Yay, got this one done on time but this is the last Chapter (for now). I will explain in the bottom notes.
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Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective and Babysitter

Bible Trouble

Sherlock and John just finished a case with Lestrade. Someone had phoned the police to say they found a body up on a cliff but when the police got there the body was gone. The person that had phone had been there the whole time and no one else had been seen. Sherlock got it straight away. The person that phoned had to move away to get signal on her phone therefore taking her eye off the body which was on the edge of a cliff. As the woman walked away from the body, the ground gave way due to the harsh weather they have had over the past few days and the body disappeared in to the sea below. When the woman came back to the body she hadn't noticed the ground change. Once they had finished and Lestrade let them go, they got a cab back to the flat. They picked up pizza on the way as a treat for Rosie. The headed upstairs and were greeted by Rosie and Mrs Hudson who was trying to understand Rosie's homework. They let Mrs Hudson go and then set out the pizza's and began eating.

After a few minutes of eating in silence Rosie put her pizza slice down and paused for a moment. Both John and Sherlock noticed it. They looked at each other and then waited for her to say something.
"Daddy? All the other people in my class have a mummy. Where's my mummy?" Sherlock looked over to John whose face dropped as he tried to think of a way of explaining what happened but all he could do was look to Sherlock, but Sherlock wasn't sure what to say. Does he tell Rosie about Mary or do they keep it from her until she is old enough to understand. But when will she be old enough to understand? Sherlock gave another look at John and decided not to bring up Mary just now.
"Rosie," He started, "Some people have a mum and dad but other people don't. Some have two mum's and no dad and others, like you have two dad's and no mum." He looked to John who seemed to be alright with his explanation and then back at Rosie who nodded and took a bite of her pizza, but Sherlock could see more questions dancing around in her head. She always loved asking questions. Once she asked one she always thought of more.
"Pa? What's gay mean." She asked a soon as she swallowed he mouthful. This time John chocked on his water a little before he giving Sherlock a nod towards his waiting daughter. The Detective blinked a few times to try and think of how to explain it to the 5 year old.
"Erm... Gay is when two boys or two girls love each other..."
"So, are you and daddy gay?"
"Yeah." She nodded and took bite from her pizza slice again. He wondered where these questions were going because she seemed to be very interested in the subject.
"What's a sin?" Sherlock looked to John once more who looked back at him in slight shock, so Sherlock opened his mouth to speak but John got there before him.
"Some people believe that if you do something really bad, that's called a sin." It then hit Sherlock and he realised exactly where these questions were going. But before he could say anything she began talking again.
"At school in assembly, we were looking at a book called Bib... bibl... the one about God. And I asked about a bit that I was trying to read and my teacher said it was about being gay was a sin and that if you sin lots of times you go to Hell and not Heaven. Does that mean you go to hell when you die?" Sherlock took this question while John sat there looking more shocked than before. He looked to Rosie who was leaning towards him looking very interested in the answer he was about go give her.
"No. Umm...some people think that people like me and daddy are bad. But we're not... Err... And some people... Umm..." Something dawned on him. Why were they reading the Bible in school? Were they getting forced to read it? What about the kids with other religions, are they reading it? This wasn't right.
"Is your whole class reading the Bible?" Rosie shook her head.
"No. Rama and Sophia sit and colour." She put her half eaten slice of pizza down and had a drink of water while Sherlock looked over to John. John had exactly the same thought he had.
"Finish your dinner and then go and get changed for bed."
"I'm not hungry." She shot up and ran upstairs to get changed. John looked at her pizza box. There was nearly a whole pizza left, she had only eaten half a slice.
"She takes after you." John said indicating to the pizza. Sherlock laughed through his nose a little then looked back at John.
"Are you going to the school or am I?"
"I think this is something for both of us. We should have got a letter about this. I never did that when I was there. They shouldn't do that to kids." Sherlock nodded
"We'll go in tomorrow" John nodded and ate his pizza.

The next day John asked for someone to cover him at work while him and Sherlock went to the school. When the bell rang they held Rosie back and walked with her over to the door so they could speak to her teacher. They let Rosie run inside as they walked up to the teacher holding the door for her.
"Nice to see you again, Mr Holmes... and you must be Dr Watson. Can I help you today?" She shook hands with John as Sherlock replied.
"Yes. We need to speak about the Bible." She gave him a confused look but let them in the classroom. She told the kids to get ready and to find a seat. Sherlock watched as Rosie put her stuff away then sat in a seat. No one sat around her but she seemed to be happy. She closed her eyes and put her fingers to her temples like Sherlock did when he was in his Mind Palace. He smiled and then felt a tug on his arm and turned to look at John. John looked over to Rosie as well and smiled but then they both went over to the teachers desk. The teacher came back to them after telling the assistant to take over for now. She lead them outside in to the corridor. Sherlock spoke first.
"I hear you have been looking at the bible in recent lessons?"
"Yes, is there a problem?" He felt John tense up a little as she was supposed to know there was a problem. Sherlock put his arm on his back to calm him then spoke again.
"Yes. We have several problems. We never got any warning of this at all so when our Rosie began asking if we would go to hell because we were gay, we more than a little bit shocked." The teacher froze and looked a little shocked herself.
"I am so sorry. We took the pupils out that had other religions but we didn't even think..." John cut her off before she could finish
"You didn't think about the gay couple being questioned by their very curious daughter about how being gay is a sin. No, I didn't think you did." Before the anyone could say anything else the three of them tuned to look through the door where they heard shouting.
"I'm in my Mind Palace! Leave me alone!"
"Freak!" "Weirdo!" "Your dad's are going to hell!" John and Sherlock both looked at each other and then to the teacher who rushed in. The followed her slowly and stood by the door. All they could do was watch as some of the kids were chanting "Freak!" towards Rosie. As Sherlock watched all he could see was himself in school. Sherlock had been bullied in school because he was different and it made him in to the heartless, arrogant person he was went he first met John. He didn't like seeing Rosie go through the same thing. None of the kids had seen John and Sherlock by the door. They could see the teacher was trying her best to get them to be quiet but they carried on. Rosie looked around the room and when she spotted her dad's she ran to them. Sherlock crouched down and caught her as she ran in to his arms. He heard all the kids stop chanting and look at them. Sherlock stood up as Rosie kept hold of his legs and he kept a hand on her head. All the kids had faces as if they had just got caught stealing the last biscuit from the box. Rosie was still crying into Sherlock leg as he spoke.
"I think Rosie is going to take some time off school." The teacher nodded as he picked Rosie up and went through the door John was holding open.

They found their way to reception and signed Rosie out but just as they were leaving the teacher caught up with them. They turned around when she called their names and she began apologizing about the Bible thing. She explained that she had never seen that amount of bullying happen before with Rosie or any other students and that she is not surprised that they want to remove her. She said that she would do the same with her children. They thanked the teacher and she headed back to her class while Sherlock, John and Rosie began to walk home. Sherlock decided it would be easier to give Rosie a piggy back instead of carrying her. As they walked he could feel John letting off a tense vibe next to him so while he held Rosie's leg with one hand, the other held John's hand as they walked down the road. When they got home John opened the door and they all went upstairs. Sherlock put Rosie down and she ran off to her room upstairs. John went over and sat in his chair while Sherlock went to the window.
"That would never have happened when I was there. That school has changed so much I'm not even sure it's the same school." Sherlock was listening but he didn't move from the window or say anything. They shouldn't have needed to take her away like that.
"I think we should put her in that private school you were on about, Sherlock." He turned around and looked to John. He nodded and went to his laptop on the desk. John got up and went over to the kettle Sherlock spoke as he pulled up the website for the school.
"I'll phone Mycroft and..."
"No. I want to see if we can do this on our own first." Sherlock looked at him as if it was a stupid idea but then he told himself if this is what John wants then that's what he'll get.

John and Sherlock sat up most of the night filling out the online form. Once they had read through it multiple times they sent it off to the email provided and waited for the reply. For the days they were waiting John and Sherlock took it in turns to teach Rosie what she would normally be learning. Sherlock did Maths and English because John wouldn't allow Chemistry to be taught, and John did handwriting and reading. After 4 days Sherlock's phone pinged while John was doing handwriting with Rosie.
"John, She's been accepted. We just have to go to an interview." He looked up from his phone and saw John smiling.
"Really?" Sherlock nodded "That's brilliant. When's the interview?" Sherlock looked back to the screen to find the date.
"Next week, Monday 22nd. It says we will go to an interview, get a tour and she will have to do a small test. It will take up most of the day." He could see John thinking.
"I might be able to get someone to cover at the clinic for me... wait a test? What type of test?" "It's not hard. It's couple of questions. If I remember right there was a mental math question, a grammar question and a science question." John nodded but Sherlock saw something pop into his head.
"If you remember right? What do you mean by that?" Sherlock cleared his throat. John knew Sherlock went to a private school but he hadn't told John this was one of the schools Sherlock went to. He hadn't told John that he'd been to more than one school. He looked down at the screen again.
"No, most private school's have the same test." He said, hoping that John would leave it and he did. John just nodded and they went back to what they were doing except they were one step closer to getting Rosie back to school.

The day of the visit came and they got a cab to the school even after Mycroft offered a car. John wanted to do this his way so Sherlock did everything he wanted to do. They pulled up outside the school and Sherlock paid the cabbie while John brushed off Rosie's dress and sorted her hair. The boys were also dressed smart in suits that Sherlock picked out. Sherlock joined them and they all walked through the gate towards the doors. When inside they met someone who took them to the headmaster. They were sat outside the office waiting to be called in. Sherlock was looking at the pictures of various classes on the wall and John was sat with Rosie. The headmaster came out to greet them and take them inside. Sherlock recognised the head immediately. It was the deputy head from when Sherlock was here.
"So, this must be Rosamund Mary Watson. Watson? Where do I know that name." The head flicked through some paper and pulled one out to set it on top of the others.
"Mr Holmes and Dr Watson. The Detective and Doctor from the papers." He looked up to Sherlock and John who were stood behind Rosie who was sat on the chair in the centre of the room.
"Do I know you Mr Holmes? Your name and face seem to be familiar." Sherlock shook his head hoping he wouldn't remember who he was.
"Do grab a seat and sit down. We would normally already have them set out but I've been busy. My first question is why you are so late in enrolling Rosamund here? The school term started nearly a month ago." John grabbed chairs as Sherlock spoke.
"She prefers the name Rosie and we had her put in to an public primary school but for reasons known to us we had to remove her." He sat down when John put a chair behind him.
"I see. Do I need to know these reasons before I allowed her entry to our school?"
"You may know them at a later date. It had nothing to do with her actions."
"Is she okay?" The head nodded to her and they all looked to Rosie who had her eyes closed but was sat bolt upright. He smiled and saw John was a bit confused about his smile.
"Yes, she's fine. It is something she had picked up from me. I call it a Mind Palace as does she."
"A Mind Palace?"
"Yes. It is a thought process. You store information on a map of a familiar location and as long as you can find your way back to it you can remember just about anything." Sherlock could see the head watching in fascination as Rosie was in her Mind Palace. Suddenly she opened her eyes and looked to Sherlock who smiled at her.

The head asked a couple more questions about their life and money. John didn't reply to anything unless he was asked directly, like what his job was. Sherlock knew what he could say to stay on the good side of the head which meant a higher chance of Rosie successfully getting in. Once the interview had finished the head showed them to a few of the class rooms and the main areas of the school. Then they got taken to a room and Rosie had to sit and do the small test. They were allowed to sit in the same room but weren't allowed to speak until she was done. It didn't take long. Rosie took after John and was a smart girl. As they were being showed out, the head said they would get her results by tomorrow.
"Okay, well thank you for letting us enrol her so late." John said as he shook the heads hand then Sherlock took his hand and shook it.
"Yes, thank you." The head paused for a moment and Sherlock saw his eyes widen in realisation. No please don't say it. Not in front of John, I'll never hear the end of...
"You're Sherlock Holmes. William Sherlock Scott Holmes."
"Yes. It was nice meeting you. Come on John, lets go." He turned quickly and pushed Rosie in front of him.
"The same Sherlock Holmes that blew up our science block." Sherlock stopped walking and turned back to see John in wide eyed shock. They walked over to Sherlock and Rosie and Sherlock dropped his head down.
"Sherlock, you didn't tell me you came to school here."
"No I don't think he told anyone. If he did no one would let him near any science labs. We had to totally rebuild our science block because of this young man." John was really interested now. He was about to ask something but Rosie got there before him.
"What did pa do?"
"It was their first science lesson as a class, he must have been 6 years old. His teacher had stepped outside with a pupil and he thought it would be a good idea to mix some chemicals. One minute there was a science block full of students the next minute all the students were outside and the science block was being hosed down." Sherlock lifted his head and saw John laughing a little with his hand over his mouth.
"Yes, apologies about that." He said hanging his head a little. "But we should really be going, John." John nodded and thanked the head again before following Sherlock to a cab waiting for them.

Rosie settled into the private school nicely. The work was a little harder but having the worlds only Consulting Detective and an ex-army doctor as a parents helped a lot. Sherlock would sit with her after school so they would get the work done and then sometimes she would ask for more. Her confidence went back up as well and she stopped being so quiet. Some days she would come home from school and talk about the new friends she made and what they did that day. Both John and Sherlock loved that Rosie finally found somewhere she belonged and got along with the other kids. Not once did they hear about anyone teasing her about her Mind Palace but they did hear about Rosie trying to teach it to other people. One day she came home and told her dad's that she had to take in something she was proud of and she had already decided that she wanted to take in both her dad's. They declined the offer but instead made her a family tree to take. John decide to talk about Mary a little and Rosie understood everything he told her. She enjoyed herself at the new school and the boys decided that it was where she was going to stay.

This is the last chapter because, I have little time to write at the moment and I have other stories I would like to post.
I enjoyed witting this one and will defiantly come back to it at some point but I'm not sure when yet.
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