CHAPTER 1
"Sam! Where's my hat?" Brittany shouted from the bedroom.
"I don't know! What'd you do with it?" Sam called, walking into the room. Brittany had thrown clothes all over the floor in her hast to find her hat. It was five years since they had graduated from McKinley and they were going to New York to meet up with various other New Directions members. Rachel had her Broadway debut the next night but they were all meeting up this afternoon so they could wish her luck in person as she had to be at the theatre for pretty much the whole day.
Brittany was excited because it was the first time she would see any of her old school friends since Sam had asked her to marry him, three months ago. And this time it was a real proposal and going to be a real wedding, unlike their wedding in their last year of school.
"Ugh! I give up. I'll go without it." she grumbled, her back still towards Sam who was trying very hard not to laugh.
"Brittany, honey, it's there" he said, pointing to where it lay on the bed. She snatched it up and put it on her head.
"Right. That's it then. Let's go." She walked past him, dragging her suitcase. He bent down to pick up his bag an followed her out of their flat, locking the door behind him.
A few hours later, they were sitting in a New York Taxi on they way to the hotel they were going to stay at. As it pulled up, they saw a very excited Santana running out of the building, dragging along a girl who Brittany guessed to be her new girlfriend, Rose.
"Brittany! You're here. Meet my girlfriend, Rose. Rose, this it Brittany, the one I told you about." Santana cried, all in a rush. She gave her old friend a hug and then kissed her girlfriend lightly.
"Hey Santana. It's good to see you again. Nice to meet you Rose." Brittany replied, somewhat stiffly, her left hand hidden behind her back. She was still a bit annoyed about how Santana had acted when she first found out that Brittany and Sam were dating and so, didn't want Santana to be the first to know about the engagement.
"Hey Santana. Hi Rose. I'm Sam Brittany's boyfriend." He introduced himself. He knew about Brittany's distrust of Santana and understood why she hadn't said anything about their engagement. So he followed suit. They all went inside where Marley was waiting, holding hands with Jake. Artie was there too, talking to someone on his cell.
"Hey guys. I wasn't expecting you to come. I mean, you've only met Rachel twice, first at Mr. Schue's disaster wedding and then at his proper wedding." Brittany greeted her friends.
Yeah, we decided we'd come because it would be nice to see you guys again, and what a better excuse? I'm pretty sure Kitty and Ryder are coming too but I'm not sure. They were having trouble finding someone to look after baby Lucas, last I heard." Marley explained. Brittany was surprised. She hadn't heard that Ryder and Kitty were together, let alone that they had a child.
"Well it'll be nice to see them if they do come. Britt, shall we go book in?" Sam cut in. Brittany nodded and they went over to the counter.
"I see you are part of the group that's booked out the top floor." the attendant said. When the trip had been organised, they had decided that they would all pitch in and book a whole floor at the hotel. Each couple or two-three singles would get a suite together. They had decided to choose a hotel away from where Rachel was rehearsing so she didn't accidentally see any of them before the surprise party later that afternoon.
Finn, Rachel's husband was doing his best to keep her away from the far side of town when she wasn't doing rehearsals or classes at NYADA. He was going to bring her to the hotel where all the other New Directions members were staying. The floor they had booked had a small function room on one side and the New Directions members were going to decorate it a little for the party.
By the time Sam and Brittany had booked in, Kurt and Blaine had arrived along with Puck and his fiancée Quinn. The small but slowly growing group stood around chatting for nearly and hour before the hotel attendee told them they needed to go up to their suites. By this time Tina, Unique, Mike, Sugar and Ryder and Kitty had all turned up. Now they were just waiting for the real surprise guests: Mr. Schue and his wife Emma.