I Would Walk a Thousand Miles for You

Chapter 1: the jacket

It has been two weeks since school started and every day is hell for me. I see Mike and Tina everyday at glee and in the halls. Me and Tina are still tight but she is not my woman anymore. Basically it sucks. Kurt tells me that she is always talking to him about Mike. I guess she is just trying to be nice by not talking about him around me but I can see the way she looks at him. I wish she would look at me like that. What does he have that I don't … well besides two working legs and being a football player… with abs. sheesh girls. But soon I would be the one who was lusted after by all the women. Well maybe not, but I am going to become the first paraplegic football player with the best abs in the state!

As Artie rolled down the halls all that could be heard was the rolling of his wheel because what he wore shocked everyone. Artie had thought that the coach wasn't going to like his idea as him being a battering ram but coach beast had said if he had gained at least fifteen pounds in muscles he would be allowed to play. And for the last five weeks she had pushed him so far he felt as if he could lift a car. Artie had loved the way he felt invincible. But the fact that his control of wheel chair had gotten worst and his back was killing him was something he was going to have to get used to. The doctor had said that is was because of all the exercise he was getting and the Doc had said it was good for him. Artie had decided not to tell anyone about him making it on the football team just in case coach changed her mind. Surprisingly she hadn't after he had meet the quota of fifteen pound he was going to join the regular practices and that meant he was going to wear the thing he never imagined he would wear since the accident, a football jacket.

It was second period and a permanent smile was across his face. Everyone had asked him if he was the water boy or the mascot and the jacket was supposed to make him feel as though he was part of the team. At first Artie had felt insulted with everyone because they thought he could never be apart of a school sports team but now he didn't really care he just could not wait until he got on the pitch for the first time and the other teams expression of disbelief that is until he got his first touchdown. Artie was lost in fantasy as a flustered Kurt rushed into the class room. Artie snapped out of it when Kurt dropped all his things onto his desk lifting Artie out of the entire football team chanting his name, including puck, fantasy.

"Why didn't you tell me and why would you" Kurt interrogated

"What are you talking about Kurt? Football?" Artie questioned back

"Well duh, of course I mean football"

"To answer your first question I didn't tell anyone except my parent who by the way had a major freak out and I didn't tell anyone else because I didn't want to be the delusional wheelchair kid!"

"Okay one what parent wouldn't 'freak out' if their paraplegic son wanted to be on the football team also good call on not telling anyone I mean telling people you are on the football team when your a para, not so wise so does Tina know?"

"No, she has appointments all day but she will be so surprised in glee won't she" Artie said with a devilish smirk that was quite cute from Kurt's view.

" well you did join the team to make her jealous so I just thought you would tell her first"

"what! No I did this for me and no one else" Artie answered defensively

Throughout the day Kurt interrogated Artie until he finally gave it. At lunch Artie confessed that he was bitter about how Tina and hi, had broken up and how Tina had just latched on to Mike and his dancing.

"…and I wanted abs" Artie pouted but then a grin crossed his face as he lifted up his shirt to show in all his six pack. Kurt's eyes looked like saucers they were so wide and his ground struck jaw had slight drool coming out of his mouth.

"When d…did you get those?" Kurt stampeded

"I told you I have been working out the last five weeks and I need to gain fifteen pounds of muscles. No one noticed because of the sweater vests… you can admit it I am now a stud in disguise"

"I would never admit to that … wait that is where you have been for the last five weeks"

"Yep, was it worth it? I can't wait until tomorrow" Artie said with his glowing smile.

"What is it tomorrow?" Kurt asked softly, already knowing the answer.

"it is going to be my first game!" Artie exclaimed happily. He said it loudly enough that the whole cafeteria heard it. Just like Artie had wanted. Artie took the remains of his lunch threw it away and rolled out with all eyes on him, and leaving a confused and shocked Kurt watching him leave. A single thought popped into Kurt's head "this will not end up good"

Authors notes:

I do not own glee.

This story has been simmering in my head since wheels and I just had to write it down. Tell my how I did and if you want more or a lot more. This is by the way the first chapter so this is just introducing everything. The next chapters name is going to be glee practice and it is about how everyone feels about him joining the football team. If there are any reaction you would like to see I have some ideaas but I would love to have some input from you! oh yeah this is cliff hanger ending don't worry it will get way more interesting