La5021: Correctomundo!
Maiqu: Not farfetched at all.
Red lightning: Cool username, and thank you!
OncerSwarekJateBazeGirlscout 22: It was fun writing that part, good guess but unfortunately not right, I get what you mean now, I think Emma's quite locked in emotionally and that she just wasn't ready yet, she will be soon though.
Miley-avril: Nope, Snow was back at the apartment with Charming and Henry remember, that's because Emma and Graham are amazing together!
Anuxi: What can I say, I like Graham.
Shaemysterious: Nope, August isn't the only one who brings angst, thanks for the review!
Guest: Then today is your lucky day!
Emma couldn't handle it, her world had just exploded for the fifth time that day. She knew that it was childish hiding in her office but at that moment and time she really didn't care, she had more important things to worry about.
"Emma, please let me in."
"How are you even here, you're supposed to be dead!" Emma shouted, not looking at the door or even getting up.
"I don't know, all I know is that the curse is broken." Emma stood up and pulled the door open and just stared at him.
"I was there when you died Graham. I went to your funeral." Emma sobbed.
"Well I'm not dead anymore and I'm not under Regina's control." Graham explained, he reached out to Emma and gently touched her elbow and guided her towards him. She willingly went to him and was glad to be once again in his arms, they were comforting to her and it seemed as though he was the only person aside from herself and Henry who hadn't changed.
"I missed you." Emma said, breathing in his woody outdoorish scent. Graham smiled and kissed the her forehead.
"I missed you too." He replied.
It was almost midnight and Emma still wasn't home, Snow couldn't help but be worried. James had put a blanket over Henry when he finally fell asleep on the couch. Snow and James had made a decision that they would not miss anymore of Henry's childhood since they had missed all of Emma's.
"How did we get such a fantastic grandson?" Snow asked, looking proudly at the ten year old fast asleep on the couch.
"He gets it from his mother and grandmother." James replied.
"Charming, you truly are, charming." Snow answered, leaning over the table to kiss her husband. After all, they did have 28 years of making up to do. Just as they were falling into a deeper kiss there was a knock at the door that stopped them in their tracks. James stood up and walked towards the door, he was sure that Emma had taken her key with her so there was no reason why she would be knocking on her own front door. He immediately thought the worst, thinking it was Rumplestiltskin or Regina, his thoughts weren't calmed as he looked through the peep hole.
"What happened?" James demanded when he saw an unconscious Emma in the arms of the huntsmen.
"She had a few too many to drink so I thought it would be best if I brought her home." Graham explained. James stood aside and let Graham carry his daughter inside. As David he had experienced being drunk and the hangover that presented itself the next day but that didn't prepare him for dealing with his twenty-eight year old daughter being brought home drunk by a huntsman who was supposed to be dead.
"Emma?" Snow asked.
"Put me down, I can walk on my own." Emma slurred, Graham did as he was told but kept tight hold of her for when she inevitably fell over.
"Bedroom?" Graham asked.
"I'll show you." Snow replied, leading her to Emma's room where Graham gently took off her jacket and boots and then put her to bed like she was a child. Snow stayed with her, knowing full well that her husband would want to have a couple of words with the huntsman about the state their daughter was brought home in.
"Thanks for bringing her home." Snow thanked.
"Anytime your Highness. I'll see myself out." Graham replied, completely oblivious to what was waiting for him in the lounge.
"You brought my daughter home so drunk she could barely stand." James stated.
"My apologies your Highness, she just wanted to forget, no amount of talking on my part would make her stop." Graham explained.
"I warn you now huntsman. Emma is my only daughter, if you hurt her, I will hunt you down and I will kill you, is that understood?" James threatened, keeping his voice low as so not to wake Henry who was mere feet away.
"I would never hurt her your Highness." Graham replied as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. James looked at the huntsman for a moment.
"Are you in love with Emma?" James asked. He wasn't sure whether to be happy or angry about the match, he was still recovering from his coma when Graham died so didn't know anything about him. It would take a lot of convincing on Graham's part to prove to James that he was worthy of Emma.
"Are you going to kill me if I say yes?" Graham asked.
"I've known Emma was my daughter for less than 12 hours but I remember everything that Snow told me when I thought I was David. She's had a tough life and she has hardships ahead, she doesn't need you making life any more difficult." James warned. Graham smiled slightly and then left, taking one last look in the direction that Emma was in.
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