Chapter 1- Watching You Watch Him
Ariel walked into Mr. Gold's Pawnbroker and Antique's Dealer, after stopping to flip over a penny that was tails up. She quickly hid her face with her hand at the sight of Belle and her boss kissing.
"Eww gross, guys!" Ariel remarked.
They quickly jumped apart. Belle twirled a piece of hair around her finger while Gold or Rumple coughed and whistled.
"Okay..." Ariel said a bit weirded out.
"I'll just go, Bye Rumple!" Belle said running out blushing.
"And then there where two." Ariel stated as she shuffled around her bag.
She grabbed what she needed and walked towards his counter.
"Here is my letter of resignation," Ariel said handing him the letter.
Gold looked it over for a brief moment.
"You know this is crayon, dearie" He said, eyes not looking up from the paper.
"Uh yeah! It's not just in any color either! It's in gold!" Ariel chirped happily.
Rumplestiltskin shook his head and tsked as he continued to read it.
"So I am now jobless?" She asked rocking back and forth on her heels.
"Yes, dearie," He said," But I have no idea why you would want to quit something you love."
"I found something that appeals to me even greater then working with human objects,"Ariel said as she shuffled through her bag once more.
She handed him a crinkled piece of yellow paper. Gold looked it over and raised an eyebrow at her.
"You want to work at the Sheriff's Department?"He questioned.
"Well one, it would be like Good Cop, Bad Cop. I'm the good cop. Emma's the bad cop. Two, I would look sexy as hell with a gun. Well come to think out of it, I'd look hot in leather and a badge," Ariel said, dreamily.
Gold rolled his eyes at Ariel's naiveness.
"Still naive as always," He said to himself.
"Well if you don't mind, I'm gonna go apply for Deputy! Bye Rumple!" Ariel teased.
Gold rolled his eyes before replying with," Bye dearie and Good luck!"
Ariel ran out happily and ran as fast as she could to the Sheriff's Department.
"I love you! From the bottom of my heart," Hook thought as he saw her, for the first time in over 28 years, walk into the crocodile's den.
Her fiery, red hair resting on her back as she carried a satchel, one very much like his own, with her. She had that determined look on her face. One that he had seen many times before. But then she was gone, snatched up by the crocodile.
He waited for a few moments until that Belle girl came out blushing wildly. Hook waited in the shadows until she came again, grinning like a cat.
His heart almost leapt out of his chest when he saw her bright smile, almost. But he realized that it wasn't for him.
"Where do I fit in? When I am watching you watch him?"He thought as he saw her skip merrily off.
Knowing that she was safe for now, he made his way to where the Belle girl should be. His plan was soon to be put in action.
Ariel ran into the Sheriff's Department.
"Hi Emma," She chirped as she walked over to her friend.
"Hiya Ariel! Let me guess, you saw the flyer," The blonde said smiling at the giddy redhead.
"Of course I did, silly! And I'm here to apply!" Ariel said grabbing resume out of her bag.
She held it out to Emma. As the blonde looked over the paper, her eyebrows rose, slightly.
"You know this is in marker, right?" Emma asked.
"Yeah, well I somehow misplaced all pens and pencils so I'm stuck with crayons and markers," The redhead said matter-a- factly .
Emma sighed at her friend's child like behaviors.
"Well your excepted," Emma said pulling a badge out of the desk," Don't let the power go to your head!"
Ariel held the badge like it was the most amazing thing in the world. She soon clipped it to her belt.
"Thank you! Thank you so much!" Ariel squealed," What's my first job?"
"Your first job is to clean up all the flyers from my deputy search then you can take the night off," Emma said.
Ariel pouted before nodding her head and running off, saying" You won't regret it, Emma! I promise!"
Emma laughed silently at the young girl's nativity.
(A/N): This was incredibly fun chapter to write because I used one of my favorite songs in it. I hope you all like it! Please R & R!
"Watching You Watch Him" By Eric Hutchinson
Lyrics:
I love you
From the bottom of my heart
And that's not gonna change but things look grim
When I am watching you watch him
I give you
The best a man can hope to give
But I'm not feeling brave chances are slim
When I am watching you watch him
Ohhh What is left to learn
When he would let you crash and burn
He never gives attention but you still yearn
Where do I fit in
When I am watching you watch him
God only knows why I still wait around
Except I hate to see you cry
And I need you
But there are things I cannot do
I want you
When he's playing all his games
And it gets hard to tell who's the victim
When I am watching you watch him
And I love you
Like a broken record plays
But I'm a windowpane a phantom limb
When I am watching you watch him