Camping Trip – Chapter One

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She frowned in disappointment as she looked around at her surroundings. She stopped and let the other's pass… she set her heavy shoulder bag down onto the dirt and let out a frustrated shriek. The others stopped also and turned their body's to face the brunette.

The blonde young man stepped toward her, wrapping a comforting arm over her drooped shoulder. "Relax Ace," he cooed gently in her ear.

Rory Gilmore looked into the eyes of the blond playboy and glared. "You said it would be fun… you said I was going to have a good time."

He laughed silently, "And you will," he grinned boyishly.

"We're in the wilderness," she observed, sighing at the numerous trees hovering over the group. She noticed that his friends, who were paces ahead of them, had stopped.

"So we are," he mimicked her by looking around at their surroundings.

"What are we doing here?" she asked him this question over and over again as she let him guide her back to where the three sat.

"We're being adventurous," Logan joined his friends and sat down on the sprawled picnic blanket.

Rory leaned against a tall tree and watched the four friends. Each sat cross-legged on the red chequered blanket, her eyebrows rose as one reached into one of the many backpacks for a bottle of red wine. Her mouth was agape as he poured the alcoholic drink into all of their expecting wine glasses. They all acted as if this was normal. Which totally is not, her mind screamed. Logan Huntzberger, Colin Worthington, Finn Morgan and Stephanie Millar were not the type of people to go off frolicking in the woods to have fun. Their idea of fun would be a resort in the Bahamas… or in Fiji… or their own little island off the coast of Jamaica… or anything else as extravagant. Not camping… certainly not camping.

"Earth to Ace…"

Rory snapped out of her delusional thoughts, "Yes?"

"Do you want some or not?" the Australian smirked, holding up the bottle of merlot.

Rory declined.

Finn shrugged, "Suit yourself. More for us!"

She continued to lean against the tree, drowning in her sorrows. She hated camping… she hated the wilderness… hell, she hated nature in general. So what am I doing here? Her mind screamed questioningly.

Her blue eyes looked down at the dirt and she kicked a rough patch roughly. She watched, in disdain as the dirt covered her shoe.

"Can you four explain just one thing for me?"

"Sure," Colin quipped, finishing off his wine.

"Why me? I was perfectly content in my dorm room reading my book. And then you four kidnap me and bring me here."

"Kidnap you?" Logan questioned, his eyes dancing with mirth.

"Yes, you brought me here against my own will."

"As I recall Ace, you got in the car willingly. No one forced you to go."

"Okay so you guys didn't kidnap me… but you certainly lured me into going in that car."

"How?" Stephanie chuckled at the brunette's actions.

"You," Rory pointed to Logan "Knew my weakness. And you told these three and… and… you knew I wouldn't be able to resist four Venti sized coffees!"

"My idea," Finn waved his hand into the air, dancing gleefully.

Rory glared at the tall Australian. "If it weren't for your accent, you would be classified as evil in my books."

"Yes love, the accent is the sole reason that I am still with all of you today."

"He's not joking," Stephanie replied, patting Finn on his back. "The Australian accent's gotten him out of extremely sticky situations."

Rory laughed as Finn, Colin and Logan adamantly nodded, agreeing with the blonde's comment.

"Alright!" Finn clapped his hands happily, "Now that that matter is settled, let us all pack up and continue this adventurous trek through this vast area of beautiful land!"

"He's drunk," Logan whispered, his hand found Rory's waist.

"I noticed," Rory whispered back, amused by Finn's antics.

The Australian was now gaily skipping past the group, ducking under low tree trunks and expertly dodging trees from left to right.

Logan's hand still rested on Rory's waist as they watched the three walk far ahead of them. He grinned at her and took her shoulder bag and tossed it over his own. Rory grinned graciously as they continued to walk at a slow pace.

"So Huntzberger… camping?" her voice broke his train of thought.

He laughed at her question, "Yes, camping."

"Why camping?"

Logan shrugged, "It was Finn and Colin's idea. Apparently, they never went camping as kids and they wanted to experience everything there is to experience."

"And Stephanie… how did you get her to go along with this?"

"Easy… what coffee if to you is like what Steph's credit cards mean to her."

"I'm not following."

"Let's just say that Colin confiscated all of her credit cards and are now safely resting with his unmentionables."

"So that's why he's been walking funny… I just thought he was tired."

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"And we're here!" Finn gleefully announced, setting his bags down.

Colin joined his friend's over jubilant antics and he too set his heavy bags down.

Stephanie rested beside Finn, blatantly ignoring Colin and waiting for the other two to arrive.

Logan and Rory arrived shortly after the three. Logan joined his friends and Rory stood in awe. She found herself standing in front of a reasonable sized cabin… well, she thought, reasonable for those four. This cabin far surpassed the size of her house in Stars Hollow. She shook her head, biting back a grin as she continued to explore the place with her sapphire eyes. I should have expected this…

"Well love, are you comin'?"

Rory's eyes found the entrance of the beautiful cabin and noticed three of the four had gone inside. The only one left was Finn Morgan. Rolling his eyes at her not having answered his question, he jogged to where she stood and casually draped his arm over her shoulder.

"Honestly sweetheart, what did you expect? Tents? Sleeping Bags?"

Rory nodded sheepishly.

Finn let out a snort, "You haven't seen anything yet. Let's step inside, shall we?"

She nodded once more, noticing that his arm still was wrapped around her shoulder.

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AN: Erm… how was it? Good? Bad? Extremely pitiful?

Yes, this is a new story from yours truly. I don't know how long it will be… so many ideas are still swirling in my mind with this one.

Right now, I'm meaning for this story to be PDLD (Finn/Rory)… but that can all change depending on how I want this story to go. Who knows, I can bring in an unexpected, but beloved Bible Boy into the mix… oooh so many tasty pairings… but alas, only one will prevail!

Please review… I'd love to hear your thoughts.