Author's Note: I'm finally back! after updating my other story yesterday I thought it was time to update this one as well. I'm sorry I have been gone for a while, hopefully i will be back more regularly now. I hope you enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 3 - Kindergarden
When Tina was old enough, they both started Kindergarden together. Puck was 5 and Tina 4. Puck could have started the previous year, but their mothers had found it better to keep the two friends together for as long as possible. They were both absolutely terrified, and did not want to go. They wanted to keep playing just the two of them, in Tina's back yard. They did not understand why they had to go somewhere else to play, when they were content with staying where they were. Their mothers made the decision because they felt that even though they wanted the pair to stay friends, they knew the children needed to be more open to others, and that would become more difficult as they got older.
On the first day of kindergarden Tina's mother Ester dropped them off. They walked in together the three of them, Ester with a child on either side, holding her hands. They were met be a young woman who introduced herself to them as Miss. Swan, and that she was going to be one of the teachers. Ester explained their situation to her and the fact that either she or Miriam would pick up both of them almost every day, and that she should not think they they were kidnapping the other or something. People were kinda paranoid about those things these days. While Ester talked to Miss. Swan for a little bit, Noah and Tina had already found a way to entertain each other by pulling faces at each other and joking around, but when Ester said goodbye and told them she would see them that afternoon, they panicked and each grabbed on to one of her legs. Miss. Swan was not surprised by their reaction, as it wasn't exactly an uncommon one for the newcomers to her class. After a lot of coaxing they finally let go, and instead held on to each other. When Ester left, Miss. Swan led them to the coat racks and let them leave their things there, right next to each other. They then went to join the other children inside the classroom. There were a lot of children playing with dolls or lego, dressing up, drawing and a bunch of other activities. Tina and Noah were not really used to seeing this many children in one place except for maybe when they went to temple, and even then most just stayed with their families. They stood there, unsure of what to do, Miss. Swan had said they could do whatever they liked, but that was easier said than done. It wasn't until a bouncy girl with blonde pigtails approached them and took them in one hand each and pulled them towards the drawing table. This made them feel at easy and welcome. It did not take long for them to fully join in, and by the time Ester was there to pick them up, they did not want to leave, there was just so much to do! When they understood that they would be coming pack the next day, they were even happier.
Despite getting to know and play with some of the other children, Tina and Noah came in a pair. Whatever they did, they did together. If Tina wanted to play with dolls, they played with dolls and if Noah wanted to play soccer with the other boys, they played soccer. They quickly became known as being inseparable, and everyone just took it for granted.
Whenever they kindergardeners played house, Noah and Tina always had to play mom and dad, mainly because they were so close. Most children thought of the opposite sex to have cooties, but Tina and Noah frankly did not care, as they loved each other too much. This made things easier for the rest of the kids, as they were a natural pair. The two didn't mind much, since they were going to play together anyway, and it didn't really matter what they did.
Being naughty was in their nature, well mostly Noah's, but it rubbed off on the younger girl early on, even before they started kindergarden. They frequently pulled innocent pranks on both their teacher and classmates. No one could be entirely sure what these two were up to. An example of a prank they did was when they had snuck in during break and cut the bananas into sections using a toothpick, the class was in for a surprise when snack time came around. They also did other things like sneaking out of nap time, or hiding when they had to do things they didn't want to do. Most of the things were innocent, and didn't cause any major problems, so Miss. Swan usually just told them off and laughed about it.
When Noah and Tina had their first proper fight, it turned the whole kindergarden class upside own for a while, or at least thats how Miss Swan felt. Of course they had bickered before, they had after all almost grown up like brother and sister, and they teased and bickered often. This was their first proper fight, and no one is certain what really happened, but it had something to do with a toy animal or something. It happened in the morning, and for the rest of the day, the two never said another word to each other, and stayed as far away as possible, which was sometimes difficult, as they were seated next to each other for things like meals and nap time. Having Tina sit playing dolls with some girls, and Noah drawing on the other side was confusing for Miss Swan, and she could feel that it affected the rest of the class too, that they were confused as to what was going on. However, Miss Swan couldn't pay too much attention to them seeing as there were other things going on, and neither of them seemed to be struggling too much with whatever it was. When it was time to go home Tina's mother picked them up as usual, and Noah was very reluctant to go with them, knowing that he would have to spend the whole afternoon with Tina. He tried to convince both Miss Swan and Esther that they should call his mother and let her pick him up instead and even went as far as asking for his father. However they both knew that was not possible, so after a while of convincing he finally agreed to go with them. Miss Swan didn't know what happened that afternoon, but the next day everything was back to normal and it seemed like nothing had ever happened.