Chapter 11: I believe in a thing called love
AN: This chapter is named of course after I believe in a thing called love by The Darkness. There is an awesome R&B version of this song by Lemar you could check out. I promise you that it is great!
The next morning at Granny's café
Mary Margaret rushed over to her table anxiously glancing at the clock on the wall as she sat down in the chair opening the newspaper quickly. She heard the jingle of the bell on the door glancing up quickly to see David Nolan entering the restaurant but averted her eyes back to the paper. The door jingled again and she heard a woman and man laughing happily. She couldn't help but wish it was her and David laughing together without any worries.
"Mary Margaret." Mary Margaret heard Emma's voice call out to her as she looked up to see Emma standing next to her table with a smile on her face that lit up her whole face with Graham next to her with the same love struck smile. It caught Mary Margaret by surprise for a few seconds because the woman in front of her was nothing that the one that came to Storybrooke. Emma had these huge walls around her when she first came into town but now it looked like Graham and Henry had broken those walls to pieces. She thought that she had helped break through them a little as well but nothing like Henry and Graham had done. "Did you get my message about staying at Graham's place?" She asked.
"I did." Mary Margaret answered with a smile. "I figured that you two would be staying there until tomorrow morning when you have to return the keys."
"Mary Margaret, I can't thank you enough for letting me move into the loft." Graham said to her giving her a look of appreciation. "I am not sure how long it will take me to find a place. No one is willing to rent a room, apartment or house to me so it might be awhile."
"There is no rush. You are welcome to stay as long as you need too." Mary Margaret replied to him.
"See I told you." Emma said leaning in resting her chin on Graham's shoulder smiling up at her boyfriend.
Graham grinned back at her before pulling her into a quick kiss, "I'll be back. I'm going to make sure David gets us an order of those chocolate chip pancakes that you love so much." He told her winking at her before walking away while Emma watched him for a moment with a goofy grin. Emma tore her gaze away from Graham to see Mary Margaret smiling at her.
"What?" Emma asked her unable to stop smiling as she sat down in the seat across from Mary Margaret.
"You know what, Emma. You and Graham haven't been able to stop smiling or take your eyes off each other for more than a few seconds." Margaret said making Emma shake her head in denial finally wiping the smile of her face. Mary Margaret looked back at David Nolan who was talking with Graham but Graham's blue eyes kept going back to Emma as he grinned. She looked back at Emma to see her looking at Graham smiling. "See what I mean! It looks like love to me." Mary Margaret sang out in quietly.
"It is." Emma replied to her startling her. Mary Margaret had expected her to freak out at hearing it looked like she and Graham were in love. "I never thought that I would be that girl but here I am sickingly happy and in love."
"I am really happy for the two of you! You both deserve all the happiness in the world." Mary Margaret said to her before taking a drink of her coffee.
"So do you." Emma said to her putting her hand over Mary Margaret's on the table. "Graham and I are working on a way to make that happen." Margaret gave Emma an appreciative half smile as Graham and David walked over to the table.
"Good morning, Mary Margaret." David greeted her smiling at her. Mary Margaret smiled back at him nodding at him. "I'm not sure if Emma and Graham told you but I am working with them as a deputy."
"Wow, that's great!" She exclaimed happy for David before glancing at Emma wondering why her roommate hadn't told her about it yet.
"I am still going to help out at the shelter but I am really excited about being a deputy." David said to her as Katherine walked into the café. "Katherine." David said surprised to see his wife walking towards him.
"I thought that I would surprise you." Katherine said to him leaning in to kiss him on the lips as Mary Margaret looked away back to her paper. "I can't thank you enough Sheriff for giving David this job. It's all that he has talked about since you did."
"We are glad to have him aboard." Graham said to her smiling then looked down at Emma in the chair.
"I insist on having you come over to dinner one night." Katherine paused for a moment them added with a forced smile. "The invitation is for the two of you of course."
Emma stood up from the chair, "I really appreciate your offer but I am going to have to pass. I know that you don't like me. I also know Regina is your friend so I get why you don't want to give me a chance. But I am not going to ask to you to pretend to for whole dinner. Trust me when I say it is exhausting."
"You need to know that I want nothing from Regina. So you are wasting your time trying to convince me have anything to do with her. She isn't who you think she is so trust me when I say that you can't trust her." Graham explained to her. "So we will both be declining on dinner."
"I have to go or I am going to be late for class." Mary Margaret said to them but turned back around to look at Graham and Emma. "I was thinking that I could make dinner tomorrow night at the loft to celebrate getting a new roommate."
"We would love that." Emma smiled at her before Mary Margaret hurried out of the café with David's eyes following her the whole time.
"Your order is ready!" Rudy called out to them walking over with the bags. "This one is for you Sheriff and here is yours David." She handed them their bags.
"We are going to head to the station. See you there." Graham said to David talking Emma's hand in his as they walked out of Granny's together. "Just so you know I there was no way that I would go to any dinner at Katherine's house without you."
Emma turned to look at him stopping on the sidewalk to look at her boyfriend, "Are you sure that you aren't a prince instead of the Huntsman?" She asked him looking up at him with a smile. "You are devastatingly handsome, really sexy and very charming. " Graham blue eyes twinkled with happiness as he stared at her then a playful smile crossed his lips.
"I am quite sure that I'm not prince but I am head over heels in love with this beautiful, sexy, amazing, smart and badass Princess. " Graham told her putting his hands on her cheeks pulling her face close to his.
"You know what I bet most of those Princes actually are lame and boring compared to my Huntsman." Emma whispered to him wrapping her arms around his neck kissing him.
"It's really unprofessional to be making out on duty Sheriff." They heard Regina's voice call out but Graham ignored her continuing to kiss Emma. He wasn't going to let Regina get to him or ruin his day. He had spent last night making love to the woman that he loved and he wasn't going to let Regina ruin the great start to his day. "Are you ignoring me?" Regina asked fuming with anger.
Emma pulled away from the kiss looking up at Graham, "We better save up our energy for tonight. There are still a few places that we haven't christened in your apartment."
"Mm, I can't wait." Graham told her smiling at her before they walked off ignoring Regina. "I think that we should do a quick check of the woods in the park by our spot." He whispered leaning close to her ear then pulled her earlobe into his mouth.
"Race you to the car?" Emma answered running off to the car as Graham ran after her laughing.
Regina watched them with rage brewing through her but she took a deep breath pushing it back. She was glad she had Michael to help relive her stress and tension last night. "You both will pay dearly." She muttered before walking down the street the opposite way Graham and Emma went.
Michael's hotel room
"What!" Michael yelled out annoyed throwing open the door to his hotel room to see Julian standing there with a room service cart next to him.
"I can tell from your good mood that you did what I asked you to do." Julian said to him studying him for a minute. He could see the guilt, repulsion and anger in Michael's eyes and couldn't help but feeling a little guilty for making him sleep with the mayor. It made Julian remember the first woman that Julian's father had made him seduce to win a case. He hadn't been attracted to her in the least she had been over 20 years older than him but his father demanded that he do it for the company. "I bought a peace offering." Julian said lifting the lid of the cart to reveal Belgium waffles, eggs, bacon, and croissant. There was also I large pitcher of orange juice. Michael went to close the door on him but Julian called out. "I thought you could use mimosa or two this morning. I know that's what I needed after my father made me seduce someone to win a case."
Michael stared at him for a few seconds, "Fine, you can come in only because I really need a drink." He relented letting his boss into the hotel room. He had a feeling that Julian did understand how he was feeling now. Michael knew that Julian's father was the biggest meanest bastard that he had ever met and had a feeling that made Julian the man that he was today. "You owe me big for this, Julian." He told him shutting the door. "I feel like that woman took a piece of my soul the moment that I was in bed with her. "
"You can't tell me that you didn't you didn't enjoy yourself." Julian said studying him not noticing complete disgust and depression on his face. "If you did then you would look much more distraught this morning, I can tell that you enjoyed yourself with the mayor."
"I am disgusted with the fact that I enjoyed myself last night." Michael admitted to Julian. "Pour me a drink and make it a double."
Graham's apartment
Emma let out a happy sigh as she laid her head against Graham's chest on his bed, "This is the best lunch break that I have ever had before." She told him looking up at him smiling. "Eating food on lunch I really overrated."
"I agree with you." Graham said to her smiling at her before he kissed her. "I am going to enjoy living with you but I wish it was just going to be the two of us. As much as I like Mary Margaret, I wish that it was just the two of us spending every night like this."
"If it was just the two of us then I have a feeling that I would end of starving to death or losing our jobs because we would never get out of bed." Emma teased him putting her ear up against his heart so she could hear it beat.
"First of all I would never let you starve to death because there is always take-out to be delivered that we could eat in bed. Secondly we would force ourselves to get out of bed because this town needs us but after we break this curse we could use a vacation. We could take Henry to the beach" Graham said to Emma as she looked up at him surprised. "I thought I made it pretty clear that I wanted the three of us to be family."
"You definitely did. All of this just seems too good to be true." Emma said to him as Graham leaned in to kiss her.
"I know the feeling but I am not going anywhere. You, me and Henry will get our happily ever after." Graham promised her. "You believe the curse is real now and things are changing. We figure out what will completely break the curse." He glanced over at his alarm clock on the night side. "We should get back to the station."
"David will cover for us. We deserve this time." Emma told him moving over his hips to straddle him grinning down at him. "I texted him when earlier telling him that we wouldn't be back a while since we still have so much work to be done at your place."
"I love the way you think Deputy Swan." Graham said pulling her down to him rolling underneath him before kissing her.
The Police Station- later that afternoon
David sat by the phone waiting for it to ring up the office was very quiet. Emma had sent him a text message that she and Graham would be taking a very long lunch. David had seen the way that Graham and Emma had been looking at each other. A blind man could see how much the two loved each other so he didn't mind covering the office for them. He heard the front door jingle alerting him to a visitor and he turned to see Mary Margaret walking inside.
"Mary Margaret" He greeted her standing up grinning at her. "It's good to see you."
"Is Emma or Graham around?" She asked him looking around for them.
"They took a long lunch. Can I help you with anything?" He asked her hopefully. James felt his heart racing just looking at Mary Margaret and he could shake the feeling that this felt right.
"No, I will just see them at home." Mary Margaret told him losing the courage that she had when she showed up to talk to David. She turned around to scurry to the door but his words stopped her in her tracks.
"You knew they weren't here, Mary Margaret. Graham's sheriff cruiser isn't here and everyone in town knows they barely have let each other out of their sight in days." David called out after her pausing. "I miss you, Mary Margaret."
Mary Margaret turned around, "I miss you too." She admitted to him as David walked over pulling her into his arms. They held each other tightly not wanting the moment to every end but they slowly pulled away looking at each other. "I have tried to stop missing you but I can't."
"I love you, Mary Margaret. " David whispered then kissed her softly on the lips. They heard someone clear their throat causing to pull apart very quickly. "Can I help you?" David asked trying to get himself together.
"I think that you can." Julian told David smiling at him glancing over at Mary Margaret, who looked at him with embarrassment and guilt written all over her face.
AN: Sorry this is a short chapter! I promise to try to update pretty soon. Thanks for reading !