Time passed and Emma grew older, each hour Snow and David made wonderful memories. She was four now and she ran up to her mom who was in the kitchen cooking dinner. "Mommy!" Emma said. Snow looked down to see her daughter with this big, cheesy smile on her face, "Yes, my little princess?" She pulled a drawing from behind her back, "I drew this for you. It's me, you, and daddy." "Oh Emma, this is beautiful. I'm going to hang this on the fridge."
Emma smiled and went back to the table and continued coloring. David came in the kitchen to get some water and saw the picture, "Did OUR little Emma draw this?" Snow smiled, "She sure did." "It's beautiful, just like my little Emma." David said as he went and sat across from Emma at the table. She grinned, "I love you Daddy." "And Daddy loves his little munchkin." Snow finished cooking, "Okay Emma, time to put your drawings away, it's dinnertime." "Okay mommy." Emma ran to put her drawings upstairs.
David grabbed his wife's hand, "Snow, this is just amazing, I still can't believe it." "I know! We get to be parents. Thing is, what are we going to do about the 7 hours she needs to sleep? We'll miss those years." Snow said as she sat down. David started pondering, "Well if she goes to sleep in the next hour, when she wakes up she'll be 12. We got the really impressionable stages, the next stage that really matters are her pre-teen and teen years." "So you're saying it'll be okay for her to go on and sleep? This is the price we're paying for using magic." Snow said.
Just then Emma ran back downstairs, "Mommy, I love you." She hugged her mom. Snow picked her daughter up and sat her in her lap, "Mommy loves you too, little bunny." Snow kissed her on the head. "Yeah, let her sleep, she'll be okay Snow." "Aww but I'm not sleepy!" Emma cried. Snow laughed, "Not now, when it's your bedtime, which is after dinner, you're going to sleep. You need rest to get big and strong. Now let's eat." After dinner, David was washing dishes while Snow gave Emma a bath.
"Time to get out my little duckling." Emma was enjoying her bath, playing with the bubbles. "Do I have to mommy?" She asked, dreading to get out. Snow wrapped a towel around Emma, "Yes, otherwise if you stayed in the water, you'd shrivel up. Now let's get you dry and ready for bed." Once she was ready for bed, her parents tucked her in and kissed her goodnight. "Sweet dreams our little Princess." Snow said as she turned off the light. Snow and David got into bed and everyone was asleep.
When they fell asleep, it was 9 pm and when Emma woke up it was 5 am and she was 13. Her parents had overslept unfortunately. Emma woke up so startled she ran downstairs where her parents were. "Mom? Dad?" Emma called as she stood there shaking and scared. Snow woke up, "Emma! What's wrong?" Emma had blood on her night gown, "I don't know what happened. I'm scared."
David sat up rubbing his eyes and when he could finally see, he was just as confused as Emma. Snow thought about it, "You're not cut right?" She asked her daughter as she got up and walked over to Emma. Emma just shook her head no. "Okay, I know exactly what it is. Let's go upstairs and get you cleaned up and I'll explain what it is." She took her daughter's hand and walked upstairs, "Is this one of those female things!?" David yelled from downstairs.
Snow yelled back, "Yes!" David shrugged and went back to sleep. "So mom, what is happening?" "Well Emma, you're becoming a young woman, and you're body is going through changes, and this is just part of it." Snow continued telling Emma about puberty. "Oh, this is gross!" Emma said, crossing her arms. Snow laughed, "I know but, we all go through it. Now go hop in the shower and get dressed, we have things to do today. I bought you a new outfit yesterday, it's in your closet." Snow headed back downstairs, "Okay, thanks mom!" Emma said as she went to take a shower.
Snow got back in bed next to her husband, "David..." She called his name so sweetly. He was sound asleep. "David! Wake up!" She yelled, he jumped up. "Whaa, I'm up, I'm up! What's wrong?" "We overslept, we were suppose to wake up when she was twelve and now she's thirteen and she's hit puberty!" Snow said. David kissed his wife on the cheek, "It's okay, we need to worry about these next few hours. They are going to be crazy, here come the rebellious stages. Wait, she hit puberty?"
David had to be sure he heard right, "Yes, she's a young woman now, and I told her about the Birds and the Bees as well but she thinks it's gross so that'll buy us some time before boys." Snow said as she started making up the bed. David looked at Snow, "What boys? There will be no boys with my daughter, at all." "David..." Snow just laughed. Emma came downstairs, "How do I look?" She grinned. "Beautiful, like your mother. Good morning sweetheart." David said, hugging his daughter.
"Good morning daddy." Emma said. "Emma why don't you go get a bowl of cereal?" Snow asked. "Okay mom." She went into the kitchen. Snow whispered to David, "So what are we going to do now, do I take her to school with me or is she going with you?" David thought about it, "She can go with you and at lunchtime, she can come with me. Deal?" "Deal." Snow and David got ready, "Okay Emma, you're coming with me to school and at lunchtime Daddy is going to come get you, and you'll spend some time with him." "Cool." She said, finishing her cereal.