"No."

"Why not?"

"Will, you know how I feel about my family."

"I know, but I think they should at least know how about…us."

Emma stood in front of Will with her hands crossed. In a way, Will was right. If she and Will were to get more…serious, her family should be aware, but there was always that one thing that stuck out in her mind…

"I can't."

"Emma, there has to be a reason why."

She had never told anyone in detail about her family, she told them she just had 'family problems', but with Will it was different.

"Ok, well you know about my…um…problem, and after my brother pushed me, it all spiraled down from there. It got worse and worse to the point where I couldn't eat Thanksgiving with my family. It got so ridiculous that my family just that it was all a scam just to stay away from my family signaling to them that I didn't need them anymore, and that was the furthest thing from true, Will." So one day, my family came to me and said 'We can't handle it anymore. We're giving your wish.'"

Emma choked out the last phrase and Will was almost on the verge of tears. How could her family think that of her?

"Well that's in the past. This is a new beginning…for both of us."

Emma nodded as Will brushed away her tears. They hugged knowing that this was a turning point in their relationship and their lives.

During the whole long car ride, Emma was fidgeting. She hadn't seen her family in at least ten years. Do they still feel the same way about her? Did they change? Will noticed her freaking out and would sooth her by rubbing her back and holding her hand. Finally they pulled up into the Pillsbury's driveway.

"Take a deep breath. You're going to be fine," Will assured her.

When Will knocked on the door, Emma's heart stopped. Then, she heard the knob turn.

"E…Emma," said the woman behind the door.

"H…Hi Mom."

Mrs. Pillsbury put her hand to her mouth in shock.

"Mom, this is Will."

"It's a pleasure to meet to you, Mrs. Pillsbury."

"H…Hello Will. Please come in," she said still in state of shock.

When Emma and Will came into the door, her dad and brother were sitting in the living room. When they caught sight of Emma, their jaws dropped.

"Is that you Dairy Queen," her brother asked. "I thought you were gone for good."

Emma's cheeks flushed and her gaze went to the floor.

"Hi Kevin."

Her father looked at her as if she had three heads. With every step he took, he hesitated.

"Hi Daddy."

"Emmy," Mr. Pillsbury said on the verge of tears.

He was just about to wrap his arms around her, when her brother stopped him.

"Wait Dad. Don't you remember?"

"Oh right," her mom replied. "The 'germ' problem."

Everyone chuckled in the room, everyone except Will and Emma. Will didn't want to intervene, but it sounded like Emma's family was making fun of her like she was seven.

"Everyone…this is Will," Emma said still looking at the floor.

"Will?" her brother said with much emphasis. "Wow Red, I'm impressed."

"Yes," her mother replied. "Looks like someone finally crept from underneath their rock."

Emma nodded.

Kevin was about to go and shake Will's hand, and stopped and looked at Emma.

"Is she ok with this amount of distance between us," Kevin whispered.

Will was fed up with this crap. After all that this person has put her through, he still treated her like a bag of dust.

"I don't know. Why don't you ask her?" Will asked sarcastically.

Lunch didn't go much better; the Pillsburys kept bringing up Emma's 'episodes' of the past, at least her mom and Kevin were. Mr. Pillsbury remained silent throughout the entire meal. It came to a point where Emma got so upset that she left abruptly left the table.

"I wonder what's wrong," Kevin asked.

"I don't know…I cleaned the table 4 times," Mrs. Pillsbury replied.

"Maybe she's now allergic to Clorox," Kevin said.

This resulted in them laughing hysterically and Will losing his temper.

"THAT'S IT!" Will yelled as he slammed his hand on the table. "You should both be ashamed of yourselves. For more than ten years, Emma has been living in fear of coming here because you never accepted her as a person. You think that Emma's issue is some sort of joke when it's part of who she is. Emma is probably the sweetest, kindest woman I have ever met, but you never look at that. You just remind her of her childhood. She is a part of your family. Try and treat her like it."

Will then left the table looking for Emma leaving Mrs. Pillsbury and Kevin shocked, and Mr. Pillsbury thinking.

It's about time someone said something, he thought.

Hope you guys enjoyed!!! I loved writing this because no one has really taken this perspective of Emma's family. Please review…There is more to come!!