New chapter, yayy! Enjoy reading.
-Mary.
Where we left off;
"-Neal?"
"-Yes?"
"-I love you," she confessed, but it wasn't one bit true.
"-I love you," he replied and she smiled evil, unknowingly that Neal actually said that to the woman next to him…
Neal went to bed with fear for the next day. What the hell went through his head when he agreed to meet up with Tamara? How would she express the feelings that Neal had.
The feeling of the unknown pulled Emma to another place, back to when she was a child. How she couldn't know what came tomorrow. Would she be given away, or would she finally be sent to someone who would love her?
She dreamt of her childhood, and it woke her up many times. It was uncomfortable. Not knowing was the worst feeling. Then she finally fell asleep and woke up, in her own body the next morning.
Emma couldn't believe what she saw. She was back. This feeling was much better than what she had experienced last night.
She didn't bother to dress up, she just ran down stairs without even looking at the clock.
"-We're back! We're back!" she yelled.
Neal shot up and stared at Emma, then he grinned.
"-Emma, this can wait. It's 5 AM in the morning," a tired voice said in her parents' bedroom.
"-No! It can't," Emma replied and jumped up into their bed, "-Mom! Dad!"
David sat up and smiled sheepishly.
"-Emma, honey. This is great," Mary paused,"-But it's really early. Can we please go back to sleep?"
"-Great? This is really great!"
"-Ems," David warned.
"-Ugh," she groaned and went into the living room.
"-Well, I'm very awake," Neal made a face,"-Wanna go for a walk?"
She nodded and went to get dressed.
"-What are you going to say to Tamara?" Emma asked.
"-I don't know," Neal looked down and bit his lip.
"-But what I am sure of, is that I love you, Emma Swan."
"-I love you too, Cassidy," she smiled and leaned to kiss him. He kissed back.
This feeling was one of the best feelings, it was better than 11 years ago. This was when she knew. She knew that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him.
"-Good morning, you two are up early," a dark voice said and they both spun around.
"-Good morning, Mr. Gold," Emma replied and Neal smiled.
"-Are you back to yourselves?"
"-Yeah, we are," Neal said.
"-Could I speak to you for a moment?"
"-Now?"
"-Yes, Bae," Mr. Gold replied.
"-Is that ok?" Neal looked at Emma and she smiled.
"-I can just go home and we'll see each other late."
"-Ok, bye," he winked and Emma started walking down Maine street.
Emma woke up in again in her bed. Turns out she fell asleep again, and now it felt like a hangover.
"-Good morning sunshine, you awake?" Emma heard her mother say when she came in the door.
"-Sort of," she sat up and yawned.
"-In that case, would you like some breakfast?"
Emma made a face and Mary raised an eyebrow.
"-You seemed pretty awake earlier," Mary laughed.
"-I just want to shower. Seriously, how often does men shower?"
"-Not as often as us," Mary grinned,"-Unless they meet a woman."
"-I guess. I hope Henry stays home with his books forever…"
"-Well, you guys have been pretty busy lately," Mary pointed out.
"-We have," Emma confirmed and stopped to think a second.
"-Oh god," she thought out loud,"-Henry hasn't had a birthday party yet."
They had Henry's birthday party on a short notice. Everyone could make it, they live in Storybrooke. They even made it through with Regina sending them angry looks all night.
She gave Emma a hug before she left and whispered a few (not so funny words) in Emma's ear.
"-You are going to pay for the toilet paper," Regina whispered and smiled polite. Emma's eyes widened and she stared at Regina.
"-Enjoy that," she said and left.
Emma stood there a while and closed the door. Oh boy, was she in trouble.
"-I can't believe I got my own real sword from Mr. Gold," Henry said jumping around the apartment.
"-I can't either," David made a grimace full of jealousy,"-It's probably one of the easiest things to find, anyway."
"-Gramps, I'm happy for your present too," Henry smiled and went to hug him.
"-I'm still your favorite, right?" David smiled.
"-We'll see about that," he murmured and David furrowed his eyebrows offended.
Neal was sleeping on the couch, and this time he was the one who awoke first. He knew the day for confronting Tamara. He wasn't afraid, he was happy. This was the beginning of his new life with Emma and Henry.
Neal made breakfast for the whole family and they took Henry to school together. Mary and David went to buy groceries. Emma settled down in Granny's to take a cocoa when he talked to Tamara.
Tamara and Neal walked down the street and Tamara broke the silence.
"-Neal," she smiled,"-I think I should meet this father of yours."
Neal stopped and took a deep breath. Here goes nothing, he thought.
"-I don't think that's going to work," Neal confirmed and Tamara went cold.
"-Why?" she demanded.
"-We aren't working."
"- I see. Is that why you peed on my clothes?"
"-What?" Neal exclaimed and tried to be calm. He didn't know if he should laugh or be annoyed.
"-Is it?"
"-No," he said honest,"-What happened is that someone saw you and Greg together."
"-Who? Emma?"
"-That's the wrong question to ask," Neal replied slightly cold.
"-Huh, because I know you love Emma," Tamara said.
"-As I were saying, we aren't working. I think we should break of the engagement."
"-Neal, no. We can get this to work. I need you," Tamara tried.
"-Need me for what?"
"-I… I just need you."
"-You just need me, you don't love me," Neal said and smiled sad. This was the end.
Then the unexpected happened, Tamara slapped him right across the face.
"-I need you!" she yelled.
Emma watched the whole scene and ran out of Granny's. Enough is enough.
"-Take your boy toy and get the hell out of this town!" Emma yelled.
"-Why should I listen to a nag like you?" Tamara questioned.
"-Because if you don't, I will hurt you."
"-You're unbelievable," she shook her head and laughed.
"-What do you want?"
"-I want Rumpelstilskin," she said.
"-You're not getting him," Emma raised her voice once again.
"-Why do you even care?"
"-He's a part of my family," Emma admitted. She meant every word.
Woah, that was intense. I decided to cut the 10th chapter in two parts because of the lenght of the whole chapter. So next chapter will be chapter 10 - part 2 :)) Thanks for reading!