Find Yourself:
OK so Glee's back (though Hell-O seriously lacked in Artie and totally makes me want to incorporate some more of Brittany/Santana and their special friendship in this verse) and Kiefer is dead on GH cannon (props to Christian Alexander for being able to play a grade A douche bag) note I said in GH cannon * wink wink * Anyways this chapter is the most random incoherent chapter so far…sorry in advance. Also this chapter features both a revised version of a Drabble I wrote called 'I just called to say I love you' for the 'Insomnia' prompt over on the Live journal gh_unwrapped (I edited it cause I introduced the nicknames differently already plus I wanted it to fit the plotline better….) and lyrics to the song Honey Honey from the musical Mama Mia
Monday March 8th 2010-
"We're so going to ace these tests," Kurt Hummel's voice freshly echoed in Kristina's ears as she sucked in a deep breath thinking 'and so it begins.'
Sure she knew it would be a cakewalk compared to the coursework and subsequent exams at Madison however it was the simple lack of interactions that made her mad.
Slipping into her seat in homeroom she looked over and flashed a smile to Puck grateful that in Figgins's revised exam schedule unlike lunch periods, homeroom wasn't compromised.
"So Noah are you ready."
He looked up from a notebook, which she assumed must have contained his chemistry notes considering first period was to be the first exam.
She watched him run his hand through his Mohawk and toss her a casual grin.
"Ready as I'll ever be."
She smiled back to him as the bell rang to end homeroom.
"Put away your notes," the teacher said as exam week became actual reality….
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…Mercedes' smiling face greeted her as she opened up her bagged lunch.
The week was dragging by at an acceptable pace though now it was Wednesday and she just wanted exams to be over so the weekend could roll around.
Artie had to be planning something to celebrate not only the end of exams but their month long anniversary. If he wasn't then she'd definitely had an idea in mind…it all depended on if he wanted the menu to consist of her making a cozy dinner for just the two of them or a kitschy potluck involving the rest of their friends as well.
Letting the crisp spring Ohio air tickle the nape of her neck she smiled over to her friend who had since taken a seat next to her at a picnic table.
"Hey girl, how's it going."
"Depends on what you're asking me Mercedes, if you're asking about exams then good."
Her friend nodded.
"But have you taken History yet? I just took that one and it was brutal."
"I have it Friday, and I know you can't even give me hints cause for one thing I hear that the teacher has three different variants of the test to prevent cheating. Besides I'm in honors."
Mercedes nodded.
"Well good luck then."
The young girl paused mid sentence as she spotted a figure walking or rather wheeling into the quad. Another infectious smile crossed her lips while she watched Artie's facial expression telling her not to speak.
"Aren't you a sight for sore eyes," Artie's voice spoke from behind Kristina causing her to jump a mile…metaphorically of course.
Placing her food on the picnic table she stood up and tossed her arms around her boyfriend.
"You were right, this week is getting to be worse then the freeze out," he whispered in her ear.
"Oh get a room," Santana snapped as she sauntered over to the area with Brittany hot on her heels.
Kristina didn't get Santana. Sure for the most part she was a complete and utter bitch to her and the other members of glee and yet other times, like when they were all working on Cell Block Tango she seemed to be rather pleasant.
She was playing the self-ritius queen B Bitch roll however that afternoon ranting on and on about how nobody wanted to see them swapping spit in broad daylight.
"I think their kind of cute," Brittany quipped with her naive charm as she flashed a sweet smile at the duo.
Santana soon mumbled something about how coach Sylvester needed to see them or something and pushed the blonde along.
Mercedes someway or another also had slipped away by then leaving the couple to themselves in a brief moment of bliss as they compared what subjects they had taken their exams in and what subjects that they had yet to take.
"I'll just be glad when this weeks over so I can turn my attention to Regionals again," he said with a smile, "I mean if we don't place Figgins is going to cut the program."
Kristina bit her lip thinking it was another reason to dislike the principal besides for the scheduling drama. However at the same time she wondered if with a little financial nudge New Directions could have a cushion.
She watched his lips curl into a smile. She obviously was sub consciously giving him a jealous look.
"…and you of coarse…you know out Anniversary is this weekend."
She smiled at his airy tone and nodded as the bell rang.
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"TGIF," Kurt said with a smile as the final bell rang on the final day of midterms.
"For me its just TG, Thank God…now life can go on as normal 'and Finn can finally confess that he might be crushing on you,' she thought this latter part to herself as a grin spread on her face.
"Your thinking about Artie and the big day that's…well today technically."
"Your right, it's the twelfth," she spoke as she soon saw her boyfriend sitting by her locker a pink paper bag in his hand.
"Happy anniversary," he said, "it's not much."
Taking the bag from his hand she cracked a half smile as she noticed a photograph taken of the two of them from backstage at the invitational showcase.
"How did you get this?"
"I used some of my pull around the school to get Jacob to give me the negatives."
They shared a brief kiss as the rest of the clique arrived.
"I take it the two of you have something special planed," Tina said with a grin directed to her two best friends.
"Well I did say I'd cook for you….let me text my mom and see what we planed for Dinner, maybe she and Molly can go over to the Hummel's and I can cook us a little something special."
He let out a sweet smile before Kurt interjected.
"As much as that idea screams romantic comedy there is no need to text. I believe you Davis girls are supposed to come over to our place for dinner where my dad is going to invite your mom to go to some Auto show in Cincinnati this weekend, heck he'll probably insist it's a family affair.
"An Auto show…seriously."
"Maybe we can convince them we are old enough to stay home ourselves and you can set a date with Artie tomorrow night."
Kristina grinned.
"Maybe."
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Unfortunately for Kristina and Kurt they were unsuccessful in the endeavor to spend the weekend alone. On the bright side they were not required to spend all the time with their family and because of this they were able to discover some insane vintage shops.
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On Sunday or rather Monday morning her head had barley hit the pillow when the sounds of her cell phone echoed with the familiar tone that she had set a few weeks ago just for him. The tune was 'I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz, a song that was symbolic of where they began.
"Kristina," his voice spoke out before he even said hello.
His tone didn't seem too panicky and yet instinct immediately taught her to respond by asking…
"Artie, is something wrong?"
She heard his soft laugh echoing over the line causing a chill to ring down her spine.
"Nothings wrong," he said calmly.
"Well then, why are you calling me at," Kristina paused looking over to her clock radio, "2AM?"
"I couldn't sleep, and I kind of just wanted to her the sound of your voice Yale."
"Ok wheels, what do you want to talk about?"
"I don't know…the auto show…how was it?"
"I got a cute yellow peasant top, Kurt doesn't like the color but I told him it was springy…I'll where it Tuesday."
"Counting on it."
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They continued to talk about everything and nothing deciding that the following weekend she would cook for him even if turned out to be more of a family thing and less of a date thing.
"Cool, so long as we can have another one on one thing sometime before Regionals."
She giggled.
"I promise."
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By Tuesday life seemed grand despite the agony of waiting for exam grades to post.
By the time that glee rolled around everyone had been in a mood as if the past week didn't even exist.
Puck was to one side of the choir room, Rachel perched on his lap. Brittany and Santana sat in the back of the room lost in their own little world. Matt, Mercedes, and Tina were chatting idly, and Artie, Kurt, Finn, Quinn and Schuster were still not present leaving Mike to be showing her his latest move.
The three boys rolled in and Artie flashed a jealous gaze to Mike wishing that he wasn't in his chair so that he could be his girls dance partner. Letting out a sigh he scooted over to where Matt and the girls sat while Kurt walked by his side. Finn meanwhile headed to Kristina and Mike.
"Did you want to talk to me man?" Mike asked.
"Actually I wanted to talk to Kristina."
Shrugging Mike nodded dancing over to where the two Cheerios were sitting.
Placing her hand on her him she stood on her tiptoes to get eye to eye with Finn.
"Exams are over Finn."
"I-I know."
"So you came to the realizations that your feelings were a simple fluke and you just want something bromantic with Kurt."
"No, I just don't know how to tell him that I may be into dudes."
She saw the teacher and Quinn enter so she knew she needed to wrap it up.
"Just be honest."
Finn nodded as he headed to the bank of chairs taking a spot next to Matt while Kristina slid into the spot by Artie.
Will smiled at the group before heading over to his white board and opened up a marker.
He began to write in big bold red letters three simple letters:
F-U-N
"That spells fun." Brittany said bluntly.
Will nodded cracking another grin.
"That's right. I know Regionals are creeping up on us and if we don't place then it's all over for us…."
There were a few comments made before the teacher ultimately continued.
"Which is why for this weeks assignment especially after exams I don't want to pressure you. I want you to pick some songs and just cut loose and have fun with them…solos, duets, small groups, any genre you want… just have fun."
Rachel's hand simply flew up and everyone was ready to hear one of her rants about how this was work and if they were to win they didn't have time for fun however they were shocked to here:
"Mr. Schuster can I sing something now."
"Go ahead Rachel."
Springing up she headed to the one of the members of the band that was always on hand and whispered in his ear. He nodded and a song began to play.
Honey honey, how he thrills me, a-ha, honey honey
Honey honey, nearly kills me, a-ha, honey honey
I've heard about him before
I wanted to know some more
And now I know what they mean, he's a love machine
Oh, he makes me dizzy
She was singing the lyrics in her perfect tone as she began to flirtatiously dance around where Puck was sitting, pulling her boyfriend up and twirling him around.
Kristina gave Rachel a look and as she saw the other brunette flash a grin back she took it as a cue to join in.
Honey honey, let me feel it, a-ha, honey honey
Honey honey, don't conceal it, a-ha, honey honey
The way that you kiss good night
The way that you hold me tight
I feel like I wanna sing
When you do your thing
Kristina now began to flirtatiously dance around near Artie as she harmonized with Rachel.
For something impromptu as this was Will was definitely impressed as was the rest of the club.
Honey honey, touch me, baby, ah-hah, honey honey
Honey honey, hold me, baby, ah-hah, honey honey
Look like a movie star
I know just who you are
Honey, to say the least, you're a dog-gone beast
By this point Puck was on his feet dancing around with Rachel while the other members of the crew were adding in on the harmonies.
Honey honey, how you thrill me, ah-hah, honey honey
Honey honey, nearly kill me, ah-hah, honey honey
I'd heard about you before
I wanted to know some more
And now I'm about to see
What you mean to me
They were met with a round of applause as the teacher looked at the quad of Rachel, Kristina, Puck, and Artie that were now in the center of the room.
"Now tell me did you guys have fun?"
He was met with four comments all different variants that yes they did have fun.
After a few more impromptu performances and some laughs the day was done.
"And don't forget, practice tomorrow…"
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The following day was St. Patrick's Day, which was all about the Luck of the Irish. However none of them were Irish and by the end of the day no one would be so lucky either…
TBC!!!
I know a cliffy… I was going to do more with this chapter but liked this ending/tease better…
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