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Author's Note: Okay guys, sorry for the lack of updates! It's because of a technical difficulty. I promise to continue with my other fic soon, but I'm focusing on this just for now...

Tina C Featuring Mr. Cellophane

Tina idolizes Kurt and he knows it.

In the beginning of their junior year, after a few too many beers, the glee club was playing a drunken game of spin-the-bottle in Kurt's basement. You had to engage in a ten-second kiss with whomever you landed on, guy or girl, no exceptions. Everyone spun in the order of seating. So far, the game had gone as follows:

Mercedes had to kiss Mike.

Kurt very willingly kissed Finn. He was beyond ecstatic and Finn was mostly very uncomfortable.

Matt kissed Brittany.

Santana had to kiss Kurt, which was clearly the most awkward moment of the evening.

Brittany kissed Rachel, but didn't get irritated or put up a fight about it. This would have been suspicious, but no one was concerned, considering Britt was the drunkest of them all.

Artie had to kiss Santana and proceeded to receive death glares from Tina, Brittany, Matt, and Santana herself. He looked extremely scared the entire time.

Rachel had to kiss Quinn. They both got really mad.

Puck had to kiss Matt, and both of them would have dropped out of the game entirely if they weren't ridiculously stoned.

Finn spun the bottle and it almost landed on Quinn, which would have been awkward, but instead it landed on Mike, which wasn't as awkward.

Quinn kissed Mike, and Puck, very territorial of his girl, almost launched at him. Finn was the one to restrain the death maul.

Mike had to kiss Rachel as well – this was his fourth kiss of the evening and he was starting to fall over.

The last spin of the evening came from Tina. She closed her eyes and prayed for good luck (or that she wouldn't have to kiss Puck or Rachel). She spun the bottle and it skimmed passed Santana, Brittany...

And finally landed on none other than her absolute major crush.

Artie.

Oh geez. This was going to be one hell of a night.

Mercedes' eyes widened at the obvious thoughts whizzing through her best friend's head. Puck snorted and Rachel gasped. Kurt had a mysterious glint in his eye. Any romantic relationship between Tina and Artie had gotten really uneasy since the stutter fallout, and their friendship was still in the stages of repair.

Artie's piercing blue eyes finally met Tina's dark brown ones and she slowly got up and walked across the circle they had made. Giving him a weak smile, she sat in his lap and pulled his face towards hers.

It was strange how apparent their chemistry was. Everyone in the room could feel it. The kiss felt so natural, and their lips fit perfectly together. He sucked on her bottom lip and she breathed in slowly and closed her eyes. It had been well over ten seconds, but neither of them wanted to break it, and each of them knew what the other was thinking. After about thirty seconds, they were finally ready to separate. Their faces parted and Tina sighed and sat back down in her spot. The game of spin-the-bottle was over, and the party continued with more drinking, chatting, and hanging out. Tina, still breathless, went to the bathroom to reapply her lipstick.

"You should thank me, you know."

Tina giggled. In typical Kurt fashion, he had cornered her at the wall and wore one of his signature smirks on his face. "And what is it I'm thanking you for, exactly?"

Kurt glanced over to the other wall where the bottle was resting. "That bottle might have been remote controlled."

Tina gasped. He had...rigged it? "You did that for me? Just so I could kiss Artie?"

"Oh, please, honey," Kurt laughed. "No, did you think I'm that nice? How did you think I was lucky enough to kiss Finn Hudson?" he sighed and stared dreamily into the corner where Finn was talking to Rachel and Quinn. But the smile on his face gave away what he was about to say next. "Of course I did it for you. I just might have thrown in a extra bonus for myself for all the charitable work."

She beamed. "ThankyousomuchKurt," Tina breathed quickly and crashed into him for a hug. Kurt winked at her after she finally let go and walked away.

Five minutes later, Artie approached her.

"Tina?"

She whirled around from the punch bar. "Yeah?"

He blushed and grabbed her hand. "Come with me to dinner tomorrow. Please?"

Tina turned beet red and smiled. "Does this mean you're asking me out?"

Artie looked down and cleaned his glasses. "For the first time. Again." He smiled at her, and suddenly, her world got a whole lot brighter.

"Yes, yes, yes..." she said and leaned in to kiss him for the second time. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a satisfied Kurt smile at her and then resume his conversation with Brittany. He knew that his work there was done.

Tina didn't know what she had done to deserve such great friends.

But maybe being an amazing person counts for something.