Hi guys! I am so glad you all liked the prank. It was a lot of fun to write and think up:) I am probably going to be wrapping this up within the next few chapters. I may write another one in this 'verse sometime in the future, but this one is coming to an end soon.
Disclaimer – still same from chapter one.
Everyone had figured out that the Sleepy Hallow girls had been the ones to pull the prank on the boys, but none of the teachers could prove it. They denied everything when interrogated by Will and Sue the next morning and since there was no real proof, there wasn't much that could be done. Will did decide that they would be on cleanup duty more often than the other cabins and that he would be keeping a watchful eye on them for the duration of the trip. Not a moment later he went over to flirt with Emma, completely ignoring them, so they weren't really worried. Sue however, had taken to watching them closely. Since she couldn't punish the girls, she decided to punish the boys.
Puck, Sam and Mike had been forced to clean up their entire cabin themselves. They had spent the entire next day washing vaseline off the floors – not an easy task – scrubbing at the spray paint, mopping up slushies, and trying to get the wheels off of their beds. The blow up doll, the strap-on and the porn had be confiscated and probably thrown out somewhere by Mr. Schue, but Lauren, Mercedes and Tina had gotten hold of the cabbage patch dolls before anyone else and had been teasing their boyfriends with them all day. Puck was horrified to find part of his mohawk gone and was even more angry when Kurt shaved the rest of it off for him.
"Noah, its asymmetrical, it looks horrible, you can just grow it back later."
"But!..."
"Stop, do I know about fashion?"
"I guess."
"Then be quiet and stop fidgeting." And with that, Puck was bald again.
Their eyebrows had proven to be a bit more difficult. Kurt had offered to pencil in each boys missing eyebrow, but they declined and instead wrapped they obligatory bandanas around their heads so it covered one eyebrow.
Each boy had been sent multiple pictures from various glee kids phones that had been taken of them that night and deleted them in disgust.
After doing their best to clean the cabin, the boys got the nasty surprise of more vaseline when they put on new underwear and realized it was in each pair. They were forced to go commando for the duration of the trip and this was found out only after Finn and Puck had been joking around the next afternoon and Finn had pantsed Puck.
They had not yet discovered what the horrible smell wafting from what seemed like every corner of their cabin was yet. And they would not find the dead fish until the night before they packed their things up to go home.
Despite the prank and the aftermath, it seemed to work like a charm in really bringing everyone together. The next couple of days went by quickly, cooking, eating, going on hikes, touch football, singing, dancing, girls tanning, more bonding exercises, a few smaller pranks here and there, and a campfire with s'mores every night.
Rachel and Quinn had become closer than ever. It had sort of taken everyone aback for the first few days, and Kurt had voiced his concerns for her after the prank.
"Are you guys really friends?" He asked.
"Kurt, if I remember correctly, the two of us weren't always on such polite terms either, but we managed to realize that our differences weren't actually differences and managed to become quite close. The same thing is happening with Quinn."
"What about Finn?"
"I know he is your brother but..."
"That's not why I was asking. I was asking as your friend. Just for clarification."
"Well, thank you, I appreciate that. Honestly? I don't know. I'm confused. I thought I loved him, but he has been acting so childish and I just see him differently now. I am beginning to think perhaps we are better as friends."
"I have to agree." Rachel looked up at him with interest. She was surprised that he agreed with her.
"Really?" Kurt nodded.
"Finn's my brother, and I love the guy, but lets be honest, he is a bit of an idiot. The two of you get along great...when you're not together. I don't know what it is, but he is going through something. Its been going on since before he and Quinn broke up. I honestly think he needs to be single for a while. I don't think it would hurt you to try and be on your own for a bit either." Rachel nodded deep in thought. Kurt had pretty much voiced exactly what had been going on in her own head.
"Enough of that! How much of that prank was your idea? Because that was honestly the funniest most brilliant thing I have seen in a long time. Possibly my entire life."
Rachel beamed. "Actually? Most of it was Brittany's idea." Kurt raised his eyebrows in disbelief. "No really! I contributed the idea of slushies, and the honey. Coming up with pranks doesn't happen to be one of my talents. But if I do say so myself, I executed my part with complete perfection!"
Kurt laughed and the two of them made their way over to their respective groups to preform a girls vs. boys sing-off.
That night at the campfire everyone was sleepy much earlier than they had been days before. The boys had been beat from cleaning up their cabin and many of the girls had joined in playing touch football and the game had gotten very competitive. Even Rachel participated.
"Okay, Jew? You have got to get open." Puck said in their huddle.
"What! Me?"
"Are you sure Puck?" Mike asked. "She could get killed."
"No one is expecting us to pass to Rachel. We are losing! All we need is one touchdown and we got them." Puck protested.
"He's right." Quinn spoke up. "You can do it Rach, we got your back. All you have to do is catch the ball from Puck..." Rachel looked skeptical at this, she hadn't had much luck catching anything in her entire life. Quinn saw this and reassured her. "Its a tiny pass. You'll be right next to him. All you have to do is run, run as fast as you can, we'll keep everyone away from you."
"Okay, but...I'm not very fast."
"You are gonna have to be." Lauren growled. Rachel pouted but nodded. They broke away from their huddle and faced the opposing team – which had Santana (and much to her annoyance, Finn) – Santana blew a kiss to Rachel and then dragged her finger across her neck pointing to Rachel. Brittany just laughed.
"We're gonna win Rach!" She yelled out.
Rachel, who was very competitive scowled. "Not a chance!" She yelled back and got into position next to Puck.
"You ready for this Jew?" He asked with a grin.
"HELL YEAH!" Rachel yelled. Quinn looked over and laughed. "LET'S KICK SOME ASS!"
"HELL YEAH!" Puck yelled back.
Puck, Rachel, Quinn, Mike, Lauren and Coach Beiste made up one team, Santana, Finn, Brittany, Sam, Tina and Mr. Schue made up the other. Kurt, Mercedes, Miss. Pillsbury and Artie had been designated as cheerleaders. Sue was instructing them and looked ready to kill herself when they insisted on simply standing there and cheering. She was also playing referee and thankfully did not seem to play any favorites. She was a surprisingly fair judge.
"Everyone ready?" Sue called out. When she was met with nods she blew her whistle and Puck whipped the ball to Rachel. Just as planned, it threw everyone on the opposite team off. Sam recovered the quickest and bolted at Rachel, he was met with Beiste ripping his flag off before he even knew what hit him. Finn grinned and sprinted after Rachel who screamed in terror as she tried to run away from him. She was close to the goal with Finn, Santana and Brittany close at her heals. Finn reached out and almost got hold of her flag. He had forgotten how fast Quinn really was and before he knew it she had barreled into him, ripped his flag and actually tackled him. Santana and Brittany almost tripped over the two of them as they fell to the ground and Rachel passed through the goal.
She didn't realize that she had made it through the goal and continued running and screaming into the woods.
Her whole team cheered and Quinn – who had gotten up off of the ground with Finn – took off to catch Rachel before she hurt herself. Rachel, thinking Quinn was someone on the other team still chasing her was still screaming and running away in terror. Quinn was laughing and yelling out to Rachel to get her to stop.
"Rachel! We won! You scored. Stop!"
Rachel screamed and continued running. Quinn growled and sprinted ahead. She reached out and tackled Rachel to the ground laughing.
"Help!" Rachel screamed.
"Its me! We won."
"Quinn?"
"Yes."
"We won?" Quinn nodded excitedly. "I scored?" Rachel asked in disbelief. Quinn nodded again with a huge smile on her face. "Really?"
Quinn rolled over and pulled herself off the ground for the second time in only a few minutes. She bent down and hauled Rachel up with her. "Yes. You, Rachel Barbra Berry made a touchdown and won us the game. Beiste is going to recruit you for football again."
Rachel screamed in delight and threw herself into another hug. "Why are we out here alone? Lets go rub it in Santana's face!"
Quinn laughed as Rachel took off and ran after her.
Rachel had been greeted with cheers. And Puck and Mike had put her on their shoulders and paraded her around for a few minutes. Will was thrilled, the kids had never gotten along this well before. This trip had been the best idea he ever had. Emma smiled at him and snuck in a quick peck on his lips as the kids celebrated. Even Santana gave Rachel a high five despite her frustration in losing.
Since the kids were so wiped out from the game, they were all half asleep at the campfire. No one was really telling a story tonight. They were mostly just sitting in quiet and watching the fire, each enjoying the company of the others. Even Sue seemed mostly content. Rachel was resting her head on Quinn's shoulder, who in turn was resting her head on Santana's with Brittany on her other side. Kurt and Mercedes were right next to them and they were all just happy.
Finn watched them with slight annoyance. He and Rachel hadn't really gotten a chance to talk in the last few days, but they had become more friendly with each other. The two days that they had taken apart from each other – mostly by force from Quinn and Santana – had helped him cool off and realize how he had been acting. That and he and Kurt had been talking about it almost every night in their cabin. It still bothered him that she thought that Quinn, Santana and Brittany were her friends. But even he had to admit that they seemed like actual friends. He was realizing just how much of a prick he had been. He planned to find Rachel in the morning – with help from Kurt – and talk to her. He was going to listen, really listen to what she had to say to him.
