"Finn, I'm scared!" Rachel whined as the plane took off.
"Rachel, you have been on a plane before twice when we went to New York last year! Why are you scared?" Kurt asked as he turned around in his seat and looked at Finn, Rachel and Artie who were sitting behind them.
"Planes scare me, okay?" Rachel said frowning. "What if we crash and die?"
"Ahhh I don't wanna hear it!" Blaine said loudly covering his ears. He sat next to Kurt.
"Aww!" Kurt said hugging Blaine sideways. "Who is scared of his first flight?"
"Well I wasn't until little miss optimistic behind us had to give me horrid ideas" Blaine pouted.
"Rachel stop scaring Blaine" Kurt said as he took a hold of Blaine's hand. Blaine smiled at him thankfully.
"Sorry" Rachel growled as she turned on her iPod and closed her eyes.
"Truth or dare?" Mercedes asked.
"Truth" Sugar said.
"Who do you like?" Mercedes asked her.
"uhhh..." the girl thought about it.
"Be honest!" Sam said from next to Mercedes.
"Ummm... Puck" Sugar answered blushing.
"Oooooh!" Mercedes laughed and all three of them stopped and looked across the isle at Puck who was chatting happily with Santana and Brittany.
"Okay, Sam, truth or dare?" Sugar asked.
"Dare" Sam said smiling.
"Kick the seat in front of you really hard" Sugar whispered. Sam gulped. The man in front of him looked really mean and mad.
"Truth!" Sam said. "Change to truth!"
"Nope! Too late now!" Mercedes said shaking her head. " Do it Sam!" And Sam did. He kicked the chair hard and it shook. The man turned around and glared at him.
"Hey, watch it!" he snarled. Then he turned back, muttering something that sounded like 'stupid teens with no respect...'
The trio laughed silently.
"Mercedes, truth or dare?" Sam asked after that.
"I hope I got everything" Will Shuester said to Shannon Beiste.
"We quadruple checked before we got on the plane" she said smiling.
"Okay..." he said, still a bit unsure. "This is going to be fun."
"It sure is!" Beiste gushed. "The kids are so excited too!"
"Yea, the pool cleaning business is doing great" Puck said. "I was doing like 8 a week."
"You know who likes to swim?" Brittany asked.
"Lord Tubbington?" Santana rolled her eyes.
Brittany gasped. "Yes! Did he tell you?"
"Uh, yes he did!" Santana laughed and Puck grinned.
"He dives really well" Brittany babbled.
"There's a shock" said Santana.
"Then Figgins told me that dressing Goth is going to scare students because vampires are scary and shouldn't be in public schools" Tina said.
"He is crazy!" Quinn laughed.
"I know!" Tina giggled.
"Didn't he say Asian vampires are the worst or something?" Mike asked.
"Yes!" Tina gasped. "He went on about how Asian vampires have the pointiest teeth and the biggest need for human blood. And how they control all vampires of the world!"
"That's just weird. Where does he get this info?" Quinn asked in between laughs.
"No idea!" Tina smiled.
"Crazy!" Mike had tears in his eyes from laughing so hard.
"So how is Beth?" Emma asked. "That's her name right? Beth?"
"Yes it is. And she is good" Shelby said with a sad look.
"You miss her?" Emma noticed.
"First time away from her. Ever. My mother is taking care of her while I'm gone. I didn't want to bring her."
"That's probably a good idea" Emma nodded. "These teens will probably be too loud and scare her."
"Well, when you cross the bridge and go into the red territory, they just ambush you. I've tried like a thousand times and I keep dyeing" Finn looked at Artie.
"Well, you have to go around the red territory and take them from the back" Artie said waving his hands around for emphasis.
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Kay, thanks bro! I'll have to try that when I get home!"
"Ugh, can you not talk about stupid video games all the time?" Rachel asked from next to Finn.
"My man Artie here just told me how to beat the game that I've had trouble on!" Finn gushed giving props to Artie.
"I don't want to hear it!" Rachel moaned.
"Turn you iPod up" snarled Artie and Finn stifled a laugh.
"Aye, there was this great mall in my home town in Ireland. It was huge!" Smiled Rory. "Like seven times the size of the Lima mall here."
"Woah..." Kurt's eyes were wide.
"Uh-oh, Rory don't tell him that! He'll be wanting to go there now!" Blaine laughed as his boyfriend was totally spaced out with a goofy grin on his face.
"Just for the mall?" laughed Rory.
"Oh, yeah for sure!" Blaine nodded and Rory rolled his eyes.
"So how was Ireland?" Blaine asked.
"Grand. It was a calm place, not much violence. Kids run free and have fun. The beaches were great fun too" Rory smiled to himself.
"Sounds so nice" Blaine nodded. "The pictures I've seen are so lovely!"
"Pictures don't compare to the real thing!" Rory grinned.
"I'm sorry, I zoned out. What were we discussing?" Kurt asked from the window seat. Blaine and Rory laughed hysterically.
"What?" Kurt demanded, pouting a little.
"Did Kurt get lost in mall heaven again?" Blaine said and gave him a big smile.
"...yes..." Kurt blushed sheepishly.
"We were talking about Ireland" Rory piped up.
"It sounds amazing!" Kurt gushed. "Blaine, don't you wanna go there?"
"I just wanna get through this trip first!" Blaine looked out the window behind Kurt slowly. Kurt noticed his eyes wander to the window and how he went pale every time the plane tilted or shook a bit. Kurt took his hand and squeezed.
"Don't worry, it's going to be okay" Kurt whispered quietly with a smile. Rory pretended to look through the compartment in front of him, not wanting to ruin the cute moment.
"Thanks Kurt" Blaine smiled at his boyfriend.
Kurt then noticed what Rory was holding.
"Ew, Rory, that's so disgusting!" Kurt screeched. Rory laughed and held up the plane's passenger guide. It's pages were stuck together by old gum.
"Gross!" Blaine made a face and Rory giggled.
"So I got a whole itinerary for us. When you are in charge of 15 wild and hormonal teens, you gotta have a plan" Will said to Beiste has he pulled a piece if paper from his carry-on.
"Don't I know. I have a game plan for the next 4 games in the season" Beiste said laughing. "And if one person gets injured, my plans are screwed!"
Will chuckled. "So when we land, we get on a bus and head to our condos. Then we hit the beach. And then we go..." Will blabbed on pointing to his paper where it was all clearly outlined. Beiste tuned out. She was looking out the plane window. The clouds were so pretty. It was little things like clouds that made her feel like a normal girl. A pretty girl.
"Shannon? Shan-non? Hello?" Will asked, realizing that she wasn't paying attention.
"Wha-? Oh, sorry!" she exclaimed.
"Something wrong?" Will questioned.
"Nope. In fact. It's all good. I'm really excited to get there." Beiste smiled.
"Me too. We all are. It'll be nice to get a break" Will grinned. "And in Florida too! Who'd think that New Directions will be in Florida!"
"We'll land in..." Beiste looked at her wrist watch. "...About 45 minutes!"
"So when did you join New Directions, Sam?" Sugar asked in her high voice.
"Well, I came to Lima last year. My dad got a new job so we came here. And it was weird, I never tried to sing in public. Football was my thing. So naturally I tried out and in the shower one day, I thought no one was there, so I started singing. And then Finn was listening. And he convinced me to audition. And so I sung...uh, what was it... Billionaire! Yeah, I, with the help of Artie and the guys, sang Billionaire. It was fun. After some football drama and stuff, not important, I joined New Directions. Loved it since. Well except when I left, but now I'm back" Sam smiled.
"Cool story" Sugar clapped. "And when did you start dating Mercedes?"
"Can I answer?" Mercedes asked.
"Nope. I want to hear it from Sam" Sugar shook her head.
"Fine" Mercedes pouted.
"Well, long story. Quinn had broken up with me, as had Santana..."
"Wait. You dated Santana?" Sugar gasped.
"Uh, yeah but she was sorta just using me. This was before she came out" Sam blushed a bit.
"Go on" Mercedes urged.
"Oh, now you wanna hear it?" Sam asked.
"I wanna see your view on things" Mercedes shrugged with a cheeky smile.
"Okay. Well they had broken up with me and prom was coming. My dad had lost his job so I couldn't afford a date so I wasn't going to go. Then Rachel asked me and I said no because first off, I was poor and second, she kinda creeps me out. No offence" Sam said as he looked at Mercedes. "I know you guys are friends."
"It's okay. She can be odd" Mercedes laughed.
"Anyways, so I said no and then a few days later she called me into the auditorium and then her and Mercedes offered a cheap 'friends' prom date offer. They were so sweet, and understood my problem, so I agreed. Then during prom, Rachel was with Jesse so I went to Mercedes, who I had been minorly crushing on, and by the way, the dress was super hot, and I asked her to dance with me" Sam said blushing, as was Mercedes.
"Aww, shucks" Mercedes joked.
"That's so cute!" Sugar's eyes were wide with happiness.
"During the dance we clicked" Mercedes said. "Sparks flew!"
"But we knew it would be really awkward for like a bunch if people if we went public with our love" Sam explained. "So we kept it quiet. You know, coffee dates, movies... calm stuff. Quite romantic. No one knew."
"Well, I think Kurt knew. Remember when we ran into him and Blaine in the Lima Bean after New York? It was so funny, but I could tell he knew" Mercedes smiled and glanced across the plane at Kurt who was laughing with Blaine and Rory.
"Oh, yes. Then school ended and we hung out a lot over the summer" Sam smiled as if he was thinking back to those days.
"Then when Sam's dad moved we split and I got a new boyfriend. Then when he came back to Lima, it took a while but we finally got back together. The end!" Mercedes said with a huge grin as Sam kissed her cheek.
"Awww adorable" Sugar blinked.
"So do you sing?" Shelby asked, warming up to Emma. She could be a bit odd, but she really was a nice person.
"Do I or can I?" Emma chuckled.
Shelby smiled. "Do you."
"Well I suppose. I did a bit of singing in high school, but I wasn't good enough for a career in it. But I did a bit more singing when I started to get involved with Will and the glee club. I enjoy singing, but not in front of huge audiences" said Emma.
"That's good" Shelby said.
"I'd ask you if you can sing, but I already know that. You coached Vocal Adrenaline. You gotta be good for that!" Emma gushed.
"Well, I suppose I'm okay, not denying that. But some of people are so much better. Rachel Berry is one. She is so talented!"
"She has your genes!" the red head pointed out with a smile.
"True, but she has more than I do. Passion and determination" Shelby said. "But enough of Rachel. Um, why did you get into guidance counseling?"
"Well, you know, I suppose I found that helping others slowly work through their problems, was a way for me to slowly avoid facing my own" Emma admitted quietly. Shelby looked at her slowly.
"What do you mean?"
"I have OCD" Emma said.
"Really?"
"Yeah, I am a huge clean freak. Germs scare me. The idea of other people's germs being shared around is horrifying really" a tear rolled down Emma's face.
"Are you dealing with it now?" Shelby asked kindly.
"Yes. I-I get counseling once a week and I've been improving a lot. Will, he helps a lot."
"He's a good guy" Shelby said nodding.
"He is" Emma smiled and wiped away a tear.
"So I applied for Yale" Quinn said with a proud face.
"Really?" Tina gasped.
"Mhmm" the blonde nodded.
"Congrats!" Mike said.
"Hey, I only applied. Not accepted yet!" Quinn laughed at the reactions of the two asians next to her.
"Well, still!" Tina hugged Quinn. "The point is, you did something great!"
"Thanks guys!" Quinn said hugging Tina back.
"So why Yale?" Mike asked.
"Then have some cool programs" Quinn said thoughtfully.
"What are you going into?" he asked.
"Drama" Quinn said after a pause.
"Really?"
"Yea. I mean, I like the I like the spotlight. Not in a needy Rachel sorta way" Quinn smiled. "But I like performing. That's why I enjoyed cheerios so much. It was a show. So I figured Drama was the way to go."
"That's so great!" Tina and Mike said at the same time.
"Yea I'm really excited so I hope to get in" Quinn smiled a real genuine smile, which she hasn't done in a while.
"I can't wait to land. I did some research of out area and it looks so nice" Santana said.
"Where are we going?" Brittany asked with her face pressed against the little plane window.
"Florida." Puck grunted.
"Oh, is that in Canada?"
"No, Brit it's in USA. In the south" Santana said. "It's hot there."
"You know what else is hot? The babes I'll see there" Puck said with a smug grin.
"Ugh, is that all you think about?" Santana asked and she flipped her hair.
"Not at all" he answered. "I think of video games, football, music, Beth, my pool job and a lot more. This mind..." he pointed to his head. "...is always working!"
"I think about cats, unicorns, dolphins, candy, rainbows, hats, sunglasses and lava lamps" Brittany said. "Oh! And shoelaces!"
"That's nice" Santana absentmindedly said.
"We should be landing soon" Puck commented.
"Yeah! Can't wait!" Santana smirked.
Simple friendly conversations like such were shared and enjoyed. They were on vacation. On their way to Florida. They were happy to be in the company of each other. Their family. This trip was going to be great. If they could do it with out looking even more geeky, they'd all jump up and scream and clap.
Finally, they landed. It was scary for first time riders, like Blaine, but they were comforted by 18 others. One by one, they got out of their seats, happy to stretch their legs after a long flight. All at once, voiced were heard excitedly professing their joy to get out onto the streets of Florida.
"Shhh!" Will said loudly as they got off the plane and into the airport.
"Now listen here" he called and everyone stopped talking.
"We are going to luggage claim. Get your bags and stay together. We will be getting a rental bus and going to our rented condos. Is that clear?" Will asked, a smile breaking onto his face. The group nodded. "Welcome to Fort Meyers, Florida!" Will shouted and everyone cheered loudly and ran towards luggage claim.