"Guys! I have great news!" Romelle said. Everyone was packing up, as it was their last night in Paris.

"What is it?" Allura asked.

"I'm coming home! Just for a month, because I missed you guys so much."

"You are?" Allura smiled. "Yay!"

"Yep! Now, Rora said we'd be travelling out of town for the last day, to the beach."

"Oh, let's go!"

Everyone went out to the Palavan, with their swimmers under their clothes, and headed to the beach.

The Holts and Axca were already there, setting up their little base.

Well, not Matt. He was busy digging a massive hole.

Shiro parked up, and everyone went out into the sun.

"Hey!" Matt waved from inside his hole.

"Hi, Matt!" Romelle stripped off, handing her shirt to Keith, before running onto the beach.

"What does she want me to do with this?" Keith muttered, dumping it down with a towel.

Allura glanced at her friend, who had downed 2 Monsters beforehand, run up and down. She tried to keep her eyes respectful... but things were bouncing.

"God, Romelle has some nice titties." Pidge sat down.

"Thanks, Pidge!" Romelle called.

"You're welcome!" Pidge called back.

Kassy sat on a towel, placing some sunglasses on.

"Pidge. Suncream." she said.

"I don't need it."

"Yes, you do." She grabbed the bottle.

"I don't need it!"

Kassy sighed. "Alright. Whatever you say." She said, lathering herself up.

"I'll have some, Kassy." Matt said. She chucked it over to him when she was done with it.

The bottle was passed around, and Shiro lay next to Kassy.

"It's so nice to relax." he murmured, running a hand up and down her scarred arms. "You're really glowing."

She smiled. "Flirty, huh?"

"How far alone are you now, Kassy?" Colleen asked.

"Oh, 18 weeks now."

"Wow. It goes so quickly, doesn't it? Especially when you already have a kid." She pointedly looked at Matt. "I remember, that little rascal decided to show up a month early. And I didn't even know I was pregnant until I was in my second trimester!" she shook her head.

"Yeah, cos I was a mistake." Matt said.

"No, honey, you were a surprise." Colleen replied. "Anyway, it felt like we had no time to prepare at all." She laughed.

"I can imagine. It feels like so long for me." she said. "Maybe that's because I've been waiting literally since conception."

"That makes sense. Do you know what you're having?"

"I haven't found out yet. I think it's a girl."

"Do you have names?"

"We have a few." she smiled.

Matt poked his head out of the hole. It was now as deep as he was tall.

"Matt, right?"

"We're not naming them after anyone. Well, nobody alive. If it's a girl, her middle name will be Maeve, I can tell you that much.

"That's a lovely way to honour your sister." Colleen said. Kassy nodded.

Romelle and Allura went into the sea, and were clinging to each other, laughing.

"It's a bit fucking cold!" Romelle said.

"Language!" Allura replied.

"Ugh, my hair."

"It looks fine." Allura said.

"Hey, boobs do float!" Romelle looked down. Allura did too, and immediately blushed. "Oh, no, are you sunburnt?"

"Hm..? Oh, uh, no."

Romelle swam off, leaving her there.

Lance and Hunk got ready.

"On your marks... get set... go!" Coran shouted. 

The two started building sand castles, with a 5 minute timer being started. Whoever built the best one won. The prize was yet to be determined.

The 5 minutes passed, and Lance finished his. Romelle ran out of the sea, screaming, and fell onto his sand castle.

"Romelle, you stupid cunt!" Lance yelled.

"Hey, don't speak to Romelle like that." Keith said, a few feet away.

"There was a monster!" She screamed.

Coran's timer went off. He glanced at her. "Okay, Romelle, dear, can you calm down so I can judge the sand castles?"

"Romelle. Stop screaming. What did you see?" Keith helped her up and sat her on his towel.

"It had 2 stalky eyes, like, 16 legs, and massive claws!"

"Was it a crab?"

"How am I meant to know?!"

"Hmm, well, Lance, you submitted a pile of sand, so Hunk wins." Coran said.

"That's not fair! It's not my fault Romelle got scared by a crab and destroyed my hard work."

"What is a crab?!" Romelle cried as Keith awkwardly patted her shoulder, getting the sand off her skin.

"Yeah, what's a crab?" Coran asked.

Hunk glanced behind him as a crab scuttled by. "Oh! There's one!"

Romelle screamed again. "Get it away! Get it away from me!"

Coran saw it, and also screamed. "What is that?! What is wrong with Earth animals?!?"

So now, they had 2 screaming Alteans to deal with and Lance on the verge of a tantrum.

"What's going on?" Matt asked. "I hear screams." he was now well and truly deep in his hole. His head was now a good 6 inches from the top of the hole.

"Aren't you gonna get stuck?" Kassy asked.

"Answer my question."

"I'm not sure. It's Romelle and Coran, not sure what they're screaming at, though."

"Probably a crab. Right, I need a drink." Matt jumped up, his hands grazing the edge of the hole. The sand came loose. "Um. Ha, uh, Kassy?"

"Yeah?"

"I think I'm stuck."

Kassy paused, before laughing. "You idiot."

"Help me?"

"Okay, one minute." She pulled her phone out and took a picture of Matt. "That's going on my story. Here, give me your hand, dig a groove in the edge, and climb up."

Matt did so, and Kassy pulled him out of the hole. He lay back.

"Oh, thanks, Kassy."

"How did you get into the Garrison?" Pidge asked.

Rora glanced into the hole. "That is a massive hole."

Matt nodded. "Who wants to bet that Romelle will get stuck in there at least once before the day's done?"

Axca looked up from her book. "No point betting. There's no question."

Rora nodded.

Shiro suddenly stirred next to Kassy, sitting up, his sunglasses falling off his face.

"Good sleep, sweetie?" Kassy asked.

"I, uh, I wasn't asleep. I was just resting my eyes."

"You've been snoring."

"I have? Oh, I'm sorry."

She smiled, leaning her head on his chest.

"Wait. So, are you two...?" Matt asked.

"Nope." Kassy sighed contentedly as Shiro played with her hair.

"You look cute together." Colleen said.

"Sucks that we're not, then."

Allura returned to the group with Romelle, handing her some water. "I know it was scary. Just take some deep breaths."

Romelle sniffled, and didn't notice Matt's massive hole - she fell right in.

"Romelle!" Allura gasped.

"I'm going to actually kill myself." Romelle said. "Ow! My wrist!"

"Can you get out?"

"I'm like, 5'3! Not really!"

Matt offered her a hand, however she had hurt her dominant wrist, and so couldn't grab ahold that well, especially considering he was really long enough to get her.

"Hunk's long. Go grab him." Shiro suggested.

Matt ran off.

"Hunk! Romelle fell into my massive hole and I'm not tall enough to get her, can you help?"

"Massive hole?"

"Come on."

Hunk ran over, and managed to get Romelle out.

"I hate the beach! It sucks! There's monsters, and massive holes, and now my wrist hurts, and I've bruised my ass!" she sighed as Kassy helped her onto a towel.

"Let me see your wrist, sweetie." she said, taking her hand. "Oh, I think you've sprained it. Sam, can you pass me an ice pack from the cooler?"

"Here." he chucked it over.

"I didn't know you were into your first aid." Hunk said.

"We had to learn it for Kerberos, but I was the best at it." she replied. "Keep this on it, Romelle, and try to keep it elevated. Do you want a drink?"

Romelle nodded, and Kassy handed her the water.

Keith and Lance ran over.

"Watch the hole!" Matt yelled. "Oh, I'm filling it up. That's a hazard."

Eventually, the group returned.

"I think we all ought to head back to the hotel." Allura said. "We need dinner, and an early night."

"Hey, mom's cooking tonight. We're all going to Rora's." Pidge said.

"Yep! Everyone should come."

So, everyone piled into the Palavan, the promise of Colleen's lasagna and garlic bread keeping them going.