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I don't do this for the reviews. Just the love of writing.
Chapter 4- And so it begins.
Jessie strolled into work the next morningwith coffee for her and Graham and noticed that both cells were filled. Strange. She walked over to Graham's desk and set down his coffee, and noticed a note for her on his desk.
Jess,
I'm out on a call. When you get in, let Leroy go. Do nothing with Emma til I get back. See you soon.
G x
Jessie just placed the note down and grabbed her keys. She had noticed that Emma had no awoken and was now staring at her through the bars. She walked over to Leroy's cell, ignoring Emma and opened it.
'Alright Leroy, today is your lucky day. Off you go. I don't want to see you again this week' She said with a smile, while Leroy just gave her a look and walked out. Jessie just rolled her eyes and closed the cell back up.
'Hey you. You were at Regina's last night' Emma said
'Yeah. She's my sister' Jessie explained.
'What's her deal?' She asked.
Jessie just let out a dry laugh 'My sister is complicated' Jessie muttered.
Just as Emma was about to reply Graham strolled in, and walked right over to his desk.
'Leroy gone?' he asked picking up his coffee.
'Just released him' she said walking into his office and closing the door. 'What's the deal with Emma?'
'She had a drink last night. Crashed into our sign' he explained. 'You can let her go now'
Jessie nodded and went to open Emma's cell. 'You are free to go Miss Swan' she said.
Emma started to walk out before turning back and looking at the young cop. 'I didn't catch your name'
'The name's Jessie. Welcome to Storybrooke'.
Jessie had been sitting in her car for the past 10 minutes debating weather or not to just go inside and face Regina. Jessie might not like to admit this but her sister was scary. Deciding to stop being a baby, she got out of her car and walked inside, finding Regina in her study, and knocking gently.
'Jessie. What brings you here?' Regina asked looking up.
'I wanted to apologize for last night' Jessie said quietly. Without a word Regina got up and walked over and pulled her into a hug.
'I'm the one who should be apologizing. Henry explained everything to me.' Regina said.
Relieved that the fight with her sister was over she hugged her tight before pulling away.
'I was also wondering if I could take Henry out to lunch' Jessie said with a smile.
'Absolutely. Henry!' Regina called.
Henry came rushing in 'Yes mom?' he asked.
'Get your shoes on. Aunt Jessie is taking you out for lunch.' Regina smiled.
Henry smiled his own wide smile and rushed off to get his shoes on.
'I'll have him back as soon as I can' she promised with another hug.
'Spend as long as you want with him' Regina said just as Henry shouted 'I'm ready!'
10 minutes later they were sat in their booth at Granny's and had ordered hamburgers.
'So tell me more about this curse. Who is who?' Jessie asked sipping her soda.
'Well...as I said before; my mom is the Evil Queen, you are Princess Arianna, Miss Blanchard is Snow White. Now Granny and Ruby are Red Riding Hood and her Grandmother and Archie is Jiminy Cricket and Marco is Gepetto.' he paused for a second 'Mr Gold is Rumplestiltskin and Graham is the Huntsman' Henry finished explaining.
They sat for another hour talking about the curse, and everyone's stories in Henry's book until Jessie looked at the time.
'Okay kid, how about ice cream and then home?' she asked.
With a nod from Henry she walked over to the counter and ordered two ice creams. She waited for a moment before hearing someone slide up beside her. She turned and found the creepy rich guy from yesterday.
'Good afternoon Miss Mills.' he said not looking at her.
'Good afternoon Mr...' she trailed off realizing that she didn't actually know his name.
'Jefferson. My name is Jefferson.' he supplied holding out his hand.
'Well, it is a pleasure to meet you Jefferson.' She said as she shook his hand.
'You too Miss Mills' he said letting go of her hand.
'Please...call me Jessie.' she said as she picked up the two ice creams that were placed in front of her.
'See you around Jessie' he said as she walked away.
'Hey Henry. Who is he? From your book?' she pointed to Jefferson as she sat down.
Henry just shrugged and dug into his ice cream.
'Huh...' she couldn't help but feel a connection to him. And it creeped her out.
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