Don't Leave Me, Please just love me

Mal's

Emma's p.o.v

I love my parents, but I am not going to school today. I'm going to have to lie and tell them that I'm sick. It won't be that difficult because my sister was sick only last week. I'll just pretend to have a stomach bug or something. "Emma honey, I'm heading out. Let me know if you need anything. I love you." I smile but I can't help the guilt that I feel in my core. "Emma are you alright? I can stay home if you'd like". She comes closer to me looking concerned. I must've been visibly discontent, my face always gives away what I'm thinking. I give her a weak smile and say "it's alright mom, I can take care of myself. Love you." She kisses my forehead and walks out my door. I decide to take a nap to get my mind off things. I close my eyes and drift into a deep sleep. My dreams consist of Regina and my foster family's telling me I'm worthless and to stay the hell away from them. I wake up sweating and my pulse is definitely through the roof. I haven't had a nightmare that bad in awhile.

I turn on my phone to see that Ruby texted me. Rubes🤪: Mills asked me to stay after class so she could ask me about how you were. Is everything okay Em? Fuck..I forgot to tell my best friend about whatever this is. Me: Let's meet at Mal's after your 6th period class, I'll tell you then. Great, I have 90 minutes to prepare what exactly I'll tell my best friend. I get pulled out from my thoughts when I hear the house phone ringing. Weird, nobody ever calls us from there. "Hello, are you the parent of Emma Swan?" it's her, Regina frigging Mills is calling my house.

Back to the beginning of the day..

Regina's P.o.v

The bell had just rung and I had to do the attendance. "Swan, Emma Swan" I call her name again.I decide to look up from my screen and noticed Swan wasn't here. I don't know why but I feel like this is somehow my fault. Obviously this is my fault, I lost my shit yesterday-- "Umm Ms.Mills, what are we supposed to be doing today?" ugh this kiss ass again. Can't she see that I'm going through something? Now that I think about it, I have my mask on and it always makes me appear 'neutral'. The only person who notices besides my mother, whom I learned it from was Emma. Maybe I reacted the way I did because.. she-- " Ms.Mills, what are we supposed to be doing?" Dammit! I'm trying to analyze my fucked up life here. I would give Amber detention but I can barely stand being in a full classroom with her, I couldn't make it 5 minutes one on one. I roll my eyes and finish the attendance. "Alright class, take out loose-leaf and a pencil. Pop quiz." They groan, this is going to be an easy one,only 10 questions. I really didn't plan on giving one to them ,I just needed peace and quiet. So I scrapped questions based on the vocabulary and texts we read this unit. "Alright class 5 more minutes, is left in the period." I didn't think they needed the whole period for 10 questions but there's a reason I'm the teacher and they're the students. I look up and see Ms.Lucas walking towards me. She does that weird flirty smirk and I give her a fake smile. Then, she hands me her test paper and turns to go back to her desk. "Ms.Lucas", she turns around "stay after class" I said to her. She looks at me curiously and gives me a small nod before returning to her desk. "Class, please bring me your quizzes. There is only a minute left in the period." I take the last students quiz and notice Ms. Lucas waiting patiently at my desk. "Am I in trouble, Ms. Mills?" she asks in a mocking tone, her and Emma are definitely best friends. I roll my eyes and proceed " You're friends with Ms. Swan, correct?" I say already knowing the answer. " Yes, best friends"she says." She is aware that her absence from detention means that she will still have to due the time, right?" I state calmly. " I don't know what Emma knows, but I'd assume she knows. She's sick. " Good, I think to myself. Maybe her absence wasn't my fault. Good? That sounds so evil, I don't think it's good ...she's sick. I'm just glad that it's not my fault. But why do I still feel so guilty. Maybe it's because I'm hungry? "Well, let Ms. Swan know about the detention. Do you need a pass, Ms. Lucas?"
I probably should've said something like "hope she gets better" but now I'm thinking about how I would cover for Kat back in high school... something is telling me Emma isn't actually sick. I get pulled from my thoughts by Ms. Lucas. Why is she still here? " No, I'm usually late to gym anyway. Have a good day Ms. Mills!" She smiles and I just nod. I call Kat for advice and she doesn't fucking answer. Wow, just my luck. Next thing I know, I'm requesting Swan's information from the main office. It wasn't hard because the secretary, Sidney, has a thing for me. "Hello, are you the parent of Emma Swan?" I said. I hear someone coughing until she answers " Ms.Mills? I can't *cough* make it to detention. Bye. " She hangs up on me. Rude. I guess I kind of deserve it. I don't know why this is bothering me so much. But I am sure that I need a tall glass of wine.

Emma's p.o.v.

"Hey Rubes, you look great" I greet her as I walk into Mal's. Mal's was this cafe that everyone went to for overly expensive coffee but we didn't really mind tho because me and Ruby come here for the danishes. "Emma, cut the bullshit" I scoff "I can't compliment my best friend?" She smiles and does a fake laugh " Flattery is not gonna cut it, can you just tell me what's going on?" I can do this. I can do this. I am still kind of hesitant on confiding in people but Ruby's been my best friend since I was 11 and she was 10. So this shouldn't be hard, right? I tell Ruby everything really fucking fast because once I start rambling I cannot stop. " Wow, that's a lot--" Ruby says, breaking me from my thoughts."I can't believe she yelled at you and then called your house and pretend it didn't happen. What the fuck is her problem?" she says angrily. Rubes has always been protective of me since we became friends, I absolutely love that about her. The waitress comes with our danishes. "Thank you" we say in unison. Then I hear an all to familiar voice telling one of the waitresses off. " I asked for a black plain coffee, that's the easiest thing to make. " I turn to see that it's Ms. Mills sitting across from a blonde woman.

Wow just my luck.

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