Fence

Messing With Time

Emmett groaned as he felt something on his nose. He opened his eyes to see his sister's older self laying on the floor next to his bed and he sighed and turned to see his phone on the desk. He reached for it and saw several messages from Jessica.

Groaning he put the phone back onto the desk and laid down in the bed, sighing deep. He turned to the window, seeing the sun shine through the blinds.

"How was your talk last night?", Mary Margaret asked her husband as they sat down and began eating breakfast. David sighed. His talk with Emma had been harder than he thought. He just wanted let her know that not everyone was going to accept her choice of gender, but being the vulnerable person that his daughter was, Emma had just nodded, not really listening.

"I tried"

Mary Margaret gave a sad smile, caressing his shoulder gently before pouring them both some coffee. After a few minutes Emma walked down the stairs and sat down by the table. The two parents stared at their daughter. Normally Emma would have said her good morning, but today she just sat down, quietly beginning to eat.

Emma felt eyes on her and looked up at her parents, seeing the worry in their eyes. She gave a soft, yet sad smile before looking back down at her food and Mary Margaret brought her hand to her husband's. David could feel the pressure and knew his wife was worrying.

"How is your testosterone going?", he decided to ask and Emma looked at her father, a small smile appearing.

"Fine. No changes has come, the first changes come in like three months, so", she said  shrugging and David smiled, finally seeing his daughter making contact with them.

"Well I can't wait to see that sweetie", he said and Emma smiled before turning back to her food.

They heard footsteps and Mary Margaret and David turned to see their son walking down the stairs. "Good morning", he said and the parents smiled at him.

"Good morning sweetie. Come and eat", Mary Margaret said as he walked to the kitchen.

"Hold on a sec", he said and walked over, taking an apple and a banana from the fruit bowel and the two parents frowned at their son's odd behavior.

"Where are you going with those?", Mary Margaret asked as she watched him walk up the stairs again.

"Oh I'm taking them with me to school. For the short breaks, you know?", he said and Mary Margaret nodded, smiling wide.

"Oh sweetie, I'm so happy to finally seeing you eat something", she said softly and Emmett's smile disappeared for a moment before a sad smile showed up. He nodded and walked up the rest of the, his entire family watching him as he did. Emma eyed him for a moment before turning to her parents who gave him sad eyes as he left.

"I couldn't take more, they all sat by the table", Emmett said as soon as he walked into his room and the older Emmett nodded, smiling as he watched the apple and banana in his hands.

"It's fine Em. Thanks"

Emmett smiled and took his back pack. "I'm gonna go. Stay here and stay out of trouble. Mom's gonna be home all day, so don't do anything stupid alright?"

Emmett sighed and nodded as he sat in the bed and ate the apple.

The younger Emmett nodded and looked at his brother for a moment before nodding again, walking out of the room.

"Come on Em. Zelena and Regina are waiting", Emmett said once he was down the stairs and Emma frowned at her brother.

"What?"

"Come on", Emmett just said and Emma turned to their parents, her frown still on her face, before standing from her seat. She took one last bite of her pancake before waving at her parents.