They all sat at some small cafe in the airport. They took up almost the entire seating arrangement, but there was no other option. Will had returned the bus and went back to the group who had been patiently waiting for him. Then they went and checked in their luggage so all that they had with them was their carry-ons. Now they were eating some gross sandwiches, burgers, salads and soups.
"Airport food is nasty" Santana said. "I think there's a meatball in my veggie soup."
"I'll eat it!" Puck yelled. He had devoured a sub sandwich and was still hungry, despite the fact that it was barely appetizing.
"Well, don't eat if you don't want to. In a few hours, we'll be back in Lima anyways" Beiste said to Santana, who nodded and pushed her tray away.
"I can't wait to be back in Lima" Kurt said.
"I can. I don't wanna leave!" Mercedes whined.
'Now boarding plane 588 to Lima, Ohio.'
This call was heard over the airport intercom. The members of New Direction and their adult chaperones all grinned and stood up. They were seated in the waiting chairs by the boarding area. After their less than satisfactory meal, they had walked around and looked at all the little shops.
They all bought matching cheesy Florida key chains at one store.
"The memory behind this one little plastic trinket is phenomenal" Quinn had said, as she inspected her new purchase.
As they all stood up, their backpacks and bags were hoisted on to their shoulders.
Emma did a quick head count. "...Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen! Yup, all present!"
They all pulled out their passports and showed them to their airport employee as they walked through the gates and into the tunnel that led to the plane.
The plane had that familiar smell of plastic, plane fuel and puke. It was a bit stuffy and crowded and Mercedes' hot pink shirt was the brightest thing in the whole plane.
They took their seats at the front of the plane.
"No turning back now" Kurt said, doing his seat buckle up tightly.
"I think there was no turning back when we got on the bus to drive here" Blaine replied, looking out the small window at the runway.
"Again, I request your utmost best behavior on this flight" Will said warningly to them all as they settled in their seats.
"No worries, Mr. Schue" Mike said.
They had switched up their seating arrangement since the first flight. Blaine, Kurt and Rachel sat together at the very front. Puck, Finn and Mike sat behind them. Tina, Quinn and Rory sat behind them. On the other side of the plane, Will and Emma sat at the back. So far, no one had taken the empty seat next to them. But an old man had taken the seat next to Shelby and Beiste. On the plus side, he had already fallen asleep. In front of Shelby, Beiste and the sleeping man sat Mercedes and Sam and Artie. In front of them, at the front of the plane, sat Sugar, Santana and Brittany.
It took about twenty minutes before the plane's passengers were loaded on and seated properly. Then they had to do the safety instructions.
"I get that these are to make you safe and all that, but it only makes paranoid people more paranoid, you know?" Tina leaned over and whispered to Quinn and Rory.
"Are you paranoid?" Rory asked, a bit scared.
"No, I'm just saying" Tina replied.
They were relatively quiet for the rest of the informative presentation. When the plane started moving, they were all quiet at first, but there was no denying the mixed emotions on thier faces. Most of them were sad to leave so they watched in misery as the plane took off and was flying. Some of them were happy to go, or enjoyed the flying sensation, and smiled when they took off. And a few of them had looks of horror as the plane jerked up and into the air. Again, Tina had supplied the gum for them. They were all chewing like cows.
Finally, the plane was safely in the air and a large variety of conversations began all around.
Kurt, Blaine and Rachel were bored and started playing a silly game.
"Once upon a..." Kurt began.
"...Time, there was..." Blaine added then looked at Rachel.
"...A big, scary..." Rachel said.
"...Hamburger and his..." Kurt laughed.
Blaine paused then continued "...Name was Harry."
"Harry hated all..." Rachel said.
"...Hotdogs because they..." Kurt smiled.
"...Bullied Harry. So..." Blaine added.
"...One day, Harry..." Rachel said.
"...And his gang..." Kurt said.
"...Loaded up with..." Blaine continued.
"...Machine guns and..." Rachel giggled.
"...They hunted down..." Kurt added.
"...Every single hotdog..." Blaine said.
"...And blew them..." Rachel grinned.
"...To smithereens! So..." Kurt said loudly.
"...Then Harry and..." Blaine said.
"...His gang ruled..." Rachel said.
"...The entire galaxy" Kurt said.
"They even renamed..." Blaine began the next sentence.
"...The galaxy to..." Rachel continued.
"...Hamburger-topia. And Harry..." Kurt smiled.
"...And his gang..." Blaine said.
"...Lived happily ever..." Rachel said.
"...After. The end" Kurt grinned. He looked at his boyfriend and best friend. They all laughed.
"That was quite ridiculous" Rachel smiled.
"And fun" Blaine laughed.
"I think that has potential to be a best seller" Kurt said.
"Oh, for sure" Rachel agreed, her face red from laughing so hard.
"So Mike..." Finn began.
Mike looked up from some plane safety pamphlet he had found.
"Out of all couples in Glee, you and Tina have had the longest relationship" Finn said.
"Have we? No, you and Rachel do. You guys dated in Sophomore year" Mike said.
"Well, we broke up a few times. You and Tina haven't. Maybe I should have said the longest consecutive relationship" Finn said.
"What's your secret, bro?" Puck asked Mike. "All the girls I date, break it off like two days later."
Mike scoffed. "Dude, that's because you're not the nicest of guys."
Puck looked offended.
"Yeah, girls want nice guys" Finn said. "You only want girls for their body."
Puck had to agree. "Maybe so. But still. I know I sound really gay right now, but I totally envy you guys' awesome relationships. Every girl I've ever really loved has either got pregnant, dumped me, or moved away."
Finn and Mike felt sympathetic for Puck.
"Don't worry, man" Finn said. "You'll find the right girl one day."
Puck shrugged.
"Yeah!" Mike said. "But for now, try to be nicer, less rude and more irresistible."
Puck smirked. "I already have the irresistible part down."
"He's also got confidence" Finn laughed and said to Mike
"And swag" Mike agreed.
Puck beamed.
"I know you're not a senior, but what are your plans after you graduate?" Santana asked Sugar.
"Shop and travel" Sugar said.
"What about University or College?" Brittany asked.
"I'm so amazing, I'll be getting a ton of scholarships-" Sugar began.
Santana's loud scoff interrupted her. "For what?"
Sugar glared at her. "For being fab-tastic" Sugar answered. "People love me."
"Right" Santana rolled her eyes.
"Anyway, I'll be probably inheriting my daddy's business. Then I'll be even richer, I'll be able to shop and travel. Daddy has a private jet, you know?"
"Really?" Brittany asked. "I have a rocket. Well, not yet, but once the Easter Bunny comes, I will."
"Yeah. What about you? What are your plans?" Sugar questioned.
"I dunno yet" Santana admitted. "I want to be a star. I want my name to be known all over the world. I'm just not sure what for yet."
Sugar giggled. "Santana Lopez: Most Wanted Criminal."
"Hilarious" Santana rolled her eyes but smiled.
"I want to be a dancer" Brittany said. "I love dancing and moving around."
"Cool. I'm a great dancer" Sugar smiled.
Neither Santana or Brittany agreed with this point.
"How's life as a wanna-be director?" Mercedes asked Artie.
Artie shrugged. "Meh."
"Got any plans for films?" Mercedes persisted with a smile.
"A few. Just some minor ideas" Artie said.
"Well, if you need a hot male lead, I'm available" Sam grinned.
Artie laughed. "We'll see."
"I'll be in your movie too" Mercedes piped up.
"Thanks for the offer. But you'll have to audition. That is, if I do make a movie."
"What?" Mercedes asked. "Audition? I don't need to do that!"
"You're a good singer, but no one said you can act" Artie pointed out.
"I can so!"
"Prove it" Sam said. "Act."
Mercedes glared at him. "Whose side are you on?"
Sam shrugged and smiled. "The side that wants to see you act."
"So Artie's side" Mercedes answered for him. "Fine, just a moment and you'll see pro acting in process."
Mercedes took a deep breath and waved an hand over her face to calm herself. She got in the zone. She turned to Artie and Sam but stared past them.
"Anytime now" Artie said.
Mercedes took another deep sigh. "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?"
"That's it?" Sam asked when she finished the line.
"Yup. Pretty genius, hmm?" Mercedes beamed smugly.
"Too short. And common" Artie said. He glanced around and saw Rachel, laughing so hard she was leaning on Kurt. "Here's a task. Act like Rachel for two minutes."
Mercedes' eyes lit up. "Okay! Time me!"
Sam set his watch. "Go."
Mercedes gave a large fake grin. "I'm Rachel Berry. I love to sing almost as much as I love Finn Hudson. Gosh, I love him so much I that I have the constant need to suck face with him every possible second. Anyways, my idol in life is Barbra Streisand. She is the best thing that's ever happened. She inspires me to be who I am today: a strong, confident Jewish girl who loves to sing. Did I mention that I love to sing? I do. I sing all the time. I have claimed dibs on every solo ever sung. No one gets solos but me. I deserve it. My life has been so hard, after all. I have two gay dads and that makes me a minority. You know, I-"
"Time!" Sam said and pressed a button on his watch to stop it.
"That was good, right?" Mercedes grinned.
Artie lightly applauded. "That was really good. You nailed it!"
Mercedes poked Sam. "See? I nailed it!"
Sam laughed. "That you did."
"I win again!" Rory grinned.
"Darn!" Quinn sighed and put down her pen. The three of them were playing Tic-Tac-Toe in a little notebook that Quinn had in her carry-on.
"You're good at this" Tina said, adding another tally to the growing score chart. They had played over seventy games in total.
"Thanks" Rory said. He also put the pen down. "I'm bored of this now."
"Winning does get boring after a while. You annihilated us" Tina said.
"I want to sing" Quinn blurted. She had a twinkle in her eyes.
"Me too" Tina said. "Let's do it."
"Mr. Schue will kill us" Rory said.
"Nah, he won't. He be a bit peeved for like five minutes then he'll be glad that we're confident enough to sing and he'll congratulate us" Quinn said.
"What should we sing? Tina asked, looking past Rory and Quinn to the window.
Rory grinned. "I know the perfect song."
He began singing and Quinn and Tina jumped in on the second line. By the chorus, all of New Directions had heard the song and joined in.
'Here we go, come with me
There's a world out there that we should see
Take my hand, close your eyes
With you right here, I'm a rocketeer
Let's fly
Up, up here we go, go
Up, up here we go, go
Let's fly
Up, up here we go, go
Where we stop nobody knows
Where we go, we don't need roads
And where we stop nobody knows
To the stars if you really want it
Got a jetpack with your name on it
Above the clouds and the atmosphere
Say the words and we outta here
Hold my hand if you feeling scared
We're flying up, up outta here
Here we go, come with me
There's a world out there that we should see
Take my hand, close your eyes
With you right here, I'm a rocketeer
Let's fly
Up, up here we go, go
Up, up here we go, go
Let's fly
Up, up here we go, go
Where we stop nobody knows
Baby, we can stay fly like a G6
Shop the streets of Tokyo, get you fly kicks
Girl, your always on my mind
Got my head up in the sky
And I'm never looking down, feeling priceless
Yeah, where we at? only few have known
Were on some next level, super Mario
I hope this works out, cardio
Until then let's fly
Geronimo
Here we go, come with me
There's a world out there that we should see
Take me hand, close your eyes
With you right here, I'm a rocketeer
Let's fly
Yo, now I ain't ever been to space before
But I ain't never seen a face like yours
You make me feel like I can touch the planets
You want the moon girl, watch me grab it
See, I ain't ever seen a star this close
You got me stuck by the way you glow
I'm like oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm like oh, oh, oh, oh
Here we go, come with me
There's a world out there that we should see
Take my hand, close your eyes
With you right here, I'm a rocketeer
Let's fly
Up, up here we go, go
Up, up here we go, go
Let's fly
Up, up here we go, go
Where we stop nobody knows'
They weren't singing as loud as they could but everyone on the plane could hear. Most people enjoyed the show and were smiling and some were mouthing along to the words. Even the plane's attendance, who had came out with a frown at the beginning, had smiles and clapped along to the beat. New Directions all had proud grins after the song. It seemed that pretty much everyone enjoyed the song. Except Will Schuester. He was mad.
"I can't believe them! This is a plane! There are other people here that don't want to be disturbed! Oh, when we get off this plane, they are in so much trouble!" He ranted in a low voice to Emma as the song was going on.
"Shhhh" Emma hushed, trying to calm him down. "It's fine. They're singing great and people are loving it, see? Let them be."
Will sighed, but when the song ended, he stood up and walked to the front of the plane so he could talk to his teens.
"Guys, really?" he asked with a frown.
"Wasn't it good?" Quinn asked with a smile.
"You guys can't just do that in a plane!" Will sighed.
"Okay, okay, no encore. But wasn't it good?" Rory asked, sporting his biggest smile.
Will gave in to their large grins. "Oh, alright. Yes, it was pretty good. It's even a possible Regionals contender."
They all clapped quietly.
Will opened his mouth to say something else, but he was interrupted.
"Hmf. I thought I recognized the sound of you guys trying to sing."
New Directions all sat up in their seats and turned to the back of the plane to see who said that. They all gasped.
A/N
Hello my awesome readers who I love so much. I hope you liked this chapter and I am almost halfway done the next one too. :) The song that they sing is 'Rocketeer' by Far East Movement. It works well with the plane part.
Anyhoo, I hope you like it. I still have room for some more ideas so if you got some more ideas/suggestions lemmie know. I also want to hear your thoughts on the story. So hit me up in the reviews :)
Who's been watching The Glee Project? I have and I love it! :) It's a combo of Glee and Idol (my two fave shows) so it's great. Hahaha I'm sorry I can't talk long. Today is my birthday (yay I'm 16). And I also have an art exam due so I gotta start painting. ;P
Byeeee! Love you all so much!