Chapter 5- Messages
Author's Note- Hey guys! So I think I'm doing on time for this chapter…the last one came out on Friday. Also, in case in you haven't been reading my other story I Wish(I mentioned it there) I just got a new laptop, 2 days ago, so updates will be coming more frequently. This chapter is mainly Emma and the New Directions, btw. HannahAli next chapter is my take on your idea I hope you think I interpreted it the right way. Oh almost forgot…Thank you sooo much to everyone who reviewed the last chapter! I got five reviews, that's a personal record for me. I was thrilled, you guys are so awesome! Let's try to match that or…even beat it this chapter! Enjoy
Emma checked her watch, it was exactly 7:30 in the morning. So by her standards, she was right on time. The guidance counselor dreaded coming to school today, she was too afraid to face Will. I'm such a coward. I'm the one who did the damage, now I'm afraid to face the consequences. It doesn't matter because I'm going to see him today anyway. I need to plan an apology speech during my free period. Wow, I feel like a high schooler. In fact yesterday I overheard Puck and Finn talking about an apology speech for Puck to one of the cheerleaders. I've sunken to a new low, no, I'm lower than low. I feel like the mold on bread or the gum on the bottom of a shoe. What if he doesn't forgive me? No, he's Will he'll forgive me. But I broke his heart, and humiliated him in front of everyone. He'll probably never even talk to me again. Or maybe even look at me. Hopefully he'll be forgiving; Will doesn't have a mean bone in his body. I can't believe I did this, hurt the man who wouldn't hurt a fly. Ring! Ring! She was interrupted by her cell phone ringing. What? Who would be calling this early? A part of her hoped it was Will. She grabbed her phone out of her lilac purse, it was her mother. "Hello," Emma said.
"Hey Emmie. I missed you honey. So what are you doing right now?" Mrs. Pillsbury asked.
"Um, I'm at school," Emma said, she was glad to hear the reassuring voice of her mom.
"Oh, sorry, is this a bad time to catch up?" her mom asked.
"No, not at all. Actually the school doesn't actually start for thirty minutes. So, we can talk," Emma said, glad for the distraction.
"Okay. So how have you been, honey? Are you still with Will?" Mrs. Pillsbury asked, innocently.
Emma lost it, she couldn't hold it in any longer. She needed somebody to guide her for once, instead of the other way around. "Mom, I did something horrible yesterday," Emma said.
"What? What'd you do? I'm sure it's not that bad," Her mom asked, concerned.
"I broke his heart. I heard a rumor that he cheated on me, it turned out to be only half true. So, I took a drastic measure and teamed up with his worst enemy, to create a plan to destroy him. We made posters with his face on it, and calling him a cheater. Then, we put them up all over the school. That was only the beginning. At lunch, I confronted him, hurting him intentionally, and making fun of him. He was sobbing. Sobbing, by the time I was done. He got up and ran out, in the middle of the day. I'm hoping he comes to school today so I can apologize. Not that I think he'll accept my apology. I was so mean, I feel so bad. It was in front of everybody, Mom. He was crying. This was all yesterday," Emma said. She wiped away a sole tear from her left cheek. Emma breathed in heavily, it felt good to finally let it all out.
"Honey, is 'he' Will?" her mom asked, hesitating.
"Yes," Emma said quietly.
"Oh, dear. I'm so sorry," Mrs. Pillsbury said.
"Don't be, mom. It's all my fault. Did you not hear me? I'm a horrible person, I broke the sweetest man I know's heart. Oh and I forgot to tell you, I'm dating someone else now. He's my dentist, his name's Carl. We went on our first date yesterday. He doesn't know anything about Will," the guidance counselor said.
"Honey, I'm going to give you some advice. Don't date Carl, by doing that you're hurting Will even more and a guy never wants to be the rebound. Anyways, this is probably going to be the most important thing I tell you in a long time. If a man is brave enough to love you after you broke his heart, I guarantee you he's the one. Well, I have to go now Emma. It was nice talking to you and remember what I said. Bye," her mom said, and with that she hung up. Emma just stared at the phone and thought about what her mom just said.
Finn Hudson and Puck Puckerman were walking down the halls of McKinley High School. Both were a little nervous and anxious. "Alright man, you know what were gonna say right?" Puck asked.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure," Finn assured his friend.
"Okay then. Ladies, first," Puck said, opening up the door to Ms. Pillsbury's office. Finn rolled his eyes and walked in.
"Oh, hi there," Emma said, clearly surprised.
"Hey, Ms.P. Puck and I were just wondering if we could talk to you," Finn said.
"Yeah, it's kind of important," Puck added.
"Okay, then. Just close the door and take a seat, boys," she replied.
"So…like how have things been with you and Mr. Schue lately?" Finn asked, innocently. Emma's eyes grew wide and she looked shocked.
"Um, I don't really think that's any of your concern," the guidance counselor replied, perplexed.
"Really? Okay, then. Let's move on to your new boy toy. How was your first date with Carl?" Puck asked, sneering. Even though, everyone thought he was a troublemaker with no heart…he really did care about Mr. Schuester.
"Stop! Please boys, what do want? What do you even know? Have you talked to Will? How was he?" Emma rambled, she couldn't believe what they knew.
"Calm down, it's going to be alright," Finn said, genuinely. While Puck rolled his eyes and muttered something that sounded a lot like 'Okay, Dr. Phil.' "Okay, so Mr. Schue told me about Shelby, yesterday before lunch. He'd seen the posters and was really worried, he was going to go talk to you. Now, I know I probably shouldn't have done this but I spied on the teacher's lounge during lunch. So yeah, I saw everything. I only told the rest of the glee club and they're not going to tell anyone, they promised," Finn said.
"I feel so bad, I just, I don't even know anymore," Emma said. "But I still don't know what you guys want," she continued.
"We want to help you. Even though you're dating that dentist, we want you and Mr. Schue to sort things out," Puck said.
"Yeah. You guys don't have to get back together…but you guys had a great friendship. And I know that no matter what happens, he'll still love you with at least half of his heart," Finn told her, while Puck nodded.
"I've never seen any guy look at a girl the way he looks at you," Puck said, surprising himself. That may have been the deepest thing that he has ever said.
"Thank you, boys. Have you guys by any chance, been able to talk to Will?" Emma asked.
"Nope, but were planning on it. You know he's not here today right?" Finn informed her.
"Yeah, I'm not surprised. He was heartbroken," Emma said, sadly.
"We're going to tell him, that we talked to you and you're really sorry," Puck said.
"Okay, thank you," Emma said. Then the two teenagers left, leaving her with once again a lot to think about.
Will Schuester checked the time in the bottom corner of his computer, it read 4:35. School had been over for about an hour now. I should probably check my phone, I've had it off all day. There will probably be no messages though. I pretty sure the glee kids could figure out if I wasn't there, there's no practice. Do they even know we're performing at the dance? I don't think so, I'll go back tomorrow. For…the glee kids not Emma. I don't ever want to talk to her again, Will thought. He whipped his phone out of his pocket and turned it on. He looked at the screen…he had 12 voicemails. They were all from Emma, he felt like chucking his phone at the wall but his body betrayed him. Before he knew it his phone was against his ear and he was pressing play.
'Hi Will, this is Emma. I'm really so sorry, I feel so horrible. Please give me a chance to explain myself.'
'Hi again. I'm so sorry…you don't even know how bad I feel. I noticed you weren't at school today, and are you okay? What I'm talking about…of course you're not. Okay, I'm bad with words just call me.'
'Hi Will, it's Emma. Sorry to keep calling you but you're not picking up. You're probably mad at me but I promise I'll make it up to you. Bye.'
'Hey, it's me. Please, please call me. I was so wrong yesterday, I was mean and it was all because of Sue. Bye.'
'Okay, so I called you like two minutes ago and I said it was all Sue's fault. And I'm not using her as a scapegoat like you might think. Actually the posters and the confrontation was her idea and… I agreed. Sue was the one who told me about Shelby. I'm so sorry, it is all my fault.'
'Will, I understand if you never want to talk to me again. But I really need to have just one conversation with you. We really need to talk, I was a jerk yesterday. Okay that's an understatement but please just call me.'
'Hey, I know you're still not calling me, but I just wanted to say I'm really sorry again and also NBC is having a The Office marathon starting at 3 pm. I know that's your favorite show, so…yeah. Just thought I'd tell you. I miss you, at work, home, in my heart, everywhere. Please call me. I'm so sorry Will.'
'I miss you.'
'I'm so sorry Will. Please come to work tomorrow, if not for me than for the kids. Please call me.'
'I don't know how many times I've said it but I'm going to say it again…I'm sorry Will. I've never been this sorry in my life. I hate myself right now.'
'Hi Will. I think at this point I'm just calling your number to hear your voice on the answering machine.'
'Hi Will. I'm going to tell you something really important. I'm really sorry, I was a complete jerk yesterday. I was so mean and I knew it. I should've never listened to Sue…only God knows why she wants to destroy you. When I saw you crying in the lounge, the only thing I wanted to do was wrap my arms around you. I wanted nothing more than to wipe away your tears and tell you everything is going to be alright. Will, you're the best friend I ever had. You have no idea how much your friendship means to me. You're not anything that those posters said. You're the nicest person I know. You'd never do what I did to anyone, not even Sue. Your relationship with Terri wasn't a failed marriage…she didn't notice the little things about you that make you special. Like the way your hazel eyes shimmer when you smile, or how you grade grammar tests with red pen and vocab tests with green pen. You belong with someone better than her. Will, I'm never going to forgive myself for what I did to you. And I can only hope that someday you'll find it in your heart to do something I'll never be able to; to forgive me. Will, you're the greatest thing that ever happened to me.'
By the time the last message was done, Will was softly crying. He wiped his eyes with the heel of his hands but the tears kept streaming down his face. Will took in a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled. He looked down at his phone as if it held the answers. Will couldn't even think straight, his mind was a train wreck. Half of his heart wanted to run back into Emma's arms, the other wanted to keep a long distance from the red-headed heartbreaker. He was completely torn… but her last message had really got to him. She said that he was the best thing that ever happened to her… does that mean she loves him? But what about Carl? Will was still unsure if Emma was still with Carl but he thought the chances were high that she was. He wondered what Carl looked like… was he older or younger? Was he better looking than Will? The questions, thoughts, and endless possibilities were all running through his head at full speed. Ring! Ring! Will's apartment doorbell rang. Will slowly walked to it, to look through the peephole. He wondered who it was. If it was Emma he wasn't quite sure what he'd do. Will wiped his eyes one last time, and hoped it didn't like he'd been bawling for almost two days straight. Will took a deep breath and slowly turned the door handle.
Haha! Cliffhanger…I just had to do that. This chapter was getting really long anyways…usually my chapters are 1,000 something words…this is above 2,000. So who do you think's at Will's door? Emma? Let me know if you have any ideas. Just review or pm me. Thank you so much to those of you who reviewed the last chapter…you guys are serious rock stars. I love you all. I still can't believe I got five reviews. So please review! Next chapter is coming soon!