The teenagers and adults stood on the driveway of the condos. They had spent the last several hours on the beach, running around, getting wet, taking pictures and exploring. Now it was 11:30.
"Okay, so you have an hour and an half. Pack your things-all of it, we are not coming back. And also eat lunch. And try to use and finish things that are already opened. So don't open what hasn't been opened yet. One of us will be around with a cooler to put the food items that we are bringing with us in. And clean up the place, so it's next renters won't have any trouble" Will calmly instructed the teens who stared at him with wide eyes.
"90 Minutes. That's all you have" Shelby said, her voice slightly angry or warning. Maybe anxious.
"We got it, Ms. C" Mercedes said with a smile. "No worries."
"The boys on the other hand..." Quinn mused in a knowing tone. The girls simultaneously turned their heads to look at the boys. Sam and Finn and Mike were trying to lick their elbows. Artie was watching them and snickering.
"Real mature" Santana rolled her eyes.
Brittany and Sugar laughed.
"Guys! Come on" Beiste said. Clearly, she still scares them a bit because they right away stopped their licking attempts and stood up straighter.
"Did you even hear a word I said?" Will sighed.
"Something about eating lunch?" Sam offered while Finn stood there dumbly.
"Well, yes. But it was more than that as well" Will said.
"Don't worry Mr. Schue, I heard you and I assure you that I will get them up to speed" Blaine said.
"Thank you, Blaine" Will nodded at him.
"Okay, that's all. An hour and a half. Be ready to go" Shelby said.
"Gotcha!" Finn said, grinning. Will shook his head but also smiled too.
They all ran off to their condos, leaving the adults standing on the driveway.
"Why did I agree to this, again?" Beiste asked, chuckling.
"Because who could say no to a trip to beautiful Florida?" Emma laughed.
"Oh, yes. Clearly that blurred my thoughts as I boarded a plane with fifteen rowdy teens" Beiste said sarcastically.
"Oh, come on, it's not that bad" Will said, clapping her shoulder.
"Yeah, it could be worse" Shelby reminded them.
Beiste looked at her darkly, but there was a small smile on her lips. "Don't jinx it."
"I made sandwiches. There is also cereal left, if you want some. And a bunch of fruit and drinks" Quinn said, setting a plate piled with sandwiches down on the hard table.
"I'll have cereal" Sugar said. "I love this stuff!"
"It's pure sugar" Rachel scoffed.
"Yum!" Sugar said, pouring a large bowl.
They ate all the sandwiches and all the beverages except a few bottles of water were all drank.
"What food are we taking to Orlando?" Mercedes asked the girls.
"Umm, not much. We ate a lot of it" Tina said. She had done a quick inventory before lunch. "Fruit, water bottles, pasta, frozen food, butter...that's about it."
"Okay. Have that stuff ready. Mr. Schue said someone will be around with a cooler" Rachel said as she washed her dirty dishes.
"Now we have to pack" Santana said.
"Ugh, so much work" Mercedes said, slumping on the table. "I'm so tired."
"You can rest on the bus, which we can get on when we leave, which we can't do until we pack" Rachel said, flicking her head as she strutted by her.
"Darn logic" Mercedes grumbled, standing up.
The girls packed their things. It took a while because the room where they had kept their luggage was small and messy. There were clothes everywhere.
"Who's shorts are these?" Quinn asked with a smile as she held up a pair of denim shorts.
"Not mine" Rachel shook her head.
"Too small for me" Mercedes said.
"They may be mine" Santana said.
"Maybe mine" Sugar said.
Quinn tossed them at Santana. "Here, both of you try them on. See if they fit."
Santana shrugged and stood up while unbuttoning the shorts she currently wore.
"Santana, you are not doing it in here" Tina said.
"Why not? We're all girls. And besides, it's like changing for gym class. At least we know each other" Santana said slipping on the other pair of shorts.
"I always changed in the bathroom for gym. By myself" Tina said quietly.
"These don't feel right. Not mine" Santana announced and took the shorts off and threw them at Sugar.
"Has anyone seem my blue tank top?" Brittany asked, looking around the room.
"Is is bright blue with ruffles on it?" Rachel asked with a huge grin.
"Yeah."
"You're wearing it" Mercedes laughed.
Brittany looked down at her chest. "Oh, yeah!"
"Well, I'm missing my red skirt. And I am not wearing it now" Quinn said.
"Oh, I took it by accident. I thought it was mine. I have one just like it" Rachel said, tossing the skirt to Quinn, who caught it with one hand.
"Good catch" Rachel smiled.
"Thanks. I was a baseball fan when I was little" Quinn said.
"Really?" Brittany asked.
"Oh, yeah" Quinn said. "Little me was a sports girl."
"Wow, you'd never guess" Rachel laughed.
"Hello!"
"Who's that?" Sugar asked, hearing the voice.
"Ms. Pillsbury, I think" Tina answered.
"Girls?" Emma called as she slowly walked up the stairs with a large red cooler in her arms.
"In here!" Mercedes said, poking her head out the door.
"Oh, hi there! I have a cooler here" Emma said.
"Okay, sweet" Mercedes said. "Tina'll come."
"Hey!" Tina laughed. But she stood up and sprinted out of the room to Emma.
"Are you girls all packed?" Emma asked when Tina came back with all the food.
"Pretty much, yeah."
"Great. Have you eaten?"
"Yes we have."
"Super."
"We just have to fix up the room we slept in."
"Great" Emma said, shutting the lid of the cooler. "Well, see you by the bus in fifteen minutes."
"Yes we will. Bye" Tina said as Emma left the condo.
Tina walked back to the room where the other girls were. All the bags were zipped up and neat. The room looked clean.
"Well, this room looks great. Now for the bigger and most lived in one" Tina chuckled.
The girls all groaned.
"Blaine, be a dear and get the guys and tell them that the food is ready" Kurt said sweetly.
Blaine nodded and ran left the kitchen, only to return with many hungry boys following.
"What's for eats?" Rory asked, sitting down.
"Pasta with fruit salad and other leftovers" Kurt said.
"Yum. I don't know what we'd do without you Kurt!" Puck smiled.
"Starve. Die. Both" Kurt answered.
"Probably" Puck nodded, scooping pasta onto his plate.
"Are you guys all packed?" Kurt asked, leaning on the counter.
"Um..." Sam said, trying to avoid the answer.
Kurt sighed. "You didn't even start, correct?"
"Well, that's only part true because we made and attempt to clean the room!" Finn said.
"And by attempt you mean...?" Kurt asked, but he already knew the answer.
"Well I picked up three pillows. And then I was going to do more..." Finn began.
"I'm sure you were" Kurt muttered under his breath.
"...But then Puck turned on the TV, and we all got distracted by sports" Finn said, eating pasta.
"Wonderful. After eating we are all going to pack. The TV will not come on. We have an hour until we have to go, and this place is a mess. I mean, Sam, one of your flip-flops is over there by the lamp and the other is down the hall leaning up against the bathroom door. How is that possible?" Kurt asked.
"I actually have no idea" Sam answered truthfully.
"Ugh, just hurry up and eat" Kurt said, eating some fruit salad.
"Yes mother" Puck and Rory chimed with smirks.
"I am not your mother" Kurt snapped.
"Boys!" Emma called as she came in the condo.
"Here!" Mike called.
"Oh, well I'm here with a cooler" Emma said, lugging it up the stairs.
"Oh, hold on, we have food to give you!" Mike said.
"I got it!" Blaine said, jumping up and sprinting out of the room.
Blaine ran to the kitchen and came back with a lot of food. Lots of frozen food and drinks, mostly.
Together, Emma and Blaine re-arranged the cooler's contents so the food would all fit.
"There we go!" Emma said happily as she put the lid on and it actually closed.
"Great!" Blaine said, standing up.
"Are you boys all packed?" Emma asked.
"It's a working progress" Blaine answered sheepishly.
Emma laughed. "Well, get on it. You only have half an hour."
"I know, I know" Blaine laughed.
"Well, bye" Emma said, trying to lift the cooler.
"Do you need some help, there?" Blaine asked, watching her struggle.
"Y-yeah" Emma said. She stared at Blaine, as if she didn't believe he could pick it up either.
"Here let me help" Blaine said, grabbing the handles and hoisting the cooler up.
"You got it?" Emma asked cautiously, afraid that the thin and short boy was going to collapse.
"Yes, yes. I'm stronger than I look."
"A-are you sure? Because Finn can help or something..."
"No, no, I got it" Blaine gave her a wide smile.
Emma nodded and pushed a lock of ginger hair behind her ear.
Blaine carried the cooler out of the condo and outside, where he placed it down by the bus.
"That's great, thanks so much Blaine" Emma said. She clapped. "Yay, helping!"
Blaine laughed. "No problem."
He walked back into his condo to finish packing.
"Has anyone seen my green T-shirt?" Rory asked.
"I think I saw it by the TV" Artie answered.
"Oh, true!" Rory smiled and ran off to fetch it.
"I'm missing a lime green bow tie" Blaine said.
"You're sitting on it" Mike pointed.
"Oh...how did that get there?" Blaine laughed, picking it up.
"We have fifteen minutes" Puck said, glancing at the loud ticking clock.
Kurt swore under his breath and zipped up his many bags. "We still have to arrange the other room."
"Oh, yeah" Finn zipped up his bag too and stood up.
They raced around the room, straightening things and picking up the trash.
"Should we move the beds back to the rooms where we got them?" Mike asked.
"Nah. Too much work" Rory said, lying down on the floor.
"Well then, let's leave. We have to go" Kurt said.
"I'll do one more look around" Blaine said, leaving the room to look through all the other areas. He didn't find anything else they owned.
"We are ready to go!" Finn said when he returned.
"Great. Let's go!" Blaine smiled and grabbed the handle of his suitcase.
"Do we have everything?" Quinn asked.
Rachel nodded.
"Positive?" Quinn looked at them.
"I'll go check all the rooms one more time" Mercedes said.
She returned with a pink bedazzled hair brush.
"Anything?" Sugar asked her.
"I found this in the bathroom" Mercedes held up the brush.
"Ooops, that's mine" Rachel blushed and took it. She shoved it in her suitcase.
"Are we all ready to go?" Santana asked.
"Yes, I think so" Tina nodded.
"Well, to the bus we go!" Brittany said.
The girls all tried to pick up their bags.
"Does anyone else's suitcases feel like they are filled with bricks?" Tina asked, trying to pick her bag up.
"Yeah!" Rachel said.
"I brought along an actual brick, so yes" Brittany smiled.
"No worries, we'll just get the boys to bring them out for us" Quinn smiled.
"Oh, good idea!" Santana said.
They girls paraded outside to where the boys stood with their suitcases lined up.
"Hey, boys" Tina smiled kindly.
"Do us a favour and bring down our bags for us" Mercedes said batting her eyelashes.
"Do we have to?" Puck whined.
"Yes!" Rachel said firmly, stomping her foot.
"Go be gentlemen and do it!" Quinn smiled at them.
"Ugh, fine, let's go" Finn said, lumbering off to the door of the girls' condo, followed by Blaine, Puck, Mike, Rory and Sam. Kurt and Artie remained by the bags.
"What about you two?" Santana asked Kurt and Artie.
"Well, getting me up the stairs and back down is more of a hassle than the bags" Artie smiled, patting the wheel of his chair.
"And I could barely get my own bag down here" Kurt said.
"Fair enough" Sugar said.
The boys returned with the girls' bags.
"Thanks!" Quinn said when they set them down next to the other bags.
"Geeze, Brit, what's in here?" Rory asked as he put Brittany's bag on the ground.
"Apparently, an actual brick" Rachel informed him.
"Why am I not surprised?" Rory chuckled.
"Are we all set?" Shelby asked. The bags were in the bus and they were all seated.
"Yes!" The teens all yelled.
"No one forgot anything?" Emma asked.
"Nope" They all shook their heads.
"Did you all use the washroom?" Shelby asked.
They all nodded.
"Great. I think we are ready!" Beiste said as Will climbed on the bus.
"Great" Will sat down in the driver's seat and started the engine.
"To Orlando we go!" Rachel screamed and the bus erupted in cheers and claps.
A/N
And off they go!
I've got a lot of Finnchel requests, which I'm glad because I love them too! I also love Klaine which you could tell from my last chapter. But anyways, I promise I'll add in some Finnchel in future chapters so shippers everywhere...REJOICE!
Also, as much as I tried to avoid it the whole time, I'm gonna have to bring in some original characters. I'm not gonna tell you why just yet, but I hope you'll like them and the storylines. I'm really excited.
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