Cece sat on the couch in the living room. Why was she in California and not hitting the city and shopping? Oh, that's right, only Ty has a car and he and Tinka want to 'catch up'.

"Are you two ever going to be finished catching up?" Cece frowned at Ty and Tinka who were busy kissing.

Tinka broke off to glare over Ty's shoulder at her. "We'll be finished when we're finished, Cece."

"Uhhh," Cece slumped on the couch, causing her elbows to bump against Rocky's head.

Rocky who had been sleeping with her head on Cece's lap, jumped awake. "Ow!"

"Sorry, Rocky," Cece stroked her hair in apology. "I'm just bored and your brother seems determined to let me continue to be bored."

"Well, they haven't seen each other since spring break," Rocky acknowledged. "Although, considering that I've been sleeping, instead of anything else on my summer break, I guess I don't have a valid argument."

"Good morning, laaaadieeees!" Gunther swung into the living room, his usual smile on his face.

"Where have you been all morning?" Cece sprang to her feet, knocking Rocky's head with her knees.

"Ow!" Rocky yelled for the second time this morning.

"I'm sorry, Rocky," Cece turned around and patted Rocky's head.

"I see that Ty and Tinka are still busy," Gunther glanced over to where his sister and Ty were giggling together with their arms around each other. He shuddered. "I've been looking up the best places around here and made a map of directions to everywhere within walking distance."

Cece rushed over and snatched the printed map away from Gunther. "You're amazing! This is great!"

"I know, I know, that's why you love me," Gunther sighed.

Cece nudged him with an elbow. "Shut up," she teased.

"So, you want to go and see some of these places?" Gunther asked.

"Only if we can bring Rocky," Cece answered, hugging his arm.

"Oh, Cece, you're the best," Rocky rushed over and hugged Cece. "I thought you were going to have boyfriend/girlfriend only time."

"Awwww, thanks, Rocky," Cece smiled at her best friend. "You would do the same for me to."

Gunther shook his head and laughed. "Sure, bring Rocky along. You can do anything that makes you happy, Princess."

"Did I already tell you that you were amazing?" Cece tiptoed and kissed his cheek.

"It wouldn't hurt if you'd tell me a couple more times," Gunther grinned at her.

"Don't push it," Cece laughed and pulled on his arm. "Are we ready to go?"

"Yeah," Gunther reached down to grab her hand and the three of them headed out on the town.

They strolled the California streets for most of the day, stopping to at least look into every shop they passed by. They had lunch at a small Italian restaurant. Cece and Rocky shared a pasta plate and Gunther bought them all ice cream afterward.

Later on that evening, Gunther took both of them to a movie, then they headed back toward the rental home they were staying at.

They were a block away from home when Gunther suddenly turned a different direction and lead them off down a narrow alley.

"Where are we going?" Cece asked.

"Come on, Cece," Gunther laughed. "This is our second day in California. We have to at least take a walk on the beach."

"You're right," Cece shook her head. "We should have done that this morning when Ty and Tinka were being inseparable."

"That would have been way better than sleeping," Rocky joked.

"No kidding, your head was kind of heavy," Cece groaned.

"Hey!" Rocky gave Cece a gentle punch on the shoulder.

They reached the beach then. An expanse of white sand and bluish-green water, covered in scantily clad beach-goers.

"Wow, there are more people here than go to our school all year long," Rocky stared.

"Of course, people actually want to be here," Cece said.

"Let's get out there with everyone," Gunther squeezed Cece's hand as he glanced over at her.

"But, there's sand and I'm not wearing the right shoes," Cece despaired.

"Don't even worry about it," Gunther pulled Cece's arm over his neck and with his superior strength, pulled her up onto his back. "I've got you."

Cece squealed as she was lifted up. "Gunther!"

"What? You don't want to be carried down the beach by your devilishly handsome boyfriend and be the envy of every poor girl in California that's never had the good fortune to date me?" Gunther asked, amused.

"You sure think a lot of yourself," Cece huffed.

"That's something we have in common," Gunther chuckled.

"Just to clarify, are you saying that we have vanity in common or admiration of you in common?" Cece queried.

"Both," Gunther answered.

"You're crazy," Cece leaned over his shoulder and kissed Gunther's cheek.

"I'm going to go touch the Pacific Ocean!" Rocky yelled as she raced toward the water.

"Gunther! To the water!" Cece pointed at the ocean, in a soldier and bayonet stance.

Gunther imitated a horse's whinny and raced to the water with Cece on his back.

As they reached the water, they found Rocky throwing Pacific Ocean water in the air. "I've touched the world's largest ocean!"

"You are excited about science facts while on summer vacation!" Cece exclaimed.

"Actually, it's more a geography fact, but since it's summer vacation, I won't bother to explain," Rocky laughed as she splashed Cece.

"You want to hold my shoes for a second, Gunther?" Cece asked.

"If you insist," Gunther answered.

Cece reached down and removed her shoes then handed them to Gunther.

Gunther put her down in the water. Cece watched the waves swirl around her legs and then drift back out to sea. "See, this is when it's beneficial to not be as straight A as Rocky, or I might be disgusted by what could be in this water."

"You just don't think about those kinds of things," Rocky sighed.

"Of course not," Cece laughed. "But you rarely do that."

"I can loosen up sometimes," Rocky defended herself.

"Good to know you're loosening up on your summer vacation, like you're supposed to," Cece teased.

"Ready to head back to the house?" Gunther asked. "We're going to be meeting with the other dance teams tomorrow at location, so we need to get our routine started."

"Yeah, let's get back," Cece walked over to Gunther and leaped on his back. She wrapped her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck.

She was looking forward to the rest of this vacation.

A/N: Sorry this last chapter took so long to write, but I've been extremely busy. My new GeCe story should be posted either today or tomorrow. I'll still be continuing this one, but the new one will have shorter chapters, so that hopefully I can update at the same time.

-CoS