Chapter 10:Life As We Knew It
-Artie Abrams-
Therapy hadn't been good that day.
My legs were cramping, because I was starting to get more feeling in them.
The call at 4:30ish, because I remember being happy it was almost over.
"Mr. Abrams?" The doctor asked.
"Yes?" I said.
"There's a phone call for you, in the receptionists office."
I sighed, and wheeled myself into the office.
"Hello?" I said, when I answered the phone.
It was Tina.
"What's wrong, honey?" I asked.
"It's Mr. Schue." She said.
I sighed.
Tina cried over Mr. Schue all the time, even when he went in for a check-up.
"What's wrong with him, babe?" I asked.
"He...he...he went in his sleep." She said.
I was confused.
"To the restroom?" I asked.
"No...he's...gone. He died in his sleep."
My eyes widened, and my life hasn't been the same sense.
"Artie." I heard, and then I looked up.
I went to the TV.
"Artie Abrams." Mr. Schue said.
I nodded, looking up at him.
Why Mr. Schue?
Why not me?
"Mr. Schue." I said, looking up at hin, my face wrinked in sadness.
"Artie. One of the original six." Mr. Schue said.
I nodded.
"Artie. You were the fourth person to try out for the club. And everyone after you didn't jump out to me as much. Because you, Artie, are the heart and soul of this Glee Club. You, Rachel, Tina, Finn, Kurt, and Mercedes are the basic structure of this club. The other six are just as important but have a different special meaning to me."
I looked up at the man's face.
It was full of wisdom, like it always had been.
"Mr. Schuester, why?" I said.
He looked at me, knowingly, but he could never answer my question.
I looked back at Tina, and she attempted a smile for me.
I nodded, and looked back up on the screen.
"So Artie, what I've decided to get you, is kind of...a collaboration of Tina's gift."
I nodded.
Tina's gift was a tryout on Broadway, what could mine be?
"I got you an examination from the NYFA."
My eyes widened.
"They accepted you with a full scholarship."
My eyes got even BIGGER.
"The New York Film Academy wants me?" I said.
"The New York Film Academy wants you." He said.
Tina squealed for me, and everyone behind me began to clap.
"Oh my God, Mr. Schuester.." I said.
"Artie, you deserve this. Tina gave me the "Vogue" vid that you did for Sue, and I sent it in, along with a letter of recommendation."
I looked back at Tina.
She nodded, smiling.
The tears began to fall, and I remembered what Mr. Schue had once told me-
It was the week that Bryan Ryan came.
Mr. Schuester asked me to stay after class, and he told me Tina had come to him about to note.
"You want to dance, Artie?" He asked.
I nodded, my head down.
"Artie, you look at me right now." He said, anger in his voice.
I looked back up at him.
"You listen and you listen to me good." He said.
I looked at his eyes, scared.
"You NEVER, EVER, let ANYONE or ANYTHING get in the way of your dreams. I want you to tell me you won't."
"I won't.." I muttered.
"ARTIE. LOUDER." He said.
"I won't." I said.
"ARTIE. LOUDER." He said.
"I WON'T!" I yelled, and I believed it.
"There you go." He said, and then he walked out of the choir room.
Mr. Schuester had been the only person who had ever told me that, dad only told me just to never let anyone get me down.
Mr. Schuester had been the only person who had ever made sure that my dreams had come true.
Mr. Schuester did more for my life than I did.
Mr. Schuester has been the best person I've ever met, as far as changing my life goes.
For that I will always be grateful.
"Thank you Mr. Schue." I said.
"I love you Artie." He said, on the tape.
"I love you too, Mr. Schuester." I said, and Tina had to come wheel me back to my chair, I was crying so hard.
-End of Chapter 10-