1. I Need You Now
Normally the weather would mimic Will's emotions but at the moment? It was mocking him. How can it be sunny on a day like this?
It felt as if everything in his life had fallen apart. He was no longer a husband - he hadn't been for months, he wouldn't be father, and he had lost his best friend. At least he had Glee, which at the moment was the only thing he did have and if it didn't win Regional's? It was finished.
Now he knew that he was in this situation because of his actions, a day didn't go when he wished he had said no.
No to Shelby, no to April. Maybe if he did, he would still be able to walk through the school without being called a man-whore or slut by Sue. Maybe he and Emma would be together by now instead of her ignoring his calls and notes he kept leaving her.
But then it did no good to focus on the maybe's, the what if's; because he didn't say no, he said yes (maybe not in his words but certainly in his actions) and now he had to deal with the consequences and pray to god that with time Emma would come back to him.
Shaking his head to sidelined these feelings for a bit as he entered the rehearsal room. There were many things he expected to see, Rachel getting a head start on him and telling the club what they should be singing next with Finn and Jesse being the only members of the club hanging on her every word. Maybe the kids would already have started to sing as they waited for his entrance. But what he wasn't expecting were for all them in a circle obviously gossiping over something which he was sure meant very little to Glee.
"Guys what's up?" Will asked as all the thirteen of the kids heads went shooting towards him.
"Didn't you see the chaos outside Mr Schue?" Jesse asked as he wrapped his arm around Rachel 'he must have made forgiven her' Will thought absentmindedly. "No, why what's going on?"
"Car-crash" Finn replied giving evil eyes to Jesse as he did so.
Will blood ran cold even though he wasn't sure why.
"Is everyone alright?"
"I don't know the ambulance just took someone away but we didn't get enough time to see who it was" Tina put in.
"Well, I'm sure we will find out more tomorrow, right now we need to practise" Rachel pressed.
"Rachel, someone just got carted off in an ambulance show some compassion" Quinn snapped. "It could somebody we know."
"Well the song can be a get well soon present from New Directions." Rachel snapped back.
Sensing an argument coming on Will stopped it before it could be blown wide open. "Well I'm not sure the song I picked could be a get well soon song, but I'm sure you guys can make it into one."
Will then started to hand out the music sheets around to everyone.
"Now I know you guys wanted to go down the pop route a bit so I hope this song is acceptable to everyone? Anyone got any problems?"
Matt raised his hand.
"Yes Matt?"
"You seemed given me a sheet which has lead vocals."
"I know – you think you can rap it?"
"Hell yeah!" Matt replied excited that he was actually getting a chance to sing – well rap.
"You ready Tina?"
"Of course Mr Schue" Tina beamed as Artie gave her a fist bump of getting most of the vocals of the song.
"Come on then, let's hit it!" Will nodded to the band to start playing. Both Matt and Tina stood up for their solos. Using his common sense Matt changed the lyrics so it seemed like he was singing to Tina.
Matt: Ahuh ahuh (yea Tina)
Ahuh ahuh (good girl gone bad)
Ahuh ahuh (take three... action) Ahuh Ahuh
Matt: No clouds in my storms Let it rain, I hydroplane in the bank
Tina: eh eh
Matt: Comin' down with the Dow Jones When the clouds come we gone, we Rocafella
Tina: eh eh
Matt: She fly higher than weather And she rocks it better You know me An anticipation for precipitation, stacks chips for the rainy day
Tina: eh eh
Matt: Matt, rain man is back with little Miss Sunshine Tina where you at?
At this time Will's cell phone started to sing out as well – Unfortunately the ringer was not Rihanna's Umbrella so it distracted the kids a bit, but they were professional enough to keep going when he answered it and found out that it was an unregistered number – it wouldn't be from his lawyers then.
"Will Schuester"
Tina: You had my heart, and we'll never be worlds apart, Maybe in magazines, but you'll still be my star Baby cause in the dark, we can't see shiny cars, And that's when you need me there, With you I'll always share, Because ...
Will's blood ran cold when he heard the next line.
"Mr Schuester? This is Dr. Cathy McAdams from Ohio General Hospital"
"Yes?" He breathed out.
"I understand you are the emergency contact for Miss Emma Pillsbury?"
In the back of his mind he realised that the glee kids had stopped performing but at the moment all he could concentrate was the phone call he was having at the moment.
"Yes" Will croaked out.
"I think it's best if you come down here."
"I'll be there momentarily." Will hung up the phone and without telling the kids what was going on, he ran out of the door and to his car as fast as his legs could carry him.
As he ran though the entrance of Ohio General Hospital Will realised that he must have broken many speeding laws as he rushed to Emma's side. It didn't help that his banged up old car wasn't going as fast as he wanted it to. Cursing the fact that his divorce was draining up or his extra cash, so he couldn't get a good enough car that could get him to his destination fast enough, Will finally managed to get to the main desk.
"If you could just fill out these forms the doctor will be with you-" A nurse said boredly not even bothering to lift her head up from the magazine she was reading.
Will interrupted "I'm just here because I got a phone call that Emma Pillsbury has been taken to this hospital, I'm her emergency contact."
"Mr Schuester I presume" Will turned around at the sound of his name being called out.
"Yes, Will, you're..." Will tried to remember her name from the phone but just couldn't his mind was too pre-occupied with Emma.
"Cathy" She reminded him.
Will nodded before asking what he really wanted to know "How is she?"
"Emma, will just be perfectly fine, she's still unconscious at the moment but she will wake up when she is ready to – I'm sorry but I have to make sure you are actually who you say you are, it is my job" Cathy gestured.
"Oh, don't worry" Will smiled sadly as he pulled out some ID.
"How do you know the patient?"
"I'm her friend – we work together at McKinley High School" He tried to ignore the pain he felt for just saying how he was just her friend – hell he probably wasn't even that anymore.
"Thank you, I just show you where she is – she's got a private room because of her insurance"
"Do you know she's germophobic?" Will asked hoping Emma won't freak out once she realises she's in hospital which could covered in germs.
"It said in her file" Cathy reassured "the room has been cleaned and sterilized again since she's been placed in there."
They had seemed to have gone through many hallways until they reached a room which had 'Miss. E. Pillsbury' on the side of the door printed on miniature white board which was above a place where some charts were resting in a compartment. "Here we go."
His breath caught in his throat as he nearly ran through the door. He never had seen Emma as beautiful as he did now. Her red hair scatted around her pillow with a precious lock of it sweeping over her face. If it wasn't for her hair she would have been able to blend into the sheets on the bed.
She was hooked up to an IV and heart monitor, logically he knew that the nurse was still talking about what condition Emma was in but only phrases such as 'miracle', 'lucky to be alive', 'she's going to be alright' slipped through his fogged mind as all he could do was gazed at her.
"Mr Schuester?" Cathy's voice boomed him from his thoughts. Making him look at her instead of Emma.
"I'm sorry, you were saying?"
"That depending on when she wakes up, she'll be able to leave in the next couple of days." Cathy repeated slowly.
"Great, that's very good to know" Will croaked resisting the urge to look at Emma again.
Cathy didn't know what it was about this person which made her want to comfort him. "Mr Schuester, I know it is hard to not worry when a loved one has had an car accident but please be assured that she is in the best possible care" Cathy noticed his head shot up at 'loved one'.
"I'm just her friend – it's just a bit of a shock to the system."
Cathy looked at him knowingly and thought 'hell with professional'. "I'm about to say something that I probably shouldn't but Mr Schuester-"
"Will" He corrected
"Will" Cathy paused "the way you are looking at Miss Pillsbury is the way my husband looks at me" she smirked then continued "I'm not buying for a moment that she is just a friend to you"
When Will didn't reply Cathy muttered "I'm sorry for the assumption if it offended you"
"NO!" Will quickly replied, "It didn't offend me, Cathy right?"
"Yeah Cathy McAdams"
Will nodded then looked at Emma before speaking again.
"We were heading towards more then friends, but I screwed it up" Will whispered not sure why he was saying this to a complete stranger.
"Everyone makes mistakes – we're human, we can't help it" Cathy sympathised
'Yeah - a mistake, we were heading somewhere that would have been so important to me, but then I go and mess it up. Hurting the women that I think I'm actually in love with but won't be able to tell her because I was stupid and snogged someone else and slept in the same bed as another girl, meaning that I lost her – probably forever' Will thought but didn't say out loud instead he just shook his head and walked towards the chair that was to the right of Emma's hospital bed vowing not to leave her side until she woke up and probably ordered him away.
Cathy, feeling that she was no longer needed checked Emma's chart before saying "Everything is looking good, so I will just check some of my other patients call if you need anything or if she wakes up." She closed the door on her way out.
Once he was alone with Emma, Will sat in the chair taking her surprisingly cold hand in his. He squeezed it gently and smiled when he felt her return the gesture.
Giving in to the overwhelming temptation he was having Will sat on the edge of her hospital bed, not letting go of her hand as he did so, he started to stroke softly the rebellious section of her squeaky clean hair off her face. He swore he heard her slightly sigh into his gesture but she didn't open her beautiful brown eyes.
Please Review - I think everyone is in need for some Wemma fluff - so next chapter will be FILLED with it! :D It was orignally going to be a two shot - but Ideas keep coming so at the moment it has 3 parts! Hope you enjoyed it.
(The song New Directions sung was Rihanna's Umbrella - I don't think I need to put a link up but if you don't know that song search youtube! adore it and think it would be such a good song for glee!)
P.S: My sis has just pre-ordered my GLEE CALENDER 16 months! I thought people would like to know! :D