They didn't much sleep again. More than the day before, but not a lot. The guys left the girls' condo at midnight, and by then, the girls were tired too. But they managed to drag themselves up to change into pajamas and finally get into bed.
That morning, at 9:30, everyone was still asleep. Except the adults, again.
"What's on tap for today?" Shelby said, as she sipped her coffee.
"Nothing" Will shook his head. He bit into a apple, chewed and then swallowed before he spoke again. "But, I think, for Tina's sake, that we suggest that we all just hang around here today."
"I agree" Emma said as she walked in the kitchen. She kissed Will's cheek and sat down at the table.
Shelby looked at the clock that was mounted on the wall. "It's 9:30" she said. "Shall we wake them up?"
"Where's Shannon?" Emma asked, looking around the condo for her.
"She got up early and went for a jog" Will said, motioning to a sticky note that was on the coffee pot.
"Ah" Emma said.
"So should I call them?" Shelby asked again.
"Wait half an hour. Might as well" Will said, staring intently into his own dark coffee.
"Okay."
Kurt was once again was up early. He took a shower, careful not to sing and wake up the rest of the guys. Then he picked out his outfit, fixed and styled his hair and moisturized. At 9:30, when no one was up yet, he sighed. He couldn't understand how they can sleep for so long. He leaned against the door frame and face the lot of sleeping boys. He could see them all perfectly, because sunlight was pouring through the window's blinds.
Finn slept lying on his stomach flat out. His arms hung off the side of the bed and just lightly rested in the red carpet.
Artie lay on his back on the bed. Sam had helped him on to the bed. His empty wheelchair sat by the bed next to him.
Sam, Mike and Puck slept on their sides, hugging their pillows tightly. Sam's blanket was practically on the floor, and Puck's was completely off. And due to that, Puck often shivered in his sleep.
Rory slept on his side too, but he was totally wrapped in his blanket, like that of a cocoon. Plus, his mouth kept slowly opening and closing, as if he was trying to speak. Kurt smiled to himself. Rory was a funny character.
Lastly, Kurt's eyes wandered to where Blaine slept. Blaine was curled up into a ball, with one arm resting on Kurt's bed, as if he was reaching out to him, but he wasn't there. Kurt smiled warmly. Blaine was so adorable when he was sleeping. Kurt slowly walked over to his own bed, avoiding the maze of beds, bags and random trash. The guys were so messy. When Kurt got to his bed, he carefully moved Blaine's arm and lay down. Blaine twitched and Kurt held his breath, afraid that he woke Blaine up. But when Blaine lay still, he let go of his breath and smiled. Slowly, he reached over a brushed a loose curl away from Blaine's eyes. His hair was so soft, and soon Kurt found himself lightly running his fingers through Blaine's mop-top.
When Kurt was sure he'd wake up Blaine, he just lay down and closed his eyes, but his intentions weren't to sleep. He just lay there, listening to the faint ticking of the large clock in the other room. He heard the random rustle of a blanket and a light snore from one of the guys. Kurt took a deep breath. The lull of the clock was slowly making he fall asleep, but he didn't want to, because if he did, he'd mess up his hair again. Just when he was about to drift off to sleep, Blaine rolled over in his sleep and was practically on top of Kurt, who awoke with a start.
"Ow, wha-? Blaine! Get off me!" Kurt whispered, as Blaine's elbow dug into his ribs. Kurt pushed Blaine off carefully.
"Ah! What happened?" Blaine said, as he woke up, but was still very groggy.
"Blaine?" Kurt asked, hoping he didn't wake him up.
"Kurt?" Blaine asked as he tried to sit up
"You're awake, I presume?" Kurt asked as he looked at Blaine.
"Now I am" Blaine's eyes focused on Kurt. "Why are you dressed? What time is it?" Blaine looked at Kurt's outfit.
"It's 9:45. I was up a while ago" Kurt smiled and spoke in a whisper.
"Oh. Who else is up?" Blaine asked in a whisper as he lay back down, but turned to face his boyfriend.
"Nobody...I think..." Kurt looked around the room, but everyone was still.
"Oh..." Blaine said. He closed his eyes.
"You can go back to sleep if you want. Just don't roll on top of me, this time" Kurt said with a smile.
"Naw...and sorry about that" Blaine blushed.
"I forgive you."
"Good."
They lay there quietly and whispered to each other, with smiles on their faces and trying not to wake up the other guys who were sound asleep.
As for the girls, they were all fast asleep. They weren't bothered by the sunlight that poured in the room. Suddenly, a loud thump was heard. It echoed through the room.
"What?" Mercedes woke up when she heard the noise.
"Huzzat?" Santana murmured and she sat up a bit. Several others woke up too, and looked around.
"Sorry!" Brittany exclaimed in a hushed whisper.
"What happened?" Rachel asked.
"I fell off my bed" Brittany said with a small smile.
"Ughhh... Really?" Santana asked, a bit amused.
"Mhmm. Sorry if I woke you" Brittany said, standing up and getting back onto her bed.
"What time is it?" Tina asked.
"Ugh...9:48" Rachel said. "I'm surprised the teachers haven't called here yet.
"Who's awake?" Mercedes asked, her voice in a low whisper. Rachel, Santana, Brittany, Tina and herself were up. Sugar and Quinn were the only ones still sleeping.
"Well, who wants brekkie?" Mercedes asked, swinging her legs over the edge of her bed so she could stand up.
"Brekkie?" Brittany asked, looking confused.
"Yes. Breakfast" Mercedes grinned. She walked out of the room and into the kitchen.
"Are you going to eat?" Rachel asked Tina.
"Maybe a bit. Like some toast with butter" Tina answered and walked to the toaster.
They got themselves food and sat at the long oak table.
"What do you guys want to do today?" Santana asked as she sat down with a bowl of rainbow cereal in her hand.
"Nothing in particular" Rachel said.
"Same" Mercedes nodded and bit into her toast.
When Sugar woke up, she noticed that all the beds, except for one other, were empty. Quinn was the one other who was still fast asleep. Sugar smiled. She didn't know Quinn very well, but from what she'd heard, she was crazy. She had a baby two years ago and got kicked out of her house then last year she cheated on a guy but then got dumped and earlier this year she went all goth and then tried to steal her baby back. Sugar didn't know what to think of Quinn. She seemed nice, and helped Tina when she got sick yesterday, but the stories she heard where scary and it seemed like Quinn had a double personality. But now, when she was asleep, she seemed like an innocent blonde angel. Sugar rolled her eyes and walked out the room to where she heard the distant voices of her female friends.
"Hey!" Sugar said as she skipped into the room.
"Morning."
"Hi."
"Good morning!"
Sugar got herself some cereal and sat down. As she opened her mouth to speak, the phone rang, loudly.
RING!
"I got it" Rachel said and she trotted off in search of the phone.
"Hello?" she asked when she found it.
"Hello, it's Shelby" Shelby said. To any other student she'd say 'Ms. Corcoran' but she recognized Rachel's voice so she said Shelby, as that's what Rachel referred to her as.
"Good morning" Rachel said. Then she covered the mouth piece of the phone and turned to where the other girls were. "Shush! I'm on the phone!" she called.
"I assume you girls are all awake?" Shelby smiled.
"All except one" informed Rachel.
"Okay, well, eat or whatever and come over here in 30 minutes, okay?"
"Sure. See you!" Rachel hung up the phone and turned around on her heels, almost running into Quinn, who had messy bed-head.
"Oh, sorry" Rachel mumbled as she stepped back in surprise. "Didn't see you there."
"It's okay. Good morning." Quinn said with a smile. "Everyone's up I see."
"Yes we are. Did the phone wake you?"
Quinn nodded. "Yeah. But it's okay. I had to get up eventually, I guess."
"True" Rachel quipped and they walked into the kitchen where everyone else was.
"Hey, Quinn!" Mercedes called with a smile when she saw her.
"Oh, you're up!" Brittany acknowledged.
Quinn said her greetings and grabbed an apple from the fruit bowl.
"Who was on the phone?" Tina asked Rachel.
"Shel-Ms. Corcoran" Rachel corrected herself. "She wants us there in half an hour."
"Okay" Tina said and nibbled on her toast.
RING!
The phone's ring echoed in the boy's condo. Kurt and Blaine were still the only ones up. Kurt groaned.
"I'll get it" Blaine stood up. He hobbled over to the phone and almost tripped several times. "This place is a mess" he said to Kurt.
"I know!"
"Hello?" Blaine asked into the receiver, but he mumbled it so it sounded more like 'yellow'.
"Hello, it's Ms. Corcoran. Are you guys all up too?"
"What do you mean?" Blaine asked a bit confused.
"The girls are already all awake. What about you guys?"
"Oh, just me and Kurt are up" Blaine said and looked at the guys, who were slowly stirring due to the phone's ring. "Oh, wait, I think some are waking up now..." Blaine said as Puck, Finn and Rory moved suddenly.
"Okay, well, wake them up and come over here in 30 minutes."
"Will do" Blaine nodded. "Bye." he hung up and Kurt walked over to him.
"Teacher?" Kurt guessed.
"Nope. Lady Gaga" Blaine teased with a straight face. "Just kidding. Yeah, it was Ms. Corcoran."
"Not nice. You had my hopes up" Kurt said.
"Really? You thought for a second that Lady Gaga was calling our rented condo in Florida?" Blaine asked incredulously.
"For a brief moment, yes" Kurt said and walked away with a blush.
"Haha! Kurt, wait up!" Blaine laughed and ran after Kurt, leaving the guys, who were just waking up now.
"Morning" Finn grunted when he saw Mike stand up and stretch.
"Was that the phone?" Puck asked.
"Yes. Blaine answered it, I think" Sam nodded. They slowly got up and went into the kitchen, where Kurt and Blaine were already eating.
"Hello!" Kurt said cheerfully.
"Morn" Artie said as he wheeled in, followed by several other zombie-like guys.
Half an hour later, they all were gathered on the carpeted floor of the adults' condo.
"Good morning" Mercedes said as she kissed Sam.
"Hi. Sleep well?" Sam asked and crossed his legs as he sat down.
"Yes. But Brittany fell off her bed and woke us all up" Mercedes giggled.
Sam snickered. "Nice."
"Okay, guys. We were thinking that today, with Tina's well being in mind, that we should just hang around here today. So you know... watch TV, play games, talk... Okay?" Will asked with an excited voice.
"Sure." Mike said, smiling at Tina, who blushed.
"Okay, sure" Rachel, Puck and several other nodded and agreed.
"Awesome. So...bye. We'll check in once and a while. Don't forget to eat. Have fun" Emma said.
"Kay. Bye" they called and stood up.
"Come on over, guys" Santana called to the male folk.
"Sure" Artie said and they all went over to the girls' condo.
"Look what I found!" Rachel announced as she walked back into the room where all her friends were. They were all watching TV, but like anyone can tell you, day time TV sucks. So they were all bored.
"What is it?" Blaine asked, looking at the smiling brunette.
"Monopoly!" Rachel shouted and held up the box.
"Where'd you get it?" Sam raised an eye brow.
"I told you, I found it. In the room over there, there's a closet of things that previous condo renters left behind. Mostly junk like old pants and stuff. But this was in there. And all the pieces are here too!" Rachel smiled, quite proud of her findings. "So who wants to play?"
"It'll take like five hours to play a full game!" Quinn said.
"Exactly! C'mon! Please?" Rachel said jumping up and down a bit.
"Sure. I'll play!" Mercedes said.
"Me too" Puck nodded.
"We can't all play. There's too many of us." Santana said as she counted the people.
"Well, if Blaine plays, I'll help him" Kurt offered.
"Yeah, I'll be on Mercedes' team" Sam nodded.
"Same, I'll be on team Asian!" Mike announced and winked at Tina. Everyone laughed.
"Great." Rachel grinned. She set the game on the small coffee table and took the lid off the box.
"I'm banker!" Rory called.
"Aw, I wanted to be banker!" Mike grumbled. Rory smiled.
"Here's your money" Tina said as she counted out the piles of money.
They all took the money and their little figurine.
"Check it out, Kurt! We're a dog!" Blaine held up the small silver dog to show Kurt, who nodded and smiled.
"Rachel, you're the thimble" Sugar handed her the figurine.
"Okay, who rolls first?" Rachel set the dice in the middle of the bored.
"Me!" Finn yelped and grabbed the dice. He rolled a nine and moved his small silver car. He landed on Connecticut.
"Buying it?" Sam asked.
"Nah" Finn shook his head.
"Me next!" Quinn took the dice and shook them in her hands. She tossed the white and black plastic cubes across the table.
"One...two...three...four...five!" Quinn counted out loud as she moved her silver wheel barrow.
"Ooh, Reading Railroad!" Brittany said.
"I'll buy it!" Quinn said and she counted out $200. She handed it to Rory, who arranged it in the bank pile. Sugar handed her the deed.
The game continued on for several hours. After two hours, the game got really intense and everyone was super happy.
"Yes! Pay up, Puck!" Blaine cheered as Puck landed on North Carolina, where Kurt and Blaine had set up two houses.
Puck swore and counted out the money with a scowl.
"Ha! You're almost broke!" Rachel laughed as she took the dice for her turn.
She rolled a seven and landed on chance. Carefully, she picked up the small card and read it out loud.
"Placed second in a beauty contest. Collect $10" Rachel read. "Only second? I deserve first!"
"I believe the judges were blind and can't believe you made it that far!" Puck muttered.
"Hey!" Rachel frowned at him. Finn hit him, but had an amused smile.
"And team Asian gets another $200 for passing GO!" Mike said.
"Darn Asians are beating us all!" Mercedes said with a comical pout.
"Your turn" Rory handed the dice to Sam.
After another hour and a half, so three and a half hours total, only three pieces were on the board. Tina and Mike's shoe, Kurt and Blaine's dog and Quinn's wheel barrow. Glares of all kinds were sent across the board to the other teams. Everyone else, who had gone bankrupt, watched hopefully. Kurt rolled the dice carefully.
"Six" Tina said looking at the die that landed in front of her.
Blaine nodded and moved his small dog down the board. He landed on Luxury Tax, just narrowly missing Team Asian's hotel.
"Seventy-five dollars..okay..." Blaine nodded and reached for the pile of money.
"It's better than the thousand dollars we'd have to pay if we had rolled one less" Kurt shrugged.
"True. Very true" Blaine said.
Quinn rolled after them. She got a three and landed on Free Parking.
"Score!" she said as she grabbed the large handful of paper bills that had been put in the center of the board. "There's over six hundred bucks here!"
"There's over six hundred bucks here!" Mike mimicked.
"That was really good!" Kurt laughed, receiving a glare from Quinn.
After another 20 minutes, Kurt and Blaine went bankrupt leaving just Quinn and the Asians.
"Oh, it's on now!" Rachel said with sass.
"You can bet your knee socks it is!" Mercedes said and they laughed.
"No!"
"Yes!"
"Ahhhh!"
"Whooo!"
The three remaining players suddenly screamed out.
"Wait. I missed that! What just happened?" Santana asked.
"Well, Mike here, rolled a four. And he was here, so four moved him here. And guess who owns this spot? Me!" Quinn said with a huge smile. "And with a hotel here, they are costly too! So 'Team Asian' here is bankrupt, meaning I win!"
"So close, too!" Tina shook her head and pretended to die dramatically.
"Good game, everyone. Especially you, Quinn" Mike said, nodding in Quinn's direction.
"You too" Quinn smiled at him.
"Hey, it's past three!" Sugar said looking at the clock.
"Woah...time flies when you're having fun!" Kurt said with a grin.
"I'm hungry!" Brittany said.
"Aye" Rory nodded.
"Well, I'm sure Kurt and I can whip up some grub" Rachel said looking at Kurt.
"Okay" Kurt stood up and stretched.
"Yes! Thanks, guys" Sam said to Kurt and Rachel.
"No problem-o" Rachel said with a prize winning smile as she grabbed Kurt's hand and skipped out of the room.
They came back with a large plate chicken nuggets and dips and a fruit and veggie platter.
"Woah, I thought you were going to make a bunch of sandwiches or something!" Finn said with eyes wide when he saw them walk in with the food.
"Well, this is just frozen chicken nuggets" Rachel said setting the tray down. Everyone dove in and started grabbing the food. "For frozen stuff, this is good!" Mercedes said as she popped the last bite of chicken nugget in her mouth.
"Tina, aren't you going to eat more?" Rachel asked, looking at the three carrot strips that they she was holding.
"No, I'm still sick, remember?" Tina smiled.
"Oh, true" Rachel nodded.
After they finished eating, they watched TV, but talked all the way through, so no one really knew what they were watching.
"Guys, can you believe day 3 of 9 is almost over?" Santana asked when there was a random awkward silence.
"No, it's crazy! It feels like just today we arrived!" Puck said.
"Well, we gotta make the best of it!" Blaine said.
"Yes" they all agreed with large smiles.
RING!
"Probably the teachers" Sam said, standing up. "I'll get it... Hello?" he asked when he picked it up.
"Hey Sam, right?" Beiste asked.
"Yups."
"Okay. Well it's like 5:30, so are you all hungry?"
"Sorta. We had a late lunch" Sam said.
"Oh...well, we were going to get you all burgers and hotdogs" Beiste said.
"Sweet, thanks!" Sam smiled.
"You want them, then? Well do me a favour and take orders- hotdogs or burgers."
"Sure thing. Hold on a sec..." Sam put the phone down on the small decorative table and turned to the people, who had been quiet. "Okay peeps, listen here!"
They all looked at him anxiously.
"How many of you want hotdogs and how many want burgers?"
"Burger!"
"Hotdog!"
"Hotdog!"
"Hotdog!"
"Burger!" They all called out randomly.
"Guys! Guys!" Sam called, raising his voice so they could hear him. "Raise your hands. Now, burgers?" Nine of them raised their hands- Finn, Puck, Blaine, Mike, Rachel, Mercedes, Quinn, Santana and Rory.
"And hotdogs?" Sam asked as he counted with his finger. The other five of them raised their hands- Tina, Kurt, Brittany, Sugar, and Artie. Sam counted one for himself.
"Okay, nine for burgers and six for hotdogs. Okay?" Sam asked the group.
"Ask if I can get a vegan burger" Rachel piped up.
"And see if we can get fries" Finn asked, licking his lips.
"Okay, okay" Sam picked up the phone's receiver. "Coach?"
"I'm here" she said.
"Okay, nine burgers and six hotdogs" Sam said.
"Okay..." the faint sound of a pen scratching paper was heard.
"And Rachel asked if she can get a vegan burger. And Finn asked if we can get fries" Sam continued.
"Sure and sure" Beiste said.
"Great" Sam gave a thumbs up to Rachel and Finn. "Thanks!"
"No probs. It'll be here soon. See ya, Sam" Beiste said and hung up the phone, as did Sam.
The food came in forty-five minutes.
"Hello!" Will called as he walked up the condo's stairs to where the teenagers were. He carried several large paper bags. The bottoms of the bags were darkened and stained with grease.
"Oooh, food!" Mike yelped and raced to Will to take the bags from him.
"So, what's happening here?" Will asked with a smile as he looked at the kids who were sprawled all around the room.
"We are talking about the best artists and songs ever" Artie said.
"Oh, and who's the best artist?" Will asked. "Journey?"
"No! Lady Gaga!" Quinn said. "She's an cultural icon!
"I still think Katy Perry is best" Puck said. "She's hot too!"
"But guys, those are today's best! What about yesterday's artists? Like the Beatles? Or Journey? Or Rush? Or Elvis?" Will asked with passion.
"I've heard of them" Sugar said.
"They are legends!" Will exclaimed. "What about best song? What did you decide for that?"
"My Headband!" Brittany shouted and Rachel beamed.
"Yes! I agree, that was amazing!" Rachel said.
"What?" Will and several others asked in confusion.
"Forget it" Finn shook his head with a chuckle.
"I think any Britney Spears song is the best" Artie said.
"Yes! I also like Bruno Mars' 'Grenade'" Sam said.
"Ugh, guys! What about yesterday's hits?" Will protested. "Like Chubby Checker's 'Twist'?"
"Who? What?" Santana asked.
"Ugh, forget it" Will stood up. "You guys are crazy. Enjoy the fast food."
"Oh, yeah!" Blaine said and everyone looked to where Mike had placed the greasy bags. "I forgot about that. Darn, it smells good, too!"
"Yeah!" They all agreed and reached for their food as Puck handed it out.
"There's lots of fries too!" Will called as he walked out of the room.
"Thank you Mr. Schue!" They all called after him in unison. He laughed as he shut the front door and walked into the warm air. The sun was setting, and it was slowly growing dark. Suddenly it hit him. It was a perfect night for something special. And he knew just what it was.