So where do you want to go first?" Rachel asked them.
"Gap!" Blaine yelled with a childish grin
"No!" Sam and Finn yelled.
"Why not?" Blaine asked.
"Just...no" Finn chuckled.
"Guys, this is an outlet mall. This is like no-name stuff and cheap originals and knock offs. It's cheap and fun. There is no Gap here" Kurt said.
"Let's just walk down here and stop where we see fit" Mercedes suggested, pointing down the mall.
"I agree" Rachel nodded.
They started walking.
"I'm hungry" Finn said.
"We just ate like twenty minutes ago!" Kurt exclaimed. The rest of them laughed.
"Sorry! It's who I am" Finn said.
"Well, all I have to eat it gum" Mercedes said, digging around in her bag.
"I'll take it!" Finn smiled brightly.
"Here" Mercedes sighed and handed him the pack.
"Thanks!" Finn said, popping the small white piece of gum in his mouth. "Mmmm minty!"
"Anyone else want gum?" Mercedes asked.
"Me, please!" Blaine said. He took a piece. "Thank you."
"No problem" Mercedes smiled and returned the pack to her bag.
"Ooh, let's go in here!" Rachel gasped, pointing to a small shop with dresses on display.
"Okay!" Mercedes smiled. They walked in. Inside were several racks of dresses and girls clothes.
"Is there a guys' section?" Sam asked, looking around.
"I don't know..." Rachel said with a shrug.
"Sam, the walls are pink. No there isn't a guys' section" Kurt pointed out with an eye roll.
"Pink is a man's colour!" Finn smiled proudly. "Only a true man can wear pink!"
"Okay" Mercedes patted Finn on the arm.
"Kurt! Fashion faux pas or chic?" Rachel held up a red dress with blue and yellow polka-dots on in.
"Faux pas" Kurt said, looking over.
"I like it" Blaine said, tilting his head.
"Blaine, dear, you have a warped sense of style" Kurt said slowly.
"Kurt, don't be mean" Mercedes called with a grin.
"Yeah, Kurt" Blaine pretended to pout.
Kurt sighed with a smile. "Sorry, but I have to be honest."
"Blaine, I think you have a very unique style, and don't you forget it" Rachel smiled widely at him.
"Oh, that means a lot coming from you" Blaine said sarcastically.
"That's rude!" Rachel gasped.
"I agree with Blaine" Sam smiled.
"Why?" Rachel demanded. She knew that neither Blaine or Sam really meant it; they were just joking around, but she still was interested in their answer.
"You wear knee socks like everyday" Sam said.
"I haven't worn knee socks all trip!" Rachel pointed out.
"Yeah, that's because it's super hot here" Blaine said.
"You know what, Blaine? I take back what I said about your style. It is horrible!" Rachel stuck her tongue out at him.
"Ouch" Blaine rolled his eyes.
"You people are ridiculous" Finn said, wondering back to them.
"Kurt, what about this?" Rachel held up another dress. This one was magenta with yellow frills.
"Hmmm...it's nice" Kurt said slowly, looking at it.
"It looks like a flower" Finn said.
"Thanks for that wonderful insight, Finn" Mercedes said, her words dripping with sarcasm.
"I'm gonna try it on" Rachel said, walking towards the change rooms.
"Okay" Finn nodded.
"Kurt, do you really hate my style?" Blaine asked with wide eyes.
Mercedes, who was standing next to Kurt, put her hand over Kurt's mouth.
"Wha-? Hey!" Kurt began to say.
"Shhh" Mercedes smiled. She turned to Blaine. "Look, we all know Kurt has a particular but amazing sense of style. You know he wouldn't be seen with someone who doesn't have some style. And yet, he is dating you. So he clearly secretly adores your oddly short pants and bowties" Mercedes grinned.
Blaine's face lit up. "That's true!"
Mercedes removed her hand from over Kurt's mouth.
"You can't hate the bowties" Blaine said proudly, adjusting the orange one he was wearing.
Kurt opened his mouth to reply, but he got distracted by Rachel, who was modeling the dress.
"Well? What do you guys think?" She asked, spinning around. The dress was really fit and puffed out at the bottom, in an awkward way.
Kurt laughed. "I'm sorry, Rachel, but that just looks crazy. I mean, where would you wear that? It's practically begging for a slushie if you wear it to school."
"Girl, I agree with Kurt. That's wild" Mercedes said.
"Okay..." Rachel said, like a deflated balloon.
"Don't feel bad, Rachel. It's not you, it's the dress. This whole store has wacky dresses" Kurt said kindly.
"True, true" Rachel said slowly. She walked back to the change room.
"Hurry up, this place is lame" Sam called to her.
"Sporting goods store!" Artie hollered.
"Yeah!" Puck smiled.
"Another one?" Sugar asked.
"Yeah, we just went to one" Santana said.
"So? They're cool" Puck said.
"No" Brittany said softly.
"Okay, well look, there's a girly store over there. You girls go there, Puck and I will check out the sports store and meet you there" Artie suggested.
"Okay" Sugar nodded. "Bye." The girls walked off, arms linked together.
"Chicks..." Puck said. "They're hot but can drive you crazy."
"Preach!" Artie said with an eye roll.
They guys went into the sports store.
The girls arrived at the other store. There were many handbags and purses on display in the window. They walked in.
"Purse heaven!" Sugar gasped as they walked in.
"I know, right!" Santana smiled.
"Look at them all!" Sugar said, holding up a pink one. "Whaddya think?"
"Cute" Santana nodded, turning down another isle.
"Ahhhh!" Santana and Sugar heard a loud scream.
"Oh my gosh, what was that?" Santana asked, eyes wide.
"It sounded like Brittany!" Sugar said.
"Brit!" Santana called, dropping the purse she was holding to run in the direction of the scream. "Brit, you okay?"
Finally, Santana found the blonde, staring at a pack of purses with her mouth open.
"Brittany!" Santana gasped when she found her. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong!" Brittany said.
"You screamed?" Santana asked.
"That was a scream of joy" Brittany said. "Look!"
Brittany stepped out of the way to reveal a whole rack of purses with cats and cat faces on them.
"Cats?" Santana asked, a bit shocked.
"Yes!" Brittany gasped. "Aren't they amazing?"
"I suppose..." Santana said.
"What happened?" Sugar asked, approaching them.
"Brittany found a whole bunch of cat-themed purses" Santana explained.
"See?" Brittany held out several of them, to show Sugar.
"Neat" Sugar said slowly.
"I'm gonna buy some!" Brittany said, selecting two from the rack.
Santana looked at the price tags. "Fine. They're pretty cheap."
Brittany walked to the counter with a large grin.
"Let's stop in here" Quinn said, pointing to a small store with men and woman's clothes on display.
"Sure" Rory nodded. The four of the walked into the store.
"Tina, look" Mike said, motioning to a rack of goth clothes.
"Oooh!" Tina smiled and ran over to it.
"Rory, you look lost" Quinn commented, looking at the Irish boy.
"Oh...well, I'm not very good at shopping. Most of my wardrobe is my brother's old clothes or green" Rory gave a small smile.
"Is green your favourite colour?" Quinn asked with a smile.
Rory motioned to the dark green T-shirt he currently sported "Aye."
"Well, you don't have to shop, you could just browse" Quinn said, looking at a rack of dresses.
"No that's the problem. I want to. I need clothes that aren't green!" Rory exclaimed. "The hockey players at school keep calling me 'Greeny' or 'Green Freak' and more!"
"What's happening?" Mike asked, walking over casually.
"Rory wants clothes that aren't green, but he isn't a big shopper" Quinn looked up at Mike.
"Join the club, man" Mike rolled his eyes with a grin. "I not a shopper either!"
"Well, lucky for you, I am" Quinn grinned. "I'll help you, if you want."
"Really?" Rory's eyes lit up.
"Sure. It'll be fun!" Quinn smiled.
"Thanks!" Rory clapped his hands then jumped forward and hugged Quinn, who was a bit startled. "...Sorry" Rory apologized when he stepped back, noticing Quinn's surprised face at the hug.
"It's okay" Quinn smiled.
"I can help with shoe shopping, though" Mike said. He stuck out his foot to show off his snazzy red shoe. "I have impeccable taste."
"Deal" Rory said in awe.
"I'm back!" Tina announced with a small white shopping bag in her hand.
"What did you buy?" Rory asked her.
"A headband" Tina said.
"Cool" Rory nodded.
"So you guys see anything you like?" Tina asked.
"No, but we have ourselves a mission" Quinn gave a smile.
"Oh, tell me more!" Tina smiled.
"We have to help Rory find some new clothes that aren't green" Quinn said happily.
"Oooh, mission accepted!" Tina laughed.
"Thanks, you guys" Rory smiled.
"Well, we only have like 90 more minutes" Quinn said.
"Let's go!" Mike said loudly.
They ran out of the store.
"Oh. My. Gosh" Kurt gasped.
"Kurt, don't pass out on us" Rachel said.
"Breathe, Kurt, breathe" Blaine said with a smirk.
"Sam" Finn whispered to the blonde. "I'm confused. What's the big deal?"
"No idea, man" Sam answered in a whisper with a shrug.
Finn shrugged too and watched the other four's crazy reactions.
"My life is complete!" Kurt breathed out with a smile.
"Look, don't kill me, but I'm really confused. What's the big deal here?" Finn asked slowly.
Rachel, Kurt, Mercedes and Blaine whipped around in sync to face Finn, with fierce glares.
"Do you know who Marc Jacobs is?" Mercedes asked in an edgy tone.
"N-no...that's why I asked..." Finn stammered, a bit scared of their stares.
"Is he kidding me right now?" Kurt quietly asked Blaine and Rachel.
"No, I think he's serious" Rachel said.
"How is that possible?" Kurt gasped quietly.
"He's a typical guy. Forgive him" Rachel sighed.
"Umm, is anyone gonna tell us what's going on?" Sam asked.
"He doesn't know either?" Blaine asked.
"No...can you tell us?" Finn asked, his pleading eyes looking more at Rachel. If anyone can help them and understand them without making them look like complete fools, it's her.
Kurt sighed.
"Marc Jacobs is a famous-no! Legendary! Yes, legendary fashion designer!" Rachel said in a dramatic tone.
"A fashion dude?" Sam asked, very unimpressed.
"Not a fashion 'dude'! A fashion icon!" Kurt exclaimed.
"And so I'm guessing this is his stuff?" Finn asked, looking at the clothes they were standing in front of.
"Yes!" Mercedes nodded.
"Originals, too!" Blaine piped up.
"Oh..." Sam nodded. He glanced at Finn. Their eyes met, and they smiled at each other. Without words, they connected and they both felt the same: completely bored and a bit amazed at their friends' crazy obsession over some clothes guy.
"This is the best day ever!" Kurt said. He reached out and put a hand on the sleeve of a dark coat. "I'm touching it!"
"Amazing!" Blaine said in awe.
"Okay, we've been here like fifteen minutes and all you guys have done is freak out over some dude's clothes. Can you hurry it up?" Sam asked slowly.
The four of them sighed.
"Fine" Rachel sighed.
Kurt looked through the clothes on the rack and finally selected a brown coat. The fabric was thick and soft, and the colour matched his hair.
"That one?" Mercedes asked.
"Yes. Isn't it amazing?" Kurt asked.
"Looks like any old coat to me...In fact, I'm sure my mom has the same one, and she only shops at cheap motherly stores" Finn muttered to Sam, who snickered, as did Blaine, who caught the end of it. Sam and Finn were shocked that Blaine didn't freak out at them, like Kurt or the girls would have.
Blaine smiled with a small shrug. He was the straightest gay you'd ever get, so he understood what Sam and Finn felt.
Rachel and Mercedes each got a sweater and Blaine got a blue scarf.
The four of them paid and then they all left the store.
"Finally" Sam exclaimed.
"Sorry" Mercedes said to him with a cute smile. "But time flies when you're having fun!"
"Well?" Sugar asked, showing the two girls her dress. It was white and yellow and flouncy. "I like it!"
"You look like lemon meringue pie!" Brittany said.
"It's nice. It accentuates you skin tone" Santana said.
"I look hot!" Sugar announced loudly, looking at herself in the mirror and flipping her hair.
"I'll say!" Puck said with a smirk as he and Artie came over. On Artie's lap was a bag.
"What did you guys buy?" Santana asked them.
"A shirt" Artie said.
"Nice" Sugar said. "What do you think of my dress?"
"It looks great" Artie smiled.
"Great!" Sugar said, walking back to the change room.
"We saw a candy shop up ahead" Artie informed Brittany, who lay in Santana's lap.
"So after we're done here, we should go" Puck said.
Brittany sat up, her blue eyes sparkling. "Yes!"
Sugar rapidly opened the door of the change room; a large smile on her face. "Did I hear the word candy?"
"Yes! We're going to a candy shop!" Brittany jumped up and danced around happily.
Sugar joined in the dance. "Sugar for Sugar!" She chanted, making Brittany join in too.
"Sugar for Sugar! Sugar for Sugar!" Brittany and Sugar sang.
"You guys are ridiculous!" Santana said, looking around uncomfortably.
"Let's go, already!" Puck said, amused at the girls' dance.
Sugar stopped dancing. "Okay. I just have to pay for the dress."
They waited for her to pay then they left the shop. They moved toward the brightly coloured candy shop.
"Are we in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory?" Brittany asked in awe and excitement.
"Maybe" Santana laughed, as they entered the shop. It was bright and cheery and happy music played loudly.
"Yo, look!" Artie exclaimed. He pointed to the rainbow display of rock candy. "Rock candy!"
"Yum!" Puck said, handing Artie and the girls a bag.
"Go crazy" Santana said to Brittany who almost screamed in excitement.
They raced around the store, filling up their bags. Ten minutes later, their bags were loaded, and their faces were extremely happy. They all paid for their sweets and walked outside.
"That was fun" Sugar said, clutching on to her candy-filled bag.
"Very" Santana said with a smile.
"Here, try these on" Quinn said, handing Rory a stack of shirts.
"Okay" Rory nodded, gratefully accepting the shirts she handed him. He scampered to the change rooms in the brightly-lit store they were in.
A few minutes later, he emerged with the first shirt on.
"Do you like it?" Quinn asked him.
"Aye" Rory nodded, looking at his reflection. The shirt he wore was plaid. It was red, white and blue. Not a single bit of green.
"So plaid is your new style?" Tina asked from the bench she sat on.
"Maybe" Rory smiled.
"Bro, red or purple?" Mike asked from across the store where he held up a red shoe and a purple one.
"Neither...got a blue one?" Rory asked slowly.
"Nope" Mike shook his head.
"Don't worry, we have plenty more stores to try" Quinn reassured them.
"Here, put this on" Tina handed Rory a navy hoodie. Rory put it on over the plaid shirt.
"Ta-da!" Quinn said, coming up behind a rack and holding black jeans. "The last piece."
Rory took the pants and put them on in the change room. He emerged and looked in the mirror. He wore no green at all. He almost didn't recognize himself. His style was normally so classy and perfect, like vests and hats, so this loose yet stylish look was different. Good different.
"I...really like it" Rory said slowly, a smile creeping over his face.
"Really?" Quinn asked, happily.
"Aye! It's great!" Rory grinned. He turned to look at the other three, who had smiles to match. "Thank you so much for helping me!"
Quinn and Tina raced in for a hug.
"No, thank you for being our doll to dress up!" Quinn smiled.
"I feel so left out" Mike joked as the other three hugged.
"Oh, come here!" Tina smiled, holding an arm our for Mike, who smiled and joined in the group hug.
After a moment, they all stepped back.
"Well, congrats Rory. You have a new non-green style!" Tina smiled when Rory came back from the change room wearing his old clothes.
"I'm hungry" Mike said.
"Same" Quinn said, nodding.
"To the food court?" Rory asked.
"Yes!" Mike smiled.
"Ooh, a sports store!" Finn's eyes lit up.
"Yeah!" Sam smiled widely.
"I want to sit down" Mercedes said. "I'm tired."
Finn turned on his heels to face her. "First off, we've only been shopping for an hour. Secondly, you can sit in the sporting goods store while Sam and I peruse."
"Okay" Mercedes smiled. They walked into the store. It was cool inside.
"We'll be waiting here, okay?" Rachel told Finn.
"Sure" Finn said with a smile. Him and Sam walked off.
Rachel, Mercedes, Kurt and Blaine sat down on a bench.
"This has been fun" Rachel mused.
"Indeed. I do enjoy shopping" Kurt smiled.
"I don't think Sam and Finn do, though" Mercedes chuckled.
"They seemed to enjoy coming here" Blaine pointed out.
"That's all they seemed to enjoy" Rachel said.
"Well, they're guys. They don't like to shop" Mercedes said.
"Gay guys being the exception" Kurt smiled.
"Obviously" Rachel said.
"Can you believe today is our last full day in Fort Meyers?" Blaine asked suddenly.
"I know. Sad isn't it?" Kurt said, resting his head on Blaine's shoulder.
"This has been a very fun vacation" Mercedes said.
"I think it has been a wonderful bonding experience for us as a team" Blaine said. "I feel accepted by you guys."
"Blaine, we didn't need this trip to accept you. We already did" Rachel smiled.
"Thanks" Blaine smiled at her.
"So any stores in particular that we wanna hit?" Mercedes asked.
"No..." Rachel shook her head.
"A food store...I'm a bit hungry" Mercedes said.
"We're back!" Finn said as he and Sam approached, each with a bag in their hand.
"What did you get?" Rachel asked.
"I bought a new shirt" Finn answered. "For football."
"I bought goggles" Sam said. "For synchronized swimming."
"Awesome" Rachel said standing up. "Let's move on."
The other three stood up and the six of them left the store.
"Guys! Let's go in here!" Santana said. "Shoe store!"
"Okay" Puck agreed.
They went in the store.
Sugar looked elated. "So many shoes!"
"Amazing" Santana said. She grabbed Brittany's hand and pulled her towards the section with the heels. "I need a new pair of heels."
"Me too" Brittany said smiling.
"Look at these!" Sugar smiled, holding up a pair of heels that were very high.
"Hot!" Santana said, grabbing a yellow pair for herself and a purple pair for Brittany. "Put these on!"
"Why?" Sugar asked, but put on a red pair herself.
Brittany put on the heels and stood up. Then fell over. Into Santana's arms.
"I'm too high up" Brittany said sadly as she fell.
"Relax. I got you" Santana smiled and helped Brittany stand up straight.
"This is hard" Sugar said, wobbling around. "These are the highest heels I've been in."
"Same" Santana admitted. After a minute all three of them were steady on their feet. "Ready girls? Sunglasses out!"
A bit confused but really amused, Brittany and Sugar followed Santana's lead. They all pulled out big black sunglasses from their purses and put them on. Then they strutted around the store with smirks.
"All we need is a gust of wind in our direction and we look like models" Brittany said.
"I don't need wind to look like a model. I already do" Sugar said.
They strutted around the store again, stopping in front of Puck and Artie who were looking at some skate shoes.
"Woah..." Artie breathed, looking up at the three girls.
"Having fun?" Puck smirked at them.
"Are these heels super awesome or what?" Santana asked, stretching her leg out to show the boys the heels.
"Yes" Artie smiled, eyes wide.
"Buy them" Puck said, watching the girls.
"Is it cheaper when there is one zero or two?" Brittany asked, looking at the bottom of her shoe at the small tag.
Santana sighed. "Unfortunately, hotness like this comes at a cost that, for me and Brit, it out of the question.
"Too bad" Puck said.
"Not for me!" Sugar said. "I can get these! But I'm not going to. My daddy said that if I buy more shoes he'll cut me off..."
"Well anyways, let's hit a few more stores before we have to meet up with the others" Artie suggested.
"Okay, hold on" Santana said, taking off the heels and slipping her flip-flops back on, as did Brittany and Sugar.
Quinn had kept her eyes open for a dollar store. She still needed to go to one to get the supplies for the girls' prank. But getting away from Rory and Mike and Tina without being noticed or getting suspisous was a harder task. When she finally saw a dollar store, she began planning different excuses to leave.
"Quinn?...Quinn?" Mike asked, snapping his fingers in her face.
"Wha-? Oh, sorry" Quinn blushed and shook her head.
"You okay?" Mike asked.
"Yeah...just zoned out" Quinn smiled. She took a sip of her drink. The four of them were sitting at the food court, eating and drinking.
Quinn looked at her watch. They had to meet the others soon. So she had to get the stuff soon.
"I...uh...have to use the washroom" Quinn said, standing up with a sweet smile. She grabbed her shopping bags and purse.
"You can leave those here" Rory said.
Quinn's eyes widened as she tried to think of a smart answer. She needed the bags to hide the supplies and her purse to pay. How could she get out of this?
"Um, I'm really protective of my stuff...not that I don't trust you...it's just that if something was to happen to my stuff while I'm gone, I don't want it to be on your consciences. So I'll just take it with me, it's no big deal" Quinn stammered, holding tightly to her bags. Her eyes met Tina's for a moment. Tina then realized what Quinn was trying to do.
"Well, okay then" Tina said, with a shrug and a smile that only Quinn knew.
Quinn flashed Tina a quick and subtle smile then ran off.
Mike and Rory seemed to not notice as they broke into normal conversation as she ran off.
Quinn ran to the dollar store. It was bright and busy. She ran down the toy isle frantically searching for what they needed. Finally she found them. They came in bags of about twenty. She did some mental math and grabbed twenty bags. She carried the bags to the cash line. When she got to the counter, she set the bags in front of the cashier for her to scan. Quinn tried to keep a straight and casual face as the cashier eyed her purchases. It was a crazy thing to see one teenage girl buy all of that.
"Umm...why are you buying twenty bags of this stuff?" The cashier asked with an amused smile.
Quinn chuckled. "It's for a prank" she explained.
"I see" The cashier nodded and scanned the last bag. "Well good luck!"
"Thanks!" Quinn smiled and put the twenty packages in her shopping bags. She had to do some re-arranging, but after a bit she had hidden the supplies. She hurried back to the table where her friends sat.
"Oh, there you are!" Mike exclaimed as she sat down. "We were getting worried."
"Oh, sorry" Quinn said. "I ran into Ms. Pilsbury in the washroom." That was a good enough lie.
"Oh, okay" Mike nodded.
Tina looked at Quinn, her eyes silently asking her if she got the supplies. Quinn met her gaze and gave a small nod.
"Well, we have to meet with everyone else, so let's do one last loop of the mall before we have to go" Tina said happily.
"Sure" Rory nodded, stood up and threw out his trash.
They walked out of the food court.
"That looks good, Will" Emma nodded.
"I think so, too" Will said, taking off the tie he tried on.
"Is Will trying on more sweater vests?" Beiste asked with a smirk as she approached the couple.
"Very funny" Will rolled his eyes. "And no. A tie!"
"Cool. I just bought some new tube socks!" Beiste said, holding up a yellow plastic shopping bag.
Will nodded. "Where's Shelby?"
"She ran into a children's clothing store" Emma answered.
"Well, she better hurry back. We have to meet the kids soon" Will said, looking at his watch.
"Yeah. Pay for that and we'll go find her" Emma said, standing up.
"Okay" Will said, carrying the tie and a shirt to the checkout line. He paid for it and joined Emma and Beiste at the door. "Ready!"
"Great" Emma said, walking out of the store into the mall's hallways. They walked down to the children's clothes store. There was Shelby, going through a rack of blue dresses for little girls.
"Shelby!" Will called to her as they came up to her.
"Oh! Hello! Sorry I'm taking so long, I must have lost track of time..." Shelby rambled on worriedly.
"Don't fret about it. We have time to spare" Emma said with a kind smile.
"Oh, good" Shelby breathed a sigh of relief.
"So this is what a children's clothes store looks like" Will said, looking around.
"You've never been in one?" Shelby asked, a bit amazed.
"Nope. I don't have kids. And even when I though I did, Terri did all the shopping" Will said with a smile. Shelby had heard all about Will's ex-wife and their relationship.
"I've never been in one either" Beiste admitted, with the same wonder as Will.
"I have. My friend had a baby and I got her a gift" Emma said.
"Nice" Shelby said. She turned to face them. "Well, I'm going to go pay for this stuff, then we'll go."
"Okay" Emma nodded. She walked up to Will. He put his arm around her.
"Hey."
"We leave for Orlando tomorrow, right?" Emma asked him, overjoyed by their closeness.
"Yup. I was thinking around one-ish" Will said.
"Sure. Just making sure" Emma smiled.
"Time is flying" Will sighed.
"Oh, I know!" Emma said. "We've been here five days and it feels like an hour!"
Will laughed. "I agree!"
"Okay, let's go" Shelby said, strolling up to them with a grin and bags in hand. "Wait, where's Shannon?"
"She's over there, entertaining some lady's baby" Will laughed, pointing across the store where Beiste was making goofy faces at a little baby girl in a stroller while her mother browsed through some clothes. The girl was smiling and laughing at Beiste.
"Shannon!" Will called, making Beiste stand up and blush in their direction.
"Coming!" Beiste answered and waved goodbye to the baby girl and jogged over to them.
"Made a new friend?" Shelby smirked at Beiste.
"Yeah..." Beiste answered with a smile. "She was cute."
Will looked at Emma in the corner of his eye. She smiled and nodded with them, but her gaze was clouded over, like she was lost or in deep thought. She kept subtly glancing at the baby Beiste was playing with. Will didn't say anything but he knew what she was thinking about.
"Fifteen more minutes of this" Finn said to Sam quietly.
"Thank goodness" Sam rolled his eyes. Quite honestly, they were bored. Shopping was okay for like an hour but after that, time seemed to drag on and on and on.
"Let's go in here" Rachel said, pointing to a store. "Plus they have men's clothes too, Finn!"
Finn faked a smiled "Yippee" he said, a bit too sarcastically. Rachel glared at him. But they still went inside.
"Bowties!" Blaine yelped and ran to the display.
"Don't knock anything down, Blaine!" Kurt warned, remembering an incident a few stores back.
"I'll try not to!" Blaine called back and sped through the aisles.
"Oooh, look, knee socks!" Rachel squealed, eyeing the sock shelves.
"Do you really need more?" Kurt asked. Mercedes snickered as Rachel glared at them, a mixture of hurt and hate in her brown eyes.
"Yes I do. I happen to like knee socks" Rachel said firmly. "It's part of my look."
"Yes, we've all heard of 'sexy school-girl librarian chic' but why can't you wear skinny jeans and a loud shirt like me?" Mercedes asked with a smirk.
"It's not me" Rachel rolled her eyes.
"Well, I like you the way you are, Rach" Finn smiled warmly at her.
"Aw, thanks Finn" Rachel smiled back at him.
"Finn, we are having a clothes-intervention, here" Kurt sighed with a smile.
"She's my girlfriend so I get a say" Finn rolled his eyes at Kurt and Mercedes.
"Exactly. And his opinion is the only good one" Rachel said.
"Well, look who it is!"
Rachel, Kurt, Mercedes, Sam and Finn turned around at the sound of the familiar voice.
"Santana!" Kurt smiled at the Latina. There in the store's entrance stood Santana, Brittany, Sugar, Puck and Artie.
"Fancy meeting you here" Sugar said.
"This was our last stop before meeting up with you all" Finn said, happier that Puck and Artie were now here.
"Same with us!" Santana said.
"Hey! Look! They're here too! Did you guys know that?" Blaine exclaimed when he saw Brittany and Santana.
"Yes, Blaine we did know that" Mercedes laughed.
"Kurt, your man can be really clueless sometimes" Sugar said to Kurt, who just sighed with a smirk.
"Don't I know it" he replied.
They laughed.
Santana and Brittany walked to the dresses on the racks.
"How's it been?" Finn asked Puck.
"Fine."
"So you aren't bored out of your mind from shopping?" Finn asked, a bit shocked.
"Not really" Puck admitted.
"Dude...are you a girl?" Finn joked.
"Oh no! Maybe I am!" Puck gasped, playing along.
"Maybe you are what?" Rachel asked as she walked by them.
"A girl" Finn answered in all honesty.
Rachel stopped in her tracks. "Wait... What?" Her face was half creeped out and half scared. Finn seemed to be telling the truth in his answer, so Rachel didn't even know if it was a joke. She glanced between Puck and Finn, both of which who were fighting their hardest to hold in their laughter.
Finally, her flickering gaze met with Finn's. And he gave her a 'don't-ask-don't-tell' look along with a small smile, to let her know it was a joke. Rachel sighed and walked off, not wanting to be part of their craziness. As she walked off, she heard Finn and Puck burst into loud laughter.
"Did you see her face?" Puck asked through his loud laughs.
"Yes! It was hilarious!" Finn laughed, tears coming out of his eyes.
"What are they laughing at over there?" Blaine asked Rachel when she came over to where he was standing.
"Puck may be a girl or something. I honestly don't know nor do I want to" Rachel shook her head and walked off, leaving Blaine confused.
"This is cute, right?" Santana asked Brittany and Mercedes.
"Yes!" Mercedes answered, bobbing her head as she looked at the purple sun dress Santana held.
"Mercedes! Come here!" Rachel called. Mercedes smiled and walked off.
"I'm going to try it on" Santana smiled. "Here, Brit, hold my phone for me" Santana said, pulling her sleek black phone out of the back pocket of her shorts. Brittany took it and put it in her purse. Santana walked into the change room.
"Brittany! Look! Unicorn shirt!" Mercedes said from across the store, holding up a pink T-shirt with a unicorn on it.
Brittany gasped. "Gimmie!" She ran over and grabbed it. "Mine!"
"You going to buy that?" Rachel asked Brittany who was hugging the shirt.
"Yes!" Brittany said as if it was the most obvious answer.
"Well, go do it now, because we are going to leave soon" Rachel said. Brittany nodded and ran off, still clutching the shirt.
"Well, I expected this store to be empty. But I see it's a party!" Mike said loudly. Everyone turned to see him, Tina, Quinn and Rory walking in the store.
"Hey!" Rachel waved to them happily.
"If it wasn't for us, it would be empty" Mercedes said. It was true. The only other person in the store was a middle aged woman who was in a corner looking at men's corduroys.
"True enough" Tina laughed. They walked farther into the store and conversed with the others.
Brittany skipped back to them, shopping bag in hand. "Let's go!"
Quinn looked at her watch. "We still have five minutes. Do you want to go to that music store by the entrance?"
"Sure" they all agreed and left the store in one large group, leaving it to its original emptiness.
The music store was busy, loud and fun. It was a retro store, so more records were sold than CDs.
"Mr. Schue would love this place" Finn commented.
"Ghetto music!" Puck smiled. He held up an old record. "These things are so heavy. CDs are the way to go!"
"I agree" Artie said.
"Guys! Time to go!" Quinn called. They all left the store and then left the mall.
"It's still raining?" Kurt moaned as he saw the rain and dark sky.
"Yes, but not as much" Rachel pointed out.
They easily located the bus, as it was the largest vehicle in the parking lot. They hurried over, to find the teachers waiting by the bus door.
"Hello!" Emma greeted them.
"How was your shopping experience?" Will asked them.
"Good" the girls answered.
"Take me away!" Finn and Sam whined.
Will laughed. "So I'm assuming you are all ready to leave?"
"Yes!" Finn yelped.
"Okay. In the bus!" Will directed and opened the bus' door. They all filed in, grateful to get out of the rain.
"Did you get...it?" Rachel mumbled to Quinn as she passed her seat.
"Yeah" Quinn answered simply.
"Great!" Rachel smiled and hurried off to her seat.
When they were all in their seats, Will sat down in the driver's seat. He started the engine.
"Everyone's here right?" He asked, hands on the wheel.
"Yes!" They chorused back with grins.
Will moved the bus forward an inch.
"Wait!" Finn jumped out of his seat suddenly, his eyes wide with panic.
"Finn, what's wrong?" Beiste asked him with a slight frown.
Finn quickly looked around the bus. Then he looked at Will and took a deep breath. "Where's Santana?"
A/N
Hello! I know what you're thinking... 'ooooooh suspence!' If you ARE thinking that, I thank you dearly because I suck at suspence. Anyways, thanks to all my readers and commenters and people who saved this to their faves list. LUV YA! (insert heart here)
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