Charmy was having lots of fun looking at all the neat stuff that Ms. Lea and Slash had at their house. They had a nice TV, a Gamecube, PS2, and all sorts of games to play with! He flew around if crazy little circles, before playing and quitting almost every game that they owned. Then he played around on the computer that they had downstairs; now he was bored. Charmy looked around for something to do, then spotted the couch; making himself nice and comfy on it.

"Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn." He was getting really sleepy, even though he had only been there about five minutes. He nestled down onto the couch and felt his eyes get heavy. Then in a few minutes he was asleep.

Both Vector and Espio stared at Charmy who had played, been random, and crashed within a span of ten minutes.

"That's gotta be a new record." Vector chuckled. Espio didn't answer; he was still disappointed in both the boys for their breaking and entering of Lea's home. As he was about to make a shrewd comment about Vector and Charmy's behavior, both Lea and Slash emerged out of their "secret passageway" which held Slash's lab, among other things.

"Oh! Hi guys!" Lea said politely. Although she was obviously surprised by their even being there, she would never be rude enough to ask them why the heck they were at her house.

"Why the heck are you at our house?" Slash, on the other hand, was not. Lea gave Slash an irritated look, but that didn't seem to stop him from pressing right up to Vector's big snout.

"Listen pal!" Vector barked defensively "all we was lookin to do was get a few training sessions in before we head out on our vacation. We didn't mean no trouble!" Slash chuckled sarcastically and looked at the shattered pieces of wood on the floor.

"Our door would say otherwise." Espio looked cautiously at Vector; he was getting really steamed… if someone didn't do something soon there was gonna be another brawl…

"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! What do you guys always have to fight like this?" Suddenly everyone's attention was on Charmy, who had been awoken by the shouts, and was now sitting on the ground, bursting into tears. Everyone was silent for a few moments, until Lea went over to Charmy and picked him up off the ground.

"Charmy's right," Lea said, holding the little six year old bee in her arms. "There's no reason for any of us to fight like this. You guys want a training session? Go down to the arena and train! You can do it together if you want to take a few punches at one another." She said with a wink. Slash and Vector looked at one another, and gave each other an apology smile, and handshake. Then in about three seconds, they were wrestling each other for the first place in the elevator.

"Oy…." Both Espio and Lea thought. Well, at least it was better than them trying to beat the crap out of one another in the living room….

Lea went into the kitchen to get a few drinks for Espio and Charmy who had decided to skip on the training; even Espio was game for starting his vacation a little early. She took out a pot and started to boil some water; then went into the cabinets to get a packet of hot chocolate and green tea. Charmy hoped around in his chair waiting for his hot coco, while Espio sat in the corner of the room, in his little meditation position. The hilarious thing was that he wasn't really meditating, he was taking a nap; despite all the pounding and mini-explosions under their feet, Espio didn't seem to stir.

"Ok boys, your drinks are done." Lea said, holding a hot cup in each hand. Charmy squealed cheerfully, taking the cup out of her hand. "Be careful Charmy, it's hot..."

"Youch! Hot, hot, hot, HOT!" Charmy yelped. Charmy, not taking any notice to Lea's advice, had gulped the entire mug down, giving his tongue what felt like 3rd degree burns.

"Some people actually know how to follow an instruction when given…" Espio sighed, half opening one of his eyes. Lea sighed, gave Charmy a piece of ice to suck on, and handed Espio his tea. "Thank you." Espio said, taking a few artful sips before taking his meditative position again.

About two hours went by; Lea played games and hung out with Charmy, while Espio enjoyed his corner and his tea. Although Espio usually wasn't so anti-social, and was the one that had to deal with Charmy's little antics: he was more than happy to leave Lea to do the "babysitting" for once. As soon as Charmy had his fill of fun, he crashed on the couch, snoring away.

Vector and Slash appeared out of the elevator, with more than a few bruises on themselves. When they're teammates looked at them, they both seemed to give the same goofy, arrogant smile.

"I beat the cap out of him!" Vector declared triumphantly.

"Beat the crap out of each other is more like it." Espio said, coming out of his corner. Vector laughed jovially; yep, he was back to his normal self.

"Heh, looks like the little guy's pretty conked out huh?" Vector chuckled, gesturing toward the sleeping bee on the couch.

"Believe me; he and I defiantly got some serious playtime." Lea said, with a smile. She loved hanging out with little Charmy, like she did all little kids. Vector smiled as he gently picked up the sleeping child, and carried him with the greatest care. This was a part of Vector that he rarely let anyone see; Vector was very nurturing and generous, but he preferred looking like a tough croc than a "sentimental slob' as he called it….

"Thank you for your hospitality, as always." Espio said with a grateful bow.

"See ya in a month." Vector said happily, but softly so not to wake Charmy from his little nap. As they left the house, Slash smiled widely and said, "I still beat the crap outta Vector…" Lea rolled her eyes as she put away all the stuff Charmy had played with; all of which was still sprawled out on the ground.

"Well, I think it's about time for me to hit the hay…" Slash said with a huge yawn. Lea looked over to the clock.

"It's only 6:30…" Lea said. Slash gave her a mischievous smile; oh right, she forgot. Usually going to bed was code for, "I'm making you a new invention and I don't want you to see it until the morning." So she nodded slightly and made her way up the stairs. She was cool with Slash working too; actually, this was around her usual bedtime… After all, she usually got up at around 2 o'clock in the morning because of her stupid nightmares... "Oh well," She thought as she changed into her PJ's. "Time for another restless night…" She sat on her bed and did her bedtime prayer, reading her Bible afterwards… As she put it back on her shelf, she slumped down on her bed; staring at the ceiling for what seemed like hours. She wondered what would happen if she never slept...would the dreams end? No, she couldn't go without sleep, it was physically impossible...She turned over, still in deep thought; what if the dreams stopped...? Many a night she would pray that God would take these dreams away...that someone…or something could just make her forget...But maybe it was for some greater purpose that she held onto these memories...no matter how painful they were... She rolled over again; she didn't really feel like pondering God's entire plan for her life. So she got up out of bed, turned out the light, and went under the covers; in a few moments she was asleep.