"Hi stranger," Elsa said as she sat down next to Emma at the lunch table. Emma turned and looked at Elsa, "Hey! Sorry about earlier, I was just...stressed." Elsa smiled. "It's fine. You seem to be happier now, what happened?" Emma laughed. "You aren't gonna believe me." "Try me," her best friend said with a smile.
Emma told Elsa the whole story and by the time she had finished, her friends Ruby and Regina had joined them. Elsa gasped when Emma told her what Killian did for her. "You just met him and he did that for you?" Emma smiled and nodded. "He was so sweet, and he's into acting just like me!" "He totally likes you, Ems," Ruby said and Emma blushed. Regina laughed, "She totally likes him too!"
The girls kept talking about Emma's morning when Emma saw Killian walk into the lunch room. The three other girls saw where she was looking and Elsa asked, "Is that him?" Emma quickly looked away and went back to eating her lunch and the girls laughed. "That's definitely him," Ruby giggled. Emma tried not to pay attention to her friends when she heard someone behind her say, "Emma."
Emma didn't turn around but she replied coolly, "What do you want Neal?" Emma didn't want to talk to her ex, let alone look at him. "I just wanted to talk to you, you never talk to me anymore," Neal said. Emma brought herself to turn around. "Neal I don't want to talk to you, leave me alone." Neal just laughed and responded, "Come on babe, just talk to me. Can't you just forgive and forget?" Emma was mad now. She stood up so she was face to face with him.
It was hard for her not to yell, but she didn't want to draw too much attention to herself. She breathed and said, "Don't you dare call me that. I want nothing to do with you. We're done." Neal seemed to be getting frustrated with her. "Don't be that," he grabbed her shoulders and shook her slightly. "We were so happy together, what happened?"
Tears started to form in her eyes. "You happened. Now go away," Emma stated. "Let go of me," she said, tying not to cry. "Don't be like this. Listen to me," Neal looked at her with a cold stare. He suddenly let go of her shoulders and turned around. That's when Emma realized that Killian was there.
"She told you to go away," Killian said sternly and pushed Neal aside. He looked at Emma, "Are you okay, love?" Emma nodded and grabbed her half-eaten lunch and threw it away. She turned to walk towards the door to leave. He called after her but she didn't look back.
"Hey, Killian right?" Elsa asked. Killian responded, "Yes, why?" "Emma just broke up with Neal over the summer because he was cheating in her. It's been really hard for her. Just give her a break. Killian looked in the direction that Emma had gone. Regina added, "That's what she does. She runs. Just give her a minute. Or a day. Or a week." "Thank you," Killian said and he turned to walk back to his table.
At the end of the day, Emma got out of P. E. and she grabbed her things and headed to the front of the school. She waited for her mom for easily 20 minutes. And she didn't come. She texted her.
[{Emma} Mom are you coming?]
[{Mary-Margaret} The car battery is dead. I can't. Sorry honey.]
[{Emma} Ok I'll see if Elsa can bring me home]
Emma sighed. She texted Elsa but she never responded. Emma remembered that Elsa had volleyball practice. "Great." Emma said angrily. She sat down in the side walk with her head in her hands. What a horrible day.
She finally stood up and started to walk down the sidewalk towards her house. She decided to walk the six miles home because nobody else she knew was around. She thought back on the time that she and Neal broke up. She had seen him at a diner holding hands with another girl when she was picking up food for her mother. She had walked over to the table, fuming, and Neal seemed shocked that she was there. The other girl just smiled. What a brat.
Emma hated Neal. He betrayed her trust. Emma had a hard time trusting anybody after the "Neal incident". She didn't want to trust anybody because they could end up hurting her like Neal had. Killian had cared about Emma and he stood up for her. She liked him, but they had just met! What was Emma thinking? How could she like him, she could never have another relationship after what happened with Neal! Or could she?