"Dawn, hurry, we're gonna be late!" Buffy yelled up the stairs to her younger sister.

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" she yelled back, grabbing one last bag off of her bed. The gang was all going on vacation. They were traveling in a minibus with just the right amount of space.

"Ready?" Tara said to Willow on the front step.

"Yes." Willow stated as she kissed Tara. They smiled at each other.

"I could get used to this!" Spike said excitedly, looking at his hand as he rotated it. He had borrowed The Ring Of Amara from Angel so he could come with the others on vacation without bursting into flame. It had been about two months since Tara had been resurrected. Everything was perfect. And they had had no run-ins with Kennedy, and had met up with Nicole to catch up.

"I'll load the bag's into the back!" Xander volunteered. He soon regretted this decision after seeing how much Dawn had packed. He sighed.

"Oh, and this." Tara said, handing Xander a huge trunk.

"God, you two, did you pack the whole house?!" He exclaimed as he nearly dropped the trunk on his foot with surprise of the weight.

"A collapsible one." Willow responded. Xander's jaw dropped. "Just kidding." Willow giggled.

"Guys, is it just me, or is my hair five-by-five right now?" Faith said as she flicked her hair back over her shoulder.

"It looks great, Faith." Tara answered as Willow nodded in agreement.

"OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG!" Dawn gasped.

"What's wrong?!" Willow quickly asked, concerned.

"Kevin Burman is over there!" Dawn gasped as she giggled and stared at the boy, Buffy rolled her eyes.

"Everyone ready?" Giles said from the driver's seat of the mini bus.

"Yes!" Everyone replied.

"Let's go!" Dawn said loudly.

~

It had been a couple of hours. "Hey guys," Xander said in a whispery voice.

"What?" Buffy said as they turned around. Xander nodded beside him to Willow and Tara, who had fallen asleep on each other.

"Aww!" Dawn said from beside Tara. Because they were parked at a service station and Giles was getting fuel, Faith undid her seatbelt, got up and walked over to them, she leaned close to Willow and whispered in her ear,

"Frogs." She whispered.Willow gasped and sat up straight.

"Frogs!? Where?!" She panicked, Willow had frog fear.

"There are no frogs, Will." Xander assured her as he gave Faith a look. Willow put her head back on Tara's shoulder, but the mood was kind of gone now.

~

They arrived at around 10pm at the hotel, their rooms were next to each others, Giles, faith, Xander, and Dawn all had their own, while spike and Buffy, and Willow and Tara shared. The part of the hotel they were in had a private lounge, and since they were the only ones there, free meeting spot.

They had all gone to the lounge to play card games. " YES,FIVE BY FIVE!" faith suddenly screamed as she slammed down a plus four card to Xander,

"Aw." Xander said sadly.

"However shall you live?" Buffy said, sarcastically. Giles rolled his eyes. Dawn had fallen asleep, spread across Tara and Willows laps. Willow looked down at Dawn and ran her fingers through her long, brown hair.

"Looks like Dawnie got a little tired." Tara said. Dawn had recently graduated, this graduation didn't involve an apocalypse and the principal being eaten by a giant snake.

Back in their room, Willow and Tara were getting ready for bed, "Like it here?" Tara asked Willow,

"Yeah," Willow answered.

"Good, we've got a whole summer here together." Tara replied.

"Our whole summer, together." Willow repeated happily.

"Our whole lives together." Tara corrected her, smiling. They hugged.

~

The next morning they went to the cafe for breakfast. "Grrrrr", Dawn jokingly growled with two sausages dipped in ketchup to look like vampire teeth in her mouth.

"Dawn!" Buffy said to Dawn, annoyed. Dawn removed the sausages from her mouth and rolled her eyes.

"So do we have any plans today?" Tara asked.

"Not really." Giles replied,

"There's some great parties here?" Faith suggested.

"I'll come." Dawn said, once she saw Buffy approve, Tara opened her mouth to request Dawn stayed home before she realized; Dawn was a young adult now.

"I was thinking maybe we could go to the beach, collect shells?" Willow suggested.

"That sounds nice." Giles said

"Yeah," said Buffy. "Finally something nice and calm to do."

As they walked along the beach, willow and Tara walked ahead from the gang, considering getting a new cat.

"Well, well, well." A voice drawled from across the beach, it was Kennedy. "Awh, look!" She mocked, "How sweet! Its like straight out a romance movie!" She approached them. "So this is the famous Tara!" She said, with mock intrest. "I'm-"

"-I know who you are." Tara cut in. Her voice was sharper than she intended, but still, she showed no signs of backing down.