"Rachel," Will said walking through the dining area to the kitchen. He found her sitting at the counter thumbing through a photo album Emma had left there this morning. He smiled to himself remembering why she left it there in the first place. She had taken a picture of him as he was wrestling on the floor with Doodlebug before they left to take her to the groomer. "I don't want to forget to print it out when we get home." The little things she did like that really turned him on and now that their baby bump was growing…he was finding her more and more irresistible. The book mentioned something about that too, he remembered.

"There are a lot of really cute pictures in here Mr. Schue," Rachel said turning a page.

"You can call me Will, you know," he said sitting beside her. She looked at him and smiled, unsure if it was really the right thing to do. "It's cool, I promise."

"Finn says it so easily," she said continuing to flip through the album.

"Yeah well, he's been around for a bit longer," he said then pointing to a picture, "Finn took that one actually, just this past October."

"That's right. You said you had your tonsils out," Rachel said, "is that when you were in the hospital?"

"Yeah," Will said, "the doctor said it would be a lot harder on me as an adult than it would have been had I been a kid. It was hell. Figgins was so mad at us that week. Emma took the week off too because, well we all know how well I handle being sick. I just wanted her to hold me the whole time. I was such a baby."

"I'm sure she was a good nurse for you," Rachel said, "judging by this picture, I'd say she took great care of you."

"She takes wonderful care of me," Will said, "and I take care of her. She's my greatest joy and I can't wait to meet our baby. I can't imagine sharing this experience with anyone but Emma."

"You've always known that you would marry her, didn't you?" Rachel asked.

"I really hoped that things would end up like this for us," he said, "but there for a while, I thought I had lost her."

"The dentist," Rachel said.

"Yeah," Will answered, "man that was a hard year."

"I don't know how you made it through," Rachel said, "to sit by and watch her with him. He wasn't exactly shy about randomly showing up at school."

"Yeah, well he did that to make sure that I kept my distance from Emma," Will said sliding the photo album over to get a closer look at a picture, "he didn't like me any more than I liked him and he was well aware of how important we were to each other and he hated that."

"I think we all kind of figured that out with the whole Rocky Horror thing," Rachel said, "you both kind of made fools out of yourselves."

Will chuckled at the thought of Rocky Horror. He knew he made of fool of himself but he was just trying to get Emma's attention. He tried to change little things about himself to mirror Carl because that seemed to be what Emma wanted. What he didn't know was that Emma wanted him just as he was and is, she was the one that lost herself somewhere in the chaos of things.

"What did you do when she told you she had gotten married," Rachel asked when he didn't continue.

"I walked away," he said, "a part of me shut down right then and there. It took all of my strength to not just fall to my knees. I felt like I had been kicked in the stomach and it was the worst pain I have ever felt in my life. I was going to quit my job too."

"Really," Rachel said.

"I thought about it but ended up doing something much worse," Will said, "I shut her out. I didn't talk to her for I don't know how long. Didn't answer her phone calls or texts. I thought that if I avoided her and just kept to myself, I'd be okay but I was wrong. I actually fell even more in love with her than I already was and I had no idea that was possible."

"I guess you felt what she felt when you were married to Terri," Rachel said.

"Mm-hmm," he said.

"I can relate," Rachel said, "Quinn…Santana."

"Yep," he said, "it really sucks to see the person you love give their attention to someone else. The fact of the matter is though, Emma was thinking about me the whole time. I just didn't know it and I guarantee that you were the one on Finn's mind that whole time too."

"Mr. Schue…Will, I really do miss him," she whispered.

"I know," he said, "he misses you too."

"Does he even talk about me," she asked quietly.

"Sometimes," Will answered, "but even when he doesn't, we know he's thinking about you. It's written all over his face."

"He spends a lot of time here doesn't he," Rachel asked.

"Yeah. With you guys gone and Burt so busy in Washington, this is kind of his second home. He's been great, he helped us move and he's going to help me with the baby's room because there are some things that Emma can't do and has no business doing while she's carrying my child," Will said, "I think it would be great if you helped us out with that too while you're here. It will give you a chance to spend some time with him and us. We miss you too."

"Thanks," she said, "coming back has been so hard. I don't know where my place is anymore. At McKinley, I was the captain of the Glee Club and the quarterback's girlfriend. I stood out. In New York, there are ten more Rachel Berry's fighting for a spot on the stage."

"Do you think your dream is changing," he asked.

"I don't know," she said, "I love singing on stage. I was born to do it."

"Yeah, well…maybe you were born to sing," he said gently, "but on a different stage."

"I don't understand," Rachel replied.

"I think we're more alike than you realize," Will said with a smile, "I think your stage should be a classroom, like Finn."

"A teacher," Rachel asked.

"Yeah, why not," Will said, "it's a steady gig. The show changes every semester. You've always got an audience, one that's always sold out and you're the star."

"What would I teach," she asked.

"What you love," he answered, "teach music, theater, or put the two together and teach musical theater. I will not however step aside to let you coach my Glee Club. Maybe when my kids are old enough to be in Glee, you can teach them."

Will watched his former student turn back to the photo album and thumb through the pages. He knew that she was going to come across some pictures of the kids when they came to visit last summer. Will and Emma threw a huge 4th of July party and all of the Glee kids came, new and old. Everyone was there except Rachel. After they printed the pictures, Will and Emma noticed a sad look on Finn's face. They knew it was because someone was missing. Will wondered silently if Rachel would see the sadness in his eyes. When he didn't see an immediate response from her, he decided it was time to let her know exactly when things changed for him.

"Do you remember how down I was when we were writing that original song for nationals," Will said walking to the fridge and grabbing a soda.

"Yeah," Rachel answered.

"And then I flew out of the room after I read what Tina had written," Will continued. Rachel nodded her head. Will saw those words on the paper and visions of Emma flashed through his mind. He had to find a way to get to her and if it meant leaving the kids at nationals, then that's what he had to do. Finn had convinced him to stay but it wasn't easy.

"Tina and Finn are the only ones that know this but I left because I was going to head to the airport and come back home," Will said.

"What," she said.

"It's true," Will said, "when Finn followed me, I told him that he was in charge and that I needed to leave immediately."

"You almost left us, alone…at nationals…in New York City," Rachel asked not believing the words coming out of her teacher's mouth.

"Yep," Will said, "I read Tina's song and it just cemented what I already knew. Emma lights up my world. That was my shot to get it right and I needed to take it. I wasn't willing to risk losing her again. She means too much to me."

"More than the dream," Rachel said.

"Rachel, I told you," Will said, "Emma is my dream."

"But you wanted to sing on stage," Rachel said.

"And I still get to," Will said, "just for a different audience and I am more than okay with that! I'm singing for my family. Pretty soon, it won't just be Emma sitting in the audience watching me. The sea monkey will be here too and hopefully in a couple more years, another sea monkey will be sitting there. They are all the audience that I need."

"I want Finn to be all the audience that I need," Rachel said, "I'm not so sure I deserve for him to be."

"You need to talk to my wife about that," Will said, "that was the main reason she told me to go. After what we through with Carl, she didn't think she deserved me."

"You never blame her," Rachel said.

"Why should I," he said, "I made mistakes too. That year was both of our faults and we know that. Once we were able to admit our mistakes to each other and lay everything on the line, we were able to move forward. You know, that first summer was all about making things right. We decided that as soon as school ended, it was all about us. It had to be. We went to the video store rented a ton of movies, stocked up on groceries, turned off our cell phones and locked ourselves in my apartment for a week. We were completely open and honest with each other. The next thing we knew, we were moving her stuff into my apartment."

"Do you think that's what Finn and I should do," Rachel asked.

"Yeah, I do, except the moving in part," Will answered, "You guys are young but you're mature enough to work through this if it's really what you want. As your former teacher, it's probably not wise of me to tell you to lock yourself in Finn's apartment for a week. And as a friend of your dads, it might just be a death sentence but I really think you two need to take some time to yourselves. Away from here, away from it all and just talk."

"I have to be brutally honest, don't I," Rachel asked.

"Yes. With him and with yourself," Will said, "and you have to accept that he needs to be brutally honest with you too. Some things are going to be hard to hear but believe me, once it's out there in the open, everything will be clearer to you."

"The thought frightens me a little," Rachel said sniffling. She knew Will was right.

"Look Rachel," Will said finally figuring out what he needed to say to get through to her, "Emma and I didn't exactly follow the Yellow Brick Road but we still found the Emerald City and we learned that there's no place like home. For us, home is with each other."

"You know Will," Rachel said smiling through the tears, "I think you're going to make a great Dad."