They arrived back at the hotel and filed out of the bus.
"It's not even five yet" Mike said.
"What are we going to do now?" Mercedes asked them all.
"I'm not hungry" Rachel said. "So we should eat later."
"Let's just go watch TV and chill out" Kurt said. "I am actually exhausted."
"I'm good for TV" Quinn nodded. They all agreed on TV and went into the hotel lobby.
"Woah, guys!" Will said, hurrying to catch up to them. "You guys can't do that!"
"Why not?" Finn asked.
"Because you guys have a show tonight!" Will said. "Your last one."
"Oh yeah" Puck frowned. No one was happy about that.
"What's the deal?" Will asked. "Why the groans?"
"Because" Sam said simply.
"Don't you like performing?"
"Oh, yes" Blaine nodded. "We love it."
"But now, here, it isn't as fun" Artie said.
"Why is that?" Will asked.
"Because of Kaylee. She apologized to us but..." Quinn said slowly and ended the sentence with a long sigh.
"We don't know how legit she is" Santana said. "Anyways, this is our last show so after this, we won't have to deal with her."
Will nodded. "That's okay. Last show, guys, make it count!"
"On the plus side, because last night's show was cut off, we can use the songs we never sung today" Kurt said.
"True dat" Artie smiled.
"Okay, so go rehearse a bit then we can go out for dinner" Shelby said.
The teens nodded and walked to the ballroom.
"Do you know what the issue is with that other group?" Emma asked her boyfriend.
"I dunno. They told me that the leader, Kaylee Reid, is really mean or something. It's just teen drama, I'm sure" Will laughed.
"Or so we hope" Shelby said.
"I'm sick of this" Sugar moaned a while later.
"Me too" Brittany nodded.
"I think we've had enough rehearsal anyways" Mike said.
"Let's go upstairs to the rooms" Finn said. He was lying on the stage.
"What about Mr. Schue?" Rachel asked. "He said that we have to rehearse!"
"And we did" Santana replied.
"I want to take a cat nap anyways" Sam yawned. "Now that you think about it, we've had a pretty busy trip."
"That is true. We've always been doing something" Mercedes agreed with a smile. "But I enjoyed every moment."
"Even when you were stuck in an elevator?" Kurt smirked.
"Yeah, at least we were together" Mercedes said. "I don't care what we do, as long as we're together. I'll still love it."
"Me too" Santana nodded.
Rory gasped. "She...has a heart?"
Everyone laughed and Santana rolled her eyes.
"Very funny, Irish" Santana said, but she had a smile on her lips.
They walked to the lobby and came to the elevator doors.
Kurt walked right past them towards the stairwell.
"I am taking the stairs!" Rachel announced.
"Me too" Blaine said, hurrying to catch up with his boyfriend and Rachel.
"I think we all should. We can't take risks" Quinn said.
"I can't take the stairs. It's five flights" Artie said, patting the wheels of his wheelchair.
"Oh...that's true" Finn said, feeling bad.
"No worries, man" Puck said. "I'm man enough to take the elevator with you."
"Thanks bro" Artie smiled up at Puck.
"Anyone else want to take the big scary elevator?" Puck asked, pretending to cower at the elevator.
"I will" Mike said bravely.
"Goodbye!" Tina cried, hugging Mike tightly. "Stay safe!"
"Oh for goodness sakes" Santana said, prying Tina off Mike.
"I love you!" Tina said, within the restraints of Santana.
"I love you too" Mike said as Puck pressed the elevator button.
"You two are more dramatic than Berry" Mercedes giggled as the rest of them all climbed up the stairs.
They all arrived in their hallway.
"Now what?" Rory asked, breaking the silence.
"Let's just chill in one of the rooms" Finn said.
"Rory and mine is pretty neat" Sam offered.
"Great!" Quinn smiled.
They unlocked their door and everyone went in.
"I thought you said it was neat?" Rachel asked.
"It is" Rory grinned.
"There is a pillow on the lamp" Rachel pointed out.
"And a shoe on the TV" Mercedes said.
"And your point?" Sam smiled.
"You two are a mess" Rachel said with a disgusted eye roll.
"I'm bored!" Brittany shouted, flopping on Rory's bed.
"Turn on the TV" Puck said.
"Nah, I want to do something. Not just sit there and watch TV. But not too physical, you know?" Finn said.
"Ping Pong?" Blaine asked with a sly smile.
"Yeah!" Artie smiled. "That'd be fun."
"I wish" Sam agreed.
"Wish what?" Kurt asked.
"That we could play ping pong" Sam answered.
"We can" Blaine and Kurt answered with smiles. Blaine's smile was more of a winning proud smile while Kurt's was an exasperated smile.
"Hold up? What do you mean?" Santana asked. "And why do you two got those stupid grins?"
Kurt laughed. "Apparently, Blaine brought all those ping pong balls that you girls put in the condos for the prank here to Orlando."
Blaine nodded proudly.
"All of them?" Puck asked.
"Every last one" Blaine confirmed.
"Ridiculous, isn't it?" Kurt rolled his eyes with a chuckle.
"Yes" Rachel piped up, from Finn's lap.
"Thank you, Rachel" Kurt smiled, glad to have someone agree with him.
"I think it's smart!" Tina said to Blaine. "I had totally forgotten about them!"
"Yeah, so we should play!" Sam said. "You got them, right?"
Blaine nodded. "Yup, their all in my room."
"Go get them" Tina said.
"Wait!" Quinn said. "Ping pong won't do much with just the balls. You need paddles, too."
"Oh, yeah" Puck frowned and slumped down on the bed, like a deflated balloon.
"Darn" Tina sighed.
"And I was so looking forward to beating you all" Sam smirked.
"Well, well, let's not cross off the idea right away" Rachel said. "I mean, we can use makeshift paddles."
"With what?" Puck asked. "All we got here is shirts and pillows and paper."
"That's all too flimsy" Quinn said.
"Oh!" Rachel jumped up. "I have an idea!"
"Tell us!" Sugar said, bouncing on the bed.
"Nope, let me go get it" Rachel grinned. She took her room key from Mercedes.
"I'll go get the bag of balls" Blaine stood up and patted his pocket to make sure he had his room key.
Puck laughed hysterically. "Bag...of balls!" He said between laughs. His face was turning red and he almost fell off the bed.
"Oh grow up" Mercedes sighed and threw a pillow at him.
"Mercedes, that's the second thing you've thrown at Puck today" Tina said.
"And he deserves it all" Mercedes smirked.
Rachel and Blaine rolled their eyes at their friends' craziness and then left the room.
"Can you tell me?" Blaine asked his hazel eyes sparkling.
"My idea? No."
"Why not?" Blaine pouted.
"It's a surprise" Rachel winked and ran off down the hall.
"Should I be concerned?" Blaine asked, calling after her but Rachel only flashed him a smile before she disappeared in her room. Blaine sighed and walked to his own door. He opened it and hurried to his suitcase. Under a pile of shirts, Blaine pulled out the plastic bag full of ping pong balls. He smiled at it and it's memories. It seemed like only yesterday that the girls had stuffed these in the cupboards and they had came tumbling down on them. Blaine zipped up his suitcase and exited the room. Rachel was also coming out of her room too, with a bag in her hand. The bag, to Blaine's disappointment, prevented him from seeing what Rachel had.
"See? Bag of balls!" Blaine said, shaking the bag in Rachel's face and hearing the sound of the plastic balls.
Rachel giggled. "Don't say that to Puck or he may suffocate from laughing."
"I think I will, that'll be amusing to see" Blaine laughed. He, summoning all his ninja power, tried to sneak a peek in Rachel's bag as she pulled her door shut.
"Hey!" Rachel said, noticing it and smacked his hand away from the bag. "Nice try!"
"Darn" Blaine grinned and Rachel gave him a disapproving glare.
They walked back to Sam and Rory's room. Sugar opened it when they knocked. They stepped in and everyone looked at them, eager to see Rachel's idea.
"Hey Puck, catch!" Blaine shouted and tossed the bag. It landed in Puck's lap.
"What is it?" Puck asked.
"My bag of balls" Blaine grinned, prompting another round of hysterical laughter from Puck.
"What you got?" Artie asked, eyeing Rachel's bag, which she clutched protectively.
"Are you ready for this?" Rachel smiled, bouncing on the spot a bit.
"Yes, yes" Santana said. "Just show us."
Rachel grinned and reached a hand into the bag. Slowly, just to annoy the group, she pulled her arm out of the bag. In her hand was a pair of flip flops.
"Shoes?" Sam asked, disappointed and confused.
"Mhmm" Rachel nodded proudly.
"It's brilliant!" Quinn smiled.
"I agree" Mike nodded. "Perfect!"
"Wait, for paddles?" Sam asked.
"Yes, Trouty Mouth" Santana said with a sigh.
"They're not too flimsy" Tina said. Rachel nodded, happy that her idea was a good one, and snapped the tags off the flip flops. They were brand new ones that she had bought at the mall that day they lost Santana.
"So we're using flip flops for ping pong paddles?" Sam asked, just to confirm.
"Ugh, yes Sam" Brittany said. "Geeze, you can be so dumb sometimes!"
Sam rolled his eyes but wasn't too offended.
"Pot, meet kettle. Kettle, pot" Kurt whispered to Mercedes who laughed.
"That's an interesting tongue twister" Sugar said. "Ping pong paddles, ping pong paddles, ping pong paddles, ping pong paddles, p-ping pong paddles, pag pong paddles, pong pong paddle, pong pong pabbles...aw darn, messed up!"
They all laughed.
"Yes, that is pretty hard" Rory said with a swift head nod.
"Well, let's play!" Finn smiled and announced loudly.
"Uh..." Quinn said loudly. "I just thought of a new problem."
"Now what?" Sugar asked in her whiny voice.
"We don't have a ping pong table. And the balls won't bounce well on the beds" Quinn said sadly.
Puck swore.
"Oh! Oh!" Artie smiled. "I have an idea!"
Everyone brightened at the news.
"What is it?" Puck asked.
"The desk" Artie said, pointing to the large and rectangular wooden desk that was in the corner. "It's hard and just needs to be moved."
"He's right!" Kurt said.
Mike and Santana, who were sitting next to the desk jumped up and took the lamp and a bunch of shirts and moved them off the desk. Then they lifted the desk and moved it out from the wall and into the center of the room.
"Perfect!" Rory smiled.
"We don't need a net, right?" Sam asked.
"Naw, we'll just have someone watch where a pretend center line is" Blaine said.
"Or, we can use this!" Mercedes said. She held up a brown leather belt.
"Hey, that's mine!" Sam said.
"I know. I saw it in your suitcase. Two people can hold it on each end as a net" Mercedes said, handing one end of the belt to Sugar and the other to Tina. They held it over the center of the desk.
"Who's up first?" Santana asked, picking up the blue flip flop. "Who wants to challenge the master?"
"I will!" Puck said in a dramatic deep voice. He held out his left hand and Brittany handed him the other flip flop.
"Let's do this" Santana smiled and took her place on one side of the desk.
Puck gave her a confident nod and the game began. It was at first a simple rally across the desk, the ball making its 'clink clunk' sound. But after a while, the hits got harder and the ball whizzed by faster.
"Hey Kurt" Blaine smirked as the game continued. "I'm still waiting."
"For?"
"My apology."
Kurt sighed. "And why, may I ask, do I owe you an apology?"
"You doubted that we'd ever need the ping pong balls. I was right, and now I'm looking forward to you admitting it" Blaine smirked at Kurt.
Kurt chuckled. "Fine, fine. I am very sorry for not thinking that we will ever need a whole bag of ping pong balls and for doubting you."
"Apology accepted" Blaine smiled. "Thank you."
Kurt just rolled his eyes.
After half an hour of intense ping pong playing, everyone was eliminated and it was narrowed down to four people - Mike, Kurt, Blaine and Sugar.
"Mike and Kurt for a spot in the finals now" Rachel said as Mike and Kurt took a flip flop and shared a friendly glare.
"Go Kurt!" Blaine cheered loyally.
"Let's see how much you cheer when I have to face you" Kurt smiled.
"Enough chit-chat" Mike said icily. "Let's play." He hit the ball and it bounced over the belt net to Kurt's side of the table. Kurt hit it back with ease and a confident smirk.
The game went on for another few minutes before a knock on the door was heard.
"I'll get it" Rory said, running to the door and hopping over Brittany along the way. He reached the door and pulled it open as the others cheered loudly because Mike had got a point. Standing behind the door was Mr. Schuester and Ms. Pillsbury.
"Hello" Will said and smiled at Rory.
"Hi" Rory said.
"We've been looking for you. Did you guys even rehearse?" Will asked, putting on his skeptical face.
"Aye" Rory said. "Then we came up here."
Emma opened her mouth to respond, but cut off my a loud cheer and Kurt yelling "Boo yah!"
"Uh...what's going on in there?" Will asked, his skeptical face turning into his aggravated chaperone look. Emma had a do-I-even-want-to-know look on.
Rory gave a cheesy laugh. "We're uh...playing ping pong."
"Ping pong? How on earth so?" Emma asked.
Rory grinned and stepped aside to show Mr. Schue and Ms. Pillsbury how. The adults stepped in a bit as they viewed the happy teens crowded around the room's wooden desk, which was moved away from it's original placing, and Kurt and Mike each holding a flip flop which they used to hit a small round ping pong ball on the desk and over a long brown leather belt that was being held in position by Rachel and Mercedes on either side of the desk.
It was a rather wacky sight.
"You have no paddles so you're using flip flops, no table so you use the desk, no center line so you use a belt?" Will asked incredulously. "Where did you get the ping pong ball?"
"Blaine brought them from the condo!" Brittany said cheerily.
"Why did you have a ping pong ball in Fort Meyers?" Will looked over and asked Blaine. Blaine paled a bit. He couldn't tell Mr. Schue that he had more than one ping pong ball, a whole bag in fact, and that he kept them from when the girls loaded them into the cupboards as revenge for locking them in the laundry room all night.
"I found it... In my suitcase...must have been my brother's or something, I dunno" Blaine mumbled.
Will bought it. "Okay" he shrugged.
"Clever use of materials" Emma commented, admiring the belt net.
"Thanks" Quinn and Finn answered with large smiled.
"Okay!" Will clapped his hands. "Who's hungry?"
"Me!" Sugar screeched.
"Same" Santana nodded.
"We're in the middle of a hard core tournament" Mike said.
"I know, sorry" Will said. "But we gotta eat so we can come back in time for you guys to perform."
"We can finish later" Blaine said, grabbing the ball in mid air and stopping game play.
"Oh, we will" Mike said with a saunter. "This isn't over, Hummel."
Kurt laughed and set down the flip flop. "I'll hold you to that, Chang."
The teens all laughed and exited the room.
"So where are we going for dinner?" Puck asked, licking his lips.
A/N
Hello... I know it's been a while, but please don't hate me. I've got some reasons fow why it's been so long. First, I've had (and still have) a bit of writer's block. I just can't think of what to write. So if you got ideas for future chapters, they are much appricated. Secondly, I've been busy. Glee came back this week (YAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!) and I watched that and blogged about it the next day (blogging takes time and priority, sorry). Then last night, the new Starkid musical came out: 'Holy Musical Bman' and as a fairly recent die-hard Starkid fan, I just HAD to watch it. I also watched 'Starship' this week and 'Little White Lie' last weekend. LOL yes, I am a BIT obsessed (insert heart here). Lastly, I have had this chapter finished for a while but I've been a bit busy to actually upload it (see reason 2). Anyways, those are my reasons why it's been a while and I hope you'll forgive me, I feel really bad about it. :S
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