This is my new high school AU! It takes place in modern times, so yes, there will be some pop culture references from 2013. Emma has no OCD in this story but she's still in character otherwise. Will is Will as always and the two may have some character tweaks to help the story move along. Emma is a band geek (just like me ^_^) in this story and Will is a jock (don't worry, his broadway dream is still there) R&R!
Emma Pillsbury stood at the corner of Old Oak Way and Michigan Avenue. Her flute case clutched in one hand and the other held her purple scarf in place in front of her face. Her vibrant red hair was blowing in her face and the cold wind nipped at her cheeks and nose. October in Ohio sometimes felt as if it was December. She looked down at her shivering legs and started to rethink wearing a skirt that day. "Em!" Someone called running towards her.
Emma spun around on her heels and saw her friend Vic running towards her. "What?" Emma called towards her friend. Emma and Vic had been best friends since the sixth grade when Emma moved to Lima, Ohio. Vic and Emma were both in their junior year at McKinley High School and they were like day and night. Emma was a flute player in the school marching band. She was the oldest of two and the girly girl. Vic on the other hand was not. Vic was a cross country and track runner for McKinley high. She didn't show much interest in music and theatre like Emma did. She spent a lot of time at the Pillsburys being an only child to two parents who always were at work.
"Coffee fix?" The taller of the two asked as she approached her best friend at the bus stop. She held out a starbucks cup of Emma's favorite coffee, vanilla latte. Emma took it and mouthed thanks. "Did you see the new boys that moved in two blocks over?"
Emma finished taking her sip then shook her head as she swallowed the scalding blend, "No. Are they cute?"
"I know at least one of them is. If all three of those brothers look alike, we are in luck." Vic said looking over Emma's shoulder, "Speak of the devil." Emma turned her head and saw two teenage boys approaching them. Both were tall, well built and curly haired. One had darker hair than the other but their alikeness in facial features made up for the difference. "Those are the Schuester boys," Vic said leaning forward whispering in Emma's ear, "The one on the left is Scott and the other is Will. Sophomore and Senior. Both soccer players and I think cross country too."
Emma nodded with a small smile still looking at the two walking towards them, "So athletes."
"Pretty much," Vic said in agreement, "Their brother is a freshman at Ohio State on a football scholarship."
"Name?" Emma asked looking back at her best friend.
"Daniel," She said. "Scott, Will and Daniel."
Before the redhead could open her mouth to speak, the boys made their appearance known. Emma heard the rustling of the leaves behind her and spun around quickly hitting Will. Her coffee hit his abdomen and knocked the lid off spilling it all over the two. Emma's jaw dropped, "Oh my god. I'm so sorry," She looked up at the kind eyed junior who shrugged it off.
"Nah, you're cool. Hot coffee feels great on a cold morning like this." He looked down at his white t shirt that now had a brown stain in the center. "I can just blame this on Scott." Scott glared at his older brother and the two ladies laughed.
"If you need to get another shirt, we can hold the bus for you." Emma offered still feeling guilty that her coffee was all over him.
Will shook his head, "I don't mind. I have an extra shirt in my gym locker." He took a sweatshirt out of his backpack and held it out to Emma, "You might want to wear this though. I don't think a wet jacket will keep you very warm with this wind."
Emma bit her lip and glanced up at him, "Really? Don't you want to wear it? You are the one covered in more coffee than I am."
"Which means I have more of the scalding beverage to keep me warm," Will flashed her a smile, "Take it and just give it back to me later. I have my cross country sweatshirt in my locker too. It's really no big deal."
Emma hesitantly took the sweatshirt from his hand and slid her jacket off. She put his sweatshirt on and rolled the sleeves up so they weren't too long on her. "Thanks," Emma said sweetly smiling at him. He didn't seem too bad of a guy. Polite, funny and good looking. Will Schuester seemed like the total package. "I'm Emma," She said blinking out of her daze and breaking the silence.
"Will," He said smiling back.
"And I'm Scott," Scott said jumping into the conversation. He held his hand out for her to shake, "It's your pleasure."
Emma and Vic laughed. "I'm Vic," Vic said taking Scott's hand and shaking it gently.
"You ladies waiting for the bus?" Scott asked crossing his arms over his chest.
"Um," Emma said looking around her surroundings, "Why else would we be standing here before school?"
Scott shrugged, "I don't know. You two seem like the kind to be in a gang," He joked.
Will elbowed his younger brother in the side, "Knock it off." He shook his head, "Sorry 'bout him. Stiles got the brains, Scott got the looks and well, I got both." He shrugged and curled his lip up slightly. "What grade are you two in?" He asked focussing the conversation on a new topic.
Emma bit the inside of her lip and smiled. Was it possible for her to be falling for a guy that she had known a little over ten minutes? Things appeared to be clicking for the two of them. Vic looked out of the corner of her eye and saw her best friend in a daze over the jock. "We're both juniors." She cut in breaking the silence.
Emma closed her eyes and shook her head gently, "Erm... yeah, juniors. You?"
"Sophomore," Scott said trying to jump back into the triangular conversation before Will pushed him back out.
"I'm a junior too." Will said stepping in front of his younger brother. The bus pulled up in front of the four teenagers. Scott was the first to rush onto the bus. Will stepped aside, "Ladies first," He said gesturing to the door.
Emma smiled softly, "Thanks," She said quietly before stepping on and taking a seat near the back next to a window.
"What a gentleman," Vic teased walking after her and sitting beside Emma, "What is wrong with you?"
"What?" Emma asked innocently turning her focus away from the window.
"You were acting like such a ditz back there. He must think you're a dumb blonde or something!" Vic whispered loudly.
Emma held up a finger like she did to her little sister to prove a point, "One, I'm a redhead, not a blonde. Your argument is invalid. Two, I was not! He caught me in a daze... with that cute smile..." She started to stare at Will who was sitting across the aisle reading a book of his.
"Em," Vic snapped her fingers in front of Emma's dazed look, "Snap out of it." Emma narrowed her eyes at Vic and shook her head, "If you like the guy so much, go sit with him. He's all alone and he's new to McKinley. Show him around. Show him what McKinley is all about," She wiggled her eyebrows at Emma.
Emma wrinkled her nose and shook her head, "I don't know. I don't want to sound too weird or come on too strong."
Vic rolled her eyes, "You won't be anything like Scott was earlier, okay? You can do this."
Emma bit her lip and looked over Vic's shoulder at Will, "I think I will later. I mean, he's new. I don't want to scare him away."
Vic shook her head and looked over her shoulder at Will, "Take your time then, but act fast. There is no way someone like him will stay single for long."
The final bell before 3rd hour rang. Emma sat in the back of Mr. Newell's chemistry class reading her book while Mr. Newell talked to the principal and a new student. She was still wearing Will's sweatshirt from that morning. It didn't match her outfit well but she blamed McKinley for not wanting to turn on the heat when it was in the 40s that day. "Miss Pillsbury? Could you come up here for a moment?"
Emma looked up from her book at the voice of the school principal. She shut it quietly and stood up from the stool she was sitting at and walked slowly to the front of the classroom. The sixteen year old tried her best to ignore the stares from her classmates and the soft "ooooh busted"'s from a few boys in the front. She stopped next to her teacher smiled, "Did you need me?" She asked nervously.
Mr. Newell nodded, "Yes. Emma, you are the only one in the class without a lab partner and I was wondering if it was okay with you if I paired you up with the new student." Emma glanced over to her right and saw Will standing in the doorway with the principal talking. What were the chances that he was in her chemistry class let alone be her lab partner.
Emma blinked, "Um, yeah. That's totally fine!" She walked back to her lap table in the far back corner and moved her things so she didn't seem like one of those space hogs. She watched Will walk back to their table, "Hey," She said quietly with a smile.
"Hey," Will said with the same smirk he had earlier, "What're the chances?"
"I know right," Emma said laughing a bit, "I see you changed your shirt."
Will looked down and nodded. He was now wearing a blue and white Hollister shirt. "Yeah. As much as I love white with a touch of light brown in the center, I didn't think it was the right thing to wear on my first day. Ya know?"
Emma nodded and laughed quietly, "Yeah. Totally."
"I see you still have my sweatshirt on," Will said tugging on the hood a bit.
"Yeah," Emma said softly pulling the sleeves down from her elbows as she felt a chill come through the window, "I don't understand why McKinley doesn't use the heating system here. I mean, we live in Ohio. We have it for a reason." She bit her lip, "You can wear it if you're cold."
Will laughed, "I certainly hope I can. It is my sweatshirt," He shook his head and took his book out of his bag, "You can keep it on if you're cold. I don't mind. It looks good on you," He flashed a smile at her before opening his book to the page number written on the board.
Emma tried to blush as subtly as she could when he smiled at her. She was really starting to take a liking to him and being lab partners would not help her concentration if he was going to act like this the rest of the semester.
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