After I finish my food and Red finishes working, we go back upstairs to the room. I go over and sit on the bed and watch her move around the room doing things.
"I'm going to take a shower." She says and I look at her funny.
"It's like a bath except the water comes out like rain." She tries to explain but I am still confused. "Here I'll show you." She motions for me to fallow her.
I get up and fallow her at a safe distance to the lavatory. She pushes open a glass for then turns a knob. Water sprays out of the wall and I look at it in awe. Red look over at me and I pretend to be not amused.
"Here" she moves and brushes me with her arm. I finch and she looks at me worried before going over to the porcelain bowl with water to wash your hands. She pulls out a little brush and a tube.
"This is a toothbrush and tooth paste. You put the paste on it then rub the brush against your teeth." She explains and I look at her funny.
"I know it's weird but you feel cleaner after it." She says and I nod before leaving the little room to sit back down on the bed.
She comes out and grabs something off a table "here, watch this." She pushes a button and the black box lights up with pictures and sounds.
"What? How?" I ask looking at it. "Is it like a magic mirror?"
Red laughs "yeah sort of. Here just push these buttons to see different things. And this makes it louder or quieter." She hands me the stick and walks over towards the bathroom.
I flip through the screens till I find something I find interesting. I watch it for a while till I can't keep my eyes open and I close them.
- (Red)-
I come out of the bathroom with my hair in a towel and in my PJs. Danny is sleeping sitting up. I look at the TV and see Greys Anatomy. I sigh and walk over to the bed. I pull down the covers and slide her into a laying position before covering her up. She finch's and scrunches her face up in sleep. I sigh and kiss her forehead lightly. I let out a deep breath after getting to touch her for the first time since she was born.
I grab an extra blanket and lay down on the couch. I close my eyes.
("hello little baby girl, mommy loves you. I love you so much sweetheart. I wish I deserved you." I rub my hand over my large stomach and talk to my baby. "You will be so beautiful and smart." I whisper and I feel her kick.)
I hear the annoying beeping of my alarm clock. I open my eyes and get up off the couch. I walk over to the nightstand and turn the alarm off. I look over at the bed, the covers are pulled up and the bed is made. I look around for Danny. I sprint of and open the door to the bathroom. Its empty and I curse and run a hand through my hair.
I pull my clothes on and head down stairs to the diner. "Granny!" I look around the diner and don't see Danny.
"Hey Red." I turn and see Granny.
"Granny have you seen Danny?" I ask worried
She frowns and shakes her head "no I haven't." I curse again "ok thanks, I will be back." I say and run back up stairs. I grab her old clothes and smell them before heading back down stairs to track her.
- (Danny)-
I walk down the cement walkway next to the road with the metal carriages. I walk down and into the dungeon building.
I come in and walk around the corner. "Danny." Hook says from the cell and I walk over.
"Hey…" I reply
"What can we do for you?" Cora asks with a short tone.
"How do I get back to our world?" I ask
"Cant… only had enough magic to get here." Hook says and I swear loudly before turning around.
"Hey Danny." Emma walks in with a cup in her hand.
"Hello" I reply walking over to her. She goes into her office I fallow her into the office.
"What's that?" I ask pointing to something on her desk.
"Oh this is a laptop. Here I'll show you something." She says and I walk around behind the desk.
"It's like the TV?" I ask and she laughs "yes a little."
"Emma! Have you seen…!?" Red comes around the corner and looks through the glass. She sighs when she sees me.
I frown at her reaction "Danny what the heck! I was so worried! You can't just go off by yourself! This isn't like back home, you could have been hurt!" she says coming into the office.
I grit my teeth and glare at her. "It's a little late to be playing to worried mother card." I say then shove past her and walk out of the office.
"Danny!" Red calls and I walk outside. I walk down the path with Red yelling behind me. After a minute she steps in front of me and puts her hands on my shoulders.
I growl and shake her off "stop! I get it your angry… you hate me. I can live with that. But I am your mother and I can't live with something happening to you. And in this world I am now responsible for taking care of you." She says
"I don't need you! I have been taking care of myself!" I growl and she doesn't move. "Fine Danny keep pushing me away, block me out, I'm not going anywhere." She says and I cross my arms.
We stand there for a moment staring at each other. She releases my shoulders and starts walking. I walk up next to her and walk in silence.
She stops and goes in a shop. I fallow her in. "hello Red" a man says and she smiles at him. "Hey John."
"What can I get you today?" he asks walking over to us.
"I need another cell phone." She says and I remain silent.
"Is you're broken or you need to add another to your plan?" he asks
"Add another one." She reply's and fallows him over to a wall of little square objects. She picks one up and flips it open.
"This one is fine." She says and he nods going over to a desk. Red walks over to the desk and I follow her.
A few minutes later we leave the shop with a little bag. She doesn't say anything to me and I don't speak to her. We keep walking down the path to another shop.
- (Red)-
I take her in a clothing shop. She looks around silently as I walk over to a rack of pants. I pull a pair of jeans off.
"You like these?" I ask showing them to her.
She reaches out and takes them. She looks them over "there ok I guess." She says and I nod. I pull off several pairs of different pants and hand them to her. We walk over to the shirts and I show her some.
She silently nods at a few. I take all of the pants and shirts to the cashier and pay for them. Danny stands next to me; I look over and see her looking at some sunglasses. I grab a few pairs and hand them to the cashier.
I hand her the bags and we walk back to the sidewalk. We walk in silence. I'm not really mad at her, I just know she is at me and I'm ok with it. I deserve it. We walk into the grocery store. I grab her a hairbrush and the normal things girls need.
About three hours later we finally get back to the room and drop the bags on the bed. Danny has said all of ten words to me. She sits down on the bed and flips on the TV.
"I'm going down stairs, I'll be back." I tell her hoping that if I tell her when I do things then she will pick it up.
"Ok" she says not even looking at me.
I sigh and head down stairs. I enter the diner and see Snow sitting at the counter with James. I walk over and sit down next to her.
"Red!" she wraps me in a hug.
"Hey" I return the hug. She releases me "how has it been with Danny?"
I sigh and shrug "um she has basically showed me at every opportunity that she hates and doesn't need me. We had a fight in the car yesterday. She left the apartment this morning without telling me. And she basically ignores me." I say and she smiles at me.
"It will get better. Just look at Emma." She says and I nod weakly "I wish I knew that parenting was going to be this hard." I say sighing
Snow laughs "and you would still do it. It will be worth it, and the first time she even slightly accepts you as her mother you will walk a crossed hot coals for her to do it again." Snow says and I smile at her.
Granny comes over and leans against the counter "how is going" she asks and I smile. "Ok I guess, I think we are going to need a two bedroom apartment though." I say and she nods. She pulls out a key and hands it to me.
"Thanks Granny. Can I have two burgers and fries?" I ask and she goes off to make them.
"What do I do with her while I'm at work? I don't want to send her to school, but she doesn't know this world and I don't her wandering and getting hurt." I say looking at Snow.
She shakes her head "I don't know what to tell you. Talk to her." She says and I frown. "That's a feat; she only talks in two word responses." I say and she touches my arm.
"I promise it will get better." I smile and thank her. I take the food from Granny and stand. "Back into the battle field." They laugh and I go back upstairs.
I open the door and walk into the apartment. Danny looks over from her spot on the bed as I walk over and sit the food on the bed.
"Here let's eat." I say and she crawls over but keeps her distance.
"Thank you." She says without snark or sarcasm. I smile at her "your welcome."
We eat in silence but I look at her every little while. After we finish I pull the bag with the cell phone in it onto the bed.
I pull the phone out and turn it on. I put my cell number in it." here this is for you." I hold out the phone and she looks at it and me suspiciously. After a minute she takes the phone and looks at it.
"What is it?" she asks
"It's a cell phone. It makes it so you can talk to me no matter how far." I explain and she looks at me funny. I move over and sit next to her. She tenses up but doesn't move. "Danny I'm not going to make you a prisoner I just want to know what you're doing. I want to make sure ok. You're free to roam just take this with you." I say
I take the phone and flip it open. I show her how to go to the contacts and how to call me. "Now watch. I'm going into the bathroom and you do what I showed you." I say and leave her on the bed.
I enter the bathroom and close the door. I wait a minute, the screen lights up and flashes Danny's name. I click send and put it to my ear.
"Hello?" I say
"Red?" I hear Danny's voice and smile.
"Yeah it's me" I reply.
"See that's all you have to do to tell me where you are." I say "now close the phone to end the call." I instruct and walk out of the bathroom.
I come out and see her sitting on the bed looking at the phone. I smile and walk over. "Now tomorrow we are going to move into a bigger apartment a crossed the hall." I say and she looks up.
After a few minutes she goes back to watching TV and I stretch out on the couch watching her.