Chapter 1 - Good and Bad News

Dumpy! That's how Ohio is looking at the moment. The rain has constantly being pouring down heavily for the past 2 weeks. New directions are not looking forward to their vacation as school will be ending in days' time. Mr. Shue had walked into the choir room with excitement on his face. He gave the kids a one side glance and walked to the board; pause then he wrote 'competition'. The student read what he had just written on the board.

'Mr. Shue, don't get me wrong, I like to sing in front of thousands of people but tomorrow is our vacation where we want to get away from each other. No offence' pointed out Rachel who got hateful stare from her band mate. However, knowing Rachel she ignores them and carried on what she was saying.

'Why are we going to compete I mean there are legal stuff as the competition season is at its end and we lost.' 'No thanks to you and belly flop over here' retorted Santana.

Mr. Shue was down founded and gave the kids one more look before getting his bearing together.

'Ok guys, we lost but that should not be the one thing that brings you down. Have you heard this saying…' asked Mr. Shue

'What saying' asked Kurt leg crossed not looking interested what so ever? Mr. Shue shook his head and proclaimed

'… what is one lost is one's gain.'

They all looked at Mr. Shue like he gained two more heads. He could not contain his joy anymore, and cried out

'We are all invited to have a vacation in Cyprus as long as we compete in a competition and on top of that the winner gets $50,000 which will benefit us don't you think.'

At first the students were just staring at their crazy teacher but when it sank in all they could do was rejoice and jump for joy.

'Whoa! Well I need to call my parents and exclude myself out of our family vacation this year' beamed Artie.

When Artie said it, some of the kids realized that they have other commitments that cannot be broken. Rachel, Mercedes, Santana, Quinn, Mike, Puck, Kurt and Finn stopped jumping and went to Mr. Shue to explain their situation. Sam, Brittany, Tina and Artie just looked at their friends. Rachel looked at her band mates and said sorry then walked out the choir room with disappointment. A few minute passed and Mercedes, Santana, Quinn, Mike, Puck, Kurt and Finn followed Rachel out of the choir room. Mr. Shue just stares out the door where his kids have just excited.

Artie looking confused asked Mr. Shue 'Why have they walked out'

'Don't they want to go to Cyprus with us?' frowned Tina.

All Mr. Shue was able to do was shaking his head and answered 'Talk to them. Maybe you will be able to persuade them. If not meet me at my house so I can give you the details and we will talk from there on what we can do.'

'What time?' asked Brittany?

'Around 7 pm' sight Mr. Shue before walking out the choir room living Sam, Brittany, Tina and Artie buffed upon how they are going to persuade their friends.

Most of the members of the new direction had attended at the Lima bean. Quinn and Puck were the last members to arrive. They walked to the table where their friend sat talking. When they were all settled, Artie rolled his chair in front of the table where his friends and band mate where able to see him.

He pushed his glasses towards his nose and rested his hand on his tights then proclaimed 'You all know why we are here.' Finn was the only one who nodded and the rest stared at Artie as he continued ' Well, me, Tina, Brittany and Sam are just confused onto why we can't all go to Cyprus together and have a vacation of the life time.'

'Because, unlike you we can't just drop everything go packing and get on a plane to Cyprus. Do you know why? Because we all have family commitment that we can't just pass because there is a better opportunity. By the way Mr. Shue should have told us like weeks before so we could prepare. This is too short notice.' pointed out Santana.

'I mean, Santana do have a point there. Family is important, we all are families but we all had plans before school ended and family comes first' proclaim Quinn.

'To be fair, even though I don't care, Mr. Shue should have given us head ups. Ok I see where he is coming from. I mean we lost National so to make us feel better he has surprised us with a vacation to Cyprus. It would be nice to go but competing again after Nationals is hurtful and we also have other things we could be doing and needs to be done here in Ohio' explained Puck.

'Yeah, I get where you are coming from but it will be nice to just ask Mr. Shue when will be going and getting back because I have a feeling that it will not clash with the family commitment that you guys have.' doubted Sam.

'We all need you at Cyprus. It will not be the same without all of you guys' murmured Brittany.

'Look at us. We are bringing out good point but not getting anywhere.' Frowned Kurt. The group agreed with Kurt.

'Ok I have a preposition for you guys…' suggested Tina.

'We are listening' replied Rachel

'Well Mr. Shue told us to meet him at his apartment a 7' looking at her watch ' why don't we all go and see what he has to offer and what the arrangements are. If you guys are still not moved then worst come to worse we will find other members to help us compete. I guess' finished Tina

'Tina has a point there. I am not siding with here because she is my girlfriend. To be frank we did not let Mr. Shue explain to us what we will have to do and when we are going. Maybe we might be surprise on what he will offer' commented Mike

They all nodded and started murmuring to each other.

'Well guys I guess we must as well go and see the outcome of the meeting' interrupted Mercedes.

They all agreed and got their belongings and made their way towards Mr. Shue apartment

Sue walked into Lima beans to get some coffee for herself when she saw the glee club. She thought to herself why are they are all at the same place which she has not seen since the day that they started out of school hours. Even so it was annoying that they look like a family. As, she looked at them it made her feel like they were plotting something against her. Well she could count on her spies to give her a full update on what is going on. But to be on the safe side she might as well scare them now so any plotting will be evaporated. She stood right in front of parsley who was about to open the door.

'Ok guys your little glee club is destroyed. Do want to know why? It is because you lost the competition and Figgins is not going to fund the club anymore as money is needed to be saved for other important things. So you better cherish the last moment you have with each other as it is over' confessed Sue

When she saw their face expression she knew that they were scared and in shock which was what she was going for. She adjusted her sweat suit and walked away smiling, living the kids in a confuse state.

Mr. Shue was in his apartment trying to come up with a plan B if the kids don't attend the meeting. In his mind he had hope that they will show up. However, to get insurance he called Emma because he knows that she will give him the best advice that he knew of. When he called on the first ring Emma answered the phone which he was surprised about anyway he pushed that aside and explained to her his dilemma and what he she should do about it. She gave Mr. Shue some good advice which helped him stay calm. Then they started talking about anything and everything for a while and then his doorbell rang. Emma said good luck to him when he told her that the kids where at his door step. They said their good byes and he hang up his phone. He walked to the door which felt like it was in slow motion. He opened the door and saw the faces of his kids. However, he was glad that they all came but confused about what was going on.