Find Yourself
Ok so how did you all like the last chapter??? Anyway I am changing Krissy's audition song in this chapter to 'Big Girls Don't Cry' by Fergie. Also Finn and Sue make their first appearance in this fic… anyway still don't own either fandom though I am on a Glee-induced high right about now… anyways thanks again for reading and please feel free to review even if it's not constructive and it's simply to say hi (I'll totally say hi back)
It was her third day at McKinley and she thought things were definitely going better then she had ever expected. And yet she was as nervous as sin about glee auditions that afternoon especially since she had changed her song choice at the last moment to Big Girls Don't Cry, by Fergie much to Kurt's delight.
Heading to her locker she noticed she had received a text message from her older brother Michael and so after putting her stuff up she ducked into the girls room.
Need Rescuing? Her brother wrote to which she responded back: I'm Cool.
Placing her cell in her bag she looked into a mirror to fix her hair when she heard a familiar voice from behind her.
"I got good news," Mercedes said from behind her.
Kristina turned around to her friend and let out a sigh.
"Please tell me I'm the only one who signed up for the open slot and I'm in glee by default."
The other girl shook her head.
"Shockingly there are two other sign ups besides you, but just between us girls you have my vote."
Kristina smiled thinking that was three and wondered how many she needed to have the majority.
"So then, the news."
She nodded.
"Kurt wanted me to tell you that the music room was available during our lunch hour so you can rehearse…," she paused, "and if you need an audience we'd all be glad to come and watch you."
Kristina smiled.
As much as she'd like an audience she really didn't think it would be fair to the other girls if Mercedes, Kurt, Tina, and Artie, four of the twelve judges saw her ahead of time. She already felt a tinge of favoritism over the fact that Kurt helped her pick out a song though she would never mention it.
"And ruin the surprise," she said shaking her head to Mercedes.
"True, well then I'll see you this afternoon."
Kristina nodded as the two friends headed to their separate homerooms.
Entering the science lab Kristina was excited to tell her lab partner all about how she had decided to join glee not that the jock would care she suspected. Though he did bring up the open spot the day before which seemed odd…
Sucking in a deep breath she looked over to their table, which was empty.
"Maybe he's late," she thought to herself as she began to drum her nails on the lab table in the tune her song.
The bell rang and Noah Puckerman was no place to be seen.
Hoping she didn't scare him away she flipped open her book to listen to that days lecture.
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Walking down the hallway toward study hall that afternoon he had allot going on in his mind. He silently was contemplating weather or not it was time to stop holding his grudge over his ex girlfriend and ex best friend for what they did to him as well as thinking about the audition that afternoon and the impact it would have on the dynamic of the club. It was then that he heard a sirens song coming from the music room.
The smell of your skin lingers on me now
You're probably on your flight back to your hometown
I need some shelter of my own protection baby
To be with myself instead of calamity
Peace, Serenity
As he got closer to the room there was two things Finn Hudson was sure of. One was that this girl would win over the spot that had been created when Quinn decided to step down, at least from performing due to her condition. The second thing was that this was how he assumed Mr. Schuster felt when he had discovered him singing in the locker room back at the beginning of the school year.
It was then from the corner of his eye that he spotted Miss Sylvester entering the music room with her game face on and a third thing became apparent. This mystery singer was in need of a white knight and fast.
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I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, Myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I've got to get a move on with my life
Its time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry…
Dancing around the music room Kristina felt like a totally different person which was most defiantly a good thing however soon her blissful moment was tarnished when her music suddenly stopped.
Looking over to the woman who was hovering over her CD player with an evil glint in her eyes Kristina thought 'memo to Kate Howard, the Devil doesn't wear Prada she wears track suits.'
"Excuse me," the older woman whom Kristina had recognized as the school's cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester spoke without breaking her game face, "what are you doing lollygagging around when you should be in class."
"It's my lunch hour," Kristina simply said while Sue rolled her eyes.
"That's no excuse for breaking and entering into classrooms."
"I didn't break and enter I had permission…"
Sue cut her off and as she tensed up waiting to here what the coach said next she was surprised as another student entered the room holding up a piece of paper.
"Kristina I'm sorry," he said waving the paper before eyeing the older woman.
Kristina was yet again intrigued by this tall young man who somehow knew her name and seemed to be helping her or something.
"Your in on this Hudson," Sue asked in a rhetorical nature as the young man handed her what appeared to be a note. She stood there reading the note for a good few minutes before looking from the young girl to the guy then back to the girl with a scowl on her face. "Tell Schuster not to go and make a habit of this."
And with that she was gone but the young man still remained causing Kristina to eye him while he eyed her back.
After standing in a silent eye lock for a few moments Kristina was the one to speak up first.
"How did you know my name."
Picking up the letter that Sue had dropped he handed it to her.
The letter had read that Kristina Davis and Finn Hudson had permission to use the music room…
"I saw Miss Sylvester coming and I knew I had to do something so I went to Mr. Schuster's room and told him there was a young girl in the music room singing and I guess he knew it was you cause he wrote this."
Kristina smiled, flatted that the young Spanish teacher she only knew by reputation already knew who she was.
Letting out a small laugh she began to walk back over to her CD player.
"Do you always make it a habit to save damsels in distress Finn?"
He couldn't tell if she was flirting with him or not and he wondered if it would be right to flirt back especially because he was in the beginnings of a relationship with Rachel and he didn't want a love triangle to transpire especially when he knew Rachel would dislike the fact that Kristina was such a good singer.
Smiling back at her he shrugged.
"Only the ones who sing as good as you do."
She let out a small giggle while wondering if he was smacking himself for being uber cheesy with that rebuttal.
"Anyway, do you want to continue," he asked.
Kristina looked at the clock on the wall before pondering.
Sure she could rehearse the song at least one more time but did she want an audience especially someone who she assumed was in glee.
"I think I'm good," she said.
She watched as he nodded.
"Well then what about lunch."
"I think it's too late for me to have lunch."
"Oh," he said momentarily forgetting that while he had study hall that period it was actually Kristina's lunch hour, "well then if you don't have time for a full lunch how about a vending run."
Kristina smiled accepting this offer and soon Finn was popping quarters into the school's vending machines and handing Kristina a Snickers Bar and a bottle of water.
"Thanks," she spoke taking a sip of her drink as the bell rang.
"No problem, anyways I'll see you this afternoon."
"It's a date," Kristina spoke as she headed to her next class.
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"No Krissy, no," Kurt's voice gently spoke as they sat together in their Lit class during the final period of that day.
Looking from the clock on the wall back over to her friend she simply nodded.
"Yes, he saw Miss Sylvester coming into the room and so he personally went to Mr. Schuster to get a note. I really don't know if that was romantic or stalkerish."
"Stalkerish," Kurt said without a second thought, "definitely stalkerish."
Kristina noted a subtle hint of resentment in her best friends voice and instantly put two and two together though she decided to torture Kurt instead.
"Stalkerish he may be but Finn Hudson's kind of cute, I mean not in the broody and mysterious way that Noah is but still rather intriguing don't you think."
Kurt was about to open his mouth when Kristina smiled and continued.
"You have a crush on Finn Hudson don't you," she spoke now in a whisper.
Kurt just flashed her a look as to silently tell her tell her that yes he did like him before she spoke yet again.
"Anyway IF I was to pursue a relationship at this juncture I'd probably ask Artie out I mean you did say he liked me and all right."
Kurt nodded thinking that if there was any guy at this school beside himself that he would trust with Kristina after she had told him all about the whole Kiefer incident then that was Artie Abrams.
As the bell finally rang Kristina told Kurt that she would meet him in the music room as she wanted to drop her books off at her locker and go into the ladies room to freshen up her make up before her big debut.
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TBC
I know it was a cliffy but I just wanted to make an update. Anyway I have a few plotlines post-Krissy's audition though I always love to see what ideas you guys have so feel free to drop them in a review.