adults had now moved into the center of the lawn and were moving with the rhythm.

Across the hours people laughed and talked. Finally the sun had set and the lawn was illuminated only by the soft light from the moon and stars. Kate, Abby, Mason, and Landon had all moved out to the end of the dock so they could see the harbor.

"So I guess this is good-bye," Mason said slowly with one arm wrapped around Kate's shoulders.

"Don't say goodbye," Kate told him, "Goodbye is final. This doesn't have to be final."

"There is always next summer," Abby agreed.

"I don't know if this island could survive another summer with the four of us," Landon joked.

"Well," Abby told him with a wicked smile, "Shall we a give her a run for her money or try someplace new?" All four of them laughed at that, and as their laughter died they heard a few lines of a song floating out across the lawn.

I close my eyes and one more time

I'm spinnin' around and you're holding on tightly

The words slip out I kiss your mouth

No Fourth of July has ever burned so brightly

I do not own the song either. It is 'Til Summer Comes Around' by Keith Urban. I hope you like both this chapter and the story. I may do another one at some point in time but not soon. Please review. If you review I will tell you about any sequels and it will make me happy. Please. Well anyway…

Finished.