A/N: (This chapter has been edited.) First of all, I would like to thank those who viewed (and will view) this fanfiction. I wrote this when I was in the eighth grade and I didn't know a lot in writing stories. So I read the negative reviews and I spent the past three years trying to improve my writing. (The characters seem out of character and the plot is crazy and random. Yes, I see that now.) I am going to finish this fic just as many of you requested. Again, thank you so much for everything. -youdalwayswin
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee.
Just when the New Directions thought that they were done for; that they would go their separate ways when they had finally seen each other as family, something unexpected happened. And it came in the form of Sue Sylvester. She talked to Principal Figgins and they were given another chance to make a comeback. Another chance to see if they could become something great and special, all of them together.
With a new school year unfolding, Will Schuester regained confidence in himself, in his kids, and in what they can do. However, there was still emptiness in the pit of his stomach — a hole in his heart — that can only be filled by one person: Emma Pillsbury.
Just two months ago, he finally admitted to himself and to her that he loved her. But he was left hanging for the rest of the summer since he never mustered up enough courage to drop by to talk to her again.
As he heads to his office, he smiles when he sees Rachel, Tina and Mercedes deciding on which pictures of the Glee Club to hang in their lockers. However, his smile fades when he stops a few lockers away from Emma's office. He sees her moving a bouquet of flowers to a vase and thinks that it's from Carl Howell, her new boyfriend.
"Hey, Chin [Keith] Urban," Sue whispers in his ear. Will flinches, an involuntary physical reaction to her creeping up on him no doubt. "I see you're stalking Annie."
"I'm not stalking Emma." He says shortly and he turns to her, only to flinch again when he realizes how close Sue is standing to him.
"You may not be stalking her but I know that you are absolutely bothered by that bouquet of flowers," Sue grinned. "I can smell the sweat of jealousy on you."
"I'm not jealous. I know Emma really does love me." He says to Sue and she sticks out her tongue in disgust.
"So you think that she's the Nicole Gingerbread-man to your Chin Urban? Have you ever considered that maybe she doesn't love you?" Will sighs in that infuriating way that he does when he won't accept another opinion and begins to disprove Sue's belief. Both of them had been so caught up in their discussion that they almost didn't notice Principal Figgins and Emma walking in their direction.
"…I'm just saying that if you push her too much, she might fall off a cliff and that dentist would be there at the bottom to catch her — provided that he's wearing gloves, of course." Sue retaliates when Will says that he is going to do anything to win her back.
Emma looks at Will when she hears Sue say the word "dentist" and blushes. He wonders what she's thinking.
Figgins clears his throat. "William, Sue, I also need to have a word with you. Drop by my office in thirty minutes," he says and walks away with Emma. She still hasn't looked away from him and it bothers Will when he sees her palms close and open in anxiety.
When Figgins closes the door behind her, Emma breaks her silence. "If this is because of what I did — you know, shouting at you because you wanted to disband the Glee club, I am so sorry."
Figgins takes his seat behind the table. "This," he pauses. "is a more serious topic, Miss Pillsbury."
"How so?" Emma inquires.
"You are one of the educators here at McKinley to be laid off."