Love Will Find Away
OMG so first what about a Very Glee Christmas…. Loved it…as for cannon Krissy on the other hand… kind of want to slap her right about now…. Second, I created an 'Artie' forum in the glee section so check it out, and third, I'm still kind of lost in the pacing department but hopefully that all changes…
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"Hello, it's Quinn, I need your bad ass PI skills."
From his position in Lima, Noah Puckerman's ears perked up as sure he'd gotten his share of cases even in a small town like Lima but to hear that his ex needed his skills…well he was definitely intrigued.
"Wow cutting right to the chase, anyway so what's up…no let me guess, you think Corinthos is being unfaithful and you need me to do some recon?"
"You wish, and besides you wouldn't stand a chance against the mob."
"Ouch."
"Anyway it's got nothing to do with me and my love life which is good by the way, no it's Kristina."
"Please tell me we don't have ourselves another Kiefer situation?"
"If only, I mean that would have been less complicated."
"That bad."
Quinn nodded not that Puck could have seen her from his end.
"Artie's back," Quinn spat out.
Puck didn't see those two words coming.
"Wow, since when…and more importantly how is Krissy taking it?"
"She doesn't know," Quinn said in a rushed whisper.
"Excuse me."
"Well, he's not back back…there were letters…one slipped under the door on Valentines Day and another sent to us today."
"And you want me to trace those letters back to him."
"If you could… I mean I read those letters and he kind of wants her back."
"And you want me to see if he's sincere."
"Exactly."
"So what, do I head to Boston and see what's up."
"If it's not too much trouble….yes."
The sound of Sam and Molly's muffled voices echoed in Quinn's ear from the background ever so suddenly.
"Whatever's going on…you should."
"Go, yes, and don't worry I'll check the whole Abrams thing out."
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As he hung up the phone from Quinn, Molly's voice piped up.
"Abrams thing? Like Artie?"
"Yea, apparently he's been trying to reach out to Krissy by sending letters to her apartment."
He watched as Molly placed a hand on her heart and flashed a dreamy gaze out into space.
"I know I should hate him for what he did to toy with Krissy's emotions but he sent her love letters, that's just so….now were they typed or handwritten."
"Quinn didn't say."
"Quinn?"
"She's the one who just told me."
Molly nodded.
"Anyway love letters…so romantic…I wish I had a guy to send me love letters."
"Your still a baby."
"I'm a sophomore, when you were a sophomore you fathered my lovely little niece."
"Yes but A) you skipped a grade and B) High School guys, especially High School guys at McKinley are immature at best…I should know…I was one of them just a few years back."
Molly just rolled her eyes as Puck thought it best to change the subject.
"So, what was all that commotion with you and Sam?"
"Mom's pregnant."
Puck blinked.
"But she's."
"Old…yea Sam thought the same thing, she was all you and Burt have a grand daughter who's almost four."
Puck simply let out a chuckle.
"Age aside though I can't wait to have a little brother or sister and have already begun to compile a list of potential baby names…."
Listening to the young teen babble about names like Ophelia and Darcy his mind couldn't help but wander to Rachel and the way she used to babble all enthusiastically like this which in turn brought his mind back to Artie wondering what the man was doing at the moment and how he should go about approaching him.
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He'd finished singing his song on stage and drunk in the cheering of the crowd as he breathed out a sigh of accomplishment at performing in his first open mic performance and in that moment he knew that it wouldn't be the last.
Making his way off the stage and back to the bar where Nate and Cassie sat he tried to read the looks on his friends faces.
"I think I fell for the wrong roommate," Cassie said with a smile as she flipped back her long mass of dark hair and flirtatiously batted her eyes at Artie, "I mean you were like a rock star out there."
"Cass is right, I mean not about how she should of picked you over me because she didn't even know you existed when she fell head over heels for the Nate-ster."
"Nate-ster?"
"You don't like it?"
Artie shook his head.
"Anyway your amazing, you should seriously consider being a regular fixture here."
He wriggled his face into a pensive gaze for a moment thinking that he could definitely get used to this and if nothing else it would be a pleasant distraction to his love life or lack there of.
Now if only Kristina would respond to his letters….
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Despite the bombshell that Blaine had dropped during dinner Kristina was having the time of her life and soon as time ticked away she arrived back to the outside of her apartment, Blaine by her side smiling in her direction.
"I had a good time," Blaine said.
"Me too," Kristina replied a smile on her face before they paused to stand in silence for a moment.
"We should…"
"Do this again."
Kristina nodded as she paused to suck in a breath of air.
"Blaine I've got a crazy idea and I'd totally understand if you just want to turn and walk in the other direction."
"Try me."
"So, I know I'm not your type and all but I was wondering if well…"
"That I can pretend to be your boyfriend?"
"Like I said, crazy idea… anyway if you don't want to do that maybe we can still go out from time to times…as friends."
"I'm game for being your non boyfriend, well at least till one of us finds out Mr. Rights."
Flashing Blaine a bright smile she looked into his eyes wondering what to do next.
Should she kiss him? Hug him? What?
Watching him flash his own smile at her she could instantly tell he was just as confused as to what the next move should be as she was and so suddenly he opened his mouth to speak.
"So, see you in class?"
Kristina let out a nod as he gently tossed his arms around her before she climbed up the stairs to enter the apartment.
As Kristina entered she spotted Michael sitting on one side of the room listening to something on his headphones working on some assignment while Quinn stood in the kitchenette baking.
"Did I miss something?" Kristina asked.
Quinn noticed the brunette enter the apartment and smiled.
"Sooo how was your date with Blaine?"
"It went good."
Quinn just smiled. She was so glad to hear that and at the same time she kind of felt wary bringing up the fact that Artie was corresponding with him just after she had finally just maybe moved on. Instead she decided to keep Artie out of things at least until Puck came back with his full report on things and decided to ask:
"Do you think a second date is in the cards? Perhaps maybe you can invite him over and the four of us could hang out?"
Kristina just smiled and nodded at Quinn's comment thinking that an actual response would be rather complicated.
XXX
TBC
I know that A) this chapter was rather short compared to the others and B) it probably didn't make that much sense however like I said before I've been having pacing and timeline issues… right now it's late February/early March 2014 I'm thinking of the next chapter being a time jump and either being Regionals or an invitational McKinley where Krissy and some of the others head to Lima to support Molly (Blaine possibly will go too and meet the family) in the meantime Puck will come face to face with Artie though I don't know if Puck should see him standing at this time or not…anyway I can't believe that this Monday will mark the 1 year anniversary that I started this head cannon….crazy huh… anyways still want to do a Milo/Rachel in-verse piece as well as a few other in-verse one shots… anyway any ideas/comments/suggestions as always are welcome (Gina I promise I WILL get some more Finn/Tina interaction eventually) and once more thanks for all the reviews/alerts that this and Find Yourself have gotten this year and all the ones I hope to get in the future.