OMIGOD! I FINALLY UPDATED! God, it's been a while, as in I posted this around last New Years! Wow.
DISCLAIMER: it's called Fanfiction, ain't it? Oh but I think this writing is working! They used a RENT song! Whoohoo! Anyways, it's not mine. =( Oh well, this is working for me just fine.
Will's POV
I think I'm still in shock that I'm getting married to April Rhodes. A few days after the proposal I decided to bring her to McKinley for the day, so she wasn't by herself. She decided to hang out in the choir room all day and work on some stuff. By the end of the day, after Glee club, we were both ready to leave. But what we both weren't prepared for was Terri, who was waiting for me, well, us, by my car. April glances at me, terrified and I put my hand on her back as we walk up to her.
"Will, what are you doing with HER? I mean of all the women you know, you pick her!" she whines.
"Terri… is this really necessary? Now is not the time for this…" I calmly say, hoping she'll leave.
"Oh, why?" she asks.
"It's just not. I really don't want to deal with your crap today. And there is a high possibility of students still being here…" I explain.
April hesitantly looks at me, she's getting scared. "Uh, I'll be in the car…" she quietly says, and I unlock it for her.
"Okay sweetie…"
She gets in and I toss her the keys so she can turn on the air conditioning. I hear her Miranda Lambert CD a few seconds later and just smile.
"Will, why her?" Terri asks when she thinks April can't hear us anymore.
"She came to me, she'd been through some pretty bad stuff and needed someone to help her…"
"I heard from the Cheerios coach that you two are together…" she smirks.
"She's right, for once. Wait, you talked to Sue?" I ask, surprised.
"She came to me about it. But why are you sleeping with the town slut? I thought had better taste than that, who knows what kind of stuff she could be carrying…"
"TERRI! She's not a slut! How dare you call her that. She can probably hear you," I say, attempting to defend April.
"She's slept with about every man in Lima! Even the old ones! And I know she was with one of them just because he was loaded!" she exclaims.
"She's over that now Terri. She was attacked about a year ago and came to me." I explain.
"Well it's not like she's not going to cheat on you. I bet she would as soon as some nice looking guy came along…"
"That's not true Terri. We're actually getting married…" I calmly reply.
"YOU'RE MARRYING HER!" Terri practically screams at me in disgust.
"Yes, I am…" I reply.
"how the hell did she win you over?" she asks.
"Does that even matter to you Terri? I was the only one who cared enough about her to actually help!" I reply.
"She's just some drunk off the streets! Why do you care so much?" she asks.
"it doesn't matter if that's the truth. She needs someone to care for her.."
"So now you're marrying her…"
"yeah, I am. I'm sorry you don't like that idea, you're just going to have to live with it…" I tell her.
"Sue told me everything about her, and she sounds like a slut!" she repeats herself.
"How many times do I have to tell you she's not? Why do you think she's in the car right now? She doesn't want to listen to you calling her that!" I say to her.
"Will even I've seen her flirting around, she does that with every man she meets!" Terri exclaims.
"That's just her personality. She's not the way she used to be…" I explain.
"How are you so damn sure of yourself?"
"She wouldn't cheat on me. She knows I'm here for her and not going to leave her like every other guy she's been with.." I reply.
"Wow. She's a better actress than I gave her credit for…"
"Why do you keep saying things like that Terri? Now you're just wasting my time… and hers too.."
"I know that we're not together anymore, but I'm not just going to let you go off and marry someone known for drinking and sleeping around…" she angrily says.
"I know that's what her reputation is. But I'm not sure if you missed this or what, but she was attacked about a year ago and that basically ended all that." I calmly explain.
"Nobody told me that!" she replies, shocked.
"I did earlier. You were too absorbed in your criticism to listen…"
"I don't trust her Will!" she yells.
"Whatever. Most people don't. I'm guessing you don't realize how hard that is for her…"
"No, I don't. but there's good reason for no one to trust her."
"I'm sure there is, and I really don't want to go around in circles with you about this…" I reply.
"I still don't see why YOU do." she pouts.
"I know I'm one of the only people she trusts. So I really want her to know what it's like to have someone trust her. That just makes things easier."
"Fine. You win. Don't expect me to leave this though," she sighs.
"Whatever. Now, I need too go check on her, she's probably freaking out by now…" I say as Terri finally walks off.
I get in the car and her music is still playing and she's staring out the window. "Hey…"
"Hey…" she quietly says to me.
"you okay?" I ask, trying not to sound worried.
"Yeah…" she mumbles.
"Sorry about that. She had nothing nice to say…" I reply.
"Well that sounds like your ex wife…" she mutters.
I try to hide a laugh, "I know… let's get out of here…"
"Okay…" she sighs as I start driving home. I have a feeling she heard all or part of that conversation, and doesn't want to talk to me about it. I think she's hit the repeat button on this CD, and Only Prettier comes on, which if I remember right, is her favorite song. She's singing now, so I don't say anything to stop her, and just let her sing.
"I liked that one…" I smile.
"You did?" she skeptically asks.
"Yeah, it's kinda funny too…" I tell her and she just smiles at me. We're finally home and as soon as I park she gets out of the car and walks up to the apartment and is inside as soon as I open the door. She's not talking, which is usually a bad thing.
"What do you want for dinner tonight?" I ask her.
"I don't care." she quietly replies.
"Okay, it's still early anyways.." I say.
"Okay…" she mumbles. "I heard you and Terri from the car…"
"Oh, sweetie… what all did you hear?" I ask, sitting next to her.
"Everything…" she whimpers.
"I'm sorry." I say hugging her.
"It's the same crap I hear every day. I just don't notice that much anymore…" she replies.
"You shouldn't have to. I'm gonna make it up to you." I smile.
She looks up at me, "How?"
"I was thinking we could go to a movie… or we could relax here. I'll turn off the phones, the TV, all that stuff…" I answer.
"Okay…" she says, smiling.
"What sounds better to you?" I ask.
"relaxing here sounds good…" she quietly says.
"Okay, that's what I was thinking," I smile.
"Bubble bath?" she asks, with her puppy dog eyes that are almost too hard to say no to.
"Sure, let me get everything set up…" I smile as she follows me into the bedroom and lays down on the bed.
I find all of her candles and her favorite bubble bath in a cabinet and turn on the water. About ten minutes later the bathtub is filled with bubbly water and she comes slowly walking into the bathroom. She smiles at me as we both start undressing and I help her in so she doesn't slip. Her tiny body relaxes as she eases herself into the warm water and leans up against me. I wrap my arm around her and kiss the top of her head. She sighs happily, her body relaxing even more into mine as she kisses me. After about fifteen minutes more of cuddling and kissing the water starts to get cold.
"Hey…" I whisper.
"Mmm… Will…" she mumbles.
"Sweetie, the water's getting cold. Let's get dried off," I reply.
"Okay…" she whimpers and starts to sit up.
We both get out and I reach down to drain the tub. She blows out a few candles and wraps a towel around herself. A few minutes later she's in her nightgown and her damp hair is in a messy bun. I throw on a pair of pajama bottoms and follow her to the bed. Even though it's still pretty early, she lays down and I sit down next to her. "You know, we never ate anything…"
"I know…" she says, kissing me.
"You hungry?" I ask.
"Mmhmmm" she mumbles.
"What do you want?" I ask.
"Ice cream?"
"Stay here. I'll be right back." I smile, kissing her as I get up to get her ice cream. She smiles back at me as I leave the room.