Lola's P.O.V.
I was skipping across the marble floors of the castle. Jefferson looked over at me and laughed shaking his head at me. I rolled my eyes at him.
"What are you so chipper about? We just got chased by marshmellow people. Do you know how long it is going to take to get that sugary stuff out of out clothes? And I like this jacket." He said and I chuckled.
"Always the pessimist. Come on it was fun, jumping on candy. Besides you hate every place we go to that is not gloomy and boring." I said and he stuck his tounge out at me, and I returned the gesture.
We walked up to the door, and I was about to open it when Jefferson pulled me back and leaned his ear up against the door to see if he was with someone. He looked at me and smirked, then pushed the door open to reveal the dark one, and the queen. I had met her a few times before when I did my drop offs. I followed Jefferson inside. We both greeted Rumple, like purusual he asked if there was any trouble. Jefferson and I shared a look, then we looked back and smirked.
"Only the trouble we make." Jefferson said Rumple shook his head but smiled at us.
We handed our items over to him and he thanked us, and handed me a list of things that he required. I nodded and looked it over while Jefferson got our fee for the both of us.
"Hello Lola. Jefferson, looking handsome as always." Regina said.
Regina was usually there when we dropped off so I liked her. But she was a little dark for my taste. Jefferson turned around and took his hat of to cincerely thank her.
"I'm finished with her soon Jefferson, if you want to take the queen for a spin." Rumple said from the other end of the room.
Regina smiled and shrugged, I walked over to Jefferson and padded his shoulders.
"Sorry, but he is taken." I said, Jefferson looked up at me amused, Rumple and Regina looked rather surprised.
"I thought higher of you dearie." Rumple said and Jefferson scoffed and glared at him, the queen looked almost embarrassed that she had hit on him.
"No no Rumple. I am smarter than that, what I meant was the Jefferson is taken, married to his work. I sometimes think he sleeps in the hat and only the hat." I said and he glared at me, I put my hand on his shoulder.
"It's okay Jefferson, the first step is admitting you have a problem." I said and he shook his head at me, while Rumple and Regina chuckled in the background.
I nugded him and he nodded, flipping his hat so it landed on his head.
"We will let you continue your lesson, we have work to do. Another time." He said and I nodded.
We walked out the door and it shut behind us. I chuckled as we walked towards the exit of the gigantic castle Rumple lived in. We walked outside to see the sun was setting over the enchanted forrest. Jefferson looked over at me and nudged my shoulder. He handed me my share of gold.
"Here is yours. Where are we off to this time? I hope it is better than marshmallowland." He said and I chuckled.
I wanted to be done for the day soon, no matter how much I loved going on adventures with the man beside me. I looked over the list to see which would require the least amount of effort. And pointed it out to Jefferson, he sighed and smirked, took the hat off and threw it on the ground letting it spin, he grabbed my hand and we jumped into the portal. When we were in the hall of doors we walked around looking for that particular door. I finally found it, a little door with stars all over it. He pushed the door open and we went through.
"Welcome to Twilight world." He whispered and I chuckled.
"This better than marshmellowland?" I whispered, he chuckled and nodded.
You had to whisper in Twilight world, it was a world where it was always night, and the inhabitants were always sleepy. This land was quite beautiful, however Twilight world enchants you to sleep, if you fall a sleep here, you might not wake up again. We walked through the fields and approached the castle. This world was one of the easiest to steal from, all you had to do was be quiet. And as a theif, that was my specialty. Jefferson stood guard as I walked through the castle. I got through a few rooms before I entered the kings bedroom. He has been sleeping for eternity now, it is said if you wake him up you shall be awake for eternity as punishment. But hell that is just a rumor. I crept into the bedroom and searched for it. When I finally found the lulliby text that Rumple wanted. I silently grabbed it and stuffed it into my bag then tiptoed my way out. When I got out I smirked and Jefferson looked at me relieved.
"So, you gonna be awake for eternity now? It would be like you to get you and me in trouble like that." He whispered I scoffed at that statement.
"We are gonna have so much fun being awake all the time! Of course not you idiot. And hey! I do not get us in trouble. It is usually you that can't keep quiet." I whispered. He furrowed his eyebrows at me.
"No it is not. You're always knock over things and get us caught. I don't get us in trouble, I get us out of it." He whispered.
"Well then you start stealing things then. See how you do. Besides you like it, I see you smiling whenever we run for our lives." I whispered. For once he did not protest he just chuckled and shook his head at me.
We were walking back and I stopped him like he had me earlier, he looked around worried we had caused some mayham. He looked at me confused when he realized that there was no immediate trouble.
"What are you doing?" He asked and I pointed upwards. He looked in that direction, shook his head but walked over and sat down.
Whenever we were in Twilight world, which we should visit more often. I always stopped Jefferson to enjoy the view. Last time there were fireflies, this time the flowers somehow glowed and it made the field of flowers look like a softly coloured rainbow. We sat down next to each other and enjoyed the view in front of us. That was the most beautiful thing about Twilight world. There was usually something to light up the always dark world.
A gush of wind crossed the field and I shivered in the cold, Jefferson chuckled at me and shook his head. He pulled me into him as he rubbed my arms to give me some warmth. After a while we got up and went back through the portal to drop off the lullaby at Rumple's.
We walked in, Rumple and Regina were toasting to something. I pity whomever they were celebrating. Rumple was pleased with it and said we had off for now, he invited us to come have a drink with them, they were celebrating. Like I said, I pity whoever they were celebrating.
One drink turned to four and we were all pretty relaxed, people were so afraid of the dark one and the queen but they are quite pleasant company at times.
"So tell me, how did you two end up working together? You seem like polar opposites." Regina asked out of curiosity, and wine.
I looked over at Jefferson and he smirked. I nodded and smirked at him giving him the signal to start telling the story. He knew that I would interrupt when he got details completely wrong.
"Well I was to steal something for Rumple on one of the islands here in the enchanted forrest. I am in this castle, which was crazy hard to get into, I open the door to the room where the item is, and I freeze. Because there I see Lola here, in a diadem clearly taking from another room, about to steal exactly what I needed. She was frozen in place and had not even seen me coming." He said and I cut him off.
"Please you make so much noise I could hear you a mile away." I said he glared at me and nodded letting him continue.
"We stand there starring at each other for a few moments before she finishes picking the lock to the chest this thing was in. Rumple had specifically told me that I needed to handle this thing with care. We end up fighting over it, basically doing everything we aren't supposed to do. I chase her, while we are being chased by guards. I helped her by pulling her behind a tree and therefore not getting caught. I drag her here, and on the way we are fighting. I find out that she is selling it to the king Rumple was gonna sell it to anyway. We get to Rumple's castle, he meets her, likes her and next thing I know I have a thief always following me around and adoring my every move." He said and I scoffed.
"Please, I don't adore you, you're so bad at everything. Oh and he got some details wrong, Rumple did not just like me he loved me. And secondly I was stealing and wearing a crown not a diadem."I said and he rolled his eyes at me. I turned to Regina and smirked.
"Pay was better with Rumple so I agreed to work with him. Too bad this thing came with the deal. Oh and honey, you should see me in a crown." I said, I pointed at Jefferson when I said "this thing".
She chuckled and clinked her glass with mine. She got up and announced that this had been fun but she had to be on her way. We bid her farewell, Jefferson and I said goodbye to Rumple too. We walked out of the castle together, going the same way.
We parted ways like we did almost every night, we hugged and said our goodbyes then started walking in different directions. I had gotten a few steps when I heard Jefferson yell from behind me.
"You do look fantastic in a crown."
