Teach Me

Birthday 1

It was Friday. Emmas 18th birthday.

The blond woke up and immediately felt happy. Today she would meet Regina again. Like alone and not in school.

Emma stood up and went into the bathroom. She decided to wash her hair before she went to Reginas so she just put it up in a messy bun. She went to her wardrobe and decided to wear a violet crop top, shoes in the same color, some high waisted jeans and a white cardigan.

When she was done, she went down to eat some breakfast. As she entered the room her eyes widened. Mary Magaret and David stood at the table and on it was a big cake. As both saw Emma they started to sing 'Happy Birthday'. When they were done Emma was speechless. She wished for something like this for so long, she even lost counting of the years. Both her parents walked towards Emma and hugged her long and lovingly.

"Happy Birthday, Emma. We love you!" David said as they pulled out of the hug.

Mary Magaret nodded:" Happy Birthday! We couldn't imagine a life without you! I hope you know that, sweetheart."

Emma smiled brightly and nodded before she pulled both her parents in a hug again.

After a few minutes Emma pulled back and said, with a huge smile on her face:" Thank you so much! You are the best foster parents I ever had!" Emma wiped away a single tear of joy with the sleeve of her cardigan and then they sat at the table and everyone got a piece of cake.

"We decided to give you your present after school because it is already pretty late. Okay?" Mary Magaret asked friendly and Emma looked confused at her.

"What? I get another present?! I thought... the cake... and the singing... I get even more?!" Emma asked in disbeliever.

Mary Magaret and David nodded at the same time. Emmas eyes filled with tears of joy again.

"Thank You!" she whispered before she rushed out the house.

When she entered Granny her smile was still huge. Ruby ran into her arms and hugged her. "Happy Birthday, Em!" she said into Emmas neck and then pulled away. "Let's go. Belle and I have something for you."

Emmas smile got even bigger and she hugged Ruby again.

When the girls entered the school yard Belle ran into Emmas arms.

"Happy Birthday, Sweetie. Here. Open it!" Belle said exited as she handed Emma a little present. Emma slowly took it and carefully wrapped the paper off.

As she saw the content her mouth fell open. In it ley three self made bracelets. A green one, A blue one, and a rosé one. She slowly traced it with her fingers.

"I know it's not much but we made them by our self. Those are friendship bracelets. We thought it would be a nice idea to show you that we will never leave you." Ruby said with a proud smile on her face.

Emma fell into her friends arms and said:" They are perfect! Thank you so much!"

Emma took the green one, Belle the blue one and Ruby the rosé one. Every girl tied it on her left wrist and then they went into the school. Apart from a few congratulations from classmates nothing special happened and as Emma left the school with her friends she focused at her bracelet again. It really was a perfect present!

Her friends really thought about what they could give her and the idea behind the present was the cutest thing ever!

As the girls parted ways Emma said again:" Thank you very much for the present and for covering me." Ruby smirked at her but didn't say anything.

As Emma entered her house, her heart beat fast. She went into the living room where she saw Mary Magaret and David.

"Hey. You won't believe what Ruby and Belle gave me! Look" Emma said happily. She stretched her arms and showed her parents the bracelet. "It's a sign that they will never leave me." She told proudly.

Her parents looked at the jewelry and complimented it before David handed Emma a quadrangular gift. Emma happily took it and sat on the couch before she slowly opened it. Her parents curiously eyed her and suddenly Emmas hands left the present and covered her mouth. A huge sob escaped her mouth and tears ran down Emmas cheek as she looked at her parents.

"You didn't...?!" Emma couldn't say more because a sob made it's way out of her mouth again.

"Yes. We thought that you are already a part of our family and we wanted to make it official. Emma, We really can't imagen a live without you and we also don't want to. So if you are okay with it..."

Emma looked at her present again. Adoption papers!

"I... oh my god..." Emma was speechless. She jumped up and hugged her parents hard.

As Emma calmed down she said:" This is the best present you could have given me! Thank you so much! But are you sure you want that?"

David and Mary Magaret looked at each other and smiled wide.

"The first time I saw you, you were this damaged little girl. You were lost in this world and scared of everything. You changed so much. I am so proud of you, Emma." David started and then Mary Magaret said:" The first time I saw you, you lay in the hospital bed. You were really scared and we tried to talk to you and as you opened up to us I realized, you were the thing that always had been missing in our family. Look at you now. You are a beautiful young lady. That smile on your face brightens our days! Believe me. We really want that!"

A tear rolled down Emmas cheek again. Everything felt right.

The rest of the day the little family played some games and ate dinner. At 7p.m. Emma told her parents she had to make herself ready for Belle and Ruby and went up the stairs. She went into the bathroom and washed her hair before she put them into a half up half down hairstyle.

Emma wanted to wear something special because it was something like their first date. She stood infront of her wardrobe nearly 20 minutes and then decided to wear a white crop top, a black skater skirt, a black cardigan, black tights and black boots. She even went into the bathroom again and put on some mascara.

At 7.45p.m. she was ready and went down to her parents again. As they saw Emma they were speechless.

David talked first:" Emma... wow! You look stunning!" Emma blushed and looked down.

Mary Magaret said curious:" You really do! But why do you dress up for Ruby and Belle?"

Emma looked at her parents a little shocked. She didn't thought about that!

"I... Umm... Ruby and Belle said, they wanted to go... into the Rabbit hole and I.... Umm... should dress up for that?" Emma said, sounding more like a question.

Both her parents looked at each other and said hesitating:" Ok Emma... Have fun."

And with that Emma left the house.