Chapter 1
The bus was filled with the singing. Everyone was trying to out-do each other, making the noise into an awful racket but none of them cared. Even the director, Mr Schue was laughing and singing along with them. It was one of these times when the New Directions just didn't care about what they sounded like, except maybe one Rachel Berry as she kept telling them to shut up.
The school had given the glee club money to go to a holiday camp for a week. Even though it wasn't what most of the girls, and Kurt Hummel the only out gay kid in Lima Ohio, would call fun they were all actually quite excited. It was a chance for the group to spend some time together, away from the small town they all lived in.
"I think we should all try singing at least the same song," shouted Rachel over the singing of her fellow Glee clubbers. They all just ignored her, although Finn, her boyfriend, did give her an apologetic look.
"What is her problem?" Mercedes questioned Kurt.
"She doesn't have one she just feels the need to be in charge of everything that goes on." The two best friends laughed at this.
"So, how are things with Blaine?"
"Oh, they're good." Kurt blushed slightly.
"Define good." Mercedes gave her friend a questioning look.
"I think she means have you gotten off with him yet." Santana cut in. This made Kurt blush even harder, shaking his head rapidly. Finn was retching as the rest of the glee club laughed.
The rest of the bus ride was spent with the new directions talking rapidly.
"Right everyone," called the Glee club director, Mr Schue. "I want these groups in each tent: Quinn and Brittany, Rachel and Tina, Mercedes, Santana and Lauren, Sam, Finn and Kurt and Puck, Mike and Artie." Mr Schue looked around at the groaning faces. He would have let them choose who to share a tent with but he didn't really want any of the couples to actually make out in any of the tents and this was the only way to minimize this problem.
As the Bus came to a stop outside of a large clearing the New Directions all filed out of the bus. The spot in itself was very beautiful, and even had a small shack with indoor plumbing for which everyone was grateful for. There was a large forest at the edge of the camp which Mr Schue hoped the kids wouldn't wander to deep inside of.
Mr Schue gave each group a tent, grabbing one for himself. It was a new experience for a lot of the group, who had never been camping before.
"I don't think it goes that way." Sam said as Finn tried to attach two metal poles together. He dropped them on the floor, looking absolutely confused.
"Okay. So which way do they go?" Finn asked Sam. Sam shrugged in answer to this.
They stood there puzzling over the tent for a few more minutes before Kurt stood up. They both looked at him, giving him exactly the same puzzled look; which Kurt found slightly freaky. He took the tent and started to put it up. After about 5 minutes they had a tent. Finn and Sam looked at Kurt, gobsmacked.
"Dude, how did you learn to do that?" Finn asked, surprised that Kurt of all people could put a tent together.
"There were instructions." Kurt waved a small piece of paper in front of their eyes.
"Oh." They both said. Kurt laughed at this.
Soon everyone had their tents set up and they were all sitting around a camp fire, eating smores and singing. They had had to collect their own fire wood and light it themselves. Mr Schue was a little surprised that Puck had lighter with him on this trip but everyone else wasn't.