"Freedom!" Ari dramatically exclaimed as she ran into the cafe. Followed by the sounds of her brother calling after her.

"Ari, wait up!"

"Kids." Cass chuckled. "Don't forget we still have to pick up Mochi and Baymax."
"Oh, right." Hiro walked back to the car.
"I uh..." Ari gestured to her stomach. "Don't think I can handle more car driving." And if I was in the plane for an hour longer I would've hurled.

"Okay then, you guard the cafe while we get Mochi and Baymax." Hiro told her.

"Yes!" She cheered.
"We'll be back soon Ari!" Cass and Hiro went back to the car, and drove up to pick up the cat and healthcare companion.

Once they were out of sight, Ari bolted to the mailbox, once she saw the letter with a familiar address she ran up the stairs to her room.

Please have good advice. Ari prayed as she ripped open the letter.


Dear Ari,

So I guess by the time you get this you'll be back from your trip huh? Well I bet New York is great, like I said never been there. Hope you had a good trip. Sidenote please don't feel bad about wanting to educate yourself at school, it's fine, and yes there are libraries in here, I recently picked up this book series about wild battle cats that's kind of weird but I'm not picky.

Now about this whole Mikan thing you mentioned, wow, just wow. Personally I think your friend is an idiot for breaking your trust like that and I have a few choice words for them causing you stress. And I don't blame your brother and his friends for avoiding her, trust is easy to break and hard to rebuild. And if I were in your shoes I'd probably never talk to Mikan again depending on what she did.

But to be honest, it's your choice. Do you want to still be friends with her? Are you still mad at her but need time to forgive? How this makes you feel is important, don't sell your happiness away just to keep everyone else happy. Maybe tell your friend how she made you feel, if you haven't done that already. And she better help you with your amnesia if it's the last thing she does!

Sorry if I sound really aggro in this letter, I'm not in the bestest of moods while writing this. And these kinds of things make me hold a grudge.

Hope this advice helps and I didn't make it worse,

Juniper.


"Gee, trust breaking events make you hold grudges, I never knew." Ari sarcastically mumbled, but the letter brought some good points. She did feel cross with Mikan, but she didn't want to cut ties with the girl completely. With a heavy heart, she pulled up her phone, and dialed her number.

Mikan had picked up quickly. "Hey Ari, you must be back from New York."

"Yep, yep I am." She sighed. "Hiro and Aunt Cass are going to pick up Mochi and Baymax, but we need to talk."

There was a sigh on the other line. "Look I don't blame you if you're taking back your forgiveness, I deserve it." Mikan frowned. "I helped my crazy dad nearly kill everyone in the city and tried splitting the bond between you and Hiro, I'm the worst."

"Okay, I didn't want to take back my forgiveness. I just want to know how sorry you are."

"Jeez Ari, that's metal coming from you."
"I think I deserve some grovelling since you let your dad mind control Baymax and take Hiro to a supervillain's lair."

She heard a groan. "Fair enough. I am very, very sorry that I helped my dad in his crimes."
"Say sorry for everything you helped him with."
"I am sorry for helping him hire the Mad Jacks, and tampering NBB's coding, and also faking that damsel in distress scenario just so we could see Hiro's super strength… And also when I helped him spy on Big Hero 6 when I found out their identities."
"And?"

"And I'm sorry for blackmailing David into not saying anything about his mom and keeping it secret from Sara. I'm sorry for turning the bay's water into D20 for the machine. And also helping Trina with the robberies and framing Hiro and also stealing from your place of business. I swear I gave the money back."
"Is that all?"
"No... I'm sorry for helping my dad with the digital lenses which made you guys see Tada-"
Ari gasped with horror. "You were responsible for that?! Do you know how traumatized Hiro was? What the heck Mikan!?"
"I didn't want to!" She pleaded. "Tadashi was my friend too, but Pops is really scary when he's mad. And I'm sorry for what happened at the open house. I'm not saying this to get on your good side, the guilt is really eating me up." Mikan sighed. "Mom's actually sending me to a therapist next week, I know that Baymax can be a therapist as well, but I don't think I deserve his healthcare treatment. I'm not saying this to be guilt-trippy, I just want to be a better person after this."
Considering she was starting to hear small sobs, Ari knew that Mikan was genuine and really did want to redeem herself. "I'm still kind of mad at you, but I don't want to take back my apology. Just, be a better person, okay?"

"Okay." Mikan sighed. "Okay, I promise."
"And also, please be nicer to Karmi, you both are going to be interns at Sycorax, you really do make her uncomfortable."
"I've noticed." There was a faint knock on the other line. "Gotta go, take care Ari."
"Take care." And the call ended, Ari felt a weight being lifted off of her shoulders. Well that's one obstacle down. She sighed.

It felt great having an actual conversation with Mikan though, she was a good friend despite the mole stuff. Hopefully her brother and friends would be able to forgive her in time, but she understood it would take awhile, but at least her friend was genuinely trying to get better.

I just hope next semester is easier, public school shouldn't be harder than being homeschooled and taking online classes and Hiro should have an easy rest of the year.

...Why do I feel like I'm going to be proven wrong though?


AN: Hmmm I wonder what that feeling is Ari : )))

Thanks for reading Family Vacation. The plotline with August (uhg, jerk) and Tess will come back in the future, or after next arc, feel free to comment your theories about that or for Tempest of Hearts, which will last for the COM arc!

I'm excited as there will be FEELS. hahahahahha

Glad you enjoyed this fluffball fic before we get to the action :D

Last questions (unless you wanna ask on AO3) from AgentOfAngst

To Honey Lemon: What's your idea of a perfect date?

"My idea of a perfect date if it's with someone I love and we both have fun!"

To Karmi: If you could add one thing to spice up for fanfiction what would it be?
"Not sure. I guess I'd like to put more action against the villains, but after Akuma Island I feel really awkward writing about said villains... except for High Voltage and that's only because Ari reassures me that they won't kill me over it, but she's hardcore editing any parts with villains!"

To Hiro: Best and worst thing about your cousins?

"What I love about my cousins is that Peter is always willing to help me out and listen to my problems, and Peni and I exchange superhero advice, ironically that's what I don't like. I really worry about them since New York is in a lot more danger, especially after that spider monster incident and Peni nearly disintegrating in another dimension. I just really wish they'd be more careful."