A/N – I know this chapter is short but it is just to set up the last bit… Thanks to ncisrox for her input on how CJ was to get the assistance from others that she needed.

Returning to school on Monday CJ began her campaign to get assistance on the end of year prank. Problem was Steven having been caught with her last escapade was no longer a willing participant and therefore neither was Ainsley. CJ had even resorted to calling them wuss' but still they wouldn't budge.

"CJ, I am NOT getting caught again. I don't want something like that going on my permanent record, I want to go to college." Steven almost whined.

"Arrrgggh" she growled in frustration. "If you don't help me I WILL find someone who wants to help."

"That's fine" he said with little enthusiasm.

Her cajoling continued and their resistance simply got more and more stead fast. Time was running out; they only had 3 weeks before final exams started and CJ was considerate enough to avoid exam times.

Not deterred by the lack of assistants CJ decided to quietly enlist the help as she had a great idea for the last day of classes but couldn't pull it off alone. It was at lunch when Mark's younger brother Ethan approached CJ to ask "Hey CJ you still looking for a crew for your end of year prank."

A bit surprised by how much Ethan seemed to know it took CJ a moment or two to answer "Yes".

"I have a crew for you" he said his eyes sparkling with mischief. The look of anticipation on his face brightened CJ spirits quickly. "Great. Bring your guys to the quad today after school" she directed before Ethan took off to class.

CJ had only spoken to a few seniors she thought might be interested in helping her out and wasn't expecting a group of sophomores to even find out about it let alone want to help. She decided that Mark must have said something to his brother.

After school CJ sat at the picnic table in the quad waiting, she started to worry the kids wouldn't show up. Only minutes later 6 boys joined her, squishing on the benches of the now overflowing picnic table. 'Awesome' thought CJ, this will be almost easy.

As she had done years ago with her own crew she went over the 'code' of pranking. The thou shalt nots and you musts. When all 6 boys agreed to the terms and conditions she then spent the next few minutes explaining to the boys what, when, where and how they were going to pull this off. Their excitement was more than she could have hoped for. If this went well she would not only have pulled off a great prank but left behind a new generation of pranksters to keep the legacy going.

A week before school was out another senior year event took place: Grad Camp Out. Now this was a social event CJ was looking forward to. On the second to last Thursday the school was opened to all graduating students for the night. Starting at 6 pm the kids started filing into the school. There were movies all night in the front foyer. Games and sports ran all night in the gym while the library was open for quiet reading and listening to music. The cafeteria was set up to sell snacks and drinks after pizza was ordered for everyone. It was also the location for the chess tournament and other board games that people wanted to play. The second gym was set up for anyone wanting to actually sleep; which never happened but the staff still thought they needed to offer the opportunity. Staff and students mingled on the main floor of the school until the sun rose the following day.

CJ, Steven, Ainsley and Mark traveled as a pack for the entire night. Even was exhaustion was setting in at about 4 am they kept going choosing more active games so that they didn't fall asleep. At 5 am when breakfast was served to the class as a whole CJ looked around the room. This was almost over. High school was about to finish. The 'real' world waiting just beyond those doors; was she ready for it. At this point she didn't have much choice. Seeing her smile fade in and out Steven leaned over and kissed her cheek ever so gently "You ok?" he asked in a whisper.

"Ya, I'm alright. Just getting sentimental in my over tired state that I'm in" she explained.

"We had some pretty good times here…" and then he trailed off and CJ finished "and some not so good times."

"True, but the good outweighed the bad didn't they?" he offered.

"I think so" she smiled and nodded taking his hand in hers and kissing the back of it.

At 6 am with camp out over and everyone getting ready for Friday most seniors slipped out and went home to sleep. Attendance was completely optional that Friday and most had no interest in being at the school.

CJ arrived home just as Tony and Ziva were heading out for work. They exchanged a couple of stories before continuing on their own schedules.

Tony watched through the passenger window at the house thinking about what was about to happen; his little girl was almost finished high school and if she got her way would be heading out of state in August to start college.

CJ might be ready… but he wasn't sure he was.