The following Friday Tina found herself climbing into Quinn's car with Santanna and Brittany. She watched Mercedes and Rachel climb into Kurt's. All the girls, and Kurt, were going shopping at the mall. It was after school on a Friday so afterwards they were all going over to Rachel's for a sleep over. All the girls were saying it was in honor of Tina since the main reason they were going was to find maternity clothes. Mrs. Abrams wanted to go aswell, so she said she would meet them there. Tina loved the fact of hanging with all her friends and felt honored they were doing it for her, but wasn't thrilled at the thought of maternity clothes. She had seen those kind of shops before and all she had noticed were the frilly, pale colored floral tops and wide, plain pregnancy pants. She had voiced the concern to her friends earlier that day, but they promised they had a surprise for her when they arrived at the mall.
Finn had invited all the guys over to his and Kurt's house to play video games and watch scary movies while the girls went off to do their "chick thing". Most of them were probably gonna crash there overnight too. Kurt begrudgeingly agreed since he wasn't gonna be there anyways, but warned they all better stay away from his side of the room. Artie had agreed and kissed Tina goodbye before she climbed into Quinn's car and he got into his with Matt and Mike filing in behind him. They began to follow Puck and Finn in Puck's car to Finn's.
Quinn and Kurt parked right beside eachother and everyone filed out of the cars and into the mall. The moment they walked into the door they saw standing there waiting for them. She made her way over to them and the group began to move through the mall. Tina saw the Motherhood Maternity store upahead but instead of going in, the rest of the group just kept walking past. Tina and both stopped infront of the store.
"Um guys? Aren't we supposed to go in here?"
Quinn turned around and grabbed her elbow to guide her away from the store, "Nope. we told you we have a surprise for you."
They were soon standing infront of Tina's favorite store. It was the ultimate punk and goth store where Tina practically bought everything she owned. She was confused as to why they were there. She thought surely none of the usual stuff she bought there would fit her as she got bigger. The whole group lead her inside where she was greeted by her friend Nick. He worked there and shared her same style. It didn't take long for them to become good friends. He hugged and told her how much he missed seeing her around, then lead her and the whole group into the back room. There was loads of clothes all over in all of Tina's favorite colors and designs. They were like her usual punk and goth clothes but upon further inspection she saw they were maternity clothes. She gasped and looked up at her friends who were all smiling at her. They had all gotten together and met up with Nick to find perfect, goth maternity clothing. They said it wasn't easy but they soon found a whole bunch at reasonable prices. They told her she was worth it. She went around the room to hug each of them. sighed at the prospect that she wouldn't be able to dress her up in normal maternity clothing but smiled at the fact that her friends had found her clothes she'd be comfortable in. Tina promised her she could be pick out one normal outfit for her to wear to the upcoming family gathering and that she could buy the baby all the frilly clothes she wanted. They packed the clothes in boxes, let Nick get back to his work, then helped carry them and load them in her car. As she drove off the rest of the re-entered the mall to shop and goof off.
Later they all found themselves in Rachel's room already in their pjs. They gave eachother manis, pedis and facials, Tina getting the first and most special attention. They watched movies, played games and chatted before they all fell asleep. They would've talked to Tina more about what she planned on doing regrading all her pregnancy issues, but tonight they just wanted to have fun and avoid all the extra details. They could dish about that stuff later.
At Finn's, they all acted like boys as usual. They played video games and watched movies and dished about the girls in the club as they wolfed down junk food. They teased Artie about how his life was over. Artie just laughed and punched them as high as he could. He liked having a bunch of good friends to hang with. He remembered the day after he had the bad dream of Tina and Mike and how much he wanted to sucker punch him when he greeted him and Tina. He had given him a frightening look which confused everyone since Mike had gotten close to both of them. Tina had to nudge his shoulder so he would calm down. Later, after he cooled off, he explained the dream. Mike put his arms up in the air claiming he wouldn't move in on him. He had too good a reach to his lower regions. Everyone laughed it off until Puck claimed Tina was still the only girl he hadn't been with yet in the club and how disasppointed he was. Everyone stopped and gave him a pointed look. He too threw his hands up in the air claiming it was a joke. They all laughed and moved on, but not before giving him one last glare.