Find Yourself:

Ok so I've mapped the timeline out for the rest of this piece finally so sorry in advance for the mass amounts of time that will take over in these last few chapters. Also song used is Head Over Feet by: Alanis Morissette still don't own anything more then CD's DVD's and various GH stars autographs as far as these fandoms go sadly…also had to make a Franco reference in this chapter (June 30th people CO77X)

April 23rd. 2010

Despite being around one another varying times during the week it wasn't until Friday evening that she got a chance to talk to him.

Standing in the doorway to his room she flashed him a half smile as she looked at him preening in the mirror.

"Hot date with Finn tonight," Kristina's voice rang out making Kurt jump.

He shook his head.

"No, Cedes and I haven't had girl time in a while and so we're having a sleepover…"

He paused.

"I can text her see if maybe you and Tina could join us."

Kristina shook her head. She knew that Kurt and Mercedes had a special relationship all their own and ever since Kurt began to date Finn and she began to date Mike the two of them seemed to be more with their significant others then their best friends.

"No. you two have fun…"

As she began to turn and head out he protested, gently tapping at the foot of his bed for her to take a seat.

She did as she was told and looked into her quasi stepbrothers comforting eyes.

"It's not Artie is it?"

She let out a sigh.

"Am I going to have to give Mr. Abrams a talk."

She shook her head.

"It's nothing like that…" she paused figuring out how to word this right, "it's about the invitational."

Wheels clicked in Kurt's head as he placed a hand on his heart, a smile crossing his lips.

"Oh my god you want to sing to him don't you."

"And I was wondering if you could accompany me personally…I mean nothing against Brad he's good and all but I need some coaching with my pitch and I highly doubt he makes house calls."

"It would be my honor to be your personal pianist and vocal coach," Kurt said as he looked over to the clock radio that sat on his dresser, "however I should get going…we can talk more tomorrow alright."

Kristina nodded as she stood up and gave Kurt a long embrace before they both headed out of the room together.

XXX

I had no choice but to hear you
You stated your case time and again
I thought about it

Kristina was sitting in her room on Saturday morning when this time it was Kurt who stood in her doorway a smile crossing his face as he listened to her sing along to the song on her CD player. When she had finished he let out a round of applause causing her to jump.

"Kurt, how long have you been here?"

"Since you started."

She just nodded before flashing him a stone cold stare.

"Be honest Kurt, I chose the wrong song."

He shook his head. He liked the song; it was definitely in her wheelhouse…however.

"The songs good..the arrangement however…you need to be more sultry, more seductive."

She bit her lip nervously as his hand tapped her shoulder.

"Don't worry, I'll be your vocal coach."

Kristina nodded as Molly ran into her sister's room smiling when she saw Kurt there.

The duo smiled as they looked on at their youngest sibling who it seemed was spending far too much time with Tina seeing as how that morning she had pink clip on streaks in her hair matching the pink and white sundress she had on.

"Molly what's wrong?" Kristina asked.

The young girl shook her head as she plopped on the bed.

"Nothings wrong, I just wanted to spend some time with my sister, and Kurt being here well it's an added bonus."

Both teens gazed at the young girl.

"Ok fine, Mom and Burt wanted to know what your plans were for today."

"Well Artie and I were going to see Date Night why are you asking?"

"Cause they were kind of talking about having a 'family day'."

She wanted to comment about how the past few weekends have been spent predominantly with the family and not enough with Artie hence why they had yet to see this movie and yet she couldn't bring herself to do so.

Instead she flashed her sister a smile.

"My irrational crush on James Franco can wait," she said, "I'll go text Artie."

Molly smiled and glared to Kurt.

"Finn has his own family thing this weekend so I'm good."

Molly smiled as she fled out of the room with a smile on her face.

XXX

The remainder of Saturday was spent with just the five of them heading back to the bowling Alley where Kurt was shocked to see just how improved Kristina was seeing as she sucked the last time she went bowling with the family what seemed like forever ago.

"I have a confession to make," she said later that evening when their parents and Molly were over at the garage with Sam and Dani, "Finn's been coaching me."

"I knew it!" Kurt exclaimed as he made his way behind the piano bench and began to flawlessly play the opening chords to her song before pausing, "ok so I was thinking that perhaps you can sit either perched on the top of the piano or on the bench besides me."

Kristina nodded taking a seat by his side while trying miserably to pose her body in a seemingly sexy position causing Kurt to try to hold back his laughter.

"What."

"Nothing," he replied.

"Tell me."

"You look fake Krissy."

"But you said to…"

"I know what I said…however I meant more along the lines of you in that fabulous little red number you wore on Valentines day a sleek pair of red kitten heals and let your vocals do the rest."

She nodded as he explained to her how she should begin the song sitting by his side before standing up and making her way toward where Artie sat.

Kristina nodded as he coached her vocally though the slower more seductive arrangement he had come up with practically on the spot.

Yes Kristina's life was going great which naturally meant something bad was on the horizon.

XXX

It came in a phone call the following day.

"Hello," she said recognizing the familiar number of her brother.

"Wow, I'm shocked you picked up."

She rolled her eyes.

What was that supposed to mean she wondered to herself as Kristina wondered why he was calling in the first place.

"Is something wrong with Morgan?" she instinctively asked.

"No Morgan's fine."

"Dad?"

"Do I need an excuse to call my little sister not that she needs me or anything now that she has 'Kurt."

"Hey."

"Seriously when we talked last it was Kurt this and Kurt that…I'd swear you were replacing me as your brother."

"I would never do that Michael…anyway you could of came to Ohio for Regionals."

"I know I should of…especially to check out your boyfriend to make sure he's good enough for you."

"You'd like Artie you really would."

"I still think it's too soon Krissy, and I mean picking a guy in a wheelchair to be your rebound after Kiefer…"

"Don't be dissing the chair Michael," she snapped listening to her brother spout out an apology on the other end.

"Anyway I'm thinking of coming by to see Sam and that new baby of hers…think I could crash at your place?"

Kristina rolled her eyes. She loved Michael dearly but she couldn't help but wonder if this call was merely to ask if he could use her place as a crash pad as opposed to getting a hotel.

"Well, it's kind of full her but you could crash at the garage with Sam and Dani."

"Dani?"

"The baby."

Michael made a muffled sound before replying that he knew that.

The two of them talked some more and by the time they hung up Kristina's head was truly buzzing.

Was she replacing Michael with Kurt, no her relationships with both her brothers were completely different and she didn't love one more so then the other. His comment on Artie however stung especially as he had told her this countless times since the two got together back in February.

Perhaps she would scrap her solo…she wasn't as good a singer as Rachel anyway and she knew this…plus wasn't there that whole saying about how too much of a good thing wasn't good. Better to cut her losses with Artie and go back to the friend zone now before the inevitable happened and they broke up.

XXX

A deep breath filled her lungs as she headed into McKinley the following day and breezed to her locker. From the corner of her eyes she spotted a poster advertising the Spring Formal and listened to the muffled chatter of various Cheerios, Jocks, and couples in general talking about the event. And when she spotted him at her locker his sweet smile lingering across his lips and a dreamy look in his eyes she knew damn well what was coming and mentally remind herself what she was planning on doing.

"I missed you this weekend," were the first words that same from his mouth.

She just nodded.

"What, you didn't miss me?" he asked in a teasing tone as he reached out to gently touch her arm.

She recoiled backwards causing a concerned look to cross his face.

"What's wrong Kris…look at me."

She didn't.

"Look at me," he repeated, "did something happen this weekend? Did Kiefer try to contact you? What…speak to me…tell me what's wrong."

He watched the tears fall down her cheeks as she spoke the next few words.

"Artie…we have to break up."

He blinked not that it would make a difference when it was his hearing that was in question at that moment. What did Kristina say? No it couldn't have been what he thought it just couldn't be. He'd finally felt like a somebody. Sure he was still not on the higher side of the popularity spectrum but he still felt like he was on top of the world as he had a girl as smart and beautiful as Kristina Davis interested in him despite…well despite his chair.

"Break Up," he managed to squeak out.

Kristina nodded.

"It's not you Artie…your sweet, smart, and despite what you may think of yourself your one of the hottest guys I know."

His cheeks flushed a light shade of pink as she went on.

"It's me…I'm sorry."

And with that she left without even saying another word to him.

XXX

Lunchtime that day came and Artie was hoping to see her, to get her to explain to him more as to why she wanted to split up however she was nowhere to be seen which broke his heart. Kurt however was there and so he decided that if he couldn't get the reason from his girlfriend then the next best person to talk to was Kurt himself.

"Kurt, what's up with Kristina."

Kurt shrugged going on about how she spent the grater part of Sunday evening locked into her room listening to his father's Mellencamp collection telling him it was surprisingly soothing.

"So you had no clue she was planning to break up with me?" Artie asked.

Both Kurt and Tina's faces lit up in shock and he was sure Mercedes would of too if she wasn't sitting on the other end of the cafeteria with Mike.

Tina stood up and tossed her arms around him while Kurt rolled his eyes. He had no clue that this development was going on and he vowed to get to the bottom of this when he next saw her in Lit class later that day…however Kristina wasn't in class that afternoon and she had spent the night at the garage with Sam and Dani and thus he never got the chance to chat with her.

XXX

It was worse then that week that the girls were supposed to avoid the boys cause of Rachel's stupid sisterhood pact and as she sat on Sam's couch watching The Little Mermaid while rocking Dani in her arms her elder sister could see the pain in her eyes.

"What's wrong Krissy."

"I broke up with Artie."

Sam's face was as shocked as everyone else's was when they heard the startling news.

"But you two were so happy," she said taking the baby from her sisters grasp.

"That's just it Sam..we're TOO happy, I mean let's face it our family and relationships don't mesh well…I mean guys like Artie and Burt are simple flukes for us…the bottom will fall out eventually I just figure why prolong it?"

"Your right…the Artie's and Burt's are a dime a dozen and so when you find one you have to hold on to them tight with both hands."

"You think I was stupid don't you."

"I think you were scared…talk to Artie tomorrow…tell him how you feel."

"You think."

Sam nodded and the two sisters embraced.

XXX

She didn't see him before school or at Lunch however she did see Kurt who instantly chewed into her about breaking Artie's heart to which she instantly reassured him that she planed to reconcile things with Artie and her solo was back on. Kurt was elated and now all that was left to do was tell Artie who she unfortunalty didn't see until Glee rehearsal that day and by the time he wheeled in (with Tina) Mr. Schuster was ready to start the meeting.

"Ok, so today we'll be working on sussing out what songs we should do for our final invitational."

Kristina knew it was now or never and so she tossed her hand up.

"Kurt and I are working on something," she said winking to her partner in crime.

"It's almost ready," Kurt added, "should be ready for Thursday in fact."

The teacher smiled saying that he couldn't wait to hear it while other students shared ideas for new selections as well as some of their faves from past performances that they had wished to do one last time.

By the end of the meeting she watched as Artie began to wheel himself out of the room.

"Artie wait," she replied and he swiveled round to face her, a sad, angry look in his eyes.

"Are you planning on putting another stake in my heart Kristina cause if so save it."

A tear ran down her cheek at the hostility at his tone.

She feared it was too late and she had lost him not only as her boyfriend but as her friend as well.

"Artie I was scared," she began to say though her tears, "and now I fear that I royally screwed up."

He just looked at her.

"I still love you…I never stopped…maybe you are too good for me and if you don't want to get back together I understand."

He didn't respond…at least not in the traditional sense. Instead he stood there for a moment..the sullen expression still glued to his lips as he seemed to contemplate things and then suddenly his chair wheeled closer to her and his lips fell upon hers.

"So," he said with a smirk on his face as if nothing had happened between them, "want to go to the spring formal with me."

"I don't know…"

He looked at her as she burst out laughing.

"Yes…"

From outside the choir room Tina and Kurt looked on and slapped each other a high five glad that their friends reconciled.

XXX

By the next time they all met up to rehearse on Thursday all eyes fell on Kristina as she entered the choir room in the slinky red dress that she wore on her first date with Artie who thought she looked even more amazing now then she did that night if it was even more possible.

"So Kristina, Kurt, I take it you two are ready to perform?"

Kurt nodded as he headed to the piano and flashed a smile to Brad motioning for the man to let him take the bench.

Brad obliged and soon Kurt was seated at the keyboard with Kristina sitting by his side, legs crossed and a soft pout pursing her lips.

He began to play the familiar song as Kristina began to softly begin to sing:

I had no choice but to here you

You stated your case time and again

I thought about it

Her eyes locked on Artie's as a smile crossed her lips.

You treat me like I'm a princess

I'm not used to liking that

You ask how my day was…

Seamlessly she stood up from the bench and began to make her way to where her boyfriend sat.

You've already won me over in spite of me

Don't be alarmed if I fall head over feet

And don't be surprised if I love you for all that you are

I couldn't help it

It's all your fault

She playfully began to sway her hips during the next verse before ultimately settling on the vacated chair next to him

Your love is thick and it's swallowed me whole

You're so much braver then I gave you credit for

That's not lip service

She leaned over and gave him a quick and sweet kiss as she continued to sing the song to the rest of the glee club all while picturing that it was only she and Artie in the room.

You've already won me over in spite of me

Don't be alarmed if I fall head over feet

And don't be surprised if I love you for all that you are

I couldn't help it

It's all your fault….

She finished the song that afternoon to a round of applause and another kiss from Artie…yep she was definitely glad that they were back together and couldn't wait till the formal on Saturday Night.

XXX

TBC

So did this chapter make sense or not? I just wanted some Artie/Krissy angst as they are both so dramatic on their respective cannons and I thought they were getting far too fluffy in this verse for my sanity and seeing as some reviewers have wanted Michael I thought well there's the angst…