Part 2

Holly couldn't have planned a better weekend getaway with her secret crush on Gail, she thought it might be a bit awkward with the feelings she had been developing for Gail over the past couple of months, but luckily for her she was wrong. Holly is one hundred percent happy she agreed to go on that little vacation with the Pecks, the two ladies ended up spending a lot of time together that weekend, feelings were revealed and reciprocated, Holly didn't think that Gail had those kind of feelings for her. Two months later and now Holly finds herself in the very agreeable position of leaning up against the bar at the Penny with Gail giving her a hug from behind, whispering into her ear. A goofy grin plastered on the doctor's face. Holly never would have guessed Gail would be into being so affectionate in public, she honestly doesn't remember if she ever saw Gail kiss Nick in public, she definitely saw Nick try to kiss Gail, but always got a stern look from the blonde or a 'what do you think is happening here?', which always left the other officer at a loss.

Steve walks up to the two ladies standing at the bar, "hi guys."

Gail turns her head to rest on Holly's back to glare at her brother, "Steven."

Holly blushes, Holly tries to clear her thoughts, the stuff Gail was just whispering in her ear and now the blonde's brother is standing right next to them probably going to try and have a conversation, Holly was just about ready to throw some money down on the bar and take Gail home with her, she thinks about straightening up, but she really likes Gail's warmth surrounding her, "hey."

"You two ready for our next family trip?"

Holly furrows her brow, "our next family trip?" She tries to turn around to face Gail, she didn't know there was going to be another trip nor did she know she has already been extended an invite.

Gail releases her hold on the older woman and stands next to her brother so she can elbow him in the ribs, she meant to tell Holly, but they've been getting a little preoccupied…and haven't been doing really much talking talking…

Steve nods his head and rubs his side where his sister just elbowed him, "yes, it's not until next month, and apparently mom and dad had such a fun time that they want to go for a week this time."

Holly's eyebrows shoot up, "a week?"

Gail tries to elbow her older brother again, but apparently she's too predictable as he easily doges it. So Gail tries to get in a dig a different way, "and who will be gracing our presence this time? Which barista or waitress will you convince into spending a week with your family? Or have you not met her yet, it is a little too soon, we don't leave for another three weeks…" Gail trails off.

Now it's Steve turn to blush, "actually, Traci finally accepted my invitation to go on a date, so hopefully if all goes well, Traci will join us, I know it might be a little bit soon, but she knows us, I'm sure she'll be comfortable."

"Oh," now Gail's the surprised one.

"Congratulations," says Holly, noticing her girlfriend is at a complete loss for words.

"Thanks," Steve smiles.

"That's good," says Gail, "at least I can stand Traci, she'll be better than anyone you could find."

Steve doesn't even want to answer that, he's already incredibly into Traci and he's so delighted that she finally agreed to a date, but he doesn't want to get too far ahead of anything, so he changes back to the somewhat topic at hand, "Melbourne, eh."

Holly turns to face her girlfriend, "Melbourne!" This is the first she's heard the new destination.

Gail nods her head, like uh, yeah, weren't you just listening, that's what he just said…Gail debates with herself whether or not she should make an echo joke.

"Gail, your parents want us to go with them to Melbourne!" Holly can't get over it, Melbourne. She's never been that far from home before. "Why only a week? I hear the flight there is like a day and then the flight home would be close to a day also, so, we'd only spend five days there, could we go for longer? I'm sure I could get time off, and you can easily get time off, all the extra hours you've been working, they'd easily grant you vacation time," Holly starts to ramble and speculate.

"You'd want to spend longer than a week in Melbourne, if you thought Paris was quaint, Melbourne is even quainter."

"Is quainter a word?" Steve asks.

"Yes, it means more quaint than quaint," Gail says somewhat helpfully and sarcastically.

"Ah," says Steve. Gail and Steve normally crack Holly up, but the doctor is too preoccupied to really even pay attention to them.

"Yes," Gail faces her attention back to Holly, "I mean…if you want to stay longer than a week, we can, but, I think a week will be enough."

"Wait," something just hit Holly, "are you telling me there's a Melbourne in Ontario?"

"Uh…yeah…you didn't think we were going to Australia, did you?"

Holly lets her head fall back, eyes staring up at the ceiling, this can't be happening… again.

Steve finds this all amusing, "did your parents not make you study a map of Ontario when you were a kid?"

"Uhhh…no? Who does that?"

"Too bad, because that would have saved you a whole lot of confusion," Steve laughs. He turns to his sister, "one plus side of being a Peck eh?"

Gail shrugs her shoulders, "I guess."

Holly inhales and exhales, "okay, so no Melbourne, Australia, no Paris, France," Holly sighs, "I'd still like to go to Paris," she mumbles, "what is there to do in Melbourne, Ontario?" Feeling a bit of déjà vu, like she's had this conversation before.

"I'm so glad you asked," says Gail with a smile on her face, "not much, I hear there's a nice park we can check out…"

Holly smiles, "I'm sure we'll find something, we did last time."

Gail smiles back at her best friend, and now girlfriend, yes they most certainly did find something last time.