25th May 1920
6am
Rose woke up the following morning thanks to Alfie's cries. She lifted him out of his crib and began to feed him, staring at the empty space to the side of her where Henry would normally sleep, before being snapped out of her thoughts as Emilia walked in to the room.
"Hi sweetheart" Rose smiled at her gently, not getting a response but watching as Emilia climbed on to the bed beside her. "Are you OK?" She asked, but really she knew the answer- Emilia was never awake at 6am so Rose knew she had been thinking about everything that happened the night before.
"I don't want to go to school today" Emilia said. Rose sighed to herself a little, but knew that sending Emilia in without speaking to Jack would just upset her. "OK… you can stay at home with me and Alfie" she said before kissing the top of her head gently. "Try and go back to sleep for a while darling" she said as she watched Emilia lay down and began to stroke her hair after putting Alfie back in to his crib.
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Henry walked in to his and Rose's bedroom at 7.30 to begin getting ready for work, Charlie didn't have to wake up for another half hour so Rose was sat awake, looking between the crib and the space beside her where Emilia was sleeping.
"Hi…" Rose said quietly. "Morning" Henry replied bluntly as he got his clothes from the wardrobe. "How did you sleep?" Rose asked. "Fine. Guessing she didn't?" He gestured to Emilia. "She woke up at 6" Rose said quietly. Henry nodded "do you want me to wake Charlie and take him to school?" Henry offered "It's OK, I'll get up soon and take him. Thank you though" Rose replied. "OK" Henry replied before leaving the room.
Henry returned a few minutes later to grab his blazer. "What time will you be home?" Rose asked. "Around half 4 hopefully. Why?" He asked. "I need to go and speak to Jack, to tell him that Emmy knows" Rose replied awkwardly. "I'll finish early and collect Charlie. I'll be home about 3 and you can go down to the school and speak to him" Henry replied, still in a blunt tone as he bent down and kissed Emilia's head, before doing the same to Alfie. "Thanks…" Rose replied, watching as Henry left the room. She sighed to herself, she knew she had been harsh on Henry the night before, but hoped he would understand where she was coming from, though his attitude would suggest otherwise.
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9.30am
Rose was downstairs in the living room with Alfie when Emilia walked in. Marie had offered to take Charlie to school when she had bumped in to Henry and he had briefly told her what happened, so Rose hadn't had to get Emilia up to take him to school.
"Hi" Rose smiled "would you like some breakfast?" She offered, but Emilia shook her head as she sat down. "When can I see Mr Dawson?" She asked, getting a small sigh from Rose in response. "I'm not sure darling. I'm going to go and speak to him later when Henry is home so he can watch you and the boys" she smiled gently. "Can I come?" Emilia asked "not this time, we need to speak about grown up things. Maybe next time" she forced a small smile. "OK…" Emilia replied sadly. "Did you know he was my dad?" She asked. Rose frowned confused "I've always known Jack was your Dad, but if you mean did I know he was alive? Then no" she shook her head "you didn't tell me you had a new teacher called Mr Dawson, so I had no reason to think of that" she continued, not taking her eyes off Emilia. "I'm sorry this is such a big shook Emmy, I didn't mean to upset you" Rose apologised, but didn't get much of a response. "Can I go and play in my bedroom?" She asked after a few moments of silence. "Sure" Rose smiled weakly and watched as Emilia left.