<div align="center">(http://archinhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Mitolo-Beach-House-with-Beautiful-Interior-by-Enoki.jpg)<br/></div>Cassie leaned forward on the counter flipping through her magazine as Hannah scuttled about the kitchen. The food smelled wonderful, and Cassie's stomach gave a soft rumble.<strong>"You don't have to worry so much Han. You know them, they'll only make fun of you if you go too much out of the way.</strong>she smiled and rested her chin on her hand.<strong>"It's so pretty here, sure beats New York any day.</strong>she said staring out at the ocean.<br/><br/>The soft roar of the waves was a god send to her, it beat the screaming of neighbors and honking of horns any day. Raising up she tugged lightly at her shorts wondering slightly what had changed over the last year. For her she'd been made the head of the New York University Library, and had published her longest book ever. Tapping her fingers on the counter she sighed,<strong>"I swear Jason's going to try and drive me crazier this year than he did last...</strong>she flipping the pages closed before standing up.<strong>"Give me something to do....or else I'm going to go nuts.</strong><br/><br/>Pushing her curls back she straightened out her tank top and moved over to Hannah.<strong>"Come on, let me do something to keep busy, I'm too anxious to sit around doing nothing.</strong>She said thinking back as she remembered getting her invitation. She couldn't believe how she went out like she did every year for them. With the break up, it was more than welcome, she figured two weeks getting picked on by Jason and the others would be better than moping about work and her place working on a book she wasn't even sure she wanted to do any more.  She always loved the games they played, minus a few aspects....