Find Yourself
Here are the next chapter guys. But before I start, even though Finn technically will not be introduced in this verse till chapter five here is a little six degrees for you guys. Cory Monteith (Finn) was on Kyle XY with Matt Dallas who was in Eastwick with Jaime Ray Newman who played Alexis's sister Kristina who Krissy in turn was named after… just something to ponder. Also the song used in the next few chapters is Remember December by Demi Lovato
Entering the Cafeteria she was instantly greeted by the waves of the close knit group of friends she made the other day and sitting her tray in the empty spot between Artie and Mercedes she took a seat, a huge smile on her face.
"Somebody's in a good mood this afternoon," Artie spoke observing the look on her face although he assumed it was do to the fact that the young brunette was smitten with Puck causing a pang of jealousy to ache in his heart.
Kristina nodded.
"I am, so you guys remember when Rachel came over the other day and informed me about the opening in New Directions."
The gang nodded.
"Well, I've been contemplating it over and…"
"Your going to do it aren't you," Mercedes spoke.
Kristina nodded.
"Yea I am."
"It's not because of…" Tina began to ask before Mercedes gently nudged her, "Never mind."
"What Tina meant was your not just doing it because we are all in Glee are you, because we don't want to pressure you or anything."
Kristina turned her head to smile at Artie thinking that was one of the sweetest things she had ever heard.
Placing a hand on the young man's shoulder she shook her head.
"No, actually quite the opposite. I am auditioning for me you know, I mean all my life I've lived by this plan. Go to school, get good grades, graduate with honors, go to Yale and become a lawyer like my mother. But now I just want to rip up the plan and toss it out the window you know, audition for Glee, and have some fun. The fact that my friends are already in the club is just an added bonus."
Artie smiled sweetly back at Kristina as Kurt spoke up.
"So, do you have an audition song picked out because song selection is everything."
She shook her head. She never thought about song selection before.
"No…is that a problem."
Kurt flashed a reassuring smile at her.
"If you didn't have friends like us that would be the kiss of death."
"But."
"But, Kristina your in luck."
Kurt paused shifting his gaze to the others at the table before continuing to speak.
"What are your plans after school."
The other three proceeded to apologize telling Kurt and Kristina that they had prior commitments.
Shrugging Kurt looked across the table to Kristina.
"Well then it's just you and me Krissy," he said, "we'll talk about logistics during Lit alright."
Kristina nodded and the gang began to chatter away about nothing and everything.
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Standing in front of McKinley Kristina looked over to her cell phone to read her mother's message telling her that it was fine that a friend took her home and that she was going to just drop Molly off before going to a meeting and she'd be home later.
Putting her phone in her pocket she began to adjust her scarf when she felt a tap on her shoulder.
Expecting to see Kurt behind her she jumped a bit when she saw another figure standing there instead.
"Kristina, hey," Rachel Berry said, "so word on the street is you are going to audition tomorrow."
Kristina nodded.
"That is correct."
She smiled.
"That is awesome, just awesome," Rachel spoke faking it as in her mind this Kristina girl was already gaining more popularity then she was and that wasn't good, "anyway so have you picked out an audition song yet because song choice is key."
Grinning Kristina nodded.
"That's what I've heard."
"So, what about it, want to come over we can talk audition music, guys that sort of thing.
'Guys' Kristina wondered, 'what guys."
"That won't be necessary Rachel," she heard Kurt's voice speak with a irritated bite to it breaking her out of her train of thought, "I've already taken Kristina under my wind as my protégé."
Rachel looked from Kurt to Kristina and simply smiled.
"Well then, see you tomorrow," she said smiling as she headed along.
When she was gone Kristina looked over to Kurt running her hands through the curls that stuck out from under her hat before letting out a warm breath.
"Before you take me home can I ask you something serious."
Kurt nodded.
"Your not using me are you."
Kurt kind of thought that this comment was out of left field before looking at things from Kristina's prospective as he assumed that Kristina thought he was using her to get to Rachel in someway.
"No, I'm not using you by any means. This is just the devilish dance that Rachel and I always waltz to."
Kristina nodded thinking that was a viable reasoning as he led her to his car.
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Standing on the Davis's he watched, as Kristina looked him in the eyes.
"I'm sorry that it's a mess," she said as he grinned.
"That's ok, you just moved in it's to be expected."
He watched as she pulled out her house key from her purse to let him in.
He was astonished to see the actual house. It wasn't messy at all except for a small pile of unpacked boxes in the corner.
"Kurt," she spoke sweetly, "do you mind if I head upstairs to drop my stuff off in my room and perhaps change into something a bit warmer and drier before we get to business."
He nodded as he began to wonder if he should head back out and grab something from his trunk for his own ensemble change.
Instead he decided upon sitting down on the couch and making observations by looking over at the pile of coffee table books.
The first book he spotted was some law book, which wasn't that out of the ordinary considering he knew that Kristina's mother was a lawyer. The next book he spotted was some coffee table book all about Greek Mythology.
Picking it up he began to flip through the brightly illustrated pages when suddenly he heard the sound of the door opening.
"Kristina," he heard a soft female voice speak up.
Putting down the book he spotted the source of the voice as a younger girl entered the room.
He watched as the girl took a step toward him and half expecting her to scream he put his hands up to cover his ears however instead he was greeted by eyes that seemed to study him intently. He now knew how Kristina must of felt the previous day being the new kid and all.
Finally after a long silence the young girl turned on her heels and headed toward the steps calling out her sister's name once more.
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"Kristina," Molly's voice shouted as she was pulling on her Yale sweatshirt on.
Opening her door she greeted her kid sister who decided to immediately barge into her room and take a seat on the edge of her bed crossing her arms.
"There is a boy downstairs."
Kristina just nodded at the obvious to let her sister continue.
"Why is there a boy downstairs Kristina, who is he, and more importantly does mom know? And this soon after the whole Kiefer thing, I mean I know I was his champion whenever Michael was trying to point out the obvious but still…"
Kristina just laughed.
"What."
"Remember yesterday at dinner I talked about how I made some new friends."
Molly nodded.
"Well the guy downstairs is Kurt, one of my new friends. Mom knows I invited a friend over Mol she just doesn't know he's a guy."
"Krissy if you're doing this to act out."
"Molly I'm not acting out, first off Kurt is gay so I doubt he's going to try to pull anything on me and second he his planning on helping me pick an audition song for tomorrow."
Molly nodded thinking that the previous night at dinner her sister also mentioned something about show choir and smiled.
"Oh my god you're actually auditioning for show choir that's so cool Kristina, your such a good singer and you deserve some fun in your life."
Kristina smiled as she had noticed between when Molly entered and now that Kurt had made his way upstairs and was now standing in her doorway smiling.
"Molly," Kristina said looking from Kurt to her sister, "this is Kurt Hummel, Kurt this is my sister…"
"Molly Lansing," Molly spoke obviously guessing that Kurt would want to know why she and her sister had different last names, "I still have my father's last name, and Kristina has mom's last name I know it's complicated."
"Not really," Kurt said causing Molly to giggle.
"You obviously have no idea do you… anyway you need to swear to me Kurt, swear that you will never let any harm come to my sister."
Kurt didn't know what this was about however he was certain that this young girl was dead serious.
"My sister's been through allot," Molly continued, "promise Kurt."
"I promise Molly."
"Cross your heart."
Motioning his hands Kurt crossed his heart.
"I cross my heart Molly, I will never let any harm come to Kristina."
Molly smiled.
"Good, now you two go about your business, do you want any snacks."
Kristina looked over to Kurt who shook his head.
"No thanks Mol."
The young girl nodded and promised them that if they needed anything they would holler.
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Taking a seat on the floor of the room Kurt looked around at the bare bones room that held all the things that made Kristina tick, well all things except for the photographs of Sonny which had been expertly hidden.
"So," Kristina started, "what kinds of music do you guys sing. God I feel like such an idiot for not asking this before."
"Your not an idiot, anyway we've got a whole range from contemporary pop numbers to the standards."
Kristina nodded.
That was definitely a wide range.
"Ok, but what would impress Mr. Schuster," she asked wishing that she took Spanish instead of French so that she could better know the man who would become her judge and jury the following afternoon.
"I think what would impress him would be you being genuine, singing from the heart. Anyway he's not the one making the finally say anyways."
Kristina swallowed a lump in her throat.
"No, he's putting it up to a club vote and I can honestly say that as long as you can carry any semblance of a tune you'll have two votes."
"Two?" Kristina asked.
"Well obviously I'm going to vote for you, and Artie is totally sweet on you."
Kristina blushed a bit.
"He is."
Kurt nodded.
"Have you seen the way he looks at you."
Kristina shrugged. She really wasn't paying too much attention.
"Wow, well I hope Artie doesn't mind that I'm not ready for a relationship this soon after…."
She paused.
"After what."
Lifting up her sweatshirt she reviled a faint yellowing bruise, the last one Kiefer had given her which was a fading reminder of her dark past.
A shiver ran down Kurt's spine, as he didn't see that coming.
"Oh my god Krissy how awful."
"No, the awful part was that I never listened to anyone, I just kept on letting him do it."
"Well you're far away from that jerk and you know I wasn't just humoring you sister when I promised that I wouldn't let harm come to you."
After sitting in a still, silent moment for a while Kristina finally got up and tossed her MP3 player over to Kurt who began to flip threw the pink contraption and roll his eyes.
"Not really that much to work with," he spoke pouting at the music she had on her play list before tossing it back to her and skimming his own MP3 player which she assumed was far more sophisticated then hers was considering she assumed he didn't have an eleven year old sister and a parent who liked to play music police.
Looking at her own MP3 again she paused at a particular song.
"I know you looked over at my play list but what about this one…"
Hooking the MP3 player up to the speakers that sat on her desk Kristina began to sing…
I feel a separation coming on
Cause I know that you once told me never not
I wish it would snow tonight
Pull me in and avoid a fight
Cause I feel
A separation coming on
Kurt listened as she sang the song with such passion and such conviction that even he for the moment forgot that it was a song from one of Disney's pop princesses of the moment.
"I like it," he said giving her a seal of approval.
"I'll put it on the short list," she replied before her sister's voice rang from the foot of the stairs.
"Kristina, mom's on her way home."
Kristina looked at Kurt who instantly read her mind.
"It's my cue to go," he said.
"Do you think Mr. Schuster would mind me using the music room during lunch to rehearse."
Kurt shook his head.
"I don't think he'd mind but you'd have to check to make sure there are no classes in there that period."
Kristina nodded thanking her friend once more before watching him head out the door.
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TBC
Ok so I am pretty much set on what I want to do in the next two chapters but after that I'm open for suggestions as though I have bunnies beyond Kristina's audition nothing is set in stone. Anyway thanks for reading and massive hugs to Gina....