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And yet another new chapter from me. I`m also hoping to get the final chapter done for next week so that it is finished before I go on my holidays. Again ill like to thank everyone that has read and reviewed it means a lot to me.
Don`t stand so close to me
Chapter 12: Last night`s last
(Will smiled slightly as he walked to his bathroom cabinet and threw some water on his face. Today was the day of Sectionals and he knew that `Triple Threat` had a great chance of winning and moving onto Regionals. Plus he and Emma had plans for later, plans he hoped would involve celebration makeout of winning Sectionals. Suddenly the phone rang and Will scrambled across to his bedroom to pick up his mobile phone from the bedside cabinet)
"Hello" Will answered then the voice on the other end of the phone made his face turn white "Sure I'll be there this afternoon" he replied as he placed the phone back on the table then sank back onto the bed rubbing his head and running an hand through his unkempt curls. Suddenly the doorbell rang and Will walked to the door to see Emma standing there with a smile on her face
"Hey..." she replied then seeing the grim look on Will`s face her face softened "What`s wrong?" she replied walking behind Will as he sank on the sofa and glanced at her
"The board want to see me about something. They won`t say what though" Will sighed as he looked at Emma
"Might be something to do with the school. Budget cuts maybe" Emma smiled. Will shook his head as he stood up from the sofa and paced up and down
"No they would have said it was that. Somebody`s seen us making out and reported us to the school board and we were so careful too" he groaned sitting back down on the sofa as Emma sat down next to him rubbing his shoulder then something came to Emma`s mind
"But today is Sectionals" she trailed off as Will nodded
"The set list is fine but you need a responsible adult there with you. Somebody who I trust so can you go and find Shannon and say I don't know Figgins forgot it was Sectionals today and arranged an important meeting about the budget and without thinking I said yes and now I can't pull out of it. Then go and find the other students and tell them that as well. Then go and win for me" Will glanced at Emma his dark eyes looking sad as Emma nodded leaning across and giving him a hug
"This is my fault as well if it is true and we have been found out I guess I'll be next in for questioning. Maybe they rang me while I was on my way here" Emma replied "Gosh my mom is going to kill me" she muttered
"Just keep a cool head today we don't want anyone else finding out" Will warned her as Emma nodded standing up then giving Will a small kiss on the cheek, anything else in this situation seemed not right. Emma gave one last look towards Will as she headed towards the front door of the apartment not knowing when the next time she would see him. Will shook his head as he sat back down on the sofa thinking how stupid he had been but one thing was certain he didn't regret one moment of it
"So let me get this straight some stupid meeting is stopping Will from taking us to Sectionals" Santana crossed her eyes and stared at Emma who nodded
"Hey budgets are important" Artie raised his voice at Santana
"Speaks the resident nerd" she muttered filing her nails looping an arm around Brittany who giggled
"So who is taking us then?" Quinn replied glancing at Emma sitting on one of the desks swinging her legs Emma thought Quinn shot her a look but it could have been the same look the cheerio always gave her, Emma privately thought that Quinn had a crush on Will and so was jealous at the friendship the two of them had in class.
"Miss Bieste said she would I asked her this morning and although it was late notice she agreed" Emma replied looking around the room. Finn raised a hand and Emma nodded
"So why did Will ask you to call this meeting and nobody else in the group knew?" Finn looked confused. Emma panicked as she didn't know what to say until Rachel interrupted her thoughts
"Haven`t you seen the notices all over the university Finn every teacher has had to attend one it must just be Will`s turn today. Bad timing but at least somebody can take us there" Rachel shot a look to Emma who glanced at the girl with her eyes
"Yeah remember Finn Coach Tanaka had to go last week and I think Coach Bieste has a meeting coming up as well" Puck replied
"You don't pay attention" Santana scoffed rolling her eyes while Rachel shot the Cheerio a look of anger,
"Can we please go I have a morning facial and a haircut before we can go to Sectionals" Kurt added with a smirk. Emma nodded
"Sure" she replied and Kurt looked satisfied walking out of the room closely followed by Mercedes, Tina and Tina pushing Artie. Finn, Puck, Quinn, Mika and Matt followed soon after. Santana and Brttany left after them until Emma and Rachel were remaining
"Somebody`s found out haven't they" Rachel replied softly "I promise you Emma it isn't me I know I`m a bit loud and a tell tale but I would do anything for my friends and also I would do anything for love. And although the love you have for Will I don't understand it but its real I can see it in your eyes..."
"Rachel I believe you. I know anyway it's not you. I`m just worried that`s all" Emma sighed "Scared that I might never see him again..." she trailed off as tears threatened to fall down her face but was interrupted by an hand placed on her shoulder and a look from Rachel
"Now Will would want you to be strong and he would also want us to win today and we can't do that if you're upset. That first place trophy has our names on it" Rachel muttered fiercely. Emma nodded as she shot a smile towards Emma then suddenly thought of something as she dashed out of the choir room leaving Emma on her own as she glanced at her watch wondering how Will was coping as it was nearly time for the meeting to begin
Will looked nervous as he tapped his foot as he waited outside Figgins office. Suddenly the door opened and his secretary nodded for him to come into the room. Will entered the room to see two women sitting behind a desk with Figgins also there. Figgins stood up and shook Will`s hand
"William please sit down. You know why you have been summoned. We have had a report off a member of the faculty, who we cannot say for legal reasons that you have been reported acting in ways that were deemed inappropriate. But before we examine the evidence please answer a few questions. How long have you been teaching" Figgins glanced at the younger male
"Just over five years now" Will replied "And I enjoy it"
"Your records say you haven't been summoned to us before" the older of the two females replied "Were you surprised by our phone call"
"Yes" Will admitted and he wasn't lying he was quite surprised "I was but" he stopped when there was a knock on the door and it opened to reveal Sue standing there
"Sorry had one of my Cheerio's asking me a question. William" Sue smirked as she sat in one of the empty chairs
"What is she doing here?" Will looked puzzled as Sue just looked smug at Will
"Sue is a member of the school board William she has every right to be here" Figgins replied "Even if she was a little late" he mumbled as Sue shot Will a look "Where were we. Ah yes. Your students have always had good things to say about you" Figgins added on
"Except that singing group thing" the dark haired female sitting across from Sue scoffed "That seems to be as it could be a cover up for something else" she glanced at Sue who nodded
"I couldn't agree more all that emotional crap about singing about your feelings doesn't fit right with me" Sue replied "Plus we have never had one of those kind of groups before why start now"
"Sue enough" Figgins yelled and Will shot the older male a glance and a smile "However William you are still on trial and the evidence will have to be looked at. The first piece is a video camera clip that was sent to Sue by one of her cheerios, it shows you in a bar with a young girl who we have deduced is Emma Pillsbury one of your first year students" Figgins replied
"Yeah that`s me and Emma I had gone to the bar me and Terri had a row and Emma was there. We just had a few drinks and then she left" Will replied.
"When was this" the blonde older female asked
"During the week holiday we had so it wasn't actually on campus it was off campus" Will replied
"I suppose we can let that slide. The clip doesn't actually show anything except you two talking so we will just let you go with a written warning. But if you see students in a bar please William don't meet them" Figgins added on. Will nodded but inside his heart was sinking. If Sue had got hold of a clip in the bar then whoever it was that had reported him, and by this time Will had his suspicions, then they could have found anything even the steamy make out sessions he and Emma had been having recently
"We also received this video cassette" Figgins held the cassette out to show the other members of the board "The person didn't actually say was what on the clip so I guess we will have to see for ourselves" Figgins crossed across to the video recorder and slotted the cassette inside waiting for it to play. Will held his breath as he waited for a scene of him and Emma to be played on the screen but instead there was a flickering of light and then the screen just filled with a line going across the middle
"Looks like there`s nothing on this tape" the blonde woman added disappointed
"Yeah Figgins whoever reported this was just tricking you" the black haired woman replied "Another trickster"
"This can't be true!" Sue roared standing up and pointing a finger a Will "He has been making out with one of his students and that tape had the proof. I don't know what happened but I guarantee you if that tape had worked he would be finished" she smirked at Will satisfied
"Sue I cannot just take your word" Figgins sighed "Without any concrete proof I can't just suspend or sack William he has rights just as we do. Is that all the evidence" he glanced at the dark haired woman who nodded "Very well" Figgins sighed "From what I can see somebody has an agenda against you William and they were out to ruin you. I don't know if this is true what Sue is saying but if it is it needs to be stopped. Like I said you have rights so I can't suspend you. Think about this" Figgins looked at will who nodded
"Thank you sir" Will nodded as he stood up and walked out of the room. The other two women also left the room till there was only Sue and Figgins left then Sue began to explode
"Ring Carl Howell and he will tell you what he saw. That tape was working when I left my office this afternoon somebody has tampered with it and I don't know who but..."
"Sue one more word from you and you will be suspended "Figgins threatened the Cheerio coach who opened her mouth then walked out of the room and slammed the door behind her knowing that Figgins was right. Figgins sighed as he sat in his chair then was surprised when he saw Will enter the room again
"Sir" Will sat down opposite Figgins "I have something I would like to speak to you about" he began to say as Figgins listened
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"We won Will we won" Emma grinned as she slightly hugged him "You should have seen everybody clapping and Rachel was amazing her solo was just and the boy's mashup..." she trailed off as she noticed the look on his face "How did it go..." she replied
"Well my suspicions were confirmed it was about us somebody reported me to the board. I have my suspicions but without any proof I`m not saying" Seeing the look on Emma`s face Will stopped talking then after a moment carried on "They had a cassette tape which must have had something showing us making out but for some strange reason it wasn't playing. So without any proof they had to let me go but I realised that I would be working here under false pretences. So I went back to Figgins and offered my resignation." Will tried not to look at Emma as he knew he couldn't take the look on her face "I leave at the end of the week" Will added on
"Will I what, we won" Emma tried to say but her voice was cracking with emotion "Well Ill resign too at least that way we will be able to be together" she snapped
"You know it's not that easy" Will said gently "What about your parents how are you going to explain that you left the university. I'll be ok I just need to have a few months to think things over. Oh Em" he sighed as he leant across and embraced her
"It's just not fair" she sobbed her big brown eyes filling with tears.
"I need you to be strong for me. Take over `Triple Threat`. You know the others like I do and they will need a leader. Will replied looking into her deep brown eyes as she nodded leaning across and giving him a kiss, but instead of this being a long deep one this was a soft gentle one as if she was saying goodbye. Emma stood up from the sofa and without looking back walked to the door. Will sank on the sofa rubbing his eyes and sighing to himself just as the doorbell rang again
"Emma " Will thought as he leapt up off the sofa and ran to the door but was surprised to see Rachel standing there
"Rachel hi" Will replied puzzled
"Can I come in" Rachel glanced into the apartment and Will nodded letting the girl inside. Rachel sat down on one of the chairs and glanced at her ex tutor
"I just came to tell you that it was me who swapped the tapes, I have known about yours and Emma`s relationship for quite a while now, don't worry I guessed she didn't tell me, and when Emma said you were in a meeting my senses told me that you were in some kind of trouble. I know that the board can't do anything if they don't have some proof and Miss Sylvester is the only teacher in the university who hates you. So I went to her office just before we set off for Sectionals and managed to get a Cheerio to have a meeting with her. While she was distracted and her office empty I managed to swap the tapes around. I guess this is yours" Rachel dug around in her bag and handed the tape back to Will
"So that`s why Sue was late" Will thought as he gave a wry smile to himself as Rachel stood up from the chair.
"Ill guess I'll see you around after Christmas" Rachel smiled as she left the room.
"Rachel wait" he replied as she turned around. "Thanks" he smiled and Rachel gave a sharp nod as she left the apartment. Will sighed with relief as he grabbed the offending item from the table and proceeded to throw it into the fire. As it burned Will just sat as the embers burned and just shook his head tears starting to fall down his face
One more chapter to go. I`m really sorry about the angst but promise me everything will be fine. Again don't forget to review as the last chapter will be more quickly written then
Next time
Three years have passed and its Emma`s graduation day. As the day carries on Gracie begins to realise the pain she is going through and runs to find Will. Will she find him or is he not in the place Gracie thinks he is. And what about the other students what has happened to them
