Disclaimer: I do not own the characters featured on the show Castle, they belong to the creator of the show, ABC and the others who do own them.

A/N #1: I was happy to receive the feedback for the prologue that I did so I'll start on my thank yous for that! TORONTOSUN (Really happy to see you thought the prologue was a very good start!) and

Mb (Really glad that you thought the prologue was a nice start to the start of their Vancouver vacation. I definitely agree about Canada, great country and I'd love to see a lot of it, lol. I have been to Vancouver myself and it's why I was so eager to write this story. And it's the same as Montreal as you said, beautiful and fun with many things to do! I wasn't surprised you were happy for Alexis and Louis and their twins along with the news it was one of each. And yeah, I figured it'd be good for the two of them to have a big support system with both family and friends that are close. I wasn't surprised either you said it was nice that Alexis and Louis are going to see his family in England, I thought after the news of the twins it should be done, lol. Great to see you thought it was a nice start! And you're welcome for sharing the first half of the prologue! It was nice seeing you thought the second half of the prologue was nicely done. Not surprised you mentioned Castle and Beckett being them, lol. And with that suite it actually has a pretty big living area in between the rooms, I tried to make sure of that when I researched the hotel, lol. And I figured it'd be fun to show more of that suite before it moved to them starting to explore the city. Pleased to see you thought it was nicely done. You're welcome for sharing the second half of the chapter!).

Thanks for the reviews, I loved reading them and am grateful for the time taken to write them out and send them my way!

A/N #2: The title of this chapter is a lyric from the song The Vancouver Song written by Grant Mckinnon, Matt Kelly, Matt Lockhart and Steve Lockhart, from the Treelines' album Courage.

Over A Century Of History

"What's that?" Eliza asked eagerly, looking at the gate across the street.

"Really?" Skye said in response to all the heads that had turned to her, which had been all but Josie and Sophie.

"You're the one who was here last," Liam told his daughter.

Rolling her eyes, though she was smiling, Skye said, "It's the Millennium Gate."

"It's beautiful," Julia said, not surprised Mari was nodding in agreement next to her. She took a picture and then said, "What're we doing first?"

"Shopping," Castle commented. "And having a slightly early lunch."

"You mentioned it helping us to get to Science World," Brad said.

"Hopefully," Castle said.

"Rick," Beckett said in amusement. "The kids want to go so I don't think you really need to worry about going."

"Sure," Castle said. He smiled when his wife laughed, and he playfully nudged her before they were walking again.

"Let's try this store," Skye said after they'd gone past a few food stalls and had come to one with some goods on shelves on either side of the entry.

"You've been here before," Mary told her wife.

"Yeah," Skye said, nodding her head rapidly before her wife gently pinched her arm.

After they were inside Julia whispered to her friend, "Are you going to look at robes now?"

"I should," Mari said. She then realized Eve and Marie were behind them and asked, "Eavesdropping?"

"No, walking," the former said before they were laughing. "Though we're going to wonder why it's such a big secret," Eve told them.

Explaining her idea for her mother's Christmas gift Mari asked, "Have you thought of what to give Peter?"

"Yeah, I'm going to get it in the fall," Eve said easily.

"Did you talk to him?" Julia asked her friend while they all walked together to the robes they could see along the side wall of the store.

"Yesterday," Eve said with a nod. "He said Emily was doing great," she added with a smile.

Laughing briefly Julia said, "He's not tired?"

"No and he told me to tell you to stop asking," Eve said jokingly.

"I will," Julia replied before she turned to Mari when she was asking the young woman about Peter.

"Is he enjoying his vacation?" she said.

"Yeah, he said they're going today to your beach," Eve replied.

"It's not my beach," Mari said as she held the sleeve of one of the robes to study the pattern in the brocade. She glanced at the others realizing they were quiet and said, "Seriously, Dad's mayor but that doesn't mean he owns the beach."

"I think your parents do; the part in front of your house," Julia pointed out. "I mean the back," she said quickly when she realized what she'd said.

"So, you could do something with that sand?" Marie asked.

"Nope," Julia and Mari said at the same time before they were laughing.

"They're right, and really what exactly could you do?" Eve said.

"Put concrete or a path?" Marie suggested though she made it a question at the end.

"You're thinking of the one on Santa Monica Beach, aren't you?" Julia asked.

"Basically," Marie answered with a smile. They watched Mari for a little and she asked the girl, "What are you looking for exactly."

"The perfect robe," Mari said. "It might end up being robes."

"Robes?" Julia asked in surprise.

"I was thinking why don't I try stripes?" Mari asked. "If I get the right colors it'll work."

"That actually sounds cool," Marie said. "Should we help?"

"It's okay," Mari assured them. "I'm good. You can go and look at your own stuff you want." She turned to the robes before she realized she'd only heard two sets of footsteps walking away and she turned to see Julia was still there when her friend spoke.

"I don't really have anything to buy," she said. "Or want to buy," Julia added quickly. "Mind if I look around?"

"No," Mari replied. "You can help me because you and my mom like the same colors."

"Oh yeah," Julia said with a laugh. "Though I'm not a big fan of purple like she is. Are you going to use that for her?"

Shaking her head Mari said while she turned her attention back to the brocades, "I'd have a hard time since I'm not seeing the right shade of purple."

"Then what do I look at?" Julia asked.

"For a good light blue," Mari said, studying a black brocade. "This one," she said, seeing the one she'd pulled out had phoenixes on it along with some flowers.

"That's nice," Julia said.

"Hold this?" Mari asked.

"Wasn't I supposed to help you look?" Julia asked with a smile though she was taking the robe.

"Your opinion would be good," Mari said.

"Sure," Julia said.

"What's going on?" Beckett asked Rebecca, seeing her friend was nearly laughing.

"It's Mari, she's getting what she needs to make Julia's Christmas present," the lawyer said before the writer looked surprised and spoke quickly.

"She mentioned something about making it for you," Beckett said slowly. "I heard them talking about it."

"It's not, it's for Julia," Rebecca replied. "But don't mention it to her."

"I wasn't planning on it," Beckett said.

"Okay," Mari said, having chosen a lighter blue robe. She noticed her friend suddenly look to the side and asked, "What is it?"

"We completely forgot to watch out for your mom," Julia told her.

"Oh," Mari said, putting her fingers up to her lips. She looked around for her mother before she spotted her towards the back of the store and said, "She's over there, good thing." She glanced around again and then said, "Let's go find my dad."

"Sure," Julia said before they hurried to him.

After everyone who was going to buy something had done so, the group gathered together in the entry before they were walking down the street again.

"There's something I want to know," Castle said to Skye after moving to go with her.

"Yeah?" the investigator asked, watching him.

Smiling, Castle told her, "We're close to the garden, right?"

"Yes, and to the restaurant I went to," Skye replied.

"He asked about it already," Beckett commented.

"You understood?" Castle asked, a little startled with the way his wife immediately smiled. "I just fell for that," he told her.

"You did," Skye said before Beckett could speak.

"It's still here?" Castle asked, giving the two angry looks though there was no real vehemence in that.

"It is luckily," Skye replied. They were stopping at another store, and she smiled when Castle excused himself to go with Eliza, Josie and his mother inside.

"I'm wondering if you remember how the seating was in the restaurant," Beckett told her.

"I do," Skye said. "And did you see me on the phone?"

"You asked for seating for us all?" Beckett said with a smile.

"Natch," Skye replied easily and with a smile before her wife was walking back out from the store to them, addressing her in amusement.

"Let me guess," Mary said. "You got us a separate room."

"I had to," Skye said with a smile. "Since there are so many of course. But it's the same restaurant and it's great."

"You've been saying," Beckett said.

"And we'll find out soon," Mary said.

"I better go in," Beckett said, spotting something out of the corner of her eye. She saw it was Eliza, waving to get her attention and she left the two women before walking over to her. "Did you find something?" she asked while the little girl hugged her.

"Yeah, Daddy said I needed to get your attention," Eliza said with a beaming smile.

"What did you find this time?" Beckett asked, her daughter having bought a new incense holder for her room.

"I found this box of incense," Eliza said. "And this figurine."

"Very nice," Beckett said, the incense scent ocean and the figurine a totem pole.

"Can I get them?" Eliza asked.

"Of course," Beckett said. "If you're sure," she told her.

"Yeah," Eliza said, aware that meant those were the only things she could get.

"Alright, take them to your daddy," Beckett said before she watched her daughter going. She then made her way to her father who was with Josie at that point and smiled at the toddler when she was crying out happily to her.

"Mama," Josie said. "Want a candy."

Taking her from her father Beckett said, "Has your daddy been talking to you?"

"It might have been Eliza," Jim said. When his daughter turned to him, he smiled and said, "There were some candies by the register we walked by."

"Well… I'm not surprised she's hungry already," Beckett said in amusement. She kissed the side of Josie's head and told the toddler, "But first we have a little more shopping, okay?"

"Eh," Josie replied before she wriggled her in her mother's hold.

Walking through the store with Mari, Julia said, "Anything here?"

"No, to be honest besides what I got for my mom I'm just going to see if there's anything that interests me," Mari replied.

"Five more days," Julia said after they'd looked around a little more.

"I know," Mari said seriously before she glanced at her friend, and they burst out laughing.

Leaving that store eventually, the group walked down until they were in front of the restaurant, and it was almost time for lunch where Skye stopped them.

"I just want to make sure that everyone is ready," the investigator said, looking around at everyone.

"We are," David said.

"Starving," Darnley added.

"Okay, then we're here already," Skye replied before she led them to the door. Since she'd made the arrangements, she spoke in Mandarin with the hostess before they were led to the banquet room.

"All this is for us?" Jacob asked in obvious shock.

"Yeah, all thirty-three of us… thirty-five," Skye answered, smiling at Alexis.

"Thank you," the young woman said laughingly.

After they had figured out how they were going to sit, Nkosi asked, "How exactly will we get carts in here?"

"That's the beauty of it; they're coming here first from the kitchen," Skye answered.

"Really," Mary said.

"Really," Skye echoed with a brief nod. "Otherwise, we would have sat at tables by the doors leading to it."

"Your last time here?" Bethany asked.

"Of course," Skye replied, smiling before they were being given kettles with tea in them all down the table. She looked to the older kids before her wife was squeezing her hand and commenting on her glance.

"They'll be alright," Mary told her.

"They better be," Brad said jokingly.

"We can hear you," Eve said in the same tone.

"Which is why we're not constantly watching you," Lily replied. She smiled when the older kids laughed before she turned to the others.

"You said you had something to ask us about," Rebecca said suddenly.

Not surprised when the other adults were turning to him, Castle glanced at his wife quickly before he explained his idea for their last day in the city. "Of course, if you guys would like-" he started to say once he'd finished.

"I think it's a great idea," Lily said.

"Me too," Rebecca added.

"Though you are going to let David take care of the barbequing, right?" Darnley asked jokingly.

"I'll do it," the mayor said in amusement when the others were turning to him. "Though he isn't that bad."

"You have that special touch," Beckett told him, smiling at Rebecca when the lawyer was nodding in agreement.

"Speaking of special touch," Mary said when they saw the first cart entering the room. "You're up grá."

"And Rick; I'm not doing this by myself," Skye said firmly while she and the writer stood up.

Watching her husband speaking to the woman before he and Skye were getting containers, Beckett said to Darnley, "Before we eat, I was going to ask you if you got any ideas." She was pleased when he nodded before speaking rapidly in response while the kids down the long table were beginning to eat.

"A few, I mean I can't carve what the native people have of course," Darnley said. "But the lines they have I might be able to try. With what I don't know yet though, I'll figure it out when I go back home."

"How much are we getting?" Mary was asking her wife when she set down a container in front of her.

"A lot, there are many of us here," Skye said, laughing when her wife gave her a look.

"Very poetic," Lily commented.

"She's right, that's supposed to be my line," Castle said, setting down a container in front of his wife. "Bao."

"Did you make sure Julia and Eliza have them?" Beckett asked him. She smiled when her husband nodded and squeezed his arm gently before she opened the lid. She took out two, setting them on her husband's plate before taking one for herself. She cut one in half on her husband's plate and transferred the half to Josie's plate, the baby sitting in between her and her mother-in-law.

"I'll watch her," Martha said firmly.

"Alright," Beckett replied with a nod. She then smiled and said, "I hope you'll behave for your gram sweetie." She couldn't help laughing softly when the toddler merely looked at her since she was eating her bao half already. Leaning over she kissed the top of Josie's head before she gently ran her hand over her hair.

"Okay," Castle said, carrying three containers before he set them down. "Luckily we got more help," he told his wife before she was responding in amusement.

"You two could have asked them at the start," Beckett replied.

"We didn't want to bother anyone," Skye commented, sitting with her wife again before they began to eat.

"This isn't too bad," Kathleen was saying to the others.

"Yeah," Jacob said with a quick nod. "I figured it wouldn't be."

"Some places aren't," Marie was explaining. She got some rice with her chopsticks and said, "When Mum and Mom took us to San Francisco we went to different places in their Chinatown."

"At least this place is still here," Mari said.

While the others nodded Julia said, "What's your favorite?"

"Thing to get?" Mari asked her. When her friend nodded, she smiled and said, "The bao." She wasn't surprised when the other kids agreed with her before she told Julia, "You don't have to answer, I already know what you like. The sesame seed balls."

"I can't help it," the teen replied in mock defense. "Hopefully someone found some," Julia said, looking down the table towards her father. She then shook herself and said, "Are you guys as excited as I am to go to the gardens?"

"Is that why you didn't get anything?" Marie asked.

"Partially," Julia said after she hesitated for a moment. "To be honest I didn't see anything that stood out for me."

"Me too," Eve said.

"But you bought-" Jacob started to say to his sister before he cut himself off, not surprised when she smiled at him and spoke swiftly.

"Yes, that was for Peter," Eve said. "I'm hoping there's some kind of artwork at the gardens."

"Me too," Julia said with a smile. She returned to her food and was pleased to see they had gotten sesame seed balls. After she had finished, she wasn't surprised when her father was walking down to them, and she watched him stop at the younger kids. "I think we're going," she said, looking at the others.

"I hope so," Kathleen commented before they were getting up at the same time the adults were.

"No running," Beckett said to her daughters when they were hurrying up to her and Josie. She smiled when the toddler squealed at the sight of her sisters running and then said, "You'll stay with us in the garden okay?"

"Sure." "I figured," Eliza and then Julia said.

"You figured?" Alexis asked in surprise.

"Yeah," Julia said. "It's a garden and I figured it'd be quiet. That it would need to be."

"Okay," Castle said as he joined them, and they started to leave the room. "The complex isn't huge, but you guys still want to go to Science World, and we decided to walk together by family so we could go a little faster."

"Why are you looking at me?" Julia said in surprise when they were crossing Carall Street to the gardens. "I want to go to Science World too!"

"Good to hear," Castle said before he looked at her in surprise when she was taking his hand and squeezing it. "You said you want to go," he told her teasingly before she was quickly responding.

"There's a gift shop, right?" Julia asked.

"There is," Castle said with a quick nod. "And before you ask, we'll go," he added swiftly before she could speak.

"Good," Julia replied before they were reaching where they would pay to go inside the garden. She had her camera waiting and as soon as they stepped out from the room, she was taking a shot of what they could see.

"It's so beautiful," Marie was breathing out while they were splitting up.

"It is," Fleur said in agreement, standing with her sister. She paused for a moment and then said, "This looks like the Chinese garden at the Huntington."

"I'm not surprised, they were very careful making this garden too," Mary said with a smile. "Keep going," she then said when she noticed her wife and the other girls were ahead of them.

"Did you want to go with Julia?" Rebecca asked her daughter, spotting her looking behind them again.

"No," Mari said. "Just wonder why they aren't walking."

"I think they're taking pictures right there," David said. "Dani," he called.

"But-" the little girl started to say.

"We need to walk together," Rebecca told her.

Trying not to laugh at her little sister's pouting, Mari took a picture of the pond they were walking by before they came to a building. Before they would go inside, she glanced back one more time, seeing the Castles were still by the start.

"What're you doing Rick?" Beckett asked her husband. When he turned to her, she couldn't help smirking though he was speaking before she could.

"Just waiting to see if anyone wants to walk with us," Castle explained. He looked past her at the girls and said, "Please say you're ready."

"I knew it," Eliza said with a wide smile. "You just want to look at the garden first."

"What are we going to first?" Julia asked while they were walking down the path and she saw the building ahead.

"The China Maple Hall," Castle said, looking at the map.

"It's red," Eliza said. "Is it 'cause of the maple?"

"I think red is a lucky color in China too," Jim said after taking a picture of the woodwork the building had.

"Oh," Eliza said. "It's pretty," she then added.

"Definitely," Julia said, turning to the other side of the courtyard. She took pictures of the trees there before they continued. When they eventually reached the pagoda she'd noticed while they were walking around, she hurried inside and paused seeing everyone else was there already.

"Hey, you should see the view from here," Mari said, going to her friend.

Following her, Julia had been planning to take a picture, but the view made her pause. The foliage was green, and the koi were gathered in front of a worker at the edge being fed. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath before she opened them and said, "That was great."

"I know," Mari said with a smile, having been watching her.

Turning to her Julia said, "You liked it?"

"I loved it," Mari said, nodding rapidly. She then glanced around at the others and noticed they were at the entrance. "I think we're going to leave."

"Well, I guess that means we're going to the gift shop next," Julia said.

"Yep, good thing," Mari said before they were heading to the other kids so they could continue.

"It's Epcot!" Jacob said jokingly as they stood in front of the building and its distinctive geodesic dome.

"I thought the same thing the first time I saw it," Skye said to the young man with a smile. "But no, we've made it to Science World."

"Great, let's go!" Jacob then said.

Laughing with the others, Beckett followed them inside after the investigator and her family before she thought of something. She had to wait until they'd bought their admission but hurried to Skye and said, "You've been here?"

"Yeah, with the investigator from the TSB," the investigator replied. "And… she's here, Claudia," she continued with a laugh.

"Skye," the woman said before they were embracing briefly. "Is this your family?" she said, startled.

Shaking her head Skye said, "These are my family, all the others are friends… family but we're not blood related." She looked back at the others and then her friend saying, "I have to introduce them all don't I?"

"That would be nice," Claudia replied with a smile. "Though let me introduce mine," she said.

"Oh, this is Claudia Parsons," Skye said to the others. "Another lead investigator though here in Canada with their Transportation Safety Board."

"This is my wife Kelly," the woman then said. "And our son Will."

"Okay, I hope you guys weren't ready to start going through everything," Skye told the family of three. "Because this is going to take a while."

"You should start," Claudia told her.

Watching Skye introducing her family first, Beckett glanced at her husband before she worked her way through the families until the Parsons were aware of all their names. "Were you going to start going around?" she asked the two women.

"We were, someone had to head inside the gift shop," Kelly said, looking at her son.

"I saw some new stuff," the teen replied easily.

"You don't mind us going with you?" Claudia asked, directing that to the other adults.

"What's three more?" Darnley said with a shrug.

After some laughter, the group were heading to the first level with experiments while Claudia and Skye were walking together.

"I'd hoped to see you for the Bombardier case you know," the latter said first.

"I had a Cessna case in Edmonton at the same time," Claudia answered. "By the way; in case you forgot; I live here now."

"Science World? Sweet digs," Skye said, laughing when the other investigator playfully pushed her. "Oh, Trevor," she then said spotting him. "I can't believe I forgot."

"Don't worry," he said, walking to them. "There were a lot of us to introduce."

"It's nice to meet you; I've heard of you through Skye since we keep up with each other," Claudia said, shaking his hand.

"She's mentioned you," Nkosi said. "After we talked about the Bombardier case," he commented before the Canadian investigator was responding with a smile.

"Conflict of interest," Claudia replied.

"Bull," Skye said jokingly. "I'd never be allowed to look at a Boeing incident if that were the case."

"True," Claudia replied in amusement. They had reached the first experiments and watching her wife taking her son she turned to Skye and said, "Do you guys have plans after this?"

"To be honest go back to the hotel to swim at the indoor pool it has," Skye replied, gesturing to Beckett.

"Well, I have to see with Kelly about this," Claudia said. "But we'd love to have you guys over at our place so you can finally see it."

"You realize you need to ask more than me?" Beckett asked her friend in amusement since the investigator had turned immediately to her.

"I know but you were closest," Skye commented with a smile. "Spread the word."

"Thank you," Beckett said. "And if you're asking what I think for my family then I agree."

"I'll go ask Kelly," Claudia replied before she left them.

"I'm going to assume they have a pool," Skye told her friend when they were alone.

"You're close," Beckett said.

"You couldn't tell?" Skye replied with a smile. "We've investigated a few cases before," she said.

"How many times have you been to Canada?" Beckett asked.

Counting in her head for a moment Skye said, "Five cases so far."

"Five?" Beckett said in obvious surprise.

"Yeah, I've been to Ottawa, twice in Toronto, Edmonton and here in Vancouver," Skye said, counting them out on her fingers to be sure. "The ones in Ottawa and Edmonton were private jets."

"Great," Beckett said, speaking quickly since Claudia was walking swiftly back to them.

"My wife is annoying," the Canadian investigator said.

"No she isn't," Skye replied with a smile. "What did she say?"

"She agreed to have you all over to see our home," Claudia said. "And then said we should make a party of it."

"Do I want to ask what'll make it a party?" Skye asked.

"Have you over into dinner and after," Claudia said.

"I'm fine with that," Skye commented before she looked at Beckett.

"I agree," the writer said with a smile. "I'll go tell Rick."

"And the others," Skye said before she and Claudia were walking back to her family.

"What is it?" Castle asked as soon as his wife was with him, watching her smiling before she spoke hurriedly.

Explaining the invitation Beckett said, "I agreed, since I know Skye is eager to see the house and Claudia did invite us all."

"I'm fine with that," Castle said, looking ahead of them since they were continuing to the Pipes Of Pan the kids were shortly after gathering around. "Oh… Alexis," he said to their oldest.

"Yes?" she asked, walking over to them. Alexis then frowned a little and said, "Please don't tell me I should be sitting down."

"I wasn't going to," Castle reassured her. "No what I was going to say is there might be a change of plans."

"I saw you talking before," Alexis said to her mother.

"Claudia and Kelly have invited us to their home," Beckett said. "I think they have a pool, and they want to see us through dinner."

"Great, we'll go," Alexis replied. "You know we were going to stay with you guys anyway."

"Still, we needed to make sure," Castle said firmly. He then smiled before he turned his attention to Brad and David asking them, "Skye talked to you?"

"And Patrick," the chief said. "We all agreed to the idea. But where do they live?"

"West Vancouver," Kelly said, walking up to them with her wife and the McDouglas women.

"You know who we forgot to tell," he said to his wife before she was responding with a smile on her face.

"The kids?" Beckett asked. When he glanced at her she said, "Our parents, I know."

"Patrick left to tell his husband and in-laws," David said.

"I'll go tell my Mother and Jim," Castle said.

"And mention it to the kids," Beckett called to him. She smiled briefly when he waved over his shoulder before she turned to the others. "What?" she asked, startled when she saw the expressions on the Parsons' faces.

"If we're going to take you on a tour of our house there's something you should know," Claudia said.

"You have our books?" Beckett asked with a smile.

"We do," Kelly said, giving her wife a pointed look.

"And his books on his own?" Beckett then said.

"I was a fan of his," Claudia said. She hesitated and said, "Well, I still am but I am of both of you now."

"Rick will be happy to hear that," Beckett commented.

"I have to ask," Mary said then. "Skye mentioned she thought this was an inherited house."

"You always were the smart one," Claudia said, shaking her head while she was smiling. "What do you want to know?"

"First off thanks for letting us inside," Skye said before the Canadian investigator was interrupting her by scoffing and speaking shortly after.

"You knew I didn't have that house," Claudia replied. "It was a relative, they passed away, so it came to me."

"You don't need to apologize," Kelly said quickly since she could tell some were going to. "We were looked down upon."

"I'll say," Skye commented. "How long ago was that?"
"I told you, two years ago," Claudia said.

"You're horrible," the investigator said though she was smiling while she spoke. "You mentioned moving but didn't say where."

"I… oh I did but I think the e-mail got lost," Claudia started to say before the realization hit her. She smiled and said, "Forgive me?"

"Since you're letting us go? Yeah, I think I can manage that," Skye said. "And the other thing we need to know is do you have a pool?"

"Indoor," Claudia and Kelly said at the same time.

"We're getting one at the house," Mary said with a smile.

"You got rid of your pool? It was so nice," Kelly said.

"They came to visit us before they adopted their son," Skye explained to the others. "He's adorable by the way."

"Don't tell him that, he turned thirteen two months ago," Claudia replied.

"And we did get rid of the pool," Skye said. "They got an indoor pool at their home, and we couldn't resist."

"Nice, Will loves it," Kelly said. "And his room."

"Now I really can't wait to see it," Skye said, laughing briefly when the others were agreeing with her before Brad spoke to the Parsons women.

"You know you have no obligation to invite the rest of us," the chief said.

"We're okay with it," Claudia said with a quick nod. "We've been having a little staycation and we're going to go crazy if we continue."

"Didn't summer just start for you guys?" Skye asked her suspiciously. When her friend merely nodded, she laughed and then said, "Okay, we're coming over so don't go crazy."

"We won't now," Kelly replied before they were returning their attention to their kids and the next set of experiments they could work on.