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A/N: Here's another chapter! Hope you guys like it!

Rory tugged on Jess's sleeve. "We must be there! Luke turned his turn signal on."

Jess laughed and gently removed her fingers from his sleeve. "I see that, Rory."

Rory blushed slightly. "Sorry. I'm just excited. I've never been fishing or camping or anything like that. Well, I mean, unless you count the time that mom and I arrived two hours before a shoe store opened so that no one would get all the best shoes in her size."

Jess laughed at this and kissed the back of Rory's hand, which he still held in his. "I don't think that's quite the same thing."

Rory just shrugged and pressed her nose to the glass, straining to get a glimpse of the lake through the thick trees that lined the road they were traveling down.

Jess just laughed again.

Lorelai was in the same pose as Rory, in the next car. Nose to the glass and eyes fastened to the fast passing scene.

Luke glanced over at her and, with an eye roll, turned the corner that brought the lake into full view and then squinted in anticipation of what he knew was coming next.

Lorelai squealed. Not just any squeal, the Lorelai squeal.

Luke winced and covered one ear with his hand. "Okay, if you're going to squeal at least wait until you get out of the car."

Lorelai bounced up and down on the seat. "Well then hurry up and stop this car, Mister!"

Luke sighed and pulled the car to a stop beside a tree. The sandy stretch of lakeshore a couple of feet away.

Lorelai hopped out and ran to the beach part as soon as he put the car in park. Luke sat still for a moment and watched her hopping around with a gleeful expression on her face.

Jess pulled up behind Luke and parked the truck, then turned and looked at Rory. "So what do you think?"

"It's beautiful. I wish I had the camera that Grandma and Grandpa gave me, but I forgot to pack it."

"Maybe your mom put it in with the stuff."

Rory shrugged. "Maybe so." She then grinned and hopped out of the truck, hurrying over to Lorelai.

"Hey, Daughter! Isn't this the most fabulous view?" Lorelai squealed.

Rory took a second look around and then nodded. "It's great. No wonder Luke disappears up here when he needs time to himself."

"And now we know were he goes!" Lorelai laughed, rubbing her hands together in mock glee.

Rory rolled her eyes. "Remember what I said. He comes up here when he needs time to himself."

Lorelai just laughed.

"Hey, you two. This is not the time for dancing on the sand. You need to come help unload all of this stuff." Luke hollered out from beside the bed of his truck. Jess was halfway in the jeep and halfway out, obviously trying to wrestle something out of the backseat.

Rory ran over to the jeep and opened the door across from Jess. "What are you doing?"

Jess looked up from the bag he was tugging on. "Your kidding right?"

"Sorry." Rory laughed and started pulling things out and carrying them to the places Luke pointed to.

Lorelai had managed to find her and Rory's tent and was undoing it.

Luke finished supervising the unloading of stuff and then turned to Lorelai who had somehow managed to get the bag holding the tent open, but was not succeeding in withdrawing it. Walking over he swiftly took it from her and pulled it successfully from the bag and started to go about assembling it, but Lorelai threw him a look and took it back from him. "I can set it up myself."

Luke let go and raised an eyebrow. "Fine."

Rory and Jess exchanged a look. "This should be interesting. I wonder how long it will take her to get it up?" Jess commented.

Rory shrugged.

Thirty minutes later, Lorelai was still struggling with it. Except now she had half of it up and half was still collapsed. "Why won't this pole go in!"

Luke stifled a laugh but kept his distance.

Lorelai finally huffed and dropped her shoulders. "Luke?"

"Yes?"

"I need help."

Luke smiled and walked over. "Yes?"

Lorelai pointed at the sad looking pile at her feet. "Can you fix it?"

"I'd be glad to." Was Luke's reply.

A few minutes later the bright pink tent was set up correctly and Lorelai started spreading blankets and pillows on their air mattresses.

Jess had gotten his and Luke's tent up long ago and was know setting about finding them something for dinner.

Later that night they all sat around the campfire and ate smores. At least everyone but Luke ate smores. Lorelai smiled at the stars twinkling in the sky and turned to Luke. "And you thought we couldn't handle camping."

Rory was about to laugh and agree when she spotted something moving out of the corner of her eyes. One word escaped in a scream, which caused both her and Lorelai to dive into their tent. "SQUIRREL!"

Luke looked over at Jess and then they both looked up at the squirrel that had run up a tree and out of sight. Then they looked at each other and burst out laughing.

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