Loving Ms. Mills

Collarbones

Emma's p.o.v*
I wake up and bathe Henry. He adds bubbles to his bath and I sit on the side scrubbing his back and all his little toes. He looks up and yawns. I giggle and give him a little kiss on his nose. "Mommy." I smile and look down. "yes ." I asked raising my head slightly to the right. he giggles. "I've never seen you so happy! Did you meet a boy!"
I look at him and kiss his cheek. "No, I didn't meet a boy. I'm just happy."
He looks at me and smiles. "Well if you're happy then I'm happy."
I giggle and kiss him once more before pulling him out of the water. I pick him up and wrap his little body up in a towel and place him on my bed to get him dressed for the day.

He dries off and walks to his room to get dressed. I hear the doorbell ring and skip to the door to open it. "Oh hey, Belle." She called me yesterday to tell me she started her new therapy so I decided to hire her back just because she's been a lifelong friend and support to me. She smiles "Emma! Your gonna be late."
I smile at her and shake my head. I'm already dressed in red flannel and some tan leggings with a black shirt on. "Oh, I'm dressed. He's upstairs call me if you need anything.."
"Alright." She smiles and I grab my keys and walk to my car. Get in and drive to school.

I arrive at school and start to put my stuff away in my locker. I see a large number of boys hanging around Ms. Mills' room. I decide to walk the long way so I could see into the big window.
As I'm walking I hear people laugh but for some reason, today it just doesn't bother me.
I finally approach Regina's room and look in the big window to see her with her hair in loose curls and she's wearing the most stunning outfit ever. She has on this white tight long-sleeve turtle neck, a very light pink pencil skirt with a pink bow in front, and the same color stilettos. I turn to all the boys who seem to be checking out her ass every time she bends over and I open my mouth to a shocked facial expression which made the kids all walk away right before the bell. I turn to see if anyone was around and I pull open the door. "So how many prep periods do you have?" She smiles and sits at the desk. "3 only because I run a lot of after-school actives and sports and I'm a pretty busy person."
I smile and sit on the desk next to her. "S-" before I could even say anything.. "oh yeah... I graded your E.A not the old one yet but the newest one and I gave you a B for it." 
She smiles. "Well great." Her face goes from smiling to a very concerned, look. "Hey, are you okay?" She smiles and nods. "Emma... I was just wondering... Who's it about?"
I look up at her and laugh. "It's about a fictional character." I lied.
She smiles and takes a deep breath in. "So shouldn't you be in 1st." I smile at her and nod. "Yeah, I probably should... Write me a pass?" She smiles. And pulls out a pack of sticky notes. She grabs a pen and starts to speak as she writes. "Dear, Mr. Gold... Please excuse Emma Swan. I needed her for some makeup work. Thank you. Ms. Mills."
I smile and laugh. Wait she took the time to learn my schedule.
I took the note as she handed it to me and walked out and into first period.

The bell rings and it's time to go to second period.
I get into the class and sit down to see that she threw her hair into a tight bun and replaced her stilettos with flats. "You changed your shoes and hair," I said and everyone looked up and directly at her. She looked panicky for a quick second and then went back to being stern. "Yeah... I..it got hot."
I smiled at her and mouthed "are you okay." And got a lowkey nod from her. She was acting as if something happened... I couldn't help but wonder what was wrong.
The rest of the class period she seemed frightened almost as if she was a toddler afraid that their mom will catch them eating ice cream at night time.

The bell rings and I get up as I'm about to walk out the door I decide to stay back and wait. I walk up to her desk and she didn't even seem to notice me. "Miss mills.." She jumped and looked up into my eyes. Her eyes filled with tears. I bend down and place my hand on her knee. "Hey... What's wrong.." She smiles and lets out a giggle. "It's just.." I push back a loose strand of her hair and search her eyes for answers. "It's just... I don't know. I try so hard to be this person. This big amazing person but people love to test me." I smile and hug her. "You're amazing don't let the actions of one student ruin your whole day." She smiles at me and clears her throat. "Bye Emma." I stop hugging her and get up. I look into her eyes and she looks away rapidly. I walk out wondering why she pushed me away so quickly.