"Santanaaaaaaa" Brittany mumbled, her blonde hair curtaining in front of her face in a messy way.
"What?" Santana rolled over on the bed and faced her girlfriend.
"Do you hear that?" Brittany asked.
They were quiet to hear. Sure enough, there was faint knocking.
"The door?" Santana asked.
"Oh...I thought it was gremlins under the floor" Brittany said.
"No. Go get the door" Santana said, falling back onto her puffy pillow.
Brittany grumbled something and crawled out of bed and stood up. She walked to the door and looked through the tiny peep hole. She saw the bright red hair of Ms. Pillsbury. Brittany slowly opened the door.
"Oh, hi" Emma said, looking awkwardly at Brittany.
"Hello" Brittany said. "What time is it?"
"It's quarter to seven" Emma said. "I assume you were all sleeping?"
Brittany nodded. "Why am I up?"
"You all have to get dressed and come down to the lobby for continental breakfast right away. We're going to Universal today!" Emma said, smiling widely.
Brittany stared at her blankly.
"Is Santana up?" Emma sighed, knowing that she'd never be able to explain it all to Brittany in a reasonable amount of time.
"Yeah. Hold on a moment" Brittany smiled and turned back into the dark room. "Santana?"
"Mmhmm?" Santana's muffled response came.
"Ms. Pillsbury wants to talk with you" Brittany said before she flopped back on the bed.
Santana groaned and got up. The cold air hit her and she shivered. She stumbled her way to see Emma waiting patiently at he door.
"Yo" Santana said.
"Good morning!" Emma smiled. "I told this to Brittany but she didn't understand. You need to get dressed and come down to the lobby for the continental breakfast because we're going to Universal Studios Park today."
Santana's eyes lit up. "Really?"
Emma nodded with a smile. "Yes. So hurry up, okay?"
Santana nodded. "Okay!"
Emma nodded and walked away and Santana shut the door.
She walked over to where Brittany partly made it on the bed. Santana leaned over and kissed Brittany's cheek.
"Brit" Santana said, kissing her again. "We gotta wake up and go."
"Go where?"
"Universal. It's a theme park. It's sick!" Santana said.
"Like with rides and stuff?"
"Yup" Santana kissed Brittany's lips as she sat up. "Pass me that pillow."
Brittany grabbed the plump pillow and handed it to Santana, who whipped it across the room and successfully hit Sugar square on the face.
"Ow" Sugar mumbled.
"Get up and get dressed. We gotta go!" Santana said giving Brittany one more kiss then standing up to find clothes.
Sugar lazily rolled out of bed, displaying her own terrible bed head.
Kurt head the faint knocking on the door as he was already up at the time. He opened the door to see Mr. Schuester.
"Hey Kurt!"
"Hello."
"Are you both up?"
"No. Just me" Kurt said, looking over his shoulder at the dark and unmoving bed.
"Well both of you get up and get dressed and come to the lobby for continental breakfast really fast, okay?" Will asked.
"Okay. But why so early?" Kurt asked.
"We are going to...Universal!"
"Really?" Kurt gasped excitedly.
Will nodded.
"Awesome!" Kurt said. "Oh, I'm so excited now!"
"Me too!" Will said. He turned to leave and move on to the next door. "Hurry up, okay?"
Kurt nodded and shut the door. He ran to the bed and carefully hopped on. He nudged the sleeping Blaine gently.
"Blaine...Blaine...Blaine, dear, wake up!" Kurt said, poking his arm.
"Mmmmnnno...msleeps" Blaine mumbled.
"Fine then" Kurt said. "I won't tell you about where we're going. And you can stay here while we all go have fun."
Blaine growled. "No, tell me!"
Kurt laughed. "Nope. You have to get up first."
"Kuuuuuuurt!" Blaine whined, slowly opening his eyes. "Why must you torture me so?"
"Because you choose to be lazy" Kurt said, leaning down to kiss his wild curly hair.
Blaine mumbled something and slowly sat up, rubbing his eyes. "Okay. I'm up. Tell me now."
"Okay. We are going to Universal!" Kurt said so excitedly that he was bouncing on the bed.
Blaine yawned. "Really? Coolbeans!"
"Now get up out of the bed and get changed so we can go eat breakfast with the others" Kurt instructed.
Blaine nodded and stood up. "Hey, Kurt?"
Kurt looked over. "Yeah?"
Blaine gave an impish smile, leaned forward and kissed Kurt's lips. "Good morning!"
"Sam! Sam! Saaaam!" Rory hissed from across the small room.
Sam stirred in his sleep but didn't wake up. The clock flashed a red 6:45. "Sam!"
Finally Sam woke up slowly. "Dude, what's your problem?"
"I hear knocking!" Rory said. He couldn't see much in the darkness- only Sam's dark outline.
"Well then answer the door" Sam said. Rory hesitantly climbed out of bed and walked to the door. He looked through the small peep hole, almost scared of who would be behind the door. But when he saw Mr. Schue, he calmed down.
"Hey Rory" Will said when the door was opened.
"Hello."
"You guys need to get changed and come down to the lobby for breakfast quickly. We're going to Universal today" Will said.
"What's that?" Rory asked.
"It's a theme park with rides and shows and stuff. It's really cool."
"Oh, awesome!" Rory said. "Okay, I'll get Sam up and we'll be right down."
"Great! See you!" Will said and walked off as the heavy door was shut.
"Who was that and what on earth do they want at quarter to seven in the freaking morning?" Sam asked, clearly in a grumpy mood.
"Mr. Schuster. He said we are going to Universal, which is a theme park, and that we have to get dressed and go eat" Rory said, flicking on the light. Due to the pitch black darkness, the light seemed brighter than it was.
"Ah! The light! It burns!" Sam said, shielding his eyes.
"Hey Quinn" Tina mumbled in the darkness.
"What?"
"Is that the door?"
"I don't hear anything..."
"I swear I heard knocking" Tina said, glancing at the bit of door she could see from her bed.
"Well, it's probably just a dream or something. I dunno. I'm going back to sleep" Quinn sighed.
"Okay... Sorry" Tina said.
KNOCK! KNOCK!
Tina bolted up. "Quinn, did you hear that?"
Quinn opened her eyes. "Yeah."
"The door?"
"I think so."
Tina sighed and got out of bed. She walked to the door.
From her own bed, Quinn heard Tina open the door and talk to someone who sounded like Ms. Corcoran. She couldn't hear the words because they were almost whispering, but she heard Tina gasp excitedly. Then Tina shut the door and bounded back into Quinn's view.
"Guess what?" Tina asked, her eyes shining, even in the dark.
"What?"
"Guess where we're going!" Tina said.
"Ummm...the beach?" Quinn said.
"Nope!"
"The mall?"
"No!"
"I dunno. It's too early in the morning for thinking" Quinn moaned with a smile.
"We are going to...Universal!" Tina said.
"Like the theme park?"
"Mhmmm!"
"Cool!"
"I know! So we gotta go eat breakfast now so we can go" Tina said, rifling though her suitcase for clean clothes.
Quinn nodded and jumped out of bed.
"Rachel!"
No answer.
"Rachel!"
Still no answer.
"For goodness sakes, Rachel Berry wake up!" Mercedes screeched and threw a pillow at her.
"Mmmmhey...what's with the pillow tossing?" Rachel said, waking up.
"I called your name like twenty billion times" Mercedes said.
"Oh, sorry. I'm a deep sleeper" Rachel blushed.
"Really? I couldn't tell" Mercedes said.
"So why are we up at the crack of dawn?" Rachel asked, looking at the clock.
Mercedes rolled her eyes. "Well, while you were deep in sleep, Ms. Corcoran came to the door and told us to get changed and get downstairs for breakfast because we are going to Universal today."
"Oh, really?"
"Yes."
"I slept through all that?"
"Yes."
"Woah..."
After ten minutes, they were all in the hallway, dressed and chatting loudly.
"Guys!" Beiste scolded. "Quiet down! There are other guests at this hotel who may be sleeping!"
They all quieted down to mild whispers and raced to the elevators and stairs to go to the lobby for breakfast.
"Hey Rachel!" Finn greeted when she and Mercedes walked out of their room, the last to do so.
"Hey!" Rachel smiled widely at him. She walked over to him and kissed him. "Good morning!"
Finn nodded. "You feeling okay?"
"Yes."
"Great!" Finn kissed her again, this one lasting longer than the first.
"Guys. Let's keep the face-sucking to a minimum" Mercedes said as she walked past them.
Rachel scoffed. "We weren't sucking face!"
"Okay" Mercedes said. She wasn't agreeing with her at all, but the ridiculous conversation ended. Finn rolled his eyes at Rachel and took her hand as they walked down the narrow hallway to the elevators.
"Did you sleep well?" Finn asked Rachel.
"Yeah. The beds are comfy!" Rachel nodded. "Did you?"
Finn nodded too as they stepped in the first elevator. "It's the first night in like five nights that I wasn't in a room with a bunch of other snoring guys. This time, it was just one!"
"I do not snore!" Puck mock-gasped.
"Yeah you do, man" Finn laughed. "Like a lawn mower."
"Hardly. More like a purring kitten" Puck said with smile.
"Not even close" Finn and Rachel laughed. Puck laughed a bit too but didn't seem completely convinced.
"Quinn, pass me a butter" Blaine asked the blonde who sat down the long table. Quinn picked up a small cup of butter and handed it to Rachel who handed it to Mike who handed it to Blaine.
"Thanks!" Blaine said when he received his butter.
"Mr. Schue? Are we going to both parks today?" Rachel asked.
Will looked over and hesitated before speaking. "Um...no."
"Which one are we going to?" Tina asked.
"Wait. Aren't we going to Universal?" Puck asked.
"Yes, Puck. Universal is split into two parks" Rachel said.
"I wanted to talk to you guys about that" Will began. Everyone was quiet and waiting for the news.
"Wait, before you begin, what's happening with the bus?" Beiste asked.
"After we eat, I'm going to pick it up and then I'll swing back here, pick you all up and we'll go to Universal" Will explained.
"Okay. Thanks for clarifying" Beiste nodded and ate another strip of bacon.
"So. Universal Studios is split into two parks. One is Island of Adventure and the other is Universal. Universal is more 3D effects and show-type of rides. Island of Adventure is more rides and themes. There's Harry Potter, Marvel, Dr. Seuss and more. I have a map here..." Will pulled a map out of his back pocket, unfolded it and passed it down the table so each person could see it. "Don't get syrup on that, please. Anyways, we only have today and it'll take one day to do one park so I'm afraid you will have to decide where you'll want to go today."
"Awww" Mercedes said sadly.
"Sorry, guys" Will said.
"Who's done breakfast?" Emma asked, looking down the table.
"I am" Sugar said. "Morning carbs are such a no!"
"I am too" Puck said.
"Well, go put your plates on the dirty plates stack over there and I'm going to pick up the bus" Will said, standing up. He carried his plate and glass to the stack and walked back to the table. "I'll see you soon. Em, I'll call you when I'm back. We have to go early if we want to beat some of the crowds."
"Okay" Emma nodded and watched as Will left the dining area.
"Guys...what park are y'all going to?" Mercedes asked. She looked at her friends.
"I dunno" Finn answered.
"I want to go to Islands of Adventure" Rachel said slowly.
"Me too" Sam said. "I mean, Mr. Schue said there's Marvel stuff! I'm so in!"
"Nerd" Santana scoffed. "I wanna go to Universal Studios."
"Me too!" Sugar said.
"So then I guess we aren't all going to be together?" Tina asked, looking a bit heartbroken.
"No, I guess not" Blaine said. "But...that's okay..."
Tina looked devastated.
"Tina, don't worry. I think we're going to a little amusement park tomorrow. There's only one park, so we'll all be together then" Shelby said.
"Really?" Tina's sad eyes looked up.
"Yeah" Shelby nodded.
Mike grabbed Tina's hand under the table and gave it a loving squeeze, which Tina reciprocated.
"Don't worry" Mike whispered to her.
"Here's the map" Quinn handed it to Rory with a smile. Rory laughed and looked down it. It was a mess on colour and little diagrams.
"Such a big park" Rory said. "Twenty bucks says I'll get lost!"
"I'll take that bet" Artie said, peering at the map next to him.
"You won't get lost" Quinn said. "If you want, you could just come along with me..." her voice faltered a bit.
"Really? I don't want to be a burden" Rory said. "I'm not a child."
"No, it's fine" Quinn said. "You just gotta promise me something."
"What's that?"
"When we go on rides, you have to sit with me. I don't want to sit next to some fat sweaty man or something" Quinn giggled.
"Okay, I promise" Rory smiled at Quinn, his blue eyes glittering.
They all stood in the small space of shade, waiting for Mr. Schue and the bus. They had finished breakfast and gone to their rooms to grab their things and get ready to go.
Finally the gigantic bus pulled up. Will honked the horn and the group cheered. Will opened the door and smiled.
"Welcome to the fun bus! Destination: Universal!" Will shouted and the cheered began again as they boarded the bus.
As they pulled out of the hotel parking lot, Will glanced at them quickly through the rear-view mirror.
"I assume you've all picked your park, right?" He asked.
They nodded.
"Great. Which one?"
The fifteen loud voices began at once.
"One at a time!" Beiste instructed and they all stopped.
No one knew who to speak first.
Shelby sighed as they giggled and looked around to see who'll speak up first. "Mercedes, go."
Mercedes laughed. "I'm going to Islands of Adventure."
She looked at Tina, who sat next to her. "I'm going to Universal Studios" Tina said.
"I'm going to Islands of Adventure" Rachel said. "And so is Finn."
Finn nodded. "Yup."
"I'm going to Islands of Adventure" Sam said.
"Universal Studios" Mike said.
"Islands of Adventure" Quinn said.
"Same" Rory nodded.
"Brit and I are going to Universal Studios" Santana announced.
"Islands of Adventure" Kurt said.
"Universal Studios" Puck said.
"Islands of Adventure too" Blaine said with a smile.
"Universal Studios" Sugar said.
They all looked at Artie, the only person left to answer.
"Dude, where are you gonna go?" Sam asked.
"I dunno" Artie said. "I mean, can I even go? I'm in a wheelchair. How can I go on rides?" His voice got a bit angry at the end. No one answered at first.
"Artie..." Will said, still driving. His eyes darted between the road and Artie in the mirror. "Of course you can go. I call the park and you get this special pass. You can go on most of the rides, no problem. However, I do recommend Universal Studios. But you don't have to."
Artie's face lit up. "Really? Great! Okay, I'll go to Universal Studios then."
"So you've all decided then?" Emma asked the teens, who nodded their affirmative.
"Okay then. Mr. Schuster and I will take the Universal Studios group. So that's Artie, Puck, Mike, Tina, Sugar, Santana and Brittany" Coach Beiste said.
"And Ms. Pilsbury and I will take Rachel, Finn, Quinn, Rory, Blaine, Mercedes, Kurt and Sam to Islands of Adventure" Shelby said.
"We don't need a babysitter, you know" Santana said.
Emma looked a bit taken back, but nodded. "Oh, we know. And we trust you. We're just making sure you know who to go to in case of trouble."
"So you won't be actually coming with us?" Puck asked.
"Maybe a bit. We will split up...maybe. We'll see" Coach Beiste said.
"Guys, don't worry. We won't cramp your style" Will said.
"By saying that, you sorta did" Brittany said.
"Ouch" Will joked and turned into the valet parking lot.
"We're here!" Kurt yelled.
The sound of faces hitting windows was heard throughout the bus.
"Can't wait!" Mercedes said, her words muffled by the window that she was pressed up against.
Will stopped the bus.
"Now before we go..." Shelby said, drawing their attention away from the now-foggy windows. "Does everyone have money and their phones?"
Everyone patted their pockets to make sure.
"Yes" Quinn said.
"Okay. We'll probably be here until around three-ish. So you'll have to eat. I don't care where or what or how. Just eat something that isn't cotton candy all day today" Will said.
"Call one of us" Emma pointed to the four adults "if you need help or anything."
"And stay together. I can't stress that enough. This place is gonna be busy and it'll be so easy to get lost from the group. So stay together. Even for bathroom runs. Bring a buddy" Will said.
"Oh, yay. It's like kindergarten all over again" Sugar said with a huff.
Will laughed.
"Okay. I think that's it" Emma said.
"Off the bus!" Will said, opening the door of the bus.
Artie was lowered down and the rest of them got off the bus.
"Here we go, guys!" Rachel said as they got filed out.
"Universal, here we come!" Rory shouted.
A/N
Happy March Break, everyone! So the next chapter is the Universal one. I have been to Universal so I'm not just making it all up. :) It'll take me a bit longer to write it, because I want it to be perfect and I'll have to consult my map every while and also because I want it all in one chapter. But because it's MB, I have a lot more free time, so who knows? It may be updated sooner than you think... Enjoy and feel free to leave a reply. Love Ya!