This started off as a single oneshot but now I've turned it into a series of mostly fluffy, not necessarily chronological, Officer Lunchbox oneshots. If anyone has any prompts they want me to try then let me know.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Rookie Blue characters or storylines. I'm just messing around with them.

Paring: Gail x Holly (Officer Lunchbox). Other couples mentioned are Dov x Chloe and Andy x Nick.

Rating: K+

Summary: All the Rookies go camping together. Holly and her niece join them. Set a while after 5x01

"What is with you today Gail?" asked Andy suspiciously, as the unusually perky officer hummed to herself. They were both sat at their desks in the station, compiling reports for some of the incidents that they had attended over the last few days. There were only a few more hours of their shift left before all of the rookies had three days off. Chris and Dov had planned and organised a camping trip for them all, Leo and Christian included. Andy wasn't exactly keen on the idea but Nick, being an ex-soldier, was looking forward to it. "You can't be excited about this camping thing?" said Andy; Gail wasn't really the camping type. In fact, when Chris had first suggested it, Gail had come rather close to actually flat out refusing to go. Gail didn't reply to Andy's question, she just gave her a strange, indecipherable look, that left Andy wondering if she had missed something, then carried on with her paperwork. Andy opened her mouth to press her further, but decided against it. Just moments later Gail started humming again, happily.

Chris wandered in the locker room to see who had already finished their shift. It was empty apart from Gail who was hanging up her uniform, smiling to herself in the way that people only do when nobody is watching, and Gail smiling was a much rarer occurrence than it was for most other people. Chris thought she looked so beautiful when she smiled. "Hey Gail," he called out, not wanting to startle her. She looked up, the smile diminished quickly but didn't disappear altogether. "You ready for our big adventure?" he asked. Gail's slight smile immediately vanished and she looked guilty. "You are coming aren't you!" Chris really wanted everyone to be there. It would be a well-deserved break for them all, after the shooting and everything. It wouldn't be the same if Gail wasn't there. But Gail looked apologetic, she opened her mouth to give an excuse but Chris interrupted, "Holly can come too!" he offered, and Gail hesitated slightly, thinking it through.

"Holly's niece is visiting for the weekend." revealed Gail.

"She can come too!" said Chris quickly, "The more the merrier!" he smiled. Gail looked a little unconvinced, but didn't immediately turn him down. "We're leaving in two hours," he reminded her before going to meet Dov and Chloe in the parking lot. He had to be back home for Denise to drop off Christian.

Gail marched into the morgue; she came to meet Holly most days after her shift ended so none of the staff were surprised to see her. "I have been stuck at my desk all day!" Gail started complaining before Holly had even realised that she was in the lab, "I hate writing reports!" Holly turned her head, put down the piece of rib cage that she was examining and leaned over to kiss Gail on the cheek.

"I'm sorry you've had a bad day sweetie," she said sympathetically, "give me two minutes and we can go." She started tidying away her work and putting her papers into her bag. When she turned, she found Gail sitting in the desk chair giving her puppy eyes.

"What?" Holly asked slowly and a little suspiciously, she knew her girlfriend well and could tell that she was going to try and persuade her about something. "What do you want?" she asked. Gail tilted her head a little and flashed that smile that she saved for when she was with Holly.

"You know how much I hate camping," said Gail sweetly.

"Oh, of course. You're going camping with your friends this weekend." remembered Holly. She tried, rather unsuccessfully, to hide the disappointment washing over her face.

"Well," said Gail slowly, still with the puppy eyes, swinging slightly on the swivel desk chair, "it would be so much better if you and Becki were there too." she suggested.

"Really?" said Holly, a smile sweeping away the disappointment, "But what about your friends? Does anyone apart from Chris know about us?" Gail shrugged, but had the decency to look a little sheepish. She raised an eyebrow, still expecting a response from Holly despite failing to answer her question. "We'd love to!" said Holly, before Gail could change her mind. Gail lit up with a smile.

"Good!" she leaned in and kissed Holly. It was a slow, tender kiss and she could feel the smile on Holly's face. After the kiss had, reluctantly, ended, Holly picked up her bag and presented her arm for Gail to link arms with her.

"You're such a nerd." laughed Gail, winding her arm around Holly's.

Chris parked his truck in a big clearing in the forest, only a short distance out from the visitor centre and bathroom block. Chloe and Dov got out and started lifting the tents and other equipment out, while Chris helped Christian out of the car. He immediately started running about, incredibly overexcited, but Chris called him over because Nick's landrover was pulling up. Leo jumped out of the car and ran over to his friend. He was just about as excited as Christian. Andy, Nick and Traci began helping the others with setting up the tents. It didn't take long for Andy and Traci to give up and they found a log to sit on so that they could watch the kids. "Where's Gail?" asked Traci, "Wasn't everyone supposed to be here this weekend?"

"Yeah, and what is up with here at the moment?" asked Andy, "She's been weirdly happy recently. It's very disconcerting." she pulled a weird face and everyone laughed.

"They're on their way." said Chris, "They texted me a few minutes ago."

"Who?" asked Dov.

"She's bringing someone?" asked Traci, intrigued.

"Yeah," said Chris casually, busying himself with trying to connect the tent poles. Andy and Traci exchanged interested glances but didn't say anything else, however, they did start gossiping quietly when the others had gone back to trying to work out how to put the tents up. Nick was complaining that these tents were too 'fussy' compared to the ones that they used in the military. Chloe was trying to boss everyone around but her high pitched squeaks were just annoying people.

Only one of the tents was properly set up by the time that Gail's car pulled in. Everyone subconsciously stopped what they were doing, silently watching to see who else was in the car. Gail and Holly got out of the car. They were both wearing jeans, casual t-shirts and walking boots. Holly opened the back door of the car and lifted out a young girl, resting her on her hip. She looked a lot like Holly. Her hair was long, dark and straight; she even had glasses like Holly's, which she pushed back onto her face with two fingers because they had slipped down her nose when Holly had picked her up. Her yellow fleece exactly matched her yellow trainers. "Everyone this is Holly, from forensics, and this is her niece, Becki." announced Gail, loud enough so that everyone could hear her, gesturing to each of them. Everyone said 'hi' and introduced themselves. Holly put Becki down on her feet so that she could say hello to Leo and Christian, but Becki scuttled to hide behind her, grabbing onto one of Holly's legs and one of Gail's, peering between them tentatively. The boys looked at her silently for a few seconds, then Leo said,

"Do you want to play tag?" Becki looked up at Holly and Gail, who both smiled and nodded, so she ran through their legs and tapped Leo on the shoulder,

"You're it!" she giggled as she ran away, turning her head to see his reaction.

Everyone silently watched the children playing for a few minutes, smiling at their joy. "Right," said Chris, clapping his hands, "Let's try again with these tents." Chris and Christian's tent was set up, but not fully pegged out. All the other tents were in various states of attempted assembly. There were poles lying everywhere and bits of canvas sticking up at strange angles. Holly laughed as she surveyed the scene.

"Do any of you actually know how to put up a tent?" she asked, a huge grin on her face.

"Yes!" insisted Chris and Nick, at exactly the same time that Chloe, Dov, Andy and Traci said "No!"

Holly tied back her hair into a ponytail in a very business-like manner. She picked up one of the tent canvases and started directing everyone. The next three tents went up incredibly quickly after that. Gail didn't do very much work. She stood back, with half an eye on the kids who were still running around having fun, the rest of her watching the progress of the tents with a small smile. Every few minutes Holly would look over at her and give her a smile, sometimes a wink. Although Holly was giving orders, she wasn't doing it in a bossy way, and everyone clearly liked her. She was really good with people, unlike Gail. For a few seconds Gail wondered why she had put off introducing Holly to her friends for such a long time, but deep down she knew that it wasn't Holly she had been hiding, it was herself. Gail wasn't good at opening up and talking about her feelings; Peck's weren't. Two of Gail's ex's were on this trip; she still wasn't sure how they would react to the fact that Holly and Gail were an item. She also didn't know how obvious it was that they were more than friends.

"Are we done then?" asked Chris, surveying the tents that they'd pitched.

"One more." said Holly, opening the boot of Gail's car and pulling out the dark green bag. She carried it over to the space in which Gail was standing, "Come on honey, it's time for you to do some work." she bumped her hip against Gail's and handed her the bag. Gail pulled a pouty face, but she couldn't hold it when Holly kissed her on the nose, a smile broke out across her face. For a moment she was lost in Holly's eyes, but then suddenly she was aware that the others were all watching them, though she didn't turn to look at them. Instead, she leaned in and kissed her girlfriend. It was a brief, slightly awkward kiss due to the fact that she was holding a tent bag out in front of her so it got squashed between them. They pulled apart, slowly, but then Gail turned her head away from the others and looked at the floor, her face blushing red with embarrassment. Holly laughed silently, took the tent bag, dropped it on the ground, then took a step closer so that their bodies were touching, wrapped her arms around Gail's waist and pulled her tight for a deep, passionate kiss. She could feel Gail's red hot cheeks, and then she felt Gail's arms reaching up her back and holding her tight, relaxing further into the kiss.

"Eeewww," whined Leo, "kissing is gross!" Everyone burst into laughter, including Gail who buried her head in Holly's neck, even more embarrassed. Holly was laughing so much that she had to wipe tears from her eyes. Traci scooped Leo up and kissed him on his forehead, whispering something in his ear.

"Can we put up this tent now?" Gail asked Holly's neck, rather mortified that she'd shown her soft side in front of these people. Holly laughed at her again, then took pity on her and unzipped the tent bag.

Everyone pitched in and so Gail, Holly and Becki's tent was up in just a few minutes. Nick and Chris dragged over some more logs, Holly got some folding chairs out of the back of Gail's car, while Chloe and Andy tried to light a fire; it took them several attempts but soon they got it going. Then Nick and Andy hauled themselves onto one of the logs, Chloe was perched on Dov's lap on one of the chairs. Traci and Chris sitting one another of the logs with Christian and Leo who were having raucous thumb wars. On the third log Gail was resting her head on Holly's shoulder, still pretty embarrassed by their earlier show of affection, but enjoying spending time with Holly outside the morgue or Holly's apartment. Becki was investigating a dandelion in the grass nearby; she was picking off each individual seed and examining it carefully before blowing it away. When most of the seeds were gone she rushed over to Gail and Holly, "Look, Aunty Hols, Aunty Gail," she said, excitedly brandishing the remaining plant, "it's dotty!" she pointed at the marks that the seeds had left in the head of the flower. Holly took the stem and examined it, smiling.

"You are turning into a very clever scientist just like your Aunty!" said Gail, picking Becki up and putting her on her lap. Becki smiled and laughed. Gail bopped her gently on the nose with her finger, making a little popping noise as she did so. This made Becki laugh even more and she reached up and poked Gail's nose. Gail faked shock, then she started tickling the little girl who squirmed and squealed with laughter. Holly was watching them,

"And you, my love," she said to Gail, her smile wide and bright, "are turning soft." Gail looked jokingly offended,
"Me? Gail Peck? Never!" she said, then laughing and kissing Holly on the cheek, and Becki on the forehead. She didn't blush this time though. The others looked on in amazement and confusion as they saw their normally cold, harsh, colleague acting so out of character.

Just then Holly's phone beeped. "It's Jacob," she said to Gail, "I think he's trying to call me but the signal is rubbish." She reached to pick Becki off Gail's lap and sweeping her through the air like a plane until placing her on her hip, "Come on poppet, let's go and see if we can find some signal so that you can talk to daddy." Before wandering off, she gave Gail a quick peck on the cheek that left the blonde woman smiling sweetly. As soon as Holly and Becki were out of earshot, the others all burst into questions, talking over each other in excitement.

"You and Holly?"

"How long has this...?"

"She's female!"

"Why didn't you tell us?"

"How did we not notice?"

"We want all the details!"

This caused Gail's face to burn crimson again, but she still smiled. "We met at a crime scene – the Robbie Robbins murder – I got assigned to stay with the body at the lab. We talked. It was nice. Then I didn't have anyone to go to Frank and Noelle's wedding with so I asked her, you know, just as friends, and we went. It was really fun. Normally I hate weddings but Holly, she kind of made it bearable." Gail babbled quickly. Initially she shifted uncomfortably, embarrassed, but then she got on a roll. "We were sitting in the closet, ironically, and she kissed me. We'd both had a lot of champagne and it was just a tiny peck, but, I don't know, it felt… different somehow." She smiled, reliving the feeling. "One night we were in the Penny and she was there with some girl, on a date. I didn't really know why but I was suddenly angry – well jealous I guess – it was that night that we were all doing trivia and I got really drunk." Chris and Dov nodded, remembering the amount of alcohol that Gail had consumed that night and the state she had ended up in. "Then she heard about the Kevin Ford shootings so she made some excuse to come and see me. She got really worried when she found out that I'd been shot at and she wanted me to stay in the station so that I wasn't in any danger. It's lucky that I didn't really. She started babbling about how that date she went on was stupid and meant nothing, so I kissed her." She slowed down her story. "You know when you do something and you didn't plan to do it, and you don't actually realise that you are doing it until halfway through. It was like that. One second she was talking, and then we were kissing." She paused for a minute, savouring the memory. "It was amazing." The other women were all smiling at the description, it was amazing to see Gail so happy. Chris and Nick both looked a little uncomfortable. "But then it was such a crazy day and she came and saw me in main office later and I upset her because my brother was there, and other people were around, so I didn't let her hold my hand. That was stupid. She was really worried about me. She just wanted some reassurance that I was going to be ok." Gail looked down at her lap. The others saw a flash of shame on her face. "But I called her when we all went to the hospital. I was so good to see her. She made me feel safe again. I introduced her to Steve! When we knew that Chloe and Sam were going to be ok, she dropped me back at our apartment, but I didn't like being there on my own so I went over to hers, drunk a lot, then started freaking out and cut off all my hair. Even when I was so upset, and really losing it, she made me feel beautiful." Andy, Traci and Chloe audible 'ahh'ed at this, and Gail gave them a small, embarrassed, smile. "She's really special guys." Said Gail, her tone changing slightly, "I've never felt like this before. Sorry," she said, realising that Chris and Nick were there.

"Don't apologise," said Nick, unusually softly, "I'm really glad that you're happy."

"I am." Said Gail, trying to contain her smile.

"We can tell!" laughed Chris. Everyone looked at Gail's red cheeks and the smile that filled her eyes as well as her lips, and laughed with him.

"Gail was just telling us the story of you two," said Traci as Holly walked back over carrying Becki.

"Did she tell you about the baseball incident?" said Holly, grinning cheekily.
"Noooo!" shouted Gail, burying her head in her hands. Becki ran over to Leo and Christian who had got bored of all the talking so were now running around playing a game. Holly sat down really close to Gail, raising her eyebrows at her,

"I can't believe you left this story out!" She turned to look at the rest of the group, "It's hilarious!"

The way that Holly told them all about Gail's catastrophic attempt at baseball demonstrated to them all, if they hadn't noticed already, how completely in love the two women were. It was fantastically fascinating to see the interactions between them and hear the way that Holly described the woman that they all thought they knew. This group of officers were Gail's closest friends, but none of them had seen this side of her before. They'd known her when she was with Chris, and when she was with Nick, and when she was single, but they'd never seen her so happy, so relaxed. They had always just chalked it up to Gail being Gail. She was a Peck - her family was legendary; they was incredible cops, they were ambitious and determined and they didn't let emotions get in the way; that kind of upbringing has a big effect on someone. But clearly Gail just needed to find the right person. With Holly Gail laughed, and smiled, and blushed; was gentle, and soft, and loving; and Holly was just the same. Then Gail made some harsh comment at Chloe and it was clear that Gail was still Gail, the cranky smartarse that they all knew so well.

I hope you enjoyed it. Let me know what you think! :)

Edit: I've had so many really nice comments that I'm thinking about extending this story so keep your eye out for more. Thanks for the reviews so far! :)