Season 1 Theme: A Pirates Life For Me. Episode 10: Drivers-ED.

"Now don't worry," David said, as they got into his truck. "I taught Henry, I can teach you too."

Erin looked over at him, as he handed her the keys. "Henry's only fourteen?"

"I know, but he thought me and Snow were boring," he explained, as he watched Erin start the engine. "So, we wanted to show him we could be cool grandparents."

"I think the fact that you all look twenty-five, is cool enough," Erin stated, as she put the truck in gear, and looked out the window for on-coming cars.

"I don't know..." he answered, looking too. "Alright, pull out now and go to the stop sign." She did as she was told, gripping the wheel so tight her fingers turned white. Last time she had drove she had meant to make a right turn, and drove herself into a ditch. Though, so far she had managed to get to the stop sign. "Turn left...-you really think we look twenty-five?"

Erin laughed at him, rolling her eyes, as she turned left. "Maybe more thirty."

"Huh, well..." David said, with a small laugh of his own. "If you only knew my real age." He sat back in the passenger seat, pointing to go right. "And relax your grip, you're doing fine."

"Better than Henry?" She asked, and David laughed at that. "I'll take that as a yes."

XXX

David had said Erin could start the next day, he said he was going to head to the station now to get everything ready, and although Erin had never imagined she would ever be a police officer, she was completely thrilled. To celebrate, she had got herself two apple pies at Granny's that night. And yes, she planned on eating both.

She was about to start on the second one, when Snow walked in and sat down, as she does. But, this time Erin smiled up at her. She was really, very grateful Snow had went to so much effort to help her find a job.

"Great news!" Snow told her. Erin nodded.

"Yeah, David said I could start tomorrow," she grinned.

"I know, he told me, that's great," Snow said, nodding. "But why I'm here is the apartment across from us is empty, so I asked Regina if you could stay there, and she said yes."

"You did?" Erin asked. Snow nodded.

"And I got the keys for you," she placed two keys, on a chain, down on the table. "You can move in tonight. It's furnished, I'm not sure who lived there before, but it's been empty since the curse broke."

"Wow...thank you," Erin shook her head, lost for words. "I don't know what else to say..."

"You don't have to say anything," Snow told her. Erin smiled and pushed the pie toward her. Snow grinned. "No thanks, for personal reasons...I'm not a big fan of apple."

"Oh...right." Erin said, and then burst out laughing. "Of course you're not!"

XXX

Erin walked into her new apartment, looking around. It was nice, it was small, but perfect for her. It had a pretty big kitchen. The bedroom was not so much a room, but separated from the kitchen by colorful sheets. Which made it feel like a cave. Up the stairs, on a landing, was the living room. Now, all Erin had to do was figure out where she was going to keep the baby.

By the morning she had decided she would put her by a window, near her bedroom. Just so they could both have a little space if they needed it. She didn't have anything in the house to eat for breakfast, so Erin decided to skip it, which was probably not the best plan while pregnant, but she didn't want to be late either. They needed McDonald's here.

She arrived at the police station and walked in, David was sitting at one of the desks, and Emma was sitting on it. They both looked up when she came in.

"Erin, hey," Emma said, not making eye contact with her, which made Erin think they had been talking about her right before this. "It's great my dad gave you a job here. It would have been better if he had told me first, but we do need the help."

"I told you, Emma," David said, as he stood up, looking serious at his daughter. "It was your mother's idea, you know how she gets."

"I know..." Emma made a face. And then opened a drawer and pulled something out. "This is for you," she walked over and handed Erin something. It was a badge that said; Deputy. "There is a cruiser outside you can use. Just don't...tire yourself out."

Her eyes traveled down to Erin's baby bump and made the same face she had made when thinking about 'how her mother gets.'

"I feel fine," Erin insisted. "I'll be fine."

"Great, well...call us if you need anything," David handed her a cell phone. Erin nodded, looking down at it. "Everything else you might need is in the car."

"Okay..." Erin nodded, looking around, wondering if she should go now. But just then, David spoke again.

"And I added Hook's number into the phone, just in case it's an emergency and one of us doesn't answer."

"Ew, no, thanks...I'll pass," Erin said, shaking her head at the idea. "I can't even believe he knows how to work a phone."

"He doesn't," Emma answered, looking both agitated and amused. "He just hits buttons and hopes they work."

Erin smiled at the thought, despite herself and Emma looked away from her quickly.

"You better get out there," David said then, looking from Emma to Erin. "It's almost lunch, that's the busiest time in town."

Erin headed out to her car, which was an actual police cruiser, that was completely crazy to her. But the idea of it all didn't stay very long in her mind, because a voice behind her broke her thoughts.

"What the hell are you doing at the police station?" Hook came to stand in front of her, looking her over. Erin glared up at him.

"Well, you see...I missed being someone's prisoner so much, I asked if they could put me in jail; they said no."

Hook glared. "Why are you here?"

"David gave me a job, so I can support our unborn child, see," Erin said, and showed him the deputy badge.

"Erin..."

"That's Officer Erin to you, booboos," she retorted, putting her hands on her hips, puffing her chest and smiling proudly.

"And Emma allowed you to do this?" Hook asked, obviously confused, and probably concerned, too. But, Erin didn't care, she was going to prove, not to Hook, she could give a hell what he thought, but to everyone else, that she could do this job.

"Emma didn't have a choice."

"That's bloody insane, you're going to get yourself killed," Hook retorted.

"I love your optimism, but screw you, I will do this job, and I'm going to do a damn good job!"

"No offense, Love," Hook said, with a grin. "But I really doubt that."

"Watch me!" Erin growled, heading for the driver side of the car. "I'm not your little Wench, who hangs onto your every word anymore, I can do this..."

Hook smirked, faking a look of confusion. "When did you ever hang on my every word?" He retorted, Erin rolled her eyes, getting into the car. "I would've liked to have seen that..."

(A/N: Here is that update as promised, I almost thought it wasn't going to happen, as our internet was out all day. But luckily it's fixed for now. Also, I realize in the show, there is no apartment across from Snow and Charming, but for the sake of this story, let's just say there is. Hope you enjoy this update, and the one that will come out on Sunday!)