A/N: Hey y'all! This story is slightly AU, about Emma's past. What happens when Will is there for her during a night filled with horrible nightmares.
Emma drug herself to school. It was going to be another long, painful day. She somehow made it through most of her classes without any issues. Lunch was always so hard, but she was lucky, a certain glee club director let her eat in her office so she wasn't so overwhelmed. That's when she saw him, the curly haired sophomore, who actually smiled back. She actually had a pleasant conversation with her glee director that day.
She faked smiles and forced conversations the rest of the day. She got home and smiled at her little brother, he was still in elementary school. "Hey Zach"
He smiled at her and yawned, he wasn't feeling well but knew to keep quiet at school. "Hey Ems"
She smiled back, "how was school?"
"It was okay... I don't feel good Ems"
She sighed, and put her hand to his forehead, he was burning up. She gave him some Tylenol and made sure he'd had something to eat. She ended up staying home with him for three days. She tried calling their mom to get a doctors appointment but she ignored her. Their parents had been gone for two months now, but were sending money. She was trying to take care of her ten year old brother, but it was hard. She finally went back to school and her glee director noticed how worn out, and worried Emma looked. "Hey Ems, can we talk?"
She looked at the brunette woman, and ran. She didn't want to tell, so she sat in her beat up car, and cried. The woman made her way to the parking lot and saw Emma. But the teen drove away before she could get close.
The next day she was even more exhausted, she had a lot of homework and her brother couldn't sleep. She was walking to class when she heard football boys laughing and then she felt the sticky cold liquid drip down her head to her shoulders. She lost it, and just sunk to the floor in tears. She was so overwhelmed, with school, glee, and her brother that she couldn't do it any longer.
Will was in the group of athletes that slushied her, and he was daring enough to turn around. He ran to get the glee club director, since he knew Emma trusted her, and told hrs what happened. Lillian Adler was grateful that he'd told her, Emma seemed so overwhelmed. Lillian ran up to her, thankful that the bell had rung to start class. She knelt down, "Emma, hey..,"
Emma cried, "go away"
Lillian sighed, "lets get you cleaned up, we can go to the faculty bathroom, it's cleaner"
Emma finally nodded and let the woman help her up, and see the full extent of the damage. "I have clothes in my locker..." The teen sighed.
"Go ahead and grab them, I can come with you" Lillian offered.
Emma looked at her with begging eyes, and Lillian smiled, squeezing the teens hand. She helped Emma wash the slush off of her and brushed her hair back into a ponytail. "What happened out there kiddo?"
Emma hung her head, "football boys. Slushie..."
Lillian nodded, "I'm glad you told me, so we can stop this"
She started to cry, "I just wanna give up, but I can't. My baby brother depends on me, I need that glee scholarship, and I just can't do this anymore"
Lillian sighed and put a comforting hand on Emma's knee, she was panicking, and it was good they were alone. "You don't understand! My brother needs me. He can't cook for himself, he can do most things, but not everything. He leaves me alone when my OCD flares up really bad, like last night. I scrubbed the bathroom floor in bleach. Twice"
Lillian just listened, "Emma, Emma. Stop. Take a big deep breath"
She tried but it was shaky, "I reorganized my locker ten times, my closet fourteen, and I haven't slept in four days"
The older woman sighed, "lets stop, breathe, relax"
Emma shook her head, "I can't. They're coming today, kitchen isn't clean. Living room is a mess..."
"Whoa, who's coming Ems?" Lillian asked.
"Dad and some friends..." She mumbled.
Lillian sighed, "Emma, what's going on"
She looked up, like a deer in headlights, "I've got to go, I just forgot I needed to clean his bathroom, it takes me four hours..."
She got up and ran away. Lillian was worried, so she quietly pulled up Emma's information and wrote down her address, it was in the nice part of town so she was confused. She drove to the house and saw Emma's car there, along with one other. She heard screams and the front door slam shut. Emma's little brother was outside. She got out of the car and walked across the street. The little boy ran to her, recognizing her from Emma's performance, "miss glee teacher!" He yelled.
She chuckled, "hey buddy, what's up?"
He shrugged, "sissy's been cleaning like crazy, won't stop. Dad won't let her. He's laughing"
"Has he hurt sissy?" She asked, worried about Emma.
Zach shrugged again, but Emma's scream told them otherwise. "Do you know how to call 911 kiddo?"
Zach nodded, Emma had taught him. "Sissy showed me"
"Awesome, now, I need you to do that for me, do you think you can?" She asked.
He looked terrified, "I can't..."
She sighed, "that's okay, you see the green car sitting there?" He nodded, "yeah"
She smiled, "that's mine. I want you to sit in the back seat until the cops come, okay"
He nodded and she helped him in the car. "I know your name isn't really miss glee teacher... Don't be mad"
She chuckled, "that's alright, I'm not. You can call me Ms. A, okay"
He nodded and smiled, "okay... I'm Zach..."
She smiled, and turned the car on. She called the cops and Emma came running out, "ZACH!"
Lillian ran to her and she started to cry, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I blew it. I won't get that scholarship now, or ever"
She sighed, "Emma, Emma, look at me. Breathe. Zach is fine, he's sitting in my car. What's wrong?"
She continued to cry, "don't let them arrest me..." She heard the sirens and ran back into the house, to clean up the blood.
Lillian quickly explained to the female officer what she knew and the other officer went to see Zach. The female officer and a few others slowly made their way into the house when they heard Emma's tears. "Don't arrest me..." She sobbed, still scrubbing the blood stained floor. The cops knew she was OCD, so they weren't surprised. The female cop knelt down, "Emma, hey. Let's stop."
Emma tensed up and continued to scrub. They told the other officers to check the rest of the house. "Hey miss Emma, look at me, you're safe"
The female officer sighed, thankful that her best friend was OCD. Emma was in full on panic mode, "it's not clean, don't you see?! The blood, it's everywhere!"
The officer sighed, "I see Emma, I promise you, I see it. But the paramedics are here now, to help him, and they have stuff that'll really clean this up"
Emma broke down and sobbed, "don't arrest me. Zach needs me, I can't. Just don't" she continued to scrub even after the paramedics started to work.
The officer gently put her hands on Emma's, "I'm not here to do that. I'm here to help you out of this, okay"
Emma continued to cry and the detective sighed, "what if I told you I understood what it's like to want everything clean, and perfect, and everything had to be in a certain place?"
She looked at the woman, "do you?"
She nodded, "yeah, I do. My best friend, who I've been friends with since second grade, has OCD. I've helped her through panic attacks, days where she just wants to clean and do nothing else, and sleepless nights"
Emma finally let go of the rag, "nobody gets it. No one. That's what started this..."
The woman nodded, "come on, let's get you outta here, there's s squeaky clean ambulance waiting on you"
Emma agreed and they wrapped her up in a police jacket. "Emmy!" Her little brother screamed, running from the ambulance. Lillian sighed, Emma looked worn out, and hoped she would crash soon. Emma picked him up, "is that Mrs. A?"
He nodded, "miss glee teacher!"
Emma smiled, "she's nice, you can sit with her for a while, okay?"
He nodded, "she called cops"
Emma smiled at the woman, thankful she was there.
Lillian came up and took the young boy from her and the detective lead her to the waiting ambulance, "he was really sick a few days ago..."
The paramedic nodded, promising they'd check on him. The paramedic helped her up onto the gurney and she started wringing her hands. The paramedics started instructed Emma to lay back so they could hook her up to some monitors but she refused. The officer reassured her that it was okay and held her hands as they hooked her up. The paramedics sighed when the monitor displayed a fast, irregular beat. He tapped on the window telling the driver to go, since they were the last ambulance there. Emma's panic attack was getting worse and more noticeable when the ambulance started to move. Her heart rate shot up and the detective squeezed her hand, "Emma, it's okay. Look at me, and just breathe"
The deceive quietly motioned for the paramedic to give her some oxygen and the man agreed. He explained to Emma what he was doing and she fought, but finally agreed to the oxygen mask. They helped her take deep breaths as they pulled into the ER. Debbie Schuester was waiting for the third ambulance in the last fifteen minutes to arrive, and knew this was the young girl. She looked terrified, sat there wringing her hands, and had blood on her arms. Debbie ran up to them, "hey Emma, my names Debbie, I'm one of your nurses"
Emma nodded, and started panicking when doctors swarmed her. "Everybody out! Dr. Howard, stay. Everybody else, leave, now" Debbie ordered, she was the head nurse, and often did that.
Emma seemed relieved that it was only the two women in the room instead of ten people.
Debbie quickly glanced at Emma's unsteady monitor and sighed, "Emma, can you lay back for me so I can check those monitor stickers?"
She sighed, but cooperated. "I'm gonna fix this one right here, it's sitting just a little too high" she explained.
Emma just nodded and Debbie smiled when the monitor started to even out. She helped through Emma through a simple physical exam and she was okay. Lillian came in and Emma yawned, "hey"
"Zach's a trooper. He's got flu like symptoms, but other than that, perfectly healthy" she explained.
Emma nodded, yawning again. "They said I'm okay, and want me to rest, but I can't"
Lillian sighed, "you can. You're safe here. I'm here with both of you"
Debbie came in, "Emma, blood with and x rays came back clear, you're good to go, but Dr. Howard wants you to get some sleep first"
She shook her head, "I'm okay.."
Lillian sighed, "Emma sweetie, it's okay to sleep, promise"
Debbie smiled, "mom, can we talk a minute?"
Lillian smiled and nodded, "sure"
Debbie stepped outside with Lillian, "when was the last time she slept?"
"She told me four days ago, but it could be more"
Debbie nodded, "I want to work with her and see if she can fall asleep on her own, but if not, I'd like to admit her and Dr. Howard can help her sleep"
Lillian nodded, "okay, she really needs the rest"
Debbie came back in and smiled at Emma, who was wringing her hands together. She pulled up a chair, "hey Emma..."
Emma yawned, "hi..."
"How're you feeling?" She asked.
"It's not clean... I didn't finish. I need to go" she protested.
Debbie sighed, "Emma, lets relax. It's okay.
Emma squirmed and whimpered, "no... I can't.."
A/N: random idea. reviews make me happy! And they also make me write more faster! Enjoy!
