Another award win under Glee's belt. Congrats on the SAG win next stop Emmy. Anyway time jumps start in this chapter and stay tuned for another note. Still don't own the fandom sadly but am eagerly counting down till April 13h.
Also when it's the duet:
Artie KristinaBoth
From the moment that Artie had left the house Kristina felt on cloud nine and couldn't wait to perform the number in front of the whole glee club. She knew that this had to wait however as her chemistry test came first.
Studying the rest of Sunday Evening she entered the school on Monday (after Kurt had picked her up again) and headed straight to the lab where Noah had been giving his own final look over his notes.
She could tell she aced the test and from the smile that crossed his lips as they left the lab she could tell he had done good too.
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Tuesday afternoon seemed to creep up on her as she exited her Lit class with Kurt.
"Kurt I hope you don't mind but I'm going to duck out to the choir room a bit early."
He flashed her a smile knowing that this was a big day for both her and his other friend as they were debuting their number to the entire club.
"No, that's fine, do you want me to go to your locker and grab your things."
Shaking her head she thanked him for the gesture but told him that her locker would be there after rehearsal.
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She had hoped that the choir room would be vacant, so that she could have a silent moment of reflection however that wasn't the case as she got closer to the room and heard the faint sounds of music being played.
Taking a step closer inside the room she spotted Finn haphazardly banging on a drum set.
Finn stopped his music and was soon greeted by Kristina's applause leading for the man to blush a bit.
"And I thought I'd be the first one here," she spoke as she watched her club mate put down his drum sticks and walk toward her shaking his head.
"Nope, but second is still good…anyways so today's the big day…are you nervous."
Scratching her head it took a moment to realize Finn was talking about the duet and she smiled.
"A bit actually which was why I decided to sneak in her a few minutes early to psyche myself out."
"Well if your performances so far are any indication of how you'll do today then I have total faith in you."
She smiled at the young man as she thought suddenly about both the fact that Noah was crushing on his girl and that Kurt was crushing on him. Meddling seemed to be a logical distraction however it was in that moment Rachel entered the room rolling her eyes as she let a little coughing sound fall from her breath.
"Am I interrupting something," she spat out in a jealous tone.
Kristina looked from Finn who was sitting next to her in a non-threatening manor to Rachel standing with her arms crossed in the doorway.
"No, I was just coming into the choir room early to mentally prepare for my performance and Finn happened to be here practicing his drumming."
Rachel just nodded as although she had to admit she was slightly jealous of Kristina and Finn hanging out for even a split second she thought of the way that the other brunette smiled when she was around Artie a smile of someone in love not someone who was just hanging out with a friend.
Sure Rachel didn't have too many friends herself, more like mild acquaintances but she knew that if she were to hang out with another guy in a platonic matter Finn wouldn't jump the gun… would he?
"We're not so different, you and I," Rachel said taking a seat between her boyfriend and Kristina, "and with the proper training I'm sure you'd be a worthy adversary."
Letting a half smile cross her lips she simply shook her head.
"Thanks, I think."
The trio engaged in some small talk until the rest of the club began to trickle in.
When all thirteen students along with Mr. Schuster were finally assembled into the room the teacher took his post in the front of the room with Quinn who had become the makeshift TA of glee seated by his side.
"Ok, so I told you that today on top of hearing Kristina and Artie's selection for the showcase that I'd introduce you to a new number… but first."
"Here it comes," Mercedes whispered to Kurt as all eyes looked upon the older man who was motioning to Quinn to hand out a packet of papers to all the students.
"The set list for the showcase," Brittany spoke matter of factly.
Mr. Schuster nodded.
"I thought we should go over that first considering…"
Rachel moved her eyes from the paper before shooting daggers with her eyes at the advisor.
"Excuse me Mr. Schuster I think you made a mistake."
"What do you mean Rachel," he asked knowing what was about to come out of her mouth.
"You cut one of my solos, I was supposed to have three but I only see two."
"Well Rachel let me explain, we only had spots for eight numbers and I wanted to be fair to all the members in glee."
Rachel wanted to mutter something under her breath but instead she looked down at the sheet of paper in her hand.
ACT 1:
"Don't Rain on My Parade" …Rachel Berry
"Somebody To Love"….. Ensemble
Untitled ensemble piece
"I'm Yours/Love Bug"… Artie Abrams/Kristina Davis
Intermission
ACT 2:
Untitled Solo… Rachel Berry
Untitled Ensemble Piece
Sweet Caroline… Noah Puckerman
"All You Need Is Love"… Ensemble
"Um," Finn said raising his hand, "we never learned All You Need Is Love."
"And what do these spots that say untitled piece mean," Mercedes asked.
Will smiled.
"Excellent questions guys," Will spoke with an air of enthusiasm in his voice, "well first off Mercedes to answer your question you guys have performed so many wonderful numbers I thought I'd let you have a say in what ones we used for the showcase, and for Rachel I thought you'd want to choose what one of your other two songs to sing."
"How very diplomatic and considerate of you," Rachel replied.
"That still doesn't explain the last song," Santana said.
"That is the new number I promised you, though I don't think we will start to work on it until Thursday which will also be the day where I will introduce a new rehearsal schedule."
They all nodded wondering who would be chosen to sing the leads to All You Need Is Love while at the same time thinking of what songs to throw into the ring for the other two numbers.
As they were thinking this Schuster placed a box on the top of the piano and said that each student should put their top choice for a previously done ensemble piece into the box and that the top two would be the ones they would use.
"Kristina, I know you haven't been her long so I understand if you don't have a favorite performance to put into the hat yet."
Kristina just nodded just wanting the talk to be over and for Schuster to tell her that he was ready for her and Artie's first public run though.
She got her wish a few moments later when Schuster turned back to her.
"Ok so are you two ready to show us your mash up."
Kristina looked to Artie who was seated a few spots down from her and smiled.
He smiled back as she suckered in a deep breath praying that she remembered the words and the choreography that they had practiced all the while trying to refrain from eye sex like Molly so bluntly had advised.
Making there way to the center spot of the room they watched as Schuster and Quinn moved over to where the students were seated to get a view of the duet.
When the eyes of the audience looked ready enough Artie eyed Kristina.
"Ready," he mouthed.
"Ad ready as I can be," she replied in a low whisper heard only by him.
He nodded as he picked up his guitar and began to sing:
Well you done done me and you bet I felt it…
All eyes were on the young pair as Artie began to sing. When Kristina came into the song the rest of the gang thought that the two vocal stylings as well as the two songs gelled together with a perfect harmony however it wasn't until they got to a specific part of the song that the true magic between the duo began to take shape.
I can't get your smile out of my mind
(I can't get you out of my mind)
I think about your eyes all the time
You're beautiful but you don't even try
(You don't even, don't even try)
Modesty is just so hard to find
During this verse their eyes locked and Kristina and Artie felt like they were the only two people in the room. Pulling back from a lingering gaze Artie began to play a solo riff on his guitar before going into the last line.
So I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I'm sure
There's no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours
As she sang that last line Kristina rested her head on Artie's shoulder and she really wanted to keep it there until the sounds of applause broke her out of her spell.
"That was great," Will spoke walking over to the duo mentioning that he had a few pointers for them.
They nodded as he mentioned some constructive gems to them before telling the club to submit their song selections for the empty two slots and looking at his watch thinking that perhaps they would time to work on the new number that day after all.
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TBC
I know this chapter wasn't a strong one at least in my opinion however my muse has a problem. I have plot point upon plot point and yet trying to get from point A to B to C is proving most difficult. If you want to know some of the points and think you can help me please feel free to PM me. Anyways thanks for everyone reading.