When they had met back in the boy's condos, they gathered around the teachers.
"Well, because we have such a large group, walk in isn't really an option. So I made reservations at this place. It's got a large array of food options, so you all should have a good meal" Will said, looking at the teens.
"Okay?" Emma asked looking at the teens for approval.
They all nodded.
"And, uh..." Shelby gazed at the clothing that the teens were sporting. "...this isn't a fast food place, if you know what I mean." Shelby said. Most of the girls were in short shorts and tank-tops. They guys wore bored shorts and old t-shirts. "So, before we go, I think it'd be a good idea if you changed into something to more...presentable."
"Sure" they nodded.
Ten minutes later, they all piled into the bus and they drove to the restaurant. The girls wore cute summer dresses or skirts and blouses. The guys put on jeans and a nice shirt.
"Quinn, love your outfit" Tina said to Quinn, who wore her new lime dress.
"Thanks, Kurt helped me with it" Quinn smiled at Kurt gratefully who sat a few seats back.
They chatted during the ride loudly.
When they arrived, they got out and gasped. The sun was setting so the sky was a gorgeous orange and pink. It was magical. The restaurant was nice too. It was built of dark red bricks and dark wood, so it looked really gothic. But the entrance was decorated with many little stringed lights.
"How chic!" Kurt said nodding.
"Reservation for 19, Schuester" Will said to the maître d when they all went inside and crammed in the small foyer.
"Oh, yes. Right this way" he led them to their table and they sat down.
"Yes, they have vegetarian food" Rachel smiled as she read the elegant menu.
"Who wants to split a pizza with me?" Santana asked, looking up.
"I will" Mercedes said. "I want cheese, peppers and chicken on mine."
"Okay, sounds good" Santana nodded and closed her menu with a satisfied smile.
"Mike, what are you ordering?" Tina asked her boyfriend.
"I'm gonna get the nachos" Mike smiled at her. "What about you?"
"I was thinking of getting the burger and salad combo" Tina said as she read the menu.
"Sounds tasty" said Mike.
"Are you all ready to order?" the waiter asked, with a bored look on his face.
"Yes, I think we are" Emma nodded. They all ordered, with most of them getting some form of pasta dish or chicken.
The wait for their meal was long, but they still chatted on, as if they could never run out of things to say.
When the food was finally brought out, they were all very hungry and the odd stomach rumble was heard, which caused the entire table to break out in laughter.
The waiters placed their food in front of them, but no one started eating right away. Finally, when the last plate was set down and the waiters left, Will picked up his glass of wine. Everyone else did the same with their beverages.
"A toast" Will began with a smile. "To New Directions and my adult accompaniment..." he nodded toward Shelby, Emma and Beiste. "...and here's hoping we win Nationals this year, and Regionals first, as a team who loves each other and has one heck of a voice. And here's to our great trip in Florida, which so far has been great and will be amazing all the rest of the time, too!" Will finished and raised his glass up higher.
The teens all cheered with large smiles on their faces. Then they all clinked glasses with each other and gave larger smiles to those who they couldn't reach down the table.
"Dig in!" Artie called as they all finished taking a sip of their drink.
They all grabbed their fork or whatever they needed to eat and dug in.
"So good!" Brittany said with her mouth full of caesar salad.
"How's your chicken parm, Finn?" Rachel asked him.
"It's great!" Finn said and cut another hunk of chicken.
"Kurt, what is that?" Blaine asked, pointing to some veggie on Kurt's salad.
"It's a beet" Kurt said. "Why?"
"I've seen one... Are they good?"
"Yeah, they're like pickles, sorta" Kurt said, he stabbed on with his fork."Wanna try one?" he held the fork to Blaine.
"Okay...but if I die, it's on your conscience" Blaine ate the dark red vegetable.
"Well?" Kurt asked with an amused smile. He watched Blaine's face expressions change from worried to scared to discussed to thoughtful.
"It...is pretty good..." Blaine said slowly, as he swallowed.
"See? And you didn't die!" Kurt laughed.
"Sam, is that syrup?" Quinn asked, looking discussed.
"Yeah, why?" Sam looked at his plate.
"You are eating pork tenderloin with maple syrup?" Puck looked over.
"Yes, it's good!" Sam nodded, defending his food.
"Ew" Quinn said shaking her head. Puck pretended to gag.
Sam rolled his eyes. "No one's making you eat it."
"Good."
"Mike..." Tina said suddenly. She dropped her fork on the plate and it made a loud clatter.
"Hmm?" Mike looked at her, with a large nacho chip in his mouth.
"...I...I d-don't feel goo-" Tina muttered and jumped up from her seat. She ran away suddenly, leaving Mike very confused.
"What just happened?" Mike asked Mercedes and Quinn who sat across the table.
"I don't know" Quinn set down her fork and napkin and stood up. "I'll go see if she's okay" Quinn said. She had grown closer to Tina in New Directions when Brittany, Mercedes and Santana had quit to go to TroubleTones. It was just her, Tina and Rachel left and since Rachel had got suspended, it was just her and Tina. So they had talked and grown closer, so she was comfortable going to find her now.
"Tina?" Quinn called out as she stepped in the girls bathroom. She assumed Tina was in there.
All the stall doors were open except one. Tina was probably in there.
"Tina?" Quinn called again. She heard a moan. "Are you okay?" Quinn lightly knocked on the closed stall door.
"H-hold on..." Quinn heard her mumbled. The toilet flushed and the door slowly unlocked.
When Tina came out, she was pale and her hair was very messily pulled back.
"Are you okay?" Quinn asked, and stepped back to let Tina walk forward.
"No...I'm sick" Tina said. She walked to the cool metal sinks and washed her hands.
"What?" Quinn asked. She felt bad for her.
"I dunno. All of the sudden I had to throw up" Tina wiped her mouth with paper towel.
"Got the flu or something?" Quinn asked.
"No...no..." Tina leaned on the sink for support. "I don't have a fever or anything. I'm not cold or really warm. No symptoms."
"Then...how?" Quinn asked, a bit confused. Tina remained silent with her eyes closed.
"Oh my gosh! Are you pregnant?" Quinn suddenly screeched.
Tina's eyes flashed open. "What? No! I'm not!"
"Are you sure?" Quinn pressed on. "Because I'd know best. You can tell me, you know."
"I'm not! Really!" Tina protested again. "I am not pregnant and I-" she stopped talking for a second, and ran back into the stall, quickly locking the door behind her. Quinn heard her throw up again. After a few minutes, Tina remained quiet and the only sound was the toilet flushing again. Quinn sighed and got a damp paper towel ready. Tina slowly opened the door, looking worse than she did before. Quinn handed her the paper towel and Tina mumbled a weak thanks.
"Okay, well it you aren't pregnant, why are you sick?" Quinn asked, not wanting to get her upset.
"I dunno. Maybe something I ate?" Tina asked as she washed her hands again. She started to cry.
"What's wrong?" Quinn asked, but regretted it right away. "Why are you crying?" She asked quickly.
"Because I'm sick. On our vacation. If it keeps up, I'll ruin it for everyone because I won't be able to do anything but sleep and throw up!" Tina sobbed. Quinn hugged her carefully.
"Nonsense. We still have 7 days left here. And you won't be a burden to us, because we love you and want you to get better" Quinn said with a kind smile.
"Thanks, Quinn" Tina said.
"So if it was something you ate, what was it?" Quinn asked. "Are you allergic to anything? Because my sister is allergic to seafood, and if she eats it, she throws up."
"No, I don't think I'm allergic to anything..." Tina shook her head. "And I haven't eaten anything new today."
"What did you eat today?" Quinn asked.
"Uh, for breakfast, I had half your apple and a glass of apple juice. And for lunch I had Rachel's grilled cheese sandwiches and a glass of milk. And I had a granola bar at the beach. And now for dinner I had a burger, garden salad and a glass of root beer" Tina said as she recalled her food.
"Well I ate the half the apple and the grilled cheese too. And I saw Santana drinking the apple juice and Mercedes drink the milk. I doubt a granola bar did this, so it must be from dinner" Quinn decided.
"True. Probably not the root beer, because Kurt ordered that same thing. And I only ate a bit of the salad...It's probably the burger" Tina frowned.
"Beef?" Quinn questioned.
"Yup. Why?" Tina looked up at Quinn.
"It probably wasn't cooked" Quinn said. "You maybe ate raw meat."
"Ugh!" Tina exclaimed. "That would explain why I'm sick.."
"Mhmm..." Quinn nodded. "Are you okay to go back? If I know Mr. Schue, he won't just let us be sick. He'll probably fight the manager or chef or something!"
"Yes, I think I'm done now" Tina said, throwing out her paper towel. They walked out of the bathroom, and when the approached the table, everyone looked up at them.
"Girl, what happened?" Mercedes asked.
"You okay, Tina?" Mike asked with a concerned tone.
"Y-yeah, I'm okay now" Tina nodded, touched by the amount of concern they showed for her.
"What was wrong?" Kurt asked.
Quinn went over to where Tina sat, and looked at the quarter of a burger that was left on the plate.
"Yup, Tina. This is pink" Quinn said as she held up the plate and showed them.
"I thought it was suppose to be pink...like steak" Tina mumbled, her face turning red as she blushed, clearly embarrassed.
"Tina, that's raw meat" Will exclaimed, standing up. "Wait, were you sick?"
Tina nodded slowly, and everyone else gasped.
"This is unacceptable" Will said. "This place gave you a raw burger!" He walked over to Quinn and tool the plate from her. "Give me this. I'll deal with them. You are okay, right Tina?" Will asked. Tina nodded.
"Will!" Beiste stood up. "Give me the plate. I'll go deal with it. If you hear screaming, don't be alarmed" Beiste said with a smile.
"Ohhhh! You're gonna scare the guy half to death!" Finn laughed and the rest of them did too.
"That's the idea. No one messes with us" Beiste winked at Will and took the plate. Beiste strode to the nearest waiter with a grim look on her face.
They all laughed, and Will, Quinn and Tina sat down. Tina took her fork and poked her salad. She wasn't in the mood to eat anymore. She was mostly worried that if she ate anything else, she would throw up again. She rested her head in her hand, still a bit dizzy from throwing up. Mike grabbed her hand. She looked at him.
"You okay?" He asked with a kind voice.
"Better..." Tina smiled as Mike squeezed her hand lovingly.
"Good."
When coach Beiste came back, she had an amused and smug victory look on her face.
"So?" Shelby asked, with a crooked smile.
"So, I stormed over to the waiter and she brought me too the manager. Short, fat guy with an overconfident smile. Anyways, I gave him the raw burger and he apologized a lot. He then offered to get me a new burger free of charge, but I told him that there was a young girl throwing up in his bathrooms, and he looked sick. I then told him that this was unacceptable and I asked him what he was going to do. So...he gave us the whole table's meal free!" Beiste said with a nod and a grin.
"So this is all free?" Puck asked, with his arms wide, gesturing to the table that was covered with plates.
"Yup. All free" Beiste smiled.
"Awesome!" Will said. "Good job, Coach Beiste!"
They all cheered, except for Tina, who jumped up and ran off to the bathroom again, with one hand covering her mouth. Quinn ran after her with a sigh. When Tina came back ten minutes later with Quinn at her side, everyone was about done dinner.
"Tina, you feeling okay?" Shelby asked, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"I've been better. But I'll live" Tina smiled at her weakly.
The bus ride back to the condos was less chatty. Tina sat next to Mike, who she leaned on. Quinn sat behind them with spare bags...just in case.
When they arrived at the condo, they decided that in Tina's best interests, that they retire for the day, even though it was only 8:30.
"Us girls are staying at our condo, but if you guys wanna come over, feel free" Mercedes said, looking directly at Sam, who blushed a bit.
"We might" Finn said. "Probably will." They parted and the girls ushered Tina inside and to the couch.
"Feeling okay?" Brittany asked her.
"Meh."
Quinn walked over to her suitcase and rummaged through it, with a determined grimace.
"Aha!" Quinn said as she pulled a thin laptop out of her bag. Tina looked at her confused.
"I'm gonna Google your sickness and see how long it will last and how to treat it" Quinn explained with a kind smile.
Tina nodded. "Good idea!"
The girls all sat down somewhere and they randomly started discussing teachers.
Quinn was silent and sat with her laptop.
"Ugh, I hate her!" Santana said with a scowl. "She's so mean to our class."
Quinn looked up for a brief moment when Santana said this. She had blanked out and missed who it was exactly they were talking about. Deciding not to get involved, she looked back at her screen.
"Girls, listen up" Quinn said. She had found some useful info.
"Found something?" Rachel asked.
Quinn nodded. "Because you didn't eat that much of it, it will last less than 24 hours. And you need to keep eating. Okay?" Quinn asked everyone, mostly Tina.
"Okay. So you should be better by tomorrow evening" Sugar said to Tina, who smiled and nodded.
"See? One day isn't gonna ruin anything" Quinn said, but no one except Tina understood.
Feeling much better due to the good news, Tina joined in the girls' conversation. Quinn closed her laptop and did the same too.
They boys came over half an hour later. Mike was the first one over and he rushed straight to Tina.
"How are you doing?" he asked her.
"Fine, fine. Quinn searched it and it'll only last for like 24 hours at most" Tina said with a smile. It overjoyed to see that her boyfriend and friends care for her so much.
The other guys slowly came in. When they were all in and arranged on the floor or couches.
"So..." Sam said, when an awkward silence engulfed them all.
"...So..." Rachel mused in agreement.
"I'm bored" Finn announced.
"No kidding?" Artie rolled his eyes and they all chuckled lightly.
"Mercedes, turn on the TV" Rory said to her, because she was closest to the remote. Mercedes nodded and grabbed the black remote. When the first thing that came on was a commercial, she went to the channel that tells you what's on.
"See anything worth watching?" Mercedes asked as they all stared grimly at the slow moving screen.
"Ooh! Ooh!" Rachel pointed to the screen, where, in the small boxes, it showed a whole program on Barbra Streisand. "Let's watch that!"
"No!" Everyone else called at the same time.
"Sorry, Rachel. 14 to 1. Out ruled!" Puck said, banging his fist down on the table as a pretend gavel. Blaine and Kurt chuckled, but no one knew why.
"How about Alice in Wonderland?" Quinn asked, looking at the screen still.
"New or old?" Mike asked.
"New."
"I'd watch that" Kurt said shrugging.
"Same" Sugar nodded with wide eyes.
"There doesn't seem to be anything better on" Mercedes commented, so she pressed the corresponding numbers and the movie appreared on the TV.
"Oh, good. It just started" Blaine said as he sat more upright in order to watch it better.
"Cheshire cat is so cute!" Brittany said. "And fat, so he reminds me of Lord Tubbington." They laughed out loud as Santana, who sat out of Brittany's peripheral view, mouthed 'Lord Tubbington' in sync when Brittany said it, with her eyes rolled.
"I have to disagree. Cheshire cat is creepy" Kurt shook his head with a shiver.
"What? Why?" Rachel gasped at her friend.
"His eyes scare me" Kurt said casually, but he sunk down lower, as if to avoid the screen.
"He's adorable!" Tina piped up.
"Nope, not to me" Kurt said, a bit annoyed that no one agreed with him.
He felt Blaine take his hand. Kurt's eyes met his, and they were filled with love and compassion.
"Don't worry. I'll protect you from the scary animated cat" Blaine whispered with loving smirk.
"Well, you'll do until my real knight in shining armor comes, I guess" Kurt said sarcastically with his famous eye roll.
"Ouch..." Blaine pretended to pout, but squeezed Kurt's hand tighter. "Too bad for you, I'm already here" Blaine leaned over and whispered.
"Oh, joy" Kurt said, but he was smiling widely.
Rachel got up and went to sit next to Finn, who put his arm around her. That got several whistles from Puck, Artie and Rory. Rachel glared at them, but also blushed.
They all rearranged themselves so most of them were sitting with their lovers and the rest of them could see the screen.
There they sat, quiet and happy on the warm evening, watching movies.