Flynn furrowed his brow and slowly opened his eyes to only be nearly blinded by the sun coming through his window. He began to squint and became slightly annoyed, but then he felt a gentle nuzzle against his chest, which completely interrupted his thoughts.

Rapunzel was still lying against him with his arms wrapped around her just as they had fallen asleep. It was as if they hadn't moved at all while they had been sleeping.

Flynn smiled to himself and looked down to see the top of Rapunzel's head, admiring her silky brown waves. He slowly lifted one of his arms from Rapunzel's body and began to delicately comb it through some of her hair. It felt so soft against his rough skin and he suddenly dreamt of a life where he could touch Rapunzel's hair whenever he wanted. A life where he could be with Rapunzel forever.

Suddenly, Rapunzel stirred and Flynn watched as she blinked her eyes and looked around as if she were slightly bewildered. She then slowly raised her head off of Flynn's chest, making her hair slip away from his fingers and his other arm slide away from her waist. She blinked a couple of times and then looked at Flynn as she held herself up with her left arm. Rapunzel looked as if she finally remembered where she was as she met Flynn's eyes and instantly smiled. Her confused state seemed to completely disappear and now she was her normal bubbly self.

"Good morning, beautiful," Flynn let a wide grin spread across his face as he stared into her full green eyes, studying the freckles on her nose that were accentuated from the sun coming through the window.

Rapunzel's smile seemed to grow even more, "Good morning. How long have you been awake?"

"Not long. Only a few minutes before you."

Rapunzel nodded and laid down next to Flynn so that her head was on the pillow next to his and they were only about three inches away from one another.

"Did you sleep okay?"

"Yes, thank you. I think that's the best sleep I've gotten in a long time."

Flynn smiled, "Yeah, me too." There was sincerity in his voice and his tone seemed so soft and caring.

Rapunzel nuzzled her head into her pillow and closed her eyes. "Well, what do you want to do?"

Flynn knew that he should be focusing on Rapunzel's question, but he was too busy admiring all of Rapunzel's beautiful features. Her freckles were still very apparent, her lips looked soft and the perfect shade of pink, her skin seemed to shine all on it's own and it was all just so mesmerizing. He almost wished she would part her lips slightly so he could see her slightly gaped teeth, or maybe even open her eyes so he could see those beautiful green eyes. Those green eyes that had him over the moon. However, Flynn was enjoying the fact that her eyes were closed. It was as if she were completely vulnerable with him now and he could just take his time to notice the small details about her features that he hadn't noticed before.

Rapunzel continued to keep her eyes closed and Flynn could feel his mind going a hundred miles a second. He really liked this girl. She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen, but she also had a personality and a way of living that was just so intoxicating to him. Normally he didn't care about getting to know a girl and just cared about their physicality, but Rapunzel had ended that now. If him and Rapunzel were to ever break this off would he be able to do the same for another girl? Did Rapunzel change something in him? Or was she just the only girl who he was willing to be different for?

While Rapunzel still had her eyes closed, Flynn leaned closer to her and broke the three-inch barrier between them, pressing his lips into hers. Flynn had closed his eyes so he wasn't sure how she was reacting to the fact that he was currently kissing her in his bed, but he assumed she was a little taken back by it.

Flynn pulled away from Rapunzel and opened his eyes only to find her staring back at him. Her mouth was slightly open as if she were shocked or had something to say, but still she said nothing. Should he say something? Should he apologize? He didn't feel sorry at all for kissing her. He loved kissing her.

Flynn felt like apologizing was the right thing to do though due to Rapunzel's current reaction. He opened his mouth to say those two words, when he all of a sudden felt Rapunzel's soft hand on the back of his neck and he was being pulled toward her.

Their lips met once again and Flynn could feel himself smiling through the kiss, completely surprised, yet overjoyed, that Rapunzel had done something so bold. He could feel himself instantly get excited as Rapunzel and him continued kissing and her hand remained on the back of his neck, giving gentle little tugs here and there. For never kissing a guy before Flynn came around, she sure was good at what she was doing. Flynn wrapped his left arm around Rapunzel's waist and slid her to him until their bodies were pressed together. He was glad to find that she didn't push away from him or break off their kiss, but continued to kiss him just as forcefully.

Then it happened. Flynn's instincts began to kick in and he suddenly rolled Rapunzel onto her back and brought himself on top of her. Seeing as she continued to kiss him as he did this he didn't even notice anything wrong, so he continued to go even further with her. Flynn already had a pretty decent hard on which he then pressed into Rapunzel, only four layers of fabric separating them. He grinded himself into her and let out a small groan.

Flynn then felt Rapunzel pull her lips away from his, making him open his eyes. Her eyes were also open, completely wide open. She almost looked horrified, but there was still a hint of normal curiosity there as well. Flynn suddenly felt horrified as well. He was so caught up in the moment that he hadn't even thought about what he was doing or the fact that the girl he was doing it with was extremely inexperienced. He respected Rapunzel more than this and he was certainly doing a shitty job of showing it.

Flynn shook his head and moved off of Rapunzel, sitting up so that his back was to Rapunzel. He then rested his elbows on his knees and put his head in his hands. "Shit, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

"Flynn, it's fine..." Rapunzel's voice sounded sincere and sweet as if she completely understood, but that only made Flynn feel worse. She was so innocent and he was…corrupted in so many ways.

"No, it's not. I-I got carried away and I took advantage of the moment. It wasn't okay and I'm sorry." Flynn knew that if Rapunzel hadn't stopped kissing him and pulled away that he most likely wouldn't have stopped. He was still surprised that he didn't try to push Rapunzel into continuing even after she pulled away, but was relieved that he still had some kind of control. He felt awful though. Rapunzel had never even kissed a guy about a week ago and now she had kissed, made out, felt a hard on pressed against her, been grinded against. The list was growing and Flynn felt extremely guilty. He didn't want to make her do anything she didn't want to do or wasn't ready for, and he was sure she wasn't ready to feel his erection pressed against her and him groaning at how good she felt against him. Oh how many times he had dreamt about that moment.

Flynn shook his head and slumped his shoulders. Why couldn't he just control himself for once?

Flynn felt the bed shift a little and then felt Rapunzel's hands gently wrap around his wrists, pulling his hands away from his face. He looked at her and noticed that she looked really concerned. Was she really not as freaked out or upset about what he had just done as he thought?

"Hey, it's alright. It's not your fault. I started all that funny business anyway so I should really be the one at fault here. I know you have different experience when it comes to women and I don't blame you for getting carried away, Flynn. I know it's quite the change to go from what you're used to…to me."

Rapunzel smiled and placed a hand on the side of Flynn's face, "Just stop beating yourself up about something so little. Everything is okay. I promise. "

Flynn wanted to kick himself for getting so mad at himself in the first place. Of course she would understand. That was just the kind of girl that she way. She was the most amazing girl that Flynn had ever met in his entire life and he really couldn't understand why a girl like Rapunzel would give him the time of day. Sure he had his looks and charm, but when it came to actual personality and what counted in the long run, he felt like Rapunzel was way above him.

"Okay," Flynn nodded.

Rapunzel then leaned in and gave him a gentle and quick kiss. "Good."

Her eyes then shifted from Flynn's to his bedside table and she suddenly jumped up from the bed.

"Oh no! I'm late!"

Flynn looked over to his table and realized that Rapunzel had been looking at his clock. He turned back to find Rapunzel resituating her paintings in her bag, placing it on her shoulder, and then rapidly trying to comb through her hair with her fingers.

Flynn began to laugh and shake his head at her. "What's the rush?"

Rapunzel continued to comb through her hair, "I have a…class. A very important class that I can't miss and I'm late. I have to go."

Flynn laughed once again and got up from his bed, quickly putting on his vest and slipping on his boots. "

"I'll walk you out."

Once Rapunzel and Flynn were on the stone walkway just outside of Flynn's place they quickly hugged one another, skipping the goodbye kiss due to two men walking by who were eyeing them.

"Want to meet at the bridge at around seven tonight?" Flynn asked as they pulled away from one another.

"Sure. I'll be there! I have to go. I'll see at seven!" Rapunzel gave him a wide smile and then quickly made her way down the walkway, her bare feet smacking after every step.

Flynn stood outside of the Snuggly Duckling, sweeping up a shattered beer bottle that a random drunk had smashed the night before when he was attempting to use it as a weapon.

Hook and him were currently the only ones at the Snuggly Duckling and they were both plenty busy. Even though it was five in the evening and they didn't have a single customer, Flynn and Hook were still hard at work. Flynn was in charge of cleaning up any outside messes at the moment, while Hook was looking over some of the paper work they had put off. They were managing to get a lot done due to the slow business, but Flynn almost wished they had some customers so he could get out of cleaning. Where was everyone anyway?

Just then Flynn heard a twig snap in the trees to the left of him and squinted in order to see if he could make out anything. He didn't want to get ambushed by any angry customers or the Stabbington brothers for that matter. The crown was still safe and sound in his satchel that was currently still hanging on his shoulder, so they really didn't have any reason to plan some sort of attack on him. It wasn't like he had any plans to keep the crown for himself. The sooner he got rid of it, the better.

Flynn felt his back instantly tense as Clarissa emerged from the trees and slowly made her way over to him, keeping her eyes locked on his the whole time.

"Hi, Flynn."

Flynn gripped the broom in his hands tightly and felt his face grow a little warm. He didn't say anything. He didn't want to talk to Clarissa. He didn't even want to see her. Why couldn't she just leave him alone?

Clarissa closed the distance between them until she was standing right in front of him, looking innocently into his eyes.

"I missed you."

"Clarissa," Flynn said through clenched teeth, "Don't."

"What? I did miss you. Am I not allowed to state how I feel?"

Flynn scoffed, "Yes, exactly. I don't want to know how you feel. I don't care how you feel, okay?"

Flynn expected for Clarissa to slap him, but instead she just continued to look at him with a sweet expression. "You don't mean that."

"What?"

"I don't think you mean that. I think you do care. You're just acting like you don't because of her."

Flynn knew Clarissa was referring to Rapunzel and felt himself tense even further. "Don't you dare bring her into this."

"Why not? She obviously plays an important role in whatever is happening here. That little whore stole my boyfriend away from me. Sorry if that makes me bitter."

Flynn threw the broom in his hands to ground, causing the handle to snap in half on impact. He took a step closer to Clarissa so he was almost in her face.

"Don't ever call her that. She's not a whore. You are. You're a fucking whore and a bitch."

Clarissa crossed her arms and rolled her eyes, "Really, Flynn? I'm a whore? Take a look in the fucking mirror."

"Whatever," Flynn needed to get away from Clarissa as soon as possible and decided that he could take care of his mess some other time. He turned around and made his way toward the door to the pub, clenching his fists so hard that his knuckles were turning white.

"What are you doing running around with the princess anyway?" Clarissa called from behind Flynn, causing him to stop in his tracks.

Flynn slowly turned around to face her and lifted a brow in confusion, "What?"

Clarissa rolled her eyes once again and looked extremely impatient suddenly, "You know, the princess? The daughter of the king and queen. The girl who is potentially going to be our queen someday? The princess of Corona!"

Flynn furrowed his brow and looked down at the ground. "Princess?" Clarissa had to be full of shit, right? How could she make this up though?

Clarissa shook her head and smirked, "Oh come on, Rider. Don't tell me that you had no idea that she was the princess of Corona!" She let out a bitchy laugh and looked at him in disbelief.

"Shut up," Flynn turned back around and walked through the door of the Snuggly Duckling, feeling his head swarming with endless thoughts. Was Rapunzel really the princess of Corona? She couldn't be. Flynn would have noticed. This was just Clarissa's way of getting to him…right?

Hook then walked out of the back room and grinned at Flynn. "Rider! I just finished sorting through those files and took care of any put off business. Did you get everything cleaned up outside?"

Flynn looked up to meet Hook's eyes and could instantly see Hook's expression change.

"Whoa, Rider. What's up?"

"Is Rapunzel…is she…"

"Spit it out, man."

Flynn shook his head and let out a short laugh. Just ask him. It's probably all a hoax anyway.

"Is Rapunzel the princess of Corona?"

Hook looked at Flynn wide eyed and seemed as if he had just seen a ghost.

Flynn laughed once again, "I knew it wasn't true. Clarissa just claimed that Rapunzel was the princess of Corona to try and fuck with me. Crazy, right?"

"Yes."

Flynn smiled and shook his head. "That girl is relentless."

"No, Rider."

Flynn lifted a brow and looked at Hook. "What?"

Hook rubbed his palms together nervously and sighed, "I tried to tell you when you first mentioned that you had your sight set on some girl with brown hair who wore a lavender dress, but then after awhile I tried to protect you from the truth because I wanted her to tell you. I found it funny that she never did tell you though and instead acted like that part of her life didn't even exist."

Flynn continued to look at Hook, "What are you saying, Hook?" Please don't say what I think you're going to say.

Hook sighed once again, "Rapunzel is the princess of Corona, Flynn. She's been declared as the princess for almost a year now."

Flynn's mouth slightly fell open in shock, "Wha –what? How could she –how is that possible?"

"I don't know the full story, Flynn. I just know that she was 'the lost princess' for a long time and suddenly she was found and brought back to her parents in order to take her rightful place as the princess. She took her position on the day after her eighteenth birthday apparently and the whole kingdom absolutely loves her."

How could I have missed that? Flynn had never even heard of the princess of Corona ever being lost or returning only about a year ago in order to rule the kingdom with her parents. All he knew about the princess was that she could paint, she was sweet, and they released lanterns up in the night sky for her every year on her birthday, which Hook had told him months ago.

"Those lanterns I told you about, that are released for the princess. Well, they used to do that every year on her birthday because they hoped that Rapunzel would see them and come home. They must have worked this past time because she finally came home."

Flynn shook his head and looked at the floor. How could she be the princess? How could he have missed such a big detail in her life?

Suddenly it all made sense. Rapunzel's painting she had only shown him last night looking like an exact replica to the one of the wall, the way the locals moved out of her way and constantly smiled at her, the fact that she didn't want to kiss or be affectionate in public, everything.

"So there's a little piece of you and a little piece of me."

Rapunzel's words appeared in Flynn's mind once again and he understood the meaning behind them. Her painting had shown the lake and the lanterns. The lake being his favorite place in the kingdom and the lanterns were released for her every year. A piece from each of their lives brought together.

How could she do this to him? How could she not have the decency to tell him the truth and just give it to him straight? He would have understood, right?

Flynn sighed. Would he really have understood? Would he have still tried to get with her if he had known that she was the princess? Probably not, because it was a dangerous territory. How could she not have realized that? She put him in a difficult position now and he wasn't too sure what he should do about it. He liked her, but this was more than he had bargained for. She just wasn't the person he thought she was. She had been keeping the truth away from him this whole time and he felt slightly betrayed. He had shown parts of him that he never even knew existed and now he felt like it was all for nothing. How could she do this?

Flynn furrowed his brow and ran a hand through his hair. "Why wouldn't she tell me?"

Hook shrugged, "I don't know, Rider. Maybe she wanted things to be normal."

"Normal!? Ha! Things could never be normal between us, especially now! She should have told me from the start! Or at least you should have told me! God damnit!" Flynn kicked a bar stool next to him, knocking it to the ground.

"Calm down, Rider. It's okay. I know she should have told you, but you still like her, right? She's still that same girl, but now you know she's a princess."

"Yeah, Hook! A princess! A fucking princess!" Flynn felt like punching a hole in the wall. How could now one have told him? How could he not have known?

"Rider…"

"Shit, I have to go meet her. What am I going to do? What do I say? God, I can't do this right now." Flynn shook his head and pressed his hands to his temples. He was losing it.

"Just go talk to her, Rider. That's all you can do. If I were you, I-"

"If you were me? Hah, if you were me you probably would wish that your fucking friend who knew that the girl you were falling for would have told you that she's the god damn princess!" Flynn walked to the door and opened it to leave. He knew that he had to at least get out of the Snuggly Duckling and away from Hook before things got messy.

"I thought you said that you weren't 'falling for her' and that you only liked her."

"Same fucking thing." Flynn slammed the door behind him and made his way to the bridge, only hearing his own heartbeat in his ears.

Flynn had managed to calm himself down a little as he neared the bridge. It was only a few minutes after seven and he knew that Rapunzel would already be waiting on the bridge for him, completely oblivious to the fact that Flynn now knew that she was the princess of Corona. The princess of the kingdom that he currently walked in. The rightful owner to the crown that currently sat in his satchel.

Flynn continued to walk toward the bridge and could then see Rapunzel sitting on one of the sidewalls, letting her feet dangle toward the water. He watched as she kicked her legs back and forth happily and smiled down at something green sitting next to her. From Flynn's spot it looked at if it was some sort of lizard, but he wasn't exactly sure. Whatever it was, she looked completely comfortable with touching it and her lips looked liked they were moving as if she were talking to it.

Flynn felt a smile slowly ease it's way onto his face and then look another step toward Rapunzel's spot on the bridge, but then saw the gleam of the lake from the corner of his eye. He remembered Clarissa's news only two hours ago and was then overcome with the same feelings he had when she had told him.

Rapunzel was the princess. Flynn was a thief. Not only had she been keeping something so important from him, but she also put him in a dangerous spot. If anyone was aware of Flynn's life choices they would probably threaten and hurt him until he stayed away from Rapunzel. It could have been a lot worse than it already was.

Plus, did she really respect him so little that she felt the need to keep such major news from him? He thought that they actually had something going here, but now he felt like he was mistaken. Obviously she didn't value him as a person as much as he thought she did.

Just then Rapunzel looked as if she were starting to glance in his direction, causing Flynn to throw himself behind a building wall in order to hide himself from her. He couldn't do it. He couldn't talk to her now and he wasn't sure when he would be able to. He needed to get out there.

Flynn made his way down the alleyway behind the building, stuffing his hands in his pockets and hanging his head. Maybe fleeing the kingdom with the Stabbington brothers and the crown wasn't such a bad idea.

"So you just left her there by herself? You didn't even go talk to her and make some sort of excuse?"

"What could I say, Hook? I was too pissed off to make up some excuse. I couldn't even think straight. I probably would have walked up to her and immediately started telling her off."

Flynn shook his head and looked down at the bar counter in front of him. He was currently seated at the bar of the Snuggly Duckling feeling confused and completely drained. How could the girl that he had been seeing forget to mention the fact that she was the princess? Sure there were things that he hadn't shared with her either, but nothing like that.

"I don't know, Flynn. I still think you should have talked to her."

Flynn pounded a fist on the counter, "I just couldn't, Hook. I couldn't bring myself to do it." The guards who had entered the bar only moments before now looked over at Flynn in order to make sure he wasn't going to cause any sort of scene. Ever since the princess' crown had gone missing, two guards had been assigned to hang out at the Snuggly Duckling every night in order to see if they could find anything suspicious. So far it didn't seem as though they had found anything, which was definitely a relief to Flynn.

"Well, you're going to have to talk to her at some point."

Just then the door to the pub was pushed open, whoever opened it was still covered by the door. Flynn noticed some of the customers' expressions who could see the person in the doorway and realized that they all looked completely baffled.

Who could it possibly be? The Stabbington brothers? They could be intimidating in some ways.

However, the person behind the door finally stepped completely into the pub and let the door shut behind them. Upon seeing whom the person was, Flynn could feel his mouth fall open a little and knew he wore the same expression as the other customers.

Rapunzel stood in front of the now closed door, looking annoyed, yet slightly nervous. She began to glance around the room at all the men staring at her and Flynn knew that she was looking for him.

Finally, Rapunzel's eyes met Flynn's and she narrowed hers in order to try to look intimidating. She then walked toward him until she was about two feet in front of him, then folding her arms across her chest.

"Hello, Flynn Rider."

Flynn was still in a state of shock. Rapunzel was here in the Snuggly Duckling? It was like seeing a sunflower in the middle of a field of dirt. She just looked out of place.

Flynn cleared his throat, "Rapunzel."

Rapunzel lifted an eyebrow, "That's it?"

Flynn shrugged.

Rapunzel uncrossed her arms and let them fall to her sides, "How come you didn't show up at the bridge tonight? You said you would and you never miss our plans."

Flynn shrugged again, "I was busy."

"You were…busy?" Rapunzel looked down and Flynn noticed her playing with something in her hands.

"Is that a frying pan?"

Rapunzel met Flynn's eyes once again and nodded.

"Why on Earth do you have a frying pan?"

Rapunzel furrowed her brow, "Well…well just in case I needed protection! I've never been to the Snuggly Duckling, but I've heard all the ruffians come here so I decided to bring protection!" Rapunzel swung the frying pan a little and then ended up hitting herself in the head. "Ouch," she gently rubbed the spot on her head where the pan had collided and made a pained face.

Flynn almost laughed and stood in order to kiss the spot, but he kept himself seated on his bar stool instead.

Rapunzel stopped rubbing the spot on her head and looked at Flynn with a confused expression. She seemed to search his eyes for a moment and then narrowed her own when she realized that he wasn't giving her anything to read. "Alright, Flynn Rider. You better tell me what's going on here or else."

"Or else what?"

"I'll be forced to use my frying pan!" Rapunzel held up her weapon in front of Flynn's face and gave him an annoyed look.

"Really?"

"Maybe…" Rapunzel removed the frying pan from his face and began to fiddle with it in her hands once again. "Why did you stand me up, Flynn? I thought I meant more to you than that…or did you finally get what you wanted and now you've decided to split?"

Flynn laughed, he was about to do exactly what he didn't want to earlier, but now there was no running from it.

"You thought you meant more? Jesus Christ, Rapunzel. I thought I meant more to you too, but I guess I don't considering you can't even tell me that you're the princess of Corona!" A couple of other men in the pub began to look over, wearing quizzical expressions.

Rapunzel took a step back and her mouth fell open, "Wha – what?"

"Yeah, I found out your little secret." Flynn shook his head and looked at her disgustedly.

"Flynn, I-"

"You lied to me? You don't respect me enough to tell me that information? You're embarrassed by me and don't want me in that part of your life? I get it, Rapunzel. Really, you don't have to explain." Flynn was being harsh and he wasn't exactly proud of it. Sure it felt good to express his feelings, but he didn't like fighting with her.

"That's not it at all! I just wanted this to be different. I thought you knew at first, and when I realized that you didn't, I-"

"Still didn't tell me."

Rapunzel opened her mouth to say something and then closed it.

"See, Rapunzel. You didn't tell me the truth even after you knew I didn't know. What kind of person does that? I thought you were different than that."

"Well you're not exactly Mr. Honesty either, Flynn. There are plenty of things that you've kept from me."

"Nothing like that, Rapunzel! That's on a whole other level!"

Rapunzel looked down at her hands and looked almost defeated. Flynn couldn't decide if her current state pleased him or made him slightly hate himself, but he had to stand his ground.

"I thought you were different, Rapunzel. I thought we had something real going on here, but I guess I was wrong." This didn't really sound like something Flynn Rider would normally say, but it was the truth. He had really liked her, but now he just felt so betrayed that he just couldn't let it go.

"What did you expect to happen when I found out you were the princess? That I would come running into your arms telling you how I hope I can be your prince charming and we can live happily ever after? Sorry to disappoint you."

Rapunzel shook her head, "No, I-"

"Thought I would be doing cartwheels and begging to meet your parents?"

"I just thought-"

"That I would tell you that I can put that all behind us and act like everything is still completely normal. Please, Rapunzel."

"I just thought you would understand." Rapunzel said weakly and looked passed Flynn. It was obvious that she wasn't in the mood to fight with him anymore. She could sure be feisty, but Flynn was relentless in this sort of thing.

Flynn scoffed, "Whatever." He then turned around in his stool in order to face the bar again, but while he was turning he knocked his satchel, which had been sitting on the bar, off the counter causing it to fall the ground. The satchel flap fell open so that the crown was now visible, causing Flynn's heart to skip a beat. Shit.

He quickly kicked the flap back over the crown and prayed that Rapunzel hadn't seen the contents of his satchel, but his prayers were not answered.

"What was that?" Rapunzel's voice came from behind him, sounding curious and slightly irritated.

"What was what?" Flynn turned around to face her and tried to appear completely calm.

Rapunzel gestured toward the bag with her frying pan, "What was in your satchel, Flynn?"

"Nothing."

"Nothing?"

Flynn nodded, "Mhmm."

Rapunzel furrowed her brow and then nodded, "Okay."

"Okay," Flynn began to turn back around when Rapunzel quickly scooped up his satchel from the ground and opened the flap to expose her crown sitting inside.

Her eyes widened in disbelief and she lifted her eyes from the crown to Flynn, completely in shock.

"Is this my?"

Flynn stood up from the stool and held up his hands as he approached Rapunzel, "Rapunzel, it's not what you think. Please, just give me my satchel."

Rapunzel took a step back and held onto his satchel tightly, "You stole my crown!?"

Flynn winced as he looked from her to the guards in the opposite corner of the room, noticing that they were now looking right at him.

"Rapunzel, please. You don't understand."

"You…you used me. You stole my crown."

"No, I didn't use you."

"But the evidence is right here. It's sitting right in your satchel." Rapunzel gestured to her crown.

"Just give me my satchel back."

Flynn took another step toward her and Rapunzel immediately narrowed her eyes.

"How could you steal this from me? How long have you had this?"

"I didn't know it was yours."

"But you promised. You promised you were done stealing…for good."

"Yeah, well…"

Just then the guards walked toward Rapunzel and Flynn and grabbed the satchel from Rapunzel's hands. They examined the crown inside and then looked at one another, each giving the other a quick nod. Flynn was done for.

"Excuse me…Flynn Rider, is it?"

Flynn nodded and gave the guards a cold look.

"You're going to have to come with us."

Both of the guards stepped over so they were on the opposite sides of Flynn, the guard on his right putting his hands in handcuffs.

"You're under arrest for stealing the princess' crown. Resisting will only make matters worse."

Flynn didn't resist whatsoever and allowed the guards to lead him out of the Snuggly Duckling, only stopping when the guard handed Rapunzel back the satchel and nodded to her. "Your crown, princess."

Rapunzel nodded in response and then looked at Flynn, meeting his eyes.

"Flynn Rider."

"Princess."