Just a quick note to say thank you to Stace88 for the inspiration for this story. I love to hear your ideas and feedback about what I write.

I will try to get as many of these chapters in order as possible, but there will probably be some that don't fit. I will try to say when each chapter is set. This one is a few weeks after the kiss in the hallway.

A is for Apple.

Emma was running late again that morning. For the past couple of weeks, since she took her job back, she had been spending even more time getting ready in the mornings. As she pulled up in her usual place behind the large building she looked around, smiling.

She walked quickly through the corridors and reached her office within minutes. As she walked over to her desk, she noticed that once again there it was. A large shiny red apple sitting on her desk. There was a napkin folded underneath as always, so the apple and the desk didn't touch.

She was pretty sure Will had been leaving these apples for her, but neither had spoken of them, so she couldn't be certain.

She had come to look forward to her apple in the morning. It was a nice way to start her day. Emma took a seat at her desk and pulled some paperwork towards her, whilst wearing latex gloves.

She smiled to herself as the hallways began to fill up with students trying to get to their classes. She felt like it was going to be a god day.

Will sat in his classroom wondering how long it would be before Emma mentioned the apples. He didn't know if she liked it, but he assumed that if she didn't she would have said.

Will got up and walked to his office. The mattress he was still sleeping on had been shoved up behind the door, and his few belongings were just to the side of his desk in a bag. His office had begun to smell a bit, so he decided he would buy some air freshener to at least hide the smell for a little while.

Will realised he was going to need a proper place to live, and soon. The mattress had been ok for a night or two, but now it was getting ridiculous.

Will backed out of the office and shut the door just as the bell rang. He walked swiftly back to his desk, in his classroom, where he waited for students to arrive.

The first lesson of the day flew by, so did the second. Emma had completed all of her paperwork and was prepared for the next week by the end of the third lesson.

Emma sat at her desk for a minute, at a loss of what to do. After a while she stood up and walked towards Will's classroom. She knocked on the door and pushed it a bit. She stuck her face round the side of the door and smiled nervously at Will.

Will got up and walked over to her, telling his class he would be right back. He got outside and shut the door, smiling at Emma.

"Hey. What's up?" he asked her.

"Nothing." Emma said, smiling. "I have nothing to do, and I was wondering if I could stay for Glee club tonight."

Will smiled brightly. "That would be great. I'm sure the kids would be more than happy to let you sit in." Emma nodded. "Anything else?"

Emma looked at him for a minute. Then decided she had to know.

"Have you been leaving me apples?" She asked, not looking at him.

Will blushed slightly and ducked his head. He nodded. Then tried to explain himself.

"It's like, when you're a kid and you have a crush on the teacher so you leave an apple on the desk. They know someone likes them but they don't ever find out who. I just…just thought you might like it." Will said, embarrassed.

"I think it's lovely. Its so sweet." Emma gave him a small kiss on the cheek, turned and walked away.