I do not own Once Upon a Time.
I am so sorry about the mix up. Here is the ending for "Neal vs. the Math Problem".
The next morning found Neal Cassidy falling asleep in his booth at Granny's. Exhausted wasn't even close to how he was feeling. How could one math problem defeat him? He had faced worse and won. Magic was one thing but apparently a math problem from hell took him down.
He and Amelia sent Henry to bed around eleven. Even the Truest Believer gave up. That was new. Neal stayed up later, so much later that Amelia stopped trying to bribe him to come to bed. 'No, I need to finish this problem." He said over and over.
Now this morning, he was dead to the world. He wouldn't be surprised if Granny kicked him out for snoring.
He heard movement behind him and he knew exactly who it was. "You two owe me big time." Neal told Emma and Killian.
"What?"
"Have you seen Henry's math homework? There's letters and numbers and square roots and I don't even know that. When is he ever going to use this stuff?"
Emma opened her mouth to say something but stopped when Amelia slid into Neal's booth. "Drink your coffee. You're not you before your coffee." She pushed the mug into his hands.
"Thanks." He mumbled.
"Was it that bad?" Killian asked Amelia.
"Let's put it this way, I felt like I was staring at different language." Amelia answered. Math had never been her strong suit, or at least this world's math. Like they had said last night, the Enchanted Forest was so much easier. Education wise at least.
Neal finally finished his coffee and his head popped up. "Who's Henry's teacher?" He asked.
"My mom." Emma answered.
He hit himself in the head. "Damn it! I wrote a harshly worded letter about her teaching skills…" He bolted out of the booth and out of the diner.
"So thank you for the crash course in parenting." Amelia raised her mug to Emma and Killian.
"Anytime, lass." Killian responded.
"But seriously, you guys are doing his math homework with him from now on. It was stupid and pointless. I doubt he is ever going to use it. Emma, how do you help him?"
"I usually just bride Dad." Emma told Amelia over the rim of her mug.
Amelia opened her mouth to say something. Emma never struggled through Henry's math homework, she had her dad do it? Seriously? Part of her wanted to use her magic to do something, but no, she was going to be the bigger person. And besides, when she and Neal did have their own kids, she doubted she could just call David up. Maybe, though if she bribed him well enough.
"So… you're not even going to ask how our night went?" Emma asked. There was a little bit of joy and magic in her voice. Killian looked over the moon.
"Why? I know exactly how your night went. The complete opposite of mine." Amelia laughed. "Welcome to the new normal."
Short, sweet, nothing crazy, just normal.
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