Disclaimer: I don't own Glee.
Chapter 4
During the next week, Mr. Schuester wanted them to sing "Freak Out" for the assembly. But they all had objections to performing the song. Emily walked into the gym to hear what Rachel had to say about it. "I call this meeting of Glee club in session."
"Where is Mr. Schuester?"
"I payed a freshman to ask him from for help with irregular verbs."
"I want to talk about this assembly."
"Yeah. If we do that song they're going to kill us."
"We're not going to do the song."
"Then what are we going to do?"
"We're going to give them what they want, sex."
At the assembly, they performed Salt and Pepa's "Push It."
While she was dancing, Puck and Jake were both smirking at her. By the time the song was over, Emily was more than a little uncomfortable. All seven of them waited for a minute before everyone gave them a standing ovation. They took their bow and walked off the stage. Emily and Tina hugged and they ran off to the stage.
Emily changed out of her costume and was immediately confronted by Puck. "So that was some sexy performance. Was that for me?"
"In your dreams, Puck." She scoffed and pushed past him.
"All the time, baby." He yelled after her.
And then Jake came up to her and said pretty much the same thing that Puck had. "What do you want, Jake?"
"I want to talk to you."
"About what?"
"I'm sorry about what happened. I shouldn't have done that to you."
"Yeah, you shouldn't have."
"It's just I have needs, I'm a man."
"I've heard this spiel before so if you don't have anything different to say I'll be seeing you later."
"Wait, Em, I want to be with you."
"Why?"
"Because I love you."
"What?"
"You heard me. And I'm sorry about everything. Come on, I want to be with you. God, say something."
"If we get back together, you are not just so easily forgiven and there is no way we are having sex just yet. I'm not ready and if you can't respect that, then I'm sorry but we can't be together."
"O.k. I can live with that."
"Really, because you had a tough time living with it before?"
"I'm sorry, o.k. Now can we go back to being us."
"Not quite. If you can win the next game you guys play then we'll get back together."
"And if we lose?"
"Then, we'll see."
"Well get ready because we are going to my girlfriend again."
"See ya." She said going to Cheerios practice.
About a week later, Emily walked into school before she started to feel really sick. She ran into the bathroom and threw up. "Hey, Em, you o.k.?" Quinn asked.
"Q, I'm fine, I probably have a stomach bug or something."
"Are you sure? Maybe you should see the nurse?"
"I'll be fine. Come on, let's just go to class."
For the rest of the day, Emily felt sick to her stomach but she didn't say anything about it but people could tell that something was off with her. This stomach bug stayed with Emily for the next couple of days before she realized that there was something wrong. "Hey, Quinn, I need to tell you something." She said when Quinn was driving them to school that Monday.
"What's up, Em, you're not going to get sick again, are you?" Emily had already thrown up two times on their way to school, on the side of the road.
"No, but we need to make a stop though."
"Where?"
"The drug store."
"Why do we need to go there?"
"Because I need to buy something."
"Buy what?" Emily was quiet for a moment with her head hanging down as if she was afraid of something. "Em, whatever it is you can tell me?"
"I'm so embarrassed."
"Embarrassed about what?" Quinn asked really concerned at this point. "You're starting to scare me, Em, you know you can tell me anything."
"O.k. I'm going to tell you something but you can't tell anyone. Especially Finn. Promise?"
"I promise, now what is this huge secret?"
"Do you remember about a month ago when we went to that party at Adam's house?"
"Yeah, that was the night you and Jake broke up and you got completely hammered. What about it?"
"Well after Jake and I broke up, I started really drinking and at one point I was trying to find you because I just saw Jake and that slut Chelsea walking back downstairs looking all disheveled. I took another two shots of whiskey and then I ran into Puck."
"Puck? What did he do?"
"He grabbed two packs of wine coolers and then he took my hand and we went upstairs. We went into one of the bedrooms and he gave me a wine cooler and we started making out. Then he started groping and I didn't want him too but then he gave me another wine cooler and then another and before I knew it, he had convinced me to sleep with him. When it was over, I didn't feel any different, just really ashamed that I slept with someone that I didn't love and who didn't love me." Quinn was quiet throughout the whole thing. "Q, please say something."
"So what, do you think that you are pregnant or something?"
"It does make sense as to why I've been feeling so sick for the last week or so. That's why I needed to come here. I need a pregnancy test, but I'm too scared to go in by myself."
"Come on."
"What?"
"We're going to get you a couple of tests and find out once and for all if you are pregnant."
They went into the drug store and bought three different tests just to be sure. They went into the bathroom and locked the door so no one else could find out what they were doing. They set the timers on their phones and sat on the floor waiting for the results. "Quinn, I'm scared."
Quinn wrapped her arms around her friend and waited. When time was up, they looked down at the results. The first was indecisive but the next two were positive. "Oh god!" she said before crying. Quinn held her tighter and let her cry for a few minutes before picking her up and helping her get cleaned up.
"Come on, we have to get to class. We'll get through today and then we'll deal with this."
The two walked out and went to their lockers to grab their books but Emily still had tears in her eyes. Quinn and Emily were walking to class when Finn came up to them. He kissed Quinn but he became concerned when he saw tears in his sister's eyes. "Hey, Em, what's wrong?"
"Finn, I'm so sorry."
"Em, you're freaking me out. What is it?"
"I'm pregnant." She whispered but Finn heard it.
"What? Who? How? When? Where?" Finn said jumping from word to word quickly.
"Last month at Adam's party. I was drunk and Jake..."
"Wait, I thought you and Jake weren't having sex?" Finn said getting angry.
"We didn't."
"Then who is the father?"
"Ummm..."
"She doesn't know. It was some perv that took advantage of her when she was drunk and vulnerable from her break-up with Jake." Quinn said thinking quickly.
"Oh. Are you o.k.? Do you remember anything about that night? Or anyone?"
"No. No one. Why?"
"Because I want to know whose ass to kick."
"I don't remember, Finn. Just please be there for me and don't judge me."
"I would never judge you, Em, you know that."
"Thanks. I have to get to class."
"Alright, umm, just be careful."
Finn and Emily walked around for the rest of the day in a daze. Emily was so distracted that Coach Sylvester kicked her out of Cheerios practice. "You're sloppy and weak today, Hudson, don't come back until you get over whatever is bothering you."
Finn found himself in the auditorium listening to Tina practice. When she left rehearsal, he went to talk to Mr. Schuester but he just ended up breaking down instead. Mr. Schuester just held him and listened to him talk about Emily's shocking pregnancy. He took the high schooler to grab some food and to calm down. He noticed Finn smiling at some of the younger kids. "Thanks, Mr. Schue, I can't talk to my mom just yet. Besides I think Emily should be the one to tell her."
"How far along is she?"
"About a month or so. It happened at a party."
"Well what do you need me to do, set you up at planned parenthood or something."
"No it's not even an option for her. She's keeping it. I've seen the people around town that had kids in high school. They work here or at the supermarket or they're pumping gas or worse, they're caged. They have no future. I can't let my sister become one of those people. Mr. Schue, she needs to go to college. She needs to make something of herself. But we don't have any money. So I figure I can help out a bit. I need a football scholarship but the only way I'm going to get one is if we start winning."
"I'm not a football coach. And how will you going to college help your sister?"
"If I go then I can get a better job and help her out. Remember when you helped me and Puck with our dancing? You loosened us up. I figured it out when I saw Kurt."
"You want me to teach the football team how to dance? I don't think Ken will go for that."
"We'll talk him into it. And if we win, more guys will want to join Glee club."
Later that night, Mr. Schue went home to his wife and told her all about Emily's impromptu pregnancy. A plan formed in Terri Schuester's head that will help her and Emily.
After football practice the next day, Puck confronted Finn. "What's going on with you?"
"Nothing, man I just have a lot on my mind. It's personal."
"Dude, I'm your best friend. Talk. I knew it. You're in love with Kurt."
"Emily's pregnant and she's keeping the baby." Puck's face paled when he heard that. He ahd to talk to Emily.
Emily and Quinn were coming out of English class when they were stopped by Puck. "Sup Milf?"
"Leave me alone."
"Who's the daddy?' Puck asked chasing after the two of them down the hall. "I think it's kinda weird that you told Finn that you don't know who it was, considering you and I slept together at that party and I know for a fact you didn't sleep with anyone else."
"How can you be so sure?"
"Please. Everyone would have known if you had slept with anyone else. People have been trying to get into your pants for two years now." Emily shook her head and walked away when she heard, "Well call the Vatican, looks like we got ourselves another immaculate conception." Emily and Quinn grabbed him and pulled him down the hall trying to shut him up.
"Quinn, give us a second."
After Quinn walked away, Puck said, "I'd take care of it, you know? You two. My dad's a deadbeat. I don't roll that way."
"Weren't you fired for peeing in the fryer?"
"I've got my pool cleaning business."
"We live in Ohio. I had sex with you because you got me even more drunk than I already was on wine coolers and I felt like a loser that day because I just broke up with Jake. It was a mistake. One that I can never take back. You're a Lima loser and you will always be one."
Emily ran off after that with Quinn following quickly behind her. They made it to Quinn's car and sat down but were startled when a woman popped up from the backseat. "How many weeks are you? From the looks of you, I'd say no more than five or six. I assume you haven't told your parents yet? You can't raise this baby, Emily."
"I'm sorry but who are you?" Emily asked through her tears.
"I'm just somebody that wants to help."
"She doesn't need your help! Get the hell out of my car!" Quinn yelled.
"Really? What kind of prenatal vitamins is your friend taking?" The two friends looked dumbstruck. "Yeah." The woman pulled a bottle of pills out of her purse and gave them to Emily. "Three times a day or your baby will be ugly."
"I don't understand. What do you want from me?"
"I'll help you with taking care of the pregnancy. You just give me your baby after it's born. Just something to think about and it's good knowing you have another option, right?"
"Who are you?"
"I'm Terri Schuester."
"Wait, Mr. Schuester's wife? Why would you want a baby?" Quinn asked.
"I'm having trouble getting pregnant. This will help both of us. Just think about it." And with that she got out of the car.
At the game that weekend, the Titans ended up winning the game and Jake came up to Emily after the game. "So I got the touchdown."
"Yeah I saw that, You're very light on your feet." she said playfully.
"I know. So, Em, does this mean that we're back together?"
"If we can go slow, then yes." He hugged her and kissed her. Emily laughed when he picked her up. She looked behind him to see Puck giving her a look of longing. She looked away and focused on Jake.
That monday, Quinn and Finn found Emily at her locker. They told her that they would support her no matter what her decision was when Puck came up to them. "Hey guys. You know lately i've been getting really sick in the morning."
"Must be a virus." Quinn said shooting him a glare.
"Hey, Em, you putting on a little weight? You should really watch your carbs. You can't do all of your flips and tricks for much longer if you don't."
"Hey, don't talk to my sister like that." Finn said getting angry.
"You know what, you're right. I was out of line. See you guys around."
"You o.k., Em?" Quinn asked.
"I'll be fine. He's just a jerk."
"Yeah he is. Come on let's go to class."
During Glee club, Matt, Mike, and to everyone's surprise, Puck joined. He shot Emily a smirk before standing next to Finn. This is going to suck. Emily thought to herself.
During the next Glee rehearsal, Mr. Schue had to decide who was going to sing Rachel's part. From all of the girls, Emily had the best voice but he thought it would be a little weird if brother and sister were singing the leads so he gave the part to Quinn. As they were rehearsing, in the middle of a dance move, Emily started to feel nauseas. She ran out of practice with everyone shouting their concern after her. Since they stopped, Kurt felt it appropriate address another issue. "Can we please address the elephant in the room?"
"Your sexuality?" Santana teased.
"Rachel. We can't do it without her. The only voice that is as good as hers is Emily's, so since Rachel isn't coming back I say we give the part to her."
"Wait me and Emily sing together, I'm not cool with that." Finn said.
"Yeah you want them serenade each other?" Quinn asked.
"No, I'm just saying they have two of the stronger voices in this group so they should do it together. They'll be like the next Donnie and Marie."
"Kurt we'll be fine." Mr. Schue said.
"Maybe for the Invitationals but not for the sectionals." Artie added.
"Wheelchair kid is right. That Rachel chick makes me want to light myself on fire but she can sing." Puck said.
"Rachel left you guys. She's gone. Now if we're going to make this thing work, we can't look back. Alright take five." Mr. Schue said.
Quinn, Santana, and Brittany went to check on Emily who just "confirmed" Finn's story.
Finn talked to Mr. Schue about Emily's dancing hurting the baby and the teacher agreed with him. "I'll get Tina to cover some of her parts. Have you told your mom, yet?"
"No not yet. Emily is too scared to say anything."
"Yeah but don't take too long. You should tell her before she finds out from someone else."
A couple of days later, Mr. Schue introduced them to April Rhodes. She had an amazing voice but they were all skeptical of her joining. April stated to teach them different things, she and Emily bonded over singing. "Honey, you have a great voice. I guess talent runs in the family. Both you and your brother have amazing voices." April said one day after practice.
"Thanks. So do you."
"Have you ever considered going professional?"
"Oh, well I thought about it but I don't think I'm that good."
"Well I think you are. You should give it a try."
"Yeah but if someone who sings like you can't catch a break, someone like me stands no chance."
"Sweetheart, I failed because of my own mistakes, not because I wasn't talented enough. But you, you got something. I see it every time you sing. This is what you want to be doing and you should. Don't give up."
"Thanks. April, will you sing with me?"
"Sure what do you want to sing?"
"How about Chaka Khan's 'Ain't Nobody'?"
"Great choice."
( April is Bold while Emily is Italics and together is both.)
Captured effortlessly
That's the way it was
Happened so naturally
I did not know it was love
The next thing I felt was
You holding me close
What was I gonna do?
I let myself go
And now we're flyin' through the stars
I hope this night will last forever
I've been waitin' for you
It's been so long
I knew just what I would do
When I heard your song
You filled my heart with a kiss
Ya gave me freedom
You knew I could not resist
I needed someone
And now we're flyin' through the stars
I hope this night will last forever
Oh oh oh oh
I wait for night time to come
To bring you to me
I can't believe I'm the one
I was so lonely
I feel like no one could feel
I must be dreamin'
I want this dream to be real
I need this feelin'
I make my wish upon a star
And hope this night will last forever
Ain't nobody
Loves me better
Makes me happy
Makes me feel this way
Ain't nobody
Loves me better than you
At first you put your arms around me
Then you put your charms around me
I can't resist this sweet surrender
On a night so warm and tender
We stare into each other's eyes
And what we see is no surprise
Got a feeling most with treasure
And a love so deep we cannot measure
Ain't nobody
Loves me better
Makes me happy
Makes me feel this way
Ain't nobody
Loves me better than you
"That was so great. You are a star in the making little lady." April said.
"You think so?"
"I know so."
At the same time, everyone except April, Emily, Finn, Quinn, and Mr. Schuester were in the choir room. Artie, Kurt, Tina, and Mercedes were talking about Emily and how she had been acting weird for the last couple of weeks. Puck finally had enough and said, "Are you guys that stupid? Seriously? I bet you guys thought that Burt and Ernie were just roommates. Maybe, Emily's got one in the oven?"
"Who's the baby's daddy?" Mercedes asked.
"Who do you think? Her boyfriend, Jake. Why do you think they broke up so suddenly and then got back together?"
Rachel then walked in and announced her return to the club. "Uhh, I'm sorry I thought I'd be welcomed back with a tad bit more of enthusiasm?"
"Sorry, glee club has just been rocked by its first scandal." Kurt said.
"Emily's knocked up." Mercedes said.
"And the baby daddy is Jake." Kurt finished.
The night of the Invitationals was a success aside from the fact that April Rhodes was completely bombed. After the performance, Mr. Schue confronted her about it. April agreed that the kids should have the spotlight, not her, not anymore.
Mr. Schue told the kids about April. "But we need her for the second act."
"I'll tell them that we're cutting the performance short."
"Well can't Emily sing her parts?" Kurt asked.
"No she can't and no one else has April's range."
"Umm, excuse me, I have a solution." They looked at the door and saw Rachel standing there. "In show business when a star can't perform, her understudy steps in. I'd be happy to go on for April, if you let me."
"Since when are you her understudy?"
"Since I quit the play?"
"Really? Why?"
"I realized that being a star didn't make me feel as special as being your friend. If I let you down when you needed me the most, I'd never forgive myself. I know all the words to the song." Rachel said.
"You don't know the choreography." Quinn added.
"Then we're gonna have to give her a lot of help out there." Finn said.
"Go get in your costume." Mr. Schue told her with a smile.
They went on to finish the performance with Rachel and they got a standing ovation.