Lost in the moment.
Pairing: WillxEmma, ShannonxKen, CarlxEmma (there may be more soon!)
Summary: AU. Emma Pillsbury is the head cheerleader dating the captain of the football team Carl Howell. However, when Will Schuester transfers to William McKinely High in Ohio, it causes a stir for everyone.
Word Count: 1449
Author Note: I've never written AU before, so bear with me if it doesn't make sense! I got this idea randomly, it just popped into my head. And that doesn't happen often. Anyway, enjoy!
Starting a new school was always hard. Especially half way through the semester. He didn't want to move to Ohio – he loved New York. New York was the home of lady liberty, the big apple – in fact it was one of the best cities in the world, yet his parents wanted to move to Ohio. His parents had no creativity at all, so he thought. He was moving to somewhere called Lima. He'd never heard of it in his life. Some town that had the population of 40,081 people. Quite small, saying NYC had 8 million people living there. They still wouldn't tell him why they were moving. As far as Will was concerned, life was perfect.
"Will, come on; pack your stuff in the car." His Mom said grinning, as obviously she was excited for the trip.
"Mom, why do we have to leave New York? Why won't you tell me?" He sighed as his little sister, Lea, walked past with her bags.
"Listen Will." Lisa Schuester motioned her fingers for Will to come over. "You know how I lost my job? Well we can't afford to live here anymore. I didn't want to tell Lea, you know, she's too young to know what it means at that age."
"Mom, I know it's hard being a single mom and everything, but I could have helped out. I could have got a job or something."
"It's not that simple honey." Will exhaled and turned away and picked up his bags.
"So we are staying with Grandma and Grandpa then?"
"Yeah, honey. Maybe you can learn about your Spanish descent. I should really teach you more about it." Mrs Schuester smiled, and patted Will on the back. Will smiled weakly back.
"Okay mom, let's go. Get you settled and to stop stressing , eh?" Will took his bags to the car while Lea wound the window down.
"COME ON LAZY BONES! LET'S GO TO LIME!" Lea grinned.
"Lee, it's Lima." Will couldn't help but chuckle about his little 5 year old sister.
"Okay then. Lets go to LIMA!" She giggled and pulled Will through the window by his tie.
"WOAH!" He pulled himself out of her grasp and got into the car. This was going to be a long drive...
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No one quite walked down the halls of McKinely like Emma Pillsbury. In fact, she had a right to be proud. She'd worked her way up from being the new girl from Virginia who had OCD, to being the captain of the Cheerios, having the perfect boyfriend, getting straight A*s, and having the best reputation in the school. Her best friend Terri Del Monaco was always there for her no matter what, well at least she thought.
"That was terrible girls. You need to work HARDER! Watch what Emma's doing, you'll get it then!" Miss Davorno screamed across The Cheerios.
"Okay guys, so its simple, just do this!" Emma did a backflip and then did the splits. The girls 'oohed' and 'ahhed'.
"Okay, you'd better get at practice tomorrow, 4:50 SHARP!"
"Yes Miss." The rest of the Cheerios murmured and they began to pile out from the football field. Emma glanced out across the field, and couldn't help but grin to herself. How she'd managed this was unbelievable.
"Boo!" Sometime tapped Emma on the shoulder and she squealed laughing.
"Carl!" she laughed and kissed him lightly on the cheek.
"Come on babe, lets go to homeroom." Carl grabbed her hand and they walked together making small talk about things that had happened in the day.
"I've really missed you today." Emma smiled while flicking her red bangs out of her eyes.
"Same, Emmie. I've not had a good day today."
XXX
"Okay, announcements..." Mr Davis said. "Oh, we have a new guy joining our class tomorrow! His name is Will Schuester. I trust you to make him feel welcome."
"Will Schuester? Sounds like the name of someone famous." whispered Ken Tanaka, a member of the football team, to Carl. Carl laughed at him.
"Seriously Ken?"
"What? I was only saying, god Carl." Ken shook his head in disbelief. "He thinks he's the best just because he's the captain and he's dating the prettiest girl in school." Ken whispered to some of the football players on the other side of him.
"So Emma, what do you have planned for the night?" Shannon Bieste asked, who was a member of The Cheerios.
"You know, just, homework and stuff." She shrugged her shoulders. "So, don't you really want to meet the new kid?"
"I do." Terri grinned. "Well, it depends, you know, if he's a loser or whatever."
"Don't be tight Terr." Shannon shook her head in disbelief. "You'd do anything for a boyfriend. How many guys have you dated now? The whole school?"
"Oh relax!" Emma grinned. "I'm sure he'll be okay."
XXX
So, this was it. Lima, Ohio. It seemed pretty small – not that it mattered much. It had been the birthplace of his mother. After 7 hours of Lea moaning in the car: "Are we there yet?", they had finally arrived.
"Granny, Grandpa!" Lea burst out the car and began knocking heavily on the door until it was finally opened.
"Who's this? Is it Lindsay, um, Louise?" Lea's grandfather began shaking his head.
"Its LEA, duh Grandpa!" Lea started hugging him.
"Oh yes, how could I FORGET?" He laughed. Will just sat in the car, not motioning to get up anytime soon.
"Oh come on William, be sociable!"
"Mom!" Will exclaimed and she pushed him our of the car. Will walked over to his grandparents.
"Hi." He muttered and they shared hugs and kisses, and little words saying "Wow, have you gotten taller?" and "You're growing up, my dear boy."
Dinner had been a nice affair, the family sharing small talk and laughter. When it was time to go to bed, Will realised how this place could feel like home.
"Goodnight Gran." Will placed a kiss on her cheek. "Goodnight Grandpa."
"Goodnight William." They smiled as Will made his way up to his new bedroom. He lay there for hours, not being able to get to sleep. He missed his friends back at home and he began to wonder what his new school would be like. Suddenly, he began to hear sobs coming from the room next door. It was Lea.
"Lee, you okay?" Will came over to the door of her bedroom.
"Will, there are monsters in the closet." She sniffled and hid under the quilt.
"Do you want me to get them for you?" Will asked and she nodded. He went into the closet and found a small teddy bear with a bell around its neck.
"Hun, there's no monsters in here anymore, come and look."
"B-b-b-b-but Will."
"Trust me Lea, you'll be safe with me." He couldn't help but chuckle at his sister. Lea hid behind him and Will pushed the door open of the closet slowly, stepped inside and flicked the light on.
"See! Nothing!" he grinned. "Look I found something for you."
"What?" She asked. "What? TELL ME WILL, WHAT?" Will held out the teddy bear.
"I love it!" Lea grabbed the teddy bear. "Can I keep it?"
"Yes, but you'd better be very careful. It's Mommy's."
"Mommy's too old for teddy bears!" Lea snorted while cuddling her new found friend.
"This was her teddy bear when she was your age." Will stroked Lea's hair.
"Really? Wow. That must of been a long time ago." Will laughed at her remark.
"Listen, you'd better get some sleep, you don't want to be late for your new school do you?"
"Will, I'm a bit scared to go a new school, what if no one likes me?"
"They'll love you Lea, I know it. I'm a bit scared too." He whispered.
"Come in my bed Will. I know its a bit small, but I know you'll fit in." Lea smiled and tugged his arm. Will lay down and Lea lay just next to him cuddling him.
"You're the best big brother ever Will."
"And you're the best little sister ever Lea." Will grinned as he watched Lea fall into a gentle slumber.
