"Why do we keep having this argument again and again?" Mary Margaret stormed out of the bedroom.
"Because I don't understand why won't even think about it!" David followed her.
"David, I'm tired of talking about it."
"Is everything okay?"
Emma and Henry were sitting on the couch, playing video games and listening to the couple argue about something.
"Everything's fine, Emma."
"What I don't get is why won't you even consider it." Charming complained again.
"C'mon kiddo, let's go get some ice cream and give grandpa and grandma some privacy. "
"Awww but I wanna hear the gossip. " Henry complained.
"Henry!"
"It's fine, Emma, you don't have to go. We are not talking about it." Snow said.
"No we are having this conversation today!" Declared Charming.
"Let's get go, kid."
Emma grabbed her jacket and car keys and head out, taking Henry along.
"Charming! What's gotten into you? Why won't you let this go?"
"We have to talk about it and you keep avoiding it."
"What is there to talk about?! I told you before, I am not having another baby. "
"Why not?! I mean, we never got a chance to raise Emma because of everything that happened and now we finally have nothing to worry about. We're in a good place. I don't get it. "
"Charming, I get it, okay? I know we didn't get to see Emma grow up and we really wanted that. But I feel like after everything we've been through I just don't think I can do it."
"But it's all over now. We're happy aren't we?" David gently held Snow's hands and caressed them.
"We are and I don't want anything to change that. "
"Okay. How about we wait? Let's wait but thinking about it. Then when you're ready, we'll talk again. " Charming pulled her closer to him, gazing into her eyes.
Snow looked back into his eyes and after a small pause, she spoke,
"That's the thing. I don't think I'll ever be ready." Snow's face tensed up.
"What?"
"Oh god...I can't do this anymore. I'm sorry." Snow pulled her hands back and turned away from Charming, trying to hold her tears in.
"Mary Margaret..."
"I'm sorry, I can't lie to you like this anymore. "
"Snow, are you all right? What are you talking about?"
"I cheated on you, David. I don't know how it happened but it did."
"Cheated? Wha...what...what do you mean?"
Snow couldn't hold it in any longer. She burst into tears.
"Mary Margaret. What did you mean?!" Charming's voice grew louder. His eyes were filled with anger and confusion.
"It happened, when we came back from Neverland. I was angry at you for all the stuff with the dreamshade, and you dying and...I was really hurting and he really comforted me."
"He? He who?"
"Gold."
"Rumplestillskin?!"
"What happened? "
"I was just lonely and we talked and then one thing led to another and..."
"And?"
"We kissed."
Charming's anger and confusion grew stronger, he started feeling disgusted and repulsed.
"What else happened?"
"He then, invited me to his house and...we...we.."
"That's it. I can't listen anymore. I..I can't believe this."
"Charming, I'm so sorry. I never meant to hurt you."
"Well, you did. That's it. That bastard is dead."
Charming rushed to get his jacket and was ready to storm out."
"David, please stop. Don't do anything you'll regret. "
David stopped and tried his best to look at Snow, his eyes bloodshot and teary. He then looked away, down at the floor.
"Charming, please don't do this. It's not his fault. He was just tried to comfort me."
"Well, were comfortable enough, when he screwed you?"
"I don't know what to say. "
"How many times? "
"What?"
"How many times did you sleep with him?"
"I..I.."
"How many times?! So it was more than once." Charming yelled.
"We have been secretly seeing each other."
"Does Belle know?"
"No."
"Do you love him?"
"I..I don't know. I know I'm infatuated. I just hope it's an infatuation."
David's face shot up. He looked at Snow again, who was overflowing with shame, guilt a d confusion as well.
"Then say it! You're telling you're infatuated, that you're obsessed. Say you're in love with him."
Snow couldn't come up with the words.
"Say it!"
"I'm in love with him!" Snow broke down again.
"That's all I wanted to hear." David was over the rage, all he could now feel was disgust.
He opened the door and proceeded to step out.
"Where are you going?"
"Don't worry. I'm not gonna hurt your precious Rumplestillskin. I don't think this marriage is worth fighting for."
"How can you say that?" Snow sobbed.
"I have been nothing but good to you and you have been nothing but selfish and I don't deserve that. If you were miserable, you could've just said it. "
"I never said I was miserable."
"You didn't have to. I think it's my fault, I pushed you too hard and never realised I was smothering you."
"See that's your problem."
Charming closed the door and listened to Snow, who had all the guilt fading away.
"You always act so righteous and self sacrificing. It's just so annoying. That's why I felt good with Rumple. He's different."
"Well, you two deserve each other. I'll get out of your way and let you be happy."
Snow just realised what she just said.
"Charming, I didn't mean that. I just..."
"Doesn't matter. You and I are done... but I guess that already happened a long time ago for you, didn't it." Charming feigned a smile as he left the house, shutting the door after him.
Snow was left all alone, thinking about what just happened.
Charming leaned against the door after closing it. He couldn't believe his marriage was coming to an end like this. But somehow his heart felt lighter. His mind was blank with a darkness but his heart felt like a weight had been lifted. Right now, he knew what he wanted and he knew just where to get it.
To be continued...
(I just wanted Snow to be a little villainous here. I'm hoping to take this story quite far. Hope you enjoyed it. There's more to come. Please review. Oh yeah, some lines have been borrowed from the movie, Network)
