|AN| This is my first Captain Swan fan fiction so I apologize if it's awful, but I really hope you enjoy!
-/-
"Henry! Get up, Honey. It's time for school," Emma Swan yelled as she made her little boy breakfast. It was a Monday morning in the Swan-Cassidy household and Emma was running late.
Emma had just finished making breakfast when her very tired five year old sat down at the table. Neal never came home last night so Emma was left to do the cooking and cleaning by herself. By now she was used to it. Emma could count on one hand how many times Neal had come home this month. It all came down to the number five.
"Momma, when is Daddy coming home?" Henry asked as he ate his pancakes.
"I don't know, Baby. Hopefully soon," Emma replied kissing her son's forehead. She started to walk out of the room to grab his little backpack when she heard Henry's soft voice.
"Does Daddy still love me? Does he still love us, Mommy?" Henry said as a few tears rolled down his face. Emma walked over to the table and crouched down so she was level with Henry.
"Henry, of course he loves you. I know that he's away a lot, but he'll be home soon," Emma replied wiping her son's tears away. "Are you going to leave me too, Mommy?" Henry asked looking at her, his bottom lip trembling. It broke her heart to see her little boy so upset. She finally decided that she was done with Neal. Their "relationship" wasn't worth the pain it was causing her son.
"Henry David Swan, I will never ever leave you. I will always always be here no matter what. I love you very much and you mean the world to me. You don't ever have to worry about me leaving because that won't ever happen," She said pulling her little boy into her arms and hugging him.
"Okay, why don't you get dressed and get your basketball uniform and sneakers. You have a game today after school," Emma said standing up.
"Do I have to go to school today?" Henry asked batting his eyelashes. "You absolutely have to go today. Do you how mad your aunt would be if I didn't send you to school today? You get to visit the museum today! Aren't you excited?" Emma asked.
"Mommy, I've been there a billion times. It's the only museum in Storybrooke," Henry said making sure to put emphasis on the word 'billion'.
"Only a billion?" Emma replied ushering her son up the stairs to get ready. They were both beyond late. "Alright kid, hurry up," She said. "And don't forget your basketball sneakers!" She continued, yelling up the stairs.
She walked up the stairs and into her bedroom to quickly get dressed. Emma walked to her closet grabbed a pair of jeans, a white t-shirt, and her red leather jacket. She quickly changed and walked downstairs to find Henry putting on his jacket. Emma handed him his backpack and took his basketball stuff and they were out the door. Finally.
-/-
Emma walked into the Sheriff's Station twenty minutes late. She wasn't too worried, what was David going to do? Fire her? Highly unlikely that her own brother would fire her.
"Well well well, look who decided to show up," David said looking at his watch. "You're twenty minutes late, I was starting to think you weren't coming in today," he continued.
"Your nephew was hell bent on staying home today and Neal never came home last night"
"Again? I'm not trying to get into your business Em, but don't you think it's a little odd that he doesn't come home at night?"
"I'm actually glad you brought that up. I'm breaking up with Neal. He doesn't show any interest in being involved in his son's life so I'm ending things with him"
"Em, if you need somewhere to stay you know you are always welcome to stay with Mary Margaret and I"
Emma walked over to her desk ready to start her day off with some paper work. "Thanks Dave. I really really appreciate it," She said as she sifted through some papers on her desk.
-/-
Across town Killian Jones sat at his kitchen table eating breakfast with his little girl. Lannie Elizabeth Jones had just turned three and had finally started preschool last month. Killian Jones had been a single dad since Lannie was three months old. His wife had left in the middle of the night without leaving so much as a note. Two weeks later he was served with divorce papers.
"Daddy can we get a puppy?" Lannie asked as she batted her eyelashes.
"Where did that come from, Little Love?" Killian asked looking across the table at his little girl.
"There's a doggy on the paper that's on the counter. He looks like Ms. Ruby's doggy. Can we get one, Daddy? Please?"
Ruby was one of Killian's closest friends and she also happened to be Lannie's preschool teacher. After his wife left him Ruby had been there to help him with his little girl and they had been close ever since.
"Maybe when you get a bit older and perhaps a tad taller, little miss blue eyes"
After pouting for a good five minutes, Lannie was over it and went on to eat her Fruity Pebbles.
"Alright Lannie Bug, finish up your cereal so we can head off to school"
"Can I pretty please stay home today, Daddy?" Lannie asked using her big blue puppy dog eyes.
"No you may not, you get to go on a field trip today! Why would you want to miss that?" He asked scooping her up into his arms and heading upstairs to get her ready.
"Do I hafta go to the museum?" Lannie asked as her father sat her on her toddler bed. Killian walked over and picked out her clothes for the day. A black pair of leggings and a red long sleeve shirt.
"Don't forget socks and underwear, Lannie. Now go get dressed before you're late!" Killian said as he ushered her into the bathroom. "And yes, you have to go to the museum today. Every school in town will be there Lannie, maybe we can even get Uncle Liam to stop by," Killian said when the bathroom door closed.
Today was a holiday in Storybrooke. Every year on November 28th the children of Storybrooke School District went to the Storybrooke Museum. They called it Founders Day and every kid started to dread it as the years went by.
While Lannie got dressed Killian found her little red and white striped backpack. He grabbed her matching lunchbox from the refrigerator and packed it in her bag. He placed her backpack on the table just as she made her way down the stairs with her stuffed bear held tightly in her arms.
"I'm ready Daddy. Let's go,"
"Don't forget your backpack, Miss Lannie," Killian said as he grabbed her backpack off the table after helping her put on her jacket and her little knock off Uggs.
As soon as she was buckled into her car seat they were off. Finally.
-/-
