Ashley

She was trouble from the first bite.

Emma supposed she wasn't one to judge – she had had Henry when she was 18, and there was no reason to judge Ashley when she was one year older. But still. Yet there was something about Ashley that made Emma want to stick up for her. Maybe it was the way she held her head, or the way she was letting everyone wander all over her, just lying down at their feet and letting them trample all over her dreams.

Of course, Emma never meant for it to go that far.

Ashley wasn't supposed to break into Mr. Gold's shop. Ashley wasn't supposed to stay in hiding with Ruby. Ashley wasn't supposed to leave town at all. And then Henry pulled out the wild card and said that he wanted to go with her and he was just trying to be her son, and Emma said that wasn't fair but she couldn't say no now.

So, more trouble – a girl with a baby on the way, an old man in serious need of dental work who was going to take her baby, and a son who 'just wanted to spend time with her'. Emma figured this was going to be a long day.


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