Lost in the moment.
Pairing: WillxEmma
Summary: AU. Emma Pillsbury is the head cheerleader dating the captain of the football team Carl Howell. However, when Will Schuester transfers to William McKinley High in Ohio, it causes a stir for everyone.
Word Count: 1733
Author Note: Sorry for the late update! I'd like to thank everyone for your reviews – I really appreciate it! 82 reviews for 10 chapters is seriously amazing. The fic is nearing the end – sorry. I'm sorry for all the drama. What could Terri have done this time?
I'd like to dedicate this chapter to all my amazing friends who have helped me with this fic.
-Katie
Will didn't see Emma until the assembly later that day. He had to admit – the day had been pretty boring. Josh was great company but after his heavy make out session with Emma, he couldn't focus on anything. He could still feel her lips on his and just her in his arms basically. It killed him – how Terri had destroyed everything. On his first day, he had to admit he had felt something for Terri but it was nothing compared to his feelings for Emma. Now he hated her, and he hated Carl too. It was as if Carl and Terri were the schools new power couple. Carl still thought he was the best even though the McKinley High Giants were the worst football team in the whole of Ohio. It was the cheerleaders that ruled the school who had won Nationals three years in a row.
The cheerleaders were going to perform in the assembly. Emma had nationals soon and Will couldn't wait to go and support her. She had shown him some of her moves and he couldn't wait.
It was when Will and Josh were doing their English essay in the library was when Will realised that his best friend knew more about the happenings in the school than he did.
"Did you hear about Terri Del Monaco?" Josh asked while he began to open the textbook.
"No, what happened?" Will replied interested in what he was going to say. Josh just raised his eyebrows.
"She had a cat fight with Emma." He shrugged while starting to type something on the computer. Will gritted his teeth just hearing Terri's name. Why did she keep going near Emma? They weren't friends anymore because she had been mean to her.
"Turns out she was a slapper." Josh chuckled and Will rolled his eyes.
"That's not a surprise." He laughed and Josh grinned while scrolling down the word document. "So let's see, this sounds okay right?"
"Yeah it sounds great. A's all round?"
"I hope so. It sounds good to me."
"Okay I'll print it." Josh grinned while hitting the print icon on the computer. The printer immediately roared to life and the two essays began to shoot from the printer. The pair walked over to it and waited patiently. It spat them out and Josh picked them up.
"They are still warm." He said while hugging the paper. Will snatched his from his arms and laughed.
"What should we do now?" asked Will as they began to set out of the library. "We've still got like ages left and then we have the assembly."
"I don't know." Josh replied while shrugging his shoulders. Will looked around for a moment. Suddenly, he heard some very loud chanting.
Come on Giants, come on Giants!
"Let's sneak into The Cheerio's practice." Smirked Josh turning to the door of the assembly hall. "They won't notice us."
"Coach Davarno has the eyes of an eagle." Will said as Josh began to look through the glass of the door.
"Cheerleaders, short skirts, hello?"
"I have a girlfriend!"
"WHO IS A CHEERLEADER!" Josh shook his head at best friend in disbelief.
"Emma's performing in the assembly, I don't want to watch her practice and it will spoil the surprise." Will protested as Josh began to push the door slightly open. "Let's go and do something else. Maybe get some slushies or whatever."
"You have to buy me it though."
"Deal." And the pair went off to the slushie machines.
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Nearly all of the school was sat on the bleachers in the assembly hall. Most of the nervous Cheerio's were sat on the benches ready to show off their national's performance to the school. Emma sipped on a strawberry slushie slowly as Holly and Emilee began to stretch. Currently Principal Jones was giving a long speech on how the football players had broken the water fountain yet again. Most of the students in the crowd were falling asleep.
"When are The Cheerio's performing – I'm gonna doze off any minute." Asked a tired Josh while he yawned. Will looked up and saw Emma nervously gulping down the slushie on the benches.
"I think it's soon. Look Holly and Emilee are stretching."
"Holly Holiday is hot, dude." Josh pointed out as Holly began to tie her hair back into a ponytail. Her figure was slim and the Cheerio's uniforms seemed to fit her perfectly.
"Emma Pillsbury is hotter, dude." Will laughed quietly as Principal Jones began to eye over at the pair.
"Okay, now I'd like to present our very own Cheerio's performing their nationals routine!" announced Principal Jones and all of the school began to jump to their feet and cheer.
"Emma! Woo!" Will began to shout in excitement as Emma stepped out into the middle of the floor with the rest of the Cheerio's.
"Emmaaaa!" Josh began to do impressions of Will, causing Will to give him a slight slap on the shoulder. Holly and Emma looked at each other nervously.
"This is it." Holly nodded to Emma and they looked at the floor and put their hands in the air ready to start the routine. The mix began to blast from the speakers as Emma and Holly tumbled out to the right end of the hall. Emilee was the main stunt girl and was thrown in the air by a group of the other cheerleaders. The rest of the group began to do back handsprings as Emma and Holly ran into the middle of the hall ending in a round off.
"Go team!" Emma shouted lifting her arms up in the air and the rest of the squad did the same. They began to erupt into chants doing floor work.
"They really are amazing." Smiled Will as he began to tap his feet to the beat of the mix. Josh high-fived him as Holly did a cartwheel to the front of the group.
"McKinley Giants!" they shouted and began to dance to the music. The squad split into two and began to kneel down on the floor as Holly and Emma ran through the gaps and tumbled to the front. Emma grinned as she watched the rest of the Cheerio's begin to surround her. They split off into four sections and the four Cheerios lifted Emma up into the air. Emma was the flyer for this stunt as they held her in the air. Beside her, were Holly, Emilee and Shannon. They threw her softly and Emma landed into their arms carefully.
"1, 2, 3, lets go!" Emma shouted and the rest of the squad repeated it while clapping. They all ran into the middle while getting ready to form the pyramid. Emma was at the top. As they all threw an lifted her into the air, she suddenly felt unbalanced. Then, her foot slipped and everything went black and white. Slowly, she found herself falling down and the crowd came back on their feet. Then she hit the mat, landing on her legs in an awkward position. A small tear fall from her eyes, as her looked at her leg. It hurt so much. How could she have possibly fallen? She had done this stunt so many times that she could remember. The routine ended short and the rest of the squad ran over to her.
"Emmie, are you okay?" Holly whimpered looking at the state Emma was in. Will's heart was literally in his mouth. He could see her begin to cry her eyes out. Suddenly, he found himself getting up and running down to go and see her.
"Emma!" he yelled as he ran down the steps pushing through the crowds. Some of the teachers tried to persuade him to go back but he ignored them. He could see Emma in a state while one of the first aiders looked at her leg.
"Will!" she saw him approach her and he knelt down and held her hand.
"What happened?" he asked concerned while he wiped her tears with his sleeve.
"Well, I was in the air and then I just fell and." He began to sniff as they held her leg. The teachers were calling an ambulance for her – it wasn't easy to move her leg in the position it was in.
"You know when I told you to break a leg; I didn't mean it like that." He grinned and Emma laughed while wincing again at her leg. Suddenly, three girls rushed over who had been holding Emma up.
"Emma, we are so sorry, did we drop you?" said the girl at the front called Abbie.
"No, it's fine. It was an accident." She smiled weakly and Abbie nodded.
"It's scary what can happen in cheerleading." Millie looked down at her sneakers, trying not to make eye contact with Emma. Was she hiding something?
"Yeah. Remember when Terri broke her arm?" Harper looked over at Terri on the bleachers who had a smug smile on her face.
"I'm going to miss Nationals." wailed Emma miserably as the shooting pain through her leg began to increase.
"Hey hon, it'll be okay." Will kissed her forehead slowly looking around as the teachers began to dismiss the students back to classes.
"It's what we worked so hard for. The captain is down with a broken leg." Emma put her hand in her hands and Will put his arm around her carefully.
"Maybe your leg will be okay in time?"
"Nationals are in two months."
Suddenly, two men who were paramedics rushed in with a stretcher. They asked Emma where it hurt and lifted her onto it slowly and being careful of her leg. Just like that, they lifted Emma away – only letting Holly and Emma go with her. He stood their baffled as his girlfriend was taken away by the paramedics.