Artie closed the door to the room he and Sam now shared. Sam was off at Finn's with Noah and Mike playing video games. So Artie had a little time alone. He transferred onto his bed and rubbed his eyes letting out a loud groan. How the hell was he supposed to take care of a child when he couldn't even take care of himself?
He rolled onto his stomach grabbing his cell phone from the nightstand. He hit speed dial number 2. He waited through the endless ringing.
"Hey Artie! How are you?"
"Hey Tee⦠I'm stressed, like super stressed."
"Because of the baby?"
"Yeah, I mean I can't even take care of myself and now I'm going to have another person depending on me?"
"Are you guys even keeping it?"
"We haven't really talked about it."
"Well do you want to?"
"Well yeah, even though I know it's probably going to be the hardest thing ever. That baby he's carrying. It's our baby. My child. I didn't even know if I'd be able to do that. Never mind have my own kids."
"And that my friend is why you will be a great dad."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that even though you know that it's going to be sooooooo hard. You want it. And you already love him or her."
"Thanks Tee, I feel a lot better now."
"Any time Love."
Artie hung up the phone and put it back on the nightstand. He really did feel a lot better. He hadn't realized how in love with this baby already.
Artie heard the door open and Sam greet Annie. He smiled to himself happy that Sam was home. He watched the door open and Sam walk in. "Hey babe did you guys have fun?" Sam smiled setting down his backpack. "Yeah! We played COD and HALO." Sam got on the bed and lay down next to Artie who was pouting. "You played HALO without me?" Sam chuckled and kissed Artie's forehead. "So what did you do while I was gone?" Artie turned over and snuggled into Sam. "Homework and I talked on the phone with Tina. Oh! And I went on Tumblr." Sam laughed and kissed Artie's hair.
The two boys sat in silence. Sam pressing soft sporadic kisses in Artie's hair. Sam broke the silence. "Babe do you wanna keep this baby?" Artie turned around in Sam's arms so he was facing him their foreheads touching. "You tell me first Sam; you're the one carrying this baby inside of you." Sam sighed and gave Artie a small smile.
"To be honest; yeah I really do want to keep this baby. Like I know it's going to be super hard but we have the support of glee and our parents. Plus I already love this baby so much. And like I know with you and your condition and being in high school it is going to be really really hard. Still I really want this."
"I do too. And yeah you're right it is going to be super hard. But I believe that are love will carry us through and we will be okay."
The two boys kissed tenderly and fell asleep, like most nights, in each other's arms.
