Fairytale Ending

With all the demands for me to continue this story I guess I can't just leave you all hanging. At first I didn't really think many folks would care if I finished or not, but boy did you guys prove me wrong! Anyway I know this chapter is pretty short compared to the others but I won't be able to write very long chapters all the time due to school and life getting in the way, but I hope you continue to like the story just the same. Also I have awesome news! I got accepted into my dream school where I will be studying to learn how to become a trained interpreter in sign language and I can't wait! Please continue to review and show the love!

Chapter 3

Emma couldn't believe her eyes as she stared at the full plate of food. She had ordered a cheeseburger and fries for the first in God know how long!

"Well go on dear, eat" Gin smiles. Emma nods and doesn't argue as she quickly digs into the warm freshly made burger.

"Well she and Jennifer would certainly get along" Emilie (Actress for Belle) chuckles.

"She certainly eats like her" Josh nods with a playful grin.

"Umm hello I'm right here people and I don't eat that badly" Jennifer pouts.

"Please, you suck up everything like a vacuum Jen" Lana teases as she takes a sip of her wine.

The group of actors had brought Emma to one of the hotel restaurants after introducing Emma to some of the cast members she hadn't been able to see at school. Emma had been completely star struck, she was still pretty shy around them but she didn't feel an air of hate around them and she felt a lot more comfortable around them than she had around Richard. She was sitting between Gin and Lana, while Josh sat next Gin, Jennifer sat between Josh and Emilie, while Meghan sat between Emilie and Lana.

"So Emma do you have a favorite character?" Meghan asks with a playful grin.

Emma blinks as she sees all the actors suddenly staring at her. She ducks down shyly, her cheeks becoming bright red. "Umm…umm…"

"Oh Meghan stop teasing the poor girl" replies Gin.

"It's all right Emma nobody will be mad, were just curious" Meghan ignores Gin.

"I…I….Li…Lik…like…all…the…char…characters" She finally answers.

"Awe she's just so cute!" Lana brings Emma into her arms and Emma couldn't get the blush to leave her cheeks.

"Lana she needs to eat" Gin sighs.

Lana chuckles as she lets Emma go and the child easily digs back into her meal.

"That picture you drew was really amazing Emma, do you think I could get an Emma original picture to?" Jennifer asks.

Emma looks up at Jennifer in surprise. "Yo…you…wa…wan…want…me…to…dr…draw…you…some…something?" She asks completely stunned.

Jen smiles. "Of course, I wish I could draw that good"

"Oh maybe you could draw a picture of Red in her wolf form with Red standing next to the wolf! That would be really cool!" Meghan cheered.

"You guys one person at a time" Gin laughs.

Emma looks at Jen. "Wh…what…is…yo…your…favo…favorite…fair…fairyt….fairytale?" Emma asks curiously as she tries to think of what she can draw for the actress.

Jen thinks for a moment. "I guess I would have to say it's a tie between Alice and Cinderella" She explains with a warm smile. (She actually says this in an interview)

Emma nods already coming up with a great idea.

"I…co…cou…could…dr…draw…yo…you…as….Al…Ali…Alice….an…and…Cin…Cinde….Cinderella…an…and…may…maybe…a….coo….cool….back…background…wi…with…th….that…craz...

crazy…cat...an…and…so…some…of…the…mi…mice" Emma sighs as she takes a sip of water to clear her throat. It was always hurt to talk so much at once, it drained her because it took so much time to get everything out.

"That would be awesome! Could you really do that?!" Jen asks excitedly.

Emma nods and takes the last bite of her fries, her stomach feeling full for the first time in ages.

"I…it…wi…will…ta…take….ti…tim….time" she explains.

"No worries. Take all the time you need, I know you have to keep up with your school work and everything; that comes first of course" Jen smiles.

"Speaking of school Emma, that's amazing you're in high school already and only at 10 years old! You must really love to learn" Gin praises. She hated seeing Emma look so exhausted when she talked, the actress couldn't imagine how much of a struggle and frustration her stuttering must be on the poor girl. Gin found herself really enjoying her time with Emma, and she would wait all day just to hear the girl say anything to her, it didn't frustrated her at all that she had to wait patiently for the girl to get out all of her words. She was grateful that her friends seemed to have the same amount of patience as she did for the child.

Emma nods. "I…I…lea…learned…to…read…rea…really…youn….young…and…ju…jus…just…coul…could…couldn't…stop" The genius explains in her shy tone.

"I love to read to. Gin here is a huge Potter head though" Jennifer teases.

Emma looks over at Gin with curious eyes. The actress shrugs and smiles. "It's true I'm a big Potter fan"

"If we dress up as Hogwart students, she usually goes as Harry" Josh chuckles.

"I love to dress up as a slytherin" Lana grins playfully.

"Do you like Harry Potter, Emma!?" Emilie asks.

Emma nods excitedly. "I…rea…read…al…all…th…the…boo…books!"

Gin beams as she notices Emma relaxing more and appearing to look more comfortable around her and her friends. "What about the movies? Tell me you've seen the movies?!" Meghan questions the genius.

Emma ducks her head down feeling ashamed that she hasn't been able to see any of the movies, people often claimed her not to be a real fan for not having seen them and just reading the books. Books were easier to get a hold of then movies, you could hide them and read them at night whenever everyone else was asleep. Emma shakes her head and doesn't look at anyone.

"I…I…wa…was…ne…nev…never…all…allow…allowed…I…onl…only…go..got….to…re…rea…read…th…the…bo…book…books…bec..because…I…co…coul…could…che…check…the…them…ou…out…fro…from…the…public…public…li…libr….library" Emma sighs. She takes a sip of her water before continuing to speak.

"Thi…this…on…one…fam…fam…famil…family…wa…was…rea…really…religi…religi…religious…the…they…hat…hate…hated…any…anything…to…do…wi…with…ma…mag…magic…I…be…begged…fo...for…the…them…to…let…me...see…the…mo…movies…but…they…wo…woul…wouldn't…le…let…me…an…and…no…oth…other…fami…family…woul…would…bother…to…re…rent…or…bu…buy…them…for…me" she explained, taking another sip of her water. This had to be the most she has ever spoken to anyone in a long time. Normally she avoided long conversations like this. The only reason she had been able to watch Once Upon a Time was because it was on TV and whatever foster parents she was staying at where usually out really late, even the crazy religious ones. There have been a few times she got caught watching the show but no matter the consequences she continued to watch it because it was the only thing that gave her hope.

"Gin we absolutely have to have a Potter marathon for this girl!" Jen demands excitedly.

"I agree" Josh grins.

"Hey you all don't have to convince me, I'm the biggest Potter head at this table remember" Gin replies.

"Guess I better pull out my Slytherin scarf" Lana beams.

"I'm more of a Huffelpuff girl myself" Emilie replies. (Not sure if Emilie is even a Harry Potter fan or not because I couldn't find anything online about her liking or disliking Harry Potter so I decided to put her in a random house. I know for a fact that Gin, Jen, and Josh are Harry Potter fans because you can google and see them all dressed up. I don't know why I picture Lana going more towards Slytherin than Gryffindor, maybe because of her role as the evil queen is just so damn good. Also if you ever watch interviews of her or any bloopers of her, you can see that she is so damn funny and sweet, completely opposite of her role but I think she enjoys playing on the dark side to hehe)

"You brought all the movies here, didn't you Gin?" Meghan asks hopefully.

Gin grins and rolls her eyes. "Don't I always pack them with me Meg?" Meghan giggles.

Emma looks up at everyone with wide eyes her heart pounding, they still wanted to hang out with her? She could actually finally get to see the Harry Potter movies? "Umm…umm….w…wh…why?" Emma questions softly.

It was Gin who heard her first. "Why what sweetheart?"

"W…wh…why…do…yo…you…wa…wan…want…to…ha…han…hang…ou…out….wi…with…me,…doe…doesn't…my…stu…stu…stutt….stuttering….bot…bother….yo…you?...Yo…You…don…don't…ha…ha….ha…have…to….pre…pre…pretend…to….be….ni…nic…nice…to…me" Emma explains. Her hands are in her lap, and once again her head is down as she unable to look at the beautiful people who surrounded her. She should leave, head back to her room and never bother these people again. They have already been kinder to her than most folks have been her whole life. Even if the kindness was real she was probably just another fan to them, and she didn't want to push her luck with these people. She knew if she was around them long enough they would grow tired of her, they would become frustrated with how long it takes her to say one simple sentence. Sometimes it irritated Emma that she could be such a genius and yet she couldn't even have a normal conversation without growing tired from trying to get out her words. This is why Emma loved to read. When she was reading things silently to herself, the words wouldn't stutter in her mind, she felt normal when she read, but she could never feel normal when she talked.

"Emma we want to hang out with you because we like you" Lana says honestly. The actress felt so horrible for the young girl, she couldn't imagine how many times people walked away from her because they couldn't have a little patience just to listen to what she had to say. It wasn't her fault that she had a speech problem.

"That's right, your stuttering doesn't bother us at all" Jen comments.

"If nothing else it makes you special" Josh states and Emma gives him a look like he had grown two heads. He chuckles. "What I mean is, you shouldn't be ashamed for being different Emma"

"Josh is right. Despite your stuttering you are a very bright and talented young girl" Gin adds in proudly.

"Usually lots of geniuses may appear to be weird or different to normal folks, look at Albert Einstein for example" Emilie says wisely.

"Plus Jen and I still want our pictures" Meghan winks and smiles at the girl, Emma gives her a small tiny smile back and the actress feels as though she had just won the lottery. Though the smile was tiny it was the first real smile she has seen from the girl.

"So what do you say Emma?" Gin asks with hope in her eyes. She really wanted to get to know this girl more, she helped fill a void that has felt empty for so long. Her heart felt lighter around this child and she didn't have to think about the loss of her own child who would be Emma's age right now. Sure it hurt to think that this is what it could've been like if her Emma had still been around, but she ignored her aching heart as she realized how lonely this Emma was, and that made her forget about her own sadness as she tried to make this child happy and try to help take her loneliness away, even if she could only help the girl for a little bit she hoped it was enough.

Emma goes quiet for a moment as she thinks. She would have to make sure Richard was ok with this, but what if he didn't let her hang out with them, what if this was her only chance to create some good memories. She didn't get to have those very often. If she had to let the man know she would, but she wasn't going to go hunt the man down. That man who was obviously too busy to be with her anyway.

"I…I…I…wou….woul…would…I….mea…mean…if…yo…you…don…don't…mi…mind….I'd…lik…like…to…see…th…the….mov…movie…movies…wit…with…yo…you…gu…guys" Emma blushes and ducks her head down, completely afraid that she sounded desperate and pathetic. She really enjoyed hanging out with these guys and not just because they were famous celebrities, but they made her feel like she was part of the group even if she wasn't very sociable. She only hoped that they wouldn't eventually grow tired of her, eventually people always grew tired of her even if they say in the beginning that her stuttering doesn't bother them. Although Emma knew her time with these amazing people would probably be short, she craved to prolog the unavoidable departure that would eventually come.

"This is great! It's been a while since we've had a Potter Party!" Meghan says happily.

"Yeah but we need to buy some snacks though" Lana grinned.

"We should invite Jared to since he'll be mad if he wasn't invited to the Potter Party" Gin stated.

"I'll go and get him; he's still hanging out at the game room right?" Jen asks.

"Yeah, you know how that boy loves the arcade" Lana smiles as she shakes her head.

"I'll come with you" Josh suggested. He gives Gin a quick kiss on the cheek before standing up to leave with his coworker and friend.

"This is going to be so much fun! Emma you are going to love the movies!" Gin says excitedly.

"Should we go ahead and head up to your room Gin?" Emilie asks.

"Wait we should probably ask Richard if it's ok to take Emma for a movie marathon" The actress replies.

Emma's body stiffens at the mention of that man, she had hoped to avoid him but she should have known she couldn't. She sighs and decides that it was better to ask the man alone and not get the beautiful actress involved with him. Something about him just made her stomach feel sick and she didn't want that man anywhere near either of these kind people. She forces her body to move now that her strength is back after having the best meal in forever and gets up from her chair.

"I'll…go…fi…fin…find…hi…him…an…and…ask…if…it's…ok"

"Are you sure you don't want either of us to come with you sweetheart?" Gin asks.

Emma shakes her head. "I'll…be…qu…qu…quic…quick" She answers.

"Ok, well my room is on the top floor and is room number 108. Just meet us there whenever you're ready" The actress smiles. Emma nods, and turns to head for the entrance counter so that she could ask where to find Richard was at in this huge hotel. She hoped that he would allow her to spend more time with the cast, but even if he forbid it, she would sneak to Gin's room anyway because her room just so happened to be right next to the famous actress. It didn't matter to her if he would yell at her or hit her later; she just wanted to have a few more good moments in her life that she could enjoy. The good quiet moments always helped her get through the horrible times in her life, even if this man became abusive just like all the other homes have been, at least here she had already seemed to made some friends. She only hoped that they wouldn't walk out of her life so quickly, at least not yet, deep down Emma knows that they will eventually. It was her destiny to always be alone, but for now she would enjoy whatever time she could have with them.

TBC!