Disclaimer: Nothings mine, unfortunately, except the plot

Rating: PG-13

Spoilers: Season 10

Authors Notes: I know this probably seems kind of boring so far. And, well it might be lol. I just want to get the story started before I go into anything heavy. If you think it sucks, tell me please so I don't waste time writing it for no one to read it lol. Thanks. All kinds of feedback is allowed.

One Big Happy

******** Saturday-5 am

"You ready Sam?" Luka called from the doorway of his apartment. They had spent the night there after dropping Alex off at Tommy's the night before.

"Yeah!" Sam replied, hanging up the phone and putting it back on the hook.

"How is he?" Luka asked her, as he closed the door. Taking her hand he led her down the stairs to the car.

"Fine, I guess. At least he said he's fine. I just hope he behaves." Sam nervously played with the hem of her shirt.

Luka smiled at her. He was falling in love and he knew it. Which kind of scared him. He'd only been in love with one person before, his wife, his Danjela. And now, there was Sam. They were standing in front of the passenger side door. He watched her bite her bottom lip and look up into his eyes. She was unsure. He knew her, unlike he had known anyone since his wife. He opened the door. Looking up into the grey-blue sky he kissed the top of her head. "He'll be okay. Don't worry." He saw the corners of her mouth turn up, into an almost smile as she got into the car. He closed the door and walked to his side. "Hvala" He whispered to the sky. Somehow he knew Danjela had sent her to him, he needed someone. He got into the drivers seat.

Sam turned towards the backseat and smiled. "Hey guys." Abby and Carter shifted at the sound of her voice. Abby smiled uncomfortably back at her. "So how are you two?" She tried to make small talk.

Carter cleared his throat. "Fine…fine. So I bet we should be going if we don't want to be late. How long, uh, does it take to get there again?"

Sam turned back around as the car started moving. "Two hours." She heard Luka answer him. She wondered what they would do for two hours, the uncomfortable silence was unnerving. "How about we play 20 questions?" She offered. She saw Carter look at Abby, who blushed when she realized they were looking at each other. Sam averted her gaze to Luka, who just chuckled and continued to watch the road. "Come on guys! It's better than just sitting here for two hours."

"Okay." Abby mumbled. Sam grinned, happy at least one person agreed to play.

"Yay! Okay, Thing." She turned back around to face Carter and Abby. Carter deep in thought, Abby decided to ask first.

"Does it have a specific colour?"

"I can't answer that"

"Is it mostly made up of one type of mineral?" Carter wondered.

"Yes"

"Wood?" Luka turned to look at her.

"No"

"Plastic?"

"Nope"

"Metal?"

"Yes"

They were all silent for a moment, deep in thought.

"Handcuffs?" Abby asked, looking out the window.

Sam laughed causing Carter and Luka to stare at her. Abby smirked at her and shook her head. "How did you know?"

Abby turned and looked out the window. "I don't… know." She looked back at Sam. The unsaid. And they laughed, leaving Luka and Carter to stare, confused.

"Did anyone have breakfast?" Luka asked, trying to change the subject.

Abby shook her head in reply. "No, coffee, but that's it. I wasn't hungry."

"Same here. I mean, only coffee." Carter glanced at Abby.

"Do you guys want to stop and grab something to eat? We haven't eaten either. I don't know about you all, but I'm getting kind of hungry." Luka offered.

"I'm starving, but won't Weaver be mad?" Sam looked to Luka for conformation.

Carter grinned. "Even better, where should we stop?"

Abby laughed at him. "Oh!" She pointed out the window, up ahead. "Look there's one of those Burger Kings with the huge ball pit!" Everyone looked to where she had pointed.

"Ball pit? Aren't you a little big for one of those?" Carter questioned.

"Live a little, will ya John? Besides, it's a huge ball pit, not like those ones at McDonalds that are connected to those plastic slides and tubes." Abby challenged.

He looked into her eyes, a smile playing on his face. "Let's go." He confirmed. Luka pulled into the parking lot.

Once inside Sam and Abby took off running towards the ball room. "Order us two large fries!" Sam called to them as she and Abby reached the glass doors.

"Fries?! At 5:30 in the morning?" Luka yelled back.

"Yes!" Abby answered as she closed the doors and jumped into the ball pit after Sam. They played there until Carter and Luka came out with their food.

"Having fun?" Luka asked, brushing wisps of hair out of Sam's flushed face. She nodded and sat down next to him, grabbing the containers of fries and handing one to Abby. They ate in almost silence until Carter stood up.

"Where you going?" Abby asked, silently cursing herself, she didn't have to know where he was every second.

Carter smirked at her, and fell backwards into the ball pit, causing her to laugh. "Join me?" He pleaded, sitting in the middle of the balls, pushing them around. She walked over to the pit and proceeded to fall backwards, like he had just moments before. He watched her. The smile on her face, the way she closed her eyes when her back hit the balls, the way she giggled when she finally landed. I gave this up? For Africa? It didn't seem like a fair trade. But he had Kem now. He had Kem to take her place. Take her place? He shook his head, trying to force the thoughts out.

Sam kissed Luka. "Mmmm, cinnamon." She whispered into his mouth.

"Mmmm, french fries." He whispered back, jokingly.

She swatted at his shirt. "Let's go play chicken." She stood up, dragging a confused Luka with her over to the ball pit. "Wanna play chicken?" Sam asked Carter, who is in the process of burying Abby.

" Sure" He grabbed Abby around the waste, pulling her up from under the mountain of balls.

"Abby, climb up on my shoulders" Sam insisted, crouching down, as Luka hoisted Carter onto his. "Okay, ready? Set…GO!"

Carter grabbed for Abby's hands, their fingers locked. He watched her try to push him, seemingly unaffected by their closeness. He laughed at her determination. Knowing he could easily push her over, he decided against it. He liked watching her, so determined, so pretty. Suddenly he felt himself falling backwards as she tried to remove her hands from his grip. He knew he and Luka were falling, he looked down, Sam was smiling, she had tripped them. Carter held onto Abby's hands tighter, if he was going down, so were they. Abby's face turned from pleasure to shock, when she realized she was going down too. She was still trying to yank her hands away from his when they finally crashed. Balls flew everywhere. She landed right on top of him, he broke her fall, wanting to protect her. Suddenly she was looking into his eyes, their hands still connected, her legs straddling his. He wanted to kiss her, her face was inches from his.

"Hey!" They all jumped, turning to look at the man behind the voice, standing with the door open. "You guys are too big to be playing in that! You have to be under 12!" The man said grouchily as he pointed to the rules sign. He waited there until they had all climbed out before he stalked back into the main restaurant.

"Busted!" Sam said in a sing-song voice as she grabbed her stuff to leave. Luka picked up the trash, disposing it into the trash can nearby. Abby stood there awkwardly, knowing what would have happened had the man not interrupted. She silently wondered if Sam and Luka knew too. Avoiding eye contact with Carter, she followed them back out to the car.

****7:02 am

"She musta been exhausted." Luka whispered as he watched Abby sleep against the car door window. Sam took his hand in hers and he kissed the back of it. She looked up into the rear view mirror, tilting it so she could see the back seat.

Carter looked out the window. Tree, tree, tree, tree. Middle of no-where. Fantastic. The middle of no-where with my ex-girlfriend, who quite possibly was the love of my life. Love of my life? His mind drifted to Kem. Or the love of my life? My soon to be fiancé, definitely, love of my life though? Maybe not. What did it really matter anyway? He looked to his left. She's so beautiful when she sleeps. He had forgotten. Almost. A strand of hair cascaded down the side of her cheek, almost waking her. He waited until she settled back down before he reached out. Using the back of his hand he brushed the hair off of her face. His hand lingered on her cheek for a moment. Her skin was as soft as he remembered it to be. Luka stopped the car, causing her eyes to flutter open. He yanked his hand quickly away, not wanting to get caught.

Sam looked away from the mirror, she didn't want Carter to know she'd seen the whole thing. Luka got out of the car and hurried over to her side, opening the door and helping her out. "We're here!" He boasted, pulling her in close to him. She leaned up, brushing her lips against his.

Carter cleared his throat. Sam turned and looked at the pair. Carter stood there, his hands behind his back, an amused expression covering his face. Abby, on the other hand, was looking uncomfortably down at her feet, using the toe of her shoe to kick up the dirt in front of her. "Right, let's go in, see if the others are here yet." Luka turned, leading them into the Lounge.

"Luka, John, Abby, Sam! You're late." Kerry Weaver greeted them as they walked through the doors. Everyone stood around, talking amongst themselves, obviously already checked in.

"Good Morning to you too Kerry." Carter said to her as he walked up to the desk.

"Don't get smart with me Carter, we have to spend the week together. Where were you guys?"

"We, uh, had to stop for gas." Luka jumped in. Although it wasn't true, she'd never know. She'd kill all four if she knew they were fooling around in the ball pit of a local Burger King.

"Go check in so we can do whatever it is we are supposed to do." Weaver turned away. Sam grinned at Carter who was watching Weaver walk away with a smirk.

"I still don't understand why I have to be here with all of your incompetent employees Kerry. I don't work in the ER."

"No, Robert, you don't work in the ER, but since you were so enthusiastic about making this camping trip happen, I thought it would be very cruel of me not to insist upon you coming along."

"Whatever would I do without you Kerry Weaver?" Romano rolled his eyes at her and turned away. "I'll be outside, listening to these people talk makes me feel like my IQ is dropping."

"Can't get any lower." Kerry mumbled as she watched him walk out the doors. "Okay…" Kerry turned and addressed her employees.

*** Abby/Carter Cabin 9:30 pm

She had avoided Carter most of the day, up until now, bed time. She couldn't avoid him here, they shared a cabin. She had wanted to kiss him in the ball pit, it felt so right, like it had before. If only the guy hadn't interrupted, who knows what would have happened? She thought. Abby pulled out her pajamas, trying to distract herself from the fact that Carter was just feet away. She went into the bathroom, undressing and dressing herself as she got ready for bed.

He watched her walk into the bathroom. Sitting down on his bed he sighed. "This was definitely going to be a long trip", he mumbled aloud. We hadn't even gotten here and I already tried to kiss her. I probably scared her. What would Kem think? Do I care? Yes. Of course I care. She's my fiance. And Abby is nothing. The thought scared him. Nothing? He rubbed his hand over his face. The bathroom door opened and Carter watched her as she walked out the front door.