Chapter 38: Theme Park

March – age 19, Charlotte age 3

Spring Semester, Freshman Year

Spring break fell on the week of Charlotte's birthday this year. She was now three years old. Finn had a little party at the house in Lima. All of their friends who were in town came. Kurt and Dave flew back from NYU and FIT, Mercedes was back from UCLA. Puck drove in from UWV with Lauren. Sam was still in town because he was finishing out his senior year. Artie flew in from MIT and Brittany from the Alvin Alley School of Dance. Mike and Tina were back from Stanford, and Matt came in from U of O. The gang was all there. So while they were celebrating Charlotte's birthday, it also gave them all the chance to catch up.

Mike was a knesthesiology/dance major. This appeased himself and his passions, as well as his family's expectations of going on to medical school. His parents also got him a single dorm, under the pretense that it would keep him more focused on his studies. Little did they know that Tina stayed there most nights because she had the roommate from hell. Tina lived in a double with Audrey Woods. She was an undeclared major and all she did was stay in their room and eat. It was a wonder they didn't have rats with how messy she was. Tina was a theater major, costume design. She had been so involved with getting their glee costumes together, and was pretty darn good at it, if she did say so herself. Tina was minoring in conservation biology, since she loved animals, and a good fallback job would always be to work in a zoo.

Matt was playing football for the University of Ohio. He was playing second string right now, but he dream position was help by a senior. He was confident he could start next year. He was in their physical therapy program. He could play football for four years and then continue to get his doctorate for the next three years. He knew he would need to have a career to come out of college with. He would enjoy his time playing and the scholarship it got him to complete his goals.

Artie was at MIT for their mechanical engineering program. Things were going well. He had handicap accommodations so his double was huge. His roommate worshiped the ground he rolled on. Artie was an enigma. He was super nerdy, but went to the skate park to let off steam. He could rap and sing with soul. He also had a hot girlfriend who was in a prestigious dance school. They would skype a few nights a week and text the rest of the time. She surprised him on fall break by flying up to him. Then he became a god. She may have played it up a little bit by wearing clothes that showed off all of her best assets. Britt was in her element at the dance school. They were all super competitive and cut throat; but that was just like being on the Cheerios again.

Sam was finishing up his senior year. He was still the quarterback. He pretty much ruled the school. Glee club was still around but it just wasn't the same. Sam mentored many of the football players on how they survived and how they needed to act as seniors. This made Sam be on the fast track for MVP and most improved award.

Lauren got a scholarship to wrestle at WVU. She was going to be their first female champion. She was studying computer science. That major was too easy bit it gave her credibility to her mad computer skills. She decided that Puck was worth taking with her to college. Puck was a super whiz at math so he signed up for classes so he could get his MBA and CPA. He was really excelling in his classes. He did have to beat girls off with a stick. He went to the first wrestling match to support Lauren. She won. It was a tradition for girlfriends to come down and kiss their winner. Lauren told Puck he was available to do the same. Puck laid a good one on her, coping a feel of her ass in that uniform. The girls there were rather disgusted but Puck finally knew what he wanted in life and he was happy the girls got the message he was with Lauren.

Mercedes was majoring in finance and minoring in both vocal performance and fashion design. Things were going well. She was still in touch with Sam. They talked about dating and thought they could handle the long distance thing. He has secretly gotten into UCLA and got a football scholarship and the rest was covered by a dyslexic athlete scholarship. She could freak out when she went to his graduation and found out.

Dave had gone to NYU to be closer to Kurt but also because they had a good MBA program. He was also minoring in creative writing. This was a secret passion of his, unbeknownst to most – except to Kurt. He didn't get a scholarship for football so he wasn't obligated to play, which was nice. He was also learning Chinese. It was difficult but he believed that it would pay dividens later.

Kurt was at FIT. He was actually learning the basics of fashion design. He already had a portfolio of clothes that he designed, and co-designed with Tina and Mercedes. He and Dave found an apartment off campus that was technically FIT property. They both lived there even though it was only in Kurt's name. Kurt's present to Charlotte was a new line of childrens rompers he had made.

Charlotte passed out after her party, so Finn and Santana hung out with their friends in the backyard around the bon fire. "So how's it really in New York? Matt asked the male couple.

"It's not as bad as I thought," Dave admitted. "It's crazy busy but you just need to know the best times to get places."

"It's fabulous," Kurt raved. "We don't have to hide any more. I can walk down the street and hold Dave's hand and not get my ass kicked."

"That's good man," Puck agreed. "I had to threaten a few people to shove their heads up their asses for that."

""I quite appreciate that Puck," Kurt replied. "I wanna know what went down at that wrestling match; they put yours and Lauren's kiss all over YouTube."

"Well, the guys are allowed to have their girlfriends nearby and even give them a kiss after the match if they win. I asked if Puck could come by. They said sure," Lauren began. "He has been totally freaked because he is obviously hot and these skinny bitches – no offense girls – have been trying to push up on him. I've heard him on several occasions tell them he has a girlfriend. We have lunch together but they just don't get it. So I am not a huge fan of PDA, but I figured I could help him out."

"Yo, she won and then let me kiss the hell out of her," Puck chimed in. "And she let me touch up on that sexy ass of hers in that uniform."

"Now the girls don't really try Just a few transfer girls this semester who don't know any better, but they are schooled real quick," Lauren shrugged.

"Hey, Tina had to do the same to the Asian community at Stanford," Mike said. "I also may have told a few guys to spread the word that Tina is very much taken."

"All I have to do is say I have a kid, and it makes me unattractive to college girls," Finn joked. "And Tana can truly take care of herself. I heard a rumor of a guy being threatened with a razor blade for grabbing a Latina girls' butt."

"To be fair he caught me on a bad day," Santana groused. "I didn't even have a razor. They are too dangerous around Char."

"Good," Britt said. "We want nothing to hurt out little girl."

"Alright, they think I'm a god at MIT," Artie bragged. "I'm crazy smart, sing like I'm black, and have a hot girlfriend."

"His friend totally drooled when I flew up," Britt confirmed. "Sometimes I wear really tight pants and low cut shirts to make them more jealous."

"And I pretty much sexile my roommate the days she comes up," Artie said, not caring.

"And it's a wonder why you were underrated in high school," Santana commented with a smile.

"How's UCLA Mercy?" Britt asked. It took a minute for her to respond because she was sitting on Sam's lap, exploring his mouth with her tongue. "Mercy?"

"Mmm, sorry," Mercy said as she broke her kiss with Sam. "What was the question?"

"Tell them about UCLA babe," Sam prompted, rubbing his hand on her thigh.

"Yeah, it's great. Lots of sunshine," she began. "I'm really busy with my classes, so I don't do too much around campus. But I do try to go to open mic night."

"Cool," Finn said. "We should find one for date night soon."

"Yeah, I need to sing adult songs," Santana agreed. "All I sing now are kid songs with Char."

"But because of that she is practically bilingual," Finn interjected. "I keep taking Spanish classes and Santana speaks it pretty fluently, so we try to teach her both."

"Pretty awesome," Lauren agreed.

"And one day, Uncle Dave will teach her Chinese," Kurt said.

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Matt ended up leaving early for a day with his Dad. The others stuck around and made out around the dying fire. Burt and Carol planned for this eventuality. They got sleeping bags from parents and zipped two together. Finn and Santana headed up to bed well after midnight. Kurt and Dave went down to his room. Puck and Lauren took their sleeping bag down there as well. Burt and Carol moved the living room furniture out of the way for the other three couples. It was a good thing they all went to school together and were very comfortable together. This ended up not the innocent sleep overs of yester year. Both couples in the basement ended up fooling around quite a bit. Artie and Britt had the lazy boy and that afforded them a little more privacy but even the other two couple fooled around until everyone passed out.

Carol was up early and made pancakes for the whole group. Charlotte was sent after the teens to wake them up. They grumbled at first but couldn't be too angry at a three year old in a giraffe hoodie. At some point during the evening, Mercedes lost her shirt and gained Sam's tank top. Sam just wore bottoms, no shame. Char did ask Sam and adorable question.

"Why is yous lumpy?" she asked, pointing to his abs.

"Those are muscles,"Sam explained. "And I work very hard to keep them lumpy. And Mercy likes me lumpy." Said reference blushed.

"You kids had a fun night?" Burk asked. There were affirmative noises made around mouths full of pancakes. "Good, and thanks for taking care of the fire."

"No problem, Burt," Finn replied. It was definitely good to be home.