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Artie walked away from the park, feeling a mixture of different emotions. He was happy that almost everyone was back in Lima, but he was sad that they might not stay very long. Artie continued his walk home, while singing in his head. He didn't know what triggered him to start, but it was enough to brighten his walk. Artie walked down the street and turned into his neighborhood. He could see the kids playing games in their yards, laughing without a care. Artie smiled as he unlocked his front door and walked inside.

Artie whipped himself a quick dinner and watched some television. He flipped through the stations, changing from watching the Reds vs the Cardinals to VH1's music countdowns. Artie's mouth dropped when he saw a video of Britney Spears. In the background, he could see Brittany and Mike dancing. Brittany was dancing with some guy, while Mike walked up and started dancing with Britney Spears. Artie couldn't help but laugh at Mike's facial expressions when Britney started touching him. After watching a few more videos, Artie turned off the television and decided to call Brittany.

"Hey Artie! Santana and I just got finished talking about you!" Brittany said as she answered her phone.

"You were? Was it good or bad?" Artie said with a laugh.

"It was good, of course. We were talking about how it's great seeing you again. Santana told me about your run in with her. She told me you looked completely different." Brittany said.

"She did? I mean I can walk again, if that's what she's talking about." Artie said.

"No, it was something about you being rich. She saw you in a whole new way." Brittany said with a laugh.

Brittany and Artie continued to talk for another hour or so, until Brittany yawned. Feeling like he's keeping her awake, Artie said goodnight and hung up. He missed hearing Brittany's voice talking sweetly into his ear, even if it was through the phone. Artie quickly got ready for bed and lay down. Almost instantly, he fell asleep. Artie periodically had dreams, usually placing him back in a wheel chair and back to his former nerdy self, but not this dream.


Artie 'woke up' walking across a stage in an auditorium filled with many famous celebrities and scientists. There was a man holding a trophy in the middle of the stage, smiling as Artie approached. The sound of clapping filled the air as Artie grabbed the trophy. Written on the bottom of the trophy, Artie's name and award illuminated as the lights on the ceiling reflected off the metal. Artie gave a quick acceptance speech and walked off the stage. Leaving the auditorium, he walked outside and got into his limo.

After driving around for a little, Brittany appeared next to him. They talked for a little until the limo stopped at a long re light. With time to spend, Brittany hopped on top of Artie and began kissing him passionately.

"Are you alright back there, sir?" The limo driver asked, looking at them in his rear view mirror.

Not answering, Artie put up the shield between the driver and them. Brittany resumed kissing him as they both fell onto the floor. Artie's dream skipped ahead to an open field. He was sitting under a tree with three little kids running around. The kids looked kind of like him and someone else, but he didn't know who. As Artie watched the kids run, someone covered his eyes and whispered in his ears. Startled at first, Artie started to laugh as he removed the hands from his eyes. Brittany sat down next to him and rested her head on his shoulder.

"I can't believe we have three kids." She said with a laugh.

Artie's mouth dropped when he heard that he was a father. Looking at his hands, he discovered a wedding ring. Artie was speechless, yet happy at the same time. He was married to Brittany and now a father of three future Glee members. Artie let out a laugh as he embraced Brittany.

"They're going to be little monsters, aren't they?" Artie asked with a smile.

"Yeah, but they're our little monsters at least." Brittany said as she kissed him on the cheek and stood up.

Artie watched as she ran and chased the kids, while he remained under the tree. What Artie didn't notice was that he was sitting under the same tree that he and Brittany carved their named into back when they were in high school. One of Artie's kids came up to him and sat on his lap. He was a young boy, with dark hair like Artie's, but a face like Brittany's. The boy started crying as he dug his face into Artie's chest. Laughing a little, he comforted his son, as he continued to watch Brittany chase after the other two. Then Artie's dream turned black, as if someone pushed 'power' on his remote.


He woke up shortly after with a smile on his face and love in his heart. Artie looked over at the clock and saw that it was 6'o clock in the morning. He got out of bed and checked his email. Both Kurt and Mercedes said that they will be in Lima later that day. Artie continued to smile as he got dressed. He turned on his TV and watched some ESPN, while he started making himself breakfast for a change.

Later that day, Santana called Artie and asked if he would like to go to lunch with her and Brittany. Happily agreeing, he changed his clothes and left his house. Artie got into his car and drove to Breadsticks where he saw Brittany and Santana walk in together. Finding a spot, he walked inside and found his table. Brittany and Santana sat on one side, while Artie sat on the other. The three talked and laughed as they told each other their favorite stories of them during high school. Santana remembered when she dated Sam and admitted that he looked like a fish, Brittany talked about how she misses how she and Artie use to be, and Artie misses the days when he had a wheelchair. He told them how much he loved wheeling Brittany around and how many people didn't think he could do anything, but he proved them wrong. The three continued to talk and laugh.

Artie left the restaurant, after saying goodbye to Santana and Brittany. Instead of going home right away, Artie drove around, looking at the scenery. He missed everything about Lima and forgot how great it really was here. It took Artie this long and being around the world to really appreciate his old home. While driving, he saw Finn and Quinn. Pulling over, he got out of his car and started talking to them. Artie thanked them again for having him over and how great their home really was. Offered to have dinner with them again, Artie happily agreed. They talked some more until Quinn's mom called her and asked if she and Finn could stop by immediately. Hanging up her phone, Quinn hugged Artie real quick and she and Finn were off to her mom's house, leaving Artie to go back to his car.

He drove home and again checked his email. Mr. Shuester emailed everyone, telling them how happy he was that they were all home and singing at his wedding. He told them the date that the wedding would be and asked the men to be the groomsmen. Artie replied saying that he'd happily be a groomsman. He turned off his computer, watched some more television then went to bed. For Artie, it took one dream to make his day great.

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