Prompt: Ianto Jones - "Mobiles, landlines, tin cans with bits of string - everything, absolutely everything! No phones, phones all broken. Hello? Anyone there? No, 'cause the phones aren't working!" - 'Torchwood'
AN: so in one drabble I have Finn and Kurt talking about a family vacation they took in which Kurt mentions Finn 'not wanting to spend a week in the woods with Liberace'. So, here's day one of that trip!
"And there it is!" Burt Hummel said excitedly as he pulled the rented SUV up in front of the cabin that he had rented for a week. He hadn't been up here since Kurt was seven. He and Kathleen had made this a annual trip every summer since their first summer together.
"I'm not getting a signal up here," Finn griped from the back seat.
"Forget about that, I think I've already got bitten by something," Kurt said examining a red bump on his forearm. "And I already sprayed myself with off. I'm going to be eaten alive."
"You'll live without cell reception for a week," Burt told Finn as the group started open car doors.
"What about the bugs? Can you do something about them?" Kurt griped as he climbed from the back of the SUV and began searching under the seat for the bottle of OFF that he had put under there before they had left home.
"A bug bit or two isn't the end of the world. It'll go away," Burt said. "You use to love coming up here," Burt added, walking past Kurt on his way to the back of the vehicle.
"I was a kid and I didn't have a boyfriend to worry about what I looked like around. What's Blaine going to say if I come home covered in red bumps."
"Well, you won't be able to find out until we get home because there are no phones," Finn griped, having given up his futile effort of using his cell and putting the device away. "What about a regular phone? Does the cabin have one of those?"
"No. I already told you - no phone, no internet and no TV for the next week," Burt said, popping the lift gate and letting it open. "This is supposed to be a bonding time for all of us. We'll do some hiking, fishing and enjoy ourselves on the lake. It'll be fun."
"As long as no one gets hurt and we need to call for help," Carole muttered under her breath as she came up beside Burt to help with the unpacking.
"You're not helping," Burt told her softly as he grabbed a couple of the bags. "Come on you guys. Give this a fair chance. We're going to have fun this week," he added louder as he started toward the cabin, determined to show enthusiasm despite his families griping. He was determined that they all would enjoy themselves no matter what.