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"Do you need anything, Emma?" Her mother asked softly. Emma shook her head. "Do you want to talk about it?" Her mother tried again. "Not really," Emma said. She didn't feel like talking about it but at the same time she wanted to tell someone. Her day had been horrible. And then great. And then 20 times worse. What a roller coaster.
Her mom started to leave the room when Emma said, "Wait." Mary Margaret turned around. Emma told her about her day about how she had a chemistry project due in two days. She told her about Killian and how he helped her get out of extra homework. Her mom smiled when Emma said that. And then she told her about Neal.
"Oh honey," Mary Margaret said and pulled her daughter in for a hug. Emma started crying. "Neal is such a..." Emma couldn't finish her sentence. Her tears kept her from saying anything else. "I know, I know," Mary Margaret said in an attempt to sooth her daughter. "He doesn't deserve you. You are too amazing for someone like him. You'll find someone else. Maybe even this Killian you tells me about."
Emma wiped her eyes. "Nobody will ever truly care about me, mom. Nobody ever will." Mary Margaret almost started to cry herself. She felt so helpless. She wanted to help her daughter, but she couldn't find the right words to say. "Emma, he really seemed to care that Neal was hurting you. You should talk to him."
"No mom! He'll just-he'll just end up being like- like everybody else," Emma said between sobs. Her mom just sighed. "Emma, you can't think that everybody is going to be like Neal. There are other guys out there, the world isn't all good, but it isn't all bad either. I know you just met him, but maybe try to get to know him better. All I want is for you to be happy."
Emma smiled. "Ok. I'll try to talk to him." Mary Margaret hugged her daughter again. "I love you Emma." Emma hugged her mom back. "I love you too." As Mary Margaret went to walk out of the room Emma said, "Can you not tell dad about this? He'd probably kill Neal instantly." Mary Margaret laughed, "You wouldn't want that?" "I don't exactly want the whole school knowing my dad killed one of the most popular guys at school, even if I do hate him," Emma laughed.
Emma stayed up till 11 working on her Chemistry project. She got more than half of it done and she felt proud of her work. There was that roller coaster again. It went up.
When she got to school the next morning, she had one mission. Find Killian. But she came across Elsa first. "Emma! Are you ok?" Elsa asked. Emma hugged her and said, "I'm fine!" "I'm sorry that, uh, Neal was being like that yesterday." "It's ok, you had nothing to do with it." Emma smiled and continued, "Thanks for being there for me." Elsa smiled, "Anytime!"
Emma walked over to her locker to grab her chemistry books when she saw Killian standing by his locker, which was only a few down from hers. He saw her at the same time that she saw him and she smiled. He walked over to her. "Are you ok?" Emma nodded, "I'm fine." "Look I don't know who that guy was, but he was hurting you and I wasn't gonna stand by and let him do that," Killian told her. "Thank you," Emma said quietly not looking at him.
"What'd you say love?" He asked. This time she looked at him. "Thank you." "It's no problem," he smiled. She didn't know what to say. There was a part of her that wanted to walk away. The part that told her that every guy was the same and that everyone would hurt her in the end. But there was another part of her, a small part, that said that she should let him in. That she should try to be friends with him. Or possibly more.
Her thoughts pulled her in two different directions. She didn't really know which was the right decision, the right choice, the right thought. She wanted to believe that he was good. She wanted to believe that he was not like Neal. She just didn't know.
"Look Killian, thank you for standing up for me. It really means a lot. But after what happened with Neal, I-I just don't know if I can start another relationship that quickly," Emma said slowly. "Oh, so you thought I was pursuing a relationship?" Killian asked with a smirk on his face. Emma stuttered, "Oh I just thought.." He put his hand on her shoulder. "It's ok love. I know what you mean. I recently got out of a relationship too."
Emma looked up at him. "You did?" "Aye," he said. "Look, here's my number. If you ever want to talk just call me or text me." He handed her a piece of paper with a number scribbled on it. She stuck it in the pocket of her jeans. "Thanks," she said and smiled. Just then the bell rang. "Oh no, I have to get to class," Emma cried, "Bye!" She waved and ran into Chemistry class. Killian smiled and walked to his first period class, determined to try to win Emma's heart.