So here's Chapter Two...not much to say since I'm posting the first three chapters at the same time...enjoy!
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Chapter Two - The Plan
The rest of their time at that little fast food restaurant, the two guys made plans to get the whole Glee club to take Tina to Hollywood.
Step one: convince all twelve members to join them.
Step two: get two cars in which they can ride.
Step three: have everyone pitch in enough money for gas and food.
Step four (and the most difficult step): receive permission from everyone's parents.
So for the remainder of their day, the two best friends kept very busy. They started with calling Finn and filling him in with their plans. At first, he was afraid this idea would not fly well by Rachel, but when she found it, she was more than ecstatic to tag along. ("My dads are practically begging me to do something interesting this summer," she had said. In less than ten minutes of learning the plan, she had already convinced her dads, Finn's mom, and Kurt's dad to let their kids go on this vacation, to Mike and Matt's amazement.)
Then they called Mercedes, told her the plan, and made her keep quiet to Tina so that they could surprise her. Mercedes informed Artie, then their parents. While Mercedes' dad was excited that she was going to hang out with her friends, Artie's parents were overprotective. It ended up taking Matt, Mike, and Finn's assurance that they would look out for Artie, telling them that Glee club was like a family. Finn ended up getting all emotional and started telling stories of their past year in Glee. He went through two of Artie's parents' tissue boxes, but in the end he convinced them to allow Artie to do this. They even said they would throw in two hundred dollars to help with gas money (Artie's parents spoil him, too).
Quinn's mother, in an effort to restore their relationship to its former glory, easily agreed, and even offered a generous monetary donation for the trip as well.
Both Santana and Brittany's parents weren't so easily persuaded. Santana had to tell her parents that it was just Glee girls going on this trip and nothing naughty was going to happen, and Brittany's folks weren't letting her go until they received Santana's parents' reassurance.
When they told Puck about their plan, they weren't sure he even got permission, but just decided to tag along. That left only three people: Mike, Matt, and of course Tina, whom they were saving for last as a surprise.
Matt's mother was easily convinced, and even agreed to let them use her car, a minivan, which was way bigger than Matt's truck that only sits two people.
Finally, it was time to ask Mike's parents. Matt parked his truck in Mike's driveway and proceeded to get out, but Mike stopped him.
"You know how my parents can be; I think I might just go ask alone, okay?"
Matt was a little shocked, but he agreed. Mike got out of the car and went into the house, but a few minutes later, he came back outside.
"So…?" Matt started when Mike had gotten back to the truck.
"They weren't home. They probably went shopping or something. Listen, why don't we come back after we tell Tina and her parents, I'm sure my folks won't be too stubborn about this one anyway."
"Um…okay, no prob, let's go get the Glee club together and tell Tina."
"Cool."
It was eight at night, and Mercedes and Artie had agreed to take Tina out for a drive whilst the remaining nine Glee clubbers spoke with Tina's parents.
To the luck of the Gleeks, the conversation went very well. They understood, and only wanted the best for their daughter. They understood how this was a great opportunity for her, and were very glad that the Glee club was going so far to make her happy. Once again, Finn was emotionally pouring out all kinds of cheesy stories about Glee club and ranting on about how the Glee club was like family.
To the relief of all the Glee members, an unsuspecting Tina, along with Mercedes and Artie, returned home before Finn could get too carried away…again.
"Oh my God…" Tina started, "Why is everyone here…did Mr. Schuester die? I knew all that drama during the school year was going to make him go crazy…so how did it end for him? Ex-wife killed him? Suicide?"
"What? No!" Rachel exclaimed. "Well…it's true that we haven't heard from him in a week…oh God, what if he did die? Surely we couldn't find another Glee director like him! "
Mercedes butted in: "What Rachel is trying, and epically failing, to say, is that we all know you want to go to Hollywood for that live audition, so Matt and Mike came up with a great idea…we're all going to go on a road trip to California!"
"Like they say in American Idol," Artie said, "'you're going to Hollywood!' But don't expect any golden ticket."
"No way! You guys are joking, right?"
It took a while to get Tina to realize that their plan was no joke. They planned to leave in exactly two days, and so after the meeting, the Gleeks went home to pack.
Matt drove Mike home that night.
"Hey, dude, text me when you talk to your parents about all this, okay?"
"Yeah, of course. I'll see you tomorrow, then."
Mike hopped out of the truck, waved to his friend, and went inside.
Later that night, Mike did indeed text Matt, telling him his parents were cool with it.
With help from the Gleeks with jobs, the parents, and even Mr. Schue (Rachel and Tina were relieved to find out he was alive), they had somehow scraped together enough money for food, gas for two vehicles, and hotel for the trip to and from Hollywood. They agreed to use Mercedes' car as the second vehicle, seeing as it was big enough to fit half of the club, including Artie's wheelchair. They didn't believe they were actually going through with this, but it was happening.
The next day past quickly, and before they knew it, it was the morning of the departure. Matt agreed to pick up Mike first, and he arrived at seven in the morning in his mom's minivan. Mike came outside just in time which his suitcase in hand and tossed it in the trunk before hopping in the front seat.
"Okay, let's roll." He said calmly.
Matt looked over suspiciously, noticing something was wrong. "You okay?"
"Why wouldn't I be?"
Matt raised an eyebrow. "Just checking." He turned his head to look outside the window, which was drenched from the rain. "I'm glad to be getting out of this town. It's been raining for three days straight, what kind of summer is this?"
Mike laughed. "Calm down, it'll all be over soon. I doubt it's raining in California."
"True that," Matt agreed. "Okay, so Mercedes is taking Kurt, Tina, Artie, Finn, and Rachel in her car, so that leaves us with Puck, Quinn, Brittany, and Santana. But we agreed on switching every time we stop for gas."
"Sounds good to me," Mike said. "So let's go pick up our crew, shall we?"
Matt nodded, but then looked back at his friend. "Mike, you know you can tell me anything, right?"
"Matt, seriously, just drop it. I'd tell you what's going on if there actually was anything going on, okay?"
"I'm just saying, whenever you need to talk," he pointed to himself, "I'm right here."
"First you're driving a minivan, now you want me to come to you for advice? You're sounding more and more like a soccer mom every day!"
Matt playfully punched Mike. "Whatever, let's just go."
Throughout the next two hours, Matt and Mike picked up Brittany, Santana, and Puck, but had to drive back to Brittany's house because she forgot her toothbrush, then they picked up Quinn, but had to drive back to Brittany's again because she forgot toothpaste for her toothbrush, and then they met up with Mercedes at Tina's house, but had to drive back to Brittany's because she thought she forgot her cell phone, so they spent half an hour looking for it, but then they found it in her pocket, so they drove back to Tina's, but the other group had gone back to Kurt's because he forgot one of his many suitcases, so they drove to Kurt's and found everyone eating pancakes with sausage in the kitchen, courtesy of Mr. Hummel.
After a great deal of complaining, nagging, and yelling, everyone was finally back in their respective vehicles and driving down the interstate toward their first destination: Indiana.
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