[A/N]: Revised most of the content in the fic. I didn't realize my writing was so screwed back then.
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee. If I did, Will and Holly would still be together making Schuester babies.
"Em? You're pale...it's like you've seen a ghost."
"Uh, I thought I just saw someone pass by."
Her eyes were fixed on the hallway outside of the faculty lounge. She was sure she saw a woman with honey blonde hair accompanied by some of the glee kids walk passed the teacher's lounge.
Emma Pillsbury then glanced on to the diamond ring on her finger, then back to Will.
"Are you okay?" Will Schuester inquired, touching his fiancée's arm.
Emma nodded. "I'm fine. I think it was just Quinn. She looks like she came out from a magazine. Don't you?" She faked a smile, biting on her apple. Will looked at her skeptically.
"What?"
"Nothing." Emma muttered. He shrugged, letting the moment pass.
Holly Holliday reclined on the chair, sighing as she continued to check the test papers the teacher she subbed for left behind; until Santana came rushing in the classroom, giving her a hug from behind. "Miss Holliday! You're back! Brit and I missed you!"
"I missed you too! It's really great to be back." Holly couldn't help contain her happiness; she was glad she was still remembered given that she's been gone for a couple of months. Most of the kids from other schools she taught in didn't even bother to know her name or what she was going to teach.
"Are you staying full time?" Santana asked. "Please tell me you're staying full time!"
"What? Who are you talking to? I'm staying for a month...or until Ms. Heigl's maternity leave ends." Holly laughed.
Santana stayed with her until the end of lunch break; telling Holly about the burden of being head cheerleader...and worse, sharing it with Becky.
"Please drop by the choir room later...Mike's been teaching Finn how to dance and simply watching him is incredibly hilarious!" She said and waved goodbye before running to her next class.
"She's back!" Rachel squealed to Will the moment he stepped into the choir room.
"Who?" Will questioned.
"Miss Holliday! She was here since morning. Didn't you see her? She's subbing for Miss Heigl. Please, Mr. Schue, ask her to drop by. She has really good taste in music and she might be able to give us some ideas for the competition. Oh, Mr. Schue! You just have to get her back here." Rachel allowed her smile of excitement to spread over her face.
Holly's back. Will craned his neck and shifted his weight to his left foot. The last time they've seen each other was during the Night of Neglect benefit. There wasn't even any communication between them anymore. She revoked his Facebook friend request and he couldn't even call her because there was absolutely nothing else to say.
"I'll ask her, Rach." He told her, and then watched her skip happily towards her other club mates, telling them the news.
Choir room, English, Spanish and...History. Will peeked in the History classroom. There she was, writing about Abraham Lincoln on the blackboard, checking on her clipboard if she was copying the correct words once in a while.
He knocked lightly on the door.
"Holly?" He said softly, after entering the room and flashing a glance all around to check if they were alone.
The white chalk came flying off her hand in surprise. She looked at the doorway and saw Will with his hands in his pockets and leaning against the door frame.
She smiles and walks towards him. "Hey, hot stuff," she says and wraps her arms around his neck and pulls him very close to her and hugs him tightly. Her hair smells like strawberries and clean salon conditioner, and he closes his eyes and lets himself relax, immediately missing everything about Holly Holliday.
"I missed you." He says before he could stop himself.
"I missed you too." She replies, her cheeks blushing inexplicably.
She eventually lets go, remembering that he is getting married in less than a month.
"So, are you subbing or are you in full-time?" Will asks as he sits on the edge of the teacher's table.
Holly picked up the white chalk on the floor and put it back on the ledge. "Still subbing. I'm only staying until the teacher I'm subbing for comes back. I'm heading back to Cleveland and stay there for good."
She noticed Will's smile turn to a frown. "What's wrong?"
He shook his head, unable to answer in words due to the emotional lump that had formed in his throat.
"That was one of the reasons why I broke up with you remember?" Holly says as she realizes why he turned so quiet.
"Just one?" Will said, offering her a sad kind of smile as she came into focus. The look in Holly's eyes changes from determined to hesitation to hurt.
He knew there was a long list of reasons why. "Let's just leave it at that. I heard you and Emma are engaged. I don't want to cause any trouble." Simply mentioning the word 'engaged' made Holly's mouth run dry.
"What would you say that would suddenly make me change my mind about marrying her?" He frowned in confusion.
A silence fell on the room. Saved by the bell, students started coming in the classroom and Brittany and Santana were waving at her by the corridor before they went with other Cheerios.
"I'll see you around, Will."
He mouths his goodbye and leaves.