Chapter 12- A New Hello
Author's Note- Hi everybody! Sorry, I meant to finish this chapter yesterday but I was busy training for something. It's only a week and a day since I last updated so that's not too bad. I just realized that I didn't give credit to the song's artist last chapter, which was Apologize by One Republic. Thanks for all the lovely reviews last chapter! You guys are too nice! This chapter is from where we left off; Will sang Apologize, Emma went to his classroom and talked to him again, and now Will's supposed to go to her apartment tomorrow so he can hear her out. Enjoy!
Emma walked over to her boyfriend, Carl, who was engrossed in a conversation with the English teacher. "Hey Carl," Emma said, as Carl waved bye to the other teacher and walked over to Emma.
"Hi Emma, how'd it go?" Carl asked, his perfectly white teeth on display.
"It actually went pretty well, we're going to get together tomorrow and basically, apologize," Emma replied, cheerfully.
"That's great, Emma. So…Emma, is there anything you're not telling me? You know you can tell me anything," Carl questioned, as Emma's eyes grew wide.
"Carl…I'm so sorry," Emma pleaded before Carl cut her off.
"It's okay. Um, I know now. Everything. Mr. Booker, the English teacher, told me. He was pretty surprised that I didn't know. I'm not mad at you because I know that what you did to Will was a mistake, even though it was a pretty cruel one," Carl admitted, smiling sadly.
"I'm really sorry that I didn't tell you. It's just it was huge and really horrible, really horrible. Will's such a nice guy and…I just, the last thing I wanted was to hurt him," Emma confessed, looking up at Carl.
"You should go out with Will again. You and I both know you used me to get over him, and honestly, I'm okay with that. The last week of my life has been great with you but I don't want to stop you from finding your soul mate," Carl said.
"What? What do you mean by soul mate?" Emma asked.
"You and Will belong together, it's obvious. No other guy would even listen to an apology from a girl who burned him unless he still really did love her," Carl explained.
"Really? You think he still loves me?" Emma asked, with big, brown eyes.
"I know that at least half of his heart still does. He's just fighting a battle within himself but trust me, you guys are meant to be," Carl said, glancing down at Emma.
"So, is this the end? Of us, I mean," Emma asked.
"Yeah, but every time you say good bye, life rewards you with a new hello," Carl replied, his brown eyes sad. "And there is no doubt in my mind that Will is your new hello."
"Thank you," Emma said, quietly.
"Come on, I'll give you a ride home," Carl suggested, making his way to the door. Emma grinned; Carl would make a great boyfriend to somebody but not to her. It was a simple problem; he just wasn't Will.
Where are they going? I thought Em was breaking up with him. Oh, well, I guess I'll find out tomorrow. Oh boy, tomorrow. I'm going to her house! That's a big thing for us, after what happened. What am I talking about? There is no 'us'. She hurt me and I'm not going to just take her back…I already had one Terri in my life and I don't need or want another one. Look on the bright side, maybe tomorrow will go well. Sure, I won't forgive her right away but maybe our relationship will slowly heal until we're best friends again. Yeah, best friends, nothing more. We already had our shot at that and look how it turned out, Will thought as he watched Emma leaving with Carl. Rachel walked up to her zoned-out teacher.
"How are you holding up?" Rachel asked, following Will's gaze.
"Good, I think," Will replied.
"Mike saw you talking to her in your room. Are you okay?" Rachel asked once more.
Geez, do these kids see everything? Will thought to himself before responding. "I'm good actually. Um, we're going to try and work it out tomorrow." Rachel looked up at him quizzically.
"It'll be a Christmas miracle," the young student replied, happily.
"Excuse me?" Will asked, confused.
"If you and Ms. P. get back together, even as friends because tomorrow's the 23rd and then Christmas is only two days away," Rachel explained, enthusiastically.
"Oh, yeah, I guess. Aren't you Jewish?" Will asked, confused once more.
"Of course but I live in Lima, Ohio, we still celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah," Rachel replied, looking at Mr. Schue like he was six.
"Oh, cool. Well, I'm going to go now," Will said, waving before spinning around and out the door.
Emma sat on her bed, thinking about the night's events. Listened to Will's song, broke up with Carl, had two angsty conversations with Will, and I'm going to apologize to him tomorrow. Wow, what a night! At least, I have the future to look forward to. Will and I's future because that's the only other person who matters. We'll have a future together, right? I think we will because he and I both know that half of his heart belongs to me and always will. Right now, my whole heart belongs to him but he hasn't figured that out yet. I wonder if he ever will. If he'll ever know how much I love him because I truly do love him, the guidance counselor thought. If only life was that easy, though. If only everyone could know who they belonged with and didn't have to go through heartbreak and confusion to find them. If only you didn't have to say good bye to find a new hello.
So what did you think? We're officially moving forwards to a better situation for Will and Emma! Yay! Please review! I love hearing from you guys, it makes my day. I'll hopefully have the last chapter for I Wish out tomorrow and will try to update this within a week. R&R, please!