A/N: Okay here's the next update I promised you guys I'd have up before Monday. Now back to homework. I'll try to get another one up before the end of the week but there's no guarantees. :(
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee or Kumbaya.
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"I'm going to kill you!" Mercedes screamed wiping her eyes and scowling at a laughing Puck.
"Puck I would run if I were you." Tina said from the dock where she was sitting with Artie, her feet in the water. Puck glanced at her then back at Mercedes who was heading straight for him.
"Oh shit!" he exclaimed, dunking under the water and swimming towards the beach. Quinn rolled her eyes and shook her head as Puck walked out of the water.
"You better not let Mercedes catch you for the rest of the night dude." Mike said laughing as he and Finn continued to bury Matt.
"That was stupid." Quinn said shaking her head as Puck plopped down next to her with a grin.
"So when are you going in the water?"
"Never?"
"Come on baby. You have your perfect body back. I wanna see it wet...again." Quinn growled getting the sexual reference.
"You wish Puckerman."
"Come on Quinn. You can't say you don't miss this."
"I don't miss that." Quinn rolled her eyes and sighed. "Why don't you go sext Santana or something?"
"Where's Rachel?" Mercedes asked as her and Kurt walked out of the water towards them. Puck jumped and stood up, running in the opposite direction.
"She's changing. She should be here any..." Finn's sentence was left unfinished as Rachel made her way towards them from opposite direction. She was wearing black bikini, her beach towel was over her shoulder and she was looking down at the sand. Her head snapped up when she reached them and realized everyone was staring at her.
"What?"
"Its about time hot mama!" Mercedes said smiling.
"Awesome now that Rachel's here we can play Chicken since Mercedes and Quinn are being party poopers." Mike said jumping up.
"Boy you are not putting me on your shoulder. I'd break you in half." Mercedes said looking Mike up and down. He grinned.
"Who said that would be a bad thing?"
"Are all the boys extra hormonal today?" Mercedes asked Kurt who just shrugged.
"Tina! Come on we're playing Chicken. You vs. Rachel. You're on my team." Mike yelled walking towards the dock where Artie and Tina were.
"I've got Rachel!" Two voices yelled at the same time. Quinn scowled and turned to look at Puck and Finn who were staring at her girlfriend like they wanted to lick her from head to toe.
"What's Chicken?" Rachel asked as she dropped her towel on the blanket next to Quinn.
"Dude no way. I called it first." Puck said frowning.
"No you didn't."
Kurt rolled his eyes and turned to the brunette. "Its a game where two guys put two girls on their shoulders and the girls try to push each other into the water."
"Hello? Is someone going to unbury me?" Matt called with a frown.
"She's my best friend!" Finn said glaring at Puck.
"You mean ex-girlfriend?"
"Dude she's your ex too!"
"Yeah for like 5 minutes!"
"Guys!" Both guys stopped and turned to Rachel who was rolling her eyes. "How about I'll get on Puck's shoulders for the first round and Finn's for the second?"
"There's two rounds?" Mercedes asked raising her eyebrow.
"There is now." Rachel said grabbing Puck's hand and pulling him to the water where Tina and Mike were waiting patiently. Puck grinned and Finn groaned, moving to follow them.
"Hello?" Three pairs of eyes turned to face Matt who was still buried up to his neck.
"Hold on Matt." Mercedes said grinning as her and Kurt moved to unbury their friend. Quinn watched with anger as Puck ducked under water and Rachel climbed on his shoulders. Mike did the same with Tina as Finn stood between them as referee. Artie cheered from the sidelines. She didn't like this. She had told Rachel she didn't want anyone to know about their relationship. All the gleeks knew Rachel and Quinn were at least civil to each other now so why was Rachel avoiding her like she had swine flu? In fact the brunette hadn't said one word to her since they had pulled up to Artie's house. That was almost 4 hours ago. She had laughed with Tina and Finn for the whole ride there while Puck fell asleep on the diva's shoulder. Quinn tried to listen to what Mercedes and Kurt were talking about but all she could focus on was breaking each one of Puck's fingers that were currently wrapped around Rachel's shoulder. When they finally did get to the campsite Rachel quickly offered to help the guys unload everything and pitch the tents which Quinn could honestly say she was surprised at. Who knew Rachel Berry knew how to pitch a tent? As soon as everything was organized Puck, being Puck, announced they should all head to the beach and even though it was getting late, everyone agreed. They girls changed in the RV and the boys in the tents. Rachel immediately got on her cellphone and told everyone she would change and meet them there when she was done.
"Thanks guys!" Matt said knocking Quinn out of her daze. Her head snapped over to watch Kurt and Mercedes help Matt climb out the hole. She smiled and looked back towards the water just as Tina gave Rachel a good shove sending her into the water and Puck falling backwards.
"We won!" Mike said grinning with his hands in the air as Tina laughed. Rachel came back to the surface pushing her hair back with a laugh.
"Hey Quinn you coming?" Quinn looked over as Matt motioned for her to follow. She nodded and stood to her feet, following him, Kurt and Mercedes towards the water.
"Cramp!" Mike yelled grabbing his arm and shifting sending Tina flying off his shoulders sideways.
"Tina!" Artie yelled as said girl swam to the surface coughing.
"Sorry Tina." Mike quickly apologized still holding his arm.
"Its okay. Are you?" she asked. Mike shook his head and headed towards the shore.
"Wait! What about round two?" Finn called with a frown.
"I'm kinda of tired anyway. Rachel puts up a good fight." Tina said smiling. Rachel returned it.
"Great. Now we have to find someone else to play." Puck said looking over at Mercedes.
"Nope. Don't even look over here." Puck frowned and his eyes skimmed past Kurt with a frown then settled on Quinn.
"Q? You wanna play?" he asked. Quinn shrugged.
"Sure I'm already wet now."
"Awesome! I've got Rachel." Finn said grinning. Quinn clenched her fists but luckily she was up to her chest in the water so no one saw.
"Okay I'll take Q." Puck said with a wag of his eyebrow. Quinn frowned.
"No. I'll take Matt." Quinn said grabbing Matt's hand before he could protest and pulling him over so they were standing across from Finn and Rachel.
"What? You don't trust me baby?" Puck asked, faking hurt.
"No. You can referee." Quinn said raising her eyebrow at Rachel who returned the gesture.
"Uh Oh! I can see the competitiveness already." Mercedes said grinning.
"My money's on Quinn." Kurt said smiling.
"No way. I've seen how strong Berry is. My moneys on her. The lost to Tina was just luck." Puck said smiling.
"What do you mean you've seen how strong Rachel is?" Matt asked kneeling down so Quinn could climb on his shoulders. Finn and Rachel mimicked the move.
"When we were making out in my room. It took alot of effort to roll her over." Puck said with a wink.
Matt hissed. "Ow Quinn!" he said standing up and looking up at her. Quinn took her nails away from his shoulders and smiled.
"Sorry Matt. I didn't want to fall." she said quickly then turned to Rachel. Being on Finn's shoulder did give the brunette a slight height advantage but Quinn narrowed her eyes, not one to be defeated. Once again Rachel mimicked the movement. To everyone else it may have just seemed like they were being competitive Quinn was sure Rachel knew it was more than that. It was a challenge and she was determined to win.
"Okay on your mark...GO!" Puck shouted as Matt settled his hands on Quinn's thighs and moved forward. As soon as they were close enough the shoving began. Quinn and Rachel fought for dominance for a while and Quinn couldn't help but wonder if this is the way it would be when they were in bed together. A shudder passed through her body and Rachel took advantage of the second of weakness and gave the blonde a hard shove. Quinn faltered for a minute but Matt used all his strength and kept her up. When she had got her balance back she went back in for Rachel, gripping her forearms and turning every which way try but Rachel kept her grip tight and flowed with her movements not giving any slack. The fact that she had Finn as her anchor wasn't helping either since he didn't seem to be having any trouble with his balance. The match went on for almost fifteen minutes straight with Quinn almost falling but keeping her balance more than once. Rachel didn't loose her balance at all.
"Is this ever going to end?" Mercedes asked frowning.
"I don't know but I'm bored." Kurt replied laying his head on his best friend's shoulder. Finally with one last tug Quinn and Matt finally went down.
"YES!" Finn shouted as Quinn came back up with a scowl on her face. She watched as Finn eased down and helped the brunette off his shoulders.
"That's painful on the neck man." Matt said massaging the back of his neck as he watched Finn and Rachel celebrate. Quinn crossed her arms as Finn picked Rachel up and spun her around.
"Okay whatever. It was just a game of chicken. Its not like you won a gold medal." Quinn said rolling her eyes.
"Someone's being a sore loser." Kurt said smirking as Finn put Rachel down.
"Yeah Quinn. Don't be too upset about losing. I'm sure it was just luck on our part. After all Finn does have more body muscle than Matt which gave me a sturdier base." Rachel said with a grin. Quinn huffed and walked back towards the shore.
"I knew Berry would win. Where's my money?" she heard Puck say.
"We didn't bet any money Puck."
"Damnit!"
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"Kumbaya my lord-"
"We are not singing that song."
"But I like that song."
"What does Kumbaya even mean?"
"How should I know? I just like the song." Puck frowned at Tina and looked around the circle. Everyone else shrugged as everyone's eyes landed on Rachel who was leaning against Mercedes' shoulder obviously half-asleep.
"Rach?" Finn questioned and Rachel opened her eyes, glancing around at her friends.
"Why is everyone looking at me?" she mumbled with a frown. Mercedes laughed as Rachel groaned when her head was bounced up and down.
"Well you know everything else." Artie said shrugging.
"Yeah and its useless most of the time but I'm actually curious on this one." Kurt said leaning forward from Mercedes' other side to look at the brunette. Rachel sighed and sat up.
"Kumbaya is a Gullah spiritual song that originated in the 1920s. While it began in America it quickly disappeared in the 1930s but was rediscovered in the 1950s in Angola. So for about a twenty year span the song vanished. However when it was brought back the true origin of what the song meant was lost forever so no one really know." Rachel ended with a yawn.
"Well that bites. So we don't even know what were singing about?" Puck asked.
"Well Kumbaya loosely translates to 'Come By Here.' So you're singing 'Come by here my lord." Rachel said closing her eyes again.
"That doesn't even make sense." Puck frowned.
"Just play the guitar and shut up." Quinn said rolling her eyes. Puck glared at her but went back to playing his guitar as Tina began singing. By the time Tina finished the second verse Rachel was on her feet.
"I think I'm going to go to sleep." she announced with a stretch.
"Yeah you guys its like 1am." Mercedes said looking at her cellphone.
"Okay well the tents are up. If you guys triple up there should be enough, or you can crash in the RV with me and my dad." Artie said rolling towards said truck.
"I call the couch!" Mike announced jumping up to run behind Artie.
"No way dude!" Matt yelled jumping up to run after them.
"Goodnight guys." Rachel said with a smile turning to head towards the closest tent.
"I'm with Rachel!" Puck said jumping up with a grin. Quinn bit her lip.
"You're just going to try to grope her until she gives in to sleeping with you or knocks you out." Kurt said rolling his eyes.
"Right. So I'll stay with Rachel." Finn said smiling. Rachel raised her eyebrows but Quinn spoke up first.
"How about you two idiots stay together and I'll stay with Rachel?" Quinn practically growled with a frown. Puck and Finn deflated.
"You don't even like her." Puck mumbled putting his guitar in the case.
"Rachel and I are friends... sorta. Either way I'm not leaving her alone in a tent all night with either one of you. Goodnight." Quinn snapped and stood up. She grabbed her bag and walked into the tent leaving Rachel standing outside. She was in the middle of spreading out her sleeping bag when the flap opened and Rachel walked in. Rachel quickly zipped up the tent and went about taking out her own sleeping bag, still refusing to say anything to the blonde.
"Rachel?" Rachel looked up at the sound of her name but didn't reply. "Are you going to talk to me?"
"About what?"
"I don't know. About how you've been letting Puck and Finn hang all over you today?" Quinn snapped in a whisper.
"Its not my fault Quinn. They both think I'm available and are doing nothing wrong." Rachel snapped back.
"Well you're not and how can they not be doing anything wrong? They're flirting with my girlfriend."
"They don't know that. Would you like me to inform them of that tidbit of information?" Rachel raised and eyebrow. Quinn stayed silent. "I didn't think so. Goodnight Quinn."
Before Quinn could say anything else Rachel slipped inside her sleeping back and turned away from the blonde. Quinn scoffed and climbed into her own sleeping bag. She had hoped she would get some cuddling time while they were alone in the tent but apparently the thought hadn't crossed Rachel's mind. She just had to control her jealousy issues for another day or two then she and Rachel could go back to being the happy couple they were when they were in private.