SEVENTY SIX

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Season 4, Episode 10:  Glee Actually

Ownership of Glee:  FOX, Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk

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An angry Artie wheels past Finn and Angie

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An angry Artie wheels past Finn and Angie.

"Whoa... hey, dude, are you all right?" Finn asks.

Angie sees the injury. "Whoa, wh-wh-what happened to your face?"

"I fell, okay? The stupid janitor didn't put salt on the ramp, like he's supposed to, and my wheels don't have chains, so I slipped backwards and tipped over on the ice. It's fine. It's nothing." Artie remarks.

"No, no, no, no... hey, hey, hey. That's not nothing. That's some pretty serious road rash." Finn says.

"Let us take you to the nurse's office, all right?" Angie offers.

Artie says nothing as the two wheel him to the nurse's office.

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"You hit your head pretty hard. I'm going to go call your mother. Lay down till she gets here." The nurse says and walks out of the office.

"Want me to help you get up on the cot?" Angie asks her brother.

"No. I don't want anybody to help me with anything. I'm tired of being so helpless, I'm tired of everybody pitying me, and I'm tired of being in this damn chair." Artie snaps.

Angie sighs. "Artie we just want to help you."

"Anyone could have fallen on the ice, all right?" Finn says.

"Yeah, but they could've gotten back up, instead of laying there screaming for help until some freshman girl showed up." Artie bites back.

"Dude, don't bite our heads off. But you need some rest, so I'm going to help you out, all right?" Finn says and gets Artie onto the cot.

Artie sighs. "I just wish I was never in that dumb chair."

Finn nods. "I know, buddy. I know."

That's the last thing Artie hears before he slips into sleep.

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~ Artie's Dream ~

Artie wakes up to find himself wearing a McKinley letterman jacket... and his legs are working.

Artie runs down the hall to find Tina. "Tina! Look. Can you believe it?" He asks.

"Be-Believe what?" Tina stutters.

"Why are you stuttering again?" Artie asks in confusion.

"She never stopped because you never became friends." A familiar Irish accent says from behind Artie.

"Rory?! What are you doing here? And talk slowly, so I can understand you." Artie tells his friend.

Rory smiles. "I'm your Christmas guardian angel. And I've granted your wish. Your car accident never happened. You were never in that dumb chair."

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