Hey! Hope you liked chapter one! Just wanted to say, this one is not gonna be written exclusively from Emma´s POV (as the first one). Also, wanna say this again: this is not the Emma we know from the show ;)
Please feel free to write suggestions, critics or anything you like! =) And I wanna thank Taylor for always being my beta!
Aggie
II
"Glad to see you´re finally home, Schue!" Steven palmed his old friend´s shoulder, "When did you arrive?"
"A couple of days ago…"
"And you didn´t call me?" Steven played hurt causing Will to chuckle, "Listen, the game starts in an hour, let´s go buy some beers and we´ll call for some pizza… "
"Sure, your place?"
"When isn´t it?"
On their way to Steven´s, they talked about Will´s recess at his parents back in Oregon. "I tell, you Steve, I really needed this… fresh air, nothing to think about… though, I can´t keep avoiding it for much longer"
"Relax, man; let´s chill for tonight, ok? You won´t have me for much longer after all" Will looked at him quizzically, "I got the job. I´m leaving in a month"
"What? Is that-? Congratulations!" a cheerful laugh escaped his mouth, "That´s awesome! But you´re leaving!" he laughed, "I´m happy for you"
"Thanks Will... I'm gonna miss our Game Nights. But I'll come back; my sister can have me some weekend"
"You have a sister living here in Lima? How come after 4 years I'm just now learning that?" He laughed skeptically
"She came a month ago… right when you left. Erm, I don´t think she´s here…" Steven pulled the car in the building parking lot and turned the engine off. His eyes quickly flew to the front window apartment, "Listen, Will… I wanna ask you this in case Emma´s at home… and if she´s not, well, you´ll meet her eventually…" his voice was low
"What?" Will looked at him concerned
"Promise you´ll be natural around her" his pleading eyes were fixed to Will´s
"Natural? What are you talking about?"
"She´s… you may find some of her behaviors a little quirky-"
"Why are you-?" Will intended to ask, but he couldn't.
"She's had a crappy past, that's why she's here. She´s gonna stay here, if everything goes right" Will remained silent, expecting his friend would tell him something else; but he didn´t, "I have no right to talk about her life, but maybe if you guys get to know each other you can talk about it some other time"
"Steve, you´re insulting me" he began solemnly, but then he added, "What makes you think I'm gonna be paying attention to your sister? Tonight is the big game!" Steven laughed loudly, "Stop worrying, ok?"
-xx-
When they entered the living room the lights were on and the sound of water from the bathroom told them that someone else was at home.
"Steve, Is that you?" A female voice asked from the bedroom minutes later.
"No, I'm a serial killer. Of course it´s me! "Steve joked from the kitchen while preparing the snacks. Will walking through the living room and looked at the photographs on the mantelpiece. As his view ran across the place, he could clearly see that someone else was living with his friend. Everything seemed neat and tidy. Even brighter.
Suddenly, one thing caught his eye. Below the library, far from view, lay a yellow high-heeled shoe. He kneeled down to pick it up and smiled. It was odd: everything looked in place, except for that lost shoe. It was rather small but was perhaps 4 inches high, or more.
"Steve ..." This time the voice of his friend's sister was not coming from the room, rather behind him. Will turned to greet her, but was amazed to see a familiar figure approaching and zipping her skirt up. "Steve, have you seen my sh-" his words were lost in the air when she saw the handkerchief stranger standing in the living. Their eyes met. Both were surprised, but his mouth parted into a shy smile. And when their eyes met again, he felt strangely comfortable, though she seemed startled. Her brown doe eyes were the most unusual and magical he had ever seen. "Hi" she said softly. He answered the greeting in kind. "You´ve found my-"
"Schue" Steve entered the living room carrying a 6 pack and chips, "I see you already know ... wait, you know each other?" He asked confused to see his sister and his friend staring each other.
"Yes".
"No," Will looked at her, "Well, actually we´ve seen each other before," she explained. They didn´t know each other it was true, but why did she feel as if she had done something wrong? "In the Park, his dog ... it drooled all over me" She let out a small giggle.
"I´m sorry for that," Will apologized again handing her misplaced shoe, "Here you go, Cinderella" Emma smiled.
"Thanks ... I've been looking for this for days"
"Well, Will this is my sister Emma. Emma, Will. Consider yourselves formally introduced ... "
"It's nice to meet you, Emma" Will shook her hand politely.
"Same here" Again, his eyes caused her to feel as if she was being swept away to another place.
"Going somewhere?" The voice of her brother brought her back to reality.
"Oh, uhm, yeah ... I have a date," she explained modestly.
"There you go, Freckles! Good for you! "Steve shook her shoulders in an attempt to cheer her up.
"Thanks, I guess ... Do you plan to go out tonight? I wondered if I could take your car ... I'm late and a taxi would take forever. I won´t be coming late"
-xx-
Their favorite team was losing by far and the game was 5 minutes from end when Will and Steve heard the key turning in the lock of the front door. Both turned to see Emma entering the room looking dazed.
"Hello"
"Hey, Freckles, you came earlier than I thought. How was your date?"
"Terrific" she snorted wryly as she hung her purse and coat in the closet. "How's the game?"
"Terrific" said Steve as well. "Come, Emma, sit down ... I'll bring you a beer"
"Thanks," Emma said sitting next to Will while Steve disappeared behind the kitchen´s door. She rested her head on the back of the couch let out a deep sigh. "Is every single men here a sociopath, like the one who asked me out?" she asked, half jokingly, half seriously, turning his head to look at him.
Will watched her for a moment, "Don´t think so. I'm pretty sure he had occupied that vacant here in Lima."
"How do you know that there is only one vacancy?" She continued his joke, "been there, done that?"
Will laughed. He didn´t have a good answer for that, "Not that I know." He wondered what had happened to make her say that about a man. His eyes traveled to her skinny hands and notice them smoothing her skirt repeatedly.
"Well, and?" Steve asked, returning from the kitchen and sitting on the free spot of the couch, on the opposite corner, "What happened?"
Emma rolled her eyes at his brother´s lack of discretion, "The guy is a Nazi. I wish I could say only that, but he was a pervert too"
Will could not help but chuckle, "Sorry, I cannot imagine what he could he have said"
"That's because you're a goodie, Schue" Steve jokingly snapped causing Emma to go away laughing. Steve then turned his sights onto his sister to annoy her, too, "He invited you to go up to his apartment, Emma?" This time it was William who laughed.
"Hey!" Emma took a pillow and threw it at her brother ´s face. He immediately returned it with a laugh, "Are you always this aggressive?" She asked quietly as Will watched her repeatedly rounding the pad before placing it neatly where it had been moments before. Maybe that was what his friend had referred before coming in the house. It wasn't as bad as Steve had described it as. Steve shook his head and put his best good boy face at Emma.
"Yes," Will answered for him, pretending to be outraged, "For 4 years I´ve been bearing his jokes"
"Well, thank God he´s leaving" Emma declared, like if her brother wasn't there.
"Yes, but I understand he could be coming back to visit. Perhaps you should change the lock?" he suggested with a wink
"Who says he´ll have keys?" She replied astutely
"You´ll cry for me" Steve warned pointing at them with his index finger.
The rest of the evening was spent with laughter and joking. Emma quickly forgot the fiasco date from minutes ago and the terrible game performance was almost immediately forgotten.
And so begins the story of how William Schuester met Emma Pillsbury, and how unexpectedly, she found her missing Schue, but she didn't even know it yet.