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Emma's POV
"Where have you been?" Snow asked as we walked in.
"I picked up Henry." I said.
"I meant all day." She said.
"I was at the sheriff's office doing paperwork." I said trying to put a "duh" into my voice.
"Oh ok." She said.
"Henry told me that you and Dad kicked down someone's door today." I said accusingly.
"Charming?" Snow called.
"Yes?" Dad responded.
"Come in here please." She said and he did.
"So?" I asked.
"We were worried about you." Snow said.
"So you kicked the man's door down?" I asked.
"Your mother was afraid he had kidnapped you again." Dad said.
"With kids there? Really?" I asked.
"He is not in the most stable state of mind." Snow said.
"You will be paying for him to get a new door." I said.
"We are your parents; you cannot give us a little slack?" She asked.
"The law is the law. You will pay for his new door." I said.
"Ok. We will." Dad said.
"Now I am tired. I will see you all tomorrow." I said and went to bed. That was how Henry and my days went for about a week. I would get up and eat, Snow would leave for work with Henry, Dad would leave for the animal shelter, and I would leave for work. After school, I would take Henry to Jefferson's house to be with Grace and I would stay until dinnertime. I would have dinner with Henry and my parents, tell them I was doing paperwork all day, and they would buy it. Then Henry had a brilliant idea.
"Mom, can Grace come over to us today?" He asked innocently as he stood in front of my desk.
"Henry, you and I both know that is a bad idea." I said matter of factly without looking up. I knew if I did his puppy eyes would break me.
"I cannot imagine they would have anything against Grace. She is just an innocent little girl." He said and then I looked up.
"It is not Grace I am worried about." I said.
"I know." He said with a twinkle in his eye.
"Henry, what are you planning?" I asked.
"I have no idea what you are talking about." He said with a smile.
"Sometimes you scare me kid." I said. He did not seem to hear me and walked out. I decided I had better get home before he did anything.
"Emma, you are home early." Snow said.
"Henry says I work too hard." I said.
"Where is he by the way?" She asked. I was about to answer when the doorbell rang. She answered it.
"I brought Grace to see us today." Henry said as he raced through the door. Grace followed him, but Jefferson just stood there.
"Papa, come on!" Grace said.
"I would not want to intrude on their Majesty's home." He said tactfully.
"That is considerate of you." Snow said surprised.
"Thank you your majesty. Now I have a door to go attach." He said and turned to leave. Henry gave me a stare and I took a deep breath.
"Do you need any help?" I asked.
"Yes I do. I would love your help if your family can spare you." He said and my mom looked from him to me.
"Wait a second. James will be home in a few hours and he can help you. You can come in until he gets here. Now Emma can I talk to you for a second?" My mom said and I followed her to her bedroom. "What was that Emma?" She asked.
"What was what? I offered to help." I said.
"Why? The last time you were alone with that man he drugged you." She said.
"Mom seriously, I felt guilty because it was partially my fault he had to replace the door in the first place." I said.
"I do not believe you but if that is the story you are sticking with I guess I cannot do anything about it. You should know that I am only doing this for your safety." She said softening her voice.
"I know. Just try to be a little less paranoid ok?" I said softening my voice to meet hers.
"Ok." She said and we walked back out. As we walked in, Henry and Grace ran out.
"Henry." I said.
"Grace." He said.
"Where are you going?" We both screamed and ran out.
"Go back inside Mom. Bring Grandma out please." He said and a light bulb went off in my head.
"No Henry. You come inside right now." I said. Meanwhile Grace was talking to Jefferson.
"You have to come inside Gracie." He said.
"No Papa, you go inside." She said and he was obviously not immune to puppy eyes. Great, he got the little girl in on it. He looked at me helplessly.
"All of you wait here." I said and walked back in.
"What was that?" Snow asked.
"They want you. They refuse to come back inside and insist that we do. Henry is planning something." I said.
"They want me?" She asked.
"Yep." I said.
"I do not have much of a choice do I?" She asked.
"Not unless you have a way to get them in here." I said.
"You are right. This is Henry's doing." She said and walked out.
Author's Note: What did you think? This is not where I planned on going with this chapter and it was not supposed to be this long, but it practically wrote itself. REVIEW please and I will get the next chapter up quicker!