Sabrina had been dating Patrick for a month now and even though they still had to deal with Britt and the bombshell she had dropped on them. They were incredibly happy together, she couldn't remember a time when she had felt like this before. She had never dreamed he would return her feelings, but he had. She knew that things with Britt had been stressing him out lately and wanted to do something to take his mind off things at least for a while.
So she had come up with a brilliant plan. They would get away for a few days, someplace where Britt couldn't bother them. She had already interrupted a few of their dates and she could see how hard this all was on Emma. The poor girl had already been told she was going to be a big sister and then had that all taken away only to have Britt change her mind at the last minute. She had been asking a lot of questions lately in a bid to understand what was happening but how could you explain the situation to an eight year old.

Patrick had already agreed that a short trip away was just what they all needed at the moment. So they had planned a weekend camping trip for just the three of them. Sabrina was excited about the trip, she had been camping quite a bit when she was little and it had always been a blast.

She pulled into the driveway just as Emma and Patrick were loading their stuff into the car. "Sabrina!" Emma called as she opened the door.

"Hey sweetie you excited for our camping trip?" She said bending down to pull her into a hug.

"Ya it's gonna be so fun."

"Hey," Patrick said walking up to them and kissing her on the cheek. "You ready to hit the road?" He asked wrapping his arm around her shoulders.

"Yes I just need to grab my stuff out of the trunk," she said as she opened the trunk of her car. He helped her load her stuff into the back of his car and they all climbed in for the ride to the campground. She was glad they would finally have some time together without interruptions, it was just what they needed.

Arriving at the campground they pulled the tent out of the back of the car and rolled it out onto the ground so they could it the poles in. Sabrina showed Emma how to put the poles together as Patrick did the other side and soon they had the tent set up. They had found the perfect spot that was shaded by trees, close to the water and a hiking trail. They unloaded the rest of their stuff and Emma had climbed into the tent to set up her sleeping bag insisting that she got to sleep in the middle so she could be by both of them.

"It's nice to be able to spend some time together, alone. I feel horrible for having to cancel some of our dates because of this thing with Britt."

"I understand why you had to, Patrick. But I think you really needed some time to get away and sort through your thoughts and spend some time with Emma."

"And you...I know this has been hard on both of you." He said tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear and cupping her cheek in his hand.

She smiled at him, "Emma especially."

"This is exactly what we all needed, no interruptions." He said as he put his arms out to indicate their surroundings.

"Daddy, Sabrina are we going on the hike now?" Emma asked as she crawled out of the tent and saw them kissing by the picnic table.

They pulled apart and looked at her, "Yes we can go on the hike now."

The trail led through the trees and the further they walked the thicker the trees became around them, Emma was skipping ahead of them on the trail as they followed at a slower pace. He held her hand in his swinging their arms as they walked, "It's so nice out here."

"I used to love coming out here, it's nice to be back."

"Has Emma ever been camping before?" She asked as Emma picked up a stick and tossed it down the path.

"No this is her first time."

"I used to go camping a lot as a kid but I haven't been in a while." She said as they turned down another path.

"With your parents or your Aunt and Uncle?" He asked looking at her as she released his hand to smack a mosquito that landed on her arm.

"Neither I was in Girl Guides."

"Really? So your always prepared?" He joked.

"Yes as a matter of fact I am unfortunately I forgot my bug repellent." She said hitting another mosquito landed on her.

"I think I left it back at camp, do you wanna go back and get it?" He asked her.

"Naw it's alright.

An hour later they arrived back at camp, unfortunately going without bug repellant was not an option for Sabrina because for some reason bugs were attracted to her. He wasn't even bit once and she had quite a few mosquito bites that were already beginning to itch. "Are you sure your not wearing any perfume?" He asked as she scratched her arm.

"No I didn't wear any today."

"Stop scratching your just going to make it worse," He said pulling he hand away with a laugh. "Maybe the mosquitos know how sweet you are," He told her making her smile.

"They totally singled me out here, you and Emma didn't get bit at all," she said pouting a little.

"Aw come here you." He said pulling her in for a hug.

They had hotdogs that night that they cooked over the fire Patrick got going for them. Emma held her stick with the hot dog over the flame, slowly turning it like they told her to. But it quickly caught on fire and fell off the stick into the fire. "Oh no."

"Oh here sweetie take this one," She said handing over her stick.

"But that's yours."

"It's alright I'll get a new one."

After dinner the sun was starting to go down and it was starting to get colder. Patrick noticed Sabrina shiver a little as a breeze passed through. She watched as he got up and disappeared into the tent, coming back with one of his sweatshirts he draped it over her shoulders. "Oh thank you." She said as he sat down next to her.

Emma got up and walked over to where Sabrina was sitting and climbed into her lap. "You getting tired sweetheart?" She asked cuddling the little one closer.

"No." She answered but Sabrina knew it wouldn't be long before she was out.

"How about we make some s'mores?" Sabrina asked as she showed Patrick the bag she had brought. He took out the bag of marshmallows and chocolate bars.

"What's a s'more?" Emma asked. Looking up at her.

"You've never had one. Oh Emma they are so good you toast a mashmellow and then put a piece of chocolate on top and put it between these graham crackers here."

"I want one."

Sabrina helped Emma make one as Patrick made his beside them, "Alright you ready for this little miss." She asked as Emma took a big bite getting chocolate on her face.

"Yum this is good." She said shoving the rest into her mouth.

"Woah, slow down there." Patrick said laughing.

"Can I have another one?" Emma asked hoping down from Sabrina's lap.

"No I think ones enough for tonight you can have another one tomorrow, ok." Patrick told her. "It's bedtime for you little one." He said handing Sabrina the stick her was using to roast the marshmallow.

"I want Sabrina to tuck me in too," Emma said as he walked her to the tent. Sabrina smiled and leaned the stick up against her chair as she followed them into the tent. Emma crawled into her sleeping bag and Patrick leaned down to kiss her. "We have lots of stuff the do tomorrow, so get some sleep. Night baby."

"Night daddy. Night Sabrina," Emma said as she reached out to hug Sabrina.

"Goodnight Emma." She said hugging her back. Once she closed her eyes the two of them quietly left the tent and went back outside to the fire.

Patrick sat down in his chair as Sabrina came to sit in hers beside him, he pulled her into his lap. "Did you have fun today, besides the mosquitos attacking you." He asked wrapping his arms around her tightly.

"Yes did you?"

"Of course i spent it with you and Emma," he said pressing a kiss to her lips. After they pulled apart her reached out and grabbed the stick with the marshmallow still attached and held it over the fire. When it was done he sandwhiched it between two graham crackers and added the chocolate and he was about to take a bite when she said, "Are you gonna share?"

He smiled and shoved the smore into her mouth with a laugh. She had chocolate and marshmallow all over her face, even some on her nose. "You look cute like that."

"Oh really." She said trying to wipe some of it off. He leaned in and kissed her tasting the s'more from her lips.