A/N: So I'm totally not into AU's, but this is an AU. (: Emma, Will, and Terri in high school. It will be Wemma later on. Loosely based on Taylor Swift's song "our." I hope you like it!
"Em, you have no idea how amazing Will is." Terri told her best friend in the girl's bathroom, while reapplying her make up.
Emma did know though. She knew exactly how amazing Will Schuster was, but she didn't say that, instead she said: "I still can't believe that you and Will are… together."
Terri smiled. "I know. I never would have expected it either."
Emma wished she had Terri's smile. She wished she had Terri's everything. Her body, her hair, her eyes, the way that when she walked into a room all of the attention seemed to turn to her, not that Emma really wanted attention. She more or less just wanted to be notice… by anyone. It's hard to be anything but second best with a best friend like Terri though, ever since they first in 6th grade when they both joined the Junior Cheerios. Terri had gotten everything that she wanted and Emma had sat by, pretending to be happy that she was second best.
Terri was the head of the Cheerios, while Emma was just a cheerleader that blended in with the background. Not that Emma had much to complain about, just being a Cheerio was good enough for her.
But now Terri had Will.
Emma had known Will her entire life, she lived next to him for as long as she could remember. When they were younger they would play outside in her tree house, pretending that it was a space shuttle and they were preparing for take off. In the winter they would build snow forts and make snow angels until their fingers and toes were so cold they couldn't feel them. Then they would go into Emma's kitchen and her mom would make them hot chocolate with marshmallows.
"One day I bet you two will get married." She would say with grin.
"Gross," said Emma crinkling her nose. "Why would I want to marry Will?" her mom would always pat her on the shoulder and say:
"One day you'll see Emmy."
Emma swore her mom must have had super powers, how else could she have known exactly the boy that Emma was going to fall for ten years down the road.
"Emma!" Terri snapped. "Are you deaf? I asked if you wanted to get pizza or Chinese tonight."
"What? Oh. Sorry. Chinese. I was just thinking."
"I hate when you do that."
Emma rolled her eyes. Terri was many things, and a dumb slut was definitely one of them.
"Can you just do one thing for me, Terri?"
"What?"
"Can you not hurt Will? He's been my friend for a really long time, and he's really is sweet."
"Why would I hurt him?" She snapped.
"Well Terri, you do sometimes forget that boys have feelings too."
She rolled her eyes. "Whatever, I have to go to History."
Somehow, Emma was not assured by this response. Her and Will weren't as close as they were when they were six years old, but she still didn't want to see him in pain and if there was one thing that Terri could do, it was make otherwise strong boys cry.
-xxx-
Emma and Terri were giggling and gossiping over Chinese food, which was an average Friday night for the girls. Emma was just about to get up to get more General Tso Chicken when Terri said: "I have to tell you something."
"I have to tell you something," was never good when it came from Terri.
"What about?" Emma asked, trying not to sound as nervous as she was.
"Promise you won't hate me?"
"Terri, you know that I could never hate you."
"Okay, well you know how I went to Jackie's party last weekend, the one that you refused to go to because you're boring?"
"I was at my grandma's funeral, but yes, go on."
"Well Seth was there."
"Seth your ex boyfriend, Seth?"
"Yeah, duh, that's the only Seth I know. Well anyway, one thing led to another and we… we kind of hooked up, but it was totally a one time thing. It was just nice to see him after so many months."
Emma stood up, furious. "Then you give him a friendly handshake and maybe a hug goodbye. You don't sleep with him!"
"I know. I know. But you know that I can't say no to Seth when he flashes me that cute smile."
"Terri, how could you do this to Will?"
"What's the big deal, Em? I've cheated on guys before and you've never cared."
"Well Will's my friend."
"No." Terri said, standing up as well. "I'm your friend. Your best friend. Let's watch Bring it On again."
"This is no time for cheerleading movies, Terri. I asked you not to do anything to hurt Will."
"Well to be fair, you asked me that before me and Seth slept together, so technically I didn't betray you."
"Yeah… Only Will."
"Stop being so over dramatic, Emmy, It's really not a big deal."
"So you're not going to tell him?"
"Why would I do that? Then he might break up with me. I don't want that to happen. We have a good thing going on."
Emma was mad, furious, but Terri was her best friend. Terri was the head cheerleader. Without Terri, Emma would really be nobody. The only reason that anybody knew her name was because she walked into the room with Terri. The Cheerios uniform wasn't what made Emma Pillsbury someone at that high school, it was Terri. Besides, it was Terri's business, and it's not like Emma and Will were even close anymore.
Even though he was such a sweet guy, and so cute.
What was Terri thinking? How could anyone possibly want to be with anybody else when they could be with William Schuster? Sweet, beautiful, funny, William Schuster.
Emma wished that she would have seen how wonderful he was when they were younger, then maybe things would have turned out differently.
"You're not going to tell Will what I did, are you?"
Emma sighed. "Of course I'm not."
-xxx-
Emma was close to her mom. Closer than most sixteen year old girls were to their mother, and Emma's mom could always tell when something was wrong.
"You're moping, Emma." Her mom told her the next day.
"What are you talking about?" She asked.
"Did you and Terri have a fight?"
"No. Me and Terri are good."
"But something is wrong, right?"
Emma nodded. "I guess it's just one of those days."
"Well, Emmy, you know that I'm always here. Even when Terri's somewhere else with God know's who doing God know's what." Emma's mom usually talked about Terri like that. Her mom didn't like Terri the first time she brought her home after practice one day and still didn't like her.
"She's going to end up a pregnant drop out. I can see it already." She would say. "Whatever you do, don't let Terri influence you."
"Mom, can I ask you something?" Emma asked sitting next to her on the couch. "I want you to tell me the truth, what you really think… don't just say what you think I want to hear."
Her mom crossed her heart. "Full honesty."
"I'm I as pretty as Terri?"
"Emma Pillsbury, you're even more pretty then Terri. I wish that I was half as gorgeous as you are when I was sixteen. I've never seen a more beautiful young woman in all my life."
Emma smiled. "Thank Mom."
She knew that her mom was just saying it, but she wanted to hear it anyway. She needed to hear that at least one person in this world was willing to say that Terri was no better than she was
