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Artie kisses her back, angling her head just right and taking comfort in having Quinn in his arms. He breaks the kiss to rearrange them so that they're more comfortable and then kisses her again. He runs his hands along her arms and pulls them to wrap around his neck and encourages Quinn to straddle his lap.

1 and a half months later

“I believe it” Quinn says, her voice full of emotion. She does believe, though there’s a small voice telling her she’s wrong. But she stomps down that voice because it could ruin her. So she twists and bends down to kiss Artie, softly. The angle’s all awkward but it’s perfect

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Artie sits there, just watching her try to compose herself for a second. When her breathing slows down a bit, he puts a finger under her chin and lifts her head so she's looking him in the eyes. "I'm scared too...I'm scared that I'm not ready. I'm scared that Tina won't let me be a part of the baby's life. I'm scared that I'll fuck the kid up if I do get to be in it's life. I'm scared about a lot of things." He reaches up and tucks a lock of hair behind Quinn's ear. "But the one thing I'm not scared of is what this will do to you and me. I trust you. I trust us. Baby, we went through a lot to get where we are and I'm not giving that up. No matter what. She's not taking me from you. I need you to believe that." He leans his forehead against her shoulder and hugs her to him.

1 and a half months later

Quinn is quiet for a while, not wanting to say what she’s been thinking since they saw Tina in the store. But she has to talk anyway, she already said so much. “It’s stupid, I just… What if you and Tina start spending so much time together because of this baby that you remember why you married her in the first place? Where does that leave me? Alone? I don’t want to be alone, I don’t want to be without you. I don’t want her to take you from me”. She’s breathing heavy by the time she’s done. She’s still looking down at her hands, afraid to look up at Artie’s face

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He watches her play with the bracelet for a moment before speaking. "What do you mean by selfish?"

1 and a half months later

Quinn looks down at her hands, toying with her bracelet “I’m scared. I know I shouldn’t be and the reason I am is kind of selfish but I am.” Her voice shakes a little like she might  but she pushes away the feeling and leans closer to Artie

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Artie waits until their home and settles to even think about talking things through with Quinn. He can tell that she wants to say something though. When their stuff is all put away, Artie takes Quinn's hand and pulls her into the living room. He sits on the love seat and pulls her down to sit on his lap and wraps his arms around her waist.  "Okay. Tell me what it is you keep almost saying."

1 and a half months later

Quinn nods and moves away from him to start putting the things in the car. When they’re done they get in he car and make their way back home. Everything is really tense and quiet. There are points when Quinn opens her mouth to say something but nothing comes out. Instead she just squeezes Artie’s hand tighter.

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He leans closer to her and rests his forehead against hers. He closes his eyes and kisses her, taking his time to just feel her against him for a moment and then pulls back. "Can we go home?"

1 and a half months later

“I…” Quinn looks at Artie and see’s how panicked and scared he looks and suddenly feels guilty for being so selfish and worrying about how this will affect her. “I love you. And I’ll be by your side for this with whatever you need.” She wants to say something else but she doesn’t know what to say to make this better for him. If anything she’ll make it worse. 

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Confused, he frowns and says, "This will change a lot... It's gonna change how I spend money, how I live my life, how I think. Fuck, this is gonna change so much." He's panicking again, but when he looks Quinn in the eyes he says, "But it's not gonna change us. I love you. We're good."

1 and a half months later

Quinn smiles at him, hoping it doesn’t look as bad as she feels.”I know.” When they get to the car she lets go of his hand and circles her arms around his waist and hugs him. “I love you, too. We’ll be good won’t we? This won’t change much?”

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Artie lets her put everything on the belt and silently pays when it's time. He doesn't let go of Quinn's hand the whole time. When they've paid and are walking out, he looks over at her. "I love you, you know." He's still panicing about the baby and Tina and what he's gonna do, but having Quinn with him makes it all a little bite less scary.

1 and a half months later

Quinn clings to Artie’s hand like it’s keeping her afloat in the middle of the ocean. They watch Tina walk away and Quinn wants to say something but she doesn’t think she an so she just starts putting the rest of their things on the belt, trying not to cry and holding tighter to Artie’s hand

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His head shoots up to look at Quinn when she congratulates Tina. he looks at her and sees how upset she is and how she's trying to hide it. He steps up to her and stands close as he turns to Tina. He gathers his thoughts and some courage and then says, "Can we, um...This isn't really a good place for this." He looks at Quinn and grabs her hand and squeezes a bit, then back to Tina. He looks down at her stomach again and says, "Fuck, I don't know what to do here...Can we talk about this? Like, later?" 

Tina looks between the two of them and then down at their clasped hands and forces out a fake smile. "Fine. I'll be in touch.", she says in a harsh voice that doesn't match her smile and walks away.

1 and a half months later

When Tina confirms that yes, it is Artie’s baby, she feels like her world is going to crumble in. Because surely Artie is going to leave her to take care of this baby and Tina, if not now some time in the near future. “Congratulations” she says, wincing at how forced and bitter she sounds. And God, she can’t even imagine what must be going through Artie’s mind.

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Artie turns his to look at Quinn with wide eyes and then looks back at Tina. "Tina...please tell me what's going on right now because I'm freaking out..." He watches Tina, waiting as she bites her lip and looks at Quinn. "I'm pregnant.", she says. He just blinks at her for a second. "Yeah. I got that much, thanks. I-Is it mine?" His heart is racing and he's starting to sweat a little bit. He wants to pace and run his hands through his hair and figure out what the hell is going on, but Quinn's arm around him is the only thing keeping him grounded right now, so he leans against her. Then Tina nods and he just can't right now, so he pulls away from Quinn and exhales a harsh breath.

1 and a half months later

Quinn had seen Artie start to look like he might pass out and when she got to his side, hooking her arm possessively around his, she saw why. When she saw Tina’s pregnant stomach she too felt like she couldn’t breathe. She just stood there staring back and forth between Artie and Tina, her mind going a mile a minute, not able to say anything

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As shocked as he was to see Tina there, when he straightened up and got a good look at her, nothing could have shocked him more than what he saw standing in front of him. He couldn't take his eyes off her stomach. "T-Tina...you're stomach. Are you..." He looked up into Tina's eyes. "You're pregnant." Panic flooded his body and he felt like he couldn't breathe. He was just trying to do some shopping. He and Quinn needed things for their new loft and...fuck. Quinn was here. What he she saw Tina. His mind was going a mile a minute and he didn't feel Tina grab his shoulder or her saying his name and telling him to breathe.

1 and a half months later

Quinn almost cheered when she saw the lamp (and if she did it wasn’t anyone’s business but her own). It was the only one like it in the section and she was happy that no one had taken it. She had to stop herself from running up to the front. When she go there she easily spotted Artie, and as she got closer she saw him talking to another woman, and a little bit closer she could tell that it was Tina. It took everything she had not to let her jealousy and possessiveness take over. Well not completely. She took a deep breath and walked over to Artie

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He gets to the front of the store, and, without paying attention, he gets into the nearest checkout lane and starts unloading the cart. He reaches into the cart and pulls out the comforter that Quinn agreed to get. He smiles to himself at remembering Quinn pulling out the one she previously picked out and putting in the one that Artie liked because she saw his eyes kept returning to it. As he puts it on the conveyor belt, he sees the person, in line before him, looking at him from his peripheral vision. Artie turns to them and freezes. "Tina?"

1 and a half months later

“Yes I’ll meet you up front. I won’t take long I promise” Quinn makes another happy noise and makes her way down the aisle, but not before giving Artie a big kiss on the mouth and an I love you because she just can’t get enough of saying it even though it’s been months since the first time. As she’s skipping to the section with the lamps she swears she see’s a familiar head of dark hair but shrugs. It could have been anyone

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Artie lowers his head and sighs in resignation, knowing where Quinn is going with that question. "Go on... Go get it. A deal's a deal."  He reluctantly smiles a little at Quinn's excitement and lets go of her hand to start inching the cart forward. "I'm gonna go start checking out. Meet you up front?" He can't help but lean forward and give her a quick kiss on the cheek. She's just too cute sometimes.

1 and a half months later

~~After Quinn and Artie moved in together, their lives just kept getting better. They both told their family what needed to be told and no one reacted too horribly (Quinn was surprised she didn’t get disowned when she told her dad, there was just mild disappointment which was more than okay with her). Both of their divorces were finalized pretty quickly thanks to Cooper. And they both kept their jobs so life was awesome. And now here they're, in Target shopping fore things to decorate the loft with~~

*Quinn and Artie were walking hand in hand down the aisles of Target, Quinn looking at the list making sure they didn’t forget anything while Artie pushed the cart. Then Quinn remembered that lamp that Artie didn’t like but made a deal that they can get it if they didn’t find anything better. She made a little excited noise and did a small happy dance patting herself on the back for remembering*  Hey babe remember that lamp that you didn’t like?

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*leans in and kisses her* I love you. Thank you for this. *smirks at her* You'll probably regret this decision though. I hate doing dishes and my side of the bathroom always looks like a war zone. Just so you know. 

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*smiles back at him* Yes! It’d be really good. 

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Oh. Really? * starts to smile* Yeah. Yeah I think that'd be good. 

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No I meant, that maybe you won’t have to because you can move in with me. If you want

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*shakes his head* Nah. Tina can have the house. I've always hated it anyways.

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*swallows her food, thinking, and turns to him* Maybe you won’t have to

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*they eat their food in comfortable silence for a bit but then Artie thinks of something he hasn't thought about yet and he groans out loud* I just realized that I'm gonna have to find an apartment soon.

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*laughs at him and kisses him before going to the kitchen to get some plates and forks. When she gets back she sets them on the table and serves the food and they eat, smiling at each other the whole time*