Author's Note: I had this fan fiction done by chapter 16 . It was complete , finished , all I had to do was upload and edit if necessary but then I got an idea from a certain reviewer [Darkangelike] ! What if Artie and Santana aren't truly into giving up so easily when it comes to Brittany ? What if they both duet a song that shows how they feel about Brittany in order to win her heart ? What if Brittany is so moved by the song that it only gets harder as the days go on ? What if Brittany's heart is pulling her into both directions ? What if , what if , what if ? So naturally I managed to tackle those what if questions by writing a few extra chapters . Of course we all know Santana won't truly give up on Brittany but what about Artie ? As sexist as he may be he truly does love Brittany . . .Well anyhow . . . REVIEW ! :) Of course Darkangelike i realize after reading it that it probably wasn't what you meant by double duet but it's still a duet ! :D

Chapter 16

Santana walked down the hallway proud of herself, for the first time in a long time she felt she did something right. True, her stomach was twisting and turning with different feelings because she was so in love with Brittany and giving up Brittany was probably one of the biggest mistakes in her life she would later regret, but she felt safe. She felt certain that what she did was right and she enjoyed it. She enjoyed it very much.

Artie wheeled down the hallway on his way to English when he let a smile creep onto his face. Was it happiness? Or was it evil? He honestly didn't know, all he knew was that he was satisfied with what he had done. Granted if it was truly up to him he would have let the battle for Brittany's heart continue on. Why should they stop just because Brittany can't decide? Isn't that what love was about?

No, love was about feeling safe in someone's arms. Feeling as if whatever that other person did you would love them no matter what because you knew they were doing something because they loved you. Artie knew Brittany loved him, he knew if Santana was out the picture Brittany would have no problem with choosing him. They had had sex for crying out loud, that had to mean Brittany loved him, right?

Besides what could Brittany possibly see in Santana? Was it her tanned skin that made Brittany hot or was it the long thread of horse hair she pinned into her head? Artie shook his head, what in the world could Santana and Brittany possibly have going on?

Artie reached his locker and noticed Santana down on the other end fixing her hair in her locker mirror. He scoffed. He had actually done what she suggested. He had actually given up the love of his life because Santana asked him to.

Santana!

He had never given it much thought before but now as he watched her he began to think that Santana hadn't really given up her love for Brittany the way he thought. He saw Brittany out the corner of his eye making her way down the hallway, he watched as Santana quickly turned to look at her and smile sweetly. He noticed Brittany smiling back then covering her face with her books in her hands and walking off.

Yes, he noticed.

He noticed that he was a fool to think that Santana had really backed down from their little war. But he had to applaud her for her actions, she surely had him fooled. But now it was time to fool her.

They always say keep your friends close and your enemies closer. So what better way to keep her close than to make her his duet partner? And once Brittany saw his stage performance and not to mention his charming presence she would be head over heels for him and forget all about Santana.

Oh yes indeed, Artie Abrams wasn't going down without a fight.

He closed his locker and wheeled towards Santana who was applying eye-liner; she heard the creaks of his wheels and looked down at him.

"Yes?" She asked.

"I was thinking, maybe me and you could be duet partners."

"And why would I want to do that?"

"Well, since we've decided to back out of trying to win over Brittany it's only fair that I and you partner up."

"Only fair?"

"Unless…Of course…You still secretly want Brittany to be your duet partner…"

Santana hesitated before she spoke, "No…I…No…"

Artie clapped his hands, "Then we should duet together."

"We don't even like each other, why should we duet together?"

"I've grown quite fond of you during this situation, who's to say I don't like you?"

"Okay, fine, let's be clear, I don't like you."

Artie shrugged, "I'm not going to change your mind about me, if you don't like me then you don't like me. But I still think it would be nice to duet together, we can show Brittany that we're over petty fights and bigger people than she think we are…"

"I highly doubt Brittany would take much notice in that, she may notice us singing together and be glad we're friends, but nothing much would come out of it."

"Are you really sure?"

"Very." Santana closed her locker and shrugged, "But if you want to be duet partners I guess I could go along with it."

"Great, I have the perfect song too."

"Great."

"Great."

"See you in Glee Club."

"See you." Artie wheeled off smiling to himself.