Roughing It:

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Tori watched Zig with wide eyes as he placed his tent down onto the dirt.

"What do you mean if there was a tent Zig? Don't you need tents to camp?"

Zig simply shrugged his shoulders.

"We never could afford a tent," he said bluntly as Tori gave him a sweet nod. She was practically born with a silver spoon in her mouth and sometimes she'd forget just how poor her boyfriend had been.

"Also," Zig added, "I thought sleeping under the stars would be romantic."

"Romantic," Tori repeated wondering in what world being eaten by bugs or worse out in the open wilderness would be romantic. Okay sure it wasn't the wild however the local campground was a ways away from civilization and it was clearly apparent that her idea of romance was a far cry from his.

Zig simply nodded as he finished setting up his bag and took a seat besides Tori gently wrapping his arm around her.

"You seem upset."

Tori just sat there silent. Of course she was upset. She didn't want to spend the next 24 hours give or take in such a primitive nature. Watching as Zig began to gaze at the clouds obviously avoiding the awkward silence, he soon tilted his head to look at her.

"Hungry?"

"Famished," Tori said as she could feel her stomach rumbling however she had no clue as to what they'd be eating. "However if you expect me to fish and forage for my own food I'd rather starve."

"No fishing or foraging…." Zig spoke as he opened up his bag and pulled out a package of hot dogs as a smirk crossed his lips, "at least not for this meal."

Rolling her eyes a bit as processed food was not her normal diet Tori let out a sigh thinking that at least she didn't have to break a nail catching something and decided to settle as Zig made a camp fire with ease and began to hold one dog over it with a stick while handing Tori one for her to do the same.

It wasn't as tedious and gross as Tori though and once the hot dog was fully cooked she had to admit it tasted rather delicious then again she knew that at that point twigs and berries would of equally felt like a four coarse meal.

"Now what?" Tori asked finishing the meal, "I mean I'm sure you have some kind of activities planned for us."

Zig nodded. He did however he could tell his idea of fun wasn't the kind that Tori had in mind however he wasn't planning on backing down now.

"Well," he said snuffing out the fire, "since it's too early for marshmallows and ghost stories…"

At his comment Tori rolled her eyes at just how cliché it sounded.

"I was thinking maybe we could fish…..or maybe lie down and just look at the clouds."

The only fish Tori liked were the kind served to her on a plate at a restaurant and so she reached over and placed her blanket on the ground and lay down on it motioning for Zig to join her.

Cloud gazing was much more her speed anyway as she had loved to just lie down on the grass and do this activity ever since she was a girl. It was one of those random low maintenance things little to know people knew about.

"Okay what do you see?" Tori asked.

"I see a fish," Zig said pointing to a cloud.

Tori tried to see what he saw and rolled her eyes it didn't look like a fish at all and a pout crossed her lips.

"Are you just trying to tell me you hoped that I picked the former?"

Zig just sat in silence.

"Anyway I think it looks more like the head of a unicorn."

"Unicorns aren't real."

"I know that," Tori said as her eyes looked toward a gray cloud in the distance. "Zig…you don't think it's going to rain do you."

Zig shook his head.

"The forecast said it was sunny and bright out….anyway I think that one looks like a rabbit."

Tori nodded.

"Agreed."

They played the cloud game for a bit more before Zig suggested that they stretched and took a small walk. Tori agreed so long as she didn't need to get her hands dirty and as Zig assured her that she wouldn't she stood up making sure her laces were tied as she followed Zig around.

She tried her hardest not to complain about the bugs she would shoo away every so often during the half hour they hiked around before reaching their camp ground again. The sky darker then when they left however it was clear that it wasn't due to the hours ticking by as soon a light drop of water fell upon them…. And another…and another….

"Sunny and bright," Tori said with an annoyed tone in her voice as she gathered her things keeping things as dry as she could before holding her pack over her head like an umbrella while Zig just took a seat on the muddying ground.

"You can't be serious."

Zig sat in silence not saying a word as Tori let out a sigh pulling out her cell phone glad that she at least had a couple of bars despite the weather and the seclusion of the camp site.

"Maya hey," she spoke into the phone after dialing a number…."yea I'm with Zig…..yea we're camping….yes I know it's raining…..do you think that maybe Katie could talk to Jake about picking us up and taking us to his cabin…..I know it's random but can you…..you're a godsend…"

Hanging up the phone, Tori walked over toward Zig with a smile.

"Tell me I'm the best girlfriend ever."

"And why would I be doing that?" Zig asked trying to light another fire despite the rain preventing him from doing so.

"Jake is going to pick us up and take us to his cabin….that way we can still camp out however we can be protected from the elements."

"Best girlfriend ever," Zig said as he flashed a smile getting up off the wet ground to give Tori a nice big hug.

TBC

Yea I kind of faltered on this fic…I hope you still like it and I hope to do at least one chapter at the cabin…anything you wish to see in this one of Do You Believe In Magic would be loved.