I do not own Glee or anything to do with it. This belongs to Ryan Murphy and Fox. However I do own Emily, Sophia and the songs used, as well as them belonging to their own respective companies. I also don't own any of the words used in the episode 'Home'.
Again I'd like to thank everyone that has reviewed I apologise if it's slightly confusing but everything will work itself out in time. I realised as well that maybe I am using the episodes too much to write so I'm going to try and write them from my own point of view. Anyway hope you enjoy it. Also there's a couple of Wemma scenes in and I know that Emma wasn't in the proper 'Home' but this is my take on the back nine so I put her in.
The New Girl in Town
Chapter Three: Home is Where the Heart is
(Sophia stood by the side of the cafeteria, apple in hand, as she looked at Kurt and Mercedes discussing something. Sophia then walked over to them smiling brightly.)
"Hey guys," she grinned "What you talking about?"
"Oh just Miss. Sylvester says Mercedes needs to lose ten pounds before this interviewer guy comes next week" Kurt waved his arm around. Sophia blinked.
"Ten pounds..." she whispered.
"It's ok for you Soph you aren't fat," Mercedes smiled "But I mean how hard can it be all I have to do is eat less and maybe walk a bit more. It'll be a piece of cake. Ha cake!" Mercedes laughed as she and Kurt walked across to join Santana and Brittany. Sophia just shook her head as she walked across to join Quinn.
"I'm pretty sure my cats been reading my diary" Brittany commented to Santana.
"Hey," Mercedes smiled at Brittany and Santana "How do you guys stay so skinny?" she winced.
"With the Sue Sylvester Master Cleanse!" Santana smirked as her and Brittany showed Mercedes a sports bottle which was red and had the Cheerios logo on it.
"Sometimes I add a teaspoon of sand" Brittany smiled.
"That can't be healthy surely?" Mercedes exclaimed.
"Who cares," Santana scoffed "You can either feel terrible or look great or kicked off the team when that photographer gets here." Santana and Brittany then drank from their water bottles and walked away as Mercedes looked at her chicken and put the tray on the table as she walked away. Meanwhile Sophia and Quinn were watching the scene.
"Don't worry I'll have a word with Mercedes" Quinn smiled as she walked away. Sophia gave the ex Cheerio a glare as she was jealous of her having Pucks baby but she was worried about Mercedes so she just gave a shrug as she also left the cafeteria.
(Emily skated around the local roller rink 'Rinkydinks' and sighed. She wanted to know what Mr. Schue was going to do for their performances in Glee now that the Cheerios had now taken over the auditorium. Emily started humming the words to 'Fire' as a duet was being performed just as she came into the roller rink. Emily skated closer to the wall and peered across as she saw Mr. Schue chatting to a blonde woman. Emily then clambered over the wall and walked across to the table.)
"Hey Mr. Schue" Emily grinned as she waved to her teacher, roller boots in hand. Will blinked.
"Emily hi" he said surprised. "I didn't expect to see you here."
"Yeah well my next door neighbour wanted to go rollerblading and well there`s nowhere else in Lima to go" Emily said embarrassed. Will smiled and then noticed April glancing at the red headed girl with a confused look on her face.
"Oh I'm so sorry. Emily this is April Rhodes we used to go to McKinley High together and she part owns the roller rink, I asked her if there was anywhere we could go to practise and she agreed we could perform here. April, this is Emily a new student she's also in the Glee Club a well" Will smiled broadly.
"Really?" Emily blinked "I suppose there is plenty of room but what about the roller rink itself unless we can use it to do a new number" the red headed laughed and Will smiled. However April herself didn't look too happy.
"Oh I'm sure we will think of something" April said bluntly and Emily lifted her eyes up. Somehow she didn't trust the blonde.
"I better go Mr. Schue my friend is waiting for me" Emily replied as she laced her boot up, the left sided one was already laced up, and smiled. However as Emily passed April she could feel a hint of tension but Emily just shook that off. Emily then skated back onto the roller rink deep in thought.
"I'll get a bikini wax and I'll see you tomorrow" April smirked as she walked away. Will then sat there as he glanced at Emily.
(Emily glanced around the room as Kurt rambled around about everyone needing a home and as he talked he glanced at Finn, something that kind of freaked Emily out. Emily then started to zone out as another memory started to come to mind.)
"Hey Em!" Her boyfriend Josh smiled at her as she ran closer to him and hugged him. Josh was Australian and had only just moved to Lima a few months back but he and Emily had hit it off. "Hey why are you crying?" he said softly.
"Sorry" Emily mused pulling her hands through her hair. "It's just dad is being so mean not letting me see you. Just because he was a man whore" she complained. Josh just laughed and smiled.
"He`s just being over protective that`s all" he smiled pulling Emily close. "Hey let`s go and see if the auditorium is open at school Maybe we can practise that duet that Mr. Hudson gave us." Emily smiled and nodded.
"Ok" she replied as the two of them walked off hand in hand.
(Emily then woke from her trance as she heard applause and realised that she had missed Kurt`s performance. Kurt shot her a glare as he walked off with Mercedes and Emily shook herself from the trance. She then noticed Will packing some things up in his bag and walked up to her teacher.)
"Hey Mr. Schue," she said "I was just having a bit of trouble with my vocals and I was just wondering if I could stay behind and have a bit of help?"
"Emily I don't know if that`s such a good idea and beside I have somebody coming round tonight to look at my apartment" Will then stopped as he noticed Emily glancing at him puppy dog eyed.
"I bet if it was Rachel or even Quinn you would stay behind" she replied her eyes filled with tears. Will sighed as he turned towards the red headed girl.
"Oh ok I'll let you stop behind but I just have to make a phone call first" Will then walked out of the choir room and almost bumped into Emma.
"Oh hey Emma" Will smiled.
"I was just coming to see if you had sorted the auditorium problem out" Emma asked.
"Y-Yeah I have," Will smiled "April offered to lend us the roller rink just until we get things sorted out."
"April?" Emma raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah she never did make it out of Lima" Will looked down at the floor looking slightly embarrassed. Will was about to carry on talking when he noticed Emily walking towards them.
"Em just wait there a minute" Will nodded and smiled. Emily nodded then closed the door to the choir room.
"Yes" she grinned doing a fist pump. Suddenly she stopped as Will entered the choir room and stared at Emily.
"You ok Mr. Schue?" Emily looked puzzled and Will nodded.
"Yeah I'm fine" he smiled "From the top" he clapped his hands and Emily started to sing the first note.
"You know eating that food can't be healthy for you" Artie blinked.
"Want some of my cake?" Tina offered but Mercedes just swiped it away "You know you will have to eat something soon" Tina looked concerned.
"I'm fine!" Mercedes yelled. She then blinked as she saw that Artie looked like a piece of cake and Tina looked like an ice cream cone "And I'm really hungry so stop trying to get me to eat you!" she exclaimed as she got up and stormed away.
"Did she say try to eat us?" Artie mused. Tina shrugged. Mercedes then saw Rachel and Jessie except that Rachel looked like a cupcake and that Jessie looked like a burger.
"Oh man" Mercedes mused and then collapsed on the ground. Luckily Quinn and Sophia were near.
"Quick let's get her to the nurse" Sophia glanced at Quinn who nodded. Finn who was near managed to get Mercedes to her feet and then along with Quinn and Sophia managed to take her to the nurse's office.
"Aww man I'm gonna be late for Spanish" Sophia complained looking at her watch. "Quinn would you mind if you stayed with Mercedes?" Quinn shook her head and Sophia grinned running off down the corridor. A few minutes passed before Mercedes opened her eyes.
"Where am I?" she complained.
"The nurse's office you fainted," Quinn explained "The nurse has gone to ring your mother and to get you some ginger ale."
"I just imagined everyone as food and then I fainted" Mercedes exclaimed.
"Yeah I used to do that as well" Quinn smiled. "But now I have to eat properly for the sake of my baby. Eating for two is a whole lot different than eating for one."
"But Miss. Sylvester..." Mercedes started to say but Quinn cut her off.
"You are beautiful don't let Miss. Sylvester tell you anything else" Quinn smiled. "I better go otherwise I'll be late for Spanish and I don't want Mr. Schue being concerned" she smiled as she left the nurse's office leaving Mercedes alone.
(The Glee Clubbers skated around the roller rink as Will and April watched them but soon realised that it wasn't going to work out. Emily stood to the side with Rachel and watched the pair.)
"What's the relationship with Mr. Schue and April?" Emily glanced at Rachel.
"She came to McKinley High because well you could say I quit Glee to perform in the school musical" Rachel explained. "She caused a few problems and then later quit because I had to stand in for her at the Invitational."
"Oh right" Emily replied folding her arms and laughed as Finn nearly fell over but was caught by Sophia. Meanwhile Will and April carried on their conversation.
"So why couldn't you have our appointment last week?" April smiled "I was looking forward to it!"
"Oh Emily wanted to have some extra vocal coaching" Will sighed. April raised an eyebrow.
"Really," she mumbled "Oh well what about tonight then?" She gave a broad smile but Will lifted up his hand.
"April I don't think it's such a good idea" he replied. "People might get the wrong idea."
"Like what? Like we're sleeping together and by that I mean sleeping together" April replied. Will shrugged.
"Something like that and I don't put it against some people to do things" he growled thinking of one Sue Sylvester. "Look April you can be the life and soul of the party but while you're with Buddy you can't. I think you should tell Buddy the truth and stop being his mistress. That way you can be who or what you want. Anyway look at this place its half dead" he replied looking round the roller rink which was empty apart from the fifteen Glee kids skating round. April nodded and hugged Will.
"You know you always give the right advice Mr. Schuester" she smiled. "I'll tell Buddy tonight that I want out. Hopefully he will thank me" she smiled. April then stood up, smiled at Will and left the roller rink. Emily glanced across at Will and gave him a soft smile before heading back towards the Glee kids who were skating along.
(The gym was full with chattering people as they all waited for the Cheerios to give their performance. Santana, Brittany, Kurt and Sophia all waited for Mercedes as she stood by the microphone as the rest of the Glee kids and Will sat in the audience. Mercedes then came to the microphone and smiled.)
"Hi I'm Mercedes Jones" she announced. "I just want to mention this before I start. Has anyone of you ever felt fat, or got pimples or didn't have many friends?" She waited as Quinn was the first to raise her hand followed by Mike and then surprisingly Emily. "Because I feel the same way as well and I want to sing this to show you that you don't need to be skinny or popular to fit in all you need is to be yourself."
Mercedes then started to sing Christina Aguilera's 'Beautiful'.
Halfway through the song Quinn and Emily both stood up and joined the Cheerios followed by most of the other Glee Clubbers, even Puck stood up and joined the group. As the song ended Kurt walked up to Mercedes and gave her a huge hug.
"I'm sorry" he mumbled. "And you were right all along" he said as he broke away from the hug with Finn and Emily smiling at the duo. Will just smiled from his position in the audience as he watched his Glee Clubbers surround each other. He even noticed Sophia and Quinn sharing a smile, something which Will didn't ever think would happen.
"So how are things with Kurt?" Emily asked as she walked the corridors with Finn. She had heard through the grapevine that his mother and Kurt's father were dating and that Finn wasn't too happy about it. Finn shrugged.
"Burt's ok I suppose" he replied mentioning Kurt's dad. "I know that he will never replace my dad but if he ever had to become my stepdad then I suppose I wouldn't mind too much. It's Kurt I'm worried about" Finn replied as they stood by the choir room door. "I feel like I'm taking his dad away from him and I don't mean too not really."
"Kurt will get used in time" Emily smiled as they entered the choir room to be met by a gathering of chattering from the other Glee members.
"Guess what Miss. Rhodes has done!" Sophia said excitedly.
"What" Emily mumbled feeling confused.
"Bought the auditorium for us" Sophia grinned. Emily glanced towards Will who gave a nod and a grin. Emily then zoned out again as another flashback came to her.
"Mama" Emily blinked as daylight came to her but she was stuck in a cave "Mama!" Emily yelled as she looked around her two year old eyes not being used to the dark.
"Mama's not here sweetie but Aunt Rachel is here and so is Uncle Finn" Rachel smiled as Finn blinked.
"Where's papa?" Emily grumbled. Rachel glanced at Finn as if she wasn't sure what to say.
"Papa's just gone for a walk Em but I'm sure he won't be long" Rachel said gently. She didn't want to tell Emily that her mother was stuck at school and that her father had gone to try and find her. How do you explain that to a two year old?
"Papa come back soon" Emily said sleepily before she fell back asleep. Rachel covered her up with one of her cardigans before turning back to Finn who was looking at his cellphone.
"Can't get no signal around here" he replied worriedly as Rachel leant on his shoulder.
"Em?" Finn nudged her shoulder "We have to go to the auditorium to sing with April."
"Sorry" Emily replied as the duo made their way to the auditorium.
"Why do I keep getting these weird flashbacks?" Emily thought. "Is this part of the great mystery that I am part of. And why is one me 16 and the other me two. It doesn't make sense."
(Emily wandered out of the school building after getting changed out of her 'Home' costume. She was also pretty freaked out that Mr. Schue kept staring at her all the time as if he recognised her. Emily then turned the corner and was surprised to see Mr. Schue in Miss. Pilsbury's office.)
"I know the divorce isn't through yet," Will said "So that means I can't date you yet but that doesn't mean I can't do this" he smiled kissing the top of Emma's head who blushed.
"So April's gone then?" Emma glanced at Will who nodded.
"Hopefully with the hush money Buddy's wife gave her she can make her own musical and be a successful performer" Will sighed.
"How's Emily?" Emma replied "I haven't seen her for a few days in my office I hope she's ok."
"You know she has been acting kinda strange these past few days I might just have a word with her just to see if she's ok. I just get this nagging feeling that I know her from somewhere and I can't put my finger on it" Will mused. Emma just smiled.
"I'm sure you will figure it out you always do" she replied. Will then stood up and made his way out of the door while Emma started to finish off her SAT prep. When Emily was sure that they were both out of the way she slipped out of the school door and made her way out of the car park.
"Better come up with a good story otherwise Mr. Schue might figure out the truth. He isn't as stupid as he looks" the red head mumbled as she walked into the distant.
Anyway that's my take on Home hope you enjoyed it. Next chapter again will be up next week but in a few weeks I'm going on a cruise so that chapter (Either Funk or Journey I haven't worked it out yet) will be up a week later so I apologise for that.
Chapter Four: Bad Reputations are Never Easy to Escape
Sue digs deeper into Emily's past while Will questions Emily on her family background. Meanwhile the club gets a bad reputation as one of the members sets up a Glist which causes chaos among the group.