"Why are you so excited?" Laurel asked, confused.

"You've really never heard of Costa Rica?" Raven asked. "It's one of those places everyone wants to go to before they die."

"Hmm..." Laurel mused, "I haven't had much time to think of things like that," she replied honestly, "Why's it so special?"

So Raven started telling Laurel about Costa Rica and what you could do there.

Laurel seemed pretty passive about it. "That sounds like fun," she replied with a nod, "I wonder where's Kandy's resort is..."

Raven didn't let Laurel's passivity get him down. He shrugged in response to Laurel's question.

"But it has lots of water, right?" Laurel suddenly asked.

"Well..." Raven muttered, "... It's not an island."

Laurel nodded, "I've never played on the water before," she told him after a moment, "It sounds like... a good change in pace."

Raven blinked, he had been thinking of something else. "Really?" he asked before grinning again. "I think you'll like it."

Laurel nodded, "Yeah, Nic and I have been so uptight for so long... I think this is coming at the right time."

Raven tried to picture Nic on the beach. It wasn't working. So he shrugged it off. "Maybe we'll all have a chance to wind down," he said, hoping he wasn't jinxing it.

Laurel smiled a bit at that, "Yeah..." she paused before patting the couch beside her, "Come sit here."

So Raven forced himself to get up. He went over and squeezed himself next to Laurel on the couch.

Laurel smiled a little bigger, "So what's going on between you and Wolfe?" she gossiped quietly, "I've been hearing rumors."

Raven chuckled a little before giving Laurel a brief overview of what had been happening between him and Wolfe.