Find Yourself:
Again my muse is going a mile a minute thinking up sub plots for this so I hope you still are continuing to like despite the ungodly length that this piece is heading in. Don't own either fandom cause if I did there'd be more Artie plotlines on Glee and less recasts on GH…
Ok so he pushed the performance up twenty-four hours however that still meant that there were twenty-four hours (as opposed to forty eight) to go of the stupid pact.
"So honey," her mother asked from the kitchen as she entered the house.
Kristina smiled.
"Pretty good, Schuster pushed up the sing off."
"That's a relief," said a third voice, male, also coming from the kitchen.
Kristina's face lit up a bit at the sound of Burt's voice.
She still couldn't fathom the fact that her mom and Kurt's dad were kind of sort of seeing each other. Not because he was her friends father or even the fact that they had only been in Ohio for only about a month and a half (she'd be a hypocrite for dating Artie if she thought this). No, it was because when she thought of the guys her mother was involved with at one time or another, Jasper and Jerry Jacks, Ned Ashton, Her father, her uncle Ric…well Burt Hummel just didn't click she supposed.
Upon entering the Kitchen she spotted her mom sitting at the dining room table, glass of wine in front of her looking over some case files while Burt had a can of beer and was looking over some invoices of parts that he had recently ordered for the garage.
"Trust me Mr. Hummel I probably miss hanging out with your son and much as he misses hanging out with me."
Burt nodded as she reached into the fridge to grab a bottle of water and a handful of grapes and quickly made her leave thinking opposites surely must attract!
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She wanted to tell Kurt about the scene that occurred when she came home however she had to settle with telling Tina the next day on the drive to school.
"Do you think it's really possible that you and Kurt could become siblings."
Kristina shrugged.
"I really can't say given my moms track record with men."
"But you said so yourself Kurt's dad was different."
"Ok fine, maybe it's a possibility but not for a long ways down the road."
Tina nodded and with that she pushed the thoughts of her mom and Burt into the back of her mind and started to focus on the day at hand…most importantly about the performance that afternoon.
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He knew to ignore her as she wheeled past her as she got her books for first period but he couldn't help but flash her a sweet smile.
She looked nice that morning and he really hoped the Hockey Team didn't pick her to be that day's victim.
Picking up his phone he began to send a text:
You look Cute Yale!
Kristina's cell vibrated as she spotted the message.
If it wasn't for these covert and contraband texts that she and Artie began to send one another over the weekend she didn't know how she'd survive.
Thanks Wheels :)
She was all smiled as she entered the chem lab. Puck wasn't there which was kind of odd seeing as she saw Quinn in the parking lot earlier talking to Mr. Schuster and Ms. Pillsbury about the competition that afternoon.
She sat as the teacher began to talk about the impending midterms and what to expect on the exam.
'Some day for Puck to be absent,' she thought before watching him breeze into the room with a late slip.
Slipping into his spot next to her he flashed her a smirk.
"Overslept," he whispered in a blunt tone, "anyway I know you can't talk to me until glee but what did I miss?"
"Midterms," she simply spoke as the teacher continued to lecture.
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By lunchtime members of glee could tell that their friends of the opposite sex were seemingly counting down the moments until rehearsal.
"I can't believe I am saying this and I know that I'm going to regret it someday but I'm sorry," Rachel said.
"You could of called it off you know," Mercedes said bluntly.
"I know but that would have been unprofessional which is the antithesis of what I am…"
She paused for a moment as the other girls simply nodded at her.
"Anyway we are totally going to kill it this afternoon and your all going to realize the fruit of our labor was well worth the sacrifice."
Kristina's cell vibrated as she glanced over to where Kurt and Artie were sitting on the opposite side of the cafeteria being joined by Mike Chang who had been sitting with them in the trios absence.
She could of sworn that Artie flashed her a wink causing her eyes to gaze at the phone where another message from her boyfriend sat.
The message simply read the approximate time from that moment until the end of glee rehearsal accompanied with a smiley face.
Looking back up at her companions she faked a smile.
"My brother Michael," she said trying to mask her blatant lie.
Rachel bought it but Tina and Mercedes knew otherwise and just nodded.
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The rest of the day seemed to breeze by.
In Lit a pop quiz was a pleasant distraction to the fact that Kurt and her were on opposite ends of the room.
And then the bell rang and she headed to her locker to grab her cloths for the sing-off.
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His eyes fell upon her as she entered the music room.
If he thought she looked cute in those dark jeans and pink top that morning then in the outfit she was wearing now she looked…well words couldn't describe it.
It was a classic little black spaghetti strapped dress paired with fishnet stockings and black-heeled boots.
Sure all the other girls sans Quinn were beginning to trickle into the choir room dressed in similar attire but none of them were Kristina.
"Are you trying to torture me Krissy?"
She looked into his eyes and flashed him a flirtatious smile.
"Maybe," she teased him as she flashed him a flirtatious stare and scooted into an empty seat between Brittany and Tina.
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"Ok guys," Will said looking at the students who were still very much divided girls on one side boys on the other, "so welcome to our second girls vs. boys sing off. Now the way we'll do things is that there will be a coin toss to see who sings first. Then once both teams have sung, Quinn, Ms. Pillsbury, and I will converse as to whose number will be added onto the list of numbers to be considered for Regionals.
Rachel's hand shot up.
"Yes Rachel."
"I thought the winner was a sure bet for Regionals."
Will shook his head explaining that the finalized list would be voted on by the club at a later date for fairness.
Rachel would of quipped back but she wanted to save her voice.
"Ok," Will said after the moment of silence, "who wants to call it girls or guys."
"Ladies first," Puck said smirking at Rachel.
"Thank you for that Noah, anyway I call heads."
"Then I guess we're tales," Puck replied.
Will nodded as he took his coin and flipped it.
The room seemed to go silent for the next few seconds before the teacher called out enthusiastically.
"Tales."
The girls glared at each other while Rachel commented how it was better to be last in a situation like this as that way they would be able to size up the competition and see just how hard they had to bring it.
They watched as the boys stood in the center of the room and sang 'Greased Lightning' from Grease which in Rachel's opinion was adequate vocally yet didn't hold a WOW factor. The girls she thought definitely had it in the bag with their performance.
She clapped when they finished as that was the classy thing to do and she had to admit they were good, just in her opinion who despite not being the judge was the only one that mattered they were simply not good enough.
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"Ok wow," Will said clapping enthusiastically with a huge grin on his face, "that was great guys now lets see what the ladies can do."
Rachel looked over to Kristina and grinned as if to silently say 'I hope your song selection works,' to the other girl as the sextet set up chairs in the center of the room, poising themselves accordingly on them and began to sing:
"Pop" said Brittany….
"Six," said Tina…
"Squish," said Mercedes…
"Uh uh," said Kristina…
"Cicero," said Rachel…
"Lipschitz," said Santana…
Repeating those words a few more times in whispery tones full of conviction the group finally broke out and began to sing in unison:
He had it coming
He had it coming
He only had himself to blame
If you'd have been there
If you'd have seen it
I betcha you would have done the same!
Soon each girl broke out into their own verse of the song describing the reason each 'character' was put in prison.
In general the performance was well staged and was perfectly done vocally and the guys knew that they didn't stand a chance as they applauded the competition and watched them take a seat.
Mr. Schuster noted that they were going to step in the hall to deliberate which left the twelve teens to mix and mingle.
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Rachel was the first to get up making her way over to where Puck was sitting and perched herself on his lap allowing for him to run his fingers through her hair while whispering sweet nothings in her ear.
Mercedes moved over to where Kurt sat and the two embraced before idly exchanging whatever gossip they needed to fill the other one in on.
And Kristina sweetly sauntered over to Artie and leaned over to let him place a sweet kiss on her cheek.
They were definitely living up to the title of McKinley's Sweethearts like Jacob branded them in his blog.
-
The trio soon reentered the room, smiles crossing their faces.
"It was unanimous," Will said, "while both of your performances definitely have shown how much you guys are improving there can only be one winner…"
He paused moving his gaze from the guys to the girls.
"Ladies…congratulations."
The girls squealed, the guys congratulated them yet Schuster was quick to put the celebration to a halt.
"Now, before you all get too excited just because this competition is over doesn't mean our work here is done. I have an assignment for you."
Groans rang out while the teacher smiled.
"I want each of you to come into practice next Tuesday with a song that describes how you're feeling right now."
He looked over to the guidance counselor who flashed him a flirtatious grin.
The assignment was clearly Miss Pillsbury's idea.
"That being said, since we had the sing off today instead of tomorrow, tomorrow's practice is canceled."
-
Soon after that he dismissed the group and soon left only three figures in the room.
"I don't want to be a third wheel," Kurt said, "so I'll take my leave."
Kristina flashed Kurt a smile.
"It's ok, my dad's waiting for me," Artie said smiling and looking over to Kristina, "but I'll see you tomorrow and you promise you won't ice me out."
Kristina shook her head.
"No more icing," she spoke making a signing gesture over her heart.
Artie nodded and left as Kurt linked his arm into hers.
"So Krissy, seems like everything's back to normal."
Letting out a laugh she thought about her life so far and the events that had transpired the night before regarding her mom and her present company's father and let out a laugh.
"Normalcy is overrated Hummel."
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TBC
Ok so my problem with this piece is I have so many ideas and am at a loss in spacing them all out. Next chapter may be some filler before I go into ArK's date and Davis-Hummel Family time. Other plot points I want to get to pre-Regionals is Kiefer showing up at McKinley and Sam showing up seeking interest in Puck/Quinn's baby. Regionals hopefully will occur in late March in my cannon while Quinn's birth will happen sometime in April… Also should I start to note the current cannon date in future chapters or not??? Also I'd love input on the songs you think everyone would pick for themselves.