After a while, Robin was finally ready to begin daycare. She had met Cinderella a couple of times and Cinderella was aware of her unique situation. She was also warned that Robin could be aggressive at times. Zelena drove Robin to daycare in her car, despite her frustrations with driving.
"Is Neal going to daycare too?" Robin asked.
"No, he's not ready yet" Zelena answered. She wondered how long it would take Robin to realize she was developing faster than Neal.
"Hi, ath-ley" Robin said to Cinderella as she arrived, using Cinderella's Storybrooke name. Ashley introduced Robin to some of the other kids. Zelena stayed for a while to watch and make sure Robin was adjusting okay. Meeting more than one other kid at a time was unusual for Robin. It scared her a little but she found she got along fine with them. She sat on a rug and played with some toy vehicles the way she did with Neal. Zelena breathed a sigh of relief that things seemed to be going okay and then left. Unfortunately, once she realized her Mom was gone, Robin got some mischievous impulses. She had yet to test what Ashley would let her get away with. She saw another girl playing with a ball. She took the ball and hid it behind her back.
"No, mine" the other girl said.
"I no got it" Robin said, showing her hands empty.
The other girl didn't quite grasp the idea of object permanence yet and thought the ball had disappeared. She started fussing. Ashley had to intervene. She made Robin give back the ball, gently scolding her. Then she tried distracting Robin by taking her to play with the blocks. This may have been a mistake. Robin got frustrated when a boy took some of the blocks she was using. Neither kid really understood sharing yet. Robin hit the boy with a block. He started crying. This time Ashley put Robin on a time-out and made a mental note she needed to teach about sharing. After that things went smoother for a while. Robin was attentive during story time, she liked hearing stories. Then came nap time. Robin didn't fall asleep. She had never seen other kids sleep before and was fascinated. She poked and prodded at some of the other kids. After nap time, Robin talked to some of the other kids and had fun. That was until a boy bit her. She bit him back. Ashley gave them both a time-out. Soon the day was over and Zelena came to pick up Robin. Ashley told her how the day went.
On the drive home Zelena said "I'll let the biting thing slide this time, you were provoked, but we need to work on NOT hurting other kids".
Robin nodded.
"Hey Mommy" Robin said.
"yes?" Zelena replied.
"Who is my Daddy?" Robin asked "Neal has a Daddy, and the other kids at daycare have Daddies? Where is mine?"