AN: Glee is my newest TV obsession, and Tina/Artie is my new ship. Therefore I bring you this; it's not great by any means but I wanted to get it out there.

Disclaimer: A 19 year girl from Massachusetts can totally own the best show ever…NOT! If I did the world would never see Kevin McHale again because he'd be mine! *insert evil laughter* I'd kidnap him just like Michael did on the office. (Just ignore me, I just polished of the last bit of my Halloween candy, so I'm pretty hyper right now XD)

Ok enjoy…

Telling Artie her secret was hard; watching him wheel himself away in disgust was even harder, but hardest was looking at herself in the mirror after that, knowing that she hurt the one person who really mattered to her. She walked back to her own chair as tears filled her eyes. Angrily she wiped them away knowing that tears wouldn't magically fix the problem.

How she could have done that to Artie, she thought over and over. He was her best friend, her confidant, the one person who could look past her 'disability' and see her for who she was.

She jerked her head startled when she heard the slam of a locker door, adjacent to the hallway she was occupying. Quickly rolling herself back to the Glee club room, she dropped off the wheelchair and ran outside to walk home.

By the time she reached her apartment, the tears had run dry but the pain remained the same. She entered the building and ran right up the stairs to Cohen-Chang residence. She flung the door open to her bedroom and slammed it shut ignoring her concerned parents calling. Flopping down on her bed face first she began crying again, sobbing into her gray and blue striped sheets.

She replayed everything that had happened that afternoon beginning with Artie boldly asking her out.

They had just finished Kurt and Rachel's diva-off and were handing in their votes. The bell was just about to ring for first period and the Glee students were rushing to get out of the narrow doorway in their wheelchairs.

Artie stopped Tina as she was about to get in the fray of wheelchairs.

"Tina?"

"Yeah Artie, what's up?" She asked curiously.

"I was wondering if you were doing anything after Glee today."

"I was going to practice my solos for 'Proud Mary some more'" She began before crumbling and succumbing to her crush, "But it's negotiable."

"Cool," Artie said smiling as he saw a blush creep up on her cheeks, "Did you want to practice with me then?"

"Cool," Her blush had now completely taken over her face. They stared at each other for awhile, not noticing that they quickly became the only students in the classroom.

The bell rang breaking them up.

The rest of the day was a blur for her; math, science, English, lunch, art, and then history.

He was already waiting outside of her last class for her like he always did.

"Hey" she smiled.

"You ready?" He said as he led the way towards the auditorium for Glee rehearsal.

Tina walked silently behind him taking the handles of the Artie's chair as they usual did. Upon arriving, Puck, Mike, and Matt, and Finn were waiting to carry Artie in.

Mr. Schu was waiting in the front row along with a few other Glee clubbers. Mercedes and Kurt were the last to arrive as they strolled in arguing about buttons versus zippers.

Tina was antsy for the meeting to be over with so she could get some one on one time with Artie. Fortunately a distraction came in the form of Mr. Schu needing to speak to principal Figgins about the wheelchair ramps, so he dismissed the rehearsal.

"Did you still want to practice?" Tina asked nervously after the Glee kids returned their "Proud Mary" props to the Glee classroom for storage.

"Wait, I've got a better idea" Artie announces as begin leaving the Glee classroom.

"What?" Tina asks.

"I'll race you!" Artie said taking off.

"Hey; that's no fair!" Tina said catching on and running after him. "Cheater"

"Says the one who ran in a race against a kid in a wheelchair," He joked.

"I bet I can beat you in a wheelchair then," Tina challenged.

"This ought to be good" Artie laughed.

Tina stuck her tongue out as she re-entered the classroom to grab her chair. She came out in her chair and a mock game face on

"We go all around the floor and meet back here?" Artie proposed.

"Bring it"

"On your mark, get set…GO!"Artie shouted.

The two furiously pushed them down the hallway, both giggling aloud neck and neck. Rounding the last corner Artie gained speed leaving Tina behind him.

"Oh no! Argh you're so much faster! I can't. This is so hard." Tina laughed as she lost the race "No fair! You've had eight years of practice."

"Excelling at wheelchair races is about the only advantage. It's like your stutter; it's mostly just a big hassle," Artie said looking down shyly at his lap.

Tina's smile faltered a bit before she spoke again. "This has been a really fun date," She smiled allowing herself to laugh a little. "But… I want to get out of this chair."

"Why?" Artie asked confused.

"So… I can do this," Tina spoke as she got up from her chair.

Slowly she leaned over Artie's sitting form and gently placed her lips on his. It was a sweet kiss as both smiled at the other after it was over.

Artie looked down at his lap once more before Tina once again spoke up.

Upon reaching this moment in her day, Tina began sobbing harder; just thinking about what came next.

"I have to tell you something…I've been faking it" Tina began.

"Faking what?" He asked thoughtfully.

"I don't have a stutter. I pretended to have one in the sixth grade because I didn't want to give a speech on the Missouri Compromise. I was really shy and it made people think I was weird, so they left me alone. And it wasn't until I joined Glee club that I realized how much I was missing. I don't want to push people away any more. You understand what that's like, don't you?" Tina asked hopefully.

And with one single word her hope was thrown out the window.

"No," He said an angry frown taking the place of his smile from having kissed her. "I don't. I would never try to push people away, because being in the chair kind of does that for you. I thought we had something really important in common."

Tina did her best not to cry as Artie left her with those words.

"Wait. Artie." Tina said getting up from the chair. "I'm sorry."

"I am too. I'm sorry now you get to be normal, and I'm going to be stuck in this chair for the rest of my life and that's not something I can fake." He said further crushing her before turning away to hide his own tears that were seconds away from falling down his face.

Artie's words were like a broken record playing in her head; her head that was throbbing from the past fifteen minutes of intense crying. She lifted herself into a sitting position as she examined the fresh puddle s on her pillow.

She needed to fix this, Artie didn't deserve the crappy friend she was to him, and she sure as hell didn't believe she deserved his friendship either, but she still wanted that if nothing else.

AN: Ok I just had to write this especially after the last episode. I mean come on! She was faking it, did NOT see that coming. Tina/Artie are just so adorable, I really hope we get to see a happy ending for them. Ok I'm done. Please review, thanks!