Rapunzel hurried downstairs in Neverland High School to see Flynn before he left home that day. After they left the football field earlier Rapunzel thought out of how to help Flynn and Gothel become closer. She wanted to help them be a happy family like she believed all families should be, she just had to talk to Flynn. Rapunzel chewed her pink bubble gum as she waited, all the students were leaving the school and it looked almost empty now. The only students that stayed after school was anyone on a sports team, tutors, or anyone that had detention. Rapunzel thought Flynn might have gone home already and was ready to go home herself when she saw him come downstairs.
"Flynn wait up!" Rapunzel caught Flynn before he could hurry away like the other students. Rapunzel grabbed the sleeve of his jacket to stop him from leaving.
Flynn looked slightly down to see Rapunzel with her usual bubbly smile. She blew a small pink bubble that popped then returned in her mouth but left tiny pieces of gum on her bottom lip. She looked like a child with her big green eyes and pink bubble gum that she was obviously enjoying chewing. "Hey blondie, what's up?"
"I was wondering if you wanted to go out for dinner tonight." Rapunzel said.
Flynn looked at Rapunzel surprised. The question was so out of the blue he didn't know if he should say yes. He pondered on the question a bit. "Uh...well..."
"Please ." Rapunzel's eyes got bigger as she waited for the answer. She looked so sweet and inviting it was hard to say no.
"Oh okay, why not." Flynn shrugged his shoulders. Having dinner one time with Rapunzel couldn't hurt. They planned on meeting at a nice Italian restaurant at six, Rapunzel even offered to pay for it all. Once they finished planning Rapunzel hurried to Ariel's home on her yellow bike that had a basket and bell at the front.
When she made it to Ariel's house she knocked till Ariel answered with the card that Rapunzel needed. "Thank you so much Ariel!"
"No problem." Ariel handed her the card with Gothel's business phone number on it.
"But how did you know Gothel worked for your dad?" Rapunzel asked. She was in class talking to Meredith and Ariel about her plan when Ariel told her that Gothel has been working for her dad for a very long time, she was a very good employee who was working her way to the top.
"My dad is always talking to her on the phone asking how her meetings went. She does a lot of work for my dad's business." Ariel said. She's heard of Gohel since she was nine years old, but never knew that she was Flynn's mom. "Good luck with your plan."
Rapunzel hopped on her bike and peddled away to make her phone call. If all went well, she just might bring Flynn and Gothel closer together.
Over at Snow White's home was a busy girl cleaning up the big house with a mop and bucket. Snow White scrubbed the floors so hard she could have broke the wooden tile. The whole place looked almost spotless, she came home quickly to pick up any mess left by her uncles. Snow White finished mopping and drying she put the mop and bucket away. She looked happy at her now clean home, that is till her uncles came in from work and tracked mud all over the floor.
"What a hard day at work." Doc said as he walked in the house. He left his equipment at the side of the couch with the rest of the others.
"I can't wait for dinner." Happy said. All the uncles stomach growled for hunger as they thought of dinner. Snow White sighed, she wanted the whole night to be perfect. The perfect home, perfect dinner, perfect well dressed uncles. Snow White gulped hard when she thought of her uncles. They each had their own unique personalities, Snow White loved them, but she needed tonight to be perfect.
Snow White entered the kitchen that her uncles were in, they were searching the fridge for snacks to cure their hunger till dinner time. They left bits of crumbs as they ate the bag of chocolate chip cookies. Snow White cringed at the mess they were making on the once spotless kitchen counter.
"So what should I make for dinner tonight?" Doc asked.
"Spaghetti!" exclaimed Bashful, his natural rosy cheeks glowed while he was still sweaty and sticky from work.
"How about making some of that potatoes and meat stew again?" Grumpy asked while he wiped his chocolate covered hands on his red work shirt.
"Oh no! You can't make dinner uncle Doc, I want to make a special dinner for tonight since Ryan is coming over." Snow White took out some meat to defrost on the sink while she got dressed.
"Now please go get cleaned up and put on something nice." She pushed all her uncles upstairs to get dressed.
"Hmph, we have to get all gussy up for this boy?" Grumpy asked as he stomped upstairs.
"Keep walking! This is important to Snow White." Doc pushed him up the steps to hurry up and put on nice clean clothes.
Snow White cooked a wonderful meal for tonight's special dinner, she cooked shredded green, seasoned mashed potatoes, steamed slice carrots, and she was making a pot roast that would be ready by time Ryan arrived.
Meanwhile Rapunzel was at a gas station taking a break from her plan. She gulped down the cold water bottle she bought in the store. Rapunzel had everything set, she made sure Flynn was going to the restaurant at exactly six a clock. Rapunzel even called Gothel's business number in a convincing voice, telling her that she (Rapunzel) had heard of Gothel and wanted to have a talk about a important investment she wanted to make to Triton's business. Gothel was more than happy to take on another investor to the Triton business.
Rapunzel checked her phone clock, it was almost six, time for her plan to go into action. She hurried as fast as she could to the restaurant to meet Flynn. If everything went right then Flynn and Gothel will be closer than ever.
Snow White was hurrying with her hair before Ryan arrived. She put on her nicest red dress that gave her a sort of housewife look. She curled her hair and put on a red headband. Snow White took a look in the mirror before going to the kitchen, she was satisfied with her outfit for tonight's special dinner. Snow White rushed to the kitchen where she found uncle Doc checking on the roast.
"Oh uncle Doc I wish you would let me take care of dinner." Snow White took out the plates to set them on the table.
"I just want everything to go well for you tonight Snow. I know you're parents would have love to meet Ryan as well." Doc said in a gentle voice.
Snow White paused for a moment. She thought of her parents everyday and since she met Ryan she thought of them even more. She always pictured her mom helping her dress up for her first date and her dad wanting to meet Ryan at the doorstep, pretending to be hard on him but deep down he would know Ryan was a true gentleman.
"Darn it! I can't get this tie on right!" Snow White's thoughts were interrupted by Grumpy who was walking down the stairs while trying to fix his tie.
Snow White giggled at her uncle's frustration, she loved Grumpy dearly, but he couldn't fix a tie if the instructions were right under his nose. She walked over to help him with the red tie with white polka dots. It was probably the only tie Grumpy owned. There was a loud thud sound from the living room. Snow White hurried to see what that was. When she entered the living room she saw uncle Doc scolding himself silently, on the floor was the living room armchair tipped over.
"Uncle Doc what happened?" Snow White picked up the armchair to put it back on its legs.
"I thought Ryan would want to sit comfortably at the table so I tried carrying the armchair to the kitchen. I guess my fingers slipped." Uncle Doc looked embarrassed at the lack of strength he was showing Snow White.
"Snow! I just had a grand idea!" Happy marched into the living room with a magic stick and cards. "How about I show Ryan some of my magic tricks? I've been practicing all week."
Before Snow White could answer she heard her name be called again. She looked at her side to see Sneezy walking to her. "Snow have you seen my blue sweatshirt? I thought I put it in the dryer but now it's gone."
"Snow do you think Ryan will enjoy dinner on the good china?"
"Snow I need help! This tie came loose."
"Snow what about my magic tricks?"
"Has anyone seen my blue sweatshirt!"
Snow White felt suffocated with her uncles wanting her to help them all at once. She tried answering all at once before Ryan came in about fifteen minutes.
Rapunzel finally made it to the restaurant where she found Flynn standing by the door. He dressed nice in a black shirt and jean jacket, when he spotted Rapunzel he smiled and walked to her. Rapunzel locked her bike at the bike rack.
"Don't you look nice." Rapunzel teased.
"Yeah I thought I would change into something better before I came here. The place looks really nice." Flynn smiled, "So let's go inside."
"Uh, not so fast." Rapunzel backed away from a confused Flynn. "There's been a change of plans."
Before Flynn could ask what she meant Gothel walked up to the restaurant door where she saw her son and the blonde girl she hasn't quite grown to like. "Flynn what are you doing here? You have to go I'm meeting a new investor here."
"Well not really." Rapunzel gave her a nervous smile. "That was actually me on the phone with you."
Gothel looked at Rapunzel with a icy glare. "Excuse me?"
"What is going on here?" Flynn asked Rapunzel with his hands on his hips. It bothered him that his mom also had her hands on her hips. It made them looked related for the first time in Rapunzel's eyes. Flynn took Rapunzel's hand and walked her away from Gothel.
"What's going on blondie?"
Rapunzel sighed, she looked at how angry Gothel was back there. She hoped that her plan would still go through smoothly. "I just wanted to help." She said in a quiet voice.
Flynn smoothed back his hair with his fingers in a frustrated way. "Help with what?"
Rapunzel looked back at Gothel and then Flynn, she wnted them to get along so much that she didn't want to give up now. She knew they could get along if they just had dinner together. " I wanted to help you and your mom talk. I know you two aren't very close, but if you just sit down and talk everything out I know you two can have a better relationship."
"Rapunzel when are you going to realize that my mom just doesn't care about me?" Flynn said.
"That's not true." Flynn and Rapunzel heard Gothel say quietly. She had her head down and her arms crossed. Flynn had never seen his mom look so shy. "That's not true Flynn, I do care about you."
"Since when?' Flynn sneered at his mom. "You've never show that before."
"But I do Flynn, I know I haven't showed it lately, but I do deeply care about you. I love you. You're my son. How could you think otherwise?"
"Because I know I ruined your dream of becoming a model. I know I was a mistake to you when you were nineteen." Flynn heard his voice crack when he said the last sentence. It was true, Flynn was unplanned and there was small part of Gothel that wished she could have been safer back then.
"Flynn..." Gothel looked in her son's eyes for the first time in what felt like forever. She saw how much pain and anger was hiding in his eyes. "If you could give me a chance...I'd like to have dinner with you."
Flynn felt his eyes widen, he looked at his mom as if expecting her to take it back, but she didn't. She looked at Flynn waiting for a answer. All Flynn did was nod and give her a small smile. Gothel and Flynn walked to the door till Flynn stopped his mom from going in. "I just need to do this one small thing."
Gothel looked back at Rapunzel who she almost forgot about. "I'll get us a table."
Flynn walked over to Rapunzel who was still standing there. He scratched the back of his head as he tried to think of what to say to her, he wasn't sure if he was still mad about being lied to or happy that he and his mom were about to have a deep talk for the first time in years. He looked at Rapunzel who looked down at the ground, full of joy and nervousness at the moment.
"I guess...I owe you a thank you." Flynn said. "I can't believe you did this for us."
"I just wanted to help." Rapunzel said with a shy smile. A few strands of her hair flew to her face which almost connected with her freckles.
"But I don't get it. Why did you go through all this trouble just to help me?" Flynn asked. It wasn't like he asked her or expected someone he just met to help his strained relationship with his mom. He knew Rapunzel was a nice girl, but this nice?
"Family is just really important to me." She said quietly.
Flynn settled for that answer, he didn't want to question her all night with his stomach growling. He turned back to walk to the restaurant. He didn't want to keep his mom waiting. "You must be very close to your family then."
"No not really. I don't even know them." Rapunzel said almost out of breath. Flynn turned around this time.
"I'm adopted."
Flynn didn't know what to say. He would have never guessed such a thing. Rapunzel didn't look shy about what she blurted out. She looked at Flynn as if waiting for a reply though. Her green eyes looked big, full of hope, just like how they looked the first time they spoke to each other.
"Flynn!" Gothel stood outside of the restaurant impatiently. "Are we having dinner or not?"
Rapunzel shot Gothel a friendly smile and wave goodbye to her. Gothel just rolled her eyes, as if she didn't just help her and her son. Rapunzel looked back at Flynn before leaving. "I'll see you at school." She said before riding her bike home.
Finally at Snow White's home she was frantically running around trying to help each of her uncles. Grumpy needed help finding a new shirt that matched his tie since he accidentally got a spicy mustard stain on his other shirt. He was too impatient to wait till dinner to eat which cause a scolding from Doc. Snow had to sit through a mini show of Happy's magic, he insisted on giving a magic show for Ryan during dinner. A dinner and show to a perfect night. Snow sat at the kitchen table exhausted. She laid her head on her hands, she felt her eyes close slightly. Suddenly she smelled smoke. Snow White opened her eyes wide when she realized what she forgot. The roast!
Snow White stood up quickly to take out the roast before it burned down the house. When she took it out it was coal black. Not very appetizing. Snow White put the roast on the kitchen counter with despair. She couldn't believe all the hard work she did to make the night perfect was ruined because of a burnt roast. To make matters worse uncle Doc and the rest of the uncles barged in the kitchen with a fire extinguisher, he sprayed the whole kitchen while yelling "Fire!" But instead of spraying a fire he only spray a teary eyed Snow White.
"Oh deary I'm sorry, I smelled smoke and thought it was a fire." Doc put the extinguisher down sheepishly. There was a whimper coming from Snow White as she held in her tears. It wasn't until she saw Ryan enter the house that she burst into tears. Everything was a mess! The main course for dinner was burnt to a crisp, the kitchen looked like a snow wonderland, and Ryan looked shocked at what he walked into.
"Snow what is all this?" He asked. Snow ran up to her room full of embarrassment. She heard Ryan call her name, but she just kept running to her room. Ryan knocked on her bedroom door hoping to be invited in.
"Snow can I please come in?" Ryan asked. He didn't hear anything but a few mumbled words, which he took as a yes. He walked in to see Snow White crying on her yellow ruffled bed, she had white spray everywhere on her outfit and topped on her head like whip cream.
"Snow it's really not so bad." Ryan slowly sat down on the yellow bed that looked like a cupcake.
"But I worked so hard to make everything perfect. I just wanted to show you a great night." Snow looked at Ryan while some of the white spray on her head fell onto her lap.
Ryan gave her a sweet smile. He loved Snow White so much and to know she went through all this hard work made him love her more. "Snow you are the kindest, most generous, most amazing girl ever. The night isn't quite how I pictured it, but it's perfect just being here with you."
"Really?" Snow asked astonished.
"Of course." Ryan leaned in to give Snow a kiss. Snow White felt her heart leap just hearing those words. She knew they might have to go out to eat instead, but Ryan was right. This night was still perfect.
It's already 3 am. I'm happy I finished this finally.