They were bombarded with hugs; first it was Denise that came and hugged Meredith then kissed Brian on the cheek, followed by Julia, Jamie, Dylan, Nick, Matt, Clark, to their surprise, Joey, and finally Lauren, who had a half-eaten frozen pizza in her hand.
"Oh my god you guys," Meredith cried in surprise, hugging each and every one of them.
"Joey? What are you doing here, man?" Brian said as he approached Joey, embracing him in a bone-crunching hug.
"Well, I heard you and Meredith were heading back down here and so I hoped on plane to come and make sure both of you were alright. Darren's really sorry that he couldn't make it, but his schedule is just swapped with GLEE."
"It's okay, I'm just glad that you made it," Brian chuckled.
"Are you guy's hungry?" Lauren asked through a mouth full, "We made a pizza just before you guys got here!"
"No thanks, Lolo. We had a big breakfast," Meredith laughed, hugging her small friend again.
"Alright guys, let's give them some air," Julia said breaking off from the group hug; she was always the one to keep all of them in order, "Do you guys want to go and unpack?"
"Sure," Brian said as he gripped the suitcase, quickly pecked Meredith on the lips, and headed down the hallway to the boy's rooms, followed by Dylan, Joey, Matt, Nick, and Clark.
Meredith stood in the hallway, surrounded by the Starkid Girls, all giggling at her and Brian's little kiss.
"Come on, Juliet," Denise teased as she grabbed her friend's hands and led her down another hallway, the girls trailing behind them, "Let's go unpack! You have to tell us absolutely everything!"
"So Brian… how's Meredith?"
Brian was immediately shaken from the daze of putting away his clothes.
"Wait, what?" He asked nervously.
"You know, how is she?" Dylan asked innocently, "I was just wondering how she's been feeling since she got out of the hospital."
"Oh… Oh, yeah. Um, she's fine. Actually, she's great. We had a good time together."
"I'm sure you did," Joey laughed, "So did you?"
"Did I what?" Brian asked sitting on the edge of his bed.
"Have sex with her?" Joey asked eager to know.
"What?"
Brian's eyes went wide. They knew.
"I-uh…."
"Oh my god, you did," Nick explained, jumping up on Brian's bed.
"Yes, okay! Yes, me and Meredith had sex," Brian confessed.
"Way to go, Bri," Dylan said getting up from the bed opposite of Brian and patting his back proudly.
"You don't have to be embarrassed about it," Clark said comfortingly, "We're so happy for you and Meredith."
"Yeah man, and anyways, we kinda figured it would happen sooner or later," Matt said leaning against the wall.
"What do you mean?" Brian asked, looking up.
"Come on, Brian. Even before you guys were dating, we could all tell that you two were in love," Joey joked.
"Well… We-uh, were kind of dating before the hospital," Brian confessed, bowing his head.
"Wait, when exactly did you start dating Meredith?" Dylan asked confused.
"Since the last performance of Starship…."
"Soooo?" Denise asked eagerly, staring at Meredith as she unpacked her suitcase.
"So what?" Meredith laughed.
"Oh come on, Mere! How was your little vacation with Brian?" She asked jumping up and down on the bed with excitement.
"Yeah, what was that little kiss at the door? Are you two going public now?" Lauren asked sitting on her bed.
"Well, why shouldn't we? I mean all of you know that we're dating so…,"
"That's right, Mere. You and Brian have every right to show affection to each other. Personally, I think it's adorable and I am so jealous of you," Jaime smiled as she helped put away Meredith's clothes.
"Anyways, so how was your trip with him?" Julia asked.
"It was amazing! Pretty much the best day of my life so far! He was so sweet and we did so many things together!"
"Like…?"
"Well, we went down to Chicago Harbor and hung out on the beach, he bought some ice scream that we shared, we kissed a little, he rented us a really fancy hotel room…."
"Wait, WHAT?" Lauren said dropping the frozen pizza on her lap, "He rented A ROOM for you two to sleep in TOGETHER! What else happened with you two while you shared a room?"
"Um, well, we had a nice dinner, we freshened up after the beach, and uh…," Meredith hesitated nervously and swallowed, "I may have slept with him!"
The room fell completely silent; the girls all stared at Meredith.
"Y-you had sex with Brian?" Denise choked out in shock.
Meredith began to tremble, "Y-yes."
"Oh sweetie, that's wonderful," Denise said sitting on Meredith's bed and hugging her warmly, "I'm so happy for both of you!"
Jaime nervously grabbed Meredith's trembling hand, "Mere, were you still…?"
Meredith nodded pitifully
"Oh honey, d-did it hurt?"
Meredith shook her head no, "Not really. I mean, I was sore this morning but other than that it was… amazing."
Meredith smiled at the thought of her and Brian at the hotel, warm in each other's embrace.
"Please tell me you used protection," Lauren cut in, "I don't want to be Aunty Lolo anytime soon!"
"Yes Lauren, we used protection," Meredith answered, "He was so sweet and gentle and he kept asking me if I was okay."
"So it was good for you?" Denise asked looking Meredith in the eyes.
"It was perfect!"
