IX

Next day at school, Emma felt she was floating all over the place. Her date with Will was amazing and the fact that he seemed to be willing to take things slow made her giggle.

He went to her office in his free period and found her organizing some papers.

"Hi, can I come in?" He opened the door slightly and poked his head through it.

"Yes, of course" he went to sit to one of the chairs in front of Emma´s desk. "Did you sleep ok..? we got home kinda late…"

"I slept great…" and he stood up and leaned against her desk until their faces were a few inches away, "because I was thinking of you". Emma blushed profoundly as she looked away, "I was" he reassured her bringing her face up and placing a soft kiss on her nose. Emma sighed smiling.

"I was too" she confessed. "And I had a great time last night, Will"

"So did I… and that`s why I wanted to purpose something for tonight…" she looked at him, quizzically, "as you said I have the chance to make you trust me again… I was thinking I could take you out tonight…"

"Ok" she giggled as he blinked at her, "Will do you…. Uhm, do you think I could choose the place this time?"

Will froze when she said those words. "Didn`t you… like…"

"Oh, no, Will! I loved it!" she started to freak out as she realized how bad her question sounded, "I put it totally wrong… It`s part of my therapy. To take my own initiative for trying new things…." He relaxed as she clarified that

"Sorry… I just though… it`s ok! I have an idea... why don`t we get to choose where we go…? Tonight's your turn… next time will be mine"

"Deal"

"So, what do you have in mind…?"

"The Fun Park!" she declared proudly with a smile

"That`s such a great idea!" will told her excited, "You want me to pick you up?"

"Ok, it´s 6 too late…?"

"I´ll be there at 6"

-xx-

At 5.30 Emma got a text from Will: I´ll honk to let you know I´m outside. So excited! Xx And 15 minutes before she heard the Will´s signal.

"Hi!" He said when she got into the car and placed a soft kiss on his cheek, "You ready?"

"Yes, I´m nervous though… " and she was because she didn`t know how she was going to handle the situation.

"I`m here, remember?" he comforted her taking her hand and looking at her tenderly. Emma nodded nervously, "And if you´re not sure we can always go to somewhere else"

"No, no… I want to do this" she reassured him

"Ok… Are you… are you sure you´re gonna be comfortable with that outfit?" Will asked her looking at her dress. "not that you don´t look gorgeous.. but it`s a fun park!"

"I´m not planning to ride those dangerous games where you`re hang sideways in the air, Will!" she laughed.

"You`re not?" he grinned, teasing her, "Good, ´cause I wasn´t either… I´m kinda terrified with heights"

When they got to the park, Emma realized it was going to be harder than she thought. The place was very crowded and people were carrying their food everywhere; by only imagining she could be accidentally hit by a hotdog made her shiver.

"You ok, Em?" Will asked her looking the fear in her eyes.

"Yeah… just… too crowded" she muttered

"I know, but that´s because these are the dangerous games we are afraid of… let´s go that way" he pointed a spot in the park where they could hang around. He took her hand and guided her to that area, "This is better, right?"

"Much better…" she smiled at him, "Oh Will! Look!" Emma screamed with excitement, "Let´s play it!" and she walked to a stand full of toys. Will smiled widely, she was like a little girl about to open her Christmas present.

"Do you wanna try?" He asked her as she nodded, "This lady wants to give it a try" he told the man behind the stand handing him 2 dollars. "You have to throw the rings into the bottle necks… you think you can do it..?" he dared her.

"You bet it, Mr!" Emma took the 5 rings and threw them, but she missed every shot. "Oh my… I suck!" she giggled looking at him with disappointment, "It looks much easier than it is"

"You own me something", he told her raising an eyebrow, expecting a kiss from her.

"Ok, I´ll get you an ice cream later" she teased him with a chuckle.

"Uhm, not what I was expecting, but I could have an ice cream later"

"So, you prefer an ice cream…?" she was playing hurt

"I didn`t say that…" he whispered bringing her body close to him, "why you put lies in my mouth?"

"I wasn`t putting anything in your mouth…" she answered with a smile and wide eyes, guessing his next reply.

"Exactly", Will answered back with a playful grin.

"You have such a nerve!" Emma mocked him, "You didn`t play the game yourself… what if you lose too…?"

"Ok, ok.. I´ll try it, show you I'm better player and then came here and get back what you own me". A few minutes later, Will came back with empty hands and an exaggerated defeated expression, "Don´t say a word…"

Emma laughed loudly, "I told you!" Will laughed too and took her hand taking her to another game. "The horror House…?" Emma asked him, apprehensive, "I`m a big chicken, Will…" he said slowly.

"Oh, c´mon, Em… This is probably the worst Horror house in all the State…".

"You have to promise you won´t let go my hand… and don´t let anything to touch me" that last part was serious. Just thinking in all the dirtiness inside that house made Emma freak out.

"I wouldn`t let you go… not even if you wanted to" he kissed her cheek and took her inside the house.

Emma was seriously uncomfortable; everything was dark and the walls were stained with paint and something else she didn`t even wanted to think about. They turned left in the corner and found themselves looking at a sarcophagus with a mummy inside. Will stared at it and then looked at Emma laughing, "See, Em? I told you this was the worst… HOLLY MOTHER OF GOD!" Suddenly, the mummy made an abrupt movement attempting to grab his hand, causing him to scream like a maniac. Will squeezed Emma´s and hand start running uncontrollably until they reached a quite place near a corner. He was breathing fast and Emma´s eyes were wide in panic. Unexpectedly, she started giggling and covered her mouth to avoid making noise, "Emma! You`re laughing at me!" he joined her laughter, "that was seriously scaring"

"I know…" she replied trying to recover her breath. Next to them there were fragments of transparent cloth hanging from the ceiling... "Will, what`s that…?" she asked him slowly, fearing what was he going to answer. There was a shadow behind the cloths, it looked like a body.

"Maybe we should back off…" he took her hand and started to walk away. And they froze just before they could continue as they felt a claw on their shoulders grabbing them. They turned around to see a skeleton covered in a black tunic; the fluorescent lights made him look so real.

"I don`t like this, Will" Emma smattered as they walked backwards; and when the creature spoke with a mechanic voice she screamed loud and started to run away with Will next to her.

"I don`t like it either, Em" he let her know with a giggle, "let´s find our way out. See that…?" he pointed the corner in the floor and the wall. There was a tenuous light, "let´s follow it"

"Thank you, God"

They could get out of the Horror House in 5 minutes.

"I hate you, Will Schuester" she teased him when they were walking away from the house, "I can´t believe I let you convince me of going in there"

"Oh, c´mon…" he let his hand grab her waist, "It wasn´t that bad… besides, it`s not that I had the most fun time… the mummy tried to grab me, remember?"

Emma laughed again, "You should have seen your face!"

"Funny, funny… do you wanna grab a bite, funny lady?"

"Ok, brave heart…"

They sat on a bench a couple of minutes later (after Emma passed a clinex on the surface); Will brought a massive hamburger and a soda and Emma, a cone with frites and a bottle of water.

"I can`t believe I´m actually eating this… it`s good though" she said with a giggle taking a frite to her mouth.

"Very… " he replied with his mouth full as Emma chuckled, "This is great, Em… I´m glad I let you pick the next date…"

"You let me?" Emma asked him ironically

Will laughed, "It was a great idea, Em…" he placed a kiss on his cheek causing her to blush. They ate in silence for a while, until will declared, "You know I could eat something sweet now…"

"Something like that?" she asked him cleaning her hands with some alcohol gel.

"Cotton sugar! C´mon, my treat". They share one big pink cotton sugar as they walked through the deck with the lake on their side. The park was less crowded now, so it was very nice to be there.

"I´ve never shared a cotton sugar before" she told him as she grabbed a piece of it, "actually I never shared any kind of food before"

"What makes you think you´re sharing it with me..? I'm the one who´s sharing it with you!" he teased her pretending to be surprised.

"That´s not possible as I'm the one carrying it, so it´s mine" she hid it as she turned around and started walking in the opposite direction.

"Come here!" he caught her from behind and brought her to him. "Can I have some of my cotton sugar?" he asked her playful as she pretended to think about it, "please?" he placed a tender kiss on her cheek and she blushed again. "Why do you blush every time I do that..?" he teased her.

"Stop that, William" she told him with a little embarrassment.

"You do!" he chuckled, "I like it, tho"

"I like it too…" she replied in a whisper

"You like to be embarrassed?", he teased her again, "I know… " he told her when she lifted her head in protest.

"I like when you that, when you kiss me like that" she said red faced.

"Do you think I could…" he asked him coming close to her as he took the left sugar cotton she had off her hand and placed it on the bench, "I don`t want you to be embarrassed every time I kiss you, Em" he told her, brushing her hair behind her ear. He didn´t take his hand away, instead he caressed her cheek smoothly and Emma couldn´t help to breathe deeply. Will brought his body even close to her as his hand kept traveling through her jaw line and neck. Emma didn´t move an inch and her breathing became heavier as Will kept caressing her skin. She closed her eyes, trying to control her heart beat, and she felt Will´s arm wrap around her waist. She opened her eyes again to met his lovingly eyes locked on hers. His fingers never stopped tracing patterns on her skin and her breathing became harder to control. He leaned closer to her as he brushed his lips against her jaw line, and then against her mouth.

Emma sighed and shivered under his touch. She slid her arms around his neck, breaking the short space between their bodies; and her lips danced with his. The kiss was moist, soft and warm; their breaths mixed, and Will´s finders caressed her throat. Emma didn´t stop him, but he knew that was enough for her. He presses his lips against hers one more time before breaking the kiss, but not letting her go. "I´m not letting you go" he told her with a smile on her face.

"Ok" she giggled as her head went to rest on her chest. They stayed there, looking at the lake while he rubbed her back with suavity. After a while he presses a kiss on her head and called her

"Em…?"

"Hmm..."

"Do you think we should be going…? I think the Park´s closing…" She nodded but she didn´t move. She felt too good. "C´mon, Cinderella…let me take you home".