Will had gone back to the other adults proclaiming his wonderful idea. And they agreed 100%, which only made it better. They didn't have all the supplies, so Will made a quick run to the store. When he returned, he called the kids and put the plan into action.
RING!
"I got it" Quinn said, as she walked by the phone.
"Probably the teachers again" Mike said. They had all finished eating a while ago and were, once again, watching mindless TV.
"Hello?" Quinn asked.
"Hey! It's Mr. Schuester!" Will said in an excited voice.
"Oh, hi" Quinn said. She could hear the excitement in his voice, which wasn't always a good sign. "You sound...excited. Why?"
"Well, I have a big surprise for you guys."
"Really? What is it?" Quinn asked. In her mind she considered the possible surprises. But it was too late at night to do much, so Quinn was even more curious.
"I'm not going to tell you now bu-"
"Please tell me!" Quinn cut him off.
Will laughed. "No, no. Just get everyone ready and come down to the beach in 30 minutes. And dress a bit warmer, it's not hot anymore. Okay?"
"Ugh, fine" Quinn sighed. "Bye Mr. Schue."
"You'll like it, I'm serious" Will said with a smile.
Quinn chuckled. "Okay, we'll see."
"Love it, actually. Bye!" And with that, he hung up. He only had half an hour to get it all ready.
"What was that about?" Santana asked Quinn when she hung up the phone and turned around to face the group.
"Tell us!" Brittany squealed.
"Fine. Mr. Schue told us to dress warmly and meet him on the beach in half an hour for a surprise that we will love" Quinn said putting quotations around the word 'love'.
"Oh, goodness." Rachel rolled her eyes. "This'll be bad."
"Why? Maybe it'll be a good surprise?" Blaine asked.
"Ha!" Rachel pretended to laugh. She stood up and put her hands on her hips. "One time, Mr. Schue told us he had a surprise and it turned out to be another Journey medley."
"Or the time his surprise was that we would sell taffy candy to everyone" Mercedes groaned and rolled her eyes.
"Or that we were going to have a bake sale" Artie said.
"Long stories short, Mr. Schue plus surprises equals not fun and really embarrassing activities" Rachel said.
Blaine laughed. "Really?"
"Yes. Don't get your hopes up now" Kurt said.
"Well, I'm getting my sweater now" Sugar stood up and walked to the small room where the girls had tossed their luggage.
"Same" Quinn followed her, as did several girls.
"We gotta go all the way back to our condo for our clothes" Finn said.
"Let's go now" Puck stood up. "We'll be back in a few minutes" He said to the girls.
"Just fine" Brittany nodded with a cute smile.
Ten minutes later, they were all ready to go. But they still had 15 minutes until they were suppost to go.
"What do you think the surprise is?" Tina asked, her quiet voice echoing over everyone.
"I have no idea..." Sam shook his head.
"He can't make us do Journey songs on vacation, can he?" Mike asked.
"Or make us sell food to people here?" Blaine asked.
"No, no. Get real, here! It's probably something dumb like snorkels or something" Kurt said.
"That'd be cool!" Finn said.
"We'll just have to wait and see" Rory shrugged, and the matter was dropped.
"Guys, time to go!" Mercedes said to everyone. They had zoned out and lost track of time by watching TV. They nodded and stood up. They walked outside into the dark light and warm air.
"Here we go..." Quinn said as they walked down the small sidewalk towards the beach.
"Mhmm" Santana nodded. They remained oddly quiet as they walked.
"And we have reached our destination" Mike said, causing a chuckle through the group.
"Let's see what they got in store..." Puck said.
"Ahhh!" Sugar screamed in excitement.
"That's so cool!" Rachel breathed.
"And pretty!" Kurt gasped.
All their voices started going in gasps of happiness.
"You like it, I'm guessing?" Will smiled as he walked up to them from where he was standing with Emma, Shelby and Beiste.
"Yes!" They all shouted.
What they were looking at was a huge fire. Yes, fire. Will set up a huge bon fire and set up logs as benches all around it. Near one of the benches were several large bags of marshmallows and a pile of stick skewers. The fire was large, bright and roaring. The light reflected and cast longs shadows on all that was around it, but it lit up the sand close by, so the sand sparked a gorgeous yellow/orange. The water was too far away to see in the darkness, but the lush sound of deep waves rolling in could be heard. No one else was on the beach but them. The fire was warm and flickered brightly. It was a welcoming and heartwarming sight.
"Mr. Schue, did you do this?" Mercedes asked, breaking the silence.
"Yes I did" Will said with a grin.
"Thank you!" Brittany ran up and hugged him quickly.
"You're welcome. Enjoy, guys" Will smiled as they all ran to sit down on the logs.
They all got settled down on the logs and Sugar passed the skewers down the line, as she sat closest to them. The first bag of marshmallows followed right behind. When everyone had a marshmallows on their skewer, they all held them over the fire.
"The trick to the perfect marshmallows is to get it crispy on the outside and gooey in the middle" Mike said, skillfully rotation his marshmallows over the blaze.
"Ah!" Kurt screamed, causing everyone to look over quickly.
"What's wrong?" Mercedes asked, alarmed by his outburst.
Blaine laughed.
"It's on fire!" Kurt gasped, holding up his skewer that held a black and flaming marshmallow.
"Blow the fire out!" Rachel demanded, as Kurt swung the skewer around, almost hitting her.
Kurt did and the flame went out, leaving his charred marshmallows.
"Aw..." Kurt pouted when he saw the remains.
"Burnt ones are the best!" Puck said.
"Really? You like it burnt?" Kurt stared at him across the fire.
"Yeah."
"Here" Kurt sighed and held out the burnt marshmallow to Puck, who took it happily and popped it in his mouth with a lip smack.
"Yum" Puck grinned.
Tina passed Kurt the bag of marshmallows so he could take a new one.
"This time, don't hold it right in the fire" Blaine suggested with a flirty smile.
"Hardy har har" Kurt pretended to laugh as she speared the new fluffy white marshmallow with his skewer.
"See? Perfection!" Mike held up his marshmallow for his peers to admire. It was a warm brown colour and not a bit burnt.
"Well, look what the Asian did!" Rachel said with an eye roll.
"You're just jealous" Mike smirked and ate his prized marshmallow.
After ten minutes, everyone had had several marshmallows and Finn didn't even bother to roast them, he just ate them straight from the bag.
"Guy!" Rachel jumped up suddenly. "You know what this is the perfect time for?"
No one answered and they all stared at her awaiting her answer.
"A song!" She screeched and they all smiled and agreed.
"Yes!" Mercedes called. And right away, Rachel started the song slowly at first, and everyone joined in on the second line.
"Don't believe everything happiness says
Nothing feels better than hiding these days
We bury our fears in these drinks, in these tears
For the days believed we could fly
Call up your brothers and sisters and friends
We'll to back to the place where the nights never end
We'll remember the fires, the burning car tires
Boy, how in the hell did we get here?
So why don't you meet me down behind the old school
We'll waste away the weekend with perfect regard for how
Cavalier we used to be
That beautiful insanity
The apathy's surrounding me
Don't close your eyes or we'll fade away
Over and over and over again
We sat down for a minute, grew up into men
Now we're putting up fires and changing car tires
Man, how in the hell did we get here?
So why don't you meet me down behind the old school
We'll waste away the weekend with perfect regard for how
Cavalier we used to be
That beautiful insanity
The apathy's surrounding me
Don't close your eyes or we'll fade away
This time
And we'll never get back what we
Gave away, when we still have that fire in our eyes
Don't believe everything happiness says
Nothing's as real as our old reckless ways
When we'd drink by the fires
The burning car tires
Bad girls and good liars
The dreams we conspired
The days we went crazy
The nights, wild and hazy
Man how in the hell did we get here?
So why don't you meet me down behind the old school
We'll waste away the weekend with perfect regard for how
Cavalier we used to be
That beautiful insanity
The apathy's surrounding me
Don't close your eyes or we'll fade away
Why don't you meet me down behind the old school
We'll waste away the weekend with perfect regard for how
Cavalier we used to be
That beautiful insanity
The apathy's surrounding me
Don't close your eyes or we'll fade away"
They finished the song slowly and on key, their voices perfectly harmonizing with each other's. There wasn't a dry eye around, and the bright fire reflected on their tears. As much as no one would care to admit it, that song perfectly described them. In six months, some of them would be all going off in different directions. And the bond that they shared was more than people from a normal club could say they had. The love that they had for each other was overwhelming, really. The lyrics of the song, described perfectly how even though they are all around the world, they will always come back and reminisce the days. The days like today. Where they all sat by a fire in Florida and ate marshmallows and sang. This was their song, no doubts about it. They sat in silence, reflecting on the deep meaning of the lyrics they just sang.
The teachers, who didn't sit with them, but instead sat at their own small fire a few yards away, heard the song start. And once they heard the lyrics and understood the meaning, all of them started crying too.
Finally Will mustered up the guts to go over there. He stood up and walked over, unheard due to the soft sand. They were all silent, and the boys were hastily wiping away their tears while the girls just sat there, staring deep into the bright flame and sniffing.
"Guys?" Will asked slowly. They didn't answer, and the girls wiped their eyes. They all turned to look at him in the darkness.
"That was really good. And true" Will began. Tina, Kurt, Rachel and Brittany started crying again. "You guys did a great job with that song. It's a possibility for Regionals too. I just...I just wanted to say how much I love you guys and how I'll miss you dearly when you go" Will finished. He took a deep breath, and slowly turned on his heels to go back to his seat.
"We'll miss you too" Quinn muttered. Will smiled and kept walking back to his seat.
The teens sat in silence again, the only sounds was the odd sniffle from the girls or Kurt. Finally Rachel sighed and reached into her small bag that she carried with her. She pulled out a small bag of tissues. She took one for herself and passed the tiny bag down the line. They all wiped their eyes and tear stained cheeks.
The first person to speak was Mercedes.
"I love you all" she said quickly.
"Me too, even if it doesn't show everyday" Santana smiled and looked around the circle at them.
"Can we change the topic? This is just too sad. We are on vacation, let's not fret on the future and enjoy right now" Tina asked in a small voice as she held Mike's hand tightly.
"Sure" Sugar nodded. She had just met most of them a month ago, and yet, she felt a connection to them all and she'd miss them for sure.
"Sam, pass the marshmallows" Artie said and Sam tossed him the almost-empty bag.
Slowly, the sad topic was forgotten and they went back to the loud and cheery way they were before.
The marshmallows were devoured soon after.
"The last marshmallow!" Blaine announced, holding up the small white treat. He poked his skewer into it and held it over the dying fire as everyone else watched wistfully. When it was done and was slightly burnt, Blaine ate it. He looked at everyone else, who'd been watching him.
"What?" he asked, his mouth full. They just laughed. Blaine shrugged and laughed too. No one really knew why they were laughing. They just all at once laughed. Deep meaningful laughs. Finally, when they were out of breath, they stopped laughing and continued on with their conversation like normal.
"What're you doing?" Puck asked Santana. She had been abnormally quiet and nice the whole time. She was staring up at the black, star-speckled sky.
"Me? I'm just watching the stars" Santana answered simply.
"Why?" Rory asked, from next to her.
"I thought I saw a shooting star. And if there is another one, I don't wanna miss it" Santana said without looking away from the sky. Everyone looked up too. Their eyes swept over the dark sky. The many stars twinkled over head. They watched for several minutes. Just when they were getting bored and their necks started to cramp, it happened. A large star shot across the sky, leaving a quick trail of light. But as fast as it came, it was gone.
"There!" Tina gasped and pointed up where the star was. "Did you see it?"
They all murmured their affirmatives.
"Make a wish" Rachel said quietly, but everyone heard her and closed their eyes.
After ten seconds, Brittany's calm voice broke the silence.
"What did you guys wish for?" she asked.
"Can't tell you" Finn said. "It's the wish rules."
"Mhmm. Keep it a secret and then it'll come true" Quinn smiled. They all had their own wish, but not one of them made a horribly selfish wish like a car or something. They all, in their own way, wished that their friendship and love and happy moments like this would always come and never leave them.
And really, just by the kind smiles they showed, they knew in their hearts, that it would most defiantly always come true.
They all walked slowly down the dimly lit pathway, back to the condos. After their wishes, they had resumed talking and laughing. But it was short lived, because after another hour, the fires were almost out and yawns were common.
"Hey guys" Shelby had said as she approached them. "Let's go soon."
So they stood up, extinguished the fire, got their belongings, and left the dark beach. The teachers stayed back a while to clean up a bit.
There were a few street lights along the roads that led to the condos, but not many. The large group arrived at the girl's condo first. The females smiled and said goodbye turned towards their door.
Finn, who had been hanging back a bit towards the back of the group, grabbed Rachel's arm and put a finger to his lips. She smiled and pretended to rummage around in her bag. The other girls never noticed and opened their door and proceeded in. The guys never noticed either and kept walking down the path to their own condo. When they were far enough ahead and the girls had shut their door, Finn turned to Rachel.
"What?" she asked, a bit confused as to why she wasn't in the condo with the rest of the girls.
"I just wanted to talk a bit. We haven't had any 'Finnchel' time lately" Finn smiled warmly, referring to their couple name.
Rachel rolled her eyes. "That's what happens when we go on vacation with 17 other clingy people to a whole other state."
"I know..." Finn said, he took a step closer to Rachel. "It's nice here."
"I love you" Rachel said as she took Finn's hands in her own.
"I love you too" Finn smiled.
"The teachers are probably going to be walking here soon" Rachel said a bit quieter and they both gazed down the dark street into the blackness.
"Well, then..." Finn said quickly. He leaned in and kissed her, letting go of her hands and putting his hands on her waist. She moved her hands up to where she held on to his shoulders. They were pressed up against each other and enjoying every moment together in the darkness. The kiss was long and sweet. When they broke apart, they stared into each other's eyes lovingly. Her eyes were bright and sparked, even though he couldn't see them too well in the dark. His eyes were warm and filled with love. She smiled at him and leaned up to kiss him again. This one was like the first; warm, sweet and long. A bright flash and several muffled giggles started them, mid kiss. They groaned and looked up, to where the flash came from. Up from the girls' second floor windows, the girls were leaning out the windows, watching them and laughing quietly. The flash was thanks to Mercedes and her camera.
"Aww, cute!" Mercedes smiled.
"Rachel, it's past your curfew!" Tina smiled and teased.
"Finn, you bad boy! Go back to your condo!" Santana scolded with a grin.
"Look at them! Sneaking out late to make out!" Sugar giggled.
"We are not making out!" Finn retorted with an eye roll. Rachel giggled. She stood up a bit taller and kiss Finn again. He turned back to her, ignoring the girls above them. They lost them selves in the kiss again. And it was another shockingly bright flash that brought them back to reality.
"Darn, Mercedes turn that off!" Rachel called softly.
"If I do, I won't get good pictures in the dark!" Mercedes snickered and pressed the button again, taking another picture.
Finn sighed. He turned back to Rachel and whispered so that the onlookers couldn't hear.
"I don't think they are going to leave" he said.
Rachel chuckled. "Not a chance."
"Well, I guess this is good night" Finn smiled and leaned in for yet another sweet kiss. Rachel smiled and kiss him back.
"Good night, Finn" Rachel muttered and kissed his cheek quickly.
"Love you."
"And me, you" Rachel smiled and slowly stepped back, and out of his reach.
Finn smiled and watched her turn to walk to the door. She gave him one more quick smile over her shoulder as she opened the door. As closed it quietly and though the door, Finn heard her scream.
"You guys are so dead! Must you ruin every nice moment we have?"
"Yes!" the other girls chimed with a laugh.
Finn smiled and walked down the sidewalk to his condo. When he opened the doors, he walked up the carpeted stairs and to the largest room where the beds were. All the other guys were in there already. When they heard him come in, they stopped their chatting to face him, with amused smirks.
"Well, look who it is" Artie stated.
"It's moonlight casanova, Finn Hudson" Sam smiled. Finn blushed a bit and opened his mouth to speak.
"Have fun?" Rory laughed, his eyes glowing.
"Of course he did!" Puck answered, although it wasn't his question to answer. "He was with Rachel, weren't you?"
"Yeah, so?" Finn asked, trying to defend himself.
"Nothing...nothing..." Puck smiled and waved his hands as to dismiss Finn.
"You guy are crazy" Finn muttered as he walked to his bed and flopped on it.
"Ugh, guys! Why?" Rachel asked, she lay on her bed and faced the other girls who laughed at her.
"Because it's fun!" Brittany laughed.
"Ruining my romance is not fun!" protested Rachel.
"It sure is!" Tina smirked.
"Plus, we got pictures to prove it" Mercedes said, tossing Rachel her camera. Rachel sighed and looked at the pictures. She had to admit, they were good. And cute. Rachel put on her angry face and tossed the camera back.
"Just promise me that you'll never ruin my love life again" Rachel growled.
"No way! And I hardly count that as 'ruining your love life'" Quinn smiled.
"You guys suck" Rachel huffed and crossed her arms.
"Love you too" Tina smiled and stood up. "I'm putting on my pajamas" announced.
"Good idea" Santana stood up and grabbed her pajamas. The other girls did the same.
"I'm tired" Kurt announced to the boys.
"Same. And to think all we did was play Monopoly" Sam laughed.
"There's a basketball game on" Puck said. "Who wants to watch it?"
"Me!" Finn said.
"Me too" Mike nodded.
"Well I guess me too. I won't be able to sleep with it on" Sam sat up a bit.
"Aww..." Kurt groaned. Sam was right.
"Don't worry I'll stay up with you" Blaine leaned over and whispered to him. Kurt gave him a kind smile.
"Thank you" he said really quietly.
"Anything for you" Blaine blushed a bit.
Kurt's eyes watered up slowly. That's the effect Blaine had on him. Kurt leaned forward and hugged Blaine tightly. Blaine hugged him back. Finn had looked over at one point and was going to say something, but decided against it. Why ruin their moments like the girls ruined his?
"Well, we are all dressed and ready for bed" Rachel said, surveying the girls' attire.
"Yes we are" Quinn agreed from where she stood on her bed.
"It's 11:00" Sugar informed them. "Too early to sleep."
"I agree. Let's play a game" Santana suggested.
"Like Monopoly?" Quinn laughed.
"No!" Brittany yelled.
"I just want to read a book and chill" Mercedes said. "So don't include me in your game."
"Same with me" Rachel said.
"Well, there's not enough for a good game now" Tina said, tilting her head.
"Whatever. Let's just chill tonight. We have several other nights to play a game" Santana shrugged and pulled out a magazine from her bag.
"Okay. Good" Rachel nodded. She fetched her iPod and a large book and settled down on her bed.
The other girls did the same.
"Yes!" Artie cheered as one of the teams on the TV got a basket.
"That was so pro!" Rory gasped as they all watched the replay.
"I know!" Puck jumped up and did a dance, causing Finn and Sam to chuckle.
"And the second quarter is over!" Mike informed them as the buzzer went off on the TV.
In the corner, Kurt sighed. He and Blaine had no interest in the game, and the guys were too loud to sleep. So they were lying as far away as possible from the TV on their two beds that were still pushed right up next to each other's. Kurt had several fashion magazines with him, that him and Blaine were flipping through and they were listening to Kurt's iPod too.
"This is pretty" Kurt said to Blaine, pointing to a dress in his magazine. "The colour's nice."
"You're pretty" Blaine smiled and turned the page of his own magazine. Kurt blushed and smiled. Blaine would randomly give him a complement like that, and Kurt would be so flabbergasted that he could do nothing but blush and smile.
"Pass me that one, please" Kurt said pointing to another magazine next to Blaine.
"Sure" Blaine did and Kurt eagerly opened it to the first page.
"Thanks."
"Do you mind if I change the song?" Blaine asked, reaching for Kurt's iPod that was between them.
"Go ahead" Kurt nodded absentmindedly and turned the page. Blaine smiled and scrolled through the songs. He finally chose 'Just A Kiss' by Lady Antebellum.
"Country?" Kurt asked, a bit surprised by Blaine's song choice.
"It's a cute song" Blaine replied with a smile.
"I know. It reminds me of us" Kurt smiled and looked Blaine in the eyes.
"How so?" Blaine asked, curious of the answer.
"Because when we kiss, it takes my breath away. And how it took us a while, but now we're okay and in love and it feels right" Kurt said in a low whisper and blushed a deep red.
Blaine didn't say anything at first. He was thinking and digesting what Kurt just said. He never really thought about it like that, but it was insanely true.
"Blaine?" Kurt asked, a bit shaken that Blaine didn't say anything to the deep words.
"...Sorry..." Blaine mumbled and shook his head slowly. "It's j-just that I never thought about it like that..."
Kurt didn't say anything. He felt an emotional outpouring coming on. Blaine only mumbled when he was emotional.
"It's so true, you know. A-and I love you" Blaine finally mumbled, his teary eyes meeting Kurt's kind blue ones.
"Why are you crying?" Kurt smiled warmly at him, his own eyes watering up at the sight of Blaine.
"I-I don't know... Love gets me emotional..." Blaine laughed a bit. Kurt smiled and used his sleeves to gently sop up Blaine's tears.
"Don't cry, Blaine" Kurt said in a whisper. "It'll be okay" he teased lightly.
"I know" Blaine chuckled and took a hold of Kurt's hand. "I love you."
"I love you too, Blaine. No need to cry over it" Kurt teased again.
"Stop making fun of me when I'm showing emotion!" Blaine pouted, but a smile twitched at his lips.
"I'm sorry. I do love you, though" Kurt apologized.
"I know you do" Blaine smiled and sniffed. He noticed that a few of the guys were turning around subtly to see what they were doing. So Blaine casually looked back at the magazine he was looking at and flipped the page. He felt Kurt's gorgeous blue eyes watching him. He pretended to be unaware and focused on a odd looking shoe on the page. Kurt soon looked back down to his magazine and smiled. Saying 'I love you' was meaningful and also pointless. He knew Blaine loved him and Blaine knew he loves Blaine. Repeating it was just a way to reassure what they both knew was to be true.
"Oh!" Finn called out loud. "He got nailed!"
"That must hurt!" Sam winced as he watched a player get shoved to the ground on the screen.
"Wicked!" Puck howled.
Kurt looked up at the sound of his favourite musical, but when he realized it wasn't in that context, he frowned and gazed back down at the magazine. Next to him, Blaine snickered.
"Who's up?" Tina whispered. The lights were all still on, but not everyone was moving. Some of them had fallen asleep already. It was 12:30.
"I am..." Mercedes mumbled and she made an effort to sit up, but she was too tired so she just lay there.
"Well, I don't think anyone else is. So I'm turning off the lights. Good night" Tina said and she reached for the light switch that was near her.
"Night" Mercedes said and she pulled the blanket over herself.
"And that's the end" Artie said as he yawned.
"Good game" Rory nodded. "It was close."
"Yup. Well, good night" Puck said. He yawned several times and stumbled over to his bed. The other guys nodded and mumbled their goodnights and lay down on their beds. Kurt turned off his iPod and placed the stack of magazines on the floor.
"Night, Kurt" Blaine whispered and kissed his head.
"Good night, Blaine" Kurt smiled at him. He closed his eyes, pleased that the last thing he saw was Blaine and tomorrow morning he'll be the first thing. Mike snored and Finn turned off the light.
The adults were asleep too. They had cleaned up the remains of the fires and then went back to the condo. They right away went to their rooms. Emma and Will read their own books for a while Beiste watched some TV quietly. Shelby fell asleep quickly, happy to sleep without the sound of a baby crying in the other room.
Day 3 in Florida was officially over.
A/N Hey y'all. I just wanted to thank everyone who read it, and left replies, I love you all so much! Some of you gave some good ideas to. Anyhoo, I gots a question for you. ND and the teachers spend a few more days until they go to Orlando. When they go there, should they do the whole Universal Studios thing? I don't wanna do Disney, just because I've never been there plus I don't think Santana, Puck and them will enjoy it much. So if you want me to, I'll do Universal, but they don't have to go at all. Whaddy think? :)
love you all!
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