Find Yourself:
Ok so long time no update. It was a mixture of writers block and ADD. Anyway hope you all like this chapter. Anyways still don't own either fandom though I am warming up to Chad's Michael and despite what I said earlier have him in mind as I write (Though if you want to see Drew in the roll as you read go for it!)
May 1st 2010:
Sure she had been to school formals at Madison however she could have sworn she had never felt so nervous.
Looking at her reflection in her mirror early Saturday evening Kristina took in her appearance.
Hair-swept up in an up do with pearlesque clips making her hair sparkle.
Dress-pretty in pink, in fact it was highly reminiscent of the Juliet dress she wore earlier in the semester with the difference that this dress fell to just above her knees instead of being draped down to the ground, and the sleeves being someplace in-between short and spaghetti strapped as opposed to covering her full arm.
On her feet were simple pink ballet flats and round her neck she wore the diamond necklace that Kurt had given her the night of his party..the night Danielle was born.
"Can I come in," the sound of her mother rang from the doorway.
She just nodded.
Alexis entered and took in the site of her little girl.
Well not so little anymore. She was growing up into a beautiful young woman right before her very eyes.
"Let me look at you," Alexis said with a smile.
Kristina turned around to model for her mom.
"I remember when you were three and you used to play dress up …"
"Mom!"
"Sorry…Sorry," Alexis said flashing her daughter a smile before taking a seat on the foot of her bed.
"So, what's the plan? You and Kurt picking Artie up then heading to the dance."
Kristina nodded.
"And after?"
"If anything mom we'd go to dinner at that twenty four hour pancake house downtown."
"But if it's anything else you'll call me."
Kristina nodded imaging that Burt was probably down the hall giving his son the same 'You've grown up so much/Be careful tonight' speech as she was getting.
Another knock filled the air soon as Molly's face peeked around the door.
"Oh my god Krissy you look amazing," she began as she began to ramble about her sister resembling some literary heroine in the latest novel she was reading before going on, "I can't wait until I'm old enough to get all dressed up and go off to some dance."
"Well you're going to have to wait," Alexis said putting her arm around her youngest, "cause I don't want you growing up too soon."
Molly smiled at her mom giving her a hug back before turning to her sister.
"Artie is going to love it."
Kristina smiled.
"You think."
The three Davis girls talked a bit more about things like how they wished Sam could have been there with them but how she was at the garage with Danielle (Seeing as how Puck, Rachel, and even Quinn planed to go to the dance that evening)
Soon the conversation was interrupted again, this time by the Hummel men.
"Krissy," Kurt said looking simply amazing in his designer suit (but seriously when did the guy not look that way), "are we ready to go."
Looking from her mother to her sister to Burt who didn't really have that much to say to the young girl as he was still getting used to having two (or rather three) daughter figures in his life when it had just been he and Kurt for all those years.
Kristina nodded and turned to leave when Molly stopped them talking about taking pictures.
"There will be a photographer at the dance," Kristina protested however her sister was back in the room, camera in hand snapping away.
Kurt rolled his eyes.
"Moll if you must take our pictures which Kristina is great practice for when we are one day famous then we must pose appropriately."
Shaking her head she knew Kurt would have to have it his way and so she let him set up a pose for the picture that Molly took.
And then they were off.
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They arrived at the Abrams home and Kristina made her way up the walk, the butterflies in her stomach intensifying.
Sure she had met Artie's parents a few times in the past but that didn't seem to matter, as this would be the first time she was at his actual house.
Stretching out a pink painted fingernail she sucked in a deep breath and rang the doorbell.
His mother opened the door seconds later with a smile on her face.
"Kristina come in," she said with a friendly smile on her face that was just as bright as her son's was.
Kristina smiled back as she accepted the invitation and took her first steps into her boyfriends home.
He was nowhere to be seen and so she took the opportunity to check the place out.
At present she was standing in what appeared to be the living room where she was letting her eyes wander.
The room was nothing special, done up in rich shades of browns and blues however what caught her eye were the photographs that stood on the mantel of the Abrams family but more specifically of Artie. Most of the pictures she observed were take from when he was eight years old on after the accident however there were a couple of him pre accident and upon seeing them her eyes teared up a bit.
"Kristina," his sweet voice spoke breaking her out of her spell and putting her under a new one.
Looking up she watched as he wheeled into her room dressed in his tux, his tie the same shade of pink as her dress (this HAD to be Kurt's doing and she definitely didn't mind).
"Here," he said holding out a corsage to which she held out her hand for him to slip it on her wrist, a smile filling her face.
It was then Mrs. Abrams came back into the room with the dreaded camera causing Kristina to pause for more pictures.
"Took you long enough," Kurt joked as the duo made their way to his car and Artie slid himself in while Kristina folded his chair up and placed it in the trunk.
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The dance soon was in full swing and it seemed that everyone was having a good time, well for the most part anyway as Tina entered the school gym with Finn on her arm causing Kurt to roll his eyes.
"Did I miss something?" he asked Finn wondering why his alleged boyfriend had went to the spring formal with Tina of all people. Not that this was a bad thing, Tina was his friend it was just he thought Tina was dating that ruggedly handsome and much older Australian.
Finn let out a deep breath.
"You know I can't tell my mom about us man," Finn said, "I mean no offence and all but especially cause I'm confused or whatever I'd hate to drop the ball on her only to wind up not being…well you know."
"Gay," Kurt said.
Finn just nodded.
For the so-called love of Kurt's young life Finn Hudson had ways of becoming a total jerk sometimes.
"Anyway, since Tina's boyfriend was unavailable to come tonight I asked her as my 'date'."
"Finn said you wouldn't mind," Tina said glaring at the taller boy before making her way to where Mercedes and Mike were on the center of the dance floor wondering if Mercedes would let her cut in for a moment to distract her from the drama.
Finn meanwhile reached out to take Kurt's hand however the shorter boy pulled back.
"So your not ashamed of me now."
Finn shook his head as he flashed his sweet adorable look to Kurt who couldn't stay mad for long and finally after a good five minutes decided to take Finn's hand and head out on the dance floor (cause if anyone could make Finn's dance moves look good it so was going to be him!)
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"C-can I cut in?" Tina asked as she approached Mike and Mercedes who were dancing as if they were the only two people in the room.
The young Asian man looked over to the girl that once upon a time he'd harbored a crush on and cracked a half smile before looking over to his own girlfriend as if to ask for the diva's approval.
Mercedes just smiled knowing that it was just Tina who was one of her closest friends and who had a man of her own so there was no way she was out to steal hers.
She nodded making a comment about going to the DJ to ask about playing REAL music before flashing another smile to Tina and heading away.
When Tina and Mike were alone Tina watched the young man's eyes drift to Kurt and Finn who were now dancing (or trying to anyway) "Do I even want to know?"
Tina shook her head as his eyes moved to Artie and Kristina who seemed to be dancing in their own little way.
"Do you regret it?" Mike asked causing Tina to roll her eyes.
"Regret what?"
"Artie…giving him up after the whole stuttergate thing."
Tina shook her head.
"Truthfully."
"Truthfully."
"There were times that yea I did…but then I realized we were better off as just friends, and besides he smiles at Kristina at a whole different level then he used to smile at me."
"Plus the whole Ethan thing."
Tina just blushed.
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The tone of the new song that filled the air was of a slower nature and he motioned for her to take a seat on his lap after which he proceeded to wheel around in circles to the music.
It was all so romantic.
"Kristina," he said in his soft voice, "I'm sorry."
A rush of nerves fell over her.
Was it his turn to break up with her? Here and now as she was sitting sweetly on his lap dancing round the gym?
"Why are you sorry Artie?" she asked reaching up to stroke her hand against his cheek (normally she'd lace her fingers in his hair however that night it was gelled back and she had to admit he looked hot!)
A sheepish smile crossed his lips and she instantly knew that the reason for the apology had nothing to do with an impending breakup.
"I'm sorry that you weren't elected queen."
She let out a smile wondering if there was even a King and Queen for this dance or if it was just a title given out to the Seniors at the Prom.
"It's ok, cause title or not I have my Prince Charming right here."
He blushed a bit while she bit her tongue thinking that sounded so dorky however before she could apologize for her dorkyness his lips met hers.
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"Are you sure you don't mind," Puck said looking from the blonde who was the mother of his child to the brunette who had his heart.
Rachel Berry shook her head.
Sure she detested sharing her man, especially to Quinn however she knew that Puck and the blonde shared a connection that could never be broken.
"No, I'm fine…go dance with her Noah."
Puck flashed his trademark smirk and held his hand out to the blonde who simply shook her head.
"I don't need a pity dance from you Puck," she said as Matt was walking by.
Sure the jock and fellow glee mate had went to the dance with Brittany but the dippy blonde Cheerio was in the corner with Santana at the moment and she knew that once those two got going lord knew how long it would be before they stopped.
"Besides Matt seems to be available."
Upon hearing his name Matt jumped a mile. He really didn't want to get involved with whatever drama 'Puckelberry Quinn' was engaged in.
He watched Quinn hold out her hand in his general direction while making a slight coughing noise.
"Are you alright?" he asked her, "do you need some punch."
'God were all jocks this dumb,' she wondered to herself.
"No, I don't need punch, I need a dance partner and your one of the better dancers at this school."
He smiled.
He was flattered that Quinn wanted to dance with him and under different circumstances perhaps this would be the catalyst for him to ask her out seeing as they were the only two members of New Directions that had been unattached and them getting together would of made the most sense.
They headed out onto the dance floor and as they did his eyes couldn't help but drift over to where Kurt and Finn were dancing making him think to himself, 'what did Finn have that he didn't?'
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The dance was magical and the group had a blast and when all was said and done they did in fact go to the all night Pancake House to unwind (well at least Kurt, Finn, Tina, Artie, Kristina, Mike, and Mercedes went) where they talked about plans for the following day.
Said plans lead to Finn and Tina coming over to the Davis-Hummel home and later the foursome to head outside in the early May sun to mess around in the sprinklers and wash the families cars (hey why waste water when you could be productive right!)
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Meanwhile Sunday morning a young man hopped into a cab outside of the local airport and sucked in a deep breath.
He hoped that his presence would be seen as a good thing and not an annoyance to his kid sister, especially after the conversation they had a week ago where he'd come off as kind of a tool to her.
He didn't mean to act that way however with loosing a year of his life due in part to a coma he'd already felt like he'd lost time with his sister and now her living miles away with a new live in brother figure…sometimes…no…he wasn't going to think about that. Plus he kind of really wanted to meet this Artie guy that his sister was going on about.
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"Your baby is sparkling like brand new," Kristina said as she flashed Kurt a smile, tossing her sponge back into the plastic bucket that had been filled with sudsy water.
He smiled back at her as he waved his keys in his hand making an off the cuff comment about moving it before she or Tina went into a chick rage and decided to bust his windows.
Kristina blinked.
"Do I even have to ask?" she stated as Kurt pulled his car around.
Tina just giggled but Finn seemed to look just as clueless as Kristina was.
"Finn, remember the beginning of the year when we were trying to afford that choreographer and we had that carwash?"
Finn nodded, Kristina was still out of the loop as Tina turned to the other girl's direction.
"Mercedes had a little crush on Kurt and when he told her he was in love with another she got mad and smashed his windows."
"No," Kristina said.
Tina nodded as Finn flashed a shocked look.
Molly who also was outside with the older teens just rolled her eyes before looking to the trio.
"Anyone else thirsty?" she asked.
Tina nodded and offered to go inside the house with Molly to bring the rest of the group lemonade.
Kurt was still with his car in this moment leaving Finn and Kristina alone.
They sat in silence for a moment when the young man raised an eyebrow before reaching his hand in the soapy bucket and picked up a sponge tossing it in Kristina's direction.
"You did NOT just do that Finn."
He tossed a second sponge to her as she shook her head picking up the bucket of water chasing him.
"You're a dead man Finn Hudson," she said, her voice cracking due to her excessive giggling as his arms suddenly grabbed her from behind causing her to spill the soapy water all over her.
He lifted her up, playing around and thoughts of the past began to fill her mind causing a part of her to want to fight back with her 'attacker' out of instinct however her more rational mind knew that it was Finn and he was just messing around.
However not everyone knew who he was and that this was just a game as the cab pulled up in front of the house and a young man headed out of it quickly paying the driver and tossing his bag on the ground before approaching the tall teen and tossing out a punch.
"Michael NO!"
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TBC
Ok so here you have it. I know I haven't SHOWN Krissy meeting the Abrams's but I thought that would have been something to happen off screen perhaps at Regionals or something considering they have been a couple for almost three months. Also I don't know if they said cannon if Artie was an only child or had siblings, I know in some fics I've read he's had siblings but in this verse he's an only child…also sorry for Finn being a jack ass I don't know what came over the muse (one to many re-watches of Theatricality perhaps?) also how did you like the little 'Matt' scene…do you think that if Kfinn split up he'll risk his rep and jump in for the rebound? Anyway with all this said please review to let me know how things are going