Luke awoke feeling warm and fuzzy inside. It was really early and the first rays of sun were only just beginning to light the dim tent. It was about 5.45 Luke guessed the same time he woke every morning; a breakfast crowd waits for no man. He looked down at Lorelai who was still peacefully sleeping a small smile gracing her lips. His arms were still around her tight and he knew he could not move without waking her. He decided rather than attempting to move and having to dash madly to make coffee before she killed him, he would just let her sleep. She would wake up soon enough, even Lorelai would not be able to block out the sun once it had fully risen. He still felt a great peace and contentment at just holding her and remembering there late night chat. He smiled as he thought about the game and her thinking his snoring was a bear. He loved the fact that they had just enjoyed spending time together.

"Luke" Lorelai said as she woke slowly from her sleep.

"Good morning Lorelai" he replied

"Morning Luke, good morning if you get me coffee"

"Yeah ok I'll go make you a cup of coffee, who would I be to try and change your addicted ways and ruin your morning. Therefore ruining your image of camping"

"Thank you Luke but what are you still doing here?"

"Umm well I kind of need my arms back before I can go make your precious cup of life"

"Ok, right, sure" she said considering keeping him there but realising he would see it as very unusual if she did not let him go. He knew how much she liked and needed coffee and deciding that having him there was better than coffee might be construed as more than friendly. She instead let him go feeling a little bit empty and releasing a internal sigh, she distracted herself form this by watching him leave.

"Here you go" he said retuning about ten minutes later with a large cup of steaming coffee.

"Thanks" she said taking a sip and letting out a soft sigh. "Wow I know this proberly sounds strange but I think this tastes better than normal. Just the fact that I was able to wake up in a tent and still have coffee brought to me makes it taste more earned. I feel like I have been rewarded for spending a night in the wild." That and the fact that I now have thing for the guy who made it and thinking about him being all primal over a campfire makes me shiver, she thought to herself.

"Ok Lorelai whatever. I dropped some coffee into Rory and Paris as well, there whole get up with the sun thing didn't quite go as they planned. Now with coffee perhaps they will be able to getup within the next half hour"

"Wow you really are a little bush boy aren't you, not only do you enjoy the bush but you go out of the way to make others enjoy it too."

"If you are trying to tell me I am considerate don't you'll ruin my image. I am just doing what any other man who took you camping would do."

"Stop there Luke or I will call you sweet; the point is no man has ever taken us camping before. Now go don't you have some breakfast or something to cook?"

"Yeah, it will be ready in bout 20 minutes, once you feel awake and alive, like when the coffee has set in come out and get it."

"How do you know I won't be there before it is ready?"

"Because I know you" Luke replied leaving Lorelai again feeling a little empty. Nothing had changed between them everything was still the same she reasoned with her self. Then why did she feel like this when Luke left the tent? Why did she feel as if this morning she didn't need coffee because she had, had the best sleep ever? Why did she want to go out and watch Luke make breakfast? Why did she now all of a sudden just want Luke? Something had changed last night her feelings. Last night had made her realise that she didn't want anyone to be with her best friend Luke she wanted Luke to be her best friend in every sense of the word. She didn't just want him to be there when she needed him she wanted him to be there all the time. She wanted to have him hold her every night like he had last night. She wanted her Luke to really be her Luke and no one else's. But he couldn't be, Luke and her already had a great relationship and she didn't want to ruin there friendship, even if she did love him, friendships last forever that would have to be enough.

Luke thought of Lorelai back in the tent as he carefully flipped the pancakes. He had wanted so much to stay with her but last night would have to be enough. Nothing had changed, he still loved her and she still saw him as her best friend. He didn't have the guts to admit his feelings only to be shot down by her, she would never feel the same way, how could she? She was the most beautiful woman in Stars Hallow, in the world and he was an aging diner man with bad fashion, a receding hair line and short temper. She and Rory were the only people he would do anything for, they brought out the best in him and he felt good when they were around. That was enough, it would have to be enough, it had always been enough, last night changed nothing.

"Morning Mom" Rory greeted as her mother exited the tent to join the crowd by the fire "How did you sleep?"

"Great thanks I actually think I had the best sleep I had in a long time. I feel fantastic but the fact I was given coffee without having to get up could also account to that."

"Your lucky, turns out Paris not only snores but also talks in her sleep. I woke up several times thinking there was a wild animal in the tent."

"My tent mate snored too but I was actually quite nice once I got used to It, you know so loud it drowned out all the other bush sounds." She smiled at Luke as she said this remembering how it was his soft snoring that had got her to sleep.

"Ok" he said grinning at her statement of his snores being nice but wanting to keep his normal image up "so I was the only one there during the bear incident"

"Ha Mom you thought the snoring was a wild animal too, man we need to learn more about animal sounds."

"Ok enough talk of snoring who wants breakfast" Luke asked still trying to sound like his straight no nonsense self.

"Yummy dish them up bush boy" Lorelai grinned at receiving a glare from Luke and snorts of laughter from both Rory and Paris.

"O come on Luke" she continued "you didn't mind when I called you that this morning"

Again Paris and Rory laughed and Luke just chose to ignore the comment and started dishing up pancakes.

"MMMM they were yummy" Lorelai said as she finished her third helping of pancakes.

"Yeah thanks Luke" Rory and Paris both added looking at Luke to show him they appreciated his cooking.

"No problem guys" Luke said happy he could make the girls breakfast away for the busy diner.

"The food out here tastes so good I would have liked to stay another night" Lorelai chimed in.

"Yeah" Paris and Rory agreed.

"Another night wouldn't have been too bad I guess but we all have to get back to reality. How about I show you guy's a good swimming hole down the river and you can have a swim before we pack up. There is also not much food left for lunch so I thought I could take you guys out on the way home how does that sound?" Luke asked not knowing where his suggestion had come from.

"What" Lorelai asked apparently wondering weather she had herd correctly and Luke was volunteering to socialise over lunch.

"Swimming, Lunch" Luke stated again but now more in his normal manner.

"Sounds good to me" Rory said excitedly enjoying the time she was spending in the bush and the company she had.

Paris nodded and Lorelai responded with a bright smile thinking if Luke went swimming he would have to shed his shirt.

"Well here it is" Luke said 10 minutes later as they reached a deep swimming hole in a piece of calm river.

"It's really beautiful" said Lorelai surprised by the beauty and realising she hadn't really swam in a river much before.

Paris and Rory striped down to shorts and bras quickly, they hadn't really thought about swimming when packing but a bra was much like a bikini anyway. They slowly made there way into the water splashing each other and squealing until they finally found the nerve to go under. Luke and Lorelai stood on the bank watching for a while before Lorelai spoke.

"So it's pretty hot are you keen for a dip?"

"No thanks but you go ahead" Luke answered

"Oh come on Luke, how can I trust the water if bush boy doesn't?"

"I trust the water I just don't feel like being submerged in water like a bath, I'm more of a shower person"

"Fine" Lorelai said stripping off her shirt as the other girls had done and approaching the water.

Luke stood and watched as she did so he couldn't believe he had a topless Lorelai in front of him. Her back was so tanned and smooth and he could see her muscles ripple as she edged toward the water. She started to get in by dipping in her big toe then slowly retracting it and looking round to face him.

"Luke are you sure there are no big mean fish or things that bite or eat people in here?"

"Well it's a river of course there are but this is a safe swimming hole, no ones ever been killed here"

"So I could be attacked but if I die I'll be the first"

"Look Lorelai its fine look at Paris and Rory they aren't being eaten by fish are they? Most of the dangerous fish hunt at night but this part of the river doesn't have much food for them anyway. I have tried fishing here once and caught nothing so it is perfectly safe."

With Luke's reassuring Lorelai advances a little further into the water and is now standing in it at knee height. She takes a deep breath and slowly dives in letting the cool water wash over her. Luke thinks she looks like a mermaid her long hair streaming out behind her clear bubbles breaking on the surface of the water. Lorelai makes her way out to the girls and then returns to the shallows where she can talk to Luke. As she reaches the swallows a thought comes too her head. Before Luke realises what is happening he is being showered with water and Lorelai is grinning up at him.

"Lorelai" he says trying to sound angry "what's that for?"

"You just looked so hot sitting on the bank and you said you liked showers better then baths so you know" Lorelai said thinking to herself at the same time that it was a clever pun. He looked hot as in heated and hot as in mmmmmmmmm. She stopped her self before she let her thoughts get to far.

"Man" he said stopping mid sentence and looking down into the water worried look on his face.

"Quick Lorelai there's a fish"

With that Luke got the reaction he had hoped for Lorelai shot out of the water as fast as she could and threw her arms around Luke. The second part was unexpected but Luke put his arms around a hysterical Lorelai as he burst in laughter.

"Why are you laughing" she asked a little annoyed he thought her almost getting eaten by a fish funny.

"There was no fish I was just joking I wanted to get you back for the shower."

With that Lorelai hit him and Paris and Rory who were by this time also back on the bank due to the fish scare, laughed away nervousness, that the fish infested waters had brought on.

An hour later when all the gear was packed up and everyone had forgiven Luke the four jumped into the car and headed off.

"So where are we going for lunch" Lorelai asked her stomach rumbling on cue.

"Well there's a little restaurant not far from here I am sure you will like"

"Really? How far?" Lorelai questioned eager to feed the demanding gremlins in her stomach.

"Here we are now" Luke said pulling into a MacDonald's and finding a park.

"Yum you know us well" said Rory ad Lorelai in unison

"What are you going to eat 'Mr Red Meat was sent to kill'?" Lorelai inquired again

"They sell salads and stuff"

Another hour later after Lorelai and Rory had ordered and consumed massive amounts of food, that if Luke hadn't of known them well would have said they were buying just cause he was footing the bill and he and Paris had, had a respectable amount of food they all got back into the car and headed peacefully back to Stars Hallow and real beds.

Lorelai walked up to the diner and open the door as she had done every morning since forever. It had been a week since the camping trip and Rory was now on the school camping trip leaving Lorelai alone for a whole week. Things between her and Luke had been much the same since they had returned though she found herself finding more and more excuses to touch him and feel the softness and comfort of his skin against hers. Lorelai had also noticed that she had been taking more time to look at him and check him out as he walked away if you add to that the day dreams and night dreams you could pretty much say lots had changed for Lorelai but nothing had changed in there relationship.

"Hey" Luke greeted cheerfully as she entered.

"Hey" she replied smiling at him and taking a seat knowing her coffee would be there soon.

"Here you go anything else with that today?" Luke said handing her, her coffee and trying not to tremble as her hand grazed his. Nothing much had changed between him and Lorelai since the camping trip though it seemed that they touched more often though this could just be his imagination due to the fact that when they did touch he felt like he got a small electric shock a good one of course. Also he had been thinking of her more, her beautiful wet body as she ran from the water to his arms and the warm feeling of holding her.

"Hello Luke" Lorelai said pulling him form his thoughts.

"Sorry what was that" he asked realising she was expecting him to answer her question.

"We were off in space there for a minute weren't we? I was just asking if maybe I could take you out to dinner tonight to thank you for the camping trip."

"Uh yeah, you don't have to but that would be nice I guess" Luke said trying to hide his excitement of getting to spend a whole dinner alone with just Lorelai. Her company was great and they always found something fun to talk about even though Luke would proberly pretend the topic was dumb. He knew she could always tell he liked it that was the way they were.

"Great" she said smiling at him "how about you come by my house around 7 I promise I will take you out and am not attempting to cook"

"Sounds good" he replied

"Ok see ya then, bye"

"Bye Lorelai" he said a large grin spreading across his face as he watched her leave.

Lorelai too wore a wide grin. Wow I must be getting good she thought to herself mission impossible 2 complete.

Thank you for all the reviews and ideas sorry it took longer to update. I have been busy with summer holidays and didn't want to try and rush it. Keep the reviews and ideas coming as you can see I have tried to use some of the ideas and advice. Hope you like this chapter. If some of the stuff about swimming in the river is different than it should be sorry I tried not to make it too detailed because I have never been out of New Zealand so would have no idea what kind of rivers are in America. Anyway hoped you liked and you want me to update. :)