OK so my muse went a bit crazy with this update which is a good thing as I think it definitly helped push the plot along in a small way. Still don't own either fandom though I enjoy this cohesive blending of them that I created... enjoy
In one breath she had been in a euphoric state after performing with Artie in front of the whole glee club and in the next she was walking out of Thursday's practice… time definitely did fly.
That days practice had involved Mr. Schuster handing out a new rehearsal schedule that would lead them into the showcase with a warning that it would change again after the fact to get them geared up for Regionals. The new schedule was that as a whole club they were to meet on the usual Tuesdays and Thursdays as well as the Wednesday and Friday the week of the showcase. This was so that the club could learn All You Need Is Love as well as to make sure that Kristina was comfortable with performing Somebody To Love as well as You Can't Always Get What You Want and (though it wasn't on their competitive set list anymore) Don't Stop Believing which were picked by the clubs vote to perform. In addition to this Kristina, Artie, Rachel and Puck were to attend an additional rehearsal session the Wednesday of the following week to have some one on one time to work on their individual pieces.
"Mr. Schuster I object," Rachel said earlier at rehearsal.
"Here we go again," Kurt whispered in Kristina's ear though unlike her fellow gleeks Kristina found the diva's outbursts to be more entertaining then annoying.
Rachel eventually lost the battle and agreed to go to the extra rehearsal even though she had claimed that she was, 'A highly more advanced performer then her fellow glee club members."
And so after the eventful glee rehearsal followed by a run through with Artie that thankfully Kurt had sat in on she had been ready to leave the school.
"So, Kristina," Kurt had spoke as they got into his car, "your duet is really coming together."
Kristina smiled sheepishly at the young man thinking about the time she spent rehearsing with her friend and silently nodded.
She really didn't mean to fall in love with Artie Abrams despite the fact that from first sight she found the young wheelchair bound friend of Kurt's to be so sweet and charming. She had planed to be friends, keeping all semblances of romantic entanglements casual despite the fact that everyone thought that if they came out in the open as a couple they would become McKinley High's sweethearts or at the very least the sweethearts of the non Cheerio and Jock community.
Kurt could read people and from the look in Kristina's eyes it hit him.
"So, when are you going to tell Artie how you really feel?"
Kristina was shocked by this comment as she glared across the car at him.
"Excuse me."
"I know there is the whole Kiefer thing and all," he began, "not to mention your dad the godfather."
Kristina rolled her eyes thinking about how she had decided to spill and tell Kurt everything about her past from Sonny to Helena and everything in between.
"Don't forget those Whack job Russian relatives on my mom's side."
Listing to her laugh as she said this Kurt simply shook her head.
"I know Artie; he won't judge you, in fact."
Kurt paused for a moment to glance at the road ahead of them.
"In fact what?"
"In fact I believe your checkered past would add to your allure."
Kristina glared at him deciding to change the subject.
"So anyway what about the whole rehearsal schedule."
Kurt now shrugged thinking it was nothing for Mr. Schu to change the rehearsal schedule.
"What about it Krissy?"
"Wednesday is going to be intense; you know me and Artie along with Rachel and Puck in the same room."
"So, have you thought of a way to get Rachel and Puck together yet?"
"Why so you can have Hudson to yourself."
Pausing at a red light Kurt playfully nudged Kristina and flashed a simple smile to her before they pulled into the Davis's driveway.
"Pick you up bright and early," Kurt spoke with a smile on his face.
"You know it," Kristina said smiling.
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A Family Dinner, a phone conversation with her sister Sam, a nice warm shower and her essential eight hours of sleep made her ready to burst into the last day of the school week with a vengeance as Kurt came to pick her up, thankfully not drudging up the conversation from the other night instead he brought up their Lit project.
"So, I went online last night and I located a decent costume shop just outside of town."
Listening to him ramble on about how they should drive up during the weekend and that they should make an event and invite Artie, Tina, and Mercedes along for the trip Kristina couldn't help but think of the basis for this whole ordeal.
The Subject, Literature but more specifically Shakespeare. The Assignment: to take a scene from one of his works and interpret it in front of the class in any way that they wanted.
Kurt that day had instantly picked Kristina as his scene partner and shocked her by deciding to showcase it in a traditional theatrical sense though the scene in question was totally a shocker. Romeo and Juliet, act 2 scene 2. Kristina laughed at Kurt at first but after thinking it over she definitely thought it would give people something to talk about.
"Sounds like a plan," they said as they pulled up to Mersedes's house and brought her in on the Road Trip that they were planning for the following day.
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Puck leaned against his truck watching Kristina exiting Hummel's truck letting out a sigh.
He was envious of his lab partner like it was no ones business.
He was a known stud, or at least he was until baby gate happened. Then in a blink of an eye as the truth came out people looked at him in a different way and different in this case wasn't always good.
Letting out a small sigh he decided to make his way over to where Kristina and her two companions were standing and let out a small wave.
"Puck, what brings you to this side of the parking lot?" Mercedes asked in a mocking tone
"Can't you see, he's slumming it with us glee kids,' Kurt replied answering his friend.
Kristina just looked at the two of them.
"Guys Noah's my friend, be nice."
The duo just nodded. They knew this they were just messing around.
"We know," Kurt spoke smiling as he looked over to his former teammate and held his hand out to give the man a fist bump.
Puck returned the gesture and Mercedes just smiled over to him.
"Are you as nervous as I am that the scores from Monday's test are in today?"
Mercedes and Kurt realized that the duo was referring to their Chemistry class and so they excused themselves and told Kristina they would see her at lunch.
Brushing a loose strain of hair out of her face Kristina assured the young jock that he did fine as they followed suit and headed into the school.
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"A B+," Puck exclaimed a good half hour later as the teacher handed back their exams before saying that the days class was for the students to have for themselves, "a B freaking plus."
Smiling at her partners enthusiasm she didn't have the heart to tell him that she had received an A herself seeing as how she knew a B+ was better then her partner ever imagined getting in this class.
"We have to go out and celebrate," he continued.
Rolling her eyes she only could imagine what he had in mind when it came to a celebration.
"Maybe I can come over and meet your mom and sister, maybe take you and Molly out for ice cream or something."
Kristina rolled her eyes. From knowing the young man and his rep the thought of him taking a girl and her kid sister out for ice cream to celebrate a good grade seemed uncharacteristically wholesome and she wondered if he was working an agenda and so she simply shook her head.
"No, you don't like that idea."
She shook her head.
"Well then tomorrow, how about we try again for that chick flick you wanted to see."
Kristina grinned. Now that was the Noah Puckerman she had come to be fond of.
"Plans tomorrow."
"Hot date with Artie."
Laughing she shook her head.
"More like a group thing."
Puck nodded.
"But Sunday sounds good."
He smiled liking the sound of that as the class wound down for the day.
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It was days...nay...weeks like these where Kristina though that she was blessed with the sudden turn of events that her life had taken in her move to Lima.
Sadly in the blink of an eye her happiness was shattered as she was doused with an icy red liquid on her way to the cafeteria. Yes that was right, Kristina Davis had gotten her first slushie facial.
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She was a ball of emotions as she stormed into the nearest girls' bathroom with tears in her eyes.
She thought coming to Lima would be different. That she'd have a fresh start where no one would know her, no one would judge her.
Through her tear stained eyes she didn't realize she wasn't alone in the room until she heard a soft familiar voice speak out.
"Those Hockey players are so immature," Quinn Fabray murmured as she reached to grab a wad of paper towels thankful that in efforts to go green the school board opted to using towels made with recycled paper over hand driers.
Kristina blinked as she spotted the young blonde from glee wiping the red corn syrup from her face.
Quinn hardly knew her outside of glee and she wondered what the young pregnant girl's agenda was though she didn't care. She was just grateful to have a friend in that moment.
"Thanks," Kristina mumbled as she finally stopped crying.
"The first time is always the worst," Quinn spoke thinking about the first time that she got slushied last semester.
Her and Finn, head Cheerio and QB getting slushied all because they joined glee. She knew this was why Kristina was slushied as well and it made her sick.
"Thanks for the encouragement," Kristina spoke as Quinn began to tell her about how the Hockey team was a bunch of immature Neanderthals and to not take offence to their animosity toward glee club.
Kristina took comfort in Quinn's words as they began to converse some more.
It turned out that besides being in glee together (which she found out Quinn had been one of the people to vote her into the club) that the two of them had been in the same Advanced Calculus class together.
"So, you and Puck are close," she said bluntly.
Kristina nodded.
"I'm sure he's talked to you about..."
Watching as Quinn motioned to her bump Kristina nodded once more.
"He really wants to be a father to this baby."
Now Quinn was the one that was getting teary.
'Damn these pregnancy hormones,' she thought to herself.
"I know he wants to be a father, and I'm sure he'd be a great one it's just I'm not ready to be a mom at sixteen."
Kristina nodded wondering how she would of felt if she found out that Kiefer had gotten her pregnant.
"I understand," she replied, "but what about an open adoption you know, give the baby away but still giving Puck rights to see his child."
"I never thought of that," Quinn said, "anyways we'd have to find a new adoptive parent, I mean did Puck tell you about the last person we had lined up."
Kristina nodded. Yep he had.
Looking at the watch on her wrist and the girl in front of her Quinn simply rolled her eyes.
"The period is almost over and you still have slushie like everywhere."
Kristina looked down at her.
She knew she looked like hell she didn't need Quinn Fabray to remind her of this however the way the blonde smiled she knew something was up.
"You look about my size, well that is the size I was before..."
She motioned to her bump and Kristina nodded.
"So anyway I have some of my old cloths in my locker that I was planning to donate seeing as when I get back to my old size god knows what will be in fashion."
Kristina now knew where Quinn was going as the blonde held up one finger and motioned for Kristina to enter a stall.
Re-entering the restroom moments later she tossed a handful of cloths under the stall.
Quinn was right, the prefect fit despite the fact that the baby doll dress and cardigan wasn't Kristina's normal style it at least was something that was clean and her size.
Smiling at the blonde she let out a sigh as the bell rang signifying her lunch period was over and marking it time for Calculus to which she walked with Quinn to the classroom and proceeded to sit next to her new found friend.
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Kurt blinked his eyes as he watched his friend entering Lit at the end of the day in a different yet all too familiar ensemble before noticing some residuals of the slushie in her hair.
"I guess I don't need to ask why you are wearing a cast off of the Quinn Fabray collection," he spoke as he ran a hand through her sticky hair.
Kristina let out a laugh.
She promised to tell him the details later as they hung around the garage most likely with the rest of the gang planning out their road trip that was to take place the next day.
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TBC
Ok phew allot went on in this chapter. Anyway I hope you like it... next chapter Road Trip!!! Ideas and comments and reviews in general love.