Chapter 4

After glee club, we went to their favourite pizza shop in town, which I had yet to try and then we drove to my place. At my house, I change into my old shark's swim suit which they had let me keep. Over the top, I wore my Rosewood shark's pants and jacket, I was a shark again and it felt good; not that I had ever really stop. I also brought other clothes to change into just in case, as well as my lucky pair of goggles and swim cap. We were driving to Santana's house, quietly singing along to the music when my phone rings and I see Hanna face upon my screen.

Smiling across at Quinn, as I answer "Hey."

"Hi, how was your day?" Hanna asked.

"How do you do that?"

"What?"

"Always know when somethings happened to me."

"Because I'm good like that, so something did happen.

"Yeah, I just got into a fight, no big deal," I heard Quinn made a sound implying it was a big deal.

Hanna replied with "Tell Mama what happened?"

"You know it's creepy to call yourself Mama right? Especially when we look nothing a like."

"That is no way to talk to your Mama, go to your room young lady."

"No."

"Rude child, it's your bloody father fault."

"And who exactly is my father?"

I heard Brittany yell "It's Luke, Luke is your father Emily," we giggled at Brittany's words.

Hanna said "I was going to say it's either Caleb or Toby."

"I don't look anything like them but I guess Caleb's skin is darker than Toby's. How is my boy Toby?"

"He is good, got another construction job and I heard he is dating someone but I don't know who. Have you spoken to him since you left?"

"I rung him a few weeks ago but not since, he has been extremely busy."

Hanna spoke "I'll try and get him to ring you, I want to know who his dating and if she's nice. You know have to be all protective since his home girl isn't here to look after him, I mean baby him."

"I still can't believe he calls me that."

"I can, it's just like you calling him your boy."

I replied with "Well you know his the only guy, I've ever remotely thought was hot or something."

"Caleb is offended."

"Tell him to get a haircut and we will talk."

Hanna laughed and said "Anyway, how did you get into a fight?"

"I told you about Kurt and Rachel right."

"The fashion master and the gold star."

"Yeah them, well they were being bullied. I stepped in, punched a bit and got a few back end of story."

"Send me a photo of your face."

"No."

"Please."

"No."

"Pretty Please," Hanna said desperate.

"Sure."

"Really?"

"No," I say laughing.

Hanna asked "Fine, what are you doing?"

"I'm currently sitting in Quinn's car with her, Santana and Brittany on the way to Tana's house."

"Cute nickname, what are you going to do there?"

"We've got some pizza."

"Have you warned them?"

"Yes, I told them that I once bite Aria."

I heard Aria voice yell "It was more than once, I still have the scar."

"Fine, I've bitten you four times but you're the one who didn't learn your lesson."

Quinn asked "You bite your friend four times?"

"Yes."

"You just going to eat pizza?" Hanna asked.

"Well we deserve it after the day we've had but no, I just been informed that there something at Santana's house that I want."

"What a dildo?" Hanna asked I heard her get slapped.

I replied with "Okay, one that's just gross, two when on earth did I tell you that, three no, and four that's just gross."

"Calm down, I just asked and you told me when you were drunk. You were very detailed about it."

"Oh my god."

"Nothing to be embarrassed about, sweetie."

"Yes, it is and you can't call me that anymore."

"Why not? I've always called you sweetie," Hanna said upset.

I replied with "Because it's reserved for a special person and as much as I love you Han, it isn't you."

"Let me guess Quinn."

"Bingo."

"Aww, that's so cute."

"Exactly, so you can't call me it anymore."

"Okay honeybuns."

"I regret that decision now."

"You know you love your Mama."

"Never change Hanna."

"But I don't really like these clothes."

"What are you wearing?"

Hanna replied with "That blue top you gave me before leaving, white denim jeans and black flats."

"That doesn't sound very you."

"I like the shirt just not the pants or shoes."

"Okay, you can change then."

"Why, thank-you honeybuns."

Smiling, I asked "Guess what I am going to do?"

"Foursome, threesome?"

"No and no," I say looking across at Quinn.

"What then?"

"Okay, I'll give you a hint. I'm wearing something I use to wear every single day when I was in Rosewood."

"Oh my but how?"

"Tana has one at her house."

"I bet she has the other thing too."

"Oh shut it or I'll hang up."

"You could always just ask."

"No Hanna, no I couldn't and you know why."

"Fine be that way, so you're going to swim?"

"Yep, after almost two months of no swimming, it'll be good to get back into it. I hope I'm not rusty."

Spencer then said "You being rusty at swimming, yeah right. Just no showing off."

"Oh but Spence, I'm so good at it. However, I need to stay being a good swimmer, need to kick McCullers butt."

"Did you hear she's team captain now?" Aria asked.

"No surprising, Coach only made us co because she didn't know who to choose."

I then asked, "Do you know what her times are?"

"She's taken half a mil-second off her personal best," Spencer said being the only one who understood what we were talking about.

"Damm, I knew she'd get better but not that quick. It took her six months to get that personal best. So, she's team anchor, now?"

Hanna replied with "Yeah, but everyone knows she's only got it because you moved."

"Well I am relived I don't have to fight for it anymore."

"Yeah, now you're just fighting for solos," Aria said cheekily.

"Something like that, hey I should go we are pulling up to Tana's house."

Hanna replied with "Have fun superstar; go show them what swimming actually means. Call later, talk about Ali?"

"Yeah, course thanks Han."

"No problem honeybuns," Hanna said as I hung up my phone.

I say, "I'm sorry for the phone call; I didn't think it would take so long."

Quinn replied with "It's okay. It's good hearing you talk about your friends, you have interesting conversations."

"What's Hanna calling you now?" Santana asked.

"Honeybuns, I should've just let her keep sweetie." Quinn smiles at me before we all get out of the car and make our way up to Santana's front door. I had yet to meet Santana's parents, they were out of town on business most weeks and I'd only been to her house twice.

Santana spoke "My parents are home," noticing the car in the garage I'm guessing. Following behind Quinn inside, making sure to wipe my feet at the door, a nervous habit I had picked up over the years.

"Mama, Papa!" Santana yelled into the house.

A male's voice yelled "In the kitchen San." Santana placed her bag at the bottom of the staircase, Brittany doing the same. Brittany was carrying the two pizza boxes, which made it difficult to take her bag of but she surprisingly managed. Looking around the house, you would definitely know a Spanish family lived here if you entered, it just screamed Spanish.

Santana walked into the kitchen and said "Mama, Papa, Quinn and Brittany are here."

Her Mama spoke "Of course but there's a new face."

Before Santana could introduce me, I basically turned into my Mum, "Good Afternoon Mr Lopez and Mrs Lopez, your house is absolutely beautiful, as is your amazing daughter and her friends," I stepped forward to shake their hands.

Mrs Lopez spoke "Thank-you dear, what is your name?"

"Right, forgot that bit. My name is Emily Marie Fields, my family just moved here from Rosewood."

"Marie, does this mean you have some Spanish in you?" Mrs Lopez asked.

I replied with "I don't believe so, Marie is a family name. My Mum, my Dads Mum and my Mum's Mum all have Marie as their middle names, hence why mine is that."

Mrs Lopez said, "Good family tradition then, we must have your family over for dinner."

"If you'd like, I'm sure they'd be thrilled. Mum's still getting used to the place and hasn't really met anyone, well that she likes. Though it might have to be in three weeks, as my Dad is about to leave town again."

Mr Lopez asked, "Why is he going?"

I replied with "I believe the phrase is, duty calls. He is a solider and is needed to train the future soldiers in Texas."

"We will have to thank him for his sacrifice," Mrs Lopez said more to Mr Lopez then to me.

"Dad just wants to help whenever he can, which does mean sometimes he gets ship out to the front line."

Mr Lopez asked, "When was his last tour?"

"A year ago, they need more men and he was called. He was gone for about seven months."

"Wow," Mrs Lopez said amazed.

"Yes, Mum and I missed him but understood, duty calls and it was just is time. Luckily, he made it home, sadly others didn't," I said while remembering all the times I spent worried I'd get a phone call from Mum.

Mrs Lopez asked, "What are you wearing dear?"

"When I was in Rosewood, I was on the swim team. Sadly, moving here meant no more swimming but I kept my old uniform because it's comfy but also so I don't forget Rosewood. It's been my home for five years, I made some good friends there and I don't want to forget."

Mrs Lopez spoke "Yes, this town is a bit unfortunate not to have a swim team or a swimming pool. You know we have a pool; you are more than welcome to use is whenever. I'm sure you won't forget, planning any trip back?"

"Thank-you Mrs Lopez, it's very kind of you to offer and I'll accept. Yes, planning's been a bit slow with me having no car."

Mr Lopez asked, "Santana would you lend your car for Emily to go back to Rosewood?"

Santana replied with "Of course I would Papa but we were thinking of planning a trip there together. We would like to see Rosewood and meet Emily's friends, she's always talking about."

"Let me know when you're going to go, I'll give you some money for fuel," Mr Lopez spoke.

Smiling, I say "Thank-you Mr Lopez, it is very kind of you to offer Tana's car and money for fuel."

"Tana, she even has a nickname like the rest do," Mrs Lopez said.

Santana then said "We are going to go head outside, Emily wants to swim and we want to see it; while eating pizza."

Mrs Lopez "You kids have fun now."

"Thank-you Mrs Lopez, it was very nice to meet you both."

"You too dear, you too," Mrs Lopez said. I was then lead out to the backyard by Santana. Outside I saw the pool currently had the cover over it but it didn't stop my excitement, it just grew even more.

As I went to start uncovering Santana asked "How do you do that? My parents normally have people running for the hills but with you, it's all dear and offering my car to you."

"Santana, you've met my Mother. If I wasn't nice to someone who's older than me, she would kill me. If she was to disown me for anything, it would be because I was rude to someone older than me."

Quinn spoke "But it took Brittany and I, so long for them to like us and not think we were a bad influence on Santana. We met in grade two."

I replied with "I don't know why parents just like me."

"Even the ones back in Rosewood?" Brittany asked.

"Yeah, Spencer and Alison just loved that I was friends with them so they didn't have to pay attention to their non-favourite kid. Aria's parents were glad Aria had friends and Hanna's Mum well I'm sure she's in love with me. I think I once heard her say to Hanna, that she better watch out or she'd go for the daughter upgrade."

Quinn asked "Why'd she say that?"

"I cooked them both breakfast on my first morning of living at their house, to say thank-you and that isn't really Hanna's thing," I say smiling at Hanna's asking her Mum how much she should tip me.

Santana asked "Wait you lived with Hanna and her Mum?"

I answered with "Only for three or four month, while Mum lived in Texas to be with Dad for a bit." Finally, the pool cover was off and double check the water was okay to swim in, I trust the Lopez family but I didn't want anything to go wrong. Santana, Quinn and Brittany sat down on the lounge chairs and started into the pizza. From my bag, I pulled my swim cap and lucky goggles. It was always hard to get all your hair into the small cap but I always managed with slight ease the others I had seen. With swim cap and goggle on, I pulled my phone out and I turned to my favourite song to listen to before swimming, turning full volume I gave it to Quinn to hold so it wouldn't get wet.

"I stand in line," I sing on par with the song. Taking deep breaths as I stretch, making sure I wouldn't pull any muscles on my first time back in the pool. When I finally felt ready, I unzipped my jacket and slide my shoes and socks off. Neatly folding them into a pile like I did before going to swim don't need any disqualifications. My pants soon followed and I was now only standing in my one-piece swim suit.

Hearing some whistling, I looked over at the girls to see it had been Brittany because Quinn was still checking me out. Smiling, I flexed my muscle knowing everyone used to love when I did that in Rosewood and by the looks on the girls faces here to. Stepping up to the side of the pool, it didn't have any blocks but that's okay I'll just have to make do. Taking one last deep breath before getting into precision, in my mind I was ready and now my body was too.

Turning my head to the side, the girls had moved to stand at the side of the pool and I said, "Don't blink or you'll miss." It was a very cocky thing to say but since they knew nothing about swim teams, I knew I could get away with saying it.

Brittany shouts "On your marks get set, go!" Diving naturally into the water, I stared down the bottom of the pool as I took off swimming freestyle. Gliding with ease across the water, I made it to the other end easily and wanting to show off, I turned mid water and pushed hard back of the water. Turning my head for one last deep breath, I just reached for water and moved back to the other end. Sitting against the wall, I looked up at the girls to see them completely stunned and amazed. I was happy I finally got to show them, how good I was at swimming.

Santana then spoke "Yeah, no one in Lima could do that."

"Years of practice," I say knowing if I hadn't of had the years behind me it would be a different story.

Brittany asked "Can you do that again but more laps?"

"Yeah, McCullers and I always had to do twenty laps to start most practices to see who was quicker; me of course."

"Go!" Quinn shouts. Smiling, I adjust my goggles and use the wall to kick off. This time I started off slower, knowing I needed to pace myself and not overdo it until the last five laps. While swimming I thought about what song I could sing and whether a song could make sense with it, but I couldn't really think of a song. I wondered if Mr Schue would let me do a dance piece instead of singing, maybe I should check tomorrow.

Dance might be harder to explain as well but maybe it'd be for the best. Coming to the last lap, I enjoyed it even though my shoulders hurt; it was so good to be in the pool again. I could hear cheering coming from the three girls, who were still in their cheer uniforms. Pushing myself up out of the pool very carefully, I walked over to where the girls had set the pizza and took two piece and inhaled them.

"Water," Santana offered a water bottle.

"Thanks," I say sipping at the water. I then felt a towel wrap around me and Quinn's arms soon followed the towel.

Quinn spoke "That was incredible."

"Thanks," I said after one deep breath.

Santana said, "I can see why you are anchor."

"I was anchor, now McCullers is anchor."

"Whose McCullers?" Brittany asked.

"My only friend on the swim team, she and I have been competing against each other for years. Her actual name is Paige but we call each other by our last names, to pump each other up."

"She sounds nice," Quinn said.

"Definitely is now, wasn't always."

Santana asked "How so?"

I replied with "After some stuff that happened, she tried to drown me but it's all forgiven."

Quinn asked "How can you forgive someone who tried to drown you?"

"It's complicate; she had a lot going on back then and none it was her fault. Okay she didn't have to drown me but we've all been there," I say with a shrug."

"Oh," Brittany said understanding what I meant.

Brittany questioned "Unicorn?"

"Yep," I say nodding.

"Oh," Santana and Quinn said coming to the realisation.

The next day at lunch, I told the girls I would be in the library studying but it was a cover story I was really going to see Mr Schue. Last night had been a lot of fun, I had gotten changed into normal clothes and we sat in Santana's room just talking. Mostly about the trip to Rosewood but other things as well. Walking into the choir room and across the floor to Mr Schue office, I could see him in through the window but the door was close. Knocking on the door, I heard Mr Schue grant permission for me to enter.

"Emily, hi, please come in," I walked in closing the door behind me.

Taking a seat behind in front of his desk, Mr Schue asked "What can I do for you?"

"I wanted to talk about this week's assignment."

"Okay, what's the problem?"

"Well I can't really think or find a song that best represents something I want to do, so I was thinking maybe I could create a dance piece. It might still not work but it's something at least."

"Maybe if you tell me, I can help you find a song or help with the dance piece."

"Sorry, I'm not comfortable with sharing it. I don't really want to do this assignment but it's bit unfair for me not to do it."

Mr Schue said "Emily, glee club is about being comfortable. I don't want to force people into doing something they're not comfortable with, so if you'd prefer not to do this assignment then that's okay."

"Yeah, thanks Mr Schue but what about the others? I don't want to be given any special treatment."

"That's not what this is Emily and they'll understand. However, if you'd prefer I could give you a new topic for you only."

"I guess but what?"

"How about something that expresses your emotion about having a military father and having to move?" Mr Schue suggested.

"I guess I could find something to sing."

"Alright then, was that all?"

"Yeah, sorry to be so difficult?"

"Please that is the least difficult issues I've come across. However, if you do ever need to talk, my door is always open or if you feel more comfortable talking to a female Ms Pillsbury is always welcoming to talk to."

"Thanks Mr Schue," I say standing up and leaving his office to begin thinking of what song I could do with this new topic. Walking back to my locker deciding to get my book for my next class, early since I didn't feel like studying.

Opening my locker, I felt all the blood drain from my body when I saw what was inside. Sitting in my locker was a black jacket and note attached saying 'I'm back bitch and I know everything -A' I felt like throwing up but didn't want to act weird around people. Taking the note, I put it into my bag and I threw the jacket into the nearest trash can.

"Hey, where were you?" I heard a voice ask making me jump and I turned to see it was just Quinn.

Quinn said "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."

"Just didn't see you," I cover it up and try to act normal.

"Anyway, where were you I went to library and you weren't there?"

"Sorry, I lied I went to see Mr Schue."

"Why?"

"I wanted to talk to him about this week's assignment."

Quinn asked "What about it exactly?"

"Well I told him I didn't think there's song that can express what I need too, so I thought dancing might and I wanted to see if I could dance instead of sing. He thought it be fine but said he could help look for a song, I told him that it was okay and then expressed that I wasn't comfortable with this topic. He told me I didn't have to do it, so I've got a new topic and I think I might have a song but I'll have to think some more."

"Why didn't you tell me you were uncomfortable?"

"I just didn't want you to worry or have to answer any questions."

"Why would you have to answer questions?"

"There just somethings I'm not ready to share. I know you've been open about everything with yourself and I'll do my best to do the same, it's just something I can't."

"Emily, I understand. No need to stress."

"Are you sure?" I asked unsure.

"Yes," Quinn said wrapping her arms around me.

List of Songs:

Hurricane by Faker

I hope you enjoyed this chapter and are liking the story so far ~KJ99!