"Come on, you guys. The bus is coming." A girl with dark brown hair pulls back with a headband in a blue polo and buckle scooter skirt called from the doorway.

"We're coming, Karen." Another girl with her hair in a ponytail and wearing a peplum blouse under a blue jumper, rush down the stairs with a backpack on her back and a small boy wearing a shirt and clip-on tie and chino pants following. "Mom was fixing up his hair."

Karen smooths the boy's hair. "Ugh, I told Mom Kevin's hair is fine."

The young boy bends down to tie his shoes. "Do we have to go to Catholic school?"

"Afraid so." The girl puts her around him. "Why did Mom signs us up to go there?"

"Come on, Stacey. You know why."

"Doesn't she know that Kevin is afraid of nuns? Remember that scary hornet incident Frank did to him at church when Sister Agatha wasn't looking?"

Just then, the school bus stops in front of them.

"Oh, don't remind him." Karen looks at Kevin, hiding in Stacey's arm. "Sister Agatha was so mad at him, Sisters Gloria and Alice had to carry Kevin to the infirmary."

Stacey gently pushes Kevin up the stairs. "Let's go."

He goes up and down the aisle to an empty seat as his sisters walk to a seat behind him.

"Sure you're gonna be okay, Kev?

"I don't know about this."

"You're gonna be fine. It's your first day of Pre-K."

"I know, but what if I don't know anyone?"

"Don't worry. I bet there are gonna be a lot of kids in class."

As the bus pulls away, Kevin puts on his seatbelt and looks out the window, thinking about what his sisters said.

"I hope they're right." He thought just as the bus stops in front of an apartment and a small Hispanic boy about his age giving his mom a hug, and goes on the bus.

"Hey, is this seat taken?" Kevin turn to the boy, dressed in an Oxford shirt and blue front flat trill pants.

"Oh, no, you can sit here." Kevin replied as he took his backpack off the seat for the boy to sit. "I'm Kevin Ryan."

"Hey, Kevin, I'm Javier Esposito." The boy puts his seatbelt on. "Your first day today too?"

Kevin nodded. "Yeah, you?" Javier shakes his head yes. "Behind us, those are my sisters, Stacey and Karen."

"Really? My mom's expecting a child, and I hope it's a boy so I can teach him how to catch a football or a fly ball." Javi said as the bus pulls away.

"What if it's a girl?"

"Then I'm gonna protect her and keep her safe."

Kevin smiled as he and Javier continued their conversation all the way to school.

-meanwhile-

A little girl with long brown hair wearing a pleated dress takes a sip of her milk and hands it back to her mom as her dad puts her backpack on her back.

"Katie, are you nervous?"

The girl looks up. "Yes. I don't know if I can do this."

Her mother kneels down. "Honey, you're gonna be fine. You'll make new friends."

"But what if I don't?"

"Trust us, sweetie. It's the first day." Her father smoothed her hair.

"Come on, Jim. Time to go."

"Be good, Kate."

Kate gives her parents a hug. "Okay, bye, guys." After she lets go, she turns and run to St. Ann of Sacred Heart in Queens, NY.

Standing in front of the door, she took a deep breath. "Here I go." She grabs the door handle and pulls open the door, when the school bus stops in front of the school.

"So, my nickname's Kev, which is short for Kevin." Kevin said as he and Javier climb off the bus.

Javier puts his backpack on his shoulder. "Wow. My parents called me Javi, which is short for Javier also."

"I knew Kevin would make a friend on his first day." Stacey looks at her little brother as she and Karen follows.

Karen sees Kate struggling to pull the door. "Need some help?" She asks as she opens the door.

"Thanks, I'm Kate Beckett." Kate looks up.

"Hey, Kate, I'm Karen and this is my sister, Stacey."

"You're starting Pre-K, too?"

"Yes, but I'm little nervous."

Stacey gives her a smile. "Don't be. Why don't you meet our brother, Kevin, over there?" She points to Kevin talking to Javier. "He's also in Pre-K and could use a friend."

Kate walks over to the boys. "Excuse me? I'm Kate Beckett."

"Hey, Kate, I'm Javier Esposito."

"And I'm Kevin Ryan."

Karen calls over to them. "Come on, you three."

The three little kids ran over to the building.

-Inside the school-

Kevin, Javier, and Kate walk over to Room 137, together, and go in the classroom.

"Come on; let's put our stuff in the closet." Kate walks over to the coat cupboard and the boys follow. The three of them put the backpacks on the hooks when three other kids about four years old walk over to them.

"Excuse me? That's our hooks!" One of them, a boy with short medium blond hair, said with his arms folded.

"Really, because I don't see your names on the hooks when we got here." Javier, taking his stuff out of his backpack, replied.

"So, you didn't see our stuff above it?" Another boy points the cupboard about the hooks.

Kate, gathering her notebooks, zips up her backpack. "No, it was empty when we got here."

"Well, we were in here first, so this is ours." A girl with black hair pushes Kevin into the wall.

"Ow!" Kevin rubbed his head as Kate and Javier helps him up.

"What gives?"

"Will Sorenson, Megan Dimly, Scott Martinez, what are you three doing?" A nun, a middle-age woman in her 20s, walks over to the cupboard.

"What's wrong with Kevin?" Kate notices Kevin hiding behind Javier.

"He's scared of nuns."

"I want you three over to my desk." The nun looks at the four-year olds as they walk away and the nun turns to Javier, Kate and Kevin. "You three okay?"

"Yeah, we're okay." Kate replies as she picks up her stuff.

"Okay, well, how about you three go to a table and class will begin?" The nun gives them a smile.

"Okay." The three of them collect their supplies and go to an empty table.

"Okay, kids. I'm Sister Abigail. Welcome to Pre-K 137." The nun stood in front of the class. "I want each one of you to come up and introduce yourself."

Kate stood up first and took a deep breath. "My name is Kate Beckett, I'm three years old, I like to read and spend time with my parents." She sat back down as Javier gets up next.

"My name's Javier Esposito, but my nickname is Javi, I'm three years old, I like to play sports with my dad, and my mom is having a baby." The class stood in awe as Kevin stand up.

"My name is Kevin Ryan, Kev is my nickname, I'm three also but I turned four last summer, I like to travel with my family and play the piano." Kevin sat down as a couple of students continued to introduce themselves as he, Kate and Javier listen on.

-Recess-

During recess, Kate and Javier look at Will, Megan and Scott inside the classroom, writing in their notebooks.

"I can't believe Sister Abigail made them stay in for pushing Kevin, on the first day." Kate climbs up the stairs to the slide.

Javier slides down. "Well, they deserve it. And I hope Kevin is alright."

"Look, there he is."

Kate and Javier ran over to the swings.

"Hey, guys. Sure you remember my sisters."

"Hey, Stacey, hey, Karen."

"Hey, you two." Karen waved.

Stacey twirls her ponytail with her finger. "So, we heard what happened to you guys."

"Yeah, unfortunately Kevin got hurt."

"We noticed." Karen rustles with her brother's hair. "So, do you know anything about recess?"

"No, what do you do?" Kevin raises an eyebrow.

"Come on, we'll push you on the swings." Stacey stands behind the swings as Kate, Kevin and Javier sat on the swings and she and Karen give them a push.