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Pizza Party

Who: Finn, Brittany, Marley, Mercedes, and Santana

When: Sunday, 14 May 2017

Where: NYC Pizzeria

What: Finn’s first NYC Pizza and (some) cast bonding

Being in New York for the first time was as exciting as Finn had always thought. They were staying at the W Hotel in Times Square, and they didn’t have any events to get to until the next day. So he thought the perfect way to start that off since Rachel was still busy, was with some New York style pizza for dinner. He made his way down to the lobby to wait for the girls to meet him, pulling out his phone so he could find a nearby place. He thought they could walk, and he didn’t feel like they needed an Uber or taxi.

Mercedes got out of the elevator and made her way into the lobby, finding Finn easily. She was excited to be back in NYC, even if she had some mixed emotions about being here with Sam in the vicinity, but she’d deal. “Hey, you having fun yet?” She teased him as she nudged him softly. “Who else is coming with us?”

Marley was kind of excited to be back in New York, while she enjoyed LA, she missed living in the City, so it was like a breath of fresh air. Even if the air in New York wasn’t that fresh. She spent some time with her friends, before heading back to the Hotel for pizza. Spotting Finn, and Mercedes, Marley grinned, bouncing up to them. “Hey, guys! Who’s down for pizza?!” Santana hadn’t gotten the best start with Finn, and was still getting to know most of her castmates, so pizza seemed like the perfect solution. Hopefully they’d all get a chance to get to know each other and bond. She made her way to the hotel lobby and walked up to the little group with a smile on her face. “I’m down for pizza,” she replied, catching Marley’s greeting. “I’m always down for pizza, if we’re being honest here.”

Brittany’s current musical obsession blared through her bluetooth headphones as she danced down the hall toward the lobby. She was ready to get her party on in the city that never sleeps. New York was one of her favorite cities and she always had a great time whenever she was there, so she was determined to make this trip one of many fun trips to NYC. When the pizza idea came up, Britt jumped on the chance to hang out with her new TV family, they were going to have to spend time together if they were going to end up like a real family. She was hoping that pizza would lead to a great first night in the city. Once she’d arrived she pulled her headphones out of her ears and waived at the group. “Hey sexy people! I’m starving so this was a good idea. Good job,Finn.”

Finn never actually got a chance to answer Mercedes’ question because everyone had come down shortly after her. So he just let them do the talking for a moment. He was a little surprised to see Santana, but he remember what Mercedes had said about Santana coming around. He was starting to think that maybe Mercedes was right about he which made him feel better. “I’m starving too. I’ve never had New York pizza because I’ve never been to New York before. So, I thought maybe we could walk around and find a pizza place. I have a few that came up on my phone.”

“Sounds good,” she smiled at everyone, making sure she not to leave anyone out. Being around so many gorgeous people was not a bad way to spend an evening, plus pizza only added to the goodness. “I’m going to do some shopping while I’m here too before I leave, you may not care to tag along on that trip, Groot. But if any of you ladies are game, just let me know. I am on the hunt for some cute espadrilles.”

“Hey!” Marley said to Brittany, and Santana, before glancing over at Finn. “I cannot believe you have never been to New York before.” She said quietly, sure, she knew that a lot of people haven’t been, but this took her by surprise. “You have to see all you can while we’re here. I kind of want to catch Amelie before it closes too..” She said quietly glancing over at Mercedes. “I am always down for shopping.” “We can probably just start in any direction and end up getting to a pizza place,” she told Finn. “They’re all over.” At the mention of going shopping, her face almost lit up. “I’m in for that shopping trip. I’m always in need for new, cute clothes and shoes.” Santana had planned to go shopping while in New York anyway, so it was good that she’d have at least one other person to go with.

Brittany scrunched her nose up when the mention of shopping came up. She didn't mind watching her hot friends try on clothes, especially if they also let her see them take the clothes off, but shopping wasn't her favorite activity and she really was starving. “Well I guess shopping before food is okay.” A pout fell onto her lips but quickly lifted when a thought came to her. She moved next to Finn and bumped his hip with hers. “It can be a cool way for you to see a little of the city and if they take too long I can kidnap you and you can buy me a pre-pizza snack.”

“Um...I think they meant a different day,” Finn replied before turning to Mercedes. “You didn’t mean shopping right now, right?” He really didn’t want to go shopping. Plus, he had plenty of clothes. He didn’t need more. He’d go if they all really wanted to go, but he didn’t really want to. He only ever liked shopping for things like video games and electronics and stuff.

She giggled softly and shook her head,”Oh no, definitely not going shopping now. I wouldn’t torture you like that.” She smiled at Brittany. “Food will always come before shopping, never doubt that.” Mercedes looked at Marley and Santana, “Now you two little model body ladies will have more fun with clothes shopping than me probably, I’m more of a shoe fiend.” When most of the clothes in the store don’t fit your body shape, you adjust your attention. She had learned that over the years. This way she still got to have fun with the girls and not feel left out.

“Yeah, shopping would be another day.” Marley repeated. She had a few things planned while they were in town, but she could fit that in. Glancing over at Mercedes, Marley wrinkled her nose. “Oh please. I'm sure we could find something for you! They have so many options, though shoes are great too!”

Santana smiled over at Brittany when she questioned shopping before pizza. “Don’t worry, B. I think we’re all planning to go straight for the pizza.” Her head turned to look at Mercedes when she heard her talking. “Come on, we’ll definitely be able to find something hot for you in the city. Though I’m always down to join you on a shoe hunt so it’s up to you.” She would have to do some research online beforehand so that she could suggest some good stores for all of them.

“Well that's good because hangry Britt is not a pretty sight, hot, but definitely not pretty.” Brittany shrugged before turning her attention over to Mercedes. “You're model bodied. I'd watch you model and you super sexy body. Bam! Model bodied. If you’re looking to get your model on …” She mouthed the words ‘call me’ as she made a telephone with her right hand wiggled her eyebrows. Brittany smirked for a moment before her stomach started to growl and she looked around at the group pitifully. “Feed me Seymours, feed me”

Finn could only stare at Brittany wide-eyed as she hit on his best friend. As far as he knew, Mercedes wasn’t into other girls, but Brittany was hot. If he was a girl, she’d maybe make him think about it. “We should...probably start walking,” he suggested, leading them away from the front of the hotel and heading left on the block.

Mercedes snapped her fingers and smiled brightly. “Okay then, I see I got a girl squad already, I like this. Thanks, sometimes I still get a little insecure with this whole public stuff. Y’all are cool ladies.” She looped one arm through Finn’s and then another through Santana’s. “Alright, let’s go find pizza and look amazing while doing it.”

“Shit, I love you already,” she told Mercedes with a laugh. She was definitely the type of person that Santana saw herself being good friends with. Santana grabbed Brittany’s hand with the one she had free. “Every Britt is hot, not just the hungry one.” It was much more fun to be walking around the city with friends than it would’ve been if she’d stayed alone.

Brittany’s bottom lip jutted outward when Mercedes didn't seem to pay her any attention. She didn't even get a laugh out of her. At least they were closer to getting food. Britt looked down at he hand the hand that enclosed around hers and then up to the person it belonged to and couldn't help but smile. “Damn straight!” She chuckled and kissed Santana on the cheek before raising her free hand in the air. “Onward and Pizza!”

It felt so weird because now it seemed like Santana was hitting on Brittany. Maybe not, but Finn hadn’t really been around girls that did stuff like that. “Um...so anyway, anyone know any fun things to do around New York? I feel completely overwhelmed by like all the choices. I don’t wanna miss anything, but there’s like too much to do in a week.”

Mercedes felt like she had missed something, but everyone seemed to be happy, so maybe it was just in her head. She thought Brittany and Santana looked rather gorgeous together, but she didn’t know their business like that. Granted, Santana and Brittany would upgrade pretty much anyone, they were just that pretty. “I’ve only been here while working, so I didn’t go to a lot of places. They do have lots of clubs, and gorgeous art museums too. And of course Broadway.”

Santana was happy to see that everyone was in a good mood. This trip wasn’t for any fights or awkward situations. “I’d hit Times Square if it’s your first time here. That usually has all of the good, interesting shit to look at. Depends on what you’re into.” She nodded towards a pizza place a little while ahead of them. “There we go. We can probably stop in there.”

“Let’s go to Brooklyn! They have the best places to dance because all the cool kids hang out there.” There was a ton to do in Manhattan for sure but Brittany felt bad for the other Boroughs. People didn't love them as much and it wasn't their fault. She followed Santana’s line of sight and ran ahead toward the food mumbling something about slow pokes.

There were so many sights to see that Finn nearly missed the pizzeria ahead of them. “Yes! Pizza! I feel like a Ninja Turtle…” He picked up his speed a little as his stomach led him in the direction of the food. “I don’t really like museums that much, but I would still go to one with you, ‘Cedes…” he offered. It wasn’t shopping, and pretty much anything beat that.

When Brittany took off towards the pizzeria, she couldn’t help but start laughing. “She was not joking when she said she was hungry. Santana is right, definitely soak up Times Square, seeing it at night is like super eye candy with all the lights.” She had to almost jog to keep up with his faster, longer strides. “I bet if we looked, they probably have a cool one, with stuff we like. Or a cool comic book place.” She liked doing things with Finn, he was easy going and they always had fun.

“Wait for us, B,” she called out with a laugh as her friend ran ahead. Santana looked over at Finn with a smile at the Ninja Turtle comment. “I get to be Raphael though since I look amazing in red.” Santana sped up her pace a bit so that she could reach the pizza place with the rest of them. “How long have you two known each other? You seem like old friends,” she asked Finn and Mercedes.

Britt turned around and began to walk backward to be sure she didn’t lose anyone in the group. “I hope they have the giant slices as big as your head. Also…” She cupped her hands around her mouth to amplify her words, though the others weren’t too far behind. “I love the Ninja Turtles! I’m Donatello because he’s a scientist like I am AND my turtle is named Donatello!.” She was so into what she was saying she forgot to check for people as backwards walked into the pizza parlor. “Oops. I’m sorry. You’re really pretty, Sir. I’m sorry” She called after a man who’d given her a dirty look.

Finn blinked and looked at Santana in surprise. “You know the Ninja Turtles? Out of the two left, that would make me Michelangelo because Mercedes is totally Leonardo…” He grinned at his friend and bumped her with his hip. “We’ve been best friends for like four years…She’s my second favorite lady.”

“You okay, Brittany?” Mercedes asked, seeing the accidental collision. She raised her eyebrow as the conversation turned to TMNT. “Oh this is...how did I end up as Leo?” She laughed and shook her head. “He is the only guy I will allow to call me his second favorite and not get kicked in the kneecaps,” she teased. “Oh wow, it smells mouthwatering, let’s get our grub on.”

Santana laughed when Finn seemed to be surprised. “I’m not completely oblivious.” It was a fair assumption for him to make though, since she hadn’t seen the Guardians of the Galaxy movies. When she noticed Brittany and the random man, she practically jumped forward to make sure the stranger didn’t say anything. He would’ve regretted it pretty quickly. “That’s super cute though. Is your first favorite a sister or something?” She headed towards the counter with the rest of them so they could order their slices.

It was moments like those that proved to her they should offer walking collision insurance and even though Brittany had suggested to a number of insurance companies no one had taken her seriously. She shrugged and flashed a smile in Mercedes’ direction. “I’m good. I was just afraid I hurt him with all of my awesome muscles I’ve aquired from being basically the best dancer ever. But looks like he’s fine.” She shrugged and winked at Santana before taking Mercedes’ hand. “What are you getting? Finn said he was treating so you should probably try toppings you’re not sure about, because if you don’t like them then you’re not wasting your own money and you can go back and get more.”

“No, my mom, she raised me all by herself after my dad died right after I was born,” he answered as he walked up to the glass where the pizza was displayed. “This all looks so good.” He was starving. “Yeah, get whatever you want. I don’t mind. I’ll eat the pizza you don’t like.” He was sure he could put it away.

“Hmmm, I usually just get cheese or pepperoni. Should I do something really different, like the artichoke and fennel?” She asked Brittany, squeezing her hand softly. She normally wasn’t one for having people touch her, but the blonde seemed so sweet that she just went along with it. “What are you going to get?” She looked over at Finn and Santana talking and she smiled, glad that they seemed to be getting along well. “Hey Marley, get up here,” she said as she waved her up. Marley grinned over at them, and opened her mouth to respond when she got a text from her mother. Stopping for a moment, she frowned, reading the text message, and pressed her lips together, getting completely lost in the reply when she heard her name called. Closing the phone, she jogged up to catch up with them. “Sorry..” She said, her lips still pressed together. She was sure everything was fine. “Brooklyn Pizza, right?” Santana frowned a bit at Finn’s response. “Sorry… That’s sweet though.” It was always weird when she accidentally brought up a touchy subject; or what could’ve been a touchy subject. She spun her head around to look at Marley as the other girl approached. “Everything okay?” She’d been on the quiet side lately, and as her designated fake older sister, Santana felt pretty protective over her.

Brittany pursed her lips as she contemplated possible toppings. “I think you should definitely get both artichoke and fennel but I’m just going to get cheese and pepperoni. I know what I like.” She smiled and winked before turning toward Marley. She was about to part her lips to say Marley should get something new too but the girl seemed frowny and Brittany’s mirrored in response. She walked over and gave the girl a hug without prompting. “Yes, Brooklyn Pizza. It’ll make you smile again. Pizza makes everyone happy, even if only temporarily.”

Finn stopped paying attention to all of them as he focused on which pizza he wanted to order. “I think I’m getting the Hawaiian. That’s the best kind.” It was his favorite kind of pizza. “Oh, and I want a slice of pepperoni. Then I might come back for something else.” He scratched at his chin and told his order to the guy behind the counter, then told him that he’d be paying for the others as well.

“Could you give us a moment to decide?” Mercedes said to the man at the counter before turning to the other girls. Santana had already asked, so she wasn’t going to do the same, but she was concerned as well. “If you need to talk, we’re all here to listen, okay?” She spotted a table in the corner with 5 chairs. “Hey sweetie, could you go guard that table for us?” She asked Finn.

She was taken back for a moment, and forced a smile. “Yeah..” She said quietly, glancing down at her phone for a moment, and biting her lip. She was naturally a wallflower, the only time she really liked attention when she was performing. Still, she hugged Brittany back, and smiled at the blond, before pulling back, and brushing her hair out of her face. “I want bacon and pineapple..” She commented over at Finn, biting her lips. “It’s just family drama. Now that I’m ‘famous’ it’s just…” She wrinkled her brow, thinking of her words. “Causing issues, I guess.” Noticing that Marley was a little uncomfortable with the spotlight, she dropped the subject on her end and made a mental note to ask her later on. Santana turned back to the man helping them behind the counter and gave him a smile. “Can I just get a spinach slice?” She focused on the group while the guy disappeared to pop the first couple in the oven. Hearing Mercedes call Finn sweetie made her raise an eyebrow. “Have you guys ever dated?”

Brittany stepped back giving Marley room but she eye’d the girl for a moment wondering if somehow she could will herself to use the other 90 percent of her brain to read the other woman’s mind so she could figure out what she needed to do to make things better. When she settled on that day not being the day she mastered the full power of her brain she sighed. “Families can be messy.” She gave a small and what she hoped was a slightly comforting smile before walking back over to the counter. “Can I have the cheesiest slice of cheese pizza you have and a pepperoni? Please and thank you.” When she heard the mentioning of dating Brittany turned toward the two people in question with a huge smile on her face. She loved juicy gossip.

“Uh yeah, I can do that. Here.” He handed his bank card over to Mercedes so that she could pay. He wouldn’t have trusted anyone else except her with his card. He walked over to to the empty table with six seats and sat down hoping they didn’t take too long so that nobody took the chairs from the table.

Seeing as she was the only one that hadn’t ordered, she smiled at the gentleman behind the counter. “Thank you for being so patient, could I get a slice of artichoke and fennel, and one with cheese?” That way if she didn’t like the new flavor, she had her go to as well.” She used Finn’s card to pay for everyone’s food and then she shook her head at Santana. “Finn and me? No, not at all. We’re just really close. We have a good friend in common, and that’s how we met. Sort of, I mean, yeah.” She was thankful for all the melanin in her skin at that moment because she knew her cheeks were probably doing that weird rosey, blush crap that happened when she thought about Evans. And she was not trying to go there. “Hey, first few orders are up, I’ll take Finn’s to him.” She said as she picked up his plate and took it over to him, giving him back his card as well.

Marley was kind of glad they seemed to drop it. She wondered if it came off rude, but she wasn’t going to bring it up right now. Nodding her head, she sighed. “No kidding.” She smiled over at Brittany, and squeezed her hand, before turning her attention back to Mercedes, and Santana. She noticed Mercedes was blushing, and she tilted her head to the side, but kept her mouth shut. Grabbing her pizza, she followed them to the table, and sat down. “Oh I’ve missed New York pizza.”

Santana nodded as Mercedes explained her friendship with Finn. It made sense. “That’s cool though.” She grabbed the next couple of slices that they’d ordered and brought those over to the table before grabbing one of the seats. “Finn, remind me that I owe you… something. I’m not sure what, but I need to make us even again.” Santana smiled over at the only guy in their group.

Brittany grabbed her two slices of pizza and walked over to the table to join everyone. Before she sat down she kissed Finn on the tip of his nose and smiled. “Thanks Finn. Free food is my favorite type of food. You're the best.” Brittany looked around the table making sure no one’s pizza looked more appealing than hers. When she was satisfied she picked up her slice of pepperoni, folded it in half and took a big bite.

“You don’t owe me anything,” he assured Santana. Even if she tried to pay him back he wouldn’t take it. It wasn’t because he wanted her to owe him a favor or anything. He didn’t like that kind of stuff. He was treating everyone to pizza, not just Santana. He took the plate from Mercedes and his ard, then slipped it back into his wallet before eagerly biting into his slice.

After getting her own pizza, Mercedes joined the group. She smiled when she heard Finn’s response to Santana, she wasn’t surprised by his words, that was just the kind of guy Finn was as a person. He didn’t do things for payback or to hold it over your head, he did it because he wanted to. “I think even Puck would be jealous of you right now, surrounded by a bevvy of hot chicks, and you didn’t have to spit some lame pick-up line.” She said with a laugh before taking a bite of her pizza.

She wanted to argue with what Finn said, but she let it go for now. She simply made a mental note to get him something in the future. “Though I’m dying to hear your best pick-up lines,” Santana added to what Mercedes had said. Some of them were pretty funny and she felt like Finn was the type of guy to know them, but not really use them. She picked up her slice of pizza, folded it over, and then started to eat along with the rest of them.

Brittany’s ears perked up again at the words ‘pick-up lines’. “Oooo that would be a fun game. Best and worst pick up lines in your repertoire. Let’s play. I’ll go first. Okay so my best pick up line. ‘Hey’” She followed with a wink to the group. “Works every time. Oh and my best worst pick-up line. ‘I’ve lost my teddy bear. Can I sleep with you instead?’ It’s not mine, I plagiarized it, but sometimes it’s more true than a pick-up line.” Brittany shrugged. “Who’s next?”

Finn shrugged and shifted a little. “I don’t really use pickup lines. I didn’t know they were really a thing. I guess…’Hi, I’m Finn Hudson. What’s your name?’ has always worked for me. I don’t get turned down too often.” He glanced at Brittany then Mercedes and grinned a little, his dimples growing more pronounced.

“Now y’all don’t laugh, but I really don’t have any pick-up anything skills,” she said with a slight shrug. “Last date I went on was some meeting arranged by my manager, and that was like...almost a year ago? I mean, I would just go over and say hi if I thought a guy was interested I guess. Oh, but I did have a guy try to get my number by saying he thought I was built so fine that only he could truly appreciate all my ass. Yeah, that didn’t work.” She wrinkled her nose slightly as she remembered that encounter.

Marley sat down to eat her pizza, and she listened to the others talk, when they mentioned pick up lines, she smirked slightly to herself, giggling at the lines. “I like that one.” She told Brittany. “My ex used a pick up line.. We were like fourteen, but he asked me if heaven was missing an angel, because it was heaven on earth here.. Or something like that..” She shook her head, it was funny at the time. She laughed, and blushed at the time. “Though yeah. I wouldn’t say that one worked either. Merc.” Santana chuckled a bit at Finn’s lack of a pickup line. “Oh really now?” She wondered if she’d give in to his simple line. Probably. Her eyes grew wide as she heard that line that Mercedes had been told. “Holy shit, no way. Some guys are so fucking ballsy, it’s insane.” It was also pretty entertaining. “Someone once tried using ‘kissing burns five calories a minute, wanna workout?’ on me, but I turned them down. He was kinda gross.”

Laughing, Finn shifted in his seat. “I think that’s a great pickup line. It’s so funny. I feel like if a guy comes up to you and says a pickup line, he’s probably nervous...or he’s Puck. Like I don’t think anyone believes what they say. They’re just trying to...you know, break the ice….maybe make the girl laugh. It’s not easy to walk up to a girl and just ask for her phone number. She could think you’re ugly. She could have a boyfriend. Her boyfriend could be...like standing right there. I’m not saying guys aren’t jerks sometimes, but like sometimes we’re just nervous.”

“Aww, that was adorable,” Mercedes said in reply to Marley’s story. “Cheesy, but adorable for a teenager.” She took a sip of her water and just shook her head as she listened to Santana. “Why do they think we want to immediately make-out or have sex? I mean, can I get your name before you try and get me out my clothes? And I get being nervous, but that’s why a man should do his research before approaching a woman. Don’t stalk her, but be considerate and just be yourself. If she wants to talk more, she will let you know.” Not that Finn really needed tips or anything, it was more of a general statement.

“Yeah, like, they should just do something asking for our name. But of course guys jump to sex or something.” She shrugged her shoulders. “I don’t really care, since I either chat with them or walk away… But still.” Santana finished her slice of pizza and then grabbed a few napkins to clean up a bit. “You can usually tell when they’re nervous. It’s cute.”

Finn nodded. “That’s why I don’t use them. If I wanna break the ice, I just say hi and introduce myself and then I just make a joke.” He grinned. “I made a joke when I first met Mercedes because she scared me. She’s like crazy talented and...sassy. And when I met her, I’d heard all of this great stuff. I got her to laugh. We’ve been best friends ever since.” He paused and thought about how that hadn’t worked with Santana. “It doesn’t always work with everyone.”

Mercedes snickered as she remembered the first time she had met Finn. “You were nervous? I was the one freaking out. I don’t know about guys, but with girls, if your best friend doesn’t like the person you’re dating, things are not going to go well. So I was freaking out a bit, and then here is this redwood tree of a man cracking jokes, definitely broke the ice.” She nudged him with her elbow and smiled. “And I am not that sassy...most of the time.”

Santana smiled while she listened to Finn and Mercedes share about when they first met. Their friendship was cute. “Wait, so you guys met when you were dating his friend? And you’re still friends? That’s awesome.” Usually she lost any mutual friends when the relationship, or friends with benefits agreement, was over. It was a little awkward when Finn mentioned his jokes didn’t work with anyone. The two of them had had a rough start.

“Well yeah, of course, just because she’s not dating S-my friend anymore doesn’t mean that I didn’t want to be her friend anymore. We hung out all of the time for like two years straight. I’d miss her way too much,” he said truthfully. “Plus, how often do you meet a girl that likes nerdy stuff, can game, and is really funny? Most girls are annoyed when I wanna go see Marvel movies. Mercedes usually has tickets before I do.”

“Finn is just, he’s such a sweet guy, it was easy to be around him and we always had fun. And yes, me being a nerd didn’t hurt either. I blame that on my older brother by the way,” she said with a laugh before a face became more somber. “We didn’t hang out as much for awhile, mostly because I needed time after things went to hell. I did that whole throw yourself into work after a breakup thing, but he was patient and never made me feel bad about it.” She finished her pizza, and took a deep breath, noticing Finn had stopped himself from mentioning his friend by name.

“You guys seem like you’d make a really good couple… You’ve really never tried or thought about it before?” The way they talked about each other seemed to be something that she’d never experienced before… without something on the side. Santana looked between the two of them, eyebrow raised. Now she was curious to know about their past, and to find out who Mercedes’ ex was.

Finn shook his head. “No way, it’s not like that. I mean, it’s not that I don’t think Mercedes is hot. She is, but we’re just like I don’t wanna say brother and sister because I just said she was hot, but maybe like...adopted cousins or something.” He’d never even considered it. Plus, even though he knew it would never happen, he’d always hoped that Mercedes would get back with Sam. He knew why it would never happen, didn’t blame Mercedes one bit for not wanting it, but he still hoped.

“Oh no. I mean, Finn is very handsome and sweet, but that would be way too weird.” She said with a soft laugh. “He’s definitely more like extended family. A play cousin. Twice removed.” And as much as she hated to admit, she would never do that to him. “Plus, he has his eyes on someone else, and I’ve gotta make sure she meets the Mercedes lady friend test, when it’s time.” She winked at Finn.

Santana nodded along as they explained it a bit more. “I guess that makes sense. Some people just don’t really click on a physical level or whatever.” For something to do, she leaned back against her seat and ran her fingers through her hair. “So... “ She wasn’t sure what to talk about, and she felt like it was going in a weird direction.

“So...somebody else talk. I feel bad like we took over the whole conversation. Didn’t meant to.” He scratched the back of his neck. “This pizza is awesome, by the way.” He glanced at Marley. “Marley, you used to live here in New York, right? Are you going to do anything special while you’re here?”

Mercedes nodded her head eagerly. “Yes please, someone else talk. Now that y’all know way more about the two of us than you ever wanted to know.” She definitely didn’t want to be a conversation hog. One good thing, Santana and Finn seemed way more friendly to each other than they had been at the movies. Hopefully that would continue, she liked Santana. She liked Brittany and Marley too, which eased her mind so much. Last time she was on a show with a lot of girls, it got really nasty really fast. Competition brought out the ugly in people.

Marley glanced back and forth between the conversation, piping in occasionally as she ate/picked at her pizza. She dazed out for a moment, when Finn mentioned her living here. Smiling at him, she nodded her head. “Yeah, I am going to go see Amelie the musical with some friends, and grabbing drinks.” She said, she kind of missed New York, though LA was great too. She looked over at Marley as the conversation turned to her and the city. “Are you from here? Or did you just move recently for work stuff?” Santana realized that she didn’t actually know too much about her new friends. Maybe she should do some research on their past roles and stuff. “Let me know if Amelie’s amazing. I wanted to go, but I just didn’t have the time and shit.”

Finn was content to stay quiet and let everyone else around him talk. He knew Santana didn’t really like him. So she was probably ready for him to shut up. So he took the opportunity to stuff his face full of delicious pizza.

Mercedes listened as the other girls talked, not wanting to jump in seeing as she had talked forever already. She occasionally looked over at Finn, biting her lower lip slightly to keep from giggling as he immersed himself in his tasty pizza.

:Oh? No, I moved here when I was seventeen. I was on Broadway.. Well.. off Broadway. I’m originally from Colorado, but I moved here at seventeen.” She felt like that was ages ago, and now look at her. “But I kind of consider New York my home at this point.” Santana smiled as Marley mentioned considering New York her home. “I get that. I actually grew up a bit outside of the city… So it would’ve been cool if we grew up near each other.” She felt weird talking about her actual home considering her current relationship with her parents, but it was all still true.

“I think Rachel’s from here too. I think that’s what she said. I know she lived here before the show. She was actually in a show after we wrapped the pilot. I can’t remember the name right now.” He felt bad. He wished he could’ve seen her in it. He bet she was really good in it.

She thought it was neat how people from all over could meet, and then find out they were from the same state or close by. “New York City must’ve been a big change from Colorado I imagine?” She asked Marley.

“Really? That is pretty cool. It would have been interesting if we met before.” Picking a piece of bacon, she nodded her head. “Oh it was, I knew I wanted to live in New York City since I was five years old, so it was kind of a natural progress from there, but when I first got here, I was pretty surprise. It’s huge, but I made friends, and it slowly became home, you know?” “Oh yeah, it was something about apples,” she mentioned when Finn brought up the show Rachel was in. “I don’t remember the name either.” Santana waited for Marley to be finished talking about New York before turning to look at the other girl, a slight tilt to her head. “You still upset about earlier?” She noticed that Marley was picking more than eating.

Mercedes had missed out on a lot of information having come after everyone else had met and done table reads and filmed the pilot, so she couldn’t comment on what show they were talking about, but she did pick up on Santana asking Marley about earlier. She didn’t want to make the girl feel uncomfortable, so she focused her attention on Finn so Marley wouldn’t feel like all eyes were on her. “So are you two going to find some non-work related time to hang out while you’re here?” She asked him quietly.

“Apples?” Marley asked, trying to figure out what show it was, but hadn’t a clue. Glancing up at Santana, Marley shook her head. “No, I’m fine. Just not that hungry.” She admitted, glancing over at Mercedes, and silently thanking her for changing the subject. “You should do some tourist stuff. I always liked doing that when I wanted to kill time, but didn’t know what to do.” Santana accepted Marley’s answer. It was completely understandable. She instead turned her attention back on the current topic. “It’s always fun to just walk around the city and check out the different shops and odd shit you discover. There’s no way you’d get bored since you can’t explore the entire city in just a few days.”

“Um...that’s the plan.” He didn’t want to get too much into what he and Rachel had planned with like Marley, Santana, and Brittany there. “But I’m not going to that many parties. So I have a lot of time to just go out and explore. I really wanna go to the Empire State Building. Oh and I heard there’s a restaurant that makes like all this chocolate stuff. So I’m gonna check that out too.”

“You must know of some really awesome clubs around here,” Mercedes said to Santana. “Not all the frufru ones that are lined with pretty people that just stand around and wait to be seen. Actual dance clubs?” She definitely wanted to hit one of those up if time allowed. “Gotta find a man that can keep up with me on the dance floor.” She was mostly joking about that part.

“Max Brenner is the chocolate bar… Unless you meant a different one?” She smiled over at Finn and then back to Mercedes. “I really like Stage 48 for the dance vibes. Although it might be tough to find a guy that can keep up with you. You’re just the best.” Santana laughed a little bit. “Feeling more Latin dancey, I’d say go to Bembe. It’s pretty lit.”

“See, I really like you, you must stay always,” Mercedes laughed. “I will definitely check them out if I can. Heaven knows I haven’t found one yet, but sometimes looking is part of the fun.” She just loved to dance, and it’s always good to share similar activities with someone you’re interested in. “What are you going to try and do while we’re here?”

Santana laughed at that. “I try my best.” Maybe she’d try to head to one of the clubs before they left too. They were always a good time, and it seemed like they’d be a lot of fun with Mercedes. “I’m not actually sure. Probably just catch up with some old friends and hit up as many old spots as I can. What about you?”

“I’m going to dance. Not just in a club. I have a friend who runs a dance studio and I'm going to teach a class at the butt crack of dawn.” That was actually one of the things Brittany was most excited about surprising some tiny humans and teaching them a few things. “I’m always up for a club or a bar though. Night time in NYC is the best time. So take me with you when you are looking for your dancing man who can keep up with. I promise not to cock block” Brittany beamed before taking another bite of food.

“Clubs aren’t really my thing because I can’t dance...like at all. Mercedes tried to teach me once, and I’m pretty sure that I stepped on her feet like ten times. So I think I should probably not dance,” Finn said with a sheepish grin.

“That would be fun, a ladies night out.” She laughed at the cock block comment. “Girl please, if we’re out on the dance floor guys will be too busy staring.” She patted Finn’s shoulder. “Seven, but who’s counting?” She teased. “But you have other awesome qualities, so not being the next Michael Flatley isn’t that big a deal. She did date Sam afterall, and he was strictly a two-step guy, but at least he was on the beat. “Think we can get the other girls in on the idea?”

“A girls night out sounds perfect,” she agreed. “I’m sure the others will be down to go too. If not, then they’re boring and we don’t want them out with us anyway.” Santana shrugged a shoulder at that. She knew she might not be the best of friends with the entire cast and she’d accepted that. “I’m sure I’d be able to help you though, Finn. I’ve taught some pretty stiff guys at the club.”

“You can come to my class if you want. If you don't mind waking up before the sun does. Is just going to be 7 - 12 year olds and they still probably dance better than you, but we’d all help you and then you’d be Savion Glover’ing it up in no time. But only if you want, if you don't really like dancing that's okay too.” Brittany honestly loved teaching people to dance. Something magical happened when someone could do something that they couldn't do before, and she helped make that happen for people. She was a dance wizard without a wand. She also hated feeling pressured to do or be something she didn't want so even though it would be weird to not want to dance weird was okay too. “Girls night! Ow ow! Everyone should come even the guys.”

He was surprised by Santana and Brittany’s offers, especially Santana's, but he smiled graciously. “Thanks for the offers, but I think like I'm more of a barely move my feet, tiny-dancing kind of guy. And I'm okay with that! Honest engine, I only care about having rhythm when it comes to drumming, and I'm really good at drumming.”

She smiled as she listened to Brittany talk about dancing and teaching the little ones. It was so nice to see someone who truly had a passion for something they loved, and it was clear she had that for dancing. “He is an amazing drummer. I’m surprised he hasn’t gotten snatched up by a band yet.” She didn’t meant to, but she almost giggle-snorted with Santana’s comment. “Girl you messy, but you’re not wrong.”

Santana nodded in Finn’s direction. “That’s totally fine… Though I’m pretty curious as to what tiny dancing actually is.” With that she laughed a little bit. She leaned towards the table a little bit, scrunching up her nose when Mercedes mentioned what she had said. “Hey, I say my shit straight up.” She also was a little curious about Finn’s drumming talent, drummers were pretty hot, but she kept the part to herself.

“Here. I’ll show you,” Finn said easily. He picked up his napkin and wiped at his hands and mouth before he sat back and started moving his shoulders in very small, isolated motions. He added his fingers in, keeping the movements as small as possible like he was listening to the best song ever. He grinned at the girls and then stopped dancing. “That’s how you tiny dance.”

Mercedes respected Santana’s reply and take on things. She imagined it ruffled feathers at times, but that was on the person receiving the end result not the person saying it. When she saw Finn getting prepared for his trademark moves she just shook her head and grinned. He was an adorable tree, just like Groot. “It’s even more impressive when music is playing and lights to emphasize the movements.”

Marley glanced back and forth between them, taking a sip of her water, and just enjoying the company. When Finn began dancing, she giggled. “Sorry, I never heard it called tiny dancing.” She smiled, leaning back in her chair. “We did a lot of dancing on stage. Everything had to be in sync, so it was kind of insane, but I did ballet for years, so it kind of prepares you for that.” She bit her lip while she watched Finn demonstrate his dance. “That was truly amazing,” she told him. It oddly fit who he was in a good way. Santana furrowed her eyebrows and looked over at Marley. “What show were you in again?” As her new friend, and co-star, she should probably know that already, but she wasn’t sure.

“Thank you, Santana. Those were some of my best movies,” he bragged with a little chuckle. “See? I’m the best at tiny-dancing. It’s really...my thing besides drumming. I hope I get to drum on the show. I am playing a musician kind of.”

“Speaking of the show, we should probably head back to the hotel and check our schedules for tomorrow’s events.” She frowned slightly. “I don’t want to have my phone blowing up to be ready for something when I thought I could sleep in.” That would ruin most of her day.

Glancing over at Santana, Marley brushed back her hair. “I was on Dear Evan Hansen, when it was off Broadway.” Marley said quietly. “You’re a really good drummer, Finn. I guess it makes up for the dancing.” She teased. Looking over at Mercedes, she nodded. “Yeah, we probably should.” Santana looked over in Finn’s direction, head tilted slightly. “I need to hear you play the drums some day. Everyone else seems to know how amazing you are.” At the suggestion of heading back, she nodded and started gathering their trash together. “We should. I hope we don’t have anything too early…”

“I don’t have any drums here, but I have some back in California. So maybe you can come hang out, and I’ll play for you. Everyone can come over and just hang.” He didn’t want it to make it sound like he was only inviting Santana over.

Helping gather the remaining trash as well, she smiled as she heard Finn. She liked seeing him social and making friends, especially with Santana. She wasn’t too sure what had caused things to be so at odds before, but they seemed to be getting along well now. “Same here, this girl needs her beauty rest.” She laughed.

“Sounds like a plan,” she told Finn. Hopefully this meant that they were on the road to an actual friendship. Santana laughed, agreeing with Mercedes. “Me too. I’m not a good morning person.” She helped the group throw out their garbage and then headed for the door, holding it open for the rest of her friends.

Marley grinned, her head nodding as she got up, and grabbed her things. Heading to the door, she looked over at Finn. “That sounds like a plan! I’d love to hear you play!”

Finn followed behind the girls, happy they had plans for when the returned to the other coast. “Santana, are you still having your pilot party?” He hadn’t told her if he was going yet, but he’d decided he’d go when Rachel said she was.

Mercedes walked with the others as they headed back to the hotel, glad that she had taken up Finn’s offer. Brittany was the most adorable woman she had ever met. Marley seemed pretty quiet and reserved, but nice. And Santana was definitely someone she could see herself chilling with during set downtimes. She hadn’t met everyone officially yet, but so far, she was super happy.

Santana walked along with the small group. “Of course I am. I think it’ll be fun for all of us to watch it together.” Plus it was just a good reason to have a good time with some pretty decent people.

Brittany was glad for this pizza outing. She assumed most of the week would be all glam and smiling for cameras and answering work questions, so it was nice that they got to spend some time just being themselves. What placed her hands on Santana's shoulders and bounced on her heels as they walked out. “Alright, now which one of you is buying me ice cream?”

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Seven Negatives of Marco Island Real Estate and how It is possible to Workaround It.

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Hong Kong Plugs Property Tax Loophole Amid Home-Buying Spree

Bloomberg) — Hong Kong’s authorities tightened property regulations for the second one time because November to shut a loophole that allowed traders to snap up more than one units in a single shot to qualify for lower tax costs. Below the new guidelines, first-time domestic consumers obtaining more than one belongings in a single settlement will be charged the same 15 percentage stamp obligation that applies to purchases of 2d belonging, as opposed to the four.25 percentage duty for first-time customers. The exchange introduced past due Tuesday by using Hong Kong’s Leader Government Leung Chun-Ying, took impact in the dark.

“Although buying more than one flats in a single settlement account for a small share of residential rental transactions, there’s an important growing fashion,” Leung stated at a briefing on Tuesday. “This doesn’t handiest go in opposition to the government’s aim to clamp down investor call for, through the new stamp duty,

It additionally fuels the property marketplace sentiment.

Hong Kong’s leaders are seeking to cope with a gap that allowed the richest buyers to take advantage of policies supposed to assist first-time domestic customers, as they face rising discontent over wealth inequality and skyrocketing housing costs. The preceding try and rein in the marketplace in November did little to cool call for, with prices putting new data this year within the global’s least lower priced market. Humans have additionally been able to locate prison methods across the restrictions, with a few buying several units at the equal time so they could nonetheless qualify for lower tax fees. “the brand new degree will make it fairer for shoppers of single belonging,” Willy Liu, a director at Ricacorp Houses Ltd., said in an email. Little Impact

Where to Buy Video Games in Hong Kong

While visitors go to Hong Kong, maximum start considering what they want to shop for before they even attain the city. Purchasing is anywhere in Hong Kong, and pretty frequently the price of what you are searching out is less expensive here than in your property u. S ..

One of the most commonplace questions I see at the net approximately Hong Kong Shopping is “In which am I able to purchase video games in Hong Kong?” That’s a very good query, and I’ll provide an explanation for why.

In case you’ve ever been to Hong Kong, there are no shops like Wal-Mart or Gamestop that have massive displays of video games on the market. And If you go to a massive mall, like Cityplaza, Pacific Vicinity, or Instances Square, you probably might not discover a keep promoting video games in there both. You may get lucky and find games in someplace like Toys R Us, but they will be on the market in the complete charge.

After looking around for some time,

Site visitors would possibly wonder how a town well-known for cheap electronics has very few places to shop for video games. Even street markets do not sell video games.

If you’re looking to shop for video games, consoles, peripherals, or electronic devices in Hong Kong, you need to visit the Wan Chai District on Hong Kong Island. right here you’ll find a mall called the Oriental 188 Purchasing Centre.

The Oriental 188 Purchasing Centre is a shopping center devoted to video games, movies, anime, toys, electronic gadgets, and all form of other sweets.

The mall itself is quite small while you evaluate it to other department stores in Hong Kong. The hallways are slender and stores are crammed into the constrained area inside. The shops consist of usually independent keep proprietors who promote any of the objects listed above. The costs inside these stores are less expensive than what you will find at chain electronics shops like Broadway and Fort. And charges for games are inexpensive right here than what you’ll locate them for in stores in Hong Kong that sell video games.

There are some things you need to understand While buying video games in Hong Kong.

And due to the fact that most store owners on the Oriental 188 Buying Centre do not talk English, you will want to understand this stuff before you go.

1. A few video games consoles have region locks on them. Meaning you can not play video games from Asia on a North American or Eu online game console. these consoles include Nintendo Wii, Nintendo 3DS, and XBOX 360.

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three. Attending to the Oriental 188 Purchasing Centre may be a chunk difficult since the MTR does not forestall everywhere near this mall. The exceptional way to get here is by way of the bus. Look for a bus that stops at 298 Hennessey Street (at Kwong Sang Hong Building) or Wan Chai Avenue and Heard road.

4. A PC shopping center, known as 298 PC Region,

Is located in the same Building as Oriental 188 Purchasing Centre. In case you’re looking for PC merchandise, provide 298 computer Region a glance. You might not stroll very a ways in any respect.

five. This mall is packed with young people on the weekends. Go to 188 on a weekday to keep away from massive crowds of humans.

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How the Foreclosure Cleanup Industry Has Changed: A New Property Preservation Model

The field offerings industry, that’s typically referred to as the “property upkeep”, “foreclosure cleanup” or “REO trash out” enterprise, has modified appreciably over time.

When the loan crisis and eventual housing fiasco first seized the actual property enterprise, a wonderful quantity of smaller foreclosure contractors entered the marketplace. A lot of those micro corporations carried out diverse mortgage discipline offerings duties for lenders, banks, monetary institutions, REO conglomerates and asset control agencies in hamlets and various regions throughout the united states of The USA.

A ton of large, country-wide entities had been also part of the panorama that became fast turning into a burgeoning property preservation enterprise.

A wonderful Many of the larger entities which include those of Pemco, Sentinel, Cyprexx, Protect, Chronos Answers (formerly referred to as Matt Martin actual estate control), and an excellent quantity of comparable organizations, had been direct, first-hand additives of HUD (“the united states Branch of Housing and urban Improvement”).

those large agencies hired smaller particles elimination, cleansing and trash out offerings as subcontractors to handle obligations consisting of garden maintenance, assets securing (boarding doors/windows), belongings inspecting, trash/particles elimination, winterization and de-winterization jobs, upkeep, lock modifications, domestic preservation, portray, carpet removal, gutter cleaning, strain washing, tree elimination and plenty of comparable belongings maintenance and preservation duties.

Services had been regularly carried out on vacant houses, A lot of which mortgagees had walked away from upon getting foreclosures letters from their loan groups.

Multiple Subbing Possibilities, Jobs, and Contracts for REO Carrier Vendors

Contracts and paintings order requests were obtained in numbers, and lots of small companies needed to rush to hire subcontractors to assist with the overflow.

As a result, these smaller contractors made a ton of cash within the assets renovation and foreclosures cleaning industry at the peak of the mortgage disaster.

A Changing belongings maintenance enterprise

However, speedy-ahead 5 to seven years, and it is evident the industry has changed, exponentially.

The brand new Trashout Business, foreclosures cleansing services and REO property preservation Version

The Truth About Betting Loopholes

There are dozens of websites advertising and marketing ‘top-mystery betting loopholes’ which might be promised to make all people an on the spot millionaire. Of direction, everyone would love to easily earn gazillions from bookmakers, but the not unusual experience tells us that there should be something incorrect with such claims.

In the end, if there clearly become a relatively worthwhile playing loophole, why would someone try and cheaply sell it to you? They might instead take benefit of the loophole themselves, hoping that no one else will discover it. Therefore everyone who claims to have a mystery loophole with the intention to make you big sums right away is definitely just trying to deceive you.

That, however, does now not suggest that there aren’t any worthwhile having a bet methods at all.

There are a few low-chance methods to make money from bookmakers that could be taken into consideration ‘loopholes’; however, they may be far from being secret. These two low-threat having a bet systems are arbitrage having a bet and matched making a bet.

Arbitrage betting entails setting unique bets with distinct bookmakers or with ebookmakers and having a bet exchanges in a manner that generates a assured income. This is feasible because of the differences in the odds at diverse e-bookmakers. Likely the most not unusual form of arbitrage is among e-bookmaker and a making a bet trade. If the returned odds (odds FOR the choice to win) presented by way of a e-bookmaker are larger than the lay odds (odds In opposition to the choice to win) on the change, it’s miles viable to make some money through cautiously placing both again and lay bets on the identical choice.

Lamentably arbitrage having a bet isn’t always handiest profitable

However additionally complex. Correct Arbitrage opportunities are very hard to locate and they frequently final for a totally brief time (occasionally just a few seconds). Moreover, the returns from arbitrage betting are fairly low. Even the high-quality arbitrage bets will most effective earn you a tiny percent, say two or three percentage of your stake; Therefore a large bank is needed to make any significant earnings.