I do not own Glee or anything to do with it. This belongs to Ryan Murphy and Fox. However I do own Emily, Sophia, Josh, Daryl and the songs used, as well as them belonging to their own respective companies. I also do not own any of the words used in the episode `Journey`.
First I'm back from my holiday. I had a great time but now I'm ready to go with the final chapter. I'd like to thank everyone who has read and reviewed hopefully I'll break my review record with this chapter I have equalled it at the moment. I hope you enjoy it!
The New Girl in Town
Chapter Nine: Journeys End
(Emma walked down the corridor deathly pale as her yellow heels click clacked down the corridor. She paused for a moment as she knocked on Will's office door knowing that he would be in as he had told her he would be marking after the Glee Club performance.)
"Come in" she heard Wills voice shout and Emma breathed in before opening the door.
"Oh hey Em" Will smiled looking up from the paper he was marking but then looked shocked at how pale his girlfriend was. "Whats wrong?" he asked softly jumping up and walking over to her.
"E-Emily" Emma choked out.
"Is something wrong with her?" Will replied. Emma gave a faint smile at how ironic this sounded given the news she had just been given.
"No nothing`s wrong apart from the fact that she seems to think that both you and, erm, I are her parents" Emma replied softly. Will looked up at Emma and knew she was telling the truth. But the question he wanted to know was Emily.
"I know this may come as a bit of a shock but Emily seemed serious when she was telling me. Apparently she came from the future, how even she doesn't know that, but she seems to have it in her mind that she needs to keep us two together. Everything makes sense now Will." Emma glanced at Will who started nodding as he got up and started pacing around the office.
"It's like a jigsaw puzzle all the pieces fit" he replied. "The constant following me around, the dad remark after I interigated her after the glist, wanting to get home." Will then looked at Emma and started to blush but then decided to leave that for possibly another day.
"I'll have a word with her tomorrow were having a pizza party to try and come up with some ideas for Regionals" Will said. Emma nodded as she walked towards the door.
"Oh another theory why it all makes sense my hair colour and your curls." She smiled as she closed the door of Will's office leaving him alone. He sat on the chair running his hands through his hair.
"Emily's not that stupid to just make up a story. I have a daughter." He grinned wanting to jump up and down in the air but decided not to until he had the full story off Emily in person.
(Will whistled as he threw up a poster that was advertising New Directions appearing at Regionals. He then stood back as he looked at the poster.)
"Hey buddy see you on Saturday" Sue smirked as she walked down the corridor. Will looked at her in confusion. "Didn't I tell you I'm one of the guest judges" Sue added. It then dawned on Will what Sue meant then strode to Emma's office.
"Sue's at Regionals," Will bluntly said "She's guest judging or something well that's what she said anyway."
"Maybe you should go and speak to Figgins" Emma replied. "I mean with the Emily situation we don't need something else getting in the way of Regionals. You know what Sue is like she might just be saying it to annoy or distract you." Will nodded after the incidents last week then leant over and kissed her. Suddenly the door flew open to reveal Sue standing there.
"William, Elma" she smirked. Emma glared at Sue as she could never get her name right as she straightened her blouse. "William, Figgins wants to speak to you in his office" she announced as she closed the door behind her.
"I swear that woman gets my name wrong just to annoy me" Emma said standing up and filing some forms away. "Good luck with Figgins" she added softly as Will exited the office closing the door behind him.
(Emily stared out of the window in Will's flat the rain dripping down and she could feel another flashback coming to her. However it was interrupted by Will placing an hand on her shoulder.)
"You ok?" he said gently. Emily nodded.
"Just a bit homesick" she mumbled. "I mean Sophia seems to have abandoned me for Daryl now and Rachel, Quinn and the other girls are nice enough but I just seem out of the loop so to speak." She mumbled biting her lip. Will felt the urge to hug her but thought it wouldn't be a good idea especially with the other members of New Directions in the other room.
""Would winning Regionals cheer you up?" He smiled. Emily`s face clouded over and she started sobbling. Will looked shocked then waited for Emily to stop crying.
"I-I'm sorry," Emily hiccupped "It's just that with everything that has happened with Miss. Sylvester judging, Me, Sophia, Santana and Brittany know we have no chance."
"You don't know that" Will said gently. Emily shook her head.
"She said herself at Cheerio practise "Im going to crush Glee Club" then looked at me while she was saying it." Emily looked up at Will with big brown eyes and Will knew then he couldn't question her. He waited for Emily to stop crying then smiled at her. Quinn then entered the kitchen and glanced at the two of them.
"Mr. Schue I'm here for the plates" she said."I know I'm 8 months but I think i can carry a stack of plates" she replied smiling. Quinn then followed Will and Emily back into the living room where Emily sat next to Sophia who glanced at her friend curiously.
"You ok?" she whispered as Daryl put an arm around Sophia. Emily nodded and smiled as she listened to Will talking.
"They really don't have a clue what they are getting themselves into" Emily thought sadly as she watched Tina sob.
(Emily stood outside the choir room when suddenly Mr. Schue grabbed her arm and dragged her into the room. Emily glared hard at him rubbing her arm but was curious as this wasn't in his nature to act like this.)
"I'm sorry but I need to ask you something before the others get here. Is it true what you told Miss. Pillsbury?" Will glanced at Emily who nodded. Will then gave a smile just as Sophia, Daryl, Mike, Matt, Santana and Brittany entered the choir room. Emily went to sit next to Sophia just as Quinn, Puck, Mercedes, Kurt, and Tina pushing Artie entered the room. Will finished scribbling `Journey` on the board just as Rachel and Finn entered the room.
"Mr. Schuester Finn and I have something to tell you" Rachel smiled.
"Me first have a seat" Will replied. Rachel looked confused but she and Finn sat down. Emily then started to daze out as Will started talking about how the group sucked when they first started but then Sophia nudged her friend.
"We are going to do a journey medley" Will grinned as the group started cheering. "Because who cares what happens when we get there when the getting there has been so much fun. Rachel?" he glanced towards the brunette who started smiling.
"Just that how we are really glad you didn't become an accountant" Rachel replied. All the room started nodding and Emily had a broad smile on her face as Sophia and Daryl clutched hands together.
"Regionals here we come!" Will announced as he gave a small smile across to Emily.
(Emily waited backstage while Rachel and Finn performed `Faithfully`. Suddenly she glanced around and noticed Will and Emma walking towards her.)
"Hey" she smiled towards her parents. "Y-Yeah its true," she whispered "I, erm, I don't know how I got here but the only thing I know is that I have to complete a mission. I thought maybe it was Cheerios winning nationals but obviously that's not it so maybe its to win Regionals. I don't know" she babbled on.
"Too many questions to ask at the moment but when we get back to McKinley we can discuss everything" Emma smiled.
"Good luck" Will said as Emily walked towards the curtain which was about to be and Emma shot proud looks at one another as all fifteen membersi of New Directions started to sing `Faithfully` then broke into the mash up of `Anyway You Want t/Lovin Touchin' Squeezing'.
"They are so good" Emma whispered. Will nodded but he couldn't take his eyes off Emily. She just belonged up there. Suddenly as Puck and Santana finished their verse of 'Dont Stop Believing', Emily turned towards them and smiled. Will then started bouncing up and down which resulted from a eye roll from Emily then Sophia grabbed her arm and pulled her back into the middle.
(Emily stood next to Sophia who had Daryl on the opposite side to her clutching her hand. It had been a tense situation so far especially with the birth of Beth, Quinn's daughter, and Emily didn't want to make things any worse. She smiled at Mr. Schue who was stood between Finn and Kurt looking nervous. Emily shot a look across at Jessie who was looking smug, Emily vowed to wipe that smug smile off his face but then tensed as Sue opened the envelope. It was either them or Vocal Adrenaline who had won and if Emily knew the future...)
"Your 2010 Regional Champions are..." Sue paused "Vocal Adrenaline" she announced. Vocal Adrenaline started to cheer and applaud as Will looked down at the ground as Josh Groban passed the third placed trophy to Will as Emily and Sophia glanced across to Jessie and Shelby who were celebrating .
"That could have been us" Sophia whispered blinking back tears as Daryl embraced her. Finn just looked down at the trophy as Kurt also looked downcast as well.
"We didn't even place" Artie mumbled. Will then passed the trophy to Finn and strode off the stage brushing past the black curtains and going backstage. The rest of New Directions looked confused as to where their mentor was going.
"Where is Mr. Schue going?" Brittany whispered clutching Santana's hand. "I thought he cared about us."
"He does," Emily smiled at the blonde girl walking across to her "There is just somebody he needs to see first and then he will be back." Brittany looked blankly at Emily who just sighed and murmured "Doesn`t matter!" Before walking back towards Sophia and Daryl.
"Wait third place means we came last" Daryl replied. "So didn't Mr. Schue keep saying we needed to place to keep New Directions open. Glee is then over with" he sighed sadly as Sophia embraced him. Emily then pinched herself and realised she was still there.
"What do I have to do to leave this place!" she yelled out loud as she sank to the floor crying. Mercedes ran across to the red headed girl and hugged her just as Will came back onto the stage.
"I think we better leave" Will whispered to Finn who nodded as the fourteen members and a sobbing Emily left the stage leaving an jubilant Vocal Adrenaline behind.
"This isn't fair you aren't fit to be a teacher!" Emma yelled as she stormed out of Figgins office and ran smack into a confused Will.
"This isn't fair Will do you know hes given your room to the mock UN" Emma gabbled her eyes wide.
"A deals a deal Em" Will sighed looking around for a sign of Emily. She said she would be coming soon to meet up with the pair of them.
"But it's so unfair!" Emma sighed and was about to carry on when she noticed Emily walking towards them. Emma calmed down as she didn't want Emily knowing what she had done.
"Hey" Emily smiled as she walked towards the two teachers. "I'm still here" she smiled.
"Emily I'm so sorry" Will said. "I guess coming third wasn't in the script after all" Emily shrugged.
"I'll find my way home eventually" she smiled as she glanced up at both her parents. "This is actually really weird I mean back home your exactly the same except older but it's like here I don't exist although I hope I don't exist if you know what I mean..."
"I think that's enough Em" Will replied but then smiled as he noticed Emily blushing almost the same as Emma was. "Like mother like daughter" Will thought to himself.
"He calls me Em too, I mean dad back home" Emily replied playing with her hair. Suddenly she noticed Rachel walking down the corridor and Emily shut up.
"There you are Emily I've been looking all over for you!" Rachel explained "Mr. Schue would you mind coming to the auditorium with us. Emily too." She glanced at the girl who nodded.
"Sure" Will replied before sending a look to Emma with his eyes as Will and Emily followed Rcahel into the auditorium. The rest of New Directions were sat on stools on the stage as Emily sat next to Sophia.
"At the beginning of this year I was just another football player" Matt began.
"I had a stutter" Tina said.
"I was the closeted diva" Mercedes remarked.
"I used to be captain of the Cheerios" Quinn replied.
"I used to be afraid to dance outside my room" Mike stated.
"I hated everyone in this club" Santana spoke out. "So did i" Brittany added.
"I wasn't honest about who I was" Kurt choked out.
"I was tossing kids into dumpsters" Puck replied.
"I never kissed a girl before" Artie replied before smiling at Tina.
"And I was getting slushed" Rachel added on.
"I... I didn't have a father" Finn spoke. However this was too much for Emily as she broke down into tears as Finn spoke about not having anyone he could talk to or look up to while looking at Mr. Schue. Emily knew exactly who he was talking about.
"Nether did I" Emily whispered as she added onto Finn. Will's face clouded over but he nodded at Sophia to carry on.
"I never had anyone who believed in me or cared about me" Sophia whispered.
"I just thought Glee Club was one huge joke for the geeks and the losers. I know I was wrong" Daryl spoke out.
"We didn't care what the judges say. We won because we had you as a teacher" Rachel replied.
"Glee Club will never end Mr. Schue because you are Glee Club" Mercedes replied. Emily didn't catch the end of what she was saying as she broke into tears again as the bars of `To Sir With Love' began to play. Sophia put an arm around the petite red head as Rachel begn to sing the first two lines.
"I have to go" Emily whispered but Sophia grabbed her friend hand.
"i don't have a clue what is going on but your staying" she hissed as Kurt finished his verse and they all started to sing ths chorus. Emily gulped and nodded as Sophia and Daryl carried on the verse.
"If I hadn't been so selfish and tried to keep mum and dad together then none of this would have happened. Im the reason Glee Club is over" Emily thought as she blinked back tears as she noticed Will nearly choking up as well. Suddenly Emily noticed a flash of red disappear behind the door.
"What is Miss. Sylvester doing here?" Emily thought but just shrugged it off. She had probably come to gloat and Emily wasn't really in the mood at the moment.
"We have another year" Will grinned as he looked around the room. "Come on we have another year!" he exclaimed as all fourteen members of Glee jumped around the room in celebration, Sophia and Daryl hugged one another as Finn jumped up and down and Quinn, Kurt and Mercedes did a high five. Suddenly Rachel looked concerned.
"Mr. Schue where is Emily?" the brunette asked.
"That's another point I want to tell you. I'm afraid to say Emily won't be returning next term she had to go and move with her elderly aunt in the country. But she promises to come back and visit one day."
"But she never said goodbye!" Sophia exclaimed. Will then started to explain about next year as a flashback to two hours ago revealed the real reason.
"Mr. Schue" Emily yelled running to her father. Wil glanced up from the box he was holding to look at his daughter.
"Em you don't have to say that anymore" he smiled.
"It's safer," Emily huffed "You never know who might be listening in. Anyway I realised now that the real reason I came was to get new members like Sophia and Daryl which in turn might give you a fighting chance next term. I heard Miss. Sylvester's conversation with you and I know she isn't as hard as she looks. However I won`t be here next term I have to leave now" she replied sadly. "My mission is now over. I spoke to Mom about it and she seems upset but knows I have to do the right thing" she smiled giving Will an hug. "You never know sixteen years isn't a long time" she winked as she walked out of the room. Emma then ran towards Will from her office as Emily disappeared from view. "Thanks for everything Mom, Dad" Emily's voice was heard before she disappeared.
"She's gone Will" Emma sobbed as she clung onto him.
"Like she said sixteen years isn't a long time" Will smirked as Emma gave a small smile "Guess I better tell the Glee kids the good news and the not so good news" he sighed.
"So because you sang fot me yesterday I want to give you ne final performance before your summer vacation. Puck?" Will glanced towards Puck who nodded sitting beside his teacher. As they both started to play 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow', a flashforward tells us what has happened to Emily.
Emily slowly opened her brown eyes and looked around. She was lying in an hospital bed with tubes attatched to her.
"Your awake!" she heard a female voice and turned around to see Beth "Mr. and Mrs. Schue Emily's awake!" she yelled and watched as her mother and father ran in.
"Oh Em" Emma sobbed as she stroked her daughters hair. "I thought we had lost you for good."
"The doctors said that you were in a coma" Will added. "We didn't even think you would even wake up."
"My adopted parents are here and so are Mr. and Mrs. Hudson" Beth added. "They were really worried about you. Plus there is one person left" she smirked as Josh ran into the room and engulfed Emily in a hug.
"So glad your back" he whispered as Emily just gave a soft smile.
"Puck you have your guitar? Will looked at the younger male who nodded "Well in that case I think we should sing `Somewhere Over the Rainbow`. He was half expecting his daughter to groan or roll her eyes but she nodded and smiled. Puck started to play the opening bars as Will started to sing. Both Wills overlapped one another as in the past Sophia hung onto Daryl and Finn and Rachel leaned on each others shoulders. In the future Beth clung onto Emily's hand as Emma smiled fondly at her daughter as she glanced at Will with the same look she used to give him. Finn and Rachel also leant on each other just as they were doing in the past.
"...oh why cant I" both Wills sang as the scene closed with Emily smiling at her father.
And there we go that's the final chapter of the New Girl in Town. If the ending is confusing for anyone just say in your review and I'll explain to you. Again I'd like to thank bollyboo for betering every week and for anyone who has read or reviewed it really means a lot to me. Hopefully my next fic should be up either next week or the week after so keep your eyes open for that. I probably wont do a sequel to this as everything has been sown up but I suppose I could maybe bring Carl back and Emily finds out and returns. But we shall see about that its an idea I suppose.