Chapter 1
"Emma, were moving to New York!" Carl said with a wide grin on his face. "We are married now and we need a place we can call our own; a place where we can put our past behind us and start over fresh….together."
Emma looked at Carl with wide eyes as she contemplated what to say to him. "Carl, I-I don't know i-if that's such a good idea; my life is here." She stared at Carl clutching to an unrealistic hope that he would understand and let go of the subject but…..
"Emma" He starts calmly "I know your life is here but we need a place where we can start out fresh…a place where we can start a new life. We need to get away from here" He smiled waiting for her to respond.
"Well; I guess you're right. We have been married for almost 4 months now; we need a place where we can start our marriage properly." She smiled but she was holding back a flood of tears. How could she leave? This was her home. How could she leave him?
Carl gave her an excited smile and he grabbed her hand and they made their way to their bedroom.
As she lay there in silence while Carl slept peacefully there was only one thing she could think about. Will. How could he possibly leave him after everything she had done to him? She broke his heart and she didn't even care. They had seemed to be past the whole thing and they were talking normally but every time she saw him she couldn't help but feel the butterflies in her stomach and the ache in her heart. She wanted him, she wanted him so very badly. You could tell by the expression on his face when they spoke to each other that he was not over her and he never would be. He was in love with her. She was in love with him. And there she lay in her own home, in her own bed, with another man right next to her.
The next morning went by painfully slow. Emma sat in her office and waited anxiously for her lunch period to begin. Today was the day she was going to tell Will about her and Carl moving to New York.
It was finally time for lunch. She made her way to the faculty lounge and took her normal seat. She waited for Will for what seemed like forever but it actually ended up being only a few short minutes before he showed up and took his usual seat right across the table from her.
"Hey; Em!" Will spoke first.
"Hey, Will. I have something to tell you." She said softly
"Shoot."
"Well, yesterday Carl and I were talking and he asked me to move to New York." She waited anxiously for his response but was only met with an awkward silence.
"At first I was against the whole idea but then I thought about it. We need a fresh start, a place where we can start our lives together and be happy. "
As Emma spoke she could see the pain burning behind Will's eyes. She broke his heart…again. She felt horrible and as she spoke she tried hard to hold back the tears that were welling in her eyes.
"That's great, Em. I hope you and Carl have a wonderful life together. I have to go now. Goodbye, Emma" Will spoke softly and firmly. He showed no emotion in his voice but his eyes gave away the pain and anger that he felt towards Carl and Emma right now.
Will slowly made his way down the hallway to his office and he held in his tears until he got there. He then sat in his empty classroom silently sobbing to himself.
Shortly after Will had made his escape Emma had left the scene too. She went back to her office and cried as well. She couldn't do this. She couldn't leave.
While all of this was going down at school Carl was taking care of his patients one by one with a cheery smile on his face. He was down to his last few patients of the day when Santana Lopez walked in. She walked in with a mischievous smile on her face and took a seat in front of Carl.
"How are you, Santana?"
"Look, I don't really want to be here but Brittany insisted that I come with her to this appointment so let's make it snappy."
"I'll do my best." He said with a cheerful tone.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold up. Why are you so happy? Last time I saw you, you were yelling at Mr. Shue to stay away from your woman. What happened?"
He slightly chuckled; "Well Santana, If you must know. I am happy because I am happily married and soon I will be leaving this crumby old town to start a new life with my beautiful wife." He smiled proudly at his statement.
She rolled her eyes and turned in the operating chair to look at him. "She doesn't love you." She said this with a straight face. "Look, I totally understand why you would think she loves you. For one your gorgeous and for two you guys are married now but she doesn't love you. She loves Mr. Shue."
"Look Santana, I know they were together before but I assure you that she doesn't love him. Why would she marry me if she loves him? He chuckled slightly at her statement
"She settled for you, just like she settled for Coach Tanaka last year. Have you seen the way those to look at each other? I have never seen two people with more sexual tension then those two. You can go ahead and move to New York with Mrs. P and you can keep thinking that you two are madly in love but I just wanted to make you aware of what is truly going on in her mind." Santana said this full of confidence in her voice and she spoke very firmly with an attitude.
He looked at her with disappointment burning in his eyes. He knew she was right. He knew that all along but it another person telling him for him to truly believe it. She was settling for him because she couldn't bring herself to be with Will after what he had done to her. After Santana left and Carl's day was done he sat alone in his office thinking about how he could break it off with her without hurting her toobadly.
In two days Emma and Carl would be leaving for New York to start their lives together. It hadn't taken very long to pack up there things because neither of them had very much. They didn't take any of their furniture with them, only the essentials because they bought a fully furnished apartment.
They packed their belongings in complete silence. The only thing Emma could think about was Will and how much she was hurting him. All Carl could think about was Emma and how much he loved her. If he really loved her though then he would let her be with Will. It was the right thing to do.
The next two days pasted by very quickly and those two days Will and Emma barely said more the a small string of words to each other. Emma had a plan though. She wanted to say goodbye to Will and the Glee Club properly.
It was a Monday morning and they were getting ready to leave when Emma asked Carl if he could stop at the school for a minute so she could say goodbye to everyone. He agreed and they drove quickly to the school.
Emma was just in time for Glee rehearsal and she walked slowly to the choir room door. She anxiously opened the door to find all eyes on her. The happy expressions that were planted on each of the Glee kids' faces quickly turned to frowns when she walked in. Will turned around to see what the kids were looking at when he was met with a disappointed looking Emma standing in the doorway. Emma made her way to the front of the classroom next to Will and turned to everyone staring at her.
"Well, everybody I just wanted to come here and properly say goodbye to all of you."
The kids slowly all gathered around Emma and gave her a tight group hug. She was surrounded by smiling faces and in the small crowd faint whispers of "We'll miss you, Mrs. P" and "Good luck!" Rang throughout the room. All the kids made their way back to their seats and left Will and Emma standing awkwardly in front of the room. She pulled Will into a hug and he hugged her back. They held each other for what seemed like forever. Neither of them wanted to let go and they stood there in front of the class holding each other but it seemed like the whole world was melting around them. No one was there, just them; holding each other tightly and never wanting to let go. But before they let go of each other Emma whispered softly into Will's ear; "Some thing's are worth fighting for"
Emma broke their embrace and slightly smiled at him. He stood there with his mouth slightly hanging opened and the look of confusion was written all over his face.
She walked out the door and headed to the car where Carl would be waiting to take her to New York. She drove away from the school with tears welling in her eyes leaving her past behind her.