Rumple and Belle sat in the office of the adoption agency. Belle kept fidgeting and her leg bounced by itself. She only realized when Rumple placed his hand on it. She turned to him.

"Relax, sweetheart. It'll be okay." Just then, the door opened a man stepped in.

"My apologizes to keep you waiting. So, Mr. and Mrs. Gold, what has made you want to adopt?"

"Well, we were trying for a while to get pregnant and after having a miscarriage I went to the doctor and he told me I will never be able to carry a child to term. So, we talked about it and decided that if we couldn't bring a child into the world we would give a child already here a loving home."

"Well then, what kind of child were you looking to adopt?"

"Well we don't care if it's boy or girl and we were talking about adopting an older child. Around ten or older."

"Well, if you're serious, we do have a little girl around ten that is looking for a home. I must warn you though she's been through a lot."

"I'm not worried. I just want to show a child the meaning of a family." The man smiled at that.

"Well, how about I bring her in for you to meet." Belle nodded and the man left.

"Rumple, tell me I'm dreaming. Are you serious about to possible get a child."

"Believe it my dear." He kissed her quickly before the man came back in. With him he had a young girl about ten with jet black hair, sparkly green eyes, and pale skin.

"Mr. and Mrs. Gold this is Elizabeth although she prefers to be called Lizzie." Belle smiled and knelt down on the floor so Lizzie wouldn't have to look up to talk to her.

"It's very nice to meet you Lizzie. My name is Belle and this is my husband Rumford but we just call him Rum or Rumple."

"Hi."

"You have very pretty eyes. Did you know that?"

"No, I didn't." Lizzie looked at the floor. "You have very pretty hair."

"Thank you. Lizzie, would you like to come home with us?" Lizzie looked at Rumple as he too knelt down as painful as it was for him.

"You want to take me home?"

"Yes, very much so." Rumple said. Lizzie looked at Rumple and Belle. She then slowly nodded.

"Can-Can I home with you today?" Belle looked at the man who had brought her in.

"Everything's order, you can take her home when you want." Belle smiled and turned to Lizzie.

"What do you say we go get your things?"

"There's only one thing I really want." She went out of the office and returned seconds later with a stuffed bear. "My mom gave this to me on my second birthday. She said that as long as I had this I would have her. She died later that week."

"I'm sorry sweetheart. Is that all you want to bring?"

"This is all I have." She said shyly. Belle nodded and stood up. She helped Rumple stand. After making sure he was steady on his feet, Belle went over to the desk and signed the necessary papers. When she was done, Rumple signed them using his cursed name. Belle looked at Lizzie.

"Ready to go?" Lizzie nodded. Belle held out her hand for Lizzie to take which she did. They got in the car and Rumple drove back to Storybrooke. Lizzie looked out the window the whole time.

"Lizzie, I hope you don't mind but we decorated your room a little bit. If you don't like it we can always change it." Rumple told her as they pulled up in front of the house.

"I get my own room?"

"Yes, of course. It's just the three of us here. You'll meet our son today but he doesn't live with us. He lives with his wife and son." Belle said. Lizzie nodded and got out the car. "Come on, I can't wait for you to see it." Belle said overly excited. Lizzie managed a small shy smile and followed her new parents into her new house. She stopped in the doorway and looked around.

"I know it seems big but I promise you won't get lost." Rumple said. Lizzie nodded followed Belle down a hallway and stopped in front of a door that her name spelled out in wooden letters nailed to the door. "Go on, go inside." Lizzie took a deep breath and opened the door. Her eyes widened in awe. Her room had a been painted a light shade a sea green, she had a queen sized canopy bed with the bedspread matching the walls. A dresser was pushed up against the wall opposite her bed. A book shelf was under the window direction across from her. There was a moderately sized space rug on the floor that matched the walls and bedspread. She walked further in and saw a selection of books ranging from mystery to horror to romance. She picked up a book and smiled at the title. She looked around the large room and smiled.

"We weren't sure what you liked but we change anything you want." Belle said sitting on the bed.

"Why change what I've been given?" Lizzie asked confused. She had never had such a nice room and she didn't want to push her limits by asking to change the color from sea green to emerald to match her eyes.

"Lizzie, this is your home now. Anything you don't like you can ask to change it. We won't be offended." Belle said. Lizzie looked at her feet. "There is something you'd like change isn't there?"

"Could we maybe change the color to emerald green?" She asked shyly. "I've always wanted a room that matched my eyes."

"Of course. We'll go down the hardware store tomorrow and you can pick out a color. That sound okay?" Rumple asked. Lizzie nodded. "Check the closet. Belle I think bought out of the entire girls' section in every store."

"Rumple." She swatted at his arm. Lizzie looked inside and gasped. Every clothing article she could think of was in this huge closet. It was a walk in and it was all sorted. Skirts, dresses, and blouses were on one side; pants, casual shirts, and vests were on another; her school uniform was in the back in the center; her shoes were in one bin and her socks and stockings were in another. She looked around. "Do you like it?" Lizzie smiled and ran to Belle throwing her arms around her waist. Belle was shocked by the sudden displayed of affection but wrapped her arms around Lizzie.

"I love it! Thank you!" She let go of Belle and hugged Rumple. Rumple stumbled at bit by the force of the hug but smiled and hugged her back. He looked at Belle and saw she had tears in her eyes, but they were happy tears. The same kind of tears the crept down her face at their wedding. Oh yes, Rumple mad the right choice by marrying her and adopting Lizzie.