Hey you guys! I just had an idea… I dunno, it just kind of popped into my head… probably because I was reading a Wemma fic. So, I decided to make this chapter Will/Emma discussing Shelby and Rachel. So, enjoy! Reviews please!
-Emma :)
Will had been kind of worried when Rachel didn't come back to glee club after talking with her mother.
He worried even more when Shelby came back, red-faced, to pick Beth up and go home.
I just… don't understand why Shelby came back." Will told his girlfriend, McKinley High's own guidance counselor, Emma Pillsbury. She laid her head in his lap as he played with her fiery red hair. He took a few strands and twisted them around on his finger as they lounged on their couch.
Ah, progress.
"Well, didn't you say that Al Motta sent a head hunter out to New York to find her and coach the other glee club at the school with his daughter in it?" Emma inquired.
"Well, yeah… but she didn't have to come. Her being around a year and a half ago really did a number on Rachel… her coming back has really screwed her up again. I mean, the shock of seeing her mother had to be unbearable."
"It might be good for Rachel. You know? Having her mother around for her senior year. She and Kurt were in my office the other day… they've been having a difficult time with college stuff, like where to apply, especially since they found out Julliard doesn't have a musical theater department. It might be good that Shelby is around."
Normally, Emma would've hated talking about Shelby. But, she and Will were in such a good place that she wasn't threatened at all.
"I don't know… Rachel was really off her game in class today. She and Finn got there ten minutes late, which I understood, but she wasn't paying any attention. She's usually the first one to volunteer, especially now that she's taking Spanish 2 again for Finn, but her hand didn't go up once. I would, on a normal day, call a kid out on that, but I wasn't about to do that… not with the day she was having. I'm worried about her."
Emma smiled at him. She adored the way he cared about those kids. She adored the way he'd fight tooth and nail for them, no matter what he was risking.
…
It was kinda hot.
"What are you all smiley about?" Will asked, smiling himself.
"I love the way you care so much about these kids."
"They're like my children. I care about them a lot… sometimes too much, don't you think?"
Emma laughed at him.
"I don't think you could care too much about them. I think you care just enough." She replied with a smile.
"Yeah, I guess… God, I still don't know what to do about Rachel. I really care about the kid, you know? She needs to be back on track."
"They probably just need to talk through their issues. I mean, Shelby's almost acting as if she thinks she can just waltz back into Rachel's life without it affecting her at all. And Rachel's got quite a few reasonable issues with Shelby. Abandonment issues are the most common when this kind of thing comes up. The only thing running through her mind right now is "Okay, she's back, so, when is she going to leave again?'"
An invisible light bulb clicked on over Will's head.
"Emma, baby, you are amazing!" Will bent down and kissed her straight on the mouth.
Emma reciprocated… but was incredibly confused.
"What did I do?" she giggled.
"You gave me a great idea. Em, do you have any appointments during Rachel's free period on Monday?"
"Not that I know of, no."
"Do you think you could sit down with Rachel and Shelby so they can talk out their issues. I think they could use a little help. They're never going to work it out if they don't have any."
Emma grinned.
"That," she said, "may just be one of your best ideas yet."
Will grinned back at his beautiful girlfriend (God, he loved calling her that.) and kissed her again.
"God," he thought, "let's hope this works.
Okay, I understand that that was a short chapter, and I apologize. But, I needed to build up to what happens next with Rachel and Shelby. Honestly, It kind of wouldn't make sense without this little chapter. By the way, my little "Friends" reference in the last chapter was a shout-out to a) Friends fans like myself and b) to avid Glee fans who have seen every single freaking episode, like myself, and remember that in "Theatricality," Rachel told Shelby that her dads named her after Rachel from Friends. Haha! My next chapter should be up shortly. Please review! Bye guys.
-Emma
