It was around 3 o'clock in the afternoon when Killian got to the school. Killian could already see a line of cars parked at the front of the school. Already, the kids were outside, waiting for their parents to come and pick them up.
Killian parks the car in the line and gets out of his car. He then looks around to the crowd, seeing if he can find his daughter. After a minute of not finding her, he found her, talking to a group of kids her age.
He smiles at the sight. Riley started making friends on her first day. Riley was smiling and laughing along with the group. He hate to do it, but he has to take Riley home.
"Riley!" He yells out. Riley turns her head, confused of who would yell out her name. Riley kept looking around when Killian called out her name again. "Riley!"
Riley hears it again and looks around again til her sight was on her father's eyes. Riley turns back to the group, talks to them again for a brief moment before running towards her father with a smile on her face.
"Hey daddy!" Riley yells out. Killian smiles at her before he picks her up off of the ground.
"How was my baby girl's first day of school?" He asked happily.
Riley gives him the biggest smile she has given him in a while. "It was really good! I made new friends and I have got the nicest teacher ever! Her name is Ms. Swan and she gave us candy for the first day!"
Killian nods his head as he gave her a surprise look on her face. "Awesome. I'm glad you loved your day. Ready to go to eat ice cream?"
Riley jumped up and down on her father's arms, which made him laugh at her. "Alright then. Let's go and get ice cream."
He carefully put down Riley and open the back door for Riley. Riley thanked him as she got in the car. Killian look in the car, seeing Riley trying to get her seatbelt on.
"Need help?" Killian asked. Riley ignores her father's question as she was still struggling to get the seatbelt on her. Killian chuckles as he leans in the car and help Riley with the seatbelt on. When he got it in, he leans back out and looks at Riley, who was glaring at him.
Killian looks at her confused. "What?" He asked simply.
"I got the seatbelt you shouldn't helped me!" Riley saids in anger.
Killian chuckles at that and ruffles Riley's hair. "Well you tried and you did your best, but you struggle and I helped. You need a little more practice sweetie." He explains his answer.
Riley crosses her arms and makes a pouty face, making Killian softly laugh at her. "It ain't funny daddy." Riley said with a complaint in her tone.
Killian was still laughing at her. "Alright I'll stop." Then he shuts the back door and opens the front door before getting inside the car.
He then puts on his seatbelt in less than 10 seconds before shutting the door. Then he turns on the car. "To the ice cream place!" He yells out with excitement in his voice.
"To the ice cream place!" Riley also yells out in excitement, which made Killian chuckle. He then drives out of the line and out of the school. He nor Riley doesn't know that a familiar person was watching them the whole time.
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Emma was in her classroom, looking at a piece of paper that was in her hand. She was studying it for a very long time. The paper was drawn. It had a little girl on it, her hand touching a man's hand hand. This man had black hair, and was smiling. Actually, both were smiling. This person color the bottom part of the paper green, drew a slide and a swing set. Then at the top of the paper, this person drew a woman, dress as an angle, standing beside of the sun.
Emma knew whose paper was that. It was Riley's paper. Riley had drawn the paper and somehow it had got Emma's attention. It kinda affected her. The woman on top of the paper was probably Riley's mom who passed. And the man was probably her father. Must've been hard for Riley and her father to not spend time with this woman. Well of course it was hard. A mother needs her child and a husband needs a wife.
A knock made Emma jump badly. She looks at the doorway, her hand on her chest. She sees Mary at the doorway, smiling at her.
Emma gave out a sigh of relief and then puts a grin on her face. "Gosh Mary. Don't scare me again. Almost gave me a heart attack."
Mary just laugh as she walks into the class. "Well sorry about that."
Emma shakes her head with a smile on her face. When Emma's eyes focus on the drawing, Emma's smile was dropped quickly and was concentrating on the piece of paper.
Mary notices it. "What are you looking at?" She asked as she walks over to Emma's desk.
Emma answers, not leaving her eyes off of the paper. "Just a drawing a kid drew today."
Mary looks at the paper over Emma's shoulders and sees the drawing. Mary looks at every detail for a moment. "Whose paper is that?" She asked.
Emma sighs and turns her chair around, her eyes focus on Mary's. "We both don't know this student. She had moved her not too long ago. Her name is Riley Jones."
Mary nods in surprise. "I have heard of Riley Jones. I heard her and her father moved here couple weeks ago from Boston." She explains.
Emma stands up. "Have you talk to the father?"
Mary shakes her head. "Not really. David texted me earlier today and told me he talked to him at Granny's."
Emma just nods at her and then looks down. "I kinda stalk Riley and her father after school." Emma mumbles out.
"Really? Why would you stalk them? That ain't nice." Mary saids.
Emma's eyes was still fix onto the ground, a look of guilt was spread across her face. "I know. It's stupid. I shouldn't have done that. But I was focusing on Riley this whole day." She explains.
"Why were you focusing on Riley today?" Mary asked, suspicious tone in her voice.
Emma sighs and looks up at Mary. "This girl ain't like the other kids. She is quiet around me but quickly made friends. When I asked her a question, she looks at me like she doesn't know anything. I feel like she is going to fail this class. She doesn't know anything." She explains to her.
Mary puts her hand on her shoulder. "How do think she is going to fail?"
Emma sighs as she walks over to her desk and gets a piece of paper. She walks back to Mary and hands it to her. Mary slowly gets the paper and looks at it. It was Riley's math paper and boy, Riley didn't exactly know anything. None of the five problems was right. Not even one.
"Do you see what I mean?" Emma asked Mary. Mary looks at the paper for a moment til she looks back up at Emma. "Emma I think it is only the first day of school and summer break was just over. Maybe Riley forgot. Just, wait for a little bit. If Riley is still like this, then you need to contact her father. If Riley is improving, then don't worry about her." Mary saids to her.
"I got you." Emma saids lowly. Mary smiles at her and gives the paper back to Emma. "I got to run. Some errands to do. Then I got a date with David tonight." Mary explains, little bit of happiness in her voice.
Emma gives her a smile. "Have fun and text you later." She saids.
"I will." Mary saids before turning around and walking away from the classroom. "See ya!" Mary yells out.
"You too!" Emma saids right when Mary walks out of the room. Emma's smile drop as she turns around and grabs the drawing from her desk. She looks at it for a moment, knowing that this school year would start off great with Riley.
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It has been two weeks since the first day of school. Two weeks with Emma focusing on Riley everyday in her classroom (not right after school like she did on the first day). Riley was failing her class. She didn't know anything. Riley was struggling on every subject. She had that panic look on her every time Emma would asked a question. Riley would just look at her desk and call out an incorrect answer, which humiliated Riley badly. And Emma knows about it. Every time Emma was offering Riley on helping on her work, Riley would just shake her head and tell her she was alright. Emma would let it go plenty times. Now Emma had enough. Riley was going to have help.
Emma decided to call Riley's father that night, which she hasn't met yet. Not even once. Mary, Regina and her fiance Robin and Henry had met Riley and her father. All of them said that Riley's father was very nice and that she should meet him. She said she would, but she is not going to. It was a lie. Emma was probably the only person in the down that hasn't met her father. And that embarrassed her. She should have met him earlier but nope. She doesn't want to.
It was evening and Emma was grading her kids' work they did that day. Emma was too focus on grading the papers she didn't even look at the time. Emma heard her stomach growling loudly in her stomach. She stop working and looks at the time on her phone. 5:30 pm. She had been there extra two hours to work on papers. And boy! Emma was exhausted and now hungry. She decided to go to Granny's for supper.
After grading the last of the papers, Emma stacks them on the corner of her desk and grabs her purse. Then Emma grabs her binder before standing up from her desk chair. Emma walks to the light switch and turns it off, making the room darker, sunlight still shining the room. Emma goes out of the classroom and shuts it. She quickly walks away from the school and into the parking lot.
Emma looks around for a brief moment, trying to find her yellow bug she drives. She finds it and walks quickly towards it. When she got to the car, Emma gets her keys out of her purse and unlocks the car. As Emma was unlocking her car, she hears her stomach growl and gives out an annoying sigh.
"Will you hold on stomach! I am hurrying!" She whispers coldly. The door was finally unlocked after trying to unlock it with one hand since she is holding a binder with another hand. Quickly, she open it, gets inside, and shuts it. She puts her binder and her purse onto the passenger seat and starts the car up. Then Emma drives her yellow car out of the parking lot and out of Storybrooke Elementary happily.
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"Riley, time for bed!" Killian calls out in the kitchen.
It was nighttime as he was cleaning up dishes he and Riley had for supper. Riley, whose hair was already wet from taking a bath and had on her pink and black polka dot pjs, walks to the kitchen, yawning big.
"Wow. You definitely need some sleep baby girl." Killian saids with a dry chuckle. "Come on then." Riley saids tiredly before running to her room. Killian puts the dishes down and walks across the hallway to Riley's room.
When he got there, he already sees Riley under the covers, her eyes closed. Killian smiles softly as he walks over there quietly. He then bends down and kisses Riley's forehead.
"Goodnight baby girl. Love you." Killian whispers before pulling away. "Love you too." Riley mumbles. Killian looks at her with a smile still on his face before quietly turning off the lamp and walks out of the room. He leaves a crack on the door before walking away from the hall. Killian decided to go outside and sit on the porch in front of the beach instead of finishing the dishes. He walks out of the house and sits on his rocking chair.
Killian looks out into the beach, seeing the moon rising above it, making the ocean sparkle a little bit. He can smell the saltwater and hear the waves crashing into the shore. He loves a quiet peaceful place like this. Clears his mind every night. Plus, it was a week after September started and summer was still hear. Warm, humid, sometimes windy nights helps him clear him mind even more faster.
Killian was thinking about his wife and his beautiful daughter, who somehow loves school to death right now. He loves thinking about his family so much, but sometimes, it brings back bad memories. Like Milah's death and Riley having nightmares. He hates that. He wish Milah wasn't dead so Riley won't have nightmares every other night.
The house phone ringing loudly through the house made Killian out of his peaceful time. He sighs as he gets up from his chair and walks inside his house. He walks over to the kitchen as the phone kept ringing. He grabs it from the holder and answers the phone.
"Hello?" He asked.
"Hello. Is this Riley Jones' father?" A woman asked over the phone.
Killian had a confused look on his face. "Yes. Killian Jones speaking?"
Emma can hear that accent tone in his voice it was killing her but she ignores it. "Hey! My name is Emma Swan and I am Riley's teacher." Emma saids.
Killian leans to the counter. "I have heard of you. Riley loves you a lot."
Emma giggles before speaking. "Awe that's sweet. I just want to call and tell you about Riley."
Killian's breath stop. He was kinda nervous. "What about my daughter? Did she do anything wrong?" He asked nervously.
Emma can sense the nervous in his voice. "No no no. Riley hasn't done anything bad. Has amazing behavior. But its about her education. She is failing my class." She explains.
Killian's eyes was wide. Riley was failing his class. Why hadn't Riley tell him about this? "Ok then. Are you planning on a meeting about it?" He asks.
"Yes I was. I was wondering if we can meet tomorrow right after school if that is fine with you." Emma saids.
Killian gets up from the counter, grabs a pen that was resting on top of the counter and walks over to a calendar. "Yes we can."
"Great! Thank you so much." Emma saids happily over the phone.
Killian smiles softly. "Welcome. See you tomorrow Emma Swan."
Emma was slightly surprised he called her by her first full name. It made her heart flutter a little bit. Emma puts on a grin on her face. "Alright. See you tomorrow Killian Jones." Then she hangs up the phone.
Killian puts the phone back on its holder and writes down the meeting on the calendar. He had a grin on his face as he was looking at the event that said, 'Meeting with Emma Swan after school'. He has a teacher to meet tomorrow.
A.N.
They'll meet soon. Just hold your horses. It could be next chapter... I'll update soon! ;)