"Club Eclipse." Conner said as he read the sign of the club that he, Nicole, Liecy, and Tyler stood outside of. "Sounds great." He drawled sarcastically eyeing the packed club and Nicole rolled her eyes at her cousin.
"C'mon, it's not that bad." She said as the four of them walked into the club.
"You guys told your parents we're going, right?" Conner asked and Nicole looked at him confused while Tyler just stared at him like he was stupid. "What? We told our Mom and Dad." He said motioning at himself and Liecy.
"And they were cool with it?" Tyler asked.
"Yeah, we're 18." Liecy shrugged.
"My Dad would not be cool with me being here." Nicole said imagining the rage on Elijah's face if he caught her at a club.
"Ditto." Tyler muttered just picturing Cream having a heart attack.
"You guys are such worry-warts." Conner scoffed and they both glared at him. "I'll be heading to the bar." He muttered and Nicole followed him. Since the drinking age in The Bahamas was 18, they were free to order and receive drinks. Liecy smiled up at Tyler before dragging him onto the dance floor. The music was fun with an island, dance-hall vibe, but had a modern flair with heavy beats and vivacious rhythms. Tyler held Liecy close to him as they danced to the music and Conner and Nicole laughed as they shared stories over drinks. Conner was sipping on his beer before choking on it a little bit making Nicole stare at him confused.
"Uh, if you were worried about your parents finding out before, I would start panicking now." Conner told her pointing to the club entrance where Sonic, Tails, Jerry, Elijah, Rebecca, and Arielle walked in. Cream and Alchemy never really liked clubs or bars so they decided to hang back at the hotel.
"I'm ready to cut loose!" Sonic exclaimed pulling Rebecca close to him making her laugh and smack his chest.
"It's not that big a deal." Elijah muttered shaking his head while Arielle just smirked up at her husband.
"A night out without our kids? I'm down for it." Sonic grinned at Elijah who just rolled his eyes.
"Oh my God!" Nicole gasped before grabbing Conner and dragging him to the floor her.
"Hey! I didn't finish my beer!" Conner whined and Nicole glared at her cousin.
"We have to find Tyler and Liecy and get the hell out of here!" She hissed and he rolled his eyes but followed her as they crawled around the floor trying to hide out from their parents. The parents were now around the bar ordering drinks, but Rebecca soon pulled Sonic onto the dance floor.
"Why did we even come?" Tails asked looking over to Jerry, the two of them without their better halves.
"Because we haven't been a to a club in years! Plus a drink or two doesn't hurt." Jerry grinned and Tails shrugged.
"Well I came here to dance, and dancing we shall do." Arielle smiled before pulling Elijah off his stool and into the crowd of dancing bodies. Nicole was frantically trying to navigate through the dance floor and trying to not think about all the things her hands and knees were touching as she crawled across the floor.
"Ow! Someone stepped on my hand!" Conner whispered and Nicole turned her head and glared at him.
"Stop being such a baby!" She told him and he frowned.
"There's a reason why Andrew is the better cousin." He muttered and she flicked his ear. Conner eventually spotted Tyler and Liecy and rushed over to them. He tugged on Tyler's pant leg and he looked down at Conner confused.
"Dude, why the hell are you on the ground?" Tyler asked and Nicole pulled Tyler down by the collar of his shirt.
"Our parents are here and we're both totally dead if they find us!" Nicole told him and Tyler's eyes widened before he followed suit and hit the deck. Liecy sighed heavily before joining the other three on the ground as they tried to crawl their way out.
"You know, Mom and Dad know we're here. We don't have anything to hide." Conner told Liecy who shrugged her shoulders. Tyler and Nicole were quickly shuffling across the floor when someone stumbled and fell over them. Tyler's eyes widened when he saw that it Arielle who fell over him and he turned his head slowly to see Elijah glaring down at Nicole.
"What the hell are you all doing here?" Elijah shouted and Conner was quick to hop on his feet. All the parents soon rushed over to see what the ruckus was about and Tails was surprised to see Tyler there.
"Didn't your Mother and I say that you couldn't go to a club?" Tails asked crossing his arms and glaring at Tyler.
"I believe we said the same thing to you too, Nicole." Arielle said looking at her daughter who was trying to wipe off the grime on her hands on her jeans.
"You guys are good." Jerry said looking over to his children and Conner and Liecy gave their Dad a thumbs up.
"You let them come here?" Elijah asked turning to face his brother.
"Yeah," Jerry shrugged. "They're 18 and Alchemy and I trust them to be responsible." He explained.
"See Dad! Uncle Jerry trusts Conner and Liecy!" Nicole exclaimed and Sonic sighed heavily bored with the sudden parenting going on. This was supposed to be a parenting-free night.
"Uncle Jerry isn't your Dad! I am!" Elijah shouted back at her and Nicole crossed her arms and huffed angrily.
"I'm getting some serious high school flashbacks." Jerry muttered making Rebecca snicker.
"Uh, since we're not in trouble, can we leave?" Conner asked and Liecy glared at her brother.
"We're all leaving." Tails said firmly.
"But we just got here!" Sonic whined but Tails sent him a look that there was no room for argument. "My kids were good! Why are we being dragged along on this?" He pouted and Rebecca looked equally disappointed. They all piled into a couple of cabs and returned to the hotel. To say it was a tense ride home for Nicole and Tyler would be an understatement. Chrissy and Ivy were downstairs in the lobby lounge getting a midnight snack when they saw some of the parents and the senior kids walk in.
"Hey Dad," Chrissy greeted warily seeing the pissed off look on Tails' face and seeing Tyler looking disappointed. "What's going on?"
"Your brother decided it was a smart idea to break our rules and go out clubbing." Tails told her and while Chrissy already knew that her brother had planned on going to the club, she act like she was shocked at his actions.
"Tyler, how could you?" Chrissy gasped and Tyler glared at his sister. "For someone who's supposed to be a genius, you're pretty stupid." She muttered and he shoved her by the shoulder. Ivy looked over to her own Dad and was confused as to why he was so angry.
"Dad, why are you so mad?" Ivy asked.
"He didn't want to leave the club." Rebecca told her and Ivy giggled.
"Dad, you could always go tomorrow." She told him and Sonic sighed.
"Yeah, yeah." He muttered before walking towards the elevator seeing how the rest of his night was ruined.
The next day everyone was back at the beach enjoying the sun, surf, and tropical breeze. However, for Tyler and Nicole, they were stuck doing their parents' bidding no matter how embarrassing or time consuming. Tyler was currently trying to fix Tails' phone that he "accidently" dropped into the ocean and Nicole was fanning Arielle with a palm frond. Sonic lifted up a volleyball they had brought to the beach and smiled.
"Let's get a game going!" He exclaimed loudly. Jerry walked over and bounced the ball out of Sonic's hands and caught it in his own.
"I don't know, after that display from yesterday, that may be not be the greatest idea." He muttered and Sonic glared at him.
"Tails is fine!" Sonic exclaimed and Tails just rolled his eyes. They managed the gather enough players to form two teams. Tyler (who was spared by his Mom), Sonic, Andrew, Liecy, and Jerry were on one team while Rebecca, Ivy, Roddy, Tails, and Conner were on another team. Sonic's team was the first to serve and he threw the ball high up in the air before jumping up and hitting over to the other side. Conner bumped it back over before Tyler hopped up and spiked it down to the ground.
"Ha! Two to zero!" Sonic exclaimed cockily and Rebecca looked over to her husband and glared at him. The game to a close an hour later with the score being two to twenty-eight. Sonic plopped back down on his blanket and pouted over his loss. Rebecca walked over and patted his head while sitting down next to him.
"Good game, baby." She told him kissing his cheek and no matter how much he wanted to be upset of his loss, he smiled a little. Ivy was sitting close to the shore and busy sculpting a castle with the sand.
"Whatcha doing?" Roddy asked looking down at his younger sister.
"Building a sandcastle." Ivy told him in a very "duh" tone.
"I can build a better one than that." He muttered and Ivy glared up at him.
"What do you know about building sandcastles?" She asked and Roddy smirked.
"Please, I can build a better sandcastle than you any day." He retorted and Sonic snickered as he watched his two kids argue. They definitely got his competitive streak. He walked over to them and placed his hands on their shoulders.
"Settle down my children." Sonic smiled. "You both build nice sandcastles." He told them and Jerry scoffed loudly.
"But they're nothing compared to my kids'." Jerry told him and Sonic whipped his head in Jerry's direction and glared at him.
"Excuse me?" Sonic asked narrowing his eyes.
"You heard me, Hedgehog. My kids can build a better sandcastle then yours." Jerry said crossing his arms.
"Want to put your money where your mouth is, Mondair?" Sonic asked.
"Oh God!" Conner groaned and Liecy sighed heavily.
"They're really going to do this?" Ivy mumbled.
"Who cares who builds the better sandcastle?" Liecy exclaimed throwing her arms up in the air.
"Even though we clearly are the ones." Roddy muttered and Ivy snickered while Conner and Liecy turned to look at him.
"What'd you say?" Conner asked.
"You heard him. We obviously build a better sandcastle then you." Ivy grinned and Liecy put her hands on her hips.
"Oh really?" Liecy asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yes, really!" Roddy said crossing his arms. Elijah and Tails watched the altercation happen where everyone's towels and things were.
"God, it's sad to think I'm related to them." Elijah muttered shaking his head.
"I feel your pain." Tails said watching as everybody lined up with buckets and shovels in hand. "They're seriously doing this?" He exclaimed and Elijah sighed heavily beside him.
"On your marks…" Alchemy grinned as she stood in front of the children. "Get set…" She said raising her arms up. "Go!" She exclaimed throwing her arms down and watching as the kids ran towards the water.
"Go Ivy! Go Roddy!" Sonic cheered.
"Get the sand Liecy! Get water Conner!" Jerry shouted and the rest of the group just watched with fascination or just sheer embarrassment. Two hours passed with a lot of screaming, sand being thrown, and sloshing water before two castles stood proudly.
"Okay everyone, go stand by your favorite one." Sonic directed everybody in the group and they all sighed. Ivy and Roddy's looked like something out a fairytale with glorious archways, a giant moat, and intricate details that were amazing. Conner and Liecy's castle looked like something out of the City of Atlantis with an underwater theme and beautiful towers, small fishes made of sand, and small water streams. Sonic, Roddy, and Ivy sighed when they saw that the majority of the group stood by Conner and Liecy's castle—including Rebecca.
"Mom!" Ivy exclaimed and Rebecca looked bashful.
"Yours is still nice!" She told her and Sonic frowned.
"I can never win!" Sonic exclaimed while Conner and Liecy high-fived.
"Pay up, Hedgehog!" Jerry exclaimed and Sonic glared at him.
"Shut up before I kill you." Sonic muttered slapping a fifty in his open hand.
"No need to be a sore loser." Jerry smirked and Sonic flipped him off. As the sun set, everybody gathered their stuff together and headed back to the hotel. Since they only had two nights left, Tyler and Nicole begged their parents to let them go to the club since the last night was going to be spent having a bonfire.
"Please Dad! Please! I'm 18! C'mon! It's not even a bad club!" Nicole pleaded with Elijah who sighed annoyed.
"No." Elijah told her and she pouted. "Do you really think I'm going to let you go after you disobeyed me not even 24 hours ago?" He asked.
"But Dad this is practically our last night!" Nicole told him.
"Honey," Arielle murmured sliding her hand up on Elijah's arm, leaning her body against his back, and pressing her face against his shoulder. "Just let her go." She said before whispering in his ears and his eyes widened before he cleared his throat.
"Yeah, okay, you can go." Elijah told her and Nicole smiled happily before hugging her parents.
"Thanks guys!" Nicole exclaimed before running out of her parents' room. "I can go!" She shouted as she burst into the room she shared with Liecy.
"That's great! Tails and Cream are letting Tyler go too." Liecy told her and Nicole smiled happily. "I'm going to take a shower. I think it's morning in London, by the way." She said before heading into the bathroom. Nicole smiled as she sat at the desk in their room and called Brice off her laptop. Soon enough Brice's sleepy face appeared on the screen and Nicole smiled brightly when she saw him.
"Hi baby! How's London treating you?" Nicole asked and Brice rubbed his hand over his face and smiled into his phone that currently displayed Nicole's face. He looked over at the other bed to see that Amber has already left which meant Onyx was probably coming back soon.
"Great. The weather is a little dreary, but everything is pretty cool here though. Great food." He told her sitting up in his bed and watched as Onyx entered their room yawning, but with a happy look on his face. "We plan to go on a pub crawl tonight, which I'm sure will be awesome!" He smiled.
"That sounds so fun! Dad finally agreed to let me go to the club and we're about to head out in an hour or so." Nicole told him and Brice frowned.
"You're not going to let any guys dance with you, right?" He asked and Onyx snorted earning a glare from his older brother.
"As long as you don't let any girls hit on you over there with their charming accent." Nicole muttered making Brice chuckle.
"I refuse to wear that tonight Amber!" Brice winced as he heard Ruby yell and Nicole looked at him confused.
"Uh, the walls are pretty thin here." Brice murmured and she laughed.
"That must be a real treat at night." Nicole drawled and Brice grimaced.
"Believe me, it's not." He muttered looking over at his brother who just cleared his throat and blushed.
"I'm going to grab some breakfast." Onyx muttered under his breath before high-tailing it out of the room. Brice chuckled, not really caring what his brother and Topaz got up to, but he was more concerned about hearing his parents' nightly activities.
"Let's just say, I'm going to be real happy when we come home and I see your beautiful face again." Brice smiled over at Nicole and she smiled back at him.