Love Will Find Away

So my muse is still sucking when it comes to what I want to do to bridge the plot points in my head but hey… in my own little corner in my own little head cannon I live in bliss….far from the irksomeness that is Bartie and the annoyance that is Brenda Barrett….anyway I do somewhat foreshadow things this chapter so there you go….still don't own the fandoms but angsting aside loved Kevin's MJ covers in 2x11 and 2x12 respectivly

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The sound of her cell phone buzzed on the nightstand of her suite causing her to sigh. By now most of the gang had dispersed either going back to their respective school for summer classes or heading off on a summer adventure however the small smattering of the group that was still in the city was attending an impromptu brunch set up by Mike god knew when to celebrate his engagement to Mercedes.

"Hello," Kristina said into the receiver wishing she could of gotten actual sleep that evening instead of replaying the magical night she had with her former ex over in her mind like an old movie on a loop.

"Kris, please tell me your not shirking on your best person priorities already cause Matt and Tina are here and they'd gladly step in," Mike's voice spoke in her ear.

"I'm on my way down now, I just set my alarm to PM instead of AM and so I'm a little behind."

Mike accepted her excuse and promptly hung up and true to her word less then five minutes later Kristina arrived in the hotel's restaurant for brunch.

"So, was Blaine wearing your sunglasses the other day or did you steal them from him?" Finn ever so tactfully asked as he pointed to the pink sunglasses that covered her eyes.

"Nope, they are Blaine's," Kristina replied flipping them up to rest on her head, "but they look much better on me no?"

Finn began to open his mouth when Tina softly whispered in his ear that their friends question was rhetorical to which Finn promptly whispered back an inquiry as to what rhetorical meant.

"So, I know I helped Mike pick it out but let me see the rock."

Mercedes held out her hand to show Kristina, a perma-grin on her lips.

"So, now that the princess has arrived," Kurt said glaring at his step-sister and flashing her a sweet smirk, "will you tell us how did Casanova over here propose to you?"

A smile began to cross Mercedes' lips as ring hand still proudly displayed she began to tell Kurt about it….

As Mercedes was telling her story Kristina's cell phone suddenly vibrated again and as she looked around the table at the small group gathered she wondered who was on the other end.

Picking up her phone she noticed the screen said one new text: ARTIE ABRAMS

She wondered if maybe she shouldn't of added his name back into her phone them keeping things secret and all but she shook the thought out of her mind and looked at the text:

Had fun last night, can't wait to see you again XoXo-A

A smile crossed her lips as she swiftly texted back:

Can't wait to see you again either-XoXo-K

"Kristina? Are you listening?" Mercedes asked with a Divia-licious look in her eye.

"Yes, Mike rented out a hot dog stand for a romantic dinner then took you on a moonlit carriage ride."

Mercedes just smiled and nodded affirming her friend was listening.

"Anyway not to steal your spotlight Cedes but if Mike here didn't give me but a moments notice as to the time of his proposal I would of suggested that he follow my dad's modus operandi."

"Modus operandi?" Kurt questioned as he gently ran his fingers through his hair.

"It means mode of operation," Tina said with a smile pleased with herself over her knowledge of Latin terminology.

"I know that's what it means Tina," Kurt said smiling at his friend, " I am fluent in Latin after all, not I was just trying to figure out if Kristina here was referring to OUR dad or to her Biological one because as much as I love my old man romanticism isn't his strong suit."

Kristina nodded in agreement when thinking about Burt and how most of his moves in courting her mom came from the mouths and minds of Kurt and her kid sister Molly.

"Sonny," she said with a smile and before waiting to hear if her friends wanted her to go on or not she simply continued, "you see he'd whisk his lady of the moment off to his private island where she'd promptly enter his hotel and find an evening gown in just her size waiting for her, then slipping the gown on my dad would lead her to the casino where she'd beat the house each and every time."

"And that actually worked?" Finn asked raising his eyebrow.

"I assume it did, I mean why else would he keep doing it?"

"Setting himself up for failure?" Kurt suggested while Mercedes turned to smile at her fiancé.

"It doesn't matter if it worked or if it didn't, I wouldn't change a thing about the way Mike proposed to me."

Leaning over Mike kissed her cheek while Matt spoke up.

"So, did you two set a date yet?"

Mercedes and Mike looked at one another and shook their heads as they began to ramble on about baby steps and Kristina began to look at her cell phone where another message from Artie had just arrived.

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Looking up from the reply that Kristina recently sent him he cracked open to the door of his dorm where he was still living with Nate as both boys were taking summer credits and decided to not mess with a good rooming situation if they didn't have to.

"Nate, I'm back are you here…."

Leaning over her began to respond to Kristina as a light bout of giggles filled the air causing Artie to let out a little laugh.

"Or maybe I should be asking are you decent," he yelled trying to repress his own laughter as seconds later Nate along with Cassie entered the common area fully clothed.

"What are you doing back so soon Abrams, operation sweep her off her feet didn't go so well."

"You guys seriously aren't calling it that are you?" Cassie said.

Choosing to ignore his roommate's girlfriend a huge smile crossed Artie's lips as he dropped himself onto the couch.

"No, it worked."

A huge smile crossed Nate's face as he reached over to slap Artie face.

"First of all you know I want all the details and secondly why the hell aren't you still in New York making up for lost time."

"I promise I'll give you the details and the reason I'm not there still is partly because we plan to keep things on the DL and partly because I've got a killer exam tomorrow that I can't afford to skip."

"Gotcha," Nate said giving Artie a mock salute as the sound of an incoming message rang out from Artie's phone, "I take it that it's a message from your lady love."

Simply nodding Artie continued to text back to Kristina while Nate and Cassie took their leave giving him a few more words of congratulations as they walked out the door.

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As Brunch went on Kristina continued to put her two cents into the conversation all the while busily texting back and fourth with Artie unnoticed or so she had thought. Now back in her room stealing the sleep she lacked in receiving the night before when a knock filled the air.

"It's Kurt, can I come in?" her stepbrothers voice filled the air.

Letting out a sigh she knew she couldn't shoo him away and so a second later she opened the door, a half smile crossing her lips.

"Did I wake you up sleeping beauty."

"Kind of but it's all right, anyway to what do I owe this visit, are you here as my brother or are you in full blown wedding planner mode."

"You know it's never to early to start on the preparations and as soon as those two set a date I can begin to toss around color schemes which reminds me, as Mike's best person are you aiming for a classic bridesmaid look or…."

He paused letting out a sigh knowing that his banter on bridal fashion was clearly boring her.

"Something's the matter Krissy, your expression during brunch was blanker then the time Rachel and I tried to explain to Britney that the Cats in CATS were just actors in cat-suits."

"Nothing's the matter it's just…"

"Let me guess, Blaine's got a new boyfriend and so you're worried that your cover is about to be blown?"

Letting out a laugh while shaking her head at her brother's suggestion.

"No, Blaine is still happily fake dating me."

"Well then if the constant texting wasn't about a break up…..oh my god you turned him straight Krissy."

"It had nothing to do with Blaine…." Letting out a sigh she let out a smile, if any of the members of the McKinley High class of 2012 would be non judgmental about things it would be her step brother, she just would just speak in hypothetical and if it got too far make note to withhold the whole 'walking' tidbit.

"What if I told you I ran into Artie the other day and that we went out and that maybe just maybe we are thinking about giving things another go?"

"I'd say your setting yourself up for heartache…" Kurt began before eyeing the clock in the room and clapping his hands with delight as his mood instantly shifted, "Oh my god, so I almost forgot my true motives of this little visit, TCM is about to show Sound of Music, we could put on the closed captions and have our own little sing along what do you say."

"Sure," Kristina said with a smile as she turned off her phone so that Kurt wouldn't accidentally find one of her texts while thinking to herself, 'who needs sleep anyway'.

TBC

I know short (5 pages double spaced as opposed to last chapters wapping 13 pages) and total filler but bare with me….right now my muse has 2 ideas for Artie/Krissy 'dates' one involving them either rocking out at Jakes or on a double date with Nate and Cassie and the other involving the 'island' I also plan to write an EPIC sweeps-ish scene to take place in October of November of this cannon set on Spoon Island (involving a wedding, a birth, and Artie going public)….. Right now in-verse it's June and I'm stuck on an outline which will mean sparks or not slow updates…. also I know I've been getting requests for Puckelberry scenes in this cannon so I'll try to squeeze some more of my favorite amicable exes in her somehow.