A/N: Summer Before Senior Year Part Two.
I won't be home all day so here's the update super early rather than super late. Enjoy; it's one of my favorite chapters.
I don't know anything about school buses and how they lock so I may have gotten it wrong but remember this is fiction.
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee, any of the products mentioned, or any of the songs used.
Chapter 50: Road
"On the road again; just can't wait to get on the road again. The life I love is making music with my friends, and I can't wait to get on the road again. On the road again, goin' places that I've never been; seein' things that I may never see again, and I can't wait to get on the road again."
Rachel was pacing the floor of her bedroom and Quinn was lying on the bed watching her. She was wearing a smirk and trying to hide the giggles.
"Why in the name of Barbra did we let Noah convince us to go on a road trip, slash camping trip with him?"
"The rest of the glee club is going as well."
"That is not an answer Quinn," she said with a frustrated huff and crossed her arms over her chest. Quinn giggled and pushed herself off the bed and walked over to her girlfriend.
"Listen, it'll be fun," Rachel rolled her eyes. "We can have a week of nothing but fun in the sun and lots of cabin sex and also you in a bikini, mmm" Rachel chuckled.
"Okay that all sounds well and good but Finn will be there," she said and Quinn nodded.
"Mm hm," she leaned closer and kissed Rachel on her neck. "Yeah and I get to do this now in front of everyone and he can just stare in awe over what he will never have."
"Quinn be nice," she told her and pulled her off of her neck. Quinn whined but pulled Rachel by her hips until they were touching.
"And Sam will be there," Quinn said in her teasing tone and she grabbed both of Rachel's hands and placed them on her ass. "And he can watch while you do this," Rachel moaned, she couldn't help it. She palmed Quinn's ass cheeks and squeezed. Quinn pushed her back until she was flush against the door and began trailing kisses down her neck again.
"Quinn we don't have time, everyone will be here soon and I don't want them waiting on us while we ummmm," she trailed off as Quinn's lips moved over her collarbone and she palmed her breast.
"What was that?" Quinn asked and pushed her shirt and bra up and closed her mouth around the now hardened nipple. They were interrupted by a loud banging on the door and they both jumped.
"Let's go assholes!" Santana's voice boomed. "Since you bitches always want to leave in the middle of the fucking night I will be dammed if I have to wait while you get your fuck on," Rachel pushed Quinn off of her.
"Great now I get to go on a road trip with the entire glee club while being sexually frustrated," Rachel said with annoyance in her tone to which Quinn chuckled.
"Now you'll be just like Finn," Rachel turned and glared at her.
"Don't ever say that again." Quinn laughed harder and Santana banged on the door again.
"Fuck off guys!"
Fifteen minutes later Rachel was sitting on the top step of her porch with Quinn next to her; Quinn's arm was draped over her shoulder. Santana and Brittany sat in front of them on the steps in a similar position. The rest of the glee club was sitting around in various positions in Rachel's driveway; and they were all waiting for Puck to arrive.
"See this is why we don't trust Puck with things," Santana said to the group. "He makes us all get up so we can get an early start and have a whole extra day for camping and his ass ain't even here."
"Yeah he probably fell asleep," Brittany added.
A few seconds later a small school bus pulled into the driveway and Santana burst out into laughter.
"Are you fucking kidding me, I ain't going anywhere in a short bus?" Puck parked the bus after nearly taking out Rachel's mailbox and everyone stared in shock, awe and amusement at the small school bus. Puck hopped out wearing a huge grin on his face.
"Did you steal it?" Artie asked.
"Nah dude, I rented it."
"You can do that?" Finn wondered.
"Yeah you can do that," he answered but everyone still seemed to not believe him. So he pulled out a receipt. "It's legit," Rachel got to her feet and looked over the slip.
"It's real guys," she looked around. "He didn't steal it."
"So little faith Jew babe, I'm hurt." He told her with a mock pout on his face. Santana grumbled her way toward the bus carrying her bag and Brittany's. She passed by them.
"Since you're late Puck; you can load up all of this shit on your own," she got on the bus and picked a seat in the back. Brittany joined her a few minutes later and they cuddled together as best they could on the small seat.
Everyone else loaded up the bus with the food coolers and everyone's bags and they got in; Mike and Sam carried Artie in because it wasn't a wheelchair accessible bus.
"Thanks for the help Satan," Puck called thinking she was asleep.
"Fuck you!" She shouted and then said in a quieter tone. "Maybe if you didn't make me get up in the middle of the fucking night!"
"Santana it's technically morning," Rachel tried but stopped when Santana glared at her.
"If it's fucking dark out, it's the middle of the night shrimp," she said and turned to rest her head against Brittany's which was on her shoulder. "Now leave me alone and wake me up when we get there.
Mike and Tina cuddled together while everyone else took their own seat to get comfortable. Quinn pulled Rachel's hand toward the back.
"Wanna cuddle baby?"
"I'd love to," Rachel told her with a smile but I'm not tired. I think I'll keep Noah company for a while. Quinn pouted but Rachel could tell she wasn't really mad.
"Okay but if you get tired you know where to find me," Quinn said and placed a sweet kiss on her lips.
"You are adorable," Rachel said to her.
"You two are nauseating," Mercedes called and Quinn shot her a dirty look but when she saw that her friend was smiling and obviously kidding she smirked and took her seat. Rachel went up to the front and sat across from Noah in the first seat. It didn't take long for the quiet chatter to drown out as everyone else drifted off to sleep.
"I never got a chance to thank you Noah," Rachel told him and he looked at her briefly but put his eyes back to the road as he drove onto the highway.
"For what?"
"For taking care of me, when Quinn couldn't."
"Yeah well you're my bro there is nothing I wouldn't do for you Rachel," he said sincerely.
"And there is nothing I wouldn't do for you… legally," she added and he laughed.
"Good to know." It was quiet between them for a few minutes before he looked over at her again. "You should know that she didn't need to ask because I would've anyway but Quinn asked me to take care of you and make sure you were okay and safe," Rachel nodded knowing that it was something Quinn would do and her heart soared.
"She's just…" she trailed off not able to find the words to express just how much she felt for the girl.
"I know Rachel." She looked at the boy who had quickly become her best friend and remembered that he was in love with Quinn and still supported their relationship completely. She loved him so much and couldn't have asked for a better man to be in her life.
"You're a good man Noah," he shook his head but she continued. "And one day you will find a woman that loves you as completely and openly as Quinn loves me and I love her."
"I doubt it," he said solemnly. Her eyes drifted to Lauren who was passed out a few seats away.
"What about Lauren?" He shook his head again. "You two are-"
"Over," he cut in. "Not that we ever really were but I just don't think it's gonna happen."
"If you like her don't give up," Rachel urged and he again looked sad. "You're worth it all Noah and if she doesn't see what an incredible man you have become than she doesn't deserve you."
"Thanks Rach," he said and she leaned over and kissed his cheek. "Why don't you go get your cuddle on with that hot blonde that is insanely in love with you instead of hanging out with me?"
"Are you trying to get rid of me?" He laughed.
"Never Jew Babe, I just think you'd much rather be with her."
"I always want to be with her but you are important to me too and not just when I need you… I'm gonna be here when you need me too."
"Hey," Quinn's sleepy voice sounded from behind them and Rachel looked up at her with adoration. "I missed you." She said honestly and Rachel held out her hands. Quinn joined her on the seat and Rachel wrapped her in her arms.
"I'm not interrupting this meeting of the Jew Brothership am I?" Quinn asked with a giggle that had both Rachel and Puck also laughing.
"You're always welcome, baby mama… you're Jew by proxy," he finished and both girls stared at his use of the word proxy. "What, I know things?"
And they laughed again.
The two girls cuddled and he took a brief glance and caught them in an intimate staring contest. His heart swelled at the love they shared and he looked away not wanting to intrude.
"Check it out; I got my Jew Babe, my baby mama and the open road… what more could a guy need?"
"Some music," Rachel suggested.
"I like the way you think Rachel, that's why you're my number one bro," he put the radio on. Not too loud because he didn't want to wake the sleeping giant.
And by giant; he meant Santana not Finn.
Rachel held Quinn tight against her chest and met her eyes again. They shared a brief kiss and Rachel leaned closer to her ear.
"You were right, maybe this trip won't suck after all."
"I'm sorry I didn't hear anything after you admitted I was right," Quinn said with a peck to her cheek.
"Ha ha ha," she said and looked out at the road in front of them. Quinn was already falling back to sleep and she knew she wouldn't be far behind but first she looked out the window.
The open road.
With friends.
Her arms tightened around her girl.
And family.
Her eyes landed on Noah again as he sang along with the radio. These people were definitely more than friends.
"Life is a highway; I want to ride it all night long. If you're going my way, I want to drive it all night long." Puck sang along with the radio when he saw a road sign that worried him.
Oh fuck.
He looked at his watch and realized that he had been driving for about three and half hours when the trip should've only taken a little over two and a half hours.
"Fuck!" He yelled which effectively woke Finn up out of his sleep.
"What's the matter dude?"
"We're um," he stammered. "Well I may have gotten us lost."
"Are you fucking kidding me!" Santana's voice boomed from the back which woke everyone else up.
"What's wrong?" Tina asked rubbing her eyes.
"Fucking Puckerman got us lost!" Santana shouted getting to her feet and she walked toward the front of the bus.
"How did you get lost Noah," Rachel wondered in a much more rational voice than Santana.
"I-I don't know I um… I was driving and I must've missed an exit."
"Well pull the fuck over… there is no need to get more lost," Santana screamed.
"Think rationally Santana," Rachel reasoned with the angry girl. "He can't exactly pull over on the highway and we don't even know where we are," Just take the next exit Noah and we will figure out where we are."
"This why we should've brought a GPS," Sam said and Santana glared at him.
"Shut it Trouty Mouth!"
"Stop being so mean Santana," Quinn defended him and felt Rachel tense in her arms. Her eyes met Rachel's. "Really babe, you're still worried about me and Sam," she whispered and Rachel looked down at her lap.
"N-Not exactly I mean I trust you I guess I just still have some issues the same way you do with Finn," Quinn nodded.
"But I have never touched Sam and Finn has kissed you three times," her eyes landed on the suddenly nervous boy. "He's lucky he's still alive," Rachel giggled and looked at a very frightened Finn.
"She's just kidding Finn, don't shit yourself," Rachel said and Santana started to bellow laughter.
"And that is why I like you Rachel even though you still annoy the fucking piss outta me."
"Thanks Santana," Rachel said and she looked at Quinn who was staring at her lips.
"You have nothing to worry about with Sam, Rachel… I only like him as a friend," Rachel smirked because Quinn wasn't talking to her she was talking to her lips. She giggled and pushed her lips against Quinn's in a heated kiss that had Finn's eyes popping out of his head and his hand landing on his crotch.
"Christ Q; I swear you are worse than a teenage boy with your obsession with your midget," Santana yelled and got into the seat behind Puck. She was far less angry and Puck took comfort in that knowledge but he was still worried with her sitting behind him like that.
"Where the hell are we?" She asked.
"Dunno," he whispered and she rolled her eyes.
"I'm fucking driving once we figure out where the hell we are."
"Um Santana," he said in just above a whisper. "You can't because I listed only myself as a driver when I rented this thing," and she laughed.
"Well then you better hope nothing happens because there is no fucking way I'm letting you drive us anywhere," she looked at the time. "You got lost an hour more than it should've taken us to get there… so yeah you're done driving." He nodded knowing he wasn't going to win this argument.
"We really are a family," Mercedes blurted out of nowhere as she took in the group. "We fight worse than my family." Rachel laughed and nodded and Puck pointed to the exit.
"Look," he said pointing as he got into the lane to take the exit.
"Thank fucking god," Santana said and everyone had to agree.
They got off the bus at a truck stop just off the highway and saw a sign indicating they were in Zanesville.
"Zanesville!" Santana said loudly. "I've lived in Ohio my whole life and I have never heard of this fucking place… give me the map." She opened it up and figured out that Puck had taken the wrong exit near Columbus and now they were in Zanesville.
Fucking Zanesville.
"Fucking road trips!" She shouted again. "Why do people like road trips?" She was getting angrier by the second. Brittany came over and wrapped her arms around Santana from behind and she instantly relaxed.
"Calm down baby," Brittany whispered in her ear. "Things can be fun on the road… like road songs, and road games," she lowered her mouth to Santana's ear and gently nibbled on her earlobe. "And road head."
"We'll be back," Santana shouted and dragged Brittany away. They saw them going into the restroom.
"How does she do that?" Lauren wondered.
"Do what?" Kurt asked her.
"Calm the wild beast with only a few words," Lauren explained.
"I don't know," Puck joined in. "But Rachel can do it with Quinn too."
"A-And Quinn can calm Rachel down too," Sam added rubbing his chest and remembering the time that Rachel had him pressed against a locker and poked him in the chest until there was a bruise. "Quinn can calm her down with only a simple touch and a few words."
"Must be some kind of weird lesbian voodoo," Kurt added and Rachel chuckled.
"No Kurt, it's just the power of seduction," Quinn said waggling her eyebrows at Rachel who was swooning under that hazel gaze.
"Oh okay," he rolled his eyes and turned to Blaine. "I'm sticking with my original theory of lesbian voodoo."
"You do that sweetie," Blaine said reassuringly and patted his shoulder.
Tina was walking in a circle holding her phone over her head and staring at it. The rest of the kids were staring at her as if she were crazy.
"Tina," Mike began.
"What the hell are you doing girl?" Lauren cut him off.
"I'm searching for a signal… there is nothing." They all pulled out there phones simultaneously and all began walking in circles trying to get a signal. When Brittany and Santana rejoined them a few moments later they walked up to the sight of the twelve of them walking in circles."
"What the fuck?"
"I think it's a game," Brittany told her and dropped her hand. She ran toward them. "I wanna play."
"Oooh I got a bar," Finn said. "No I don't," he finished and walked in the other direction.
"What the hell are you all doing?" Santana asked and Quinn looked at her with a smirk as the girl's hair was sexified; Artie as oblivious as ever answered.
"We are searching for a signal so that we can get online and get directions," she sneered at him and held up the map.
"Or we could do it the old fashioned way… weren't any of you boy scouts?"
"Were you?" Blaine asked but cowered when she glared at him.
"Shut it, gel head."
"That explains so much," Quinn said and Santana turned on her.
"Yeah like your ass has any room to talk Fabray because if I remember correctly from looking at your photo albums… you were a scout leader," Quinn blushed and Rachel laughed.
"You were a boy scout baby?" Rachel thought it was the cutest thing in the world. Quinn nodded.
"I really wanted to join the girl scouts and they were full so my mother made it happen. My dad said it was gay," Rachel winced. "Those were his actual words, but my mother was awesome she said that it was character building and would make god proud, anyway he bought it."
"Your mom is awesome Q," Kurt said.
"Yeah I should've known she would be okay with me being gay, she was fighting for my right to be what I wanted even back then."
"Can we get back to the map," Santana said with her patented eye roll but she was smiling at Quinn, she was so happy Judy was good to Quinn since Russell was useless. Quinn looked over her shoulder as they tried to figure out where Puck went wrong and how to get back.
Puck came running out of the convenience store with a brochure in his hand. No one had even noticed he was gone.
"Guys!" He shouted as he reached them. "They got a bridge here that is Y shaped," they all stared at him in confusion over his excitement. "That's like a three way bridge," he waited for everyone to be as excited as he was. "A three way," he repeated.
"There is nothing sexual about a bridge Puck," Santana sneered.
"Unless we have sex on it San," Brittany said to her and her sneer turned into a dopey smile.
"No… we don't have time we are already behind schedule," Rachel said.
"The dwarf's right," Santana agreed pulling her eyes away from Brittany. "We don't have time to see a stupid bridge."
"But I wanna see a three way bridge," Brittany whined.
"Okay I guess we're going to see this bridge," Santana said simply and everyone stared at her with wonder. "What?"
"Whipped," Quinn said quietly and Santana wheeled around to glare at her.
"You wanna make comparisons again Q?" And Quinn shook her head wildly.
"Let's get this show on the road." Santana said and stepped closer to the door. She tried to open in and it wouldn't budge. "Puck what the hell?"
"I just closed it and… I don't know," he trailed off and Rachel started to panic.
"No, no, no, no, no," she said and her eyes met Quinn's. "You're not supposed to close a school bus door all the way with no one inside. We can't get back in."
"Relax baby," Quinn rubbed her arms to calm her down and as always it worked. "Puck just open the emergency door in the back door with the key." He nodded and reached for the keys in his pocket. Panic settled on his face as he realized he left the keys inside.
"No, no, no, no, no," Rachel repeated.
"I left the keys in the ignition," he said what everyone already knew.
"Oh for fuck's sake," Santana yelled and Tina pulled out her phone and started to walk in circles again. "What are you doing girl Chang?" She looked to Mike. "What is she doing now?" He shrugged his shoulders.
"We're going to need a signal to call for help."
"We're at a fucking truck stop!" Santana yelled again and Tina calmly put her phone away realizing that Santana was right.
"There's a window open," Quinn suggested and all eyes landed on Rachel.
"No, no, no, no, no," she repeated for the third time.
"It has to be you," Sam suggested. "You're the only one that'll fit."
"Cause she's a shrimp," Santana laughed at the ridiculousness of this situation but stopped when Rachel was glaring at her. Quinn took Rachel's hand.
"Please baby, it'll save so much time."
"But Quinn," she whined. "I'm wearing a skirt… I knew I should've put shorts on."
"It's okay babe… San, Britt and I are cheerleaders. We can lift you and if any of the guys look I'll personally make them pay."
"O-Okay," Rachel reluctantly agreed. They all walked to the window and made the guys look away. They all seemed to be perfect gentleman and turned their backs on the scene. Brittany and Santana lifted Rachel into the air as if she weighed nothing and Quinn guided her with one hand on her back and the other on her ass. Rachel used her own upper body strength to easily pull herself through the open bus window. She was almost through when she heard the distinct sound of Finn's voice.
"Mailman!"
She landed hard on her face into the seat of the bus after rushing to climb the rest of the way in and turned to see through the window as Quinn threw herself at Finn and tackled him to the ground. Finn fell in a heap with Quinn on top of him punching at him.
Rachel ran to the front and opened the door. She rushed over to the flailing Quinn.
"I-I-I'm sorry it was an accident," he said in between punches and used his arms to cover his face. She pulled Quinn off of the whining boy and now bleeding boy.
"How do you accidently check someone out?" Santana yelled.
"Yeah Finn that wasn't cool," Sam added and Rachel smiled at him, maybe he wasn't so bad after all. Everyone started to climb back into the bus and when Finn passed Rachel and a still very angry Quinn he looked sad.
"I'm sorry Rachel," he mumbled.
"Okay Finn," she said and gripped her growling girlfriend tighter. "But you need to learn to have respect for your friends," he nodded dumbly and got onto the bus; Quinn turned to her.
"You're just going to let him off the hook like th-umpfhhh-" Quinn's words were cut off as Rachel pressed her lips against her own and thrust her tongue inside. After a few moments they were pulled out of their moment by Santana.
"Seriously you two are fucking sickening. Get on this bus Q and you can suck on Berry's face all you want then." Rachel laughed into Quinn's mouth and they got onto the bus where they did in fact continue kissing and Finn knew better to not even try and watch.
And when everyone else got out of the bus to check out the Y shaped bridge, Rachel and Quinn decided to stay behind.
"Are you sure you don't want to see the bridge?" Quinn asked between kisses. She was pressed against the wall and Rachel was straddling her hips. "I mean when are we ever going to be in Zanesville again?" Rachel pulled off of her lips and peered out the window while also pressing her chest into Quinn's face. She smirked when she heard the girl's sharp intake of breath.
"Awesome bridge," she said sarcastically and met Quinn's now lust filled eyes. "Now where were we," she pressed her lips to Quinn's again.
"Right about here," Quinn said and moved her lips to Rachel's neck while her hand drifted under Rachel's skirt.
"Quinn, we can't… they'll be back any minute."
"Then I better be quick," she pushed the panties aside and moaned. "You're so wet Rachel."
"Yup," Rachel said nodding. "That's what happens when you go all crazy jealous and attack Finn; it turns me the fuck on," Quinn moaned again and she bit down on Rachel's neck and Rachel gripped her head holding her in place and dug her knees into the seat while Quinn pushed two fingers deep inside.
When everyone returned a half hour later, Santana wrinkled her nose.
"Fuck off Q, it smells like sex in here," she shouted and all the other girls also wrinkled their noses. Meanwhile Rachel and Quinn remained in their cuddled bliss.
Santana found her back pack, pulled out her perfume, and began spraying it up and down the aisle in front of them. "You guys are fucking gross," she yelled and Quinn just laughed. Santana rolled her eyes at them and saw that Puck was sitting in the driver's seat.
"I don't think so Puck," she yanked him out of the seat and climbed in herself.
And they were back on the road.
No one noticed but if anyone had looked; they would've seen Finn's hand in his lap as he quietly chanted his mailman mantra.
After stopping again for lunch… which took a couple of hours because no one could decide where to go. They had gotten pretty far back in the right direction when there was a loud pop and the wheel jerked from Santana's hand. She remained in control and pulled off of the highway into the breakdown lane. She heard the thumping sound of a flat tire and rolled under and overpass before coming to a complete stop.
"Fucking hell, I hate this trip already." She opened the door and got out and everyone else followed. She noticed the back tire was flat and she crossed her arms over her chest.
"It could've been worse," Mike said. "It could've been on the other side of the bus," he was just trying to be helpful but Santana's glare had him moving away from her and closer to the much sweeter girl that was his girlfriend.
"Get to it Puck this fucking trip was your idea," she stated and looked at him. His eyes darted around nervously as he looked at the faces of his friends.
"I uh," he stammered. "I don't k-know how to change a tire." Santana would've laughed if she wasn't so annoyed.
"Are you kidding me?" He shook his head and moved away from her quickly. She was always scary but ever since he had gotten them lost she was full of a lot more rage and he wanted no part of her. Her eyes landed on Finn.
"Finn?" She questioned and he shook his head wildly. "Your step-dad owns a tire shop, how do you not know how to change one?"
"He hasn't taught me yet, I'm starting my job when we get back," She rolled her eyes and looked to Sam, who also shook his head and then to Mike, Kurt, and Blaine who all had no idea how to change a tire. She noticed Artie shaking his head no too.
"Well no fucking shit Artie, that was obvious." She eyed all of the boys. "What the hell kind of men are you?" They all looked to their feet as she turned to the girls. "Zizes, you're more of a man then these assholes, can you do it?" Santana threw her hands in the air when she also shook her head no.
"Thanks for the compliment but I don't know how," Lauren told her and Tina whipped out her phone again and again began walking in circles trying to get a signal.
"I know how," Quinn's quiet voice came from behind her and Rachel's eyes popped out of her head.
"You do?" Rachel asked her and Quinn saw her eyes darken. She nodded and Rachel's smile appeared. "That's so hot Quinn."
"Why didn't you say so," Santana yelled at her."
"Because I hoped I wouldn't have to-"
"Well you have to," Santana cut her off with a biting tone. Quinn looked at Brittany.
"Can you like… do something to make her feel better because this bitchiness is annoying already, and as her best friend it takes a lot to get me to say that," Brittany nodded and reached for Santana's hand.
"Fuck you Q-" Santana began but once Brittany's hand was in hers she shut up and followed her girl down the embankment on the side of the overpass. Once they were gone Quinn heaved a heavy sigh.
"Now that angry smurf is gone we can get this done," she went to back of the bus and looked underneath. "Puck there should be some kind of roadside kit in the front of the bus go get it for me," he did as was told. Mike and Tina sat down on the ground out of the way and most of the other kids joined them. Rachel, Puck, and Sam watched as Quinn got the tire down from the undercarriage of the bus and rolled it over to the blown tire.
"Wow baby mama, you're kind of hot," Puck said and Quinn smirked.
"Couldn't have said it better myself," Sam added and Rachel growled at him. "What, he said it?"
"He's my best friend, he's allowed," Rachel said to him and he took a few steps back. Everyone always warned him about scary Quinn but he was terrified of scary Rachel. "And plus he doesn't hit on my girlfriend."
"No he just knocked her up," he said and she lunged for him. Puck and Quinn caught her and Sam fell to the ground in is hurry to get away from her. There were a few laughs behind them and Mercedes came over to help him up.
"Rachel it's okay," Quinn said softly and forced Rachel's angry eyes to meet hers. "I'm yours baby." And she kissed her.
And Puck watched.
And Mercedes helped dust the dirt off of Sam.
"Thanks Mercedes," he said grinning at her and she stared at him shyly.
"Hot," Puck said effectively breaking Rachel and Quinn out of their kiss. Quinn wheeled around and was about to yell at him for being a pervert but saw that he wasn't watching them. He was watching the smoking hot sexual tension that was happening between Sam and Mercedes.
"Yeah it is," Quinn agreed and turned to a now smiling Rachel. "You don't have anything to worry about with Sam babe; it seems to me that he likes someone else now." Sam nodded at Quinn's words and swooped down to catch Mercedes lips in a kiss that left her breathless. When he pulled away she was staring at him with lust in her eyes.
"Wow," she whispered and Sam nodded.
"Definitely… I guess everyone knows now."
"I guess so," she agreed and they heard a high pitched squeal erupt beside them from Rachel who bounced over to them clapping.
"I'm so happy for you guys," she hugged Mercedes and then turned to Sam.
"You see Rach, I'm not into Quinn anymore and even if I were I'm not Finn," Finn picked up his head at the sound of his name. "I would never try to get in between you guys I just didn't know before," Rachel nodded at his words.
"You're right and I'm sorry I guess I just have some left over jealousy from when Quinn and I were apart and you two were hanging out," he nodded knowing how it all must've looked. "But I am so happy for you two… I can't think of two people more perfect for each other than you two, besides me and Quinn."
"Yeah you two are kind of perfect for each other," Sam agreed.
"I'm going to hug you now okay," she told him and he nodded. Quinn and Mercedes laughed at how Rachel always warned people when hugs were coming. Once she pulled out of the embrace with Sam she turned to Mercedes. "And there is no need to be jealous Mercedes because I assure you even if I were not in love with that amazing girl over there I am still very, very gay." Mercedes laughed.
"Thanks Rachel but I'm not a crazy jealous freak like you and Quinn are," Rachel was going to defend them but she felt Quinn's arm slide across her back.
"You're right we are kind of crazy," she told Mercedes and looked at Rachel. "But I can't help it… I have this amazing creature and I don't want anyone else near her," Rachel beamed and pulled Quinn into a kiss.
"Seriously how did we miss this for almost two years," Mercedes said to Sam. "We couldn't even keep our secret for the summer." He shook his head and led her back over to where everyone was sitting.
Rachel pulled out of the kiss.
"Are you gonna fix this tire Fabray, I don't want to be here all day."
"Yes ma'am," Quinn told her turning toward the bus and Rachel followed. Rachel watched as she pumped the jack until the tire was off the ground and she began removing the lug nuts.
"I'm proud of you."
"I'm proud of you too Quinn."
"No I mean; I'm proud of what you said to Mercedes and Sam about being gay."
"Oh, it wasn't that big of a deal."
"It was actually, it was the first time you said it to anyone but me or our family," Rachel nodded as she realized that Quinn was right. "It was a big step for you."
"And I didn't think anything of it."
"Exactly," she kissed her quickly. "And I'm proud."
"I'm proud too Quinn, of myself… of us." She lowered her voice. "Of my sexy girlfriend who can do things none of these men can."
"What do you mean I haven't even used the strap on yet?" Quinn asked and watched Rachel blush. She knew what she meant but she couldn't help making her girlfriend blush.
"Yes well," Rachel ducked her head in embarrassment again. "I meant changing a tire but now I'm looking forward to you putting those other skills to use as well."
"I bet you are," Quinn winked and Rachel pushed her.
"Change the tire nerd," Rachel sat down on the ground and watched her pull the flat tire off and put the spare back on. She felt herself getting wet just watching Quinn do what no one else could and she suddenly couldn't wait to get to the cabin and rip her clothes off. As Quinn tightened the lug nuts back on Rachel moaned and Quinn's eyes met hers and she arched her eyebrow.
"I can't help it; you look fucking hot right now," Rachel told her and Quinn giggled.
"Want to find our own embankment to you know…" she waggled her eyebrows.
"I'm seriously considering it."
Once all the nuts were tight Quinn lowered the jack and put all the supplies away while everyone watched her.
"I gotta admit I'm kind of impressed," Artie told the group.
"I'm more than impressed," Tina added. "That's twice Quinn has gotten us out of a bind with her brilliant ideas. I'm definitely on Team Quinn."
"As opposed to what Team Rachel?" Mike asked.
"No as opposed to Team Santana," Tina told him and everyone said at once that they were on Team Quinn as well.
"Fuck all of you!" Santana's voice boomed from behind them and they turned to face her. "I'm awesome and I keep it real while all Quinn does is give moony eyes to Berry all day."
"That may be true but Quinn has saved us twice now while all you've done is yell at us," Tina told her and Santana started to cry.
"I'm sorry okay I just have rage issues and I don't know how to deal with my feelings okay," she buried her head into Brittany's shoulder while everyone looked concerned.
"I gave her some alcohol to take the edge off," Brittany told them and then it dawned on Artie.
"But wait, where did you get alcohol?"
"Seriously we're with Puck," she told him like it was obvious. "Did you really think he'd go on a camping trip for a week without alcohol?" Artie nodded because they really should have known.
Brittany led her teary girlfriend away, but Santana stopped her when they got to Quinn who was wiping her dirty hands off on a towel that Rachel had given her. She hugged a very confused Quinn.
"I love you Quinn and I don't know what I'd do without you."
"Are you drunk?" She asked and her eyes landed on Brittany who was nodding. "Where did you get… never mind I don't want to know."
Brittany and Santana got onto the bus and Quinn turned to the group.
"Who wants to drive? Santana can't because she's a bit drunk," no one spoke up. "Come on guys I'd do it but I'm afraid, I've never driven anything bigger than my mom's Escalade before." When still no one spoke up, Rachel did.
"I'll drive," she offered and Quinn's eyes bulged out.
"Baby," she was trying to say this as nicely as possible. "Thanks for the offer but you've only had your license for a few weeks and I'm not sure-"
"Are you saying you don't trust me?"
"N-N-No I'm not-"
"I'm driving," Rachel said again and turned on her heel with a huff of breath.
"Can you even reach the pedals?" Puck asked her while laughing; and she glared at him. His laughter immediately stopped when he saw the look on her face. She shrugged and got onto the bus. Quinn shot Puck a dirty look and also got onto the bus to try and talk some sense into Rachel.
When she got to the door she saw her adorable girlfriend sitting in the driver's seat with her lip out in a pout.
"Look baby, I'm sorry I didn't mean that you couldn't do it I'm just nervous… I-I mean I'm nervous to drive myself and please don't be mad at me Rachel."
"WHIPPED!" They heard Santana's voice from the back of the bus. Quinn looked back at her but her attention went back to Rachel when she felt the girl's hand on hers.
"I'm not mad at you Quinn."
"Then what's wrong?"
"My feet don't reach the pedals," she whined and Quinn chuckled. She tried really hard not to but she couldn't help it. She searched Rachel's eyes to see if she was mad but all she saw was that Rachel was trying to hide a smile. "It's not funny Quinn."
"It's kind of funny."
"No it's not," she said but was already laughing. Quinn took her seat in the first row and Rachel climbed in between her legs and Quinn's arms wrapped around her waist. When everyone else got on and Mike and Sam carried Artie to his seat, Quinn looked at Puck.
"You're driving," she told him and he pumped his fist. "But you're following my directions and if you get us lost again I'll unleash Santana on you."
"Cool," he said with his signature smirk and looked at Rachel. "What's the matter Jew Babe you couldn't reach the pedal after all?"
"Fuck you Noah," she said calmly and he laughed and took his seat. Everyone else started to laugh as it was unusual to hear Rachel swear.
"Shut UP!" Santana yelled at them.
"Brittany, next time give her sex… not booze," Tina said and Santana started to cry again.
And once again, they were on the road.
"Life is a highway; I wanna ride it all night long. If you're going my way, I wanna drive it all night long" They all sang along with Puck this time and Quinn tightened her hold on Rachel's waist. She ducked her head so that it was resting on Rachel's shoulder.
"Are you glad we came?" Rachel looked back and tilted her head to look at Quinn. "I mean because I know you were annoyed with the idea this morning and then everything has gone wrong and I was just wondering-"
"You're rambling Quinn," Rachel teased and Quinn nodded.
"I know," she whispered and Rachel kissed her. Quinn smiled into Rachel's lips and attacked her mouth in a much more frenzied kiss. Rachel turned in her arms and threaded her fingers through Quinn's short hair- which she was in love with- and deepened the kiss.
"Uh Oh," left Puck's mouth and Quinn pulled off of Rachel's mouth so fast that Rachel fell into her a bit.
"Sorry baby," she muttered before looking over to Puck. She immediately saw that the engine was smoking and screamed at him. "Pull the hell over!" Her loud shrieking and Puck yanking the wheel had everyone worrying again.
Ten minutes later they were all outside the bus again and Quinn was pacing back and forth.
"What are we gonna do?" Puck asked her.
"I don't fucking know Puck!" She yelled back and all of a sudden she understood Santana's rage. "Did you get a signal Tina?" She looked over at the girl who was again walking in a circle with her phone over her head, and she was shaking her head no.
"No, I got nothing."
"Fucking hell!" Santana shouted from her seat on the cement. "I'm never going anywhere with you assholes again… except Quinn she's kind of awesome."
"Hey I climbed in the window," Rachel told her with a slight whine.
"Yeah okay Rachel can come too," she saw Rachel's grin widen. "Oh don't get too excited hobbit I'm only allowing you so that I don't have to watch Quinn rub up against objects because she wouldn't have you around." Everyone laughed and Quinn looked at her angrily. "Oh Christ Quinn I'm just kidding, I thought you wanted me in a better mood." Quinn ignored her and continued pacing.
She stopped in front of the bus and was looking at the still smoking engine. She didn't know what the hell they were going to do but once she felt the familiar arms of her girl wrap around her she felt better.
Rachel was leaving kisses across her shoulder and she turned in the girl's arms and smiled down at her.
"To answer your question, yes I'm glad we came." Quinn chuckled.
"Even with…" she raised her hands at the situation before continuing. "Everything that has gone wrong?"
"Yes Quinn and do you know why?" Quinn shook her head no.
"Because I'm with you," she kissed the front of her shoulder. "We could be trapped on an iceberg in Alaska, or in a desert in Arizona and I would still have gone because I would get to be with you."
"You smooth talker," Quinn kissed her forehead and wrapped her arms around Rachel's shoulder.
"I'm serious," Quinn's eyes landed on hers again. "Don't you know by now that I'd follow you anywhere?" Quinn smiled.
"Me too."
"And I have all the faith in the world that you'll figure a way out of this," Rachel said confidently but Quinn shook her head.
"I don't know."
"I do."
"I don't know anything about engines Rach," she said and shook her head again.
"Well assuming none of the guys know anything," they looked around at the group. Puck was sitting next to Santana and Brittany with his head resting on Lauren's shoulder. Sam and Mercedes were cuddling. Finn's finger was digging deep into his ear. Mike and Tina were still searching for a signal along with Artie, and Blaine was helping Kurt wipe some dust off of his pants.
"And I think it's a pretty good assumption that they don't… you are the smartest person I know and I'm the second," Quinn giggled. "So I think between the two of us and the manual for the bus we can figure it out and see if we can fix it." Quinn smiled and kissed her softly and then harder when Rachel moaned. After a few moments of that incredible kiss, Quinn pulled away and stood in front of the group.
"Okay, here is the deal. Rachel and I are going to read the manual and see if we can fix this thing or at least see if we can figure out what is wrong with it."
"Okay," Puck said. "What can we do?"
"Do any of you know anything about engines?" They all stared at her dumbfounded, "didn't think so."
"How you gonna fix it Q, there's no tools," Santana asked but Quinn was already walking toward the bus and shrugged.
"I brought a roadside assistance kit, which has tools in it," Rachel told her and went toward the bus to retrieve the manual and the tools.
"Check out the lesbian superheroes," Santana said with a laugh and Quinn and Rachel's eyes met and they both smiled.
"Yeah well my money is on Quinn," Tina said.
"Mine too," Mike added.
"Mine too always," Puck agreed. Rachel walked over to Quinn who was looking at the engine and knew that she could hear them and their faith in her and she leaned over her shoulder.
"Mine too," Rachel whispered in her ear. "My money will always be on Fabray."
"Berry-Fabray," Quinn said and Rachel beamed at her. "I mean someday."
"Uh huh," Rachel nodded while biting her lip and grinning like a fool.
A few hours later everyone else was throwing rocks across the street to see who could throw the furthest and Lauren won every time.
"Dude you should be the quarterback next year," Artie told her and Finn glared at him to which he merely shrugged.
"Maybe I will," she said eyeing a nervous looking Finn.
Meanwhile Rachel was leaning against the front of the bus flipping through the manual and Quinn was covered in grease.
"My little grease monkey," Rachel said in awe and Quinn shot her a sideways grin. "Oooh, Oooh I think I found it Quinn," she said excitedly and Quinn looked over at her. "It says that if the engine starts to smoke it means that it's overheating and that it needs coolant."
"What the fuck is coolant?" Quinn asked and Rachel shrugged. Quinn took the book from her and continued to read. A smile crept up her face and she pointed to the book. "It says it needs antifreeze but in case of emergency water will work," Rachel hopped up and down.
"We have water," she shouted and hugged Quinn.
"Yeah we just need to get to the nearest service station for antifreeze," Quinn ran to get the jug of water that Rachel had packed and thanked god her girlfriend was such a planner. When she got back to the front Rachel's face was buried in the book again.
"I don't get it Quinn."
"Get what babe?"
"Why do we have to put antifreeze in it because it's too hot," Quinn looked at her with confusion on her face.
"I don't know," she said honestly and then shrugged her shoulders. "But if it gets us the hell off this highway then I'm doing it." Rachel beamed at her and they went to work. Rachel read the instructions on where to put the water and Quinn poured the water into the reservoir. When she felt there was enough she stopped and turned to her smiling girlfriend.
"We did it baby," Rachel said and pulled her toward her face; Quinn stopped her. "What's wrong?"
"I'll get you all dirty."
"Oh Quinn if you were only in my head," she smirked evilly. "I'm already dirty… so, so dirty."
"Mmmm," Quinn moaned and kissed her. After their hot albeit brief kiss Quinn got into the bus and started the engine. It started fine and all the glee kids got to their feet.
"Oh my-" Kurt began.
"She did it!" Puck cut him off. Quinn got off the bus and was watching to make sure it didn't start to smoke again and the rest of them joined her and Rachel.
"Lesbian superheroes I tell you," Santana said eyeing Quinn's work. "Nice job FabGay and GayBerry," she laughed at her own joke and she wasn't the only one. Brittany, Mercedes and Lauren laughed too.
"It's not a permanent fix we need to get off at the next service area and get some antifreeze but it'll do until then."
"You're a hellava wingman Q," Puck told her clapping her on the back.
"Wingman," Santana said cocking her head sideways at him. "And what has your ass done on this trip for her to be your wingman other than get us lost, lock the keys inside and blow up the fucking engine."
"To be fair Santana, the last one wasn't really his fault it's hot out here and-"
"Shut it Finnept," she cut him off and he did as he was told.
"You're right Satan," Puck said and looked to Quinn. "I'll be your wingman anytime." Quinn was about to thank him when Rachel stepped between them with her arms crossed over her chest.
"Excuse me but I'm the only wingman she needs," Rachel glared at him and Quinn giggled and looked at Sam.
"See you're not the only one," he nodded but knew better than to say anything and kept his mouth shut.
"Team Quinn all the way," Tina told her before getting on the bus and everyone agreed and followed. Santana was the last one; she looked at Quinn's smiling a somewhat smug grin and shrugged.
Hell she deserved to be smug.
"Whatevs Team FabGay it is," Quinn laughed and followed Santana onto the bus. "So Puck do you think you can get us to the service station without fucking up or do you need a girl to bail you out again?"
"Fuck you Santana," he said with a smug grin of his own.
"Um no… been there and it's not all it's cracked up to be," she winked at Quinn and Rachel before she walked back to her seat with Brittany.
And again, they were on the road.
They pulled into the service area which was about thirty miles from where they had broken down and were happy to see that there was a convenience store there also. Quinn and Rachel were going into the store to get the antifreeze when Brittany spoke.
"Can you get me some Ho Ho's?"
"I thought you already had one in Santana," Artie sniped and Santana glared at him.
"Shut it Carry-on… because if you open your mouth again your chair is going out the fucking door and you can earthworm your ass around all week." He ducked back in his seat.
"Yeah and get me some Raisnettes," Lauren added.
"And I'll take some Tylenol," Kurt said rubbing his hands over his temples. He had such a headache from the nuisance the day had become.
"Can you get me some beef jerky," Finn asked as nicely as possible, and Quinn nodded. She dragged Rachel off of the bus before anyone else could make a request. Once they were in the store Quinn immediately looked for a bathroom and nearly squealed when she saw one.
"Oh thank god," she shouted and dragged Rachel over to the bathroom. "I can get cleaned up." She pulled Rachel into the small room that had a toilet and sink and nothing else and rushed over to the sink.
She began to wash the grease off of her hands and as Rachel watched her she became aroused. She thought back to the amazingly ridiculous day they have had and were still not at their destination. And she thought about how Quinn was stepping up to be the leader that Finn couldn't be if he tried and then she thought about how fucking sexy she looked as she changed the tire and when she was hunched over the engine trying to figure out what went wrong.
And then she couldn't take it anymore, her panties were drenched and she was throbbing and looking at her hot, sweaty and dirty girlfriend her mouth watered. She closed the gap between herself and Quinn in a few steps, pulled her away from the sink, and pushed her hard into the wall; Quinn gasped.
"Rachel wha-" her words died in her throat when Rachel dropped to her knees in front of her and began tugging at her shorts.
"I want you Quinn… right now," she husked and Quinn covered her hands with her own.
"B-but I'm all sweaty and gross."
"Mmm, you may be sweaty babe but you are far from gross," she replied and this time when she tried to tug Quinn's shorts down Quinn didn't stop her and when she pulled Quinn's leg up and over her shoulder, Quinn tugged her by the hair pushing her face closer.
And when Rachel began licking at her she dropped her head against the wall with a loud thump and began bucking her hips into her girlfriend's face.
Meanwhile, outside it was getting late and the bugs were coming out.
"We better be close to this fucking campground because if I have to spend too much more time in that bus I might legit kill someone," Santana said and when Finn laughed she eyed him and sneered. "You laugh, Finnessa but you are first on my list." Artie chuckled at that.
"And you're second," she pointed in his face and Brittany tugged her hand and dragged her back to their seat on the bus.
"Where are they I'm getting hungry," Finn whined and Lauren nodded.
"Yeah I mean how long does it take to get antifreeze?"
"With Quinn and Rachel it might be a while," Puck told the group knowingly. "We really shouldn't have let them go into that store alone together… it could be hours."
Quinn and Rachel returned about twenty minutes later and when they climbed the stairs to the bus they were looking into twelve annoyed faces. Well Rachel was looking into twelve annoyed faces… Quinn was looking at the stars and unicorns that were behind her eyes.
"What?" Rachel asked annoyed.
"Did you forget something?" Puck responded and she looked down at her hands.
Her empty hands.
"Oh for fuck's sake!" Santana barreled her way to the front of the bus and pushed her way past them. "I'm so sick of this trip!" Rachel looked back up at the group who were wearing a mixture of expressions from Puck's satisfied smirk, to Kurt's appalled mouth drop, to Finn whose eyes were closed and was chanting. Rachel shrugged and grinned.
"Whoops," she said and crawled into her seat tugging Quinn with her.
Once Santana had returned, Rachel read the manual and explained to her how to put the antifreeze in and she did. Then they were ready to go again. She climbed back on the bus and stared at Puck.
"If we have to stop again before we get there I swear to god I will fucking kill you Puckerman, now let's go." Puck started the engine and closed the door, while Santana took her seat.
"Hey you forgot our stuff," Finn whined.
"I didn't forget it," She called to him. "I'm just not your servant… get your shit yourselves."
"But I wanted Ho Ho's," Brittany whined.
"I got them for you," she replied in her sugary sweet tone.
"WHIPPED!" Everyone yelled at once.
"Fuck all of you!"
And they were on the road.
They finally pulled into the driveway of the cabin they had rented and everyone unloaded the bus, and carried Artie out.
"So much for leaving early to get the most out of the trip, leave it to Puck to make a two and a half hour drive take all day," Santana said crossing her arms as they all gathered on the balcony to watch the sun setting over the lake that they had a perfect view of.
"Oh admit it Santana, you had fun today," Rachel said and she was greeted by a dirty look but Santana couldn't hold it for long and shrugged her shoulders. It was quiet for a while until Finn spoke.
"So who's sleeping where?"
"Well there are five bedrooms with a queen size bed in each and one camp room as it is called with two sets of bunk beds," Tina said. "So I figured that the five couples could get the rooms and the rest could bunk together," everyone seemed to agree except for Finn.
"Wait so I gotta sleep with a bunch of dudes?"
"It's not like you can get any chicks to sleep with you," Santana told him and there were a few laughs.
"And I'm not a dude," Lauren told him.
"And I'm not sure if I'm comfortable sleeping in the same room with Sam yet," Mercedes told them and then looked at Sam. "It's nothing personal it's just-"
"Soon," he cut in and she smiled shyly. "It's cool babe… why don't you and Lauren share the room and I'll bunk with the guys," she leaned up and kissed him.
"You're the best boyfriend ever," he smiled like a fool.
"That was pretty sweet," Tina told him.
"Wait so you gave up sleeping in a room with your girlfriend to sleep with a bunch of guys… that's kinda gay dude," Finn told him and Mercedes looked like she wanted to hit him.
"No asshole it's called being a gentleman, you should try it sometime."
"He doesn't even know how to be a man, never mind gentle," Santana said laughing at her own joke.
"Come one baby," Brittany tugged her hand. "I'm tired and I want to cuddle." Santana nodded and let Brittany pull her away. Everyone followed behind.
"Wait so I really have to sleep with a bunch of dudes?"
"Fuck off Finn!"
A/N 2: The song Puck and everyone sang together was Life is a Highway by Tom Cochrane and the song used for the chapter was On the Road Again by Willie Nelson.
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Up next, more fun… and sexy times to come as they have a week of camping together.
