The next morning, Itsuki watched Haruhi wake up. She sat up in a lawn chair, and walked into her uncle's house. He sat himself next to Kyon, who was also asleep in a lawn chair.
"I'm sorry for my terribly agressive behaivor yesterday, I believe that it's the upcoming meteor shower."
Kyon looked up at him, groggily. "Eh?" Mikuru skipped across the deck.
"The meteor shower," she said, twirling around. "It's the most romantic night of the year!" She had a faraway, dreamy look in her eyes. Her mood swung, and then she was ranting, with her hands on her hips. "But I don't get how Itsuki could use that as an excuse for his actions. I know he's usually friendly, but yesterday, he called you a "Big Idiot", and pushed you into the pool, and I admit, that that's not normal for Itsuki, true..." Yuki walked over to them, and spoke to them, in her usual expressionless tone.
"On my planet, we know that meteor showers can distort people's personalities and emotions, which explains Itsuki's strange actions, and Haruhi's little panic attack lat night." Kyon's heart sank. "So last night, when she said she needed me, she didn't mean it, it just the meteor shower?" Mikuru shook her head.
"Not fully. She does need you, you're the key, remeber? She needs you, just not in an emotional way, as far as we know."
"Alright," Kyon said. "This meteor shower, when is it?"
Haruhi dashed out onto the deck.
"A meteor shower?!"
"Yeah," said Itsuki. "It's next week. How much did you hear?" Haruhi pointed to Kyon.
"Only when Kyon asked when it was." That was good. The facts that Yuki was an alien, Mikuru was from the future, Itsuki was an ESPer, and that Haruhi had godlike powers, had to remain secret. If Haruhi found these facts out, then a catistrophic event would occur. "I think it's something to add to our trip! It's known that meteor showers bring about all sorts of supernatural phenomena! My cousin has a car that fits six people, so he can drive us everywhere. I just have to ask him first!"

Haruhi's cousin loaded Kyon's duffle bag into the trunk.
"I booked a master suite," Haruhi jabbered, looking up from a map. "It has two bathrooms, two beds, and a pullout couch. We can deal with that. The hotel has a pool, an arcade, a library, free WiFi, and even a grocery store! I mean it, this place has everything!"
"Sure," Kyon said. "But how long will it take for us to get there."
"Oh nothing major," Haruhi grinned. "Just four hours."