Disenchanted
WOW just WOW as to how my golden quad played out on actual cannon this week…. Artie Artie Artie…cannon wise I would of thought you'd be smarter then to swipe your V-card with the school slut…. However now I so want a Finn/Artie scene where they talk about how they lost their virginities to the wrong girl and totes regret it…. Anyways that being said I did love Tina/Mike's scenes this week and how they don't go on REAL dates… and how he suggested Asian couples therapy LMAO…. I hope that when they split they do so amicably and that Mike/Artie would be friends… anyways as for two weeks and the RHPS episode… can't wait… loved the snip of Damnit Janet they showed during Raising Hope tonight…anyways here is the next chapter…. Song used Two Princes by Spin Doctors BTW…
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He couldn't believe he had to plan ANOTHER duet with Mike. How many songs out there could they pull off sing talking (mike wasn't a singer) and a kick ass dance off (as both of them totally had moves)…probably not a lot.
It had been Saturday afternoon and he'd been sitting on the foot of Brit's bed watching her prance around in only a pair of jeans and a bra trying to decide on a shirt to wear while talking animatedly about what they should do that afternoon.
"Well we have to go to the duck pond again, and then maybe the petting zoo if that's ok."
He nodded thinking that he actually enjoyed spending time with this girl as crazy as it sounded.
"You really like Animals don't you," he said with a smile as he watched her continue to hold shirts up against her body trying to pick the one she liked the most.
Slipping on the cream and navy striped top she held in her hand she made a face before looking at Artie through the mirror.
"I love animals, you know I want to be a Vegetarian when I grow up."
Artie tried not to laugh.
"What…. Did I say it wrong."
"I think you meant Veterinarian Brit."
"no, she said with conviction, "I meant Vegi…wait, that's the one Rachel is right?"
Technically Rachel was a Vegan but Artie nodded nonetheless.
"Then yes, I did mean Vegetarian….. anyway do these stripes make me look fat?"
she took off her shirt and tossed it on the bed by his side.
"Let's stay in instead," she said taking a seat next to him and planted her lips on his cheek beginning to kiss him.
He let her lips move from his cheek, closer and closer toward his lips while her hands began to fumble and try to lift his T-shirt up.
He knew what the blonde wanted and as much as he wanted to reciprocate her actions he couldn't. not for lack of ability because he definitely felt the urge to fall pray to her seduction down there, no…it was his heart telling him to stop, a heart that still longed for a certain Asian girl with blue streaked hair and a killer voice.
"Brit… stop."
She pulled back confused.
"What's wrong Artie? If your worried I'll get pregnant like Quinn I promise I won't… I do this all the time," she paused, lowering her voice to a whisper as her lips seductively brushed against his ear, "besides, I'm on the pill."
He didn't want to go on a rant about how ineffective the pill was or that it couldn't prevent STDs instead however he sat in silence hoping that this moment of awkwardness would pass.
"It's Tina isn't it?" Britney asked as she reached over and picked back up the t-shirt she just discarded obviously not caring if it made her look fat or not anymore, "you still like her… like I mean like like her… a lot don't you."
"Yea, I think I do."
"You know she's not happy with Mike."
"Did she tell you that?"
Brit shook her head.
"I many not be book smart but I'm people smart and I can tell… in fact I've always been able to tell that the two of you belong together like Romeo and Juliet, or Jack and Rose, or some other character Leonardo Dicaprio plays…. Santana LOVES Leonardo Dicaprio….."
He listened to her lucid rambles and tried to keep a straight face the whole time.
"We'll always have Paris though…whatever that means…I heard it in a movie one time and I just thought if felt right to say."
"Yes Brit… we'll always have Paris, or in our case the duck pond and it doesn't mean I don't want you as my friend because I think you're an amazing girl and a great friend."
"So maybe we could sing together sometime?"
"I don't see why not."
She clapped her hands giggly before she lent over and kissed his cheek forcefully.
"Sorry, I just love kissing."
He nodded.
"Say Brit, if you're still up for the ducks and the petting zoo I'm game."
"Like a totally non date with my totally non boyfriend."
"More like spending Saturday afternoon hanging out with a friend."
"With benefits?" she asked as she grabbed her purse and headed out the door.
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Tina on that same Saturday simply wanted to scream at the top of her lungs.
Kurt and Mercedes already know how she felt about Artie and she was pretty sure that Rachel was one step away from figuring it out and it was only a matter of time before Jacob Ben Israel blasted on his Blog about it all.
Her parents were MIA as always which sucked as she could of really used a decent mother/daughter conversation right about now however knowing her mom she'd try and talk her into pursuing something with Mike some more as after all he was Asian and Artie wasn't.
She felt suffocated in her empty home and decided to walk to the playground where sometimes she liked to pretend she was a little kid.
Sometimes she'd sit on a vacant swing and just sway along with the breeze while listening to the eclectic collection of music that filled her IPOD, other times like today she had chosen to sit on the cool grass and just look up to the sky trying to get inspired. However instead of inspiration her mind flashed back to the night at the carnival and the things that happened.
THE LOVERS
The card on the table read as the older woman talked about how it meant that either it meant that she and Artie were sole mantes or that one of their hearts would be broken as the other found their soul mate in another.
Between that and the fact that the fortuneteller told her that the one she was meant to be would be the one she least expected it to be she had all but assumed that Mike Chang was her soul mate and that Artie's heart would tragically be broken because of it… however now she was all too convinced that Artie was her true soul mate and that he was the one she'd least expect BECAUSE he was her best friend however it was her heart to be the tragically broken one cause of Artie and Brit….
"Tina," she heard her name being called and she looked up to see Artie standing, or rather sitting by her side, back in his wheelchair, a goofy grin on his face as he played with the hem of a green and cream colored sweater vest that totally looked like an old mans sweater though she defiantly didn't mind.
"A-artie?"
He just smiled and continued to talk.
"You're my best friend, you know that right… anyway, I was wondering…that is I was hoping that….well…that we could be more then friends."
"But what about Britney?" she asked.
"What about her?" he said with a smile as he reached out to brush her hair, "it's always been you Tina….."
"Tina… Tina…" a different male voice began to ring out into the air as she realized she must have fallen asleep. Opening her eyes she saw Kurt's green-gray eyes come into focus.
"Tina, you're drooling."
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He enjoyed the duck pond and the petting zoo with the blonde Cheerio, especially the scene where she knelt down at the petting zoo and began to sing 'Little Lamb' from Gypsy out of nowhere. He seriously wished he had a video camera with him as that scene as random as it was had been too cute to pass up.
They had soon left the zoo and decided to go get Ice Cream when they ran into Finn.
"Hey guys," Finn said with a smile, "are you on a date or something?"
"Artie and I broke up," Brit said casually before changing the subject, "did you know they make beet ice cream? I saw it on the food channel the other day. I know beets are natures candy but they don't taste like candy to me."
The boys just nodded.
"I think I'm going to have Chocolate Mint, what about you Artie?"
"I'll have the same."
Brit smiled as she skipped over to the counter.
"you broke up?"
Artie nodded.
"Don't tell anybody this but I still love Tina and I fully intend to win her back."
"Well, good luck with that… if you need any pointers let me know."
Artie nodded as Finn waved goodbye to Britney who had returned to the table with a huge bowl of Chocolate Mint ice cream and two spoons, a smile on her face.
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She swore her face had to of turned as red as the streaks in her hair when Kurt woke her up.
"Dreaming about anything good."
"I was thinking back to a month ago, before things changed."
"Care to elaborate."
Tina nodded.
"I dreamt Artie wheeled… not walked…wheeled over to me and told me how he wanted to take it to the next level and be more then friends."
"And then."
"Then, I woke up Kurt… but I need to do it… I need to find away to tell Artie how I feel about him, about Mike, about myself…"
"You know what this calls for."
"Kurt I swear if you say makeover…."
He let out a huff as he held up her hands into his and made a face.
"Compromise, what about a manicure cause your nail beds look hideous."
"only if you're treating."
"Don't I always," Kurt said with a grin as he pulled her to her feet and began to head to the salon.
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On Sunday, Artie found himself in Mike's room of all places looking at his room at all the trophies from the various sports that adorned his shelves.
"What, no dance trophies?"
Mike let out a laugh.
"what's so funny?"
"Nothing, it's just well… before Puck convinced me and Matt to join glee club last fall I only used to dance in the privacy of my own bedroom."
"You mean you've never even had a lesson."
"Not a one," he said as he began to break dance, a smile on his lips, "what can I say I'm a natural."
Artie just nodded as he watched as Mike finished up his impromptu routine before he blurted out.
"I'm in love with Tina."
"Excuse me."
"I'm in love with Tina, I just thought you should know, considering we're kind of friends or something now."
"Yes, we are friends," Mike said with a smile, "and while I should be completely shocked by your admission all I can say is it's about time you spoke up man."
"So your not going to comment about me dating Brit?"
"As cute as you and Brit were together you didn't seem to mesh well, you and Rachel would be a far better couple then you and Brit truthfully."
"Me and Rachel… seriously."
"I mean lets face it, you two would make the most adorable sweater vested babies."
"I hate you."
"I know, but I'm sure in time it'll pass…now back to Tina I think I've got a great idea for out make up glee assignment."
Artie listened as Mike pitched a song that they should both sing to Tina and that after singing out to the girl it would leave her room to make her own choice as to who she wanted to be with.
They agreed and made a surprising pact that there would be no hard feelings between them no matter whom Tina picked in the end.
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"So," Will said with his usual over enthusiastic grin on his face, "before we begin today do either of you groups have a make up number prepared?"
his eyes fell on Britney, Tina, Artie, and Mike.
Brit leaned over to Tina and whispered, loudly.
"I didn't think he was serious."
Tina nodded and smiled at the teacher. She didn't think he was serious either.
"Mr. Schue, I don't think that we should be penalized just because we chose the same song as the boys did and decided to sing with them instead of subjecting the club to hearing the same song sung twice."
Will just nodded as Artie raised his hand.
"We've got a song Mr. Schue."
"Of coarse you do," Tina muttered under her breath as she flashed a genuine smile at both boys who nodded to the musicians in the room to begin to play the song and Artie and Mike began to sing:
One, two, princes kneel before you
(that's what I said, now)
Princes, Princes who adore you
(Just go ahead, now)
One has diamonds in his pockets
(And that's some bread, now)
This one, said he wants to buy you rockets
(Ain't in his head, now)
The club watched as the two boys began to dance around to the song, mostly making moves close to where Tina sat at the bottom of the risers.
This one, he got a princely racket
(That's what I said, now)
Got some big seal upon his jacket
(Ain't in his head, now)
You marry him, your father will condone you
(how bout that, now)
You marry me, your father will disown you
(he'll eat his hat, now)
It was clear to see through their dancing/pantomime by this point that this song was directed to the young Asian girl and while Britney, Santana, and some of the other gleeks were getting into the song Tina just looked on as mixed emotions ran through her bloodstream….
Marry him or marry me,
I'm the one that loves you baby can't you see?
I ain't got no future or a family tree,
But I know what a prince and lover ought to be,
I know what a prince and lover ought to be...
The song finished and the boys were met by a large round of applause as the teacher commented to them about taking five and Artie watched as Tina waved Mike over… she clearly made her choice and he clearly needed some air.
"Mike," Tina said while watching Artie leave the room whishing she could follow him, "we need to talk."
Mike nodded and took a seat by her side.
"I had a blast with you Mike, you're a great guy, a killer dancer, have a great taste in movies, music, and Tacos but…"
"You like Artie and just want to be friends?"
"Am I that obvious?"
"Well the lack of communication after our date kind of gave it away."
Tina nodded.
"Like I said you're an amazing guy Mike it's just well… kissing you was like kissing my brother…or would feel that way if I had a brother."
Mike nodded.
"well then if all goes according to plan and you're in the market for a new best friend I'd gladly be around to fill that position."
"I'll keep your application on file… in the meantime I think I'm going to…"
he watched as she pointed to the open doorway.
"Go talk to Artie."
Tina nodded as she stood up and headed outside toward the front of the school.
This was it, this was her moment. She was going to tell Artie how she felt once and for all and if all went according to plan than their dysfunctional fairytale would get it's happily ever…..
The sound of skid marks broke her train of thought as she watched David Karofsky's car spin out of control.
"ARTIE NO," she screamed at the top of her lungs before watching as the car hit an all too familiar figure moments before her legs gave out and she fainted.
TBC
I know I'm evil….. however I will spoil that Artie doesn't die…now weather he's paralyzed again or not…well it's my little secret now isn't it only to be reveled if you read and review…