A/N: Enjoy!

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After Tina dropped Rachel off, she went to Kurt's house so she can talk to him and Mercedes. She went downstairs to his room where they were studying. She wasn't expecting to see Finn studying with them.

"Tina, what's up?" Mercedes began as she noticed Tina make her way down the stairs. "You didn't give me any details over the phone."

"I-I needed to talk to you in private actually…" Tina spoke softly trying to suggest that Finn shouldn't be around.

"Oh, I get it. Girl talk…" He smiled as he took his phone from Kurt. "Whoa, Rachel called me like 10 times."

"Why didn't you answer?" Tina questioned.

"He gets too distracted with Angry Birds when we try to study." Kurt laughed. "I put it on silent mode."

"I should call her." He began to go upstairs when Tina stopped him. "What's wrong?"

"Sit down, Finn." Tina said in an unusually demanding tone. Finn, Mercedes and Kurt were a bit confused.

"Is everything ok?" He asked. "Is this about Rachel?"

"Yes." Tina began. "Listen, I'm going to tell you this because you and Rachel are both my friends."

"Ok…" Finn fidgeted nervously.

"Rachel knows about you and Santana." She said a bit quickly.

"Did you guys tell her I slept with Santana?" Finn quickly assumed while raising his voice.

"Wait, you two knew?" Tina turned to Kurt and Mercedes.

"How did she find out?" Finn turned back to Tina. "How did you find out?"

"After practice, we overheard Quinn and Puck talking. They talked about the two of you."

"I'm going to kick his ass." Finn grew angrier and redder. "What the hell is Puck's problem? He told me he won't tell anyone."

"Puck and Quinn did nothing wrong. They didn't know we could hear them." Tina defended. "You're the one who lied to Rachel."

"She's right, Finn." Mercedes admitted. "You have to come clean now."

"You weren't with Rachel when you slept with Santana. She's mad because you've been lying to her face the whole time. She's going to be mad, but she'll come around." Tina reasoned. "Rachel loves you."

"Do you really think so?" Finn asked and Tina nodded in reply.

"Why were Puck and Quinn talking in the first place?" Mercedes wondered.

"Is he still trying to win her over?" Kurt commented inappropriately, causing Tina to give him a look.

"It doesn't matter. She has her eyes set on someone else…she basically rejected Puck. It was harsh." Tina explained.

"I should go over to Rachel's." Finn declared out of the blue. Within seconds he was out of the door, leaving Tina with Mercedes and Kurt.

"Are you ok, T?" Mercedes asked. "We know it must've been hard to see Puck and Quinn together."

"I'm fine." She lied. They both looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "Ok, I'm not fine. She told him that she wants nothing to do with him because he reminds her of a time that she'd like to forget."

"Whoa." Mercedes was shocked.

"Quinn does not hold back." Kurt added.

"So Puck realized he made a mistake for ending things with me…"

"We knew that from the beginning." Mercedes stated proudly, trying to make Tina feel better.

"He wants to be with Quinn. Just because she turned him down, does he really expect to get back together with me?" Tina declared. "I will not settle for being second best."

"That's right." Kurt smiled. "We're turning her into a little diva!" He said to Mercedes as the two of them laughed.

"Do you know why she turned him down?" Tina began. "She wants to be with Artie." Tina laughed as the other two stopped.

"What?" Mercedes and Kurt stared at her.

"Yeah, apparently something happened between them."

"Santana is going to kill her." Mercedes stated as a fact.

"Before or after killing Artie?" Kurt wondered. "Tina, are you sure you're ok?" He turned his attention back to Tina.

"I have no interest in Puck or Artie anymore. I'm perfectly fine."

"Maybe you should talk to Puck. You're still his friend." Mercedes suggested.

"No." She declared.

"Come on, Tina." Kurt began. "I know you're upset, but only you and Rachel know about him and Quinn and you're the only one who can talk to him."

"Do you really think he should be alone now?" Mercedes asked rather simply. The three of them knew how Puck handled things when he was pissed or hurt. Tina was the only one who could get through to him the best. It was better for Tina to go and talk to him, than Puck getting drunk and sleeping around some more.

"I have to go home. I don't want to deal with any of this right now." Tina gathered her things before leaving.

Once she pulled up to her driveway and turned off the car, there was a brief moment where she didn't know what to do. She wanted to go home and just crash in her bed, where she can just forget all about this day. She knew that wasn't going to happen.


Meanwhile, Santana was cleaning up her room. Artie was supposed to come over and they were supposed to study. They all had mid-term exams coming up and needed to focus. Her mother was working late, so she volunteered studying at her house. When she heard a knock on the door, Santana smiled. With everything going on, she was grateful for Artie. She knew she could count on him.

"Hi," Santana said while opening the door. "Oh…Tina, what are you doing here?"

"I need to talk to you…"

"Artie is coming over to study…"

"Good. I'll keep it short because I really don't want to see him now." Tina rushed.

"What's going on? Come inside." Santana moved out of the way to let her in. "Why don't you want to see Artie?"

"Because I don't want to be here when you tell him about you and Finn." In hindsight, Tina should've found a better icebreaker instead of jumping head first.

"How did you know about that?" Santana asked as she turned red. "It was a long time ago."

"I overheard Puck and Quinn talking." Tina explained.

"What the hell is wrong with Quinn?" Santana frowned. "She's such a bitch. She needs to mind her own business."

"Ok, I'm going to tell you what I told Finn. You need to come clean. Artie shouldn't be mad at you for something you did when you weren't even involved with him. He's reasonable…he'll get mad that you lied, but you can't keep lying to him."

"Is it really lying if I just never mentioned my past with Finn to him?"

"Seriously, Santana?" Tina let out a little laugh. "Are you seriously trying to argue your way out of this? Just talk to him and be reasonable."

Santana nodded. "Why did you come here?" She asked quietly.

"I don't believe gossiping would do any good. I could've easily gone to everyone, but that would only end up hurting Rachel and Artie."

"So you didn't go to Mercedes and Kurt?" She argued with a smirk.

"I did and you can trust them." Tina smiled as Santana looked at her puzzled. "They already knew about you and Finn before I told them."

"Oh…" Santana frowned. "Thank you for being honest with me. I'll talk to Artie and clear the air."

As Tina was about to leave, Santana's phone rang. "It's Artie." She said before accepting the call. "Hey…I'm ok...are you sure?... yeah, yeah….Ok, maybe some other time." She hung up before taking a deep breath.

"Is everything ok?"

"Artie isn't coming because he says he's not feeling too well and wasn't in the mood to study." Santana took a deep breath. "He's such a horrible liar."

"Maybe he is telling the truth." Tina suggested.

"Or maybe he heard about me and Finn and won't talk to me about it."

"He's so stubborn some times. He won't open up at all." Tina revealed off the cuff.

Santana just let out a little laugh. "You're telling me?"

"He'll come around." Tina smiled. "I have to go home and study. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Thank you, Tina."

Tina smiled before saying goodbye and leaving Santana's place.


Tina lied. She wasn't going home. After Artie cancelled on Tina, she felt that she had to go talk to him. About twenty minutes later, Tina was at Artie's front door. After catching up with his mother, she went to his room. She spent so much time at his house that she knows it like her own.

"Hey…" Artie said from behind his desk. "What are you doing here?"

"I came to talk to you." She stated with a little bit of attitude. "Why did you blow off Santana?"

"I'm not feeling well…" he started. "Wait, how did you know that I was going to her place?"

"She told me. I was there when you told her you aren't feeling well."

"But that's the truth. I had a really rough physical therapy session. I don't tell San details about certain things…"

"Clearly, you don't…" Tina mumbled as she rolled her eyes.

"Why do I feel there is something going on?" He added naively. "Since when do you and Santana spend time together outside of glee club?"

"You have no idea what's going on, do you?" She took a seat on his bed. "Did Kurt or Mercedes talk to you?"

"No…" he frowned, realizing he was left out of something.

"I don't know if you know this, but do you know what happened with Finn and Santana?"

"They went on a few dates last year…"

"Ok," Tina drew in a deep breath as she hated being the one to have to do this. "They slept together."

"What?" He mumbled, starting to turn red out of embarrassment. "But…Finn told Rachel they didn't."

"He lied."

"So did she…why didn't she tell me?" His voice turned louder as he started to scroll through his phone.

"Wait, Artie." Tina grabbed the phone from his hand. "You're not going to yell at Santana. We all found out the truth today…Rachel and I heard Puck and Quinn talking."

"This makes no sense." He was confused.

"Ok all you need to know is that I talked to Finn and he admitted it. I told him to tell Rachel the truth, and then I went to Santana so she can tell you the truth. She thinks you blew her off because you're pissed about her and Finn."

"Now I'm pissed." He asserted.

"Get over it, Artie." Tina demanded. "This was in the past. You weren't with her and she wasn't with you. She didn't cheat on you or anything."

"But…" He tried to explain.

"I know it sucks that she lied, but she's the one who should be mad." She defended.

"Why are you so worked up about this?" He laughed a bit, trying to calm her down. He was surprised to see Tina this worked up. It reminded him of the time where she threated to cut him with her righteous blade of equality.

"I know about you and Quinn." She said calmly.

"Oh…" He admitted sheepishly. "It was a mistake."

"You have to talk to Santana before she finds out from someone else."

"Who knows?" Artie panicked.

"Almost all of glee club…Rachel and I overheard Puck and Quinn talking. Mercedes, Kurt and Finn know…"

"We need to tell them not to say anything to Santana."

"I really don't want to be involved in this more than I already am." She shook her head.

"Believe me, I will tell Santana." He pleaded. "I just need some more time."

Tina looked at him with a bit of sympathy. She finally agreed. She told Mercedes and Kurt not to say anything while Artie told Finn and Rachel to keep quiet. They all agreed and Artie breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thanks a lot, Tina." He smiled.

"What's wrong with you? You don't cheat on your girlfriend…you don't even cheat on tests. And you're definitely not a liar." She questioned. He just sank in his seat, feeling ashamed. "What's going on with you?"

"I don't know, Tina. I just need some time to figure everything out before I talk to Santana. I really wanted to come clean." He paused and there was a bit of silence between the two of them. "Do you think she'll break up with me over this?"

"To be completely honest, I think it's very possible that she might end things. But then again, I could be wrong. I don't know how strong your relationship is."

"It's strong." He declared with a false sense of confidence.

"Strong enough that you kissed another girl?" She questioned. "Listen, I hate to leave you like this, but I really have to go home and clear my head. I think we both have a lot to think about."

"Oh, right…I didn't ask about you and Puck." Artie finally remembered.

"I'd like it if we don't talk about him." She stated while getting off his bed and grabbed her bag. "I'll see you tomorrow." Tina left Artie's house and headed home. She finally pulled up to her house after a long day.

She felt like she did the right thing. She went directly to Finn, then to Santana and then Artie and told them the truth. It wasn't easy, but she was trying to be a good friend.


Tina was looking forward to a quiet night at home. She had a lot to deal with before tomorrow so she just wanted one night of relative calm. She finally made it into her room and turned on the light.

"Where were you?" A voice startled her as the lights came on.

"Oh my God!" Tina jumped back and dropped her school bag. It took her a second to understand what was going on. "Puck, how the hell did you get in here?" She whispered as she tried to catch her breath.

"I'm sorry." He whispered as he rushed to close the door behind her. "You weren't answering my texts."

"Tina, is everything ok?" Her dad said from the other side of the door.

She took a second to answer so she can sound convincing. "Um yeah…" she lied. "I thought I saw a rat in my room. It turned out to be nothing…Have a good night."

"You too." Her dad said before going back to his room.

After making sure her dad was far away, Puck started. "You're a horrible liar." He tried to ease the tension.

"I wasn't lying. Recently, I easily mistake you for a rat." Tina regretted being this harsh, but in fairness, he did break into her room and she was still hurt. "What are you doing here?" She whispered, trying to get to the bottom of this.

"I need to talk to you."

"This can wait until another time." She said as put her books on her desk. "I have a lot to study for and I'm behind on my homework."

"Stop making excuses." He ordered.

"I won't have to make excuses if you would just take a hint and leave." She shot back.

"Where were you tonight? You didn't answer my texts or my calls."

"I went to Kurt's, then to Santana's, and I just got back from Artie's."

"Is everything ok?" He still didn't know that Tina overheard him with Quinn.

"I think so." She began as she took a seat on her bed and ran her hand through her hair. "What are you doing here?"

He took a seat next to her and she instinctively tensed up. "I want to talk about us."

"There isn't an 'us' anymore." She got off her bed and she leaned on her desk to face Puck.

"I made a mistake with us. I'm really sorry for how things ended and I want to make things right between us…"

"That's enough, Puck." She interrupted. "Do you know why I went to Kurt's, Santana's and Artie's today?" She asked and he shook his head. "I told Finn and Santana that I knew about their…fling." She shrugged. "Then I went to Artie to tell him that he should tell Santana about him and Quinn."

"How did…" He began.

"I overheard you and Quinn talking after glee club practice." She answered right away. It seemed like she was always a step ahead.

"Oh…"

"I love how you break into my house and say you made a mistake without even mentioning how you want to settle with me." She scoffed.

"I'm not settling."

"Stop lying to me. Things didn't work out with Quinn, so you came to me…your second choice. Honestly, I'm insulted, but not very surprised." She avoided making eye contact with him. "Please leave."

"Tina, please hear me out…"

"I've heard way too much today. I don't want to deal with this anymore. I don't want to deal with you anymore." She emphasized.

Puck wanted to say something, but couldn't. He could see how serious she was. Her eyes were pleading with him to stop all of this. He owed her that much.

"My parents are asleep by now. I'll help you sneak out." She offered. He let out a little smile. This wasn't the first time she helped him sneak out of her room, but they both knew that this was their last.


A/N:

First, I want to say thank you for all the reviews and alerts! I love hearing your feedback.

I know this chapter focuses a lot on Tina, but that was done intentionally. She's starting to grow on me and I refuse to start any new fics. I am committed to doing one at a time, so this was kind of my release. I wanted to work her into the story and show her growing presence within the glee club.

I know this chapter doesn't have a lot of Artana, but please be patient. We will have a little Artana in the next chapter with huge developments for them. I'm almost done with the next chapter. I am just reviewing it and I will post it once I'm fully happy with it. I'll update soon. Also your reviews and comments really motivate me to write. Just sayin'

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