Charming banged open the door with the side of his body. They all entered the dark loft and sat down around the table, while David went to look for an object of Emma's. Jefferson was very uneasy and couldn't keep still; he stood up and looked around the loft.
Hook was tapping his hook of the table in a tune while Ruby was making herself a cup of coffee. David was rushing around Emma's room looking for her blanket. Chucking box after box around the place.
Jefferson had noticed the many teapots Mary Margaret owned and was admiring the many designs that were being displayed. He was deciding which one looked best and which one he could use to have tea in when Killian pushed into him clearly not liking keeping still.
"Oh hello Jefferson, Are you looking at tea cups? God your obsession with tea is getting out of hand!" Said hook in an exhausted way. "You need to stop looking at tea pots and do something else like maybe learn to sail a ship? I won't mind you lend my ship to learn, hay i won't even mind teaching you myself. Just as long as you stop your obsession with tea and focus on something else. What I want to know is what happened in wonderland to make you so... Mad? " Hook had now made himself comfortable on a seat around the table; Ruby arrived with 4 cups of steaming coffee in pretty red mugs.
"Yeah, I would like to know this too. I always wondered why people use to say oh there's the mad hatter every time you walked past granny's with your daughter." Ruby intervened as she sat down next to hook who was now staring at Jefferson.
Jefferson turned his head to see them both staring at him and decided he had no choice but to tell them his story. He set down the tea cups he was admiring and turned to meet there eyes. He felt there excitement and he walked uncomfortably towards the chair grabbing a cup of coffee at the same time.
"Well, I don't know why you guys want to my story because it's a bit of a bore I tell you now but if you want to know..." They both nodded in unison "I'll tell you." Jefferson went on to tell them his history with the evil queen and how she had tricked him into finding his way into wonderland. Hook knew what wonderland was like and new the ways of Regina. Jefferson described in detail of the big mushrooms and the long thin grass that grew taller every day until it couldn't grow no more.
After telling them both about how he made hats, he told them both about how he got obsessed with tea and his adventures with a young girl called Alice. "Well, tea was always a big thing over there and I loved the way it tasted good when it was hot but awful when it was cold. After a while tea was the only thing I drank. Had it every morning for breakfast then dinner and afternoon tea. Sometimes even for supper." He took a swig at his coffee and squirmed at the taste of it. It was nothing like tea at all he thought. "Well anyway the curse came and I got transported to this place and I missed the taste of tea and of course my daughter. Well that's my story I told you both that it would be boring but you insisted." Jefferson laid down his cup of coffee and walked to the sink ready to pour it down the pipe.
Hook and Ruby sat still and there coffee's untouched. "I've finally found it!" Came David's voice from the other room, as he made his way into the kitchen. "This blanket was trying to hide from me but nothing can hide away from..." Charming stopped talking when he say Hook and Ruby sat at the table in silence. "Why on earth is it so silent?" David asked looking from Jefferson to Red.
Hook stood up from his chair and looking down at his coffee said "Well, Jefferson has just told us the amazing story of how he came obsessed with tea and how he came across wonderland." Killian walked over to where Jefferson was and put his hand on his shoulder. Charming was now staring at Jefferson who was trying not to look back at him. Jefferson was trying hard to forget what happened in wonderland but it seems that he just couldn't.
Ruby cleared her thought and said "Did you say you've found the object of Emma's David?" David was taken aback by this and slowly nodded in agreement. "Well, I might be able to track her which will mean we'll be able to find your daughter." Ruby said and this brought charming back to the real world.
"Come on guys my daughter's still missing, There you go Ruby" Charming passed the blanket with Emma's name on it to Red and turned to walk towards the door. Hook, Ruby and Jefferson walked out the door slowly followed by David. There mugs of coffee forgotten.
