VII
"Will you call me when you guys get there?" Emma asked him while the kids ride de bus.
"Yes, mother" he teased her with a chuckle
"You know I´m not saying it like that!" she replied half giggling half annoyed,
"I know you didn`t Em… don´t worry, I´ll call you as soon we get off the plane"
"So… I´ll guess I´ll see you on Monday…?"
"Yep… we´ll be talking before, tho", he grinned at her
"C´mon, Mr. Schue!" Puck yelled from the bus, "You can see your girlfriend when you come back!"
"They are dating?" Artie asked him when his head was inside the bus again
"Don`t know…but they sure look like if they wanted to"
"Well…. We better be going… we don`t wanna miss the plane…"
"Good luck, Will… I`m sure they´ll be great" She leaned close to him, stepping on his tiptoes and kissed him softly. But without even noticing her mouth landed in some place between his cheek and his mouth; and Will petrified when her lips almost touch his.
"Th-thanks" he stammered when she pulled away. She was blushing as she realized what she did. Will squeezed her hand, got on the bus and waved his hand from the window. And Emma watched him leave when driver started the engine and drove away.
-xx-
Stupid, Emma… Stupid, Emma… Stupid, Emma. She sighed frustrated as she drove to her condo. It seemed she couldn´t contain her desire to be with him. What the hell are you doing, uhm?
When she got home, she collapsed on her couch. It was almost dinner time, but her body was demanding her for some rest. She yawned as she took her clothes off and got ready for a relaxing shower. Instead she was tempted when she looked and the bathtub calling for her name; so she so closed the tap of the shower and changed in order to fill the tub. Once it was full, she climbed into it and let go a deep breath when the hot water made contact with her skin.
She almost kissed Will Schuester… and without even wanting... right? She didn´t want to. Did she? Then why did you almost kiss him, if it wasn´t what you wanted? Stop it, Emma you`re making a mess of this.
She brought her head back, leaning on the edge of the bathtub; you`re really making such a big fuss about this, Emma. But she also had another voice in her head, another annoying and insistent voice telling her to stop doing what she wasn`t supposed to be doing… like hitting on Will. Like if she was fighting against herself and her own stubbornness, her hand slide between her legs and her fingers slipped inside her, as the palm of her hand was hard-pressed on her most sensitive place. She moaned as she discovered the effect that single kiss had on her and her body moved trying to catch the rhythm. Picturing the simple image of William next to her and imagining there were his hands touching her made Emma go to the edge. She closed her eyes tightly as her hand kept on pressing and rubbing her clit making her moan and came almost instantly.
-xx-
"I don`t know if I should do those things…" Emma confessed to Dr. Begler next day.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean… I keep on playing with him. I feel I´m using him for my own benefit… I´m getting close to him and that is making me get better with my issues… and then when i`m close to him I want him more, but still…I don`t know if i´m doing that for me or because I can`t seem to be over him" she started rambling
"I think you`ve missed something" Emma looked at her quizzically, "You`re not using him to get better… you`re getting better and that`s what makes you closer to him. Emma if you feel you should take a chance, maybe you should try… like all these new things you have been trying"
Emma sighed, not knowing what to do, it seemed that every time she over thought about that the more difficult it was to figure out an answer.
-xx-
Her phone rang when she got home. And when she took it, she could see Will`s name shinning on the screen.
"Hey"
"Hey, Em!" His voice sounded far, he was probably in a place with bad reception, "Just wanted to check in"
"The checking in time has expired, mister"
He laughed and let her know "yeah, it`s true, but I wanted to speak with you once you were home… and I knew you had therapy session after school, so…"
"Ok, you`re forgiven then…How was your flight?"
"Good, but long and boring… " she giggled as he did so, "but we arrived all in one piece. The hotel is pretty nice!"
"Is it?"
"Yeah, we have our own room for rehearsals and we´ve been given rooms in the same hall, which is great so I can have a look at the kids. They`re being good kids, tho"
"I'm glad you`re all ok, Will"
"So how are you? Missing me already?" He teased her as some voices made screamed in the back.
"I'm keeping myself busy" she teased her back. They remained in silence for some seconds, until she broke the tension, "so when Is the competition?"
"This is the competition, Em…" he played her
"Will!" Emma laughed, "You know what I mean…"
"It`s tomorrow… and we´ll probably stay one more day, as the kids want to tour the city…"
"Good…"
"It`s a shame you`re not here… I know why you did it, and I totally understand it" he added quickly, "but if I´m selfish I`d have liked you to be here"
"Will… I…" Emma muttered
"I know, I know… that was totally out of place…" he apologized
"No… it`s, uhm… it´s ok…" unexpectedly the tension between them changed as they secretly wanted to say something more, but neither of them dared.
"How are you? How was your session?" Will asked her with some nervousness, in order to switch subject.
"I`m ok, just pretty tired… just got home. The session… it was, uhm... ok"
"Uhm, ok?" he re-asked her, knowing that the "uhm" was something Emma said every time she was lying or giving less information. It was something she use with him, when she was trying to play distant.
"Yeah… I wish I could say it was interesting…"
"Oh, I`m sorry… do you want to talk about it?"
"Don`t worry, Will… you have other things to think about now", she told him, trying to change subject. Telling Will about her session wasn`t a good idea at all. Suddenly the pot on the fire began to whistle, "Oh, Will can I call you later? My meal will be burned if I don`t go get it…"
"Of course! Bon appetite!"
-xx-
"Hello, can I ask for 13 Frappuccinos each of one with a chocolate muffin and one Latte with a chocolate cookie? I need that to be sent… i`ll pay for it with credit card, is it ok?"
"Yes, ma´am. Where do you want it to be sent?"
Emma was excited. She wanted the kids and Will to be surprised when they get their hot morning coffee before the competition. It was her way of being there with them.
Next morning she arrived at school and went straight to her office. Her work was drastically decreased without Rachel Berry around. At 9 am her phone vibrated and she read Will`s message: You didn't have to do that, you know right?
She giggled and quickly pressed the screen to answer: I know, just wanted you to have some signal from your good luck charm ;)Will you let me know how did the kids do?
After some minutes she got the reply: the kids say thank you and they wish you were here; of course I will. Now get back to work! ;)
-xx-
That day Emma looked at the clock at least 15 times as the needles seemed not to be moving. The morning went slow and tediously and she wanted to message Will again; but probably it wasn´t a good idea.
At 3, just before the bell rang Emma got another message from Will: Tough competition, but we`re in the top 3. Don`t ask me to tell you how we place because I won´t. you´ll have to wait until we get there xx
Emma freaked out and started laughing of excitement as she wrote the reply: I hate you, I hate you, I hate you… don`t care how you place, you`re at least #3 in the country! xD
-xx-
She didn`t have any news from Will and later that night she decided to call him
"I told you I wasn`t gonna tell you how we did" He said as he answered the phone
"William!"she reproached him, "you can`t..! " she protested
"I told you were in the top 3…."
"So you`re not number 3 anymore…?" she teased him
"I won`t say a word"
"That`s just mean"
"It`s a surprise, Em" he said softly
"You know I'm not into surprises, Will" she kidded him as she warned dramatically
"You´ll like this one"
"Uhm, ok" she answered with a grin. "So do you have plans for tonight?"
"Of course we do! We`re in the top 3!" he yelled with excitement as Emma took the phone away to avoid going deaf.
"Ok, you have fun!" she said goodbye laughing.
-xx-
On Sunday morning Emma got a message from Will. They had talked the night before about their day, but he still refused to give her any details about the results.
We´ll arrive Lima near 7; we expect you to be at the school parking lot as the kids and I want you to come with us to celebrate. Xx
She smiled at her phone: i´ll be there
-xx-
Emma was standing next to her car waiting until the arrival of New Directions. She was excited to see them, to congratulate them and also to see Will. The truth was she had missed him. Suddenly two lights shined in the distance and as they came close she could hear all the noise that was coming from the bus. There were arms and head coming through the windows and when the bus stopped in front of her all the kids stepped off and went to Emma with their arms open and smiles and tears on their faces.
"We did it, Mrs. P!" Rachel screamed hysterically as she hugged her. Emma was in shock.
"you win…? You mean… you…. Omg!" she started laughing and covered her mouth to avoid screaming of joy.
Will was standing there, looking at the uncontrolled kids jump and scream around the bus. And his eyes locked on Emma, who immediately found his eyes and walked straight where he was standing, "Congratulations" she whispered wrapping her arms around his neck and hugging him tightly. He didn`t held back and placed his own hands on her waist, feeling her chest glued to his and her heart beating as fast as his. "I knew you`d do it", she reassured him.
"that`s because we got our good luck coffees…" he teased her, squeezing her waist softly. She pulled back as Santana was calling for everyone`s attention
"So Mrs. P, let´s go!" she looked at Santana quizzically, "Didn`t Mr. Schue tell you? We`re going to celebrate! My place, pizzas, drinks, and music…"
"Will is this ok..?" she asked him worried, "I mean drinks…? They are kids…"
"Em, we´ll just toast, have some pizza, some fun and then leave… tomorrow it`s Monday, after all… " He told her calmly. They were still clench to each other. She nodded as Puck yelled from the bus
"So, why don`t you let her go, Mr. Schue, so we can all go to Santana´s…?"
They both instantly blushed as they realized they never let go each other.
"Maybe…maybe we should be going..."Emma told him shyly as she released his neck.
"Yeah, c´mon…" he guided her to the bus, placing a hand on her back which she felt incredibly good.