Disclaimer: I don't own Glee

A/N: Co-written with the help of Sha22. Set in season 2. After Nationals, Rachel turned Finn down and Brittany made it clear that Santana was only her best friend. Lauren left the club right after nationals. English is not my first language.

A/N 2: I started this story before Erato but then I got stuck and worked on the other. I'll try to be a minimum historically accurate but bear with me...

Happy birthday sweetheart, this chapter is for you...

Chapter 1: A What? Team building

The New Directions were all gathered in the choir room, waiting for Mr Schue to arrive. They might have lost Nationals but the teacher had insisted they should come to glee club because he had some important news to tell them.

Since New-York, the tension was palpable between the members. Rachel was angry at Finn for the kiss he initiated in the middle of their performance and wanted to stay as far away from him as possible. She had made sure to give the boy an earful of how inappropriate it was and told him she was not interested in getting back together with him.

Quinn couldn't wait to be on summer break and hated every one with a passion except the members of the Unholy Trinity and the same was true for Santana. The two girls had grown closer since their heart to heart talk in their hotel room. But lately, the Latina had only one thing in mind, make the Midget and Frankenteen pay for their loss at Nationals. Revenge would keep her brain busy and she wouldn't have to think about Brittany and how the girl had said she only loved her as a best friend.

The other members were just disappointed but they knew they still had one year to win.

"Alright Guys, sit down" Schuester said when he finally walked through the door of the choir room. "I want to thank you all for coming today. I know you are all sad after…"

"Get to the point , some of us have things to do." Santana cut him off.

"I agree with Santana." Quinn declared. "School is almost over and we lost at Nationals, there is no need for us to be here"

"In fact there is." William stated. "What I was going to say before Santana interrupted me." He sent her a meaningful glance and saw the girl roll her eyes. "Is that I know you are sad and to cheer you up, I organised…" He stopped talking to let the suspense build. "A team building exercise next weekend in an old west town attraction!" He finished with a proud grin.

Silence filled the room as the students stared at their teacher. Finally, Finn spoke. "Cool, it's gonna be awesome mister Schue!"

Brittany bounced in happiness. "Can I bring Lord Tubbington? If he discovers I went without him he's going to be mad."

Schuester shook his head. "Sorry Brittany, animals aren't allowed."

"It's a joke, right?" Quinn asked, still staring at the teacher with a frown.

"Yes because it's the worst idea you've ever had and it says something." Santana added.

"I understand you are mad about our loss at Nationals but…" The teacher started.

"Mister Schue, sorry to interrupt but is it mandatory? As you may know, I have a strict schedule during weekends between my ballet class and my voice…"

"No one asked you, midget!" The Latina snapped.

Finn rose from his chair to defend his ex-girlfriend. "Don't talk to her like that, Satan!"

"I can fight my own battles, Finn. I don't need a knight in shining armour, thank you very much." The diva looked at the boy sternly, forcing him to sit back and continued. "If Santana didn't have the habit of interrupting people so rudely all the time, I would have said I'm not sure I wish to participate in this out-of-school activity if it is optional."

"If she's not going, I'm not going!" Kurt exclaimed, jumping into the conversation "The last thing I want to do is a Brokeback Mountain remake. Even though, I have to admit Heath Ledger was a great actor."

"Could you be any gayer?" The Latina sneered.

"That's enough!" William shouted. "Take this as your last assignment. I offered the service of the New Directions to sing during their annual ball. In exchange, we are free to do all the activities this tourist attraction has to offer."

"Is there a shooting range? I would love to try that." Puck questioned.

"I don't know but you are not allowed to use it if there is one" Schue replied. "Oh! And before I forget, we'll have to dress up. The costumes will be supplied by the manager on our arrival."

"Oh hells to the no!" Mercedes yelled. "I don't want to wear costumes from the 1800's."

"It's not optional. We'll all meet in the parking lot Saturday at 6AM. Don't be late." The teacher concluded before leaving.

Santana gritted her teeth while gathering her stuff. "Great, we're gonna spend the weekend surrounded by sodbusters and awful tourists. Could this get any worse?"

"For what it's worth Santana, I tend to agree with you. Being forced to perform albeit I never complain about that part, during a weekend in a place…"

The raven-haired girl held her hand up to stop the diva's rant. "Oh yeah, it does get worse because I have to spend the weekend with the troll and Finncompetent!" She said to Quinn without sparing a glance to Rachel. "B, Q, let's go. We have things to do."

Quinn sent an apologetic smile to the brunette before following her friends.

Rachel sighed. "I'm afraid it's going to be a long weekend for all of us…" She mumbled to herself.

Saturday morning came quickly and all the members of the glee club were gathered in the parking lot, some of them happier than others about this trip.

Since their conversation at the locker, things had been awkward between Santana and Brittany so the Latina rushed to the back of the bus to avoid everyone but still kept a seat for Quinn. The girl knew that her friend would be more than happy to criticize this excursion with her if she was getting bored.

Once the bus started, the raven-haired girl took a look in front of her. To her surprise, Brittany was seated next to Finn. She saw Rachel seated on her own in the middle of the bus and wondered why she wasn't next to her oaf boyfriend. When she saw Quinn grab her book, she decided to make her mind go blank and put in her earphones. She closed her eyes and pressed play on her Ipod. Just as she was starting to fall asleep, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She cracked an eye open.

"What do you want, Dwarf?" Santana questioned coldly.

Rachel, as usual, ignored the nickname and sat on the opposite row seat. "Were you aware that Finn and Brittany had started a friendship?"

The Latina snorted. "Why do you care?"

"I don't. I'm just surprised. I never saw them talk before today. Brittany is your best friend… I thought she would sit next to you and Quinn…" The diva explained.

"Well, you know what, Midget, stop thinking about me or Brittany or anything related to us. If you want to know something, go talk to your boyfriend." The former cheerio barked.

"He is not my boyfriend!" The petite brunette corrected.

Santana rolled her eyes. "I don't care. Your pathetic love story ruined our chance at Nationals. You're lucky to be alive right now because…"

"He kissed me Santana!" Rachel interrupted.

"But you kissed him back! So don't act all innocent miss goody two shoes."

"Yes, because slapping him in front of everyone would have been better!" The diva replied sarcastically.

The Latina snorted and rolled her eyes once again. "I saw it coming from a mile away when the T-Rex leaned forward. If you weren't so blinded by the oaf you could have taken a step back or whatever."

"Seriously, Santana? If you really think it was worth making of fool out of myself in front of thousand people, you are gravely mistaken."

"God, shut up! Both of you! I would like to read my book in peace. So stop bickering or go somewhere else." Quinn commanded.

Rachel huffed but stayed in her seat. Santana looked at her for a while, intrigued by why the girl refused to take Finn back when the man thought their kiss was the ultimate romantic gesture. Feeling eyes on her, the diva looked at Santana questioningly. They held each other's gaze for a minute until the Latina turned her head and closed her eyes in hope time would go faster.