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Chapter 2: I was thinking about me.
"Come in."
Since her work started, she spent three stupid hours of argues with Bluebeard, the worst was that he never waited in the line, and people got mad, she noticed three days ago, but he still was bothering because of Crane's case, stealing money from Fabletown. Then, she relaxed a little when Grendel was the next. He wasn't a nice guy, but at least he kept his respect until the end, because she told him nothing could work in the conversation if he was yelling all his problems. He explained that Holly had problems about money, and she couldn't come, so he came. He asked her if she could lend him money. Snow White told him that she had to think about it, but maybe she could do it. Gren thanked her and left. Now, another person came in, but she was reading some files, without knowing the fable's identity.
"… Good afternoon, Miss White."
She blinked and stared with surprise at Nerissa, who was smiling sadly at her. She hadn't seen her since the accident. She wasn't wearing those clothes from the Pudding n' Pie anymore. She was wearing a simple green t-shirt and jeans.
"Hello, Nerissa. How are you?"
"… I've been better. But, thank you." She sat in the chair, in front of her.
"So, what brings you here? Do you have a problem?"
"No. I… I just wanted to talk about that night."
Snow stared at the fable; she sighed and showed her a sorrowful expression.
"Are you okay? I knew Bigby really cared of you. He gave you money for your economic problems and… He saved you from the Crooked Man." Snow wasn't looking at her eyes; she was staring at the files she was reading recently.
"I should be the one asking that." The Mayor looked at her with the question written in her face. "Miss White, you and Bigby used to be good friends, the way you two used to look out for each other was something incredible to me." She confessed. "I haven't seen a relation like that in a long time." Nerissa smiled. "So… Are you okay?"
"… I'm not."
She wasn't okay.
She couldn't be okay.
Will she ever going to be okay again?
Still, she couldn't understand why she was feeling so heartless, so hurt and sad. She saw people she cared died, but with Bigby was something that she wasn't able to stand. Her chest was burning, hurting inside; meanwhile the headache was making her remember all the times with her friend.
"Is that so?" She deeply sighed. "Miss White, I…"
"Please… Don't call me like that." She said in a bittersweet tone. "If you want, call me like you want, you don't have to be so respectful to me."
"… Then… Snow?"
"Yes?"
"You know? I… I really liked Bigby."
"… What do you mean?"
"I don't know… He's not as bad as everyone says he is." She said in a strange tone, confusing her. "They said he was a monster, but the first time I officially saw him, he seemed… lonely… to me. He's kind of violent, but Georgie didn't give him any choice about it, and it scared me a little when he asked me about Lily. Well, that time, my lips were sealed." She murmured bitterly. "But when Crane was ordering me to tell him the truth about…" She didn't want to finish the sentence, Snow nodded, silently telling her to continue. "When you two appeared, and Bigby showed his way to handle the people who are doing the things in the wrong way… I don't know how to explain it". She closed her eyes.
"Crane, get away from her!"
His own voice was powerful before everyone in Fabletown, Nerissa couldn't describe it.
"He was the first person but Faith and Lily that gave a damn about me. He promised me I would be free. And he did it."
"… I'm sorry. I never thought you would be this…-"
"It's okay." She smiled. "I know you're a good person. You really are… Like that night… When Bloody Mary…"
Snow White's face showed angst and sadness. How could she forget that?
"… Thank you, for helping me."
"I could say the same. Thanks for not saying anything."
-That night-
When Bigby Wolf and Snow White left with Crane, Nerissa could relax. Shit, she was scared to death when he suddenly came and told her that he would make her talk, even if she had to lose her life about it.
But she couldn't calm herself anymore.
Not after hearing those shots.
She abruptly got up and tried to get out, but Vivian noticed her.
"Nerissa." She stopped her. "You can't."
The little mermaid stared at her partner with fear in her eyes.
"It's not our battle. We have enough problems. You have to rest. Go to sleep."
She nodded and stayed in the room, meanwhile Vivian was talking to Georgie.
She did her best to not to come out, but when the shots were even more than she expected, she couldn't stand it anymore.
This time, she quietly walked to the door where the Sheriff disappeared. She blinked when she heard a last loud shot. The rain made her shiver and walked in the alley.
"Oh God, Bigby!" She heard a cry.
No, no, no.
What the hell was going on?!
"It was a good show."
She froze when she heard that cold and sadistic voice.
"But, you know. It just didn't know when to end."
No way.
No way.
No way was it HER.
She heard a strange noise coming from the walls.
"You know… You wouldn't think silver bullets would work on anything but a pure werewolf, but… as it turns out… that's just not the case." After a pause and a silence but the rain's noise, Bloody Mary spoke again. "Right, Wolfy?"
What had she done to Bigby?
"I mean, hey, look, I know it sounds ridiculous, but… really, guys…" She laughed. "Can you argue with these results?... 'Cause I know I can't."
What she was going to do?
Why wasn't she hearing anything from Snow or Bigby?
What happened?
Were they hurt?
Were they almost dying?!
She walked faster.
"Wait! Stop!"
She stopped a little when she heard the future Deputy Mayor's voice.
"Just… Take him, okay? Take Crane… Just, stop… Please."
"Mmmm… Yeah, I don't know…"
Then she finally heard his voice.
"Snow… Don't do this."
She easily noticed he was hurt, tired and almost dying, she could tell.
"It's your lucky day, kid. The Crooked Man says it's okay with him."
"The Crooked Man!" Nerissa angrily thought. THAT BASTARD…!
"Hello, Ichabod. Got a stomach ache?...
She was almost near of them, but she was too afraid of Mary.
"Oh, and just between us, girls… Crane ain't no killer. I mean, look at his face. Couldn't stick a pig if his life depended… Kinda like your boyfriend here. Too pussy to ruin a Tweedle's day."
She blinked again when a crack sound made the Big Bad Wolf growl in pain.
"Well, this is gonna be… A beautiful relationship we have with you guys. Really, I mean it. I'm jazzed about it… Out with the old… In with the new… Long live the Queen… I'm sure we'll be in touch. See ya' around."
Nerissa, finally gave herself the courage to see what was happening. She saw Bloody Mary's back. And she gasped in horror when she saw Snow and Bigby in the ground. She wasn't worried about the werewolf appearance. When the cars drove and disappeared, she slowly walked towards them.
"… Miss White?"
Snow turned, surprised. She stared with scared eyes at the angst eyes, full of tears.
"… Nerissa?"
"Yes… I'm Nerissa."
"… You… Please… Nerissa… Please… Help me…" She begged. "Help me find a way take Bigby to his apartment… Fast."
"… I… Crane… Forgot his keys…" She mentioned.
"His car's keys?"
"Yes… They're inside…"
"Can you bring them? Please…! I-I'll take Bigby to his car and then…"
"Yes, of course."
She run to the Pudding N' Pie and she sighed when no one saw her. She grabbed the keys of the ground and ran again to the principal door of the place, where Crane's car was. She saw Snow White, ready to drive, with the hurt sheriff inside.
"Miss White! Here they are." Snow smiled at her.
"Thank you…" She took her hands. "I really appreciate it."
Nerissa nodded and she saw how Snow drove off.
-Now-
"I always asked myself how you could hide Crane's car." Nerissa laughed a little.
"I thought you would be in trouble, but I put it back from the Trip Trap place. Holly didn't care because she wanted to burn it and I didn't deny her wish." She giggled.
Nerissa grinned. She couldn't believe she was talking friendly with the Deputy Mayor.
"…"
"Mundies say, when they are suffering for stuffs, they write things like 'Let it go' 'Move on without it', shits like those." She told Snow. "But for me… If Bigby won't be with us anymore… I'll move on… But I'll always remember him, because no matter what, he was a hero, people don't want to admit it… But it's real…"
"…" She was silently listening.
"You know? I still think he will come back, do you think the same?"
Finally her face showed another expression: confusion. After the accident, a lot of the crowd said that it was the best that Bigby was gone, even in that unfair situation.
"… I…" Well, that happened exactly a week with two days ago. She wasn't able to talk with anyone about it but Colin. Yes, Bigby let Colin stay, but she wasn't angry. She could think that she was better with Colin's companionship. "I… I go to the Witching Well after midnight." She confessed. Colin and Nerissa were the ones who knew that at the moment.
"Yeah?"
"… Yes."
"So, that answers my question. You still believe that… Maybe…"
"Yes." She repeated. "I don't sleep in my apartment anymore… I sleep in Bigby's. Colin doesn't matter, he feels lonely, so…" She closed her eyes with a painful smile. "I can't believe he won't come back, that's why…"
"It's okay, I get it." Nerissa nodded.
After a long silence, the little mermaid got up.
"Thank you, Snow. I'm happy that you trust me."
"… The same goes for you." She smiled sadly.
"Well, at least you can feel a little better, with all this shit bothering you."
"Yeah."
"See you."
Snow nodded, seeing Nerissa disappear after closing the door. Well, it didn't take time when another person was entering.
It was going to be a long day.
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She let her hair down, and brushed it with her fingers. She wasn't that tired like the other days. After talking to Nerissa, she felt a lot better. She always doubted about trusting people, there wasn't anyone else but Bigby in her life after what happened with her ex-husband and her sister. She was alone, Bigby too, and with that, they were friends, sharing their lonely. No matter what, he always was there with her, arguing, laughing, or just talking about work.
She noticed her steps where the only thing she could hear in that place.
As always, dark, silent, lonely.
She looked down, inside that darkness that swallowed the most important person to her.
"… Hello, Bigby." She smiled a little. "You know? Nerissa came just to talk to me. She made me feel better, but still… I can't be happy without you here… You were the sheriff, the fable who people feared, but to me, you were, are and will be the hero of Fabletown. Because I saw you change… Nerissa knows it too, Colin does too… Beauty too…" She felt the tears in her eyes. "I was thinking about me… And I wonder… What can I do now… If you're not with me? I still can't understand why… When you left… I can't get it… It hurts so much that I can't easily breathe." She sobbed.
To be continued…
Hi, guys! I hope you liked this chapter! Snow and Nerissa are starting to be friends and Snow White doesn't know how she feels about Bigby..
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