Chapter 9: Weekend of fun
As it was now the weekend, and the kids last couple of days in London they were finally allowed to go off and to their own thing. They all had their breakfast at the same time and made plans of where they were going to spend their day, some of them arranging to meet for lunch.
Quinn: San, how about me you and Brittany take a trip on the river cruise up the themes?
San: no way Q, I get sea sick
Santana was actually a good actress, making sure that she was believable, acting horrified at the thought of going on a boat.
Quinn: I really want to go though, will you come with me Britt
Britt: that does sound fun; maybe we will see some ducks! But what about San
Rachel: I will take Santana shopping; we can meet you after the cruise for some lunch.
Their morning was arranged, Santana, Quinn and Rachel had obviously planned this conversation, so that Santana and Rachel could go shopping for Brittany's special gift. Mercedes and Kurt decided to go shopping in the morning as well, although they would go separate from Rachel and Santana. Mike and Tina said that they were going to try and get to Camden market, Tina had heard that she would be able to buy some cool gothic clothes from there. The boys decided that they would go to the National Maritime Museum, it was one of Mr Shues suggestions, as they didn't really know where else to go. Lauren hadn't even gotten out of bed, so nobody knew where she was planning on going.
Puck: we should all go to the London Dungeons
Rachel: isn't that supposed to be really scary?
Puck: yeah but its ok, ill protect you, your my girl now
Quinn: why don't we do that tomorrow, as a whole group, it'll be a fun thing to do on our last day?
With that everybody agreed and went their separate ways for the day.
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Quinn spent her morning on the cruise up the themes with Brittany, who spent the entire time looking for ducks. When she finally spotted some, Quinn founded herself quickly grabbing hold of Brittany's shirt and pulling her back. She had gotten so excited that she was leaning right over the side of the boat, and Quinn noticed that with one wrong movement it would be Brittany overboard. Once she finally got Brittany to calm down, they sat on one of the wooden seats and had a girly chat, about school, boys, Santana, their trip amongst other things. Three times Brittany stood up and exclaimed that it's so beautiful; I just want to dance, only to have Quinn hands grab onto her and pull her back down into a seated position.
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Mercedes and Kurt found their way around the city, popping in and out of almost every shop they could find, not that they could afford the majority of the items that caught their eye. Mike and Tina did eventually find Camden market, and spent the entire day browsing. Tina brought a few items of clothing, whilst Mike was just happy to be spending the day with his girlfriend.
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The boys actually enjoyed their morning at the maritime museum. Sam was told off for making too much noise. They spent the majority of their time in the professional ship simulator, acting as though they were about 10 years old again.
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By the time Santana and Rachel had been in 4 jewellery stores, finding nothing that was either in Santana's price range or that she felt was perfect enough to give to Brittany, Santana was starting to get irritable. Rachel noticed that Santana was beginning to drag her feet, and had stopped speaking to her altogether. Deciding to take a break from wandering around the shops to no avail they sat down at a small café and each ordered a late. Whilst Santana nursed her drink, Rachel took out her iPhone and started tapping away on the screen.
San: I hope you're not sexting Puckerman
Rachel: actually I'm doing some research
Santana just turned her attention back to her drink, waiting for whatever Rachel was bound to start rambling on about.
Rachel: drink up Santana, I have one more shop to try, and I think.. This might be THE one
Santana was dragged to a shop about half an hours walk away from where they had rested at the café. Upon entering, she noticed the sign that said that they did inscriptions, and that they would do them within the hour. Rachel started drifting around the shop, stopping in front of the ring selections. With just one look into the glass display, Santana saw the perfect ring for Brittany. It was a silver band with a small diamond heart in the centre. Rachel enquired whether they would be able to inscribe the ring, whilst Santana was seemingly mesmerized by the object in front of her eyes.
The girls left the shop, with half an hour to kill before going back to pick up the ring that Santana had just purchased.
San: Thanks for this Rachel, I guess we should do something you want to now.. anything you have in mind?
Rachel: not particularly, but thanks for the offer. How about we just find another café to sit at for a while, maybe have a chat. It would make a nice change; I would like to get to know you
To both girls surprise, Santana agreed to Rachel's suggestion, and they actually got to know each other a little more whilst having a drink at a small café just a short distance away from the jewellery shop. When they returned to pick up the ring, Santana held it in her hands, studying the inscription on the inside. The smile on her face was one that Rachel had never seen before, not without Brittany being present anyway.
Rachel: she will love it Santana, it's beautiful, and may I ask how you thought of that inscription?
San: oh, it's just, something I said to her, the night we got together
Rachel: well, it's very romantic of you.
San: yeah, but listen, don't you dare go telling everyone that Santana Lopez is a fucking softy all right, that's our secret..
Everyone other than Mike, Tina and Lauren met up for lunch, where Quinn and Brittany had gotten off the boat. They couldn't agree on what to do in the afternoon, only that they were tired and didn't really want to be walking around the city on this scorching hot day. Eventually it was Sam that suggested that they go to see an Imax movie.
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The evening was spent playing various drinking games in the games room. Puck and Rachel had officially become a couple, and spent most of the evening close to each other, whether that is holding hands, hugging or just sat next to each other. It tuned out that Kurt was actually a pro at some of the arcade games and won £10 off Sam, who bet that he could beat him. Santana and Puck played a game of pool, whilst the others watched and bet who would win. The majority of glee members bet that Puck would win the game, other than Quinn and Brittany. As Santana's best friends, they knew that they could win a lot of money by betting on the Latina who was taught how to play by her cousins when she was kid. As they had anticipated, Santana completely thrashed Puck. Usually he would have hated being beaten by a girl, but it was Santana, she hardly counts, and at least he had Rachel to console him. Finn was trying to play darts with Mike, but he wasn't very good, and on several occasions missed the dart board completely, hitting the wall instead. Mercedes and Tina sat together in the corner of the room, showing each other the items they had purchased during the day.
At midnight everyone went to bed, except for Santana, Brittany, Puck and Rachel. Each of the couples were busy making out and barely even noticed the others leave. Santana took Brittany by the hand and led her down the hall to their room. She had warned Brittany to be quiet in case Quinn was asleep, but Brittany couldn't help the giggles that escaped her mouth as the Latina tried her hardest to be serious, and thoughtful of Quinn. It wasn't exactly like her to take other people's feelings into account before her own. Brittany, along with a few other members of the glee club had at one point or another though to themselves; London must be making her soft
Puck and Rachel were left behind in the empty room. After saying goodnight to the girls, Puck lent down towards Rachel placing a soft kiss on her plump lips, that were coated in a different flavour of lip gloss to the previous day; grape. His hands were placed firmly on her small waist, holding her close to his body. If they weren't in shared rooms he definitely would have gone back to her room and had sexytimes. Instead, he just held her close, planting kisses on her lips, jawline, and neck. When he slipped his tongue into her mouth, a soft moan escaped from her mouth into his. He could feel his trousers becoming tight and ended things before they got too heated. On getting back to his room, he got straight into a cold shower, the image of Rachel and the sound of her moan refusing to leave his head.