Sorry if this chapter is a little short compared to the rest…. I don´t have a lot of time to sit and write… and I don't think I'm gonna be able to update until Thursday… So enjoy this chapter and wait until next week! Love you!

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XII

Will drove her home minutes after they watched the sunset. On his way home, he got to think about her; about all the progress she was making, about how daring she was being compared with the old Emma. The old Emma would never have gone into the lake. She had a little trouble at first, but after some minutes she got used to the sensation of the wet sand under her toes. He was absolutely blown away by her as there wasn´t a single thing he`d change of her. He loved every single habit she had, every single flaw, and every single virtue.

He was very aware how much carefree about their relationship she was; he could tell by the way she kissed him back, but he also could tell she still needed time to loosen herself up and he was going to give her all the time she needed because she was the only woman he could picture his life with.

-xx-

Emma woke up next morning only thinking about her last date with Will. She had dreamt about him all night and she blushed on the realization her dream was a little more daring than her real date. Not that lying on the ground with will on top of her wasn´t daring… it was. A lot.

"It felt so good" she said out loud. Since the last session with Dr. Begler, Emma was trying to say how she felt, trying to take it off her chest. She sat on her bed, yawning and stretching her arms in the air. "So good" she repeated, shaking her head in shock.

The truth was she was conscious about how changed she was since she had started therapy. Her progress was surprising after every minute because she could handle things that in the past used to freak her out. She was braver, and more open to try new things. And Will… Will was fantastic. He was being so gentle, so patient with her… and yet so daring but respectful.

Emma melted every time Will placed his hands on her body; and the day before he proved he could make the earth move under her feet... and she didn´t want him to stop.

-xx-

"What do you want, Em?" he asked her that night in his apartment. He had called her during the afternoon to invite her over to dinner. They had ordered Chinese and they were sharing a sit in his balcony.

"What do you mean?" she looked at him with a smile while he stroke her hair

"I mean… what are your dreams, your expectations… " Emma sighed and rested her head on his shoulder and he hugged her tightly

"I… I want a home, someone to build one…" she let him know as her cheeks went red, "someone to share my life with… And I want to, uhm, be able to commit, to give myself to that person…" Will lifted her head with care and locked his eyes on her. He knew what she meant, he knew she was showing him her soul, she was telling him she wanted to come over her fears. Emma sent him a shy smile, "I say too much…"

"No… on the opposite" he said softly, "Can I ask you… Do you think you´d be able to….do that if you knew for sure… there´s someone who wants to do all those things with you?" He blushed intensively, "If you knew that person is madly in love with you and is willing to do anything for you, to give you everything you wanted and more?"

"Will…" she said half in shock, half about to burst into tears. Emma cuddled next to him even closer if possible, burying her face on his neck with tears falling through her cheeks. He wrapped her arms around her frame and kissed her temple tenderly. "I love you" she whimpered against his skin. Will grabbed her shoulders and pulled her back not believing his ears.

"You..?" He stuttered; his eyes only showed hopes.

"I love you" She repeated pulling her hair behind her year. Her cheeks were wet and blushing

"You never…"

"Told you… I know" she interrupted him with a smile, "I always loved you, Will… I guess I thought I could cheat myself by believing I was through with you… but now, I can´t… I don´t want to. I love you." She told him again before kissing him smoothly

"Oh, Em, I love you too…" He said holding her body as firmly as he could and drying her tears off with his lips.

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Work was awful boring as there was almost nothing to do in school. All the kids were excited about the prom and everyone was busy organizing the big night, what would they wear and competing for Queen and King Title.

Will and Emma spent every lunch recess together outside. It was louder than the teacher´s lounge but they were out of sight of Sue, so it was better.

"She´s been terribly annoying lately" Will told her one day while they were sharing a PB&J sandwich, "I´m really trying to hold my tongue, but I´m afraid I´d answer very impolitely one of these days…" he sighed resting is back on the bench

"She´s been nice to me" Emma replied between giggles, "I mean… you know how the "nice Sue" can be…. But I think she´s started to respect me"

Will widen his eyes, "Really?" he laughed, "Well, I can´t help to be a little suspicious, but if she´s just being nice… that´s good… I wish she could be nicer to me too… Everything would be so much easier without her breathing on my neck"

"Everything like what? Is not like you´re very busy now" she teased him getting her belongings together

"Ouch, that was a low punch" he chuckled, "Everything like this, like us. It´s hard to pretend I'm only your friend… she´s caught me staring at you almost every day… more than once"

"Then you shouldn´t be staring at me when you´re supposed to be working, Will" she teased him again standing up and leaning on the bench to grab her bag. And when she did, her face was in the same level than his. Will closed his eyes, inhaling her enthralling perfume. "I´ll see you later…" she whispered and she turned around and walked away.

He watched her leave… Is she actually swaying her hips? Yeah, she definitively is. Will thought with a mischievous smile.

When the next period began, Emma took the chance to move all the pamphlets and stuff she wasn´t using to an empty classroom to be storage. She was walking across the hall carrying a box when suddenly a pair of hands caught her from the back and pulled her inside the janitor´s closet. She gasped in shock, when she found herself in the dark closet and nobody was there. She was still holding the box, but she felt someone pull it off her hands and placing it somewhere else. Emma felt his presence coming closer and a hand came to rest on her ribs, squeezing the fabric of her blouse with care. She stood frozen against the door as her body shivered under Will´s touch. Being in the dark not being able to look at him made the whole situation a hundred times more exciting. She felt his breathe closer to her mouth, his perfume invading her and she sighed when his lips were stoking her jaw line and his hands pressed against her hips. He grinded his body to her, pressing her back against the door even more and she could only pull her head back and bite her bottom lip to suppress a moan. Emma let him work his magic as her breathing become heavier; her hands went to his curls, slightly pushing him against her neck. It felt incredible good, incredibly electrifying.

In a fast move, Will slid his arm under her own arm so it came to rest on her back; and he tightened his grip and pulled her closer, at the same time he opened his mouth letting his tongue join into the kiss. He was doing all the right things, and feeling his breathing increase its speed made Emma moan.

He immediately crushed his mouth on her lips, and he didn´t even wait until the kiss was more heated to slide his tongue in her mouth. He wasn´t as gentle as other times, but she didn´t really mind; because that time she was actually hungry for his kissing. She let him explore her mouth but not for too long as she wanted to feel him connected to her; Emma slide her own tongue in his mouth with vigor while she varied the kiss with her lips. The mere sensation of his wet lips on hers, made her further the kiss, alternating the movements between lips and tongue.

It only lasted a few minute or more, before Will started to slow the kiss down. He was always leaving her wanting more. When he finally broke the kiss he turned the light on to find Emma looking for an explanation of his sudden interruption. He chuckled and before leaving her trying to regain her breath, he muttered next to her ear, "This was for seductive walking away scene earlier today… you can´t expect me to keep my hands of off you after that".