Outside, the rain drummed against the store's windows. It was five past 5 in the afternoon but the dark clouds filled the sky as if it were nighttime. I loved that the way it brought me a warm and fuzzy feeling as I took a sip from my coffee and turned to the last chapter of my book.
I must've read this version of Snow White a thousand times by now, but I would never get tired of reading it.
"Why don't you take it with you?" I looked up to see Maggie, the owner of the small bookstore, pointing at the maroon book in my hands.
"Without paying for it?" I shook my head with a smile at her kind offering, "No, it's fine. I'll just come back tomorrow to finish it."
"Take it, Gwen... As a birthday gift," she insisted with a smile that told me she wasn't taking no for an answer.
With a sigh of defeat, I got up from my seat with the fairytale book in hand and thanked her, "Thanks, Maggie."
"Your welcome... and goodnight," the brunette waved to me goodbye as I opened the door to the store.
"Goodnight!" I smiled and step out of the bookstore with my umbrella over my head, the doorbell ringing behind me as the bookstore's door slid closed.
The apartment building I lived in was only a few blocks away from Maggie's bookstore, so I arrived before it really started raining cats and dogs outside.
Talking about dogs, Rupert, the most protective and loving dog in the whole wide world, charged at me like a bull when I entered the apartment. The German Shepherd barked happily as he took me down to the floor with him while licking my face all over.
"Oh, Rupert, gross!" I attempted to get him off of me.
He barked one more time before letting me free, and, laughing, I stood.
"I love you too, boy," I gave him a pat on the head before going over to the cupboard, and took out his dog food.
He devoured the bowl while I washed my face and hands from his dog saliva and took out my own dinner from the fridge.
After we were done eating, Rupert went to the living room and plopped himself on the couch as I washed my plate.
Turning the water off, I turned to him and asked, "Wanna watch the TV, huh boy?" He wagged his tale and took that as I yes, going over to the TV show and movie collection I had on my shelf.
Rupert got off the couch and stood excitedly beside me as I dragged my fingers across the DVDs until I find my favorite TV show, Once Upon A Time, and pulled out the second season of it.
"How about this one, Rupert?" I showed it to him, and, when he barked in agreement, I went over to the TV and inserted the disc into the DVD player.
Grabbing my candy bag of Twizzlers licorice and a coke, Rupert and I got comfy on the couch and got ready to watch Once Upon A Time. As the first episode started, I find myself wishing to live in a place like Storybrooke, where magic and fairy tale characters were real.
If only wishing upon a star really worked, I thought as I doze off in the middle of the fourth episode.
By the time I woke up, the DVD player had started the disc all over again and the first episode was showing on the TV screen.
Rupert was sleeping soundlessly on his bed, so I got off the couch with a sleepy yawn to turn off the TV and the DVD player.
Suddenly, a crack of lighting illuminated the room and, startled, I tripped over one of the dog's chew toys. But instead of falling back on my ass like I expected, my body was thrown forward into the TV.
Yeah, into- as inside- the TV, and I only had time to scream and think, Great, I'm dead, as darkness surrounded me.
A/N: Thank you for reading and I hope you liked this short chapter of my first OUAT fanfic! If you're wondering, this is going to follow the TV show's storyline and will be starting from Season 2.
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