"A few hours." She smiled. "I'm here a day early to get things ready for Peter's birthday. I'm surprising him with a tour of CERN." And she looked excited about it. Jane was right about one thing - Liz was relaxed. Being back in a place that looked a lot like home, or as close to home as possible, it was nice and re-assuring.

"I'm trying to figure out the hotel, though. Alec got a discount at the Ritz-Carlton" Liz didn't know what he had done, exactly, but she suspected she'd blush instantly if he told her. "But they wouldn't let me actually check in because of my age." Liz looked sheepish. It was hard to forget the 'real world' viewed seventeen year-olds differently than the Madonna Inn.