A/N: Well, this wraps it up for LMM... it's too bad, it was a lot of fun to write. (Not that my other stories aren't.) I hope you guys like my little loose-end-tier-upper chapter. Thanks for the reviews, and of course, read and enjoy!
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Joe, Vanessa, Bess, and George sat around the small table in their motel room eating nachos.
"I cannot believe the weather is so lousy!" Bess complained. "It's too cold outside to do anything!"
"I know." Vanessa agreed sadly. "And we're going home tomorrow. What a awful end to an already terrible vacation!"
"It wasn't that bad." George spoke up.
Joe nodded. "It had its good points."
Vanessa rolled her eyes. "Well, you didn't spend two days of it tied up in someone else's hotel room while they plot to rob a local museum!"
"I guess that would be one of the bad points." Bess said sympathetically. "Don't you ever wish we could take just one normal vacation? You know, with no robberies or kidnappings or murder investigations, just sun, sand, and surf..." she trailed off wistfully.
"Nah," Joe replied. "That would be pretty boring."
"Always up for a case...You sound just like Nancy." George laughed.
"Or Frank." Joe added. "And speaking of those two..."
"I know!" Bess squealed. "Who'd have guessed everything would work out so perfectly!"
George shook her head in amusement. "Oddly enough, that was the strangest part of this vacation. Nan and Callie make boyfriend-swapping look easy!"
"I don't know about that." Vanessa said. "I was talking to Callie and she said that she and Ned are pretty serious already, making plans to visit each other and stuff... That's gotta be awkward. I mean, when we go back to Bayport, Callie and Frank will be together all the time. We all go to the same school, live in the same neighborhood... And what's going to happen with Frank and Nancy?"
"Sort of the opposite, I think." Bess said. "They haven't made any plans. Nancy said they've never had a problem connecting before, why should they have one now?"
"They're just going to take it as it comes and see what happens?" Vanessa asked skeptically. "After all of that drama?"
George laughed. "You don't get it." she said. "You couldn't keep Nancy and Frank apart if you tried. They'll always meet up somehow, somewhere completely unexpected, and they'll always be attracted to each other."
"It's true." Joe agreed. "See, that's the difference between Frank and Nancy and Ned and Callie. Ned and Callie are looking for romantic relationships; Frank and Nancy's just sort of finds them."
"So, they're dating... unofficially?" Vanessa wondered.
Joe shrugged. "Sure. That's one way of putting it."
George looked around. "I haven't seen them all day, either. I wonder where they went?"
Bess elbowed her. "It's our last day!" she said. "They won't see each other until who-knows-when! They're probably off doing something romantic..." she sighed.
"So you jumped off the roof!" Callie exclaimed in disbelief. "Oh my God!"
Nancy shrugged. "It wasn't that far... Plus I had no choice: it was that or get caught."
"Or shot..." Frank added.
"So what then?" Ned asked, stretching out his legs. The four teens were sitting around a picnic table under the ominous-looking gray sky.
"I watched from the bushes as the cops confronted Charity and Fiona." Nancy continued. "The police ordered them to put their hands in the air, but they didn't. The police warned them again-"
Frank picked up the story. "But they started reaching under their jackets, so the cops shot them down."
Callie gasped, and Ned looked surprised. "Really?" he questioned.
Frank shook his head. "That's the weird part. We don't even know. What we do know is that by the time the police got to the roof, there was no trace of them. No blood, footprints, evidence, anything."
"Typical Fox fashion..." Nancy murmured.
"And Charity could work her way out of a maximum security prison." Frank added. "She's like a Houdini or something!"
"But that means you didn't catch them." Callie reminded them.
Nancy shrugged. "Yes, but at least they went away empty-handed."
"This time..." Ned said skeptically.
"Hey!" Nancy defended lightly. "They're slippery! I'd like to see you take them on!"
Ned gave her a lopsided grin. "Thankfully, I don't see that happening anytime soon." He was glad that his new status freed him from worry of such matters. "But, uh, next time you see them, say hi for me."
"But you haven't heard the best part." Nancy said, grinning. "When we went back to the hotel, we found a note from them, thanking us for a pleasurable working experience."
"And returning Joe's wallet, which he didn't even realize was missing." Frank chuckled.
The four friends laughed.
Suddenly they were hit by a gust of cold wind. Callie shivered. "Remind me why we're sitting out here again?" She asked, as Ned wrapped a warm arm around her shoulders.
"So that Joe and the girls can talk about us behind our backs in peace." Frank laughed. Under the table, he found Nancy's hand and took it gently.
Their eyes met briefly and she smiled reassuringly. Then she broke the stare. "Wait, so why can't we sit inside and they come out here?"
Frank shook his head. "It's just the way of the world." He joked in mock sadness.
Callie clutched her light jacket around her and stood up. "Really, though, I'm freezing. Who's up for the arcade?"
Ned shot her an amused look. "Yeah, you look like you could use some Pac-man."
"Actually," Callie teased. "I happen to be the grand master of skeeball."
Frank rolled his eyes at the two of them, but he was actually pleased that they still got along together so well, despite all of the break-ups and stolen kisses the group had between them.
"Why don't-"
"How about-"
Nancy and Frank had spoken at the same time. Nancy grinned and motioned for Frank to go ahead.
"Why don't you two go on," Frank suggested. "I think Nan and I are going to hang out here..."
As Callie and Ned said goodbye and walked off, Nancy leaned on Frank's shoulder and stood on tiptoe to whisper in his ear. "You know, Hardy, I like the way you think."
A/N: Okay, bizarre and abrupt ending... but it was really just a pointless wrap-up chapter. I may do a sequel to this or not, but I want to finish my other stories before I start anything new. (Yeah, right.) So anyway, last chapter... last chance to give me your thoughts and opinions on this story... I'm getting all choked up. Joking. But thanks for reading. Love you guys! Now review!