The next few days for Will and Emma have been pure bliss. Their friendship had been revived and grows stronger every minute they share together. Emma's father even seems to loosen up but still gives a glare to Will. On Wednesday afternoon, Emma and her mother headed out to grab some groceries leaving Will alone with Emma's father. Will begins to head up to the guestroom but Bill's voice stops him in his track.

"Will, can you come here?"

Will stopped for a minute. His eyes wide as he slowly turns around.

"Don't worry son. I won't bite."

Will slightly loosened up when hearing that he was called son, but Bill Pillsbury was an intimidating man.

"This won't take long but I have to say something to you."

Will squirmed. He didn't want to hear what he was going to say. He was thinking that he was going to say that he was bad for his daughter or talk about his past again.

"I'm sorry."

Will's eyes widened at the sound of that. He didn't see that coming.

"I'm really sorry. I guess I misjudged you. You have to know. We don't have that good of a relationship with Emma. She never calls and she barely visited so it really surprised Maggie and I when we heard her voice on the phone. It was really joyous but heartbreaking to hear her talk to us. We were really excited to hear her voice again but her voice however was full of heartbreak. She was talking about you Will. Personally, I wanted to come over there and have my way with you."

Will closed his eyes as he heard this. He didn't like the way that he had hurt Emma. Even he was heartbroken by just hearing this.

"We talked more and then when she came to our house a few weeks ago and heard about what happened to her, Will, it just broke my heart even more. Will, she's my only child and she'll always be my baby girl. Nothing can change that. And I see that you're good for her, but that doesn't make it any easier to knowing that I have to let her go to you. Will, I want you to promise me that you'll do anything in your power to protect her. I want you to promise me that you'll love her and be her guardian angel. I won't be here forever and when I'm gone, I want you to do all that for me. Will you?"

"Yes, sir. I will do that and more. Sir, I love your daughter so much and it has been a hard year for me too. I want you to know that I will do anything for her."

"Good. That's all I wanted to know..."

He was about to continue further but the sound of the door closing stopped his voice. They both turned around towards the door, to see Emma sobbing loudly and running towards her room.

"Will, go up there. She needs you."

Will didn't have to be told twice. He ran up the stairs and ran to Emma's room. He stopped just in front of her room. With a deep breath, he twisted the handle and walked into her room. There, in the corner of the room, was Emma sobbing loudly, cuddled up on the ground.

"Oh Emma..." Will walked to her with a worried expression.

"Will!" Emma cried even further as Will sat down next to her. She put her head against his chest and let Will comfort her.

"Em, please tell me what's wrong. I want to help you."

"My mom and I were walking along and I looked across the street to find the dairy farm Will. It is still there with the runoff lagoon. The smell just hit me again and it just brought back so much memories. It was just too painful and I remember how my life changed from that point on. I don't know why I'm even crying about this. It's pathetic" Emma moved her hands to wipe away the tears.

"Hey Em. Look at me." He tilted her chin for her to look at him. "Hey don't ever say that it's pathetic. It was a traumatic experience that impacted your life heavily. Em, you're the strongest and bravest person I know. You inspire me to become a better person. You faced this head on and you've been getting better ever since. You didn't hide from this. I'm so proud of you and sometimes, it's okay to look at the past. Sometimes for us to move on, we have to."

Emma holds him close and looks at him in the eye. She sees all the truth and loves that a person is capable of producing all in his eyes. She looks at it adoringly and suddenly, all her worries and troubles seem to have disappeared. She finds herself closer to him and finds that both of them are leaning towards each other slowly but at an even pace. As they're lips inch ever closer, they can feel their warm breaths on each other. Just as their lips were about to touch, the door swung wide open. They jumped back away from each other looking at Maggie who just barged in.

"Oh, I'm sorry to interrupt dears but it's time to eat."

When Maggie had repeated her apologies one last time, she left, leaving Will and Emma in an uncomfortable silence. They looked at each other one last time and they both headed for the door, both of them thinking of that very close encounter. No words were spoken after that.

For the next few weeks, Emma finally begins attending therapy sessions with one, Dr. Swanson. Emma appeared to get better and was responding very well to her treatments. There were good days and bad days. Some days, Emma runs out in tears but Will was always there to offer comforting and soothing words to her, making her calm down from her panic attack. Overall though, it had been working very well. She's been finally able to speak to her parents all the things that had been in her mind for weeks, which led to a sob fest between her and her parents. But it was all in good cause. Bill and Maggie Pillsbury saw their daughter coming back to them. The daughter that they had, before the dairy farm accident.

Few weeks after that, Emma finds herself again running away from the office. But this time, she finds herself driving back home, and finding herself huddled in the corner of her bedroom. For a couple of minutes, all she could hear was her miserable cries fill the room until the slam of the door and footsteps caused her to quiet down. She looks up to see Will panting with a concerned expression on his face.

"Oh Em." Will walks to her pulling her into his arms. This time though, there were no comforting words to be said. He just held her there. No words were exchanged at all. Just a comfortable silence filled the room. After a couple of minutes, Emma turned her head towards his. Will looked at her in a confused state. Emma looked at him even further and cupped his face. She looked into his eyes again and she inched closer and touched his lips with hers lightly. As she pulled back, she saw Will's face turn into shock and joy.

"Will, I think I'm ready now. You've been so patient with me and you gave me plenty of space. You were there for me the whole time and have been supporting me which caused me to love you even further. I love you Will. I know I've said it before but those times, I wasn't ready for a relationship. But with therapy and all, I'm ready now."

"Oh Em! I love you too." They held each other even more tighter with a content smile on their faces. She loves him and he loves her and that's all that really mattered for them. The future was a blur right now as they're living in the present. Just as long as they're together in the future, that's all that really mattered.

So I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I told you that the update was going to be faster! Please review! Because I love them!