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Don`t stand too close to me
Chapter eight: Ready to love again
"So the ball will be on Friday evening and it's a formal ball so formal wear will be needed" Will replied which resulted in some groans from some of the boys but a slight smile from Kurt who Will knew was already starting to plan his outfit "Don`t forget your next assignment is due in Friday" Will shot a look across at Rachel who scowled picking up her folder and placing it underneath her arm. She had missed valuable rehearsal time with Triple Threat to re do her assignment and the brunette wasn't too happy about that
"However some people don't have that problem" she murmured underneath her breath as she flounced out of the classroom passing Emma who has moved to the other side of the room to join Carl who had suddenly been much more attentive to her. He placed a kiss on her lips as Will picked up his messenger bag as a few other students left the room.
"Listen you know the ball on Friday" Carl started to say but was interrupted by Emma
"If you don't want to go I understand. I have other things to do anyway like I could be practising for the upcoming invitational's for..." Emma trailed off as he noticed Carl shooting her a look "Carry on" she replied knowing Triple Threat was a touchy subject towards Carl. Really she should have told him the truth about auditioning but Emma didn't know if that would have made things better or worse
"No what I was going to say is, would you be my date for the ball. Make the relationship official so to speak" Carl smiled. Emma was about to speak when she noticed Will talking on his cellphone and knew he was talking to Terri
"Ok" she smiled happily "I accept" Carl looked relieved as he gave her an hug then left the room after informing Emma he was off to the library. Emma looked down at the ground as she turned around and walked to the front of the room where Will was frowning
"Was that Terri?" Emma said curiously glancing at Will who nodded
"Y-yeah she said she would come to the ball. I was kinda shocked because well I wasn't sure if she wanted to be shown in public, she seems quite hesitant about showing the bump. Not wanting me to touch the baby or anything" Will looked quite sad but then gave a smile "But yeah you two will get to meet at last" he gave a laugh as Emma smiled
"G-great" she whispered as she fingered the straps on her satchel "Carl wants me to go steady with him, he thinks this ball could be the unveiling of us" she replied
"And what do you want?" Will replied as Carl`s threat from the previous week rang in his head. Emma shook her head as her red bangs brushed her eyes
"I-I dunno" she mumbled and Will realised that Carl`s comment could be true that Emma was starting to have feelings for somebody. "That doesn't mean that it might be me though" Will thought but then scolded himself for thinking this
"I better go it's my turn to cook the meal for the dorm and if I`m late Santana seems not happy" Emma smiled gently as she left the room .Will sighed as he crossed to the other side of the room, picked up his bag and left the room
"Stupid essay" Rachel thought as she crossed out a spelling mistake. She then looked up from the table in the canteen to see Emma staring at her
"Thought you would be with Carl?" Rachel crossed her arms .Emma shook her head
"Tutorial" Emma replied "Can I sit here?" she glanced at Rachel who shrugged
"Don't suppose I have any choice" Rachel picked a pen up and crossed another wrong word as Emma picked up a grape and started to eat it
"Are you going to the ball with Finn?" Emma glanced at Rachel who shook her head
"I want to" she said pouting putting an hand through her hair and brushing it "But I don't know if he isn't interested or he`s just shy. I know that Quinn and Santana are much more prettier than me but I generally do care about him and with Will`s help he`s been doing a lot better in Spanish. Anyway what`s the deal with you and Will" she glanced at Emma raising an eyebrow
"What do you mean" Emma looked puzzled her brown eyes going large as she chewed the grape she had just placed in her mouth
"Emma I saw your assignment and truth be told it was only just as good as Noah" Rachel saw Emma looking at her blankly "I mean Puck and he only just passed it safely. I think he was giving you too many marks and that maybe he might have a crush on you" Rachel smiled gently at Emma "And I saw you two talking last week and I just wanted to know if something was happening between you. Carl could get hurt as well and maybe you could break..." Rachel started to speak when she was interrupted by Emma standing up
"Look" she whispered as if not to let the crowd of students and tutors which included Sue and Shannon Bieste, Ken Tanaka`s partner, hear her "Nothing is going on between me and Will. Ok I might think he`s cute" she admitted a slight blush spreading through her cheeks "But I`m not going to break up a marriage and a family just because of some silly girl crush. Anyway I think you might be jealous the way you talk about him it sounds like Will is the one you have the crush on not Finn" Emma walked off in the direction of the exit leaving Rachel shocked but also nodding her head
"That just proves my point" she replied stiffly picking up a pen and continuing to re do the essay when a tall figure blocked her view
"Rach.." Rachel lifted her head to see Finn towering above her. "Can we talk" his hopeful face looked worried and Rachel nodded letting Finn sit down
"Will can you get the door" Terri called out from the living room smoothing down her dress making sure that the fake baby bump looked right as the knocking grew more persistent
"I`m busy Ter" Will replied as he made sure his tie was straight. Terri sighed as she walked to the front door but her face grew with shock as she saw who was stood there
"Terri can we talk" Cleo crossed her arms in annoyance and glared at the blonde headed woman in front of her
"Cleo now is not really a good time me and my husband are just about to set off.." Terri started to say but was interrupted by Cleo
"Oh is he here now. Good ill like to see him" Cleo smirked pushing past Terri into the apartment
"What do you want" Terri hissed pushing the living room door shut so that Will couldn't hear them. Cleo sighed and turned to face Terri
"Me and Kevin have decided we want to keep the baby" she replied "I know what we said we were too young but I may have changed my mind now that I have thought about it"
"Y-you can't" Terri panicked
"I haven't signed anything so I don't really think there is nothing you can do." Cleo smirked walking towards the door when Terri grabbed hold of her sleeve and glared at her
"I can ruin your life. I have contacts people in high places they can make your life hell"
"Let go your hurting me" Cleo squirmed as she slipped out of Terri`s grasp just as Will opened the hallway door blinking in surprise
"Terri I didn't think you had visitors" Will replied
"She was just leaving" Terri replied
"Is this your husband?" Cleo glanced at Terri and without saying anything Cleo knew she had her answer
"Your wife isn't actually pregnant. I really don't know if you know this but she wanted to buy my baby off me and pass it off as her own. She wanted me to keep quiet but not anymore. I'm actually sorry for you; you look like a nice guy who doesn't need to be treated this way. Check the drawers I`m guessing she was using a fake bump to lure you off the scent" Cleo sent one final look to Terri as she left the apartment, Terri looking down at the ground not saying much
"This can`t be true" Will shakily said "I mean we had the sonogram from the doctors..." he then looked at Terri`s face and Will shook his head in anger walking towards their bedroom and rifling through Terri`s chest of drawers before he found a fake pregnancy pad a spare one to which Terri was wearing.
"If this is true then let me see the other one" Will whispered. Terri glanced down at the ground "NOW TERRI!" Will yelled and Terri slowly lifted up her dress producing the fake baby bump/Will just shook his head tears running down his face
"I-I didn't mean it to get this far. It was a hysterical pregnancy at first I did think I was pregnant but the doctor said I wasn't. Then Kendra suggested this and..." Terri started to speak as Will glared at her
"Kendra knew" he whispered throwing his hands in the air "Who else knew" he laughed bitterly
"Nobody else Will I swear it was just a silly plan that got out of" Terri cried as she touched his sleeve. Will then jumped back and glared at his wife
"That was my little girl Terri" he cried out "I loved her. I thought no I knew she was real. Terri I'm sorry but we are through!" he exclaimed grabbing his jacket from the bed and slipping it on
"What about the ball!" Terri exclaimed but Will ignored her as he grabbed his car keys from the bedside table
"W-where are you going!" Terri cried out. Will ignored her as he strode through the apartment towards the front door slamming it as he walked out. Terri sank on the bed brushing a hand through her hair as she sobbed out loud as Will got into his beaten blue car and drove down the street
"Where is Will" Rachel looked puzzled looking round the room to see if she could spot their tutor but she couldn't. She was also looking for Emma as well but when she saw the red head talking to Carl Rachel remained satisfied
"He will be here soon" Finn grinned as he sipped a soda. Finn had asked Rachel to the ball much the disgust of Quinn and Santana who unbeknown to them had both been asked by Puck who was dodging between the two girls. Luckily for him he hadn't been found out yet "Maybe he just got stuck in traffic that`s all"
"Carl I`m just going to the bathroom" Emma whispered as she picked up her yellow dress and made her way out of the gym leaving Carl on his own. However he wasn't alone for long as he was joined by Sue who glanced at Carl sipping a protein shake
"Phrase one has been completed" Carl replied "I confronted Schuester and told him that if he doesn't anything again ill report him to the board
"He doesn't know about the video tape does he?" the cheerleading coach replied and Carl shook his head "However you threatening him could put him more on his guard plus a tape of two people talking together won`t look much in front of the school board. We need more evidence something much more serious if your theory will be proven true"
"I promise ill keep my eyes open. Emma is fully committed to me now we have shown our relationship to the school" Carl replied. Sue nodded but she looked doubtful, however while this was going on Shannon Bieste who had managed to form a friendship with Will was watching the conversation with the pair
"I wouldn't have thought Howell would have been much into sports given his background" the football coach furrowed her brow "I`ll have to mention something to Will about this" she thought to herself wondering where he actually was when a student came up to her asking about the latest football match which broke her train of thought
"Will" Emma called out looking in the Spanish room which was pitch black. However it was empty Emma sighed and ran down the corridor as she thought of the new choir room that they had created for `Triple Threat`. There was a small light on so Emma poked her head in and was shocked to see Will with his head bent sat by the piano,
"Will?" Emma said softly walking into the room trying hard not to get dirt on her dress. She sat down next to him "Y-Your crying" she stuttered glancing into his dark hollow eyes which were rimmed with tears
"Terri lied to me Emma" Will replied bitterly. Emma`s eyes grew wide as she was slightly confused and wasn't sure if Will was in the right mindset to talk "The baby my little girl it wasn't real. She thought that if she told me the truth that she wasn't actually pregnant then I would have left her. I wouldn't have done that at all I would have stood by her. I would have been disappointed but we could have adopted. But what she did" he let out an hollow laugh "As soon as I can I`m going to divorce her" he started to say but was blocked by Emma`s train of thought running through her head
"Not pregnant. Going to divorce her" Emma`s head began to spin as she sat down in a chair next to Will at the piano.
"Will I`m very sorry" she replied before putting an arm around her tutor which he accepted
"Does Carl know your here" Will glanced at Emma who shook her head fiddling with her ribbon on her dress
"N-no I erm said I was going to the bathroom. But I knew I needed to find you there was something telling me and I think now I know the reason why" she moved closer licking her lips. Her head was telling her to run out of the room and go back to Carl and her heart was telling her to do something completely different. Something which Emma had wanted to do since she met him in the bar
"Emma I..." Will started to say but was interrupted by Emma crashing her lips on his. A few seconds passed before Emma let go and realisation dawned on her what she had done
"S-sorry" she whispered "Your not in the right mindset. I better go Carl will be looking for me and well" she gave a small smile as she left the room. Will tapped his lips and gave a small smile before he realised what this meant. Both him and Emma needed to stay away from one another before this crazy situation grew even more crazier but Will knew that that wasn't going to happen anytime soon.
(Hides) I am so sorry for the cliffhanger but I should the next chapter up in a week or so. It won't be as long as usual I promise.
Next time
Will and Emma try to avoid one another after the kiss, Emma escaping back home, despite Carl wanting to know why, where she tells her mother about the kiss while Will throws himself into Triple Threat. Meanwhile Terri tries to get Will to come back home, as Rachel and Finn discuss the possibility of them maybe dating one day.