He went on vacation to Las Vegas with his family. He had gotten the tickets as a Christmas present and Rachel couldn't stand the idea of him going away - especially to Vegas of all places. The day after he left, Rachel broke her ankle, and when he texted her when he got to California asking her how her weekend had went she told him what had happened and the entire rest of the time he was gone, he kept telling her he wished he was home to help her and Rachel wondered just how much he missed her.