Hey all and Happy July and Happy 4th July to my American following. America and Florida are like a second home to me so have a good one. Big thanks to everyone still along for the ride! I've had it pointed out that this seems to be an anti Emma fic, I can reassure you that it's not. Emma is struggling to find the balance between the twins but gradually everything will fall into place. I promise. Big thanks to LaurenM98, EndlessReign and mysteryfan4ever for their reviews.

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LM xxxxxx

The Two Truest Believers-Part 25:

Mary Margaret had arrived back and David was was filling her in on what Emma was doing.

"So that's why she's organised a career day for the kids," Mary Margaret said, "so she can see Eva but keep Henry away from Emma. Do you think Henry is right though about his mother?"

"I have no idea but Eva is getting caught up in something that she shouldn't be…"

"Shouldn't be what?" Emma asked as she unlocked the door and walked in.

"Nothing," bot Mary Margaret and David said at the same time, causing Emma to raise an eyebrow.

"Don't make me get my superpower out."

"So you know the Mayor has organised a career day at school?" Mary Margaret asked.

"She's what? Oh this is so she can keep me away from Henry and see Eva," she said angrily before heading towards the door.

"Emma wait!" David said before grabbing Emma's arm, "you go after her and you're playing into her hands and that is exactly what she wants." Emma looked at him,

"But she can't do that surely?"

"She can do what she wants. She's the Mayor, always has and always will be."

Eva walked into school the next day and saw some of the girls whispering about her, well they were pointing at her so they must have been whispering about her. She still didn't have the correct uniform, despite having been at the school for quite a few weeks so she really stuck out. She was also still seen as the odd one out, despite having been at the school for all those weeks.

"Look at her," one of the girls whispered causing her friends to giggle. Eva had heard it as she was walking by. She tried to give them a death stare but she failed and was also unaware that someone had stuck their leg out and she went flying over the outstretched leg and landed in a heap on the floor. Her bag had slipped off her shoulder and and onto the floor beside her. The girl that had tripped her over burst out laughing as did everyone that had witnessed the incident.

Eva looked at her hands and they were red and sore from when she'd thrown them out to break her fall. She picked up her bag and hurried inside the school to Mary Margaret's classroom where she headed straight over to the sink to clean her hands before anyone saw. That was ruined, however, when Mary Margaret appeared beside her.

"Eva? What happened?" the teacher asked as she looked at Eva's hands.

"There was a bag on the floor as I was walking across the playground. I didn't see it and tripped over it. I'm fine, really, just my hands are sore." Mary Margaret turned the tap and soon warm water was coming from the tap and she gently rubbed her fingers over Eva's hands removing the dirt and grit, revealing Eva's red hands.

"Did you hurt anywhere else?" Mary Margaret asked.

"Well I fell on my knees," Eva said before sighing, "it was my own fault really. I should have been watching where I was going."

Eva went and sat down on a chair and Mary Margaret could see Eva's tights were ripped and she could get to her knees easily. She went and got her first aid box and began to clean up Eva's knees before class started.

She had just finished cleaning Eva's knees when the bell rang. She closed the box and turned to Eva.

"Sit n your seat and wait for the class to arrived," she said softly and the girl nodded hoping that nothing would be said and there'd b no laughing as she had clearly just lied to her teacher. She didn't want to lie but it was for the best. It would be one less problem for Emma and Mary Margaret to deal with. They seemed to have enough problems without her adding to them.

The class arrived and Eva listened to see if there was any giggling. She soon heard the giggling.

"Something funny?" Mary Margaret asked.

"No Mrs. Nolan," a girl said, "Lyra just told me something funny." Eva knew they were giggling about her as everyone was looking at her and whispering. She just kept her head down and avoided eye contact with everyone. Lacey was next to her and was aware something was going on. She just didn't want anyone to reveal the real reason why she'd hurt herself. She just didn't any more problems but she knew her problems were getting worse, not better. Just how much worse would things get? They were already pretty bad.