Emma was never adopted, as a child. She went to countless of foster homes, but none of them adopted her. For some of them, she was thankful that she wasn't adopted. So, when Emma turned 20 she started a foster home. Emma Swan's Home for Children was based at a nice house, most of the children had been adopted. The woman made sure that they were all sent to good foster homes and adopted by good families, the last thing she wanted was for them to go through the same thing that she did.

Emma Swan's Home for Children now consisted of only a few kids. David and Mary-Margaret (everyone calls her Snow for some unknown reason) have been dating each other for two years, since they were 14. Then there was Jefferson, a mischievous kid who spent most of his money collecting baseball hats and practicing pick up lines. He was almost 13. Lastly, there was Ruby. A sweet little girl who everyone new was the 'Animal Encyclopedia'. She had just turned 10 last month. Each of the kids had their problems, but Emma loved them and, deep down, hoped that they wouldn't get adopted just so that she could continue taking care of them.

Unfortunately, sometimes the kids could be nasty to each other.

"Jefferson." Ruby whined as the boy sat on her bed. "I don't want to meet her."

"But, Rubes. She thinks you're really cute. All you would have to do is say something really great about me." Jefferson pleaded. One of Snow's friends was coming over today, and he had a huge crush.

Ruby sighed. "I want $10."

Jefferson furrowed his eyebrows. He knew that Ruby would want something out of it, but it wasn't like he was made of money! "I don't have $10 to give you."

"Well then no." She said. "Now, get out of my room before I call Emma."

"No. Don't be a bitch about it, it'll take you two seconds." Complained the boy, he smirked when he saw Ruby turn red.

"Don't call me a bitch!" Screamed the little girl.

"Ruby!" Emma yelled and Ruby gasped, how did she just appear behind her like that? "I told you not to use words like that." Warned the blonde.

"But, he said it first." Ruby pointed to Jefferson, who now looked like he had just been accused of murder.

"Don't pin this on Jefferson, Rubes. I heard you say it. You've lost your little dog robot thing for the rest of the day." Emma said and Ruby furrowed her eyebrows.

"But-"

"No buts about it. Apologize to Jefferson." Emma raised an eyebrow and Ruby turned to face the boy, but she didn't apologize to him. She glared at him before running down the hallway, down the stairs, and out the house.

Emma sighed, gave Jefferson a look, and then followed the little girl's footsteps and got into her car.

The blonde drove around for what seemed like hours, and she still couldn't find the little girl. Emma started to get nervous, but she knew that Ruby was smart. But, what if someone kidnapped her? What if she found herself in the bad side of town? So many possibilities ran through Emma's head and she just started to get even more nervous. She pulled her car over and grabbed her cell phone, not hesitating to call the police.

Ruby ran down the side walk, tears flying behind her. She wasn't a bitch. I'm not a bitch. I'm not a bitch. She didn't even notice when she bumped into someone.

"I'm so sorry!" Ruby apologized immediately before looking up to see a woman. She had short brown hair, matching eyes and was dressed as if she had just come from an important meeting, which she did.

"That's alright. Are you okay?" Asked the woman as she bent down to Ruby's height.

"Yeah." She said before trying to walk past her.

"You're crying, dear. Your parents are probably worried that you aren't home." Said Regina and Ruby stopped and turned around. She knew that it would be hard to get any further with this woman breathing down her back. Besides, did she really want to keep going? She had already been gone for about an hour.

"I don't have parents." She said and Regina raised an eyebrow.

"Well, where do you live?"

"In Emma Swan's Home for Children." Ruby answered in less then a heartbeat. She started to feel homesick, and she had been gone for only an hour. Maybe she wasn't a bitch, but a baby.

"Alright. Come on, I'm going to take you there." Regina said, stretching a hand out for Ruby to grab so that they could cross the street.

"Okay."

"Who are you?" Snow asked when an unfamiliar woman opened the door. Her face softened when she saw Ruby, though.

"My name is Regina Mills. This little girl says that she lives here." Regina motioned to Ruby, who smiled at Snow.

"Yeah. Thanks for bringing her back, Emma was getting really worried." Snow said just as Emma ran to the door, behind Snow.

"Ruby!" She yelled happily before barging past Snow and Regina and lifting up the little girl.

"Emma." Ruby whined with a giggle.

In the meanwhile, Regina had lost her breath. The woman, Emma, was beautiful. No, gorgeous. She had never seen someone so gorgeous in her entire life. Was this love at first sight? Regina thought it might be.

A/N:

Hey, guys!

This is one of the prompts I got in my Pitch Me! story.

I really like it and I hope you enjoy.