AN: Thank you guys for those feedbacks! :)) I admit, I secretly ship Brittany and Kurt! hahahaha =))) Oh the season finale is almost here, waa! I feel like I'm going to prepare 5 boxes of kleenex, I feel like I'm going to bawl out when I saw the preview! Whieeee! I can't wait! :D

DISCLAIMER: I do not own glee.


It's about 3 months since Artie and I became official. That night, he introduced me to his parents as his girlfriend and not his best friend anymore. I was really happy by the reaction of his parents because they've welcomed me warmly into their family and I really felt that they we're my own parents. Now my only problem is my family, especially my dad. He's really strict. And I mean, as strict as HELL. My mom already knew that me and Artie are together, and she accepted and welcomed him warmly too. In fact, I feel jealous of him because he always gets the attention of my mom whenever he's in our house. Kidding. My dad would often come back here in Ohio every four months from New Jersey (He manages our family business there.) to check if me and my mom are still alive and breathing. Just kidding, he comes home every four months to spend time with us and to torture me.

"Tina, do this...", "Tina, do that...", "Tina!"

Ugh. I just can't stand him having around the house. He treats me like his slave. He wouldn't allow me to go out with my friends every time he's here. And as a child, he abused me psychologically. He always said to me that I am a failure, I'm ugly, and I couldn't achieve anything, and more stuffs like that. It's kinda self-degrading and it's really painful especially when you hear it from your own father. That caused my shyness, insecurities and low self-esteem. And that was the cause why I faked my stutter before. But now, glee club made me realize that I have nothing to be shy and to be insecure about. But even though he'd been like that to me, I still respect him because he's still my dad. I'm really worried because he's coming back in a few days and I'm planning to introduce Artie to my him. We can't hide our relationship for that long, my dad would find that out somehow. I hope my dad would accept Artie just like mom accepted him.

While me and Artie were eating in the cafeteria during lunch break,

"Tee, can you stop playing with your food?" He asked. I just replied him with a sigh.

"Hmm, it looks like my baby has a problem," he scooted closer to me. "What's the problem, babe?" he placed his arm on my shoulder.

"Dad." I sighed again.

"Why? What's the matter between you and your dad again?"

"He's coming home this week. And I'm planning to introduce you to him as my boyfriend." I frowned.

"Oh, so that's why my baby is sad." He joked.

"Artie?" I gave him a sharp look.

"I'm just trying to make you smile..." He pouted his lips like a child.

"Okay..." I smiled. "I'm sorry, I'm just really worried, babe." I cuddled him.

"Tina, you don't have to worry, I'm here. I'll protect you." He kissed me on my forehead.

"But Artie, what if..."

"Shh, don't talk like that, babe." He smiled. "I'm always here to protect you." He assured me.

"Oh, I love you babe." I hugged him.

"I love you too, babe." He answered.

When I got home that afternoon, I was shocked to see my father's luggage in our living room. And when I went to the kitchen to give myself a drink, I suddenly saw my worst nightmare, my dad.

"There's my little princess," he smiled. "So how's school, sweetie?"

"What has gotten into this person? Why is he suddenly nice to me? Hmm, looks like he has something on his sleeve." I thought to myself.

"D-dad. You're here already...W-when d-d-did you arrived?" I asked.

"Just a few hours ago, dear." He said while taking a sip of his coffee.

"Oh. Okay." Then I immediately ran upstairs to my room. When I got into my room, I called Artie immediately.

"Hello?"

"ARTIE!" I shouted.

"Why you'd called babe?" He asked.

"Dad. Dad's here already." I ranted.

"Calm down, Tina. Why you're so anxious whenever he's around? He's your dad."

"You don't understand, Artie."

"Why? Is it because he's strict at you?"

"It's more than that. I'm afraid of him. You know what he did to me when I was a kid."

"Yeah." He suddenly remembered.

"Tina! Go down here! Dinner's ready!" dad shouted.

"Artie, I gotta go. Dad's calling me."

"Okay babe, take care. I love you."

"I will, babe. Love you too. Bye." I hung up.

Then I went down to the dining room immediately.

"Tina, I think your dad has something to say to you." Mom whispered.

"About what?" I exclaimed.

"I don't know either. Let's just wait." She smiled.

Then while we were eating dinner, "I have an announcement to make," He said. "Tina, I'm sure you know Mike Chang, right?" he smiled.

I suddenly remembered what Mike said to me when I heard my dad said the name of Mike, "You know the culture of us Asians...You know, the fixed marriage thing...I know that my dad doesn't like Brittany." I knew that my dad was making some "business transactions" with Mike's father. I suddenly became REALLY nervous at that moment.

"Y-yes dad, we're both in the glee club..." I said. "Why'd you ask?"

"You know that me and his father are "good friends", right?" He asked me. I just nodded back.

"Well, we've decided to make a deal..." At that moment, I feel like I was going to have a heart attack. My heart was beating really fast, I was really afraid of what my dad is going to say next.

"You're going to marry his son." Okay. When I heard that, I felt that my whole world suddenly crashed. I just felt tears were falling from my eyes like waterfalls.

"WHAT? You're going to make Tina marry a guy she doesn't love? My god, Lee, have you gone out of your mind?" Mom argued.

"Lisa, it's for her future. Our business is in a downhill right now, and our only hope is the Chang family so we can maintain our business. And besides, our marriage is also fixed. It's in our tradition, Lisa. And besides, they're both in their legal age. They can get married. So what's wrong of having a fixed marriage?" Dad explained.

"THAT'S THE THING!" Mom shouted. "Our marriage was fixed! I don't want Tina to feel the pain that I've gone through when we got married! Because of you, I was never happy in my life! If it wasn't for you and your stupid "tradition", me and Ian should've been happy and living the life we've wanted! You've ruined up my life, Lee! And I'm never letting you to do that to our daughter!" She continued.

I was really shocked from what I've heard. I never knew that my parents' marriage was fixed. I cried even more when I heard that. I only thought that it was only in the movies or in our history books, but I never knew that my family continues to follow that stupid tradition. It's the 21st century, and I can't believe they're following it until now.

"Tina," Mom said. "Go to your room, mom will take care of this." She assured me.

"Thank you mom, I love you." I hugged her tightly then I ran immediately to my room. There, I could hear them shouting at each other. I never saw or even heard them fighting like this before.


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