Kurt covered his ears with his gloved hands. He was sitting next to Mercedes in the back of a huge, ice cold van while everyone around him shouted back and forth. Why Mr. Shue chose to take them tubing for the weekend, he wasn't sure. But he wasn't complaining about a few days out with his friends. He was glad they had a long weekend with Monday off. He looked out the window at the snowy fields, thinking it was probably warmer out there then it was in the van.
"Guys! Get your stuff together, we should be there in a couple minutes." Mr. Shue called back from the driver's seat.
Kurt watched as all his friends struggled into their coats and boots. He was extremely surprised that none of them had put them on ahead of time like him. All of the sudden, he was jolted to the right, banging his shoulder into the window. He shook it off and saw that they had turned into a huge parking lot, a large inn made of logs was visible a little ways away, and so was an enormous hill with several different sledding paths. He picked up his bag and stood up with everyone else while the van pulled into a parking spot. Mr. Shue climbed out of the vehicle and opened the side doors. Everyone piled out and huddled together to hear Mr. Shue announce the room assignments.
"Girls, you're gonna be in rooms in one side of the building, boys, you're gonna be in the opposite side. I don't want boys in girl's rooms or girls in boy's rooms past 7 pm. Got it?" Everyone nodded, even though most of them were planning to do it anyway. "I've put together room assignments," he said, holding up a sheet of paper. "Quinn and Brittany, Santana and Tina, and Rachel and Mercedes, Mike and Artie, Finn and Puck, Sam and Kurt. If anyone has any objections just ask and I'll see what I can do. Let's go." They started towards the inn on the other side of the parking lot.
Kurt was wondering whether Sam would mind sharing a room with him. He shook his head. 'He's not Finn.' He thought to himself.
"Kurt!" Sam called from the other side of the group. He smiled and gave him a thumbs up. Kurt smiled back, he would rather be sharing a room with Mercedes or Rachel but Sam was cool too.
When they reached the lobby, Mr. Shue gave them each keys to their rooms. Kurt was fully planning to tubing with everyone else, after all, that's why they came. Kurt walked with the rest of the guys towards their rooms. His and Sam's was near the end of the hallway next door to Mike and Artie's. Sam unlocked the door and they walked in to see two queen sized beds and a glass door that led out to a small terrace.
"You want first pick?" Sam asked him.
"Oh, no. You go ahead." He told him.
Sam tossed his bag onto the bed nearest to him and took his gloves out of his coat pocket.
"Are you coming tubing?" He asked him, pulling his left glove on.
"Definitely." Kurt said putting his bag onto the unoccupied bed and pulling out his own hat and gloves.
"Cool." Sam said, smiling. After a few moments of silence while they put on the rest of their snow stuff, Sam finally said. "Ready?"
"Yeah." Kurt said walking towards the door and opening it for the both of them. They found Puck impatiently leaning against his door while Finn sat on the ground beside him tugging on his socks.
"Idiot." Puck said slapping him. "You guys mind waiting a sec?" Puck asked, looking to Sam and Kurt. They shook their heads and the door next to them opened and Mike and Artie emerged. They saw Finn and Kurt thought he heard Mike laugh a little. Finally Finn was ready and the six boys walked back to the lobby where the rest of the girls were waiting for them. Kurt linked arms with Mercedes and Rachel and they followed the others outside and towards the hill.