Omniscient PoV
It's been a week since Will and Emma were in the swing set talking about their relationship. Will had suck to his word and never gave up on Emma. There would be chocolates and flowers everyday. Signs that he had made everywhere and she couldn't help but feel loved. Although she denied it. After she would go sentimental about one of Will's gifts she would let them go and act neutral in front of everyone. Quinn, however noticed that Emma was exceptionally happy every time she found Will's poems of love to her or flowers on her front door. Simple things, simple things she wished she wouldn't make a big deal of.
It was also 3 days after when Emma's book had been published and released in all leading bookstores nation wide. She ended it less harsh then the original plot she thought of. Knowing Will, he would go and buy the book as soon as he found out it came. And soon enough Will would find out that the story in fact isn't about 'Shane and Ricky' but about Emma and Will. The way Emma had wanted it to happen.
Much has happened this week, and that included Will and Emma being legally divorced. Will cried for Emma's forgiveness that day. She responded with a 'I forgive you Will. But I don't think we ought to be together.' Will had ended the conversation telling her that He would never stop loving Emma and trying to get her heart back to him. They both knew that Emma needed time. She needed to think everything through, because Will knew what he wanted, he knew that he wanted Emma to be with him. For the family of four to be reunited again.
Will had bought Emma's book the day it was released in Lima. His heart broke at the sight of the cover. The author was 'Emma Pillsbury' and not her usual 'Emma Pillsbury-Schuester' and that's when it winked in to him. He was really divorced with the woman he knew he wanted to be with for the rest of his life. He was divorced to a wonderful woman who spent three years loving him without anyone supporting her.
Will read the book for four straight days, well that was when he wasn't working. But found it utterly disturbing as when he was half the book, Emma referred to the blonde names 'Shane' as herself and 'Ricky' as him. It was heartbreaking to know how hard it was for Emma. And as he knew Emma well, he knew that she poured out her feelings to every piece of literature she writes. And he knew that every time she was writing this on her drafts she was crying. He needed to talk to Emma. He wanted her to know that their ending wasn't as she had wrote, it could have been so much more.
Xx
"Mommy! Mommy!" Lucy shouts. It was a Friday and that meant the kids would be staying at Will's for the next two days. Giving Emma some freedom and time to think.
"Hey baby girl, where's Matty?" Emma asked kissing Lucy's forehead.
"Upstairs fixing his things." She explained. Emma stood quiet, not knowing what to tell the kids. She felt Lucy tug on her dress and she looked down eyeing her 6 year old. "Mommy, aren't you and daddy living together anymore? You're friends right?!" Lucy beamed.
"Well, baby, me and your daddy are friends. But we are divorced now. And we can't stay in one house. That's just not good." Emma explained pouting.
"But mommy," Lucy said her lower lip sticking out so she looked miserable.
"We can't talk about this right now okay baby? We have to go!" Emma says raising her voice a bit.
"I'm sorry mommy, I-I just want you and daddy to be together. You seemed so happy when we were a family." Lucy said followed by a sigh that sounded just like one of Emma's.
"We are a family munchkin. You, me, Auntie Quinn and Matty." Emma finished.
"Wha-what about daddy?" Lucy asked her lower lip now trembling.
"I'm sorry Lucy Jane but we have to accept the changes happening. We have to." Emma cursed herself for saying that as she herself couldn't accept those changes yet. She had no right to tell her daughter to move on.
"Come on get into the car while I call Matty." Emma says. Lucy walks miserably to the car hugging her teddy. Emma walked up to get Matty and half way through the stairs she saw him spying at her and Lucy.
"What are you doing here? Spying on us like that? Kiddo, you won't ever get your ways without getting discovered." she says grabbing his bag and leading him downstairs.
"Mommy, don't you seriously love daddy?" Matty asked as they were halfway the stairs.
"I loved him Matty. I will continue to care for him because he has been a very big part of my life. And I wouldn't be the person that I am today without him. But I know what you want to her from me. Matthew, I-I can't have those feelings for your dad anymore," she says. Matty and Lucy already knew about the conspiracy of Janine and Matty's 2nd grade teacher. Mark.
"Why not mom? I know you still love him." Matty explained. He sometimes heard her mother murmuring Will's name in her sleep. Repeatedly saying 'I love you. I'll never leave you again.'.
"Let's talk about this some other time okay?" Emma asked.
"Mom, Why do you have to run away from every single problem you encounter?" Matty asked not wanting to shout at her mother but wanting to know why she always acted this way.
"I'm not in the mood to talk right now Matthew Joseph! Please just please let this go for me." Emma pleaded.
"Yes mom." Matty says walking to the car. He knew that by Emma using his proper name that she was boiling inside and was just trusting her self esteem in order to not break down and cry.
Emma had drove silently to Will's place which was a 10 minute drive away from their house. Quinn was still in the seminar and was coming back tonight. In time for them to have their bonding while the kids were away. She knew that by bringing the kids, she would be giving Will a huge favor as he wanted to see her driving to 'THEIR' former house.
Emma was nearing the house when Will had spot Emma's green Volvo she never wanted to let go of. Will grinned happily at this, he was going to be able to talk to Emma finally. As Emma pulled in the lot, she got out and got some of the kids' bags and brought it to the front door in which was already opened by Will. Will took it from her. Greeting her with a 'Hey Em!' enthusiastically. He got the kids stuff and put them aside. The kids were next to Emma at this point.
"Be good to your dad, me and auntie Quinn would fetch you on Sunday afternoon." the two gasped in delight.
"Auntie Quinn?" Lucy shrieked.
"Umhmm! She's coming home today." Emma explained.
"Yay!" Te kids said in unison. Will was jogging back to them tiredly, a wide grin across his face. Emma made no eye contact with him, she's been rejecting everything he did for her.
"Ok kids, you guys go ahead." Will says holding onto the door frame. The kids jog out, knowing the two would have a talk, hopeful that they would get back together they cleared out.
"Haha!" Will says clapping his hand once. He stepped out and Emma followed suit as they leaned on her green volvo.
"Wha-what do you want to talk about?" Emma asked breathing out in the cold air.
"Em, we-we're friends now right?" Will asks,
"I guess we can say-" Will hugged her tightly , not letting her finish as she was startled by his gesture. She remained stiff and Will finally pulled away.
"Y-you don't know how happy I am to hear that Emma!" Will said grinning widely at her. "I can kiss you right now!" he joked, but Emma had took it seriously.
"W-Will friends don't," Emma starts.
"I know Emma. I-I read your book." Will smiles and takes the book out from his coat.
"Yeah? And?" Emma asked curiously.
"I'm not happy about it. I know it's not Shane and Ricky's story. It's ours." Will says his gaze looking down sadly.
"Yeah, Will? you know you're wrong, everything isn't about us." Emma says irritated.
"I'm right, you're lying Em. I know that because your my wife!" Will had exclaimed.
"Your wife? I'm sorry Will but we aren't married anymore!" Emma says closing her eyes and breathing deeply.
"Just okay, okay but really Emma? Really? Friends is that all you want to become of us? Friends, and you have a new boyfriend and our two children would love him like their own?! Then I'd be miserable?! Is that all you think of the future of this relationship?!" Will asked tears slipping down her face. "Because I don't think I want that to happen!" Will paused.
"Will I-"
"I know we're only friends right now, but I thought we would take it slow. I thought that inch by inch we would come back to the way we were. The way we had loved each other Em." Will says. Silent tears falling from his eyes.
"And you don't think that's what I felt when you were with Janine? I was heartbroken Will! So heartbroken! And every part of me crumbled when I knew that she was pregnant with you! I mean you- you-you did IT with her! I want to feel as happy as you were! With a man I love and who loves me." Emma cried.
"Well she's not pregnant with me okay? That's all that matters. I left her and I love you? Isn't that what we relied on when I found you in Virginia? We were in love Will, and we still are."
"I'm sorry Will, I can't do this. It's either we become friends or nothing at all."
"Emma, Emma, I-I Love you. I'll do anything to be with you."
"Yeah, so don't act on your feelings around me Will."
"I'll do my very best, I'll be your friend. But once you lean back to our relationship, I'm not giving up on you."
"You can guarantee I won't. Just please, just friends. No hand holding, no flowers or chocolates, no gifts, no I love you's" Emma says.
"Just one last time so you won't forget." Will paused taking a deep breath. "I'm in love with you Emma. I love you I love you I love you. I know I can't say it anymore in front of you but I will continue to love you till I die. Till you come back to me. Emma I will never ever stop." he takes a deep breath. "One last kiss?" He pleads. The snow was glistening through them, it was mid November.
"I-Um." Emma stutters.
"I understand." Will looks down suddenly finding interest in the shoes he wore. Silent tears coming down from his face.
"Hey, hey." Emma says standing in front of him and lifting his face so she could wipe his tears away.
"Don't look at me like that. Don't hold me like this. We can't." Will says regretting the words coming out of his lips.
"I'm your friend Will. And friends are there for each other when they're sad." Emma says wiping the tear that slipped away.
"How could you comfort me if I'm crying for you Emma. How?" Will asks. Emma sighs sadly.
"I just wish we can go back to when you were still married to Terri. We could tell each other anything, we could laugh endlessly about random things. Will I missed our friendship." Emma says reminiscing the memories.
"The only thing is I'm the one whose madly, deeply in love with you. And you know but you don't seem to care." Will says taking her hands out of his face.
"I care Will. We just can't do this anymore. Aren't you tired? We spent two years of being trapped in a relationship that we both weren't really devoted to. And look at us now, we're doing so much better as friends then we did as a couple. I just really want to go back to the start but-"
"I want more?" Will finished for her.
"Will, I-I have to go." Emma stuttered and tried to walk away, Will grabbed her arm and twisted her.
"Some things are worth fighting for and you're one of them, I love you Emma and I'm not going to let you leave without this." Will says kissing her deeply, Emma didn't respond afraid to lead this so called friend of hers on. Emma gently pulled away and they didn't speak as Emma hurriedly walked back to her car and Will looked at her leave until her car disappeared.
Will went inside, hopeless as he knew that he had no chance with Emma. It was all so hard.
"Dad, Lucy is napping." Matty says sitting down on the couch putting his feet up. Will sat down as well. "Dad, do you love mom?" Matty asked out of the blues.
"I do Matty, I love her so so much." Will said contently.
"Why can't me, mommy and Lucy come back here?" Matty simply said.
"I don't know with your mom. I begged her to come back here, I really did Matty." Will says going closer to his son.
"Won't you ever be back together? You're not with the other girl and mommy isn't seeing anyone. Why can't you be mommy's boyfriend?" Will sighed at the last question.
"I want to be with your mom Matty. I want to kiss her every time I come home. I want to get in the house and see the three of you laying down on the couch watching some movie. I want to lay in bed with her and come to the rescue when you or Lucy gets a nightmare. I want to Matty but I don't know if your mom wants to be with me," Will says stopping himself from tears.
"Why? Why can't mommy love you? She cried when she found out about you being with someone else. But she doesn't love you anymore? Auntie Quinn said she broke down when a girl told her she was having a baby with you." Matty says hiding his face in his hands.
"She did?" Will asked curiously.
"She loves you so much dad. Please get back together, we want you and mommy to get back together." Matty says tears slipping from his eyes.
"Why? Doesn't your mom take care of you?" Will joked.
"She does. It's just I saw how happy she was with you, she usually down now. Started when you didn't sleep in your room." Matty smiles at Will and makes his way to his room. "I'll leave you to think dad. And if you want to sing to her, she's into this band named Parachute. I guess you'll think of things from there." Matty smiles as he goes up.
Was he really going to sing to the love of his life? They were friends and friends don't serenade each other. But maybe one last time. It wasn't in her rules. He went and researched songs of that band. He was lucky as he saw lyrics that reflected what he wanted to tell her.
Quinn had arrived from Washington. They went home happily talking to each other. They were at Emma's room.
"So? What happened to the book?" Quinn asked.
"Released and it's been doing good." Emma grinned widely.
"And how about thee's love life?" Quinn smirked knowing that she was taking a liking on one of the authors in the party they had recently went to.
"Quinn, Quinn, we haven't talked since that day." Emma remembered. Reminiscing the 30 minute talk they had, laughing about everything and anything they could think of.
"Since that day? Since that day you fell in love with the guy." Quinn smirked.
"No I did not! Fall in love? Quinn that was only a day sweetie!" Emma shook her head.
"Hm, you have to go meet up with that guy! I can tell he makes you unexplainably happy. And judging by the way he looks at you I can say its mutual." Emma rolled her eyes at Quinn's statement.
"Who would want a newly divorced woman with two children when that guy can sneak anyone's attention, even you Quinnie." Emma said.
"Oh no he's not my type, and I'm not his type to, don't worry I'll schedule something for tonight. I'll call!" Quinn smirked.
"No way! Don't you want to spend some quality time with me? You're making me leave!" Emma says pouting.
"It's Will isn't it? You still love him don't you? You're avoiding looking at others because you love him and he loves you back but you need time." Quinn says reading Emma's face.
"No! We're just friends! We talked about it already." Emma said coyly.
"It's not possible for two divorcees to be friends again. You definitely still want him in your life so you decided t be friends with him." Quinn says a bit disappointed. No she didn't want Will and Emma to get back together. It was really frustrating to see your best friend get heartbroken all the time.
"He-he kissed me, but I didn't respond like the last time, I walked away afterwards." Emma explained.
"Wow that guy is really persistent." Quinn rolled her eyes. "You enjoyed it and I know it." Quinn says smiling sadly. "That's why I need to set you up with Adam He's a lot cuter than Will I'm sure you'll find a liking in him soon enough."
"I don't know Quinn. I don't think I can be in a relationship again."
"It's not to serious, you're just going out as friends Em." Quinn persuaded.
"I'll go out with him. As a friend." Emma said firmly. "I guess I need some adult conversation that doesn't include love." Emma says.
"You won't regret it Em, I'll make sure he come in. Hm 30 minutes. You're wearing something okay." Quinn says. She goes away to call Adam.
Emma sighs deeply. She thought about the kiss she received from Will. She wanted to kiss him again. What was she thinking! She couldn't do it anymore. Maybe this guy would be good for her. Maybe just maybe like what she had put in her story, she would be with someone who loves her and someone she loves. But she doubt that would happen as Will set the bars too high. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard singing.
She opened the window and saw Will, he was alone with a guitar.
"Stay with me, baby stay with me,
Tonight don't leave me alone.
Walk with me, come and walk with me,
To the edge of all we've ever known." How did he know about her favorite band? She thought. But his voice was breathtakingly amazing, why was he so amazing? How did he make her fall in love with him again. But she knew this was all wrong and she wasn't going to fall for it again.
I can see you there with the city lights,
Fourteenth floor, pale blue eyes.
I can breathe you in.
Two shadows standing by the bedroom door,
No, I could not want you more than I did right then,
As our heads leaned in.
"Well, I'm not sure what this is gonna be,
But with my eyes closed all I see
Is the skyline, through the window,
The moon above you and the streets below.
Hold my breath as you're moving in,
Taste your lips and feel your skin.
When the time comes, baby don't run, just kiss me slowly."
"Stay with me, baby stay with me,
Tonight don't leave me alone.
She shows me everything she used to know,
Picture frames and country roads,
When the days were long and the world was small."
"She stood by as it fell apart,
Separate rooms and broken hearts,
But I won't be the one to let you go."
"Oh, I'm not sure what this is gonna be,
But with my eyes closed all I see
Is the skyline, through the window,
The moon above you and the streets below."
"Hold my breath as you're moving in,
Taste your lips and feel your skin.
When the time comes, baby don't run, just kiss me slowly."
"Don't run away...
And it's hard to love again,
When the only way it's been,
When the only love you knew,
Just walked away...
If it's something that you want,
Darling you don't have to run,
You don't have to go ..."
"Just stay with me, baby stay with me" Will finished as he strum the last notes to the guitar. Emma felt tear brimming her eyes as Quinn called her name. She gave Will a small smile. And Will's heart melted at the sight of her smiling when they were pushing their boundaries as friends. Then Quinn called her. He closed his eyes. He was going to wait for her to come back and see her. That maybe there really was still a spark between them.
"He's here Emma, he's outside, he says you'll just have simple dinner in a restaurant near by." Quinn smiled. "Now go." Quinn said. Emma got her purse and her phone and before she could react she was out the door. She stared at Will and he looked back at her. She was as beautiful as ever Will thought. Her eyes were screaming 'Im sorry' but why? What wrong was she doing? Will held her gaze until someone called for her. They both looked to the source of the voice and there stood Adam. Emma ran to him and hugged him.
"Long time no see Emmie wemmie!" Adam exclaims.
"Come on, I'm starving." Emma reasoned. The main reason was because she wanted to get out of the atmosphere, it was suffocating.
"Let's go." Adam smiled.
"Yeah!" She slipped her arm on his and walked towards his car. She looked back at Will where she found him crying.
"Adam, I-I can't go." She said slipping her arm out of his.
"But Em, we're going to have so much fun." Adam pouts.
"Tomorrow? I'll call you. I'm so sorry but I really can't right now." Emma smiles weakly.
"I understand. Tomorrow it is." Adam exclaims making his way to his car.
Emma ran to where Will was. She was completely heartbroken seeing him standing there crying. She ran faster and finally caught up to him. He was standing outside his car,his guitar slinging to his body.
"Will. Why are you crying?" Emma asks wiping his tears away with her thumbs.
"It's not like you care about my feelings! You've obviously moved on." Will says tears still spilling From his face.
"Will, that's not true. You know that's not true. I care for you. I care for you Will and seeing you like this leaves me heartbroken." Emma sighed deeply trying to stop e tears from pouring down her face and just lean in and kiss the man she loves.
"Why did you stay? Huh? To make me feel bad about myself?! I know you wanted to go out with him so that you're Fairytale ending would come true. Don't worry about me, I'll just be crying myself to sleep every day watching you go out with some guy and kiss him randomly." Will says wiping his eyes and trying to get free from Emma.
"That's not true Will. That's not true."
"Then what is true Emma? What is?!"
"I don't know Will." Emma sighed deeply.
"Well, I don't think you're Fairytale ending would dome true. Because I quit. I can't be your friend if I'm only going to feel this way every time I see you eyeing someone else. I'll heal, Emma I'll heal. And I'll finally get out here and we'll be in our separate ways. And finally our lives will be distant. We'll find someone to bring the kids back and forth and we can avoid each other." Will sighed.
"No Will, I want you in my life." Emma cried. "I want you in my life please." She repeated.
"I can't Emma." Will says as tears spill from his cheeks.
Emma leaned in and in one swift motion captured Will's lips on hers. The kiss was innocent, Will stiffened but gave in after Emma licked Will's bottom lip. He responded turning them around so that Emma Was leaning on the car. Moans were elicited form both and Emma continued to kiss Will's jaw and down to his neck.
"I'm... In... Love... With... You." Emma said in between kisses.
"Let's take this home." Will said panting. As Emma caught her breath, she was about to lean into Will to give him another kiss when Quinn had appeared. She ran furiously to half expectant Emma. And pulled her away from Will's arms. Will, whose eyes were closed opened.
Quinn pulled Emma inside furiously. Emma glanced at Will once more, love, lust and desire were found in his eyes as she was feeling all those things for him too. She gave him an apologizing look and obliged to Will's request of going inside.
"Are you crazy Emma! You know what you were doing? Pure madness! I can't believe you ditched Adam for that guy and if I weren't lucky enough to see you kissing that guy who knows where you would be now?! You might be renting motel rooms and doing whatever it is divorced couples aren't suppose to!"
"I love him Quinn." Emma sniffled.
"Love? You told me that already! Emma I love you. Your like my sister, I just don't want you to make two of the same mistakes, I consider you my family And I'm not fond of seeing my family getting hurt."
"I'm sorry Quinn but I'm leaving." Emma said running a had through her hair and ran out to see Will starting the car. She ran to get his attention and he looked at her dumbfounded. He opened the window.
"Take me home Will. Make love to me." Emma pleaded. Will nodded and she got inside the car faster than she assumed she could've.