"This is such bullshit!"

"Dude, not to be rude, but I'm not exactly happy about this either." Mike's eyes widened as Puck suddenly stopped his furious pacing, turning to lean in towards him threateningly.

"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?" Puck seethed, narrowing his eyes at his flustered friend.

"I-I just mean... You're not the best role model for little kids, are you?"

"What are talking about? I look after my sister all the time," Puck huffed, falling back into his desk chair. Mike was still rigid on the edge of Puck's bed, worried that he would turn around and punch him if he put a foot wrong.

"Sarah's not exactly... You know..."

"Okay, one; shut the fuck up. Sarah's a badass. And, two; I could probably teach those kids something a lot more useful than you and Stutter, prancing around the room like a pair of fucking pansies."

"This is exactly why I told your mom this was a bad idea," Mike sighed, putting his head in his hands in total distress.

"Yeah, well, you obviously didn't get the message across," Puck scoffed, leaning back in the chair and closing his eyes.

When his mom told him he had to get a more stable job than cleaning pools this summer, he had expected to go work at the garage with Kurt's dad or something. He hadn't expected his mom to go all psycho and asks Mike's mom to let him help at Asian Camp. He wasn't even fucking Asian! And to make matters worse? She knew about the party he wanted to throw at the end of summer. He'd asked Sarah to behave over the holiday so she would be allowed to have a sleepover at a friend's house - thinking he could trust her with the information that he wanted to have 'a special sleepover' of his own with a few of his friends - but as soon as his mom grilled her enough (and bought her a new Barbie) she sang like a Canary. So his mom made a rule: if he went to Asian Camp with Mike, in the last few days of summer, when they got home, he could plan and throw his party before school started. Puck didn't think that was really fair - why should he have to give up his whole summer for one fucking party? But his mom was stubborn as hell and he knew he wasn't getting round this. Still, that didn't stop him from having a good old moan about it.

"So what's the plan? What... What do I have to do?" Puck would normally fight until his last breath to get out of something like this, but not against his mom. He knew it was her way or the highway.

"You need to be ready for after our last Glee rehearsal on Thursday so we can drive up to camp. Your mom said you'd drive if I gave you money for gas."

"Did she now," Puck mumbled, rolling his eyes.

"And when we get there, we'll need to help set up for the next day when the kids arrived. You'll just have to help me and Tina with the activities and make sure none of the kids die. Do you think you can do that?" Mike raised an eyebrow at him, making Puck roll his eyes again.

"Dude, I'm not incapable." He lost his grumpy mood for a minute, a smug smirk etching its way onto his face. "And what will I be doing while you and Tina bang in the bunk next to me?"

"Fuck off!" Mike launched a pillow at Puck's head, making Puck laugh. "Seriously, I'm asking you to do two things while we're at camp: do not fuck up with the kids and do not fuck up with Tina. You're not ending my relationship by pissing her off and making me cover your ass."

"Okay! I'll behave!"

"Pfft. Behave. Yeah okay. You don't even know the meaning of the word." Mike shook his head, rising to his feet to slinging his bag over his shoulder. "Just be less... You. Try and be at least slightly approachable."

As Mike was walking out of Puck's room, the message behind what Mike had said finally hit him.

"Hey! I am fucking approachable, you asshole!"

… … … …

"Rachel, I am begging you. I really think this would be good for you."

"I don't know. My whole summer?" Rachel was definitely reluctant. She'd never been away from home for her whole summer before - and she'd certainly never imagined she would be away for her whole summer looking after tiny children with two of her friends from Glee Club.

"It's a lot more fun than it sounds. And it's not the whole summer; you still get a week when we get back," Tina shrugged, readjusting her position on Rachel's bed so she was lying on her stomach.

Tina had been coming over to Rachel's a lot recently. Unbeknown to the other Glee members, Finn and Rachel had recently broken up after she caught him kissing Quinn under the bleachers after football practise. Tina had been with her and had driven her home, where they sat in her room, watching musicals and eating vegan ice cream until she had to get back for curfew. Tina had been surprised when Rachel didn't seem that upset over Finn's cheating, and when she asked her the next day why the meltdown she'd expected never came, Rachel told her that she already had a feeling and that her and Finn were slowly fizzling out anyway. She broke up with Finn later that day and he started secretly dating Quinn, but they allowed the others to believe they were still together. Rachel had told Tina everything, though, because Tina was one of the only people she trusted. Rachel didn't want to go through summer and then into senior year bearing this secret on her own. She also didn't like the idea of spending her entire summer with screaming little brats, but the idea of spending the summer without Tina to keep her company was pretty hard to think about.

"I don't think I'd be very useful," Rachel muttered, playing with a spear thread on her bedding, trying to avoid Tina's stare.

"Rach, it's looking after six year olds who barely turn their attention away from their phones for more than two seconds," Tina scoffed, making Rachel giggle. "And it's better than sitting here, on your own, worrying about what you're gonna do when people find out Finn and Princess Quinn are now together. Not that I think you should give the slightest piece of shit because you're a better person that the both of them put together."

"Don't you want to spend this time with Mike? This is literally the only alone time you two get."

"Rachel, you know I love Mike more than anything else in this world. But after spending over a hundred days with him, on my own, my patience becomes thinner and my need to inflict pain on him becomes more prominent," she teases, making Rachel laugh again. At the minute, Tina was the only person who could make Rachel laugh. "And Mike loves you - I'm sure he'll like the extra conversation."

"Are you really sure about this?" Rachel asked sceptically. She really didn't want to intrude and part of her didn't really care what she did this summer - she didn't even see the point.

"Of course I am. It will be fun! And camp is the best place to get a good tan - I promise you. I really want you to come with me." She smiles at her, eyes pleading. With a hesitant sigh of defeat, Rachel nods.

"Okay. Okay, fine. I would be honoured." Tina squeals in delight, moving forward to hug Rachel tight. Rachel liked having a friend like Tina. Sure, she had Kurt and Mercedes, but they mainly saw her as a project to make more fashionable and to try and 'tone down her crazy'. Tina liked Rachel just as she was - horse sweaters and craziness and all. And right now, Rachel just needed someone who liked her as she was. She needed someone to help her forget about Finn and how she would always be second best to Quinn Fabray and how she was alone once again. A break would be good for her - a clean slate for Senior Year.

"Now," Tina said, pulling away from her. "It's my turn to choose a film and I think there's only really one option." She held up Ten Things I Hate About You, laughing as Rachel groaned.

"We watched that last time!"

"And it hasn't gotten any worse since so we're watching it again," Tina replied smugly, slipping the disk into Rachel's DVD player before getting comfortable.

Yeah, Rachel wouldn't mind doing this all summer.