Find Yourself:
Hi again…wasn't 'Home' an emotional roller coaster or was it just that way for me. Seriously in my own little mind that totally made Chris Colfer a dark horse for Emmy contention. Anyway don't know if I'll have songs in this update if I do I'll list them in the end. PS thanks to all that have reviewed. Keep it up!
Friday March 26th 2010:
Sam and Quinn looked around Tina's pink filled living room in shock and awe as Artie wheeled over, camera in hand.
"You should have seen your faces," he said before wheeling to Kristina's side and taking her hand into his.
"I thought your water was going to break," Brittany said dead seriously while Quinn tried not to laugh at her friend before looking over to Artie and the other guys from Glee that had filled the room. Sam seemed to be doing the same thing.
"I would of expected Kurt," Sam said looking in the distance to the young man, "no offence."
Kurt just smiled at the brunette.
"Haven't you heard of a co-ed baby shower?" Tina said, "I mean this isn't the 1950's."
Sam just nodded at the young hostess while Quinn simply smiled. This was too much. Her fellow gleeks had already done so much for her, supporting her from day one, dealing with the way her parents kicked her out, and even forgiving her for the whole baby gate thing, but this shower was far too much.
"So, whose idea was this?" the mom to be asked as her eyes scanned the crowd. Her eyes instantly fell on the father of her child and his girlfriend sitting in a corner thinking that this whole shindig could not of been Rachel's doing…could it.
"It was Krissy's idea," Artie said with a boastful grin, as he was proud of his girl.
"Actually it was Tina's," Kristina said with a smile.
"Well technically you did finish my sentence," Tina said with a smirk as she briefly told the girls how even before Sam showed back up in town they were at the park with Mercedes and Molly and the idea just popped up.
Sam and Quinn thanked the two girls once again for everything they had done, once again saying it was too much when Kurt approached the group, for the first time since they arrived not glued to Finn's side, and placed a hand gently on his hips.
"So, whose up for some party games."
"Party games?" Quinn asked in a questioning tone, as she hadn't been to a shower before yet alone one in which she was the guest of honor.
Kurt nodded.
"I've taken the time to look up some popular shower games online," he spoke as he held up a roll of red crape paper that looked like it had been left over from something the Cheerios once to decorate the gym for a pep rally.
"Everyone is supposed to rip of a piece that they think will match up to the size of the mom to be's stomach," Sam said as she took the sheet of paper from Kurt's hands.
"So basically it's to guess how fat I've become," Quinn said with a pout. Though she was immensely fascinated by the life growing inside her a part of her longed to be back to her normal size, especially with swimsuit season swiftly approaching.
Kurt just smiled. Maybe in retrospect a game like that wasn't such a brilliant idea after all.
Tina took the list from Sam and looked from the sheet to the two guys and let out a little chuckle.
Kristina looked at the same game Tina was looking at and nodded.
Kurt and Artie were worried as to what those two minds were plotting, especially when they began to whisper to one another before Tina walked away toward the kitchen only to come back moments later handing out paper plates of multi colored goop to all the men in the room while Kristina followed her handing the guys index cards and pencils.
"What is this?" Finn asked.
"Please don't tell me this is what I think it is?" Puck added.
Kristina looked over to Kurt who was rolling his eyes while mumbling 'no's' under his breath.
"Ok," Mercedes said as by this time she had joined her friends in the front of the room, "on each plate there are five different kinds of baby food which are numbered."
Groans could be heard from the guys who hadn't even heard the full rule set yet.
"The name of the game," Mercedes continued, "is for you to each taste the foods then write on the card what you believe each of the foods to be."
"The winner gets a prize," Kristina exclaimed trying to sound enthusiastic amidst the guys' groans.
"Come on,' Quinn said, "It's not like you haven't eaten this stuff before."
"Yea, but that was like sixteen years ago," Finn said point blank before turning to read Kurt's expression. From one simple glance he could tell that while it wouldn't of been Kurt Hummel's first choice to let that food enter his system the young man had a soft spot for taking one for the team, well that and the fact that he was the one to print the list in the first place so Finn assumed his boyfriend had planed on doing this from the onset.
Casually slipping Artie's camera from off his lap she made her way round the room capturing the priceless looks from all the guys. From Mike almost tossing his cookies after tasting one flavor to Puck licking his lips stating one particular flavor actually tasted good.
"Was it number four," she heard her boyfriend whispering to her lab partner.
The jock nodded and Artie smiled.
"It does taste rather refreshing."
They waited until all the guys had their spoons and pencils down before Mercedes collected all the cards. She was definitely impressed at the accuracy some of the guys had and yet at the same time amused as to some of the thoughts they had…
"Ok, are you ready to find out what you just ate?" Kristina asked.
After a collective mumble from the six teenaged boys who littered the living room Kristina picked up the card that Tina had made as she scooped the food onto plates.
"Ok, food number one…mashed peas,' Kristina began to read from her card while Rachel was now on camera duty taking reaction shots.
In the end it turned out that flavor 2 was pears, 3 was chicken (which a majority of the guys thought was tuna fish) 4 was apples (made sense that it was apple sauce the guys all enjoyed) and 5 was sweet potatoes.
The winner of a bright shiny Itunes gift card was none other then the father to be himself.
Puck grinned.
"I guess I got to get used to the tastes for when this little angel spits them out," he said looking toward Quinn's stomach while smiling up at Sam who simply nodded.
The rest of the party went on ad a great time was had by all, as it had been a definite distraction from the fact that Regionals was merely a week away.
xxx
Family had always been a sore subject in his life. He lost his mother to cancer when he was eight and it was his dad and him ever since. Though he thought of himself as an 'honorary girl' a huge part of him didn't want a women intruding on the little 'boys club' that he and his father had formed in their own strange little way. Then Alexis Davis came along. She was a strong independent and dare he even say fierce woman and even if she weren't the mother of his good friend he'd probably find some scheme to push her into his father's orbit. It was the thought of Alexis, his father, her three daughters, not to mention the grand child that was coming in the form of Puck and Quinn's little girl that had lead him to look over the real estate section the following morning. His father's eyes began to wander at the site however before Burt could even ask the young boy cocked a smile.
"I was thinking dad, maybe we should consider moving in with Alexis and her girls."
His father was awestruck.
"I mean I know it may sound impractical considering you and Alexis haven't been together long but just hear me out. Ultimately I would like a place with 5 bedrooms and at least 2 bathrooms so that Kristina, Molly, and me can each have our own space and you and Alexis can have separate rooms if you wish. However a four bedroom is fine too, I mean either you and Alexis could double up or I can bunk with Krissy or she can share with Molly…we can go all logistical later…."
He went on to suggest that Sam moved into their house cause she'd be taking the baby with her when she works at the garage anyway.
His words were interrupted when Kristina entered the room.
"Did you put him up to this,' Burt asked the young girl.
Eyeing the real estate paper Kristina tried to hold back laughs. She had talked to Kurt about cohabitation though she assumed he took it with a grain of salt.
"No," she honestly replied as she took a seat at the table, "but I am all for it."
Burt nodded excusing himself to head to the garage while the young man looked her over.
"So, are we on for today… the four of us?"
"On yes… four of us… not so much."
"Who is backing out? Your man or mine?"
"No one's backing out." She paused, "Noah and I were talking last night and…"
"No Kristina…NO… Rachel Berry is not crashing our date."
"But I already told Noah they could join us."
"You don't get it! Finn and Rachel have a history."
"And history is in the past… the present is you and Finn and Rachel and Noah!"
Kurt let out a sigh.
Kristina had a point there and so he would just suck it up and be the bigger man.
xxx
And that's how they had arrived at the street fair/carnival later that afternoon. Kurt, Finn, Rachel, and Puck had ran to ride some of the rides by this point leaving Kristina and Artie alone together walking along the makeshift midway.
"You know you can go on the rides if you want…I don't mind watching from the sidelines, I'm used to that."
Gently kissing his cheek she mentioned briefly how her last trip to a carnival left her pinned under a ride thus turning her off from them for good.
"Well then how about a game of chance, unless you want to stay here and people watch?"
"Why? Do you plan to win me something there wheels."
"Well Yale is that not what a boyfriend is supposed to do for his lady?"
She let out a laugh kissing him on his cheek as they headed to the games area.
Rachel and Puck had made their way toward the games area a bit later. By then Kristina had already racked up a stuffed dog and was now perched on Artie's lap sharing cotton candy with him.
The duo smiled as Puck tossed his arms around Rachel's slender waist and began to whisper something in her ear before heading away.
"Man you have him whipped."
Rachel looked over to Artie then back to the Brunette.
"I could say the same about you Kristina."
Looking from Artie to Rachel she just had to laugh.
"Touché, anyway if this isn't love then I don't know what is."
Rachel nodded, looking in the distance to where Finn and Kurt were doing their own thing.
"I still can't believe Finn you know… one moment he was dating Quinn while dancing around feelings for me and now he's with Kurt."
Kristina just shrugged.
"Love is a crazy little thing."
Rachel nodded as Puck returned holding a bottle of water and handing it to Rachel.
She kissed his cheek and soon Finn and Kurt arrived talking about plans for what to do next.
xxx
Sunday brought some more family time as they sat around the Davis's dinner table when a bombshell exploded but not of the disastrous nature thank god.
"So, Burt and I have been talking," Alexis said, "and apparently so have you kids."
Kurt and Kristina looked to one another and grinned while Molly looked over to Sam.
"Sam do you know what they are talking about." Molly asked.
Sam shrugged her shoulders. She didn't have a clue.
"Anyway we decided that we'd give the whole cohabitation thing a try."
"Oh my god!" Kurt exclaimed, "Was it the quaint little residence I circled in bold and red yesterday in the real estate ads."
Burt shook his head.
"No son, we are going to move in here."
Sam rolled her eyes thinking this place would already be cramped with the baby on her way but to add two more grown adult people to the mix made her wonder if her mother was back on drugs or something.
"The plan we came up with is this," Alexis said turning to her eldest first, "Sam, you and the baby would live at the Hummel's old place."
Sam nodded. Now that actually made sense though the thought of her and a new born alone in the house made her a bit apprehensive but thinking about all the feats she faced it shouldn't be that bad…right?
"Burt for the time being would take the guest room while Kurt can take my home office."
Molly's hand shot up.
"Yes Molly," Sam said.
"Kurt's wardrobe would barely fit in the room let alone his cloths AND him."
The others tried not to laugh as the youngest Davis continued.
'I'll take the office and Kurt can take my room… that is so long as I can store my library someplace suitable."
"Your books can bunk with me," Burt said smiling at the little girl.
"Thank you," Molly said smiling at the older man as they continued to enjoy a nice evening.
TBC
Ok so I'm sure you saw the allusions to 'Home' that I made in this update. Also the shower stuff comes from the couple of co-ed showers I have been to. Thanks again for reading/reviewing/faving/ and so on and so forth and I hope you continue to enjoy the ride…PS if your reading this piece more for the Glee-verse and less for the GH one go to youtube and skim through the 'Carnival of Horrors' story arch from September 2009 to see what I was referring to in this chapter with Kristina.