Find Yourself:
Ok so I totally blame crap going down in an entirely different fandom then those present in this fic for the lack of updates. Anyway my mood is better and my muse finally has granted me with an update so please enjoy… I still don't own GH or GLEE cause if I did…you know what I'd do
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Ethan Lovett pulled up to McKinley the following day and Kristina noticed a bittersweet expression crossing his face.
"Admit it, your going to miss me Ethan," Kristina spoke grinning as she pulled out her phone, "you know I do have Kurt's dad's number on speed dial."
Ethan blinked thinking that something like that wasn't really normal but then again Kristina was far from a normal girl wasn't she. Being able to shockingly read his tell she grinned.
"It's for emergencies."
Ethan just nodded.
"Kurt has moms number on his phone if it makes a difference."
"It doesn't, anyway as flattered as I am that you want me to stay I can't. Though I will definitely be here for Regionals next month."
A smile crossed Kristina's lips and she was about to toss him a comment about how next time he came to Lima he should take her younger brother Morgan along for the trip. However Kristina's thoughts were interrupted as someone began to tap on the window of the van.
"I think Blondie wants to talk to you," Ethan said noting to where Quinn Fabray was standing outside the car.
Kristina smiled a bit.
Ever since the slushie incident her and Quinn had become acquaintances, well at least in Math class, Glee, and the occasional girls room conversation.
Opening her door she smiled as she began to make a proper introduction between friends.
"Ethan this is Quinn, Quinn Ethan."
The two flashed one another looks before Quinn glared at Kristina.
"So, did you get a chance to read Jacob's blog yet?"
Chills ran down Kristina's spine as she thought of Jacob Ben Israel. Sure she really didn't like judging people but he was in her world History class and he gave off that kind of creepy vibe which was only confirmed when Rachel told her one time about how unhealthily obsessed with her.
"I really am not into the whole gossip girly Blog scene so no Quinn I haven't read it."
Pausing she realized if Quinn brought up her reading Jacob's Blog then chances were he was writing it about her.
Yet another chill ran down her spine as she silently prayed that she didn't turn into the young mans object of affection. Something like that could seriously make her considering abandoning her friends and begging her mom to be home schooled.
"Please tell me Jacob didn't Blog about me?"
Quinn nodded.
"You, Artie, well pretty much Friday's showcase."
Kristina swallowed now as she began to think back to Friday night.
They had just finished taking their curtain call and were definitely on a post show high when the young school blogger made his way back stage.
At first he had approached Rachel who in true Diva fashion shunned him to go chat giddily to Puck who had just bared his soul to her in song and had clearly accomplished his mission of wooing her.
'Thanks Molly' Kristina had thought as Artie wheeled over next to her causing her to light up like a Christmas tree just as Jacob shifted his gaze to them.
"You two did great," he said.
Artie simply smiled and thanked him for the complement.
"You look like two people who are in love."
"We are in love," Kristina had said out of a kind of impulse as Jacob asked if he could take a couple of pictures.
They both shrugged thinking that there had been no harm in just a simple picture and so Kristina bent her head and rested it on Artie's shoulder as the camera flashed. Then kissed his cheek sweetly as the camera flashed again.
Snapping back to reality Kristina now instantly regretted taking those 'harmless' pictures.
Looking from Ethan to Quinn she knew that shallowly her reputation at McKinley was more important then giving her friend a proper goodbye.
"I'm sorry we have to rush things," Kristina spoke as she climbed out of the car and tossed her bag over her shoulder flashing Ethan an apologetic smile, "be safe and text me when you get back to Port Charles alright."
"I promise I'll do that," he said smiling before turning to the pregnant blonde girl who was flashing an impatient look, "and Quinn again it was nice to meet you even though it was briefly."
Quinn smiled, what could she say; she had a thing for accents.
Watching Ethan pull away in Alexis's car Quinn smiled at the fact that now she had Kristina's full attention.
It was then that Kristina began to wonder if there really was some Blog of Jacob's that was floating around in cyberspace or if in fact Quinn was simply making an excuse to talk about the whole adoption issue.
"The Blog?" Kristina had asked after a brief moment of silence.
Quinn nodded.
How she could forget something as life altering as this.
Picking up her cell she logged into the schools site and passed the phone over to her companion.
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Is Love Really in the Air? Or is it the Shifting of the Status Quo?
For those of you who don't care about the schools show choir and that is most likely the majority of you well…you missed a good show on Friday night….
Kristina smiled. The beginnings of the Blog didn't sound too bad. It was mainly Jacob reviewing the showcase, mostly talking up Rachel Berry's awesomeness.
But it wasn't Rachel that got me suckered into the show, not entirely. It was when new girl on the block Kristina Davis along with Artie Abrams took the stage to sing their duet when I thought that there was something more to glee then meets the eye. These two showed a true passion for the craft and for each other that was simply mind blowing. Even off the stage they had the 'It' factor that proves that you don't have to be a Jock or a Cheerio to be part of one of the elite. Gleek is the new chic… deal with it.
There was more but that was all that was about her by name and Kristina handed the cell to Quinn.
"Please tell me that the Hockey team isn't on a slushie tossing rampage."
Quinn shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know, I was waiting for you…"
"She read the article didn't she," Kurt who was traveling in his usual pack with Mercedes and Tina approached the duo.
Kristina nodded.
Quinn looked to the trio making a comment about safety in numbers.
Kristina mentally prayed that other Glee club members were waiting by the back entrance to run interference with Artie if need be.
It wouldn't be necessary however.
As the group entered the school they weren't met with a slushie but instead were met with a strange sense of attention and not of the pariah variety.
"Hey Kris," Artie said from where he was waiting by her locker.
"Hey Artie," Kristina said pondering weather to kiss him in the hallway or to hold back on the PDA.
Letting him take her hand she decided to leave it at that for the moment as they made their way to Kristina's first period class allowing all eyes to land on them as well as whispers from behind talking about how they wish it wasn't too late to vote for yearbook superlatives because they were a really cute couple.
"So, Lunch?" Artie asked.
Kristina nodded and they parted ways.
Slipping into her lab table Puck looked at her and rolled his eyes.
"You too?"
"I don't know if I should kill Jacob or thank him."
Puck simply smirked.
"I know what you mean, I mean the perv can't keep his mind from wandering into the gutter with thoughts of my girl…though who can blame him."
Kristina playfully punched him at his demeaning comment.
"Seriously though this is the first morning in like forever Rachel didn't get slushied."
"Speaking of Rachel how much money did she take from you guys yesterday."
He just let out a little laugh as the warning bell rang.
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By mid day it seemed like the tides had been turned. No the glee kids weren't now tossing slushies on the jocks nor were the jocks tossing slushies on the cheerios.
Instead the hall was a slushie free place, which to Sue Sylvester wasn't a pleasant sight.
Sitting in her office she let out an annoyed sound.
It wasn't a secret that she couldn't stand to see the underdogs and misfits of Schuster's little Glee club gain popularity it meant weakness. She was a winner and didn't do week at all which was why initially she had asked her Cheerio's Quinn, Brittany, and Santana to join Glee in the first place many months ago before baby-gate broke out.
It was Santana who at the moment along with Brittany who was standing in the Coach's office during there free periods.
Despite their love of being in Glee they had to keep their loyalties to the Cheerio's coach or at least to fake it rather well as the older woman glared at them.
"What the hell happened on your watch?" Sue asked in reference to the performance.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Brittany asked innocently enough.
"Can it Brittany, while you and that little glee club were performing someone someplace thought it would be funny to flip the script. Now maybe today is just opposite day but still one day of not being shunned for the freaks they all are is just one day too many."
Santana couldn't bear to ask what the coach had in mind and yet she allowed her mouth to curl into a sneaky smile.
"Well then what do you propose we do about it Coach?" Santana asked.
Sue thought about it for a moment. She had tried to pit the club against each other numerous times without any success however now she thought that the old saying 'If at first you don't succeed…' had to ring true sometime or another and her mind instantly clicked back to the article.
"I know just where we can start Lopez."
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By the time the final bell rang and Glee rehearsal was about to began many things were apparent by the fact that no one got a slushie facial which was definitely a rarity among the club.
"I never thought I'd say it but I think I love Jacob," Rachel was saying as Puck glared at her leading the reassuring comment of, "not in that way Noah," to fall from her lips before she planted a kiss on his cheek.
Finn still didn't know what to make of it all though he seemed to be keeping it cool as his eyes seemed to wander to another surprising being in the room who seemed to smile flirtatiously back at him.
He was definitely over Rachel Berry at least in the romantic sense.
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"Ok guys," Mr. Schuster spoke with a smile on his face and a stack of sheet music not wanting to waste any more time between now and Regionals, "let me just say that you guys were amazing on Friday and that if we can keep this energy going we will kill at Regionals."
He was definitely on a high of adrenaline at the moment as he looked at the group tossing out complements left and right before taking a seat facing the kids.
"So, anyone have any proposals for any numbers for Regionals."
Rachel's hand immediately shot up, as did Santana's. The latter shocking everyone.
"Yes Santana."
Rachel pouted.
"So I know we did those girls vs. boys Mash Ups back in the fall," she began causing Rachel and Finn to glare at each other as they mentally reminisced on the whole Vitamin D situation, "anyway I was kind of thinking maybe we could do the whole battle of the sexes thing again."
Mr. Schuster looked at the thirteen students in front of him. Some of whom were in the beginnings of relationships with one another and was a bit torn between a second battle of the sexes.
He paused to let it settle in as he decided to listen to Rachel's idea before he made a final choice on Santana's.
"Rachel, your proposal?"
The Diva shrugged.
"I was just thinking I know we have been doing great with Contemporary Hits but maybe we could do a few more show tunes Mr. Schuster."
His lips turned into a smile as an imaginary light bulb popped up over his head.
"That could be the theme of your battle of the sexes," Mr. Schuster said.
Kristina turned to Rachel having a brainstorm of her own as to the song the girls should choose and she hoped that her frienemy would agree.
"Ok, so the winning number will definitely go into our set list though I kind of had another group assignment in mind."
"What was it Mr. Schuster?" Finn asked as all eyes glared at him thinking he was kissing up if only a tad.
The teacher shook his head.
"Let's just go through one assignment at a time. Anyway why not girls on one side boys on the other, talk about your potential song choices and we'll have our sing off a week from Thursday?"
They were all in agreement as they began to split up into the two sides, Santana secretly smiling as she looked at the eye language that was taking place between Artie and Kristina as well as Puck and Rachel, Sue would definitely be proud of her.
After listening to Kurt's protests that he should be on the girls team and Quinn stating that though she was a girl she wasn't holding any biases the games had officially begun.
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"Ok," Rachel said, "so song choice is the foundation of a good performance and…"
"And Rachel if you don't mind I've got a song in mind that's sure to nab us a spot at Regionals."
"Tell me Kristina, what do you know about show tunes?"
Kristina simply smiled sharing with Rachel her song idea and being greeted with words of agreement even from the Diva herself. Looking over to the boys they observed them having a harder time in song selection, which was an added plus.
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TBC
Ok so this was the last chapter I remotely had outlined though I am kind of assuming to make 'Regionals' happen in chapter 35 or 40 depending on how long I drag out the weeks leading up to it. Anyway I have the girl's song in mind but still would love ideas for a song for the guys as well as other number requests you may have. Also let me know what characters/plot lines mentioned so far in this you like the best…