A/N: Hey guys! I hope you enjoy this chapter and I've seen some reviews asking for a little more drama and action. Don't worry, I'm planning to do a very dramatic chapter that will be out around December.

I still don't know if I'll have time to write a Halloween chapter things are getting crazy in college, in case I write it, it will be out around November 3rd or 4rth and in case I don't write it, I'll make small menstions of Ezra's costume in a future chapter.

Also, if someone here is following my sabezra fanfic "Runnin' Home to You." I want to tell you that I'm writting a big chapter and it will take a while before the new chapter is posted but I promise you, it will be worth it. :)


Chapter 49: Ezra's first day of preschool.

It was a beautiful Saturday morning and Kanan was already up making breakfast when he heard the doorbell, he took the frying pan away from the stove and went to open the door.

"Good morning, Hera." He said when he opened the door.

"Good morning, love." She said and kissed him softly on the lips.

"Come in." He said.

"Thanks." She said and walked into the house.

"Where's Ezra?" She asked when she didn't see him.

"He's still sleeping but looking at the time, he's going to wake up in a couple of minutes." He said and continued making breakfast.

True to his word, Ezra walked into the kitchen ten minutes later holding Tommy closer to his chest.

"Daddy?" He asked sleepy and rubbing his eyes.

"Hey, bud." The detective said and lifted his son up. "How did you sleep?" He asked.

"Goo'" Ezra said and rested his head on his father's shoulder.

Kanan smiled. "Hey, bud. Look who came to have breakfast with us." He said and turned around.

The little boy's eyes lit up. "Hera!" He said and squirmed in Kanan's arms.

The detective put him down and the little boy ran to her.

"Hey sweetie!" The young woman said and picked the raven-haired boy up and sat him on her lap.

"How are you?" She asked.

"Goo'!" Ezra answered.

"I'm glad." She said and kissed him on top of his head.

After having breakfast, the three of them headed to the city. It had been a month since the attacks and New York was slowly returning back to normal; Financial District was still a chaos and the access to the area was restricted to civilians. Also, during this time, the preschool decided to postpone the beginning of the school year until a week ago when Kanan received a call from the principal and he told him that they would begin the school year on October 22nd. The principal also told him that the tour to meet the classroom would be on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st so Kanan decided to take the day off to go to the school and see Ezra's classroom.


Ezra walked between Kanan and Hera through the hallways of the preschool and kindergarten building looking around and taking everything in. The little boy saw many children with their families and wondered if they would be in the same classroom as him.

They arrived at the preschool area and met with Principal O'Shay and a woman in her earlier fifties.

"Mr. Jarrus, I'm glad to see you again." The principal said and shook hands with the detective.

"Likewise." Kanan answered.

"She's Amanda Williams. She is the preschool and kindergarten director."

"Nice to meet you, Mrs. Williams. I'm Kanan Jarrus." The detective said, gesturing to Hera, he said. "This is my girlfriend, Hera Syndulla."

"Oh, yes." Mrs. Williams said. "You provided her as one of the emergency contacts." She said as she shook hands with Hera.

Ezra watched shyly between his father and Hera as they introduced themselves to the woman, the woman looked down at Ezra and smiled softly at him.

"You must be Ezra, right?" Mrs. Williams asked.

The little boy nodded shyly. "Hi." He said softly.

"Hello, we are so excited about you coming to our school." Mrs. Williams said with a warms smile.

Ezra smiled softly and held onto his father and Hera's hands. Even if the little boy was excited to go to preschool, he was nervous about being in an unknown place with kids he didn't know.

"I have an idea." Mrs. Williams said. "Would you like to see your classroom, Ezra?" She asked.

"That's a really good idea." Kanan said.

The little boy held tightly to Kanan and Hera's hands as they followed Mrs. Williams to the classroom.

"We have four groups of preschool and four of kindergarten." Mrs. Williams said. "The kindergarten has its own playground, so you don't have to worry about the older kids." She said.

They arrived at the classroom and a young brunette woman came out to receive them.

"Hi, I'm Miss Wendy. I'm going to be your teacher." She said.

"Hi." Ezra said softly.

"You must be Ezra." Miss Wendy said and the raven-haired boy nodded.

Kanan smiled and introduced himself and Hera did as well. Ezra just watched as the grown-ups introduced themselves.

"Well Ezra, this will be your classroom." Miss Wendy said and pointed at a sign that was on the window and that said "Pre-K 1A."

"Would you like to take a look at your classroom?" She asked with a soft smile.

Ezra nodded and he, Kanan and Hera followed Miss Wendy into the classroom.

"Here are your cubbies where you can put your backpack and your jacket. And you have your very own cubbie." The teacher said and pointed at the cubbie that had Ezra's name.

"Daddy, I hab my ow' cubbie!" Ezra said excited.

"Yeah and it has the drawing of a tiger, how about that?" Kanan asked.

Ezra giggled and they continued with the tour. "This is our circle time area." Miss Wendy said.

"We meet here every morning and talk about what are we going to do and we also meet here before the school ends to talk about what we learned during the day." She said and moved to another section of the classroom.

"This is our reading section, we usually read in group but you can read on your own if you want." She said.

They moved to another section. "These are our lunch and activity tables. Here you can eat your lunch before going out and play in the playground and you can also do here some activities." Miss Wendy said.

She also showed them the Dramatic Play Area, the Floor toys and blocks area and the arte center, then, they moved walked to the outdoor playground and the teacher showed them the sensory area.

"This is the sensory area. Here you can play with both water and sand." She said.

Ezra looked over to the playground. "I gunna get to play on da playgroun'?" He asked.

"Of course!" Miss Wendy said. "I'm sure you'll like to climb the jungle GYM, play in the sandboxes and run around with the other kids."She said.

They walked back into the classroom. "Well, that's all." The teacher said. "What do you say, Ezra? Do you like your classroom?" She asked.

The little boy nodded. "Mhm, it big!" He said smiling and the grown-ups laughed.

"Before you go, there is something we need to give you." The teacher said and gave Kanan a sheet of paper. "This is a list of preschool supplies you'll have to buy." She said.

"Alright, thank you Miss Wendy." Kanan said.

"You're welcome, Mr. Jarrus." She said shaking hands with the detective, then, she looked down at Ezra.

"Goodbye, Ezra. We hope to see you on Monday." She said with a warm smile.

The little boy just smiled and leaned closer to his father.


After they left the school, Kanan drove to the store to buy the school supplies from the list.

"Hey, bud. Did you like your classroom?" The detective asked.

"Mhm. It big, daddy!" The little boy said.

Kanan and Hera laughed. "Yeah, it is. And you will do a lot of different activities." Kanan said.

"I gunna paint 'ou a picture, daddy!" Ezra said.

"I'm sure you will, Ez." The detective said.

"Hera, 'ou fink preschool fun?" The raven-haired boy asked.

"Of course, sweetie!" The CSI said. "You'll make lot of new friends and learn many things." She said.

"If 'ou wan', I can paint 'ou a picture 'oo." The little boy said.

"Thank you, sweetie. That's very sweet of you." The young woman said.


Monday morning…

Today was the day. Today, Ezra was going to start preschool and Kanan couldn't be happier about it but he also felt a little sad because his little boy was growing so fast. Kanan also asked Chief Riker if he could arrive a little later to work because he wanted to be sure Ezra was ready for his first day of school.

As he helped his son to get dress, the detective marveled at his son. It was true that Kanan never saw himself as a father in the future but having Ezra in his life was a blessing. No matter if Kanan had had a good or bad day at work, the only thing that mattered at the end of the day was to see his son and spend time with him. Ezra was his entire world and he knew he was the little boy's entire world too.

"Daddy?" Ezra asked while Kanan tied his shoes.

"Yes, bud?" Kanan asked.

"'Ou fink preschool is fun?" The little boy asked. Suddenly, going to school sounded a little bit terrifying and it made Ezra nervous.

"Of course!" The detective said. "You'll make a lot of new friends and you'll learn a lot of different things."

Ezra just shrugged and looked away. Sensing his son was a little apprehensive, Kanan decided to tell his son something.

"Hey." He said softly. "I know you're a little scared, Ez but it's normal. Do you want to know something?" He asked and the raven-haired boy nodded.

"I was also scared when I went to my first day of school." The detective answered.

"'ou scared?" The little boy asked.

Kanan nodded. "Mhm but your Nana Nicole helped me." He said.

"Nanny Cole helped 'ou?" The three-year old asked surprise.

"Yep." Kanan said and handed Ezra his backpack. "And I know you're going to be okay, bud." He said.

Before leaving the house, Kanan took a photo of Ezra and took a small video of him on his first day of school.

When they arrived at the preschool, Ezra smiled when he saw all the kids playing and his nervousness faded.

Kanan smiled and knelt in front of his son. "You going to be fine?" He asked.

"Yeah." Ezra said.

"Okay, I'm going to be here at one thirty to pick you up." Kanan said.

"Okay, daddy!" Ezra said and hugged his father.

Kanan smiled and kissed his son on the cheek. "I love you, bud."

"Love 'ou 'oo, daddy!" The three-year old said.

Kanan smiled and led him to the classroom. Miss Wendy was outside and welcomed him to the school.

"Sabine!" Ezra said when he saw his friend and ran to her.

"Hi, Ezra!" The little girl said. "I'm going to be with you!"

"Dat cool!" The little boy said.

"Do you wanna play with the animals?" Sabine asked as she gave him a horse.

"Yeah!" Ezra said and they started to play.

Kanan smiled and knew his son will be okay.


When 1:30 came, Kanan was waiting for Ezra outside the classroom with other parents. The doorbell rang and the kids exited the classroom and ran to their parents.

"Daddy!" Ezra said when he saw his father and threw himself at him.

"Hey bud!" The detective said and picked him up. "Did you have a good day?" He asked.

"Mhm, I did everything!" The raven-haired boy said. "I play in the sandboxes and with blocks and I painted a picture!" He said happily.

"Wow! Sounds like you had a lot of fun." Kanan said.

"I did, daddy!" Ezra said.

Alrich and Sabine walked to where father and son were. "Hello Kanan." The older man said.

"Alrich, hey!" Kanan said and shook hands with him. "I'm glad to see you." He said.

"Likewise. And I'm glad to see this young man again." Alrich said referring to Ezra.

The little boy leaned closer to his father. The grown-ups smiled.

"Well, we need to go." Alrich said.

"Bye Ezra!" Sabine said. "See you tomorrow!" She said as she and her father walked away.

"See you, Sabine!" Ezra said and waved at his friend.

As they left the building, Kanan couldn't stop smiling as Ezra told him about his first day of school and about the new friends he had made and as much as Kanan wished his son could stop growing so fast, he was happy to hear him talking about making new friends and learning new things and he knew Ezra would be fine.