AN: Okay so I feel really bad I forgot to address the fact that I totally disregarded the timeline in which this story would actually take place. Some mentioned that Emma would not be getting an iPod because those weren't even a thing back when she was 13, and yes I did realize that, but I choose to ignore it because I was too lazy to care. She will still be using her iPod and maybe get a cell phone, but other then that there won't really be any other instances where the historical accuracy matters, so I'm just going to go for it. Sorry if that bothers you.

When Emma was fourteen Rachel decided she needed to go to a good high school. Something about having a bright future if she was just given her best chance. Emma really didn't understand but she did know that Rachel was going to make sure she stayed in the same place for four years. Even if that just meant the same school district. Emma was not that thrilled, but Rachel had a new baby to take care of, she definitely did not have time for her.

This time Rachel went with Emma to the school to check it out. She took Emma to the interview to see if she would be a good fit. They seemed like pretty plain people to her, but they had a pretty big house and a son who was a couple years younger than her. Rachel said she could see it working out, so Emma agreed. How long could four years be?

Emma embraced the first day of freshman year with just as much enthusiasm as she had when going to the hospital. Her only wish was that some of the annoying of kids would leave her alone.

"Hi I'm Susan Quinn."

Emma was startled that somebody was talking to her. She was use to not having any friends at school. "Hi."

"Whats your name."

"Emma."

"What's your last name."

"Swan."

"Oh Emma Swan that is such a pretty name."

Emma didn't answer hoping that the girl would get the hint and go away. "Do you want to eat lunch with me?"

"Why?"

"Because it's the first day and I just moved here. It will be fun. We can be best friends."

Emma was sure that she was not going to be friends with miss perky and time soon. "No." She replied rudely and walked away.

Susan became one of Emma's biggest problems at this new school. She did not want to give up. She said hi to Emma every single day and always asked her to eat lunch with her. She tried to sit next to her in AP english, so Emma always showed up a little bit later in order to avoid her. She did not even know why she was in AP English, she knew why Susan was in it with her perfect grades and perfect life. She knew why the other nerdy kids were in it. Emma thought about this as she walked back to class at the end of the day because she had forgotten her english book.

"You think you can mess with me? I will punch your face in if you tell." Emma slipped into the classroom where some kids were fighting and almost punched herself in the face because Susan was there too. Susan didn't seem to notice her because she was too busy watching one of the scrawny nerdy kids getting beat up by Drew. Drew was the only other person in her English class that Emma wasn't really sure belonged. Emma was pretty sure he got high in the school parking lot everyday, not really AP material.

"Get off of him" Susan yelled.

"Shut up Susan stay out of it."

"No you can't hurt Brian, he is not the one who cheated."

"Don't worry Susan I can stand up for myself." Brian called before delivering one of the weakest punches Emma had ever seen. She had to tried her hardest to keep from laughing. Drew got really angry then and pushed Brian up against the chalk board. Susan started crying and Drew kept pushing Brian. Emma felt kind of bad so she decided to intervene. She ran at Drew from the side and knocked him to the ground.

"What the fuck?" He had no idea Emma was even in the room."What the hell is your problem?"

"Oh are you going to hit me now." Emma threatened. "Maybe slam me into the chalk board?"

"Emma don't." Susan said.

"Wow Susan really just stay out of it." Brian said.

"Brian you little shit at least she was trying to help." Drew said running Brian into the chalk board again.

"Whose side are you even on?" Emma asked, but she never got an answer.

"What is going on in here?" Their english teacher asked coming into the room. "Principals office, all of you, now."

"So what exactly was the fight about in the first place?" Emma asked Susan and Brian. Drew was already getting questioned by the principal.

"Brian caught Drew cheating and was going to tell, but Drew didn't want him to."

"Wow Brian you're the one who should stay of it. It's Drew's life not yours, let him cheat."

"Stop defending the criminal Emma." Susan said. Emma was done talking to these people.

They all got a week of detention only because this took place after school and the principal did not think they deserved a suspension. Emma was pissed because she had to spend a whole week with these people locked in a room.

The detention surprisingly did not make her new foster mother Julia that upset. "Well at least you were standing up for somebody. That requires character." Emma thought she was crazy. Any of her other parents would have been pissed, even Rachel would have grounded her.

Emma walked into the classroom the first day of detention and found that they were not allowed to do anything. Not even homework, which is what Brian was complaining about.

"I have to do this science extra credit. My parents are going to kill me if I don't get an A." He complained.

"How did they take the news that you are going to be stuck in detention all week?" Drew asked.

"Will you two just stop fighting, that's what got us all here in the first place." Susan complained. They all looked at Emma waiting for her to comment on the situation. Except she didn't. The two hours passed incredibly slowly and Emma knew she had to be better prepared tomorrow.

The teacher moderating their detention took attendance and stayed in the classroom for twenty minutes, before she went to flirt with the hot new english teacher in the teacher's lounge. As soon as she left Emma reached into her backpack and pulled out a sweatshirt with a hood on it.

"What are you doing?" Susan asked. Emma didn't answer and instead took out her iPod. She put the headphones in and turned it on shuffle before putting it into her bra. She then put the sweatshirt on and took her hair out of her ponytail, hiding the earbuds in her hood and hair. She then sat back down in her seat and put her backpack on the desk, using it as a pillow she fell asleep.

"Emma wake up! She's going to be back any minute now." Susan said, shaking her awake. Emma quickly pulled the ear buds out of her ears and hid them in her shirt. As soon as she had finished the teacher came back.

"Thanks." Emma said to Susan on her way out of the classroom.

Wednesday Emma had the same plan only this time she was going to set an alarm so she would wake up before Susan did. While Emma was asleep Susan brought a book to read. The boys had gotten so bored that they decided it would be a good idea to play catch with one of the chairs. The only rule was that it could not touch the ground because it would make a huge noise and they would get in trouble again. Brian was significantly less skilled at catch, and thus accidentally threw the chair in the wrong direction. In hit Emma in the head and she fell off the chair she was sitting on. The chair Brian threw landed on top of the desk Susan was at and made a huge sound as it knocked the desk to the ground.

"Holy shit Emma I'm so sorry!" Brian said. All three of them ran to her side.

"I'm sure sorry is going to fix that concussion you gave her. " Drew said.

Emma knew that she couldn't start crying, even though her head hurt more than it ever had before. She tried to sit up, but her head was spinning. "Emma are you okay?" Susan asked.

"I... Yeah. I'll be fine." She responded. "Somebody is going to come check on us. Really soon."

"Oh yeah they for sure heard that sound." Brian said, rushing to fix Susan's desk and put the chair back. "Everybody needs to go back to their seats. I'm not getting detention again."

"This is all your fault you asshole, what the fuck is your problem." Drew said.

"Stop we can fight later." Emma said trying to stand up. She was extremely dizzy and grabbed on to Drew for support. He walked to her chair sat her down, just before the teacher came in.

"What in the world was that?"

"What was what?" Susan asked innocently.

"That sound. What were you guys doing in here."

"I have no clue what that was." Brian said.

"Yeah I think it might have been coming from the gym." Drew said.

"It must be the volleyball team." Emma added.

"Well I guess you are right. I'll go check on them."

"Thank you, see you in an hour and a half." Susan said back.

"Are you sure you are okay?" Drew asked.

"Yeah, do you any of you guys have some water?" Brian handed her his bottle and she took a drink from it. She actually was started to feel a lot better.

"I'm really sorry Emma."

"It's okay. I didn't die."

During school the next day Drew and Brian kept apologizing to her and asking her if she was okay. Emma found it so annoying, Susan was looking like a better friend option. Not that she needed friends.

She left her iPod at home, she did not want to risk being hit by a chair again. Even though she knew the chance of that happening was very minimal.

"I don't know why I even bother to show up to this crap. She doesn't even care what we do here." Drew said.

"You aren't learning anything Drew? Oh how surprising." Susan said cooly. Emma never realized how sassy Susan could be and started laughing. "See even Emma agrees!"

"So how are we going to pass these two hours this time?" Brian asked. "We can basically do what ever we want as long as it is quiet."

"Why aren't you doing your homework?" Drew said. "Isn't that your biggest concern in life."

"Well I already finished my homework for the next two weeks."

"Of course you did."

The time went by quickly as the four of them pretty much continued arguing the whole time. Emma even had to admit that she was having a pretty good time.

Emma had forgotten her jacket in the locker and had to stop at that before she headed home. On her way out she saw Susan talking on the phone. "Mom please I can't walk home alone. What if something happens. It's so cold out. I can't wait another two hours." Emma watched as Susan started started to walk home and finally decided to be nice for once.

"Susan!" She called out, running to catch up with her. "Where do you live."

"It's like a twenty minute walk from here. Why?"

"I can walk you home if you want."

"What? Why would you want to do that?"

"Well you are always so nice to me, and I'm always such a bitch to you."

"You aren't that bad." Susan answered. They had started to walk down the street and Emma couldn't believe that after all the times she had ignored Susan she still wanted to be her friend.

"Are you kidding? I ignore you like all the time."

"Yeah, but I still want to be you friend."

"Why? I'm sure there are a hundred of other people who would want to be your friend."

"Yeah but they are all really mean."

"And you're saying that I'm not mean?"

"You aren't. Not really. Like I know you pretend to be this tough person, but you really do care about other people. Like you could have threw Brian and Drew under the bus yesterday, when they hit you with that chair. But instead you pretended everything was fine just so they wouldn't get in trouble again. You also weren't that mad when they hit you."

"It was an accident."

"Yeah but it must have hurt like crazy."

"Yeah I have this huge bump on the back of my head."

"Oh my god you should put some ice on that." They continued talking until they reached Susan's house and she invited Emma in. Usually Emma would have said no, but she really had to use the bathroom.

When she came out of the bathroom Susan had taken out a plate of cookies and poured two glasses of milk for both of them to drink. "Oh I really should be going."

"You should sleepover."

"Umm don't we have school tomorrow."

"Yeah but its will be a Friday. Who really pays attention on a Friday."

"You do."

"I know, but seriously it will be so much fun."

"Won't your parent's mind?"

"No they use to let my old friends stay over whenever they wanted. Call your parents and ask."

Normally Emma would have went home, but this was her first opportunity to make a friend. She had been alone her whole life and had started to get really lonely. She picked up the phone to call Julia who was surprisingly very cool with Emma staying over. She could definitely see herself really liking Julia, if she was the kind of person who liked people.

After finishing all their homework which Susan made them do they watched a movie and played monopoly. Emma met Susan's parents who were incredibly nice and funny and everything she imagined perfect parents to be. In the morning Susan woke up at 6 even though school started at 8 and she only lived 20 minutes away. Emma woke up at 7:30 and found that Susan had gone running. "Are you even real?" Emma asked.

"What do you mean? Wait don't answer that we are going to be late. Do you need something to wear?"

"What size are you?"

"0 what about you."

"Of course you are. Yeah that's not going to fit me."

"You can wear one of my dresses."

"I don't really like dresses."

"It's time to change that. Dresses are awesome." She handed Emma a bright pink dress.

"Can I at least start with a different color?"

"Oh sorry. What about black and white stripes?"

In detention that day everybody was in a good mood. "I'm actually going to miss this." Brian said.

"Why?" Drew asked.

"I got to miss science and math team."

"I thought you liked those things."

"Well I don't."

"Why do you do it then." Emma asked.

"Because my parents want me to get into a good college, and all my friends do it."

"If all your friends were jumping off a cliff would you do it?" Susan asked.

"Only if my parents made me." Brian answered. Everybody was quiet for a moment.

"Lets never have I ever."

"What's that?" Emma was glad Brian had asked because Susan rolled her eyes before she explained.

"Never have I saw an elephant in real life." Emma said. She was really bad at this game because she hated talking about her life. The others did not seem to notice as they laughed and joked with each other. Emma suddenly felt that she had friends, for the first time in her life. That people were on her side and she had to admit that she loved it.

AN: Sorry for the kind of horrible ending. Also sorry it has been a while since I last uploaded. This took me a really long time to write and I don't really know how it turned out so feedback would be great. I also hope you like how I slowed down the storyline and focused on one week in Emma's life. I probably won't go into that much detail again, because I really want to include her relationship with Neal in this story, but we have to wait a couple years for that so stay tuned.