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Once the two were out of Emma's line of vision, Henry and Lily slowed to a walk as they entered the school.
"She so doesn't believe us," Lily sighed.
"I know, but that's what Operation Cobra's for, to get her to believe!" Henry replied cheerfully.
"And to break the curse," Lily added.
Henry looked a bit fidgety, Lily noticed.
"You okay?" Lily peeked at him.
"Please don't kill me when I tell you this," Henry said.
"What?" Lily asked, and their walking pace stopped completely.
"Mom saw the book, and she knows there's missing pages…" Henry said quietly.
"Oh…Well, as long as she doesn't get the missing pages, we're good, right?" Lily smiled a little.
"I know, but there's something else," He looked down.
"Let me guess, the book is currently at home," Lily nearly giggled at how Henry always assumed she would snap at him.
Henry nodded, but Lily said nothing. He always appreciated how his sister could never hold a grudge against him.
Where the heck was I during all this? Right, sleeping, She thought to herself.
"Let's just drop it; She can't do anything with the book without those pages. Anyway, It's a Thursday, that means Miss Blanchard's reading to us outside today!" Lily's voice suddenly had a peppy tone to it.
The two ran off to Miss Blanchard's room, as to not be late.
As Lily had said, Mary-Margaret had taken her students to a grassy area of the school grounds for reading.
The book was educational, so the children weren't interested in it very much, but Lily was, and she tried to best to sway Henry to like it as well.
Someone cleared their throat, interrupting Mary-Margaret's reading. To Lily and Henry's shock, it was Regina.
The twins glanced at each other warily, and Mary-Margaret closed her book and walked up to Regina.
"May I speak with my son and daughter?" Regina asked in a sugary polite voice.
"I'm in the middle of a lesson, is it important?" Mary-Margaret asked quietly, so the children wouldn't overhear.
However, the entire class was avidly eavesdropping, as it was much more interesting than the book that was being read moments before.
"Do you think I'd be here if it wasn't?" Regina glared at her.
Mary-Margaret said nothing as Regina took Henry and Lily over to a bench several yards away.
"Henry, Lily, I have some bad news," Regina began.
Lily resisted the urge to roll her eyes. Wasn't everything she said bad news?
"The woman who you brought here, she's been arrested," Regina said.
Lily cocked an eyebrow, and Henry's face remained unreadable.
"She broke into Dr. Hopper's office and stole his files. She's a con-woman. She's trying to learn about us in order to take advantage of us… That's why she's sticking around. I'm sorry," Regina plastered on an apologetic look.
"No, you're not," Henry narrowed his eyes slightly.
"I know you two think otherwise, but all I'm doing is trying to protect you," Regina smiled at them, "Things will be better, you'll see,"
"We have to get back to class," Lily blurted out, just as the bell rang.
That gave Henry and Lily an excuse to run back to their classmates. Several of the students asked what that was about, but Henry told them it was nothing.
"What was that about?" Lily whispered, looking up at Henry.
"I don't know…But do you think Emma was really arrested?" Henry asked.
"Maybe, but I bet it was for a good reason," Lily said firmly.
Henry nodded, and they made their way back to the classroom with their classmates, chattering quietly to themselves about Operation Cobra.
When school was done, Henry and Lily went home to do their homework.
"Done? How are you done with all the homework?" Henry asked incredulously.
"Well, math is simple. It's all numbers; Straightforward. I did my reading homework during recess, and I turned in my science project early," Lily explained nonchalantly as she re-packed her schoolbag.
Henry proceeded to groan slightly and look back down at the math worksheet that was their homework.
"Need help?" Lily asked cheekily.
"I'm good," Henry replied, his pencil moving rapidly over the paper.
"You could either finish that quickly or do it later; It's nearly five, we need to be at Mom's office, remember? We're going to Granny's before our session with Dr. Hopper," Lily tilted her head.
"I'm done," Henry tossed the pencil on the table, "I'll do the reading homework later,"
Henry quickly stuffed his books back in his backpack, and they headed out.
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"…Especially seeing how troubled they are," Emma's voice floated through the hallway.
Henry grabbed Lily's wrist and pulled her so they were in earshot of the room, but not in their line of vision.
"You think they're troubled?" Regina asked quietly.
'Are they talking about us?' Lily mouthed, eyes wide open. Henry shrugged.
"Well, they're in therapy, and I only got through a couple of the shrink's notes before you had me arrested. They think everyone in this town is a fairytale character," Emma replied, as if the entire idea was ludicrous.
"And you don't?" Regina questioned, as if she was plotting something terrible right that moment.
"How can I? Those poor kids can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality, and It's only getting worse," Emma was speaking as if highly concerned for her biological children.
The two ten-year-olds stepped into the doorway, and Regina knew they were there, since she glanced at them quickly with a sinister look in her eyes.
"It's crazy," Emma said, and that was all it took.
"…You think we're crazy?" Henry asked, his heart breaking into a million pieces.
Lily tried to blink back tears that were already flowing.
"Henry, Lily…" Emma tried to say, but Henry had tightened his grip on his sister's wrist, and the two fled from the office.
I hated Regina in this part of the episode when I watched it -.-
-MessagesFromTheStars