I am so tired! Baking cookies is hard work. So is making out. When the two are combined...exhaustion!

We made so many cookies today! We made Christmas cookies, and dreidel cookies for Rachel, which we are going to give her tomorrow, I think. She and Martin are having another one of their "meetings," and she asked if Artie and I wanted to "accompany them on their excursion" to the coffee place. I said we would. I really want to see firsthand how that's going.

Martin told Artie he has pretty much 0 experience with girls, which is something neither of us knew. He's pretty smooth, and I think he's just what Rachel needs. Maybe he can get her to...tone down a little bit. I know that makes me sound like a bad friend, but sometimes she is just too much to handle! It's not even in a bad way, it's just...

Emotionally draining. That's it. She drains me. But...not in a bad way.

I'm so tired and all rambly, and I just want to go to sleep with Artie, curled up in his bed. One of these days that's going to happen! His parents won't go away again until after Christmas, but when they do...he's already said we're having a "sleepover of epic proportions."

The thing I love about this is that he means it in a totally appropriate way, and not in the "this is a great opportunity for sex" way that a lot of other guys might mean it.

I wish my first time could have been with Artie. I've been thinking about this, and, if he wants it, then I would be open to that. I know it would be his first time, and it would be my first meaningful time, so that balances out, right?

I don't want us to rush into anything, though. I want this relationship to last, and I am going to do whatever it takes to make sure that happens.

A/N: Be sure to check out the corresponding oneshot, Cookiepalooza and a Makeout Session."

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