The next day was just as gorgeous as the previous one had been. The group decided to go to the beach, and Lucy said she knew the perfect one. They all piled into Lucy's and Tristan's cars, and headed to North Bar Beach, about half an hour away from Traverse City. They stopped and got snacks and sandwiches, and batteries for the portable boom box. Then, they went to the beach.

"This is gorgeous" thought Rory. The beach was accessible through a path that led from the parking lot to North Bar Lake. There was a channel where the warm North Bar Lake joined the frigid Lake Michigan waters. Waves crashed on the sand on the Lake Michigan side of the beach, which is where the group set up their stuff. Mini sand dunes separated one lake from the other. The beach wasn't that crowded yet, as it was only ten o clock, but Lucy warned them that it soon would be. She, Rory, and Tristan took the other beach blanket they had brought, and went to stake some claim on the North Bar side of the dunes. The group had brought along some rafts, floats, the large tube, a portable air compressor to blow up all this stuff, fun noodles, goggles, etc, the jet-skis, and for some reason unknown to the rest of the group, Lucy had packed a mini trampoline in the trunk of her car. She dragged it to the North Bar side of the lake.

"Watch" she said, when Rory asked what it was for. She proceeded to set it up on the shore, next to the lake, in front of the tallest dune. She then climbed the dune, ran down it, and jumped off of the trampoline, into the water. She surfaced, laughing delightedly.

"Try it!" she said. "The lake's really deep after the first foot or so, and it's just like hopping off of a diving board, only more fun. Rory and Tristan grinned and raced each other to the top of the dune. Tristan let Rory win. She took a deep breath, ran down the dune, and jumped off the trampoline. "That was great!" she said. "I'm gonna go see what everyone else is doing."

Lucy and Tristan said they'd go with her. When Rory professed nervousness about leaving everything where it was, Lucy grinned and said it was fine.

"No one will touch the blanket or cooler or anything, but bring your beach bags where you can keep an eye on them. You never can be too careful." That said, the trio left the blanket and everything else on the sand, grabbed their beach bags, and hiked over to where the rest of the gang was.

By then it was about eleven o clock, and the beach was getting a lot more crowded.

"Now I see why we came early" said Tristan, glad that they had already claimed some space on both sides of the beach.

Lucy waded into Lake Michigan delightedly. Rory tentatively stuck her foot in, and then drew it back out. "It's cold!"

Lucy was already diving into the waves.

"Come on, sissies! It's not that bad!"

Mona and Sarah were reading fashion magazines on the blanket. "Later" they said. Danni and Tristan ran in and swam out to join Lucy. Rory waded in slowly, and then discovered it wasn't that bad after a while. Her body just kind of got numb. The rest of the gang had been informed about the delights of the trampoline and had run over to try it.

For the entire day, they swam, laughed, and had fun. They played volleyball, played with all of the toys they had brought, Jet-skied in Lake Michigan and decided they would never have a better jet-skiing experience, and jumped off the trampoline numerous times. At about six o clock, they reluctantly packed everything up. They decided to take a driving tour of the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes. This involved basically just driving around to various checkpoints, admiring the view, and taking lots of pictures. So they changed into dry clothing, and headed off.

After doing the tour of the dunes, they decided to stop for dinner. They went to Friendly's Tavern in Empire, and had a delicious dinner. Then, they left Empire and headed back toward Traverse City. First, though, Lucy led them to get ice cream at a place called Moomer's. After they had each gotten out of their respective cars, Lucy explained that this place made the best (American) ice cream they would ever have. (The best ice cream period is Italian ice cream. If you get a chance to have some gelato, I highly recommend you take it.)

"They make the ice cream right here" Lucy explained, pointing to the cows grazing in the field about thirty yards away.

The minute those words were said; everyone rushed in to get some ice cream. They ate it at picnic tables outside, and watched the cows. Then, they went back to the cabin for some fun: a Gilmore-style movie night with a twist.

Earlier in the day, everyone had chipped in and paid Rob a hefty amount of money to buy the teens alcohol. They got back to the cabin and dug into tons of alcohol and junk food. Rory and Amanda both declined the alcohol, but Rory soon got into it due to peer pressure (Rory probably wouldn't give in to peer pressure, but just play along for the story's sake).

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The others had gone to bed, but Rory and Tristan were still up, watching 'Grease'. By then they were both a little drunk, and they got up and performed along with the TV.

"I got chills, they're multiplying…" sang Tristan, rather off-key.

"You're the one that I want" Rory and Tristan both sang along. They got closer and closer. Suddenly, their lips met in a passionate kiss.

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