Your Turn
DISCLAIMER: GLEE AND THEIR CHARACTERS DO NOT BELONG TO ME.
Water Balloon Fight: Berry Style! PART 1
A/N: Wow guys, Glee...Glee is made of all kinds of crazy. Sorry this is soooo late!
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Because of the activites planned for the day, Rachel decides to make the party start at approximately 3 PM.
It is currently 2:30PM and she is dressed in camouflage capris and a black shirt with a raccoon print in white. It wasn't her outfit for the party, but it was her outfit for her first event. For the first event, they would be using the park. Obviously there were others in the park, children and their parents, innocently in the way.
Rachel had talked with the whole community beforehand, apologizing if someone got hit by accident and warning the children to not touch the water filled balloons. She would have made it so that no one would enter the park for the next two hours, but she felt that the extra people were excellent obstacles.
The girl had hid balloons in trees, under trees, under the playground and randomly all over the park. In fact, she and her fathers, along with several children had been planting the balloons since 1PM.
Yes, a lot of thought had been put into this event.
It was now 2:45PM and Rachel is very content with the whole design. She decides to take this extra time to go on the swings with some of the children.
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Tina and Artie are the first to arrive. They weren't carrying much, seeing that Rachel advised them to drop off their bags at her house first. The asian was dressed in a black tanktop and very loose fitting black track pants along with black armbands. And yes, she was wearing a ski mask.
"Tina, may I inquire why you are dressed as a burglar?" Rachel asks, wondering why in the world anyone would dress up that snuggly on such a hot day.
"I'm not a burglar, I'm a ninja. There's a huge difference," she rolls her eyes and looks to Artie for his approving nod.
The boy was dressed in a complete camouflage suit, hoping that it would compensate for his wheelchair. He also marked with ink, a stripe underneath each eye.
"You both seem to have planned this out thoroughly," Rachel sort of compliments, keeping inside her comment regarding how easy they are as targets.
Next to arrive are Mercedes and Kurt. They're both wearing hair nets and matching grey sweater and ripped jeans.
"We're ready for anything, girl," the curvaceous Diva claims.
"You two look like cafeteria ladies," Artie comments nonchalantely.
"And you two look like you just escaped from boarding school," Kurt flings back, crossing his arms.
"All of you look like freaks."
"Hey Rachel!"
Leave it to Santana and Brittany to go simple with tank tops and short jeans shorts. Santana's tank top was red and Brittany's was green.
Rachel decides not to make any more comments as she ticks off the names of the New Directions kids as they arrive in pairs.
Next were Puck and Finn who were strategizing from afar. This strategizing involved running as fast as you can and catch all the slow pokes first. Puck was wearing a white muscle shirt with khakis and Finn was wearing a camouflage shirt and black shorts. The former hoped that he could show off his muscles to the surrounding hot moms and for that bonus of getting soaked at his chest so he could have the excuse of removing his shirt. One would wonder why he didn't just come without a shirt.
Which was a decision he soon came to realize he missed when Mike and Matt arrive shirtless wearing matching dark green shorts. They didn't do it to show off or anything, they just don't want to ruin any of their shirts by accident.
Not that anyone minded, really. All the girls and Kurt were admiring the sculpted abs, especially since the two boys were chasing after each other as a warm up. Even Rachel was staring, before shaking her head and rolling her eyes. You're better than that, she thinks to herself before nodding in agreement.
But that's when Quinn arrives. Yeahup, leave it to the ex HBIC to make a grand entrance that left every single person in New Directions staring, especially Ms. Rachel Barbra Berry.
The blonde has her hair down, not fixed or anything seeing that it would be pointless since they were going to get wet anyway. In addition she was wearing a black bikini top underneath a very thin white top that proved to be nothing but a troublesome article of clothing. And her shorts, were they even real? She wore matching black short shorts that emphasized both her legs and her very very fine bottom.
"Quinn," Rachel decides to say after wiping the drool from the corner of her mouth, "Don't you think that is a little too revealing? There are children here..."
"We're getting wet, Rachel. It only makes sense to wear exactly what I'm wearing. Besides, Mike and Matt are shirtless. Be happy that I didn't come shirtless."
Oh but she fantasizes about it.
Rachel decides to leave the group of Glee kids to regain her composure and remember exactly what it was that she planned that day. Damn Fabray, always distracting her.
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15 minutes later, the group stands before Rachel as she stands on top of a picnic table for some height. She is now fashioning a whistle and holding a whole bunch of towels. The brunette drops the towels on the table and places her hands on her hips, leaning forward before yelling to get everyone's attention.
"Rachel, why is there a giant golden star painted on the table?" Artie asks, the star sort of reminding him on converse. He also wonders where she got the golden paint. Then remember that this was Rachel Berry, he doesn't have to wonder anymore.
"Well Artie, you have asked a very important question," Rachel begins to answer, moving a bit to show off the star properly, "This is the home base where everyone who is out shall stay. Here I shall leave towels and refreshments while you wait for the others to finish soaking each other with water balloons. Also, do note that the playground is fairly close. I must warn you, if you plan on playing on the swings or the slide, do bring a towel with you to show your fellow Glee clubbers that you are out. Otherwise, please remain in this area."
The group just nods and wonders how Rachel can say that all in one breath. And some wonder how in the world they actually understood what she was saying.
"Are you going to be hanging around here the whole time, Rach?" Finn asks, wondering if Rachel is going to be bored all by her lonesome. He would offer as well to keep her company, then he remembers that Quinn was there and would probably do something to him if he even tried something.
"No, Finn. Actually, I will be moving around as a referree."
"A referree? It's just a silly water balloon fight, Rachel. I doubt we need rules or whatever," Kurt responds, crossing his arms. He really hopes that it's just a water balloon fight and that he doesn't have to fear for his youthful life.
But Rachel shakes her head at this, "Oh, this is more than a simple water balloon fight, Kurt. This is a very Special Berry Edition Water Balloon Fight."
"Sounds lame," Santana retorts before being shushed up by both Brittany and Quinn.
"It's actually quite complicated, Santana. Please everyone, do listen carefully."
Rachel then jumps off the table to grab water balloons that were hidden behind the tree. She pulls them out to reveal the colours, yellow, blue and red.
"Oh my God! What is that powder inside the water?"
"It's glitter! My dads suggested it to add some special effects!" And Rachel really liked the idea and the excuse to use some of her glitter. She also added in some star shaped sequins as another personal touch.
"Your dads are so gay," Kurt comments, ignoring the looks he gets as a response.
"Anyway, I will seperate you all into two teams, boys against girls," this started a reaction from the group as they quickly seperated into their groups. "Oh, I'm sorry Kurt but I put you down on the boys team."
"It's okay Rachel, I guess I don't mind. This was I don't get assaulted by their excitement," Kurt says calmly before crossing over to the boys' team.
"Put him down? Are you keeping track of everything that's going to happen, Rachel?" Tina asks after Kurt finishes speaking. It was starting to sound more like a competition than a game.
But of course, to Rachel all games were competitions.
"Of course, Tina! Now if you would all let me finish, then you would all come to understand," she scans them all for a reaction and no one says anything, "Alright, well you will all have 3 minutes to run off and hide somewhere in this park. Whether you choose to go somewhere on your own or in a group is all up to you, there are no rules against teaming up against the enemy. Now, when you hear my whistle, it means that it is okay to start hunting down the opposing team - "
"Wow, I'm starting to really like the sound of this, Rachel. The girls are so going down." Puck comments, getting a high five from both Mike and Matt.
"Shut up Puckerman, I'll have you crying for your mommy in no time," Santana challenges the other boy, giving her one of her usual smirks.
"Noah! Santana! Please, do let me finish. Anyway, you are out the second you are hit by a water balloon 5 times. I repeat, 5 times. Any area of the body is completely valid since the impact does not really hurt at all. Also, do take note that you cannot hit the same person twice in a row."
"How the hell are you going to keep up with us then, Berry?" Santana asks, raising an eye brow at the petite girl.
"Oh I have my ways," Rachel replies simply, pointing to a group of small children wearing the exact same outfit as Rachel playing at the swings.
"That's kinda creepy," Mike says, glancing back at the kids then to Rachel then back at the kids again.
"Oh God. I can't believe you're forcing the kids to help you out, Rach," Quinn mutters, smiling and shaking her head.
"I am not forcing them to assist me, Quinn. They were merely very interested in what I was doing and even admired my outfit enough to wear the same thing."
"Rachel, do you honestly think for a second that we would believe that anyone would want to wear the same thing as you? No offense," Santana comments, as politely as she could which ignoring Quinn's obvious glare.
"Okay fine, I made up that last part. I forced them all to match with me since it was a suitable uniform. But may I truthfully add that they did not mind at all?"
"Are there any other rules?" Matt asks, getting a little bit more antsy now about the game.
"Yes! You must designate one person on your group to be the Protector!"
"The Protector?" the entire group spits out in unison.
And that's when Rachel pulls out her two ferrets from their cage. Everyone jumps at this, not having noticed the cage earlier.
"Rats!" Quinn screams at the same time as Mercedes.
"Actually, they're ferrets," Artie comments, staring at them in fascination. He always wanted a pet.
"They're rodents too so it's the same thing," Quinn retorts, her face of disgust not going away.
The two ferrets were very calm in Rachel's hand, both wearing a ribbon on their neck. One was blue and the other was red.
"Quinn! Ferrets are not rodents! Not that I have anything against rodents, but it would do well for you to know the difference," Rachel snuggles her face into the ferrets showing her fondness for them. The blonde does her best to not react too much to this, remembering that it would be best not to offend her hopefully future girlfriend any further.
"So we have to keep those things dry?" Santana asks, holding back Brittany before the girl launches herself at the cute fuzzballs.
"Precisely," Rachel answers, ignoring the label and nodding furiously, "They're very well trained so you do not have to worry about them escaping or leaving their excrements on you."
"Excrements?" Finn asks, confused.
"She means that they won't take a dump on you or pee," Puck answers, still staring at the creatures.
"How do we decide who gets to hold them?" Tina asks, "'Cause I kind of want to hold it."
"You can do it," the rest of the girls except for Brittany answers. Santana manages to convince Brittany to not let those things near her at all.
"And I'll do it since I have a pet hamster at home," Matt offers, the two teenagers approaching Rachel to grab the creatures.
"She's adorable!" Matt nearly squeals. He coughs afterwards, hoping that no one caught that. But when all the boys including Kurt raise their eyebrow at him, he grumbles in embarrassment.
"That's a he, and his name is Valerie Bertillini. The other is female and her name is Mrs. Snuggleton." The names were in fact very odd and awfully long but Rachel didn't mind.
"Wait, it's a he and his name is Valerie?"
"That name sounds familiar."
"Why is he wearing a ribbon?"
"If one is named Mrs. Snuggleton does that mean they're married?"
"Can ferrets get married?"
"Ew! Matt get that thing away from me!"
"Listen! All of you! Could we just begin the game already? I do not want to go off schedule and it is already 3:30PM!" She says this while staring at her watch impatiently. Rachel doesn't like being off track after all.
The whole group nods at Rachel as she grabs a bag and lifts it over her shoulders. It was small and beddazzled like no one's business. Everyone does their best to hide in their comments.
"Alright, so on the count of 5, please do hide yourselves well. The game will last for about 2 hours and the team with the most amount of points wins. Your team gains one point with each successful hit."
"And what happens if we hit someone else?" Finn decides to add in a final question.
"You lose a point."
"WHAT?" several of the Glee kids shout out loud. They all know that they're bound to hit someone else by accident.
"But-"
"What if we land one on you, Rach?" Quinn asks with a very mischievious smile.
"You're out," Rachel responds simply, trying her best to ignore Quinn's attempts at flirting. Priorities!
"Anyway, in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, BEGIN!"
And the kids make a run for it, Rachel glancing every once in a while at her stop watch to count down before she has to blow her whistle.
But the second she looks up, something very cold and wet comes into contact with her chest.
"QUINN!"
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A/N: Okay so this is taking way longer than I thought. And so, splitting it into two chapters!