After my shift at Granny's ended, I quickly raced it to the Elementary School to picked Paige up. I got a text at the end of my shift from Mrs Grace that Paige needed a ride home. Luckily, Ruby let me drive her 1975 Red Camaro instead of driving my Blue Harley today. Mrs Grace thinks me riding on Harleys and letting Paige on them is dangerous. I truly don't think it is but she is the one Paige has to lives with, so I won't argue. As I drove up to the sidewalk of the School, the bell rang out, ending the day for the kids. Seconds later, children from all over town were running out of the school and I watched as Paige was one of the last ones out. I quickly honked the horn to get her to look up. And when she did, Paige walked over to the car.

"Oh hi Momma, what are you doing here?" Paige asked looking into the window of the Camaro, smiling at me.

I smiled back at her, "Well I was done with work and I wanted to see my kid. So I came to give you a ride home, sweetheart." She made a "Oh" noise and quickly jumped into the car. Once she buckled up, we were off down the road to where she lived. As we drove, I noticed something was up with her, so I cleared my throat. "Are you okay, hon?"

"Yeah, just thinking." Paige didn't look away from the window when she spoke. I frowned a bit as we hit a red light. That gave me time to reach over and gently nudged her.

"What's wrong, Paige." I tried again.

Paige finally looked away from the window, "We talked about families in school today. " Paige paused for a second before continuing, "And I had to stand up in front of the class and tell them that I had two moms and a dad." Her saying that made my heart stop and break. I let out a weak sigh. Paige is a smart girl and I know she thought it was strange that she didn't live with me.

"And what did they say?" I asked as we turned the corner where the row of large white brick houses stood. Lets just say her Adopted parents, Samantha and Richard Grace (or The Queen and King of Hearts in mine and Paige's little world), had a lot of money and lived in the rich part of town.

"They asked why." She simply answered me watching the houses as we passed them.

We pulled up to the rather large brick house. I stopped the car completely, unblucked and turned to look at my Daughter. "And you said?"

Paige unbuckled her seatbelt and turned to look at me, smiling weakly, "I told them that my real Mom was young when she had me and had to give me away because she wanted me to have a great life and she was going to come get me when she was ready." Once she finished, I remind quiet. I didn't know what to say as I felt the tears form in my eyes. Paige looked at me frowning, "I'm sorry Momma, I didn't-"

"No, Paige. Its okay. I'm happy you said that." I smiled though the tears and leaned over to hug her. She hugged me back as I spoke, "Come on now, time to get you in the house." We both got out of the car and walked up to the porch of her house. Tugging on my scarf, I looked at her as she stood in front of the door. "Paige."

She turned to look at me, "Yes, Momma?"

I got down on one knee and placed my hands onto her shoulders, "I've been thinking-How about I talk to the Queen and King of Hearts and see if they would let me have you for a whole week instead of one/two days a week?." I watched as Paige's face brighten up with every word I said. She quickly flung herself into my arms, snuggling close.

"I would love to stay with you and Auntie Ruby, Momma. It would be so much fun!" She squealed, still hugging me. I laughed holding onto her then stood up and I sat her down on the railing of the porch. Letting go of her, I smiled.

"Yeah it would be, now, lets go inside." I said, turning to knuckle on the door. knuckle, knuckle. No answer. I looked back at Paige, raising an eyebrow. She only shrugged her shoulders. knuckle, knuckle. Still no answer. Letting out a sigh, I crossed my arms. "I see that The Queen of Hearts forgot to tell me that she wouldn't be home." I mumbled then looked at Paige, "Do you have your keys?"

"Nope, the Queen stole them this morning." She said, popping the 'P' in nope as she kicked her legs back and forth. I rolled my eyes as I mumbled 'great'. As I moved over to Paige's side to lean up against the railing, I heard a door open up. I looked around and across the road to see...it can't be.

"Jefferson?" I said quietly but sadly Paige heard me.

"Who, Momma?" She questioned.

"Uh, He's a guy I had a date with a few nights ago." I said rubbing the back of my neck, blushing a bit. All I heard is Paige giggle. I'm doomed.

"Should I call him over, Momma." What! No! Before I could stop her, she hopped off the railing, ran over to the top of the steps and yelled, "Mister Jefferson!" I quickly covered her mouth and looked up to see Jefferson staring at us. He stood still, like he saw a ghost. I wonder if he was okay?

Letting go of Paige, I stood up straight and I told her to stay on the porch as I walked across the yard and to the street. When I got close to him, I smiled. "Hey Stranger."

"Hello AJ, " His grin appeared on his lips as he was now looking at me. "I didn't know you lived around these parts."

"Thats because I don't." I chuckled softly at the confused look on his face.

"Oh?" He questioned.

Shrugging my shoulders, I spoke. "Yeah my-" I stopped and looked back at Paige who was watching us. 'Its now or never I guess'. Smiling softly, I looked up at Jefferson again. "-My daughter does though."

Jefferson's face went unreadable for a split second before a smile appeared. "You have a daughter?"

"Yeah, her name is Paige." I watched him as he looked over at her as I continued, "My curious little mini me." He looked at me again, still smiling. I didn't know if he was okay with that fact that I had a child or not. He was smiling, so I guess I could take that as a good thing.

"From here, she's a spitting image of you. Beautiful like her Mother." He said tilting his head to the side slightly, looking me over. God, this man knew what to say to make me blush.

I was about to say 'thank you' but then I heard Paige yell over to me. "Momma, The Queen of Hearts is on the way!" I spun around to see Paige waving for me to come back to the porch. I nodded my head and turned back to Jefferson, who eyes had widen.

"I'm sorry, I have to get back to the house before the Queen-" I paused for a second, "I mean Mrs Grace gets home." I let a small laugh out and slide my hands into my jacket pockets. "So I'll see you tomorrow, right?" I leaned over and kissed his cheek.

When I went to leaned away from him, he finally spoke back," I wouldn't miss it for the world." After that, we stared at eachother for a moment before I ran back over to the house. Just beating the Queen's car home. Tomorrow will be amazing. Tomorrow I'll be happy and no one will stop that.

-Enchanted Forest-

It's been months since Alice had ran away from the castle with Jefferson. Now they lived hidden away in the Enchanted Forest where Alice's mother, the Evil Queen, couldn't find them and the closest neighbor was a few minutes away by horseback. So it became a lonely place when Jefferson was working, jumping through portals for people and stealing things that they needed. Alice joined him as often as he allowed it but she hasn't left the cabin in a while. She couldn't really because she recently found out she was with child and the worst part-Jefferson didn't know. She never knew how to tell him. Alice was going to tell him before he left for the new job he received but she couldn't. That was three days ago and Alice has been losing her mind not being able to tell him. It was late in the evening and quiet as quiet could ever be. Alice was sitting in front of the fire, sliding her fingertip over her small rounded stomach. She was four months into the pregnancy and just started to show.

As Alice continued to stare at the fire, the door flew open making her jump. Turning to look at the door from her chair, she watched as Jefferson walking through the door then closing it before taking off his hat. Placing it on back into his Hat box, Jefferson looked up to meet the eyes of his beautiful Alice, staring at him. "Welcome home, Jefferson" Alice finally said, slowly getting up and walking over to The Hatter. "Its good to be home" He whispered, wrapping his around her waist. As he was about to pull her into a hug, she stopped him. "Jefferson, I need to tell you something." She quickly spoke then led him to the bed that they shared. The Hatter didn't understand what was going on. Did he do something wrong? "Can't it wait, Alice? I just got home and I missed you." Before they reached the bed, he grabbed her hand and pulled her back into his arms. Alice let out a soft gasp and placed her hands onto his chest, catching herself against him. Jefferson smiled down at his Alice and kissed her lips lovingly. Kissing back, she felt his hands grab ahold of her hips. Then Alice slowly mumbled three words against his lips; "I'm with child". Jefferson froze as those words fell out of Alice's mouth. She was with Child? His Child? He was going to be a Father? All these things ran through Jefferson's head, he hadn't heard Alice calling for him. "Jefferson? Jefferson, my love, p-please say something?" He snapped out of his daze and pulled away to look at Alice's face. She was crying. The tears fell from her eyes like a rainy afternoon. As The Hatter opened his mouth to speak, Alice's head dropped, hiding her face from him.

Jefferson couldn't help but chuckle at her actions. He gently grab ahold of her chin, lifting her face up so he could stare into her blue eyes. "My sweet Alice, please don't cry." He hushed her, smiling. "Don't you see that I am happy." Alice searched his face to see if he was lying. After a moment, she spoke though her tears, "Y-You are?" She questioned him. The Hatter nodded his head at her. "Of course. I'm going to be a Father. We're going to be a family." Jefferson leaned in speaking those words to her, "I love you Alice," He slid one of his hand over her stomach, "And our child." Alice finally smiled up at him and leaned up to kiss his lips, "I love you too, Jefferson. Forever and always." He smiled against her lips before kissing her back. The Hatter and his Alice were more than happy to be bring a child into this life. This Child was everything to them. Their pure heart. Their Grace.

And Boom. Just a side note: I looked on the OUAT Wiki page and found out that Mr and Mrs. Grace (Paige's parents in StoryBrooke) Didn't have first names. So I named them Samantha and Richard Grace. It seems to work so yay. Anyway, next Chapter will be based around the "Dreamy" ep. I don't know if I'm going to have a Enchanted Forest scene in that or not. I might. I know it's going to be filled mostly with Jefferson and AJ. Also you might get to learn why AJ doesn't talk to Regina (Her Mother) very much. Yeah, there's a lot in the next few chapters. THEN It's almost time for the "Hat Trick" ep! Woohoo. Haha. So I hope you guys liked this Chapter and don't forget to follow, favorite and review this, mmkay?

- Sara
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