Lexi was startled awake by something. She then realized her daughter was crying. She checked the clock and it was four in the morning. She climbed out of bed and went into the nursery. She picked up her daughter and sat down in the rocking chair by the window. It was just being to get light out and casting a soft dim light onto the still sleeping town. She nursed her daughter while looking out the window. She saw that Archie was out early as always walking Pongo. She saw Archie look up and smiled at him as he did the same. She looked down at Lindy and saw she was looking up at her while drinking. She had her father's blue eyes and her uncle's light brown hair. She ran a hand over the small head that had some small tuffs of hair. The baby had her full and turned her face away from her mother's breast. Lexi adjusted her shirt and moved Lindy to burp her. After letting out a very unlady like burp, Lexi put the baby back into her crib. Lindy was sound asleep by the time she left her mother's embrace. Lexi went back to her bedroom and laid in the bed. She was so tired all she wanted was to sleep for a day or two. A couple months ago she would have been able to do that, but now she was a mother and as of now a single mother at that. She had to put her baby first. Well, she had at least three hours before Lindy would need to be fed again so she decided to let sleep consume her.
She woke up to knocking on the door three and a half hours later. She went downstairs and opened the door.
"Hey Mom."
"Hey, what are you doing here? I thought you were going to spend time with Emma and your grandparents. Not that I'm not happy to see you of course."
"I was but then I realized I didn't get to see Lindy. Plus, I missed you." Lexi smiled and put one arm around Henry who was wrapped around her and the other closed the door.
"Henry, Emma, Mary Margret, and or David know you're here right?"
"Yeah, Dad was awake so I asked him if I could come over here. He said it was fine. He also said to ask if he could come over here. He wants to see Lindy." Lexi closed her eyes.
"Henry, he can come over whenever he wants. The same goes for you."
"Can see her now?" Lexi laughed and nodded.
"She may still be sleeping so we have to quiet." Henry nodded and eagerly followed his mother up the stairs to his sister's room. They walked in and saw Lindy was indeed sleeping.
"She's cute. She looks like you Mom."
"Really, I think she looks like her uncle." Lexi put her head on her arms that were resting on the crib. She just realized what she had said.
"We have an uncle? You have a brother?"
"Yes, I do. My brother is Rumplestiltskin, or as he's known here, Mr. Gold."
"Wow, that's so cool. Wait, does that mean you have magic?" Lexi nodded.
"He taught me everything he knows. He thought I would need it to keep me safe."
"There's magic here now. Have you tried to use it?" Lexi shook her head. "Why not?"
"Because magic isn't a crutch for me like it is for my brother. I don't use it for everyday things." Henry looked at her. "Fine, just this once." She waved her hand and a new football appeared in it. Henry's eyes lit up. "Here, you can play with your dad later if he isn't too busy."
"This is so cool."
"Don't get used to it. I very extremely rarely use my magic." Henry nodded and ran down the stairs. "Henry! I've told you time and time again not to do that!" She heard an apology and then rustling in the kitchen. She sighed and looked down. Lindy was looking at her. "Hey princess." She picked up her daughter and smiled. "My baby girl." She went downstairs with the baby. Henry was sitting at the counter tossing the football up and catching it. "Henry? When did the rules change and you can have toys at the table?"
"Sorry Mom." Henry went into the living room and put the football next to the door. As he stood up, there was a knock. He opened it and saw David.
"Hey Henry, is Lexi here?"
"Duh. It's seven-thirty."
"Henry Lucas! Don't you dare speak to your father like that. I don't know why you think that because the curse is broken the rules have changed. You still obey these rules or you will be punished and don't even think about telling Emma about this because I will bet you she will back me up on this."
"You better listen to her. She can be quite scary when she's disrespected. Lexi and Marilla." David walked into the kitchen and saw Lexi struggling to get a pot from the cabinet. He went over and helped her stand up. "You just had a baby. You shouldn't be bending that low yet." He grabbed the pot and a pan and put them on the stove.
"I have to. I have no choice. I need to eat somehow. If you want to see your daughter, she's on the table in the bouncer." David looked over and saw the little baby. He went over and smiled. He leaned over and kissed Lindy's forehead. "She has your eyes."
"I don't think so. They sparkle like yours."
"Not the time for flattery. What did you come here for?"
"To talk about her."
"I'm not going to keep her from you or vice versa. You can see her whenever you want. I don't want to fight with you and I don't want to fight with Emma. What happened before the curse broke still stands. She can see Henry whenever she or he wants. Lindy is the same way. Whenever you want to see her you can."
"Thank you. I don't know what to do…"
"Go with Snow. I know you love her. That's the reason you had an affair with her during the curse. True love is strong enough to overcome any curse, even the Dark Curse. We all remember now. Don't worry, I'll be fine." David smiled at her and hugged her.
"I still love you, you know that right?"
"Yes. I still love you. I always will because you got me Henry and gave me my daughter. I'll always love you for that."
"Same for me." David let go of her and stepped back. He went back to the table and looked at Lindy. "Can I hold her?"
"Duh." She turned back to start cooking breakfast. "Are you staying?"
"I don't think so. Snow wanted to have breakfast with the family."
"So did you come to see your daughter or to take Henry."
"I already explained to Snow that Henry was with us all day yesterday and today he deserves be with his mother. His mother who raised him."
"Bet she loved that. Mary Margret was my friend, Snow White hated me." David looked at her and sighed. He couldn't say anything because he knew it was true. Probably because Charming always talked to Marilla and didn't tell Snow half of what he told Marilla.
"Dad, I got this new football maybe we can play sometime this week."
"Yeah absolutely. Tell you what, since you're going to have breakfast with your mom I'll come pick you up this afternoon and you can show what you learned from playing all those video games."
'You're on!" Lexi smiled. At least the relationship between David and Henry didn't suffer. Wow, there are a lot of at least's in this, maybe the curse breaking wasn't such a bad thing.