"What are you doing here?" Rachel spat. Most of New Directions glared at the person. New members like Rory and Sugar looked at bit confused as to why their fellow members were acting so hostile towards him.
"Who's that?" Rory leaned over and whispered to Tina.
Tina grimaced. "It's Jesse St. James. Our mortal enemy."
"Enemy?" Rory asked. Not another rivalry. He thought he was done with fights when Kaylee apologized.
Jesse smirked. "Oh, hello Rachel. Nice to see you again. To the rest of you, this isn't your private plane. I'm allowed on."
"Why are you here, Jesse?" Will asked, trying not to sound mean.
"I have a vacation house down here. More importantly, why are you guys here?" Jesse asked. "Did you come across a winning lottery ticket or something? Last I knew, you guys were as poor as the hobo under the bridge in the Lima park."
"I'm rich" Sugar blurted.
"So am I" Jesse gave a toothy smile. "So what, you guys came to Florida?"
"Yes. And we had fun" Kurt huffed.
"Fun. That's cute. That's real cute. Wow, fun. That's what losers say when they lose right? We had fun? Yeah. You want to win, right? Vocal Adrenaline doesn't have fun. That's why they're so good. They work hard. No fun" Jesse told them.
"No, that's why they're emotionless singing machines" Puck said. "It you ask me, you're just jelly that you never had fun like us."
"Right. Sure" Jesse waved off the insult.
"I'm sorry, is there a problem here?" a flight attendant asked Will.
"Not at all" Jesse said. "These guys are just some old friends of mine."
The attendant nodded and walked off.
"What do you care what Vocal Adrenaline is doing anyways?" Artie asked. "You've graduated."
Again, Jesse gave an evil smirk. "Didn't you hear? I'm the new coach of Vocal Adrenaline."
Rachel's jaw dropped. "You are?"
"Mhmm. And under my immaculate leadership skills, we will win."
"False" Quinn said firmly.
Jesse ignored this and looked around at them all. "Well, I see you have some new faces here." He walked down the aisle and stopped at Quinn, Rory and Tina's row. "You're new. Hey, I'm Jesse."
Rory paled a bit. "Uh, hello."
Jesse smirked. "Oh, an accent. How royal."
"It's Irish, not British" Rory pointed out quietly.
Jesse paused and lost his mean grin. "What's the difference?"
Quinn rolled her eyes and Jesse walked away from them and continued down the aisle. He stopped at the front and turned toward Sugar, Santana and Brittany.
"And here we have rich girl" Jesse said, looking at Sugar.
"Darn right" Sugar nodded.
"Hmm. So you're rich and you went to poor old McKinley? Why?"
"It's fun" Sugar replied.
"Ah, there's that word again. Fun. Well, I suppose if you think like the rest of them, you might as well join them" Jesse sighed. He gave them a smile before spinning on his heels and facing Kurt, Rachel and Blaine.
"Rachel, you look great. Been in the sun, huh? You look good with colour" Jesse said.
"Go away, Jesse" Rachel said. Finn instinctively moved toward Rachel so only Rachel's seat separated them.
"That's not very polite" Jesse scolded. He glanced at Finn, who was glaring at him. "Hello, Finn. I see you haven't died yet. Shame."
"Okay, that's enough" Will said, stepping in.
"I'm not done saying hello" Jesse said.
"That was rude" Rachel said. Finn nodded.
Jesse gave a small shrug and looked to Kurt and Blaine.
"Oh, you're a new face too" Jesse said to Blaine. "However, you are familiar. Wait a minute, I know you! You're that kid from the Warblers at that preppy gay school."
"It's not a gay school" Blaine said.
"Are you sure?" Jesse asked. "So why did you quit Warblers? Sick of all the uniforms and solos?"
"No" Blaine said. He hadn't personally met Jesse before but he had heard many rants from Finn, Kurt and Rachel especially on how evil Jesse was and what he did to them all.
"Whatever. I just feel sorry for you. You came to McKinley. Sucks, man."
"I'm happy there" Blaine said.
"Cute" Jesse said. "Adorable in fact."
"Oh, Jesse, go away" Kurt said. "No one likes you."
"Rachel likes me, don't you, Rachel?" Jesse smiled at the brunette.
"Not at all" Rachel said.
"Well, you did, so that's all that counts" Jesse sighed.
"And Kurt, no one asked you what you thought. So shut your mouth, okay?"
"Hey, don't talk to him like that!" Blaine frowned.
"Well I wouldn't have to if he didn't go around voicing his hate" Jesse replied.
"He's right though" Blaine bravely said.
Jesse looked unfazed. "Anyways, you guys bore me so I'm heading back to my seat. Try and keep it down, alright? Bye and have fun" Jesse said, adding emphasis on the word 'fun'. He gave them a curt wave then walked back towards his seat. Then he stopped.
"Oh, hello Ms. Corcoran" Jesse said to Shelby. "Long time no see. I heard you have a child now."
"Hello Jesse" Shelby said. "Yes I do."
It was shocking for New Directions to see Jesse be nice to someone. But most of them knew how Shelby was Jesse's coach when she worked at Carmel. They had even worked together to bring Rachel and Shelby together.
"And you are now at McKinley?" Jesse asked in disbelief. "Surely not. You're better than that."
Shelby awkwardly laughed. "Yes I am at McKinley. And I enjoy it. It's less...intense."
"Well, I'm sure there's a position for you at Carmel should you choose to return. You'd be a great asset to our inevitable Nationals win" Jesse smiled at her.
Shelby gave a crooked smile. "Thank you Jesse, but it's quieter at McKinley. I'm fine. But good luck. You are a talented performer so I'm sure you'll lead Vocal Adrenaline just fine without me."
"Thank you" he said then he walked back to his seat.
Will watched him sit in the back of the plane then he turned to the kids. "Behave, okay?" Then he walked back to his seat and sat down with a large sigh.
"Stupid Jesse showing up on the stupid plane" Rachel muttered.
"Hey, calm down, okay?" Finn gently told her from behind. "It's fine. He's a pain so just ignore him."
Rachel smiled a bit. "I strongly dislike him."
"We all do" Kurt pretended to gag to make Rachel laugh.
They soon had forgotten about the unfortunate encounter with Jesse St. James. But only a mere thirty minutes had passed before a new problem arose.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We are entering a bit of turbulence so please sit down and don't unbuckle your seatbelt until the light is off."
"Turbulence?" Brittany asked.
"It's when the plane shakes a bit" Santana said, her face going a bit pale.
"Yikes" Sugar said, making a face.
The turbulence began almost three minutes later. The plane shook and tilted to the left. Some passengers gasped.
"Ohmygosh" Blaine paled.
"I'm gonna die!" Rachel whined and yanked her seat belt tighter.
"Calm down, both of you" Kurt said. "We'll be fine."
"This is nothing" Rory said. "The plane that I took to America was way worse than this."
"That sucks" Tina said as the plane shook again.
Quinn took Rory's hand. "Suddenly, those roller coasters don't seem so bad now."
"If I die now, I just want to say that I love you all. Kurt, you're my BGF, which means 'best gay friend' and you're so cool. And Blaine, you're cool too. I'll miss you all. And I love you, Finn" Rachel cried as the plane tilted and shook.
"Oh, stop with the dramatics" Puck said from the row of seats behind Rachel. "This is fun."
Finn hit Puck. "What happened to being nice?" He leaned forward and touched Rachel's shoulder through the seats. "It'll be okay. You're strong and it's just like that cool rocking chair in your house. It's fine. I mean, look at Blaine. This is his second flight ever and he's not freaking out."
Rachel looked across Kurt to where Blaine sat. He was sitting on his hands and had his eyes closed. His face was pale and he was biting his lip. He looked scared.
"Blaine? Are you okay?" Rachel asked. He may have been silent but he didn't look fine.
Blaine slowly nodded but didn't open his eyes.
Kurt felt bad. He had been so preoccupied with calming Rachel's crazy dramatics, that he had ignored his boyfriend, who had every right to be even more scared. Kurt pried Blaine's hands from under him. At Kurt's touch, Blaine opened his eyes a bit.
"It's okay, I'm right here" Kurt whispered to him.
Blaine nodded a silent thanks and scooted a bit closer to Kurt. The plane jolted again.
Retching was heard as Santana threw up into the plane's barf bag.
"Ew" Sugar said.
"Brittany, is Santana okay?" Mercedes asked from behind them.
"Yeah" Brittany said, rubbing small circles on Santana's back.
"I'm gonna go all Lima Heights on the pilot" Santana muttered darkly.
"It's not the pilot's fault. It's just the weather" Artie piped up from behind them.
"Please end soon" Tina mumbled quietly to no one particular.
"You okay?" Rory asked Tina.
"Meh" Tina said. "I'm not a turbulence fan like certain people in front of us."
"Wheeeee!" Puck squealed with joy as the plane shook again.
Tina rolled her eyes.
"Do you want to sit with Mike?" Rory asked. "I'm sure Puck or Finn will switch seats with you."
Tina paused as it she was considering it. "Nah, I'll be okay."
"Okay then" Rory said.
The plane tilted again to the right so much that everyone slid in their seats. Blaine almost landed on Kurt and he muttered swear words under his breath each time the plane gave another violent shake. Every time the plane jerked or shook, Blaine was sure they'd be falling to their doom. Any time now, he expected the engine to putter out and the lights flicker.
"You okay?" Kurt whispered to him and gave his hand a gentle squeeze.
"Yes" Blaine said. Kurt didn't reply but Blaine knew he was waiting for the truth. "No... I hate planes and this is why."
Kurt put an arm around Blaine and hugged him close. "I know. But we're going to be okay. It's fine. Courage, right?"
Blaine nodded.
Kurt leaned close to Blaine and hummed 'Teenage Dream' as Blaine rested his head on Kurt's shoulder.
"Are you feeling better?" Brittany asked Santana. She had thrown up again and looked dead.
"Yeah" Santana said. She rolled her head so she was facing the blonde. "Sorry you had to see that."
Brittany laughed. "That's okay. You're not the first thing I've seen barf. But you're a whole lot prettier than Lord Tubbington."
"I didn't know you have motion sickness" Sugar said. "That would have been a good thing to warn us of."
"I don't have that...well, I don't think so" Santana said. "I went on all the boss roller coasters and I was fine."
"Maybe you got food poisoning like Tina?" Brittany suggested.
"From the airport food? Maybe" Santana said with a chuckle.
"Are you gonna throw up again?" Sugar asked with a disgusted look.
"I don't think so" Santana answered. "Besides, the turbulence has slowed down a bit."
"Want some candy?" Mercedes asked Sam and Artie.
"Sure!" Sam's eyes lit up at the sight of the large candy filled bag that Mercedes produced from her carry-on bag.
Mercedes opened the bag and both boys took some candy.
"Nom nom nom nom" Artie grinned.
Mercedes took some candy for herself than instructed Artie to pass the bulging bag to the others. Artie gave it to Quinn.
"Thanks" Quinn said to Artie. She gave the bag to Rory. "Candy?"
"Oh, thanks!" Rory smiled and took some candy from the bag. Quinn and Tina did the same and then passed it forward to Finn, Mike and Puck.
"Candy!" Puck shouted when the bag was passed to him. "Thank you, Mercedes!"
Mercedes, one row across and behind, smiled. "You're welcome, Puck!"
The three guys all took large handfuls of candy then passed the bag to Rachel.
"Oh, my favourite" Rachel grinned and took some candy.
She handed the bag to Kurt, who took only a few.
"Blaine, want some candy?" Kurt asked, holding out the bag to him.
"No thanks" Blaine said.
"What? Blaine is refusing candy? Wow, you really are upset" Kurt joked.
It worked. Blaine smiled a bit. "I can't say I feel one hundred percent fine."
"Blaine, you're fine" Kurt said. He smiled and waved the bag under Blaine's nose. "Eat the candy...mmm delicious" Kurt said, mimicking the iconic Smarties blue cat. Blaine laughed.
"Oh, alright" he said and took some candy.
Kurt smiled and handed the bag back to Rachel who passed it to Sugar.
"Sugar loves sugar" she said and took some. The bag was nearly empty now. Brittany took some candy too but Santana refused.
"I don't want to only bring it back up again" she said. So Brittany passed the bag back to Mercedes, who offered it to the adults.
"No thank you" Shelby politely refused.
Coach Beiste, on the other hand, took some. "Thanks!"
"Mr. Schue? Ms. Pillsbury? Candy?" Mercedes asked.
"Thank you" they both said and took some candy. By then, the bag only had five pieces of candy left. Mercedes, Sam and Artie played Rock Paper Scissors to see who claimed them.
The rest of the flight was normal. The turbulence had stopped and they were allowed to stand up. No one threw up again and they were all relatively happy. Quinn, Tina, Rachel and Blaine, who had been on edge due to the turbulence, had calmed down and were back to their chipper, chatty selves. The rest of the flight seemed to fly by.
"Ladies and Gentleman, we have arrived at Lima Airport. We hope you enjoyed your flight. Thank you for flying with us and we hope to see you again."
"Home sweet home" Tina said, looking out the window at the familiar land.
"There's no place like home" Kurt quoted, earning a wide grin from Rachel.
"Guys, just hold on and let everyone else off first, okay?" Will said loudly.
"Fine" they replied and sat back down.
A/N
Hay there! Howzit goin'? I'm doing okay now that EXAMS ARE OVER! Happy days! Anyways, in this chapter our beloved ND runs into Jesse! Oooh, crazyness, right? Some of you may have guessed it would be him. One reviewer, 'that70sfinchelgleek' did. Good guessing! The idea of running into Jesse came from 'DoggyDoodle' who has been leaving some ideas in the reviews. She (I'm sorry, I'm just guessing that you're a girl) also gave me the suggestion for some turbulence. She also suggested some guys pick on Kurt and Blaine for being gay after they kiss in public, and as much as I liked the idea, I'm no good at writing hate stuff like that. So I'm sorry!
This wasn't my first turbulence/Klaine story. If any of you are familar of any of my other older stories, I have one called 'Love In The Air'. JS...
So hoped you liked this. And because I was in a happy mood, I have another chapter. So press the 'NEXT' at the bottom! :D Luv ya!