If anyone ever read this journal, I'm pretty sure they'd think I think about basically nothing but Artie.

And maybe that's true to some extent, but I still think I should start writing about other things more.

...but apparently not today.

Mom told me this morning that she wants me to invite Artie over for dinner on Sunday. I don't know what I should do with this.

I haven't mentioned it to Artie yet, because I need to come up with...something before that. I'm drawing a total blank.

She said she thinks she should get to know him, if her daughter is going to date him.

I said that our house isn't really accessible enough (it is, but I hoped she wouldn't pick up on that), and she said she was sure it would be fine, and that there are no stairs from the garage into the house, so he could come in that way.

Then I said he had food allergies, and she said that I should just tell her what they are so she can make sure not to cook with any of those things.

I even tried telling her that he might not be available, but then remembered that I said I was going to be spending the day with him...of course he was available.

I'm sure it would be fine...sort of. I'm just worried she'll say something either ridiculously rude (unintentionally), or something so ridiculous he'll want to leave. She's constant referring to his "condition" like he has some sort of disease, and I just think the whole thing would be very awkward and strange.

Plus...who knows if I can even convince him to come, if I decide this is a good idea and can't come up with some excuse for it to not happen? We haven't really talked about Mom a lot, but whenever we have it's always made him kind of nervous. His family and mine are just so different.

Sometimes I think there are enough things that might scare him away already (that he doesn't know about), and I don't want to add one more to that pile. I know he feels like there are lots of things about him and his life that might scare me away too, but it's not something he'd ever talk about. He tries to avoid anything like that, so I don't really bring it up.

I think the anniversary of his accident is sometime in the next couple of weeks...I remember that it was sometime in November. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do on that day. Am I supposed to do anything specific? Be there for him? Give him space? Let him know that I'm there for him, and tell him I'll give him space and to let me know if he needs me? I'm not very good with these things.

With that coming up, do I really want to spring dinner with my mom on him? Is that fair?

I thought if I just wrote long enough, I'd come to some sort of workable solution, but apparently not.

I don't know what to do.

A/N: Who's up for another Quartie weekend with accompanying oneshots? Let me know!

Also, remember...if there's anything specific you want to see in here, you need to tell me! I can't read minds!

(well, maybe I can, but shhhh, it's a secret)