Will was never a heavy drinking man, but tonight in his mind was a clear exception. He grabbed his keys and walked into Lima's local and only bar. He just wanted to numb his mind at least for a little while even though he knew the morning would bring one hell of a headache.

"Hey hot stuff." The blonde bartender called with a smirk, already getting his scotch set.

Will couldn't help but smile just a little; it was his friend Holly, his oldest friend from college next to Steve.

"Hey Holls." He said sliding into a stool at the bar and taking his glass.

"So what's got you so down, seeing as how I haven't seen you in a while?" she asked as she passed drinks across the bar. She knew that he wasn't a drinker and he only ever came in when things weren't going go.

"Nothing…" Will sighed rolling his eyes as he gently swirled the ice around in his glass.

"Bull!" Holly snapped. "Lemme guess, you and the witch got in a fight?"

He said nothing response, but shot her the dirtiest of looks as he took a sip of his drink.

"Dude, what are you even doing with her?" she groaned in frustration. Sometimes it amazed her how blindsided he could be. Especially when it came to what a horrible person Terri was.

Will was about to sit there and defend the woman he had been in love with and had loved for years. But right then, he wasn't sure if that fact still held true anymore.

"I really don't even know.." he admitted somewhat shamefully.

Holly froze, "Is my boy finally coming to his senses?" she asked him in a mocking tone.

"Holls, don't push it…" he warned before taking another sip.

"Okay, you're right." She said throwing her hands up in defense. "Not very supportive."

Holly rested her arms against the wooden frame of the bar and leaned forward.

"So.." she started, "Steve tells me you have a new assistant. Spill."

"What's there to know?" he asked finishing off his glass and sucking on an ice chunk.

"Well…" his friend teased. "She hot?"

Will nodded blushing slightly at her question, "Red head too." He added.

Holly raised her eyebrows at him and pulled his empty glass away, "Then what in the hell are you doing here?"

"Good question…" Will said leaving a couple bucks on the table as he moved to get up.

"Have fun." Holly teased in a sing song voice as she watched him leave.

"Bye Holls.." Will sighed as he went out the door.

Will walked back out to his car and got in turning the heat on. He sat back in the seat and closed his eyes. Holly was right he did need to have some fun. Or maybe he just needed to talk with someone who wouldn't judge or make fun of him for the choices that he had made.

It was in that instant that Will knew where to go and who to turn to. And it sure as hell wasn't someone that he'd first expected.

XX

Emma Pillsbury was curled up on the couch with her third glass of wine, and a romance novel in hand. As she was trying to read, she found herself getting lost in the steamy details. However, she slowly starting imagining it as herself in the story, and imagined the man to be the one that she'd been lusting after more and more over the past two weeks. Her boss, Will Schuester.

As she continued reading on, her eyes fell closed as drowsiness overtook her body. She put down the book, resting it on chest as she began to imagine what it would be like to kiss him, to touch him.

She imagined that his lips would be soft and warm, that his chest was strong and broad, and that his body be sculpted with muscles in all the right places.

She thought of what it would be like to have his large hands touching her pale bare skin.

After a while, her lusty thoughts were quickly interrupted by a knock at the door.

Who could be looking for her at this time of night?

"Coming!" she called as she moved to get up.

She slowly walked over to the door and opened it to see Will standing there.

"Hi Emma, I'm sorry…I know it's late I ju-"

"It's fine.." she said softly cutting him off as she stepped aside. "Come in."

"Thanks." He nodded with a soft smile as they both went to sit down on the couch.

"No problem, what's up?" She asked curling a leg underneath her as she sat.

Will let out a long sigh, "I think Terri and I are done." He told her simply.

"Oh my gosh, what happened?" she asked with nothing but sheer concern.

"Well.." he started, "We were fighting a lot lately and she 'd snap at me for some of the most random things…and she lied to me about spending money on stuff that we couldn't even afford." He exclaimed with a groan.

Emma nodded slowly, literally hanging on his every word. She just couldn't seem to understand how someone could possibly be so awful to him.

"I think this is the right thing, I think that you deserve something better." She told him in an honest tone of voice.

"Really?" Will asked in a whisper as he moved closer. Their knees were now touching and their faces not very far apart.

Emma nodded and blushed a little as she swallowed hard. Her heart was racing and it felt as if it was going to explode from her chest at any given second.

Will smiled at her, he found her blush so adorable, hell she was adorable.

So simply unable to help himself, he leaned forward and pressed his lips to hers.

Maybe she was it, the something different that he needed in his life.