"Okay girls, listen up" Rachel stood on her bed to get higher up. "We are going shopping now."
"Thanks, captain completely obvious" Santana said with a hair toss.
"Santana, this is for your own benefit, so I suggest you lose the snark" Rachel glared at her.
"Fine, fine. Continue" Santana sighed.
"Gladly. As I said, before, we are going shopping. Somehow, without anyone noticing, we need to get supplies for our revenge. I'm sure a lowly dollar store in the mall can supply our needs, so who would like to go?" Rachel asked, looking at the girls.
"I will" Quinn said.
"Great" Rachel said, smiling.
"What about the other thing?" Mercedes asked.
"I've got it covered. I found one in the misfit closet too. I'm pretty sure it works, but to get it into the boys' condo may be a bit harder" Rachel said.
"No it won't. Just put in one of our bags when we go over, then we'll 'forget' it and have to go back. The just set it up, and it's good to go" Mercedes said.
"Good. It's a plan" Rachel said.
"Great. Are we ready to leave?" Tina said. "If I don't get food, I'll die."
"Same" Sugar said.
"Yup. Let's go" Rachel said, hopping off the bed.
"Are you still mad at me?" Kurt asked slowly, leaning against the bathroom door frame, watching him fix his hair.
Blaine glanced at him through the mirror, and continued to fix his hair.
"Blaaaaaine" Kurt said. "Please don't be mad."
"Mad for what?" Blaine turned and looked at him.
"For dropping you in the sand" Kurt said. "I'm sorry, it was just a joke!"
Blaine shifted his stance and gave a half smile. "Of course not"
"Bros, we gotta go!" Sam said, poking his head in the small bathroom.
"Yup" Kurt nodded.
"Woah, what's going on here? It's been thirty seconds and you aren't hugging or kissing or holding hands or anything. Are you two okay?" Sam asked, his eyes flickering between Kurt and Blaine.
"Yes, Sam, we are. Thanks for your concern" Blaine smiled at the blonde.
"Great! Well, okay then..." Sam smiled and walked away.
Kurt looked at Blaine.
"I'm not mad. Never was" Blaine smiled.
"Really?" Kurt's eyes lit up.
"Yup."
"Then why didn't you talk to me since the beach?" Kurt asked with an eyebrow raised.
"It was kinda fun to see you upset over nothing" Blaine laughed.
"You are horrible!" Kurt exclaimed.
Blaine didn't reply. He just walked up and hugged Kurt. Kurt sighed and hugged him back.
"To the bus, we must go" Kurt said after a moment.
"Okay. I'm hungry" Blaine said, walking away slowly.
"Here we are" Shelby announced to the bus riders.
They all rushed to look out of the window. Their eyes rested on a cute little building. It was about the size of the Lima Bean.
"Let's eat!" Finn yelped, arousing a loud cheer. They got off the bus and helped Artie off too, then they all went inside. Inside it was busy and loud.
"Fun" Rory said.
"Yeah" Quinn nodded. "Very fun."
Emma pushed her way through the group to the front. "Guys!" she called, so they all looked at her. "We're all going to order to go and then eat in the bus because that way we can eat together and not take up all the seats in here."
"So line up after me, order, get your grub and go back to the bus, okay?" Will asked, coming back from the counter where he explained their situation to the cashier.
The teens all rushed to form a line.
Most of them ordered sandwiches or bagels. They got their food and went back out of the restaurant. And it was raining.
"We go in for twenty minutes and it pours" Tina sighed.
"This isn't pouring" Mike said, coming up next to his girlfriend.
Tina snorted. "What's your definition of pouring?"
"Not this" Mike said. He looked at the rain. It was really just spitting, on the heavy side. "This is spitting."
Tina laughed. "Oh, and in a monsoon, it's just dripping, right?" She giggled.
"Correct" Mike laughed.
"Ugh, rain!" Kurt groaned as he walked out of the building, carrying a bag to join them under the small canopy.
"What do you classify this rain as?" Mike asked Kurt with a grin.
"Torrential downpour" Kurt frowned, looking at the dark sky.
The Asians laughed.
"I'm gonna make a run for it" Tina said.
"I'm right behind you" Kurt said, hugging his food bag close to him to protect it from rain.
"Ready? One...two...three!" Tina said and the three of them ran to the bus that was in the parking lot. They arrived at the bus' doors. Kurt pulled on the handle.
"It's locked!" He exclaimed.
"Quinn's inside already, though!" Mike said, noticing Quinn in the bus' tinted windows.
"She locked us out!" Tina frowned.
"Ugh, we're getting wet!" Kurt said.
"Quinn! Let us in!" Tina screamed.
"Why are you standing in the rain?" Mercedes and Sam asked, approaching the three of them.
"Because we enjoy catching pneumonia and getting our food wet" Kurt glared at Mercedes.
"Quinn locked us out" Mike explained while Tina pounded on the door.
"Who's in there with Quinn?" Sam asked.
"I don't know..." Mike said. "I didn't there was another person."
"It's Rory!" Mercedes gasped.
"That Irish backstabber" Kurt grumbled.
"Woah, Kurt, chill" Mercedes said with a smile.
"I'm wet and cold and hungry!" Kurt frowned. "And locked out of the bus!"
"So am I, but I'm not mad" Mercedes said.
"Well, aren't we all happy-go-lucky today?" Kurt sassed.
"Uh, hey. What's going on?" Artie asked as he, Santana and Brittany approached.
"Quinn and Rory locked us out, Kurt's mad and Tina's probably dented the bus door with her fist" Sam said with a chuckle as he saw Tina continue to pound on the door.
Finally Quinn opened the bus door.
"Oh, hello" She smiled innocently in a sugar-coated voice. "I didn't notice you all out here. Hurry in, it's raining!"
"Rain is just the cloud-giants sweating on us" Brittany smiled proudly.
"Wonderful" Kurt said sarcastically as he scampered in the bus.
"Quinn you are mean" Tina frowned as she got inside the bus and sat in a seat.
"Hey!" Quinn smiled. "Before you start accusing people, just know that it was Rory's idea to lock the door."
"Rory?" Mike asked in shock looking at the quiet Irish boy who was eating a bagel.
"Aye?" Rory asked with a grin.
"You locked us out?" Mike raised an eyebrow.
"Aye. I'm surprised you didn't see that coming!"
"Well, not from you!" Tina exclaimed.
"He's more devious than you'd think. Mr. Schue left the keys in here and he wanted to actually move the whole bus across the parking lot" Quinn said.
Santana whistled. "I'm impressed!"
"Impressed by what?" Rachel asked as she got on the bus with Blaine and Puck.
"Rory was going to drive the bus across the parking lot to mess with us" Tina answered.
Blaine and Puck laughed.
"That would have been hilarious!" Puck snorted.
"Do not encourage his evil-ness!" Kurt frowned at them.
"Says a member of the group who locked the girls in a freaking laundry room all night" Rachel said to Kurt.
"It wasn't my idea! I just went along with it" Kurt protested.
"Kurt's not smart enough to think of a brilliant plan like that" Mercedes said loudly.
"But I make up for it in wit" Kurt glared at Mercedes. Kurt turned back to the small rear-view mirror that he was using to try and fix his wet hair.
"What are you doing, Kurt?" Finn asked as he climbed on the bus.
"Fixing my hair. It got wet" Kurt said, not looking away from the mirror. "This mirror is too small to see anything..."
"Here, let me help" Blaine offered, coming up behind Kurt. Kurt turned and faced him. "I promise, it'll look fine."
"Fine" Kurt sighed. "If you give me a mohawk or something ridiculous like that..."
"Hey!" Puck shouted. "Got a problem with the hawk?"
"No, sorry" Kurt said. He lowered his voice so only Blaine could hear. "Give me a mohawk and I'll end you."
Blaine laughed. "I feel like this is an abusive relationship" he laughed and fixed Kurt's hair.
"I'm sorry" Kurt smiled. "But seriously, no mohawks."
"Done" Blaine said a moment later. "And it's not a mohawk...it's a mullet!"
"Oh, very funny" Kurt rolled his eyes. He looked into the small mirror. "Good."
They sat down to eat.
Will, Shelby, Emma, Sugar and Beiste finally got on the bus. They all ate pretty much in silence. After they were all done, conversation loudly resumed.
"Mr. Schue, what do we do with all our trash?" Quinn asked, holding up her bag, empty cup and wrapper.
"Uh, well, the garbage can in here isn't large enough..." Will began.
"Someone should take them back to the cafe and dispose of them there" Beiste said.
"Good idea" Emma nodded.
"I'll go take the garbage" Finn said, standing up.
"Thanks Finn" Will smiled at him.
"Do you want an umbrella?" Emma asked. "I have one here."
"Naw, it's fine" Finn said, collecting the trash from his peers. Finn grabbed the last of the trash and hopped off the bus. He dashed through the rain and towards the cafe. He got to a trash can and shoved the wrappers and cups in. Then he turned and ran back into the bus. He got on and shook his head, sending rain water flying.
"Ah!" Sugar and Brittany gasped as water hit them.
"Sorry" Finn apologized, sitting next to Rachel.
"Okay" Will called, starting the engine. "Everyone here and ready to go?"
"Yup" Several of them answered with vigorous nods.
"Okay" Will said as the bus moved. "On the road again!"
Finn and Sam glanced at each other with grins.
"On the road again..." Sam and Finn sang on tune. The rest of the teen caught on and sang along.
"On the road again
Just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is making music with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again
On the road again
Goin' places that I've never been
Seein' things that I may never see again
And I can't wait to get on the road again
On the road again
Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
We're the best of friends
Insisting that the world keep turning our way and our way
Is on the road again
I just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is making music with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again
On the road again
Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
We're the best of friends
Insisting that the world keep turning our way and our way
Is on the road again
Just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is making music with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again
And I can't wait to get on the road again"
They laughed and sang along loudly to a spontaneous a cappella song. When the finished, Emma, Shelby and Beiste clapped loudly.
"I wish I could clap too, because that was great!" Will exclaimed while driving.
"Really good guys" Beiste nodded.
"And I think it describes you guys well, too" Shelby said.
"It does" Tina nodded.
"Well, all I can say is that I think we got Regionals and Nationals in the bag!" Will said.
The teens cheered.
"How longer until we arrive?" Rachel asked Will ten minutes later.
"Ummm, around five more minutes" Will estimated.
"Okay" Rachel nodded and leaned against Finn. Finn smiled down at her and put his arm around her.
"What are you thinking about?" Finn asked her as she stared out the bus window.
"Life" Rachel admitted.
"That's a pretty large topic for thirty seconds" Finn chuckled.
"I know. I just feel so free here. Makes me wonder if life in New York will be the same" Rachel sighed.
"Is free a good thing?" Finn asked.
"Yes."
"Well, then probably" Finn said.
"Good" Rachel smiled. She shifted a bit. "Thank you."
Finn smiled. "For?"
"Caring" Rachel answered. She leaned up and kissed his cheek.
"Anytime" Finn said, playing with the end of her hair.
"Aww how adorable" Kurt said, leaning forward and resting his arms on the back of their seats.
"Go make out with Blaine or something" Rachel scowled and looked at him.
"I heard my name!" Blaine looked over from next to Kurt, where he was talking to Quinn and Artie, behind them.
"No, no, never mind" Kurt said to Blaine.
"You talking about me?" Blaine smiled at Rachel and Finn.
"Yeah. We were saying how Kurt should leave us alone and go make out with you" Rachel informed him.
"Oh..." Blaine laughed, unsure what to say to that.
"Actually, we just want Kurt to leave us alone" Finn said quickly, not really wanting to see his step-brother do that.
"We're here!" Will said loudly.
"Yay!" Kurt said, eyes lighting up.
"Shopping time!" Brittany said, fist pumping.
They stood up to get off the bus.
Quinn smoothed out the front of her dress and stood in the isle way. Mercedes casually walked up stood next to her.
"Don't forget to get the you-know-whats" Mercedes muttered quietly to Quinn.
"I won't" Quinn smiled and nodded.
They all stood outside the bus and waited as Artie slowly got lowered to the ground.
When they were all on the same level, Shelby looked at them.
"Okay, stay together and don't stray alone. Meet back here in two hours, just to check up."
"Go have fun!" Beiste said. The teens cheered and ran. Mostly just to get out of the rain. In the lobby of the mall, they stopped running.
"Are we going to split up?" Mercedes asked them all.
"Yes. Going in such a large group will just be chaotic" Kurt nodded.
"I concur!" Mike nodded.
"Okay" Quinn nodded.
Rachel moved next to Kurt and smiled widely. "Who's coming with me and Kurt?"
Mercedes, Blaine, Sam and Finn stepped forward with smiles.
"And who wants to come with Britts and I?" Santana asked loudly, throwing her arm around Brittany's shoulders. Puck, Sugar and Artie moved up to stand next to them.
"And I suppose the rest of us are the last group?" Mike said, looking at Tina, Quinn and Rory.
"I'm fine with that" Quinn smiled.
"Aye" Rory nodded.
"Okay then. It's settled!" Kurt said, clapping his hands. "Time to shop!"
"See you around" Brittany smiled as they all parted in their groups.