Audrey had gone to see Ben while leaving Chad and Peter alone together last night. She remembered quite vividly about what had happened before they would go meet the other students to get started with The Summer School Games.
Ben was on his cell phone and made a call to Jane, dressed up in a dress shirt that had short sleeves with blue, white, and gold stripes on it with black dress pants and dress shoes. He was running a bit late due to his parents checking on him and asking several times if he was doing alright, especially his mother. "Hey, Jane. I'm on my way to the party," he then said to reassure her that he didn't forget about her since they were friends. "My call to back home ran long."
"No, no. Stay where you are, Ben," Jane warned, sounding urgent. "Audrey is back and is crashing The Summer School Games with Peter Banning from The James Barrie School."
"Audrey?" Ben repeated in concern before Jane seemed to suddenly hang up. "Jane, are you still there? Hello?" he then asked, feeling concerned before he sighed and decided to hang up as he was on his way out the door before flinching as a certain someone else stood right there at the door. "Audrey!"
"Hello, Benny-Boo," Audrey smirked at her ex-boyfriend. "I didn't see you at Jane's party and the welcome party into Emerald Acres."
"Audrey... What're you doing here?" Ben asked. "Mr. Hyde is gonna kill you if you're not in his summer school sessions back home. Do you have demands to be here or something?"
"Oh, I just have one," Audrey told him as she let herself into the room. "I demand my life back. I have a proposition."
Ben looked curious, but he did decide to listen to her.
"I'll go back home and forget all about this under one, itty-bitty condition, Benny-Boo," Audrey said before turning around at him with a manic smirk. "Take me back as your girlfriend and we'll rule the school in the Fall side-by-side."
"Is... Is something going on at home? Is someone pressuring you into doing this or something? Jane told me about Peter Banning," Ben asked, concerned, though not interested in being her boyfriend again. They broke up for a reason after all. "Just tell me who and-"
"You'll what? Marry them or take them to the prom?" Audrey interrupted with a wicked cackle. "Most people get dumped because they aren't good enough. I wasn't bad enough. How do you like me now, Benny-Boo?" she then asked, taunting him a bit.
Ben frowned a bit. Audrey may have been his ex nowadays, especially since he failed to get Mal to fall in love with him and vice versa even if they started out liking each other when she first moved into town... At least Audrey was a bit harmless when they were dating and definitely before she started hanging out with a person like Peter Banning. "I like the old Audrey better," he then said truthfully. "She wouldn't wanna hurt our home. Just forget about Peter Banning, go back home, and I'll forgive you."
"Forgive me?" Audrey scoffed with a smirk. "I don't think so. You better watch your back, Ben... Since you lost me once, you're just going to lose me forever by not forgiving me or giving me what I wanted. Can't you see that Mal's changed you and everyone else ever since she came to our home? We were so much better off without her."
Ben firmly frowned. "I won't let you talk to Mal like that," he then said, trying to stay assertive, but not beastly angry like how his father would sometimes get. "I don't condone a lot of bad things she may have done in the past, but we could all be friends if you wouldn't let your jealousy get the better of you."
"I guess that's just it then," Audrey huffed before she stood up and went to stalk off. "I'm leaving then... See you at the Games tomorrow, Benny-Boo... With my new boyfriend~" she then smirked. "Emerald Acres will squash over Auradon Heights. You'll see... You'll ALL see!" she then added before she left the room and slammed the door shut, making Ben wince a bit.
Ben sighed sharply and shook his head as he knew that this was going to be difficult.
BACK WITH AUDREY, PETER, AND CHAD AFTER THE TALK...
Audrey soon came back over to the boys to see what they were doing, again with Peter smirking while Chad glared in annoyance with the former up in a tree with the latter down on the ground.
"You know, unlike me, you could do something cool and relevant to your personality." Chad spat out.
"The words of a guy who was handed everything and spoiled rotten by his parents and will end up being lost and alone once all his money is gone." Peter smirked smugly.
Chad growled and looked very frustrated with him, looking like he wanted to strangle him as bad as a cartoon father to his cartoon son if you know what I mean. Audrey kept walking along after her little talk with Ben, not looking sad, though she had a vengeful smirk on her face as she looked forward to the end of the Games, feeling like she would be in control with her school again and that she and Peter would walk all over everybody as she seemed to like him a whole lot more than Chad or Ben right now.
Peter smirked as he then jumped down right behind her. "I was starting to worry~" he then told her.
Audrey yelped as that actually startled her before she turned around and faced him with a sheepish grin. "You scared me a little bit, silly..." she then said wearily.
"Gotta stay on your toes when you're like me," Peter replied as he crossed his arms and looked around. "Especially if you're going to be around me like Felix used to be."
"Erm... Right..." Audrey replied as she stepped back away from him before going to stand next to Chad. "It's late... Should we turn in, boys?" she then suggested. "The Games start tomorrow."
"Might as well," Peter said with a smirk. "There's only one bed, so... Mophead, you get the couch."
"What?! Why?!" Chad complained. "I deserve a nice, warm bed as I'm the King around here!"
"Chad, just because your grandfather is The Mattress King or whatever doesn't mean you're an actual king." Audrey face-palmed and shook her head.
"Besides... There are no kings around here," Peter replied before smirking. "Besides me~"
Audrey chuckled and blushed, smiling softly as she liked the sound of that while Chad looked very frustrated. "So... Uh... We're gonna share a bed together, Peter?" she then asked while blushing hotly.
"Sure... Just don't hog the covers, my Queen," Peter told her as he walked ahead of them over to the room they were going to share. "We have a busy day for you and with the students of Emerald Acres."
"Right..." Audrey nodded as she followed him. "Come on, Chad."
"Oh... Very well... If I must..." Chad sighed as he followed after the two.
Soon, the three of them got ready for bed which didn't take very long as they had a long trip, though not as long as everybody else's since Peter had "special connections".
The next day soon came for everyone. Some slept better than others.
Evie yawned and stretched once she woke up in her aunt's guest room. "Good morning, friend~" she then greeted in a near musical tone of voice before she looked over at the twin bed across from her. "How'd ya-" she then started before looking over to see that the bed was empty. "...Mal?" she then blinked.
There was then a sound heard outside the window. Evie looked curious before she came over to the window and soon opened it up. She looked around before hearing some grumbling and muffling, then looked down to the ground to see that Mal was there, facedown against a pile of flowers as she mumbled a bit.
"Mal!" Evie whispered loudly. "What are you doing in Aunt Zelena's poppies? She loves those flowers!"
"Gee... I dunno, Evie," Mal glared in deadpan as she lifted her head up, looking a bit cranky and her hair was slightly messed up and she had dark circles under her eyes. "Didn't you know that this is how hipsters sleep nowadays? They fall asleep on the roof and forget that they're up there until they roll over and end up falling and landing in a pile of flowers with no one to save them because the doors and windows are locked."
"...Seriously?" Evie asked, seeming to believe that smart remark.
"...How are you passing Deley's chemistry class and you don't understand simple sarcasm?" Mal rolled her eyes then.
"Oh! Sorry..." Evie said in concern. "...Lemme give you a hand."
"That sounds great, Evie." Mal grumbled, feeling frustrated about her current position.
"Sorry..." Evie winced nervously with a bashful smile before she soon helped Mal up off of the ground and dusted her clean. "Come on. Let's have a nice filling breakfast and meet everyone else at the school."
"Sounds good to me." Mal nodded as they walked along then.
Soon, they met Baby Emerald at the table as Zelena seemed to be finishing up breakfast.
"Hi, Sweet Pea!~" Evie beamed and gushed, seeing her baby cousin in her highchair.
Emerald looked over and cooed, making an excited noise once she saw her big cousin and reached out, giggling a bit.
"You are just so cute," Evie smiled. "I hope maybe I can have a baby someday."
"I would wait a little while before you do so your mother doesn't freak out." Zelena advised her niece.
"Yes, Aunt Zelena..." Evie smiled bashfully. "Good morning."
"Good morning. I hope that you girls slept well." Zelena replied as she tended to breakfast.
"Some nights are better than others," Mal muttered thickly due to the night she had, though it was made a little bit better with Harry's company before she looked around. "Aren't we missing someone at the breakfast table?"
"Oh, you mean Hades?" Zelena noted before nodding. "Yes, he tends to sleep late, especially with his special hobby with some new friends of his."
"Hobby?" Mal asked.
"Oh, yes. He's quite a musician," Zelena replied. "It tends to take a lot out of him, so he sleeps most of the day so he can be awake all night."
"Hm... That actually sounds a little bit familiar." Mal smirked.
"And, my dears, breakfast is served," Zelena said, coming to them with breakfast plates with pancakes, eggs, bacon, and fruit cups. "I hope it's nice and filling. You're going to need a lot of energy today."
"Wow... That looks amazing..." Mal said as she looked down at her plate. "Most of the time I was lucky enough to get breakfast from my old home."
"Well, I'm going to help you and Evie out to make sure you're happy and healthy during your visit, dear," Zelena smiled. "You're family now after all."
"Family..." Mal smiled back before looking over. "Ooh... Are those strawberries?"
"They're going to be served with Emmie's oatmeal if you would like some," Zelena offered. "Evie told me you had quite a fondness for strawberries."
"I freakin' love strawberries..." Mal gushed a bit.
"Language," Zelena warned. "Nothing personal, but we need to watch what we say in front of the little one." she then reminded as she pointed at her baby daughter who had a bowl of mush and chopped up strawberries as she helped herself into eating some.
"Oh... Sorry about that, uh... Aunt Zelena," Mal replied with a small wince. "I don't have a lot of experience with little kids."
"Except for with Henry," Evie reminded. "You do a pretty good job with him at the very least."
"Yeah... I guess..." Mal said.
"Let's not waste any time then, my dears," Zelena suggested. "You have a big day today and you should be eating so that you can prepare for it."
"Yes, ma'am." Mal and Evie replied before they soon helped themselves to the very big and hearty breakfast.
Luckily for everyone, it was a very nice breakfast. Emerald was enjoying her breakfast very much too and even cooed and giggled as she ate it up.
"Are we done then?" Zelena asked the teenage girls at her table before she started to clear the table for them.
"So full..." Mal groaned. "I can't even look at food ever again for as long as I live."
"Food... Glorious food... We were anxious to try it..." Evie added before smiling wearily and a little sleepily. "I think I should take a nap on the way over to the school."
"Well, we did have lots of crabs at breakfast because of Zelena's pancakes." Mal commented.
"'Carbs', Mal, not 'carbs'," Zelena lightly corrected. "It's short for carbohydrates, but you'll be burning off that fat into energy very soon. Just try not to get nauseous in my car." she then suggested.
"We'll try, Aunt Zelena." Evie nodded.
"I still don't think I can eat anything or look at food ever again after this breakfast." Mal then said groggily before wincing suddenly.
Emerald cooed and giggled, leaning against her table which made her spoon go into her bowl of mush and some of the mush soon jumped off the spoon, went high in the air, and soon landed right on Mal's head. She then cooed, babbled, and put her hands together with a small, innocent smile. Mal let out a small groan before sticking her tongue out at Emerald and blew a raspberry at her. Emerald then did the same before giggling at Mal, seeming to enjoy her company like another older cousin.
Soon, the girls got cleaned up as Zelena did the dishes and soon after, fed Emerald her bottle. Mal and Evie soon got dressed and wore gym clothes and wristbands with blue, gold, and white to represent their school as they came to meet Zelena in the kitchen.
"Ready to go then?" Zelena asked them with a small smile.
"Yeah, I guess we are," Mal replied. "Although I could do without getting mushed in the head from a baby."
Emerald cooed and giggled behind her bottle in response.
"Naughty, wicked Emmy," Zelena cooed and firmly pouted, shaking her head at her daughter. "I'm sorry about that, Mal. You did get most of it out at least, right?" she then asked.
"Yeah... I guess I'll be okay," Mal replied. "See you after a while today, okay?"
"Yes, of course," Zelena nodded before she soon stopped feeding Emerald her milk and gently patted her daughter on the back to burp her. "Just remember: it's not about winning, it's about fun."
"Yeah, yeah, that's what grown-ups always say just to make you feel good about losing." Mal rolled her eyes a bit.
"Oh, Mal..." Evie frowned before smiling at the redheaded woman thankfully. "Thanks for the advice, Aunt Zelena. Wish us luck."
"Lots of luck and love to you both," Zelena smiled back. "Though I don't think you'll need too much of it."
Eventually, they made it into Zelena's car and it was time to meet up for the first official day of The Summer School Games. Peter and Audrey could be shown on the Emerald Acres side of the competition, wearing purple, green, and black wristbands to represent that school as Audrey was turning her back on where she came from and smirked at Peter since he was right there with her and he soon smirked back at her.
"There they are..." Mal said firmly as she stood next to Evie. "The Pink Princess and The Shitweasel."
"Oh, come on... Peter's not that bad... At least I don't think so," Evie replied. "There's good in just about everyone. Some people often thought that my mother was an Evil Queen back home since she always won mayor elections and no one dared to go up against her."
"Well, I have a bad feeling about him," Mal said. "Trust me. I've dealt with a lot of guys like him back in my old school. They're all pretty much the same. Rotten to the core, finding all the ways to be wicked, and just finding that it feels so good to be bad."
Evie blinked.
"...What?" Mal asked.
"Those descriptions... They just all sounded very poetic." Evie remarked.
"Oh... Uh... Thanks, I guess..." Mal replied. "Anyway, let's just get ready to join the others. I just hope I don't mess this up for the school and everything."
"I'm sure you won't," Evie said before they came to join their fellow classmates. "Just try not to pay too much attention to Audrey and Shitweasel-I mean Peter." she then pouted as now Mal got her saying that about Peter Banning.
"See? It's catching on." Mal smirked proudly.
"Oh, hush." Evie smirked back as they walked off together.
"You know that I'm right though." Mal gently retorted as they soon walked along to go and join the other students on the field.
Jay and Carlos were shown to be stretching with their fellow students before looking over and stopping.
"There they are." Carlos said.
"Hey, sorry we took a bit long," Mal said as she walked over. "Aunt Zelena wanted us to have a nice, filling, home-cooked breakfast."
"Well, that at least sounds better than certain egg sandwiches at fast food places like at King Arthur's Burger Palace in Camelot Heights." Jay commented.
"Yeah... So slippery and greasy..." Carlos nodded in agreement. "I went there once and I liked the first one when I had it, so I asked to order another... And then a few hours later, I started puking something fierce. My stomach hurt like Hell and I felt like Satan himself was trying to tear me apart from the inside. Never have I wanted to die more than that moment."
Mal and Evie grimaced and stepped back a little bit from Carlos.
"Uh... Sorry to hear that?" Evie blinked.
"Thanks!" Carlos then said with a small smile.
Principal Walsh and Headmistress Fairgood soon came to stand together.
"Remember to behave yourself with your friends, my dear." Vice-Principal Glinda reminded her daughter.
"Yes, Mother." Andrea said angelically before she walked over to join her fellow students and stuck her tongue out at the competition.
"Aw, great. Another Audrey." Mal rolled her eyes.
"Well, every school has at least one." Evie remarked with a small shrug.
"Yeah, but it's made worse that Audrey is back here along with the shitweasel just to crush our spirits... Especially mine." Mal replied.
"Try not to worry about it," Evie said softly. "Just think about how much fun we'll have like Aunt Zelena said."
"Hmm..." Mal paused as she wasn't too sure about that.
"Testing... Testing, 1, 2, 3... Is this on?" Dizzy asked as she tapped a microphone while sitting in a table beside Danny who smiled in excitement. "Uh, hello? Can you all hear me in the back?"
"YES!" Everyone answered then, startling Dizzy instantly.
"Ahem... Yes... Well, hello there, everybody!" Dizzy announced then with a small smile. "This is Dizzy Belfrey."
"And I'm Danny Darling!" Danny then added. "Welcome to The Summer School Games where every four years, a team of lucky students come here to represent their school to see who's the best! Dizzy and I will be your hosts for the tournament and I'm quite excited to be here with her!"
"And I'm excited to be here with you too, Danny." Dizzy smiled softly and warmly at the boy.
"Now, before we begin... Let's start with a quick introduction," Danny said before announcing. "From The Walter Elias Academy of Auradon Heights, I give you... The Fighting Knights!"
The students then all struck fighting poses, trying to look confident and competitive. The other students from their school soon clapped and cheered for them.
"And of course... The students from Emerald Acres," Dizzy soon added as she introduced the other school. "From The Franklin Baum School... We give you... The Fighting Monkeys!"
The students from that school soon did the same and tried to look threatening, especially most of the girls. One of them even started to growl like a lion in order to scare off the competition. Audrey and Peter smirked darkly and smugly as they crossed their arms at their rival school.
"Now, we'll take over the announcements from here for right now as a quick reminder." Vice-Principal Glinda requested to Dizzy and Danny.
"Of course, ma'am," Dizzy nodded. "Do what you must do."
"Thank you, my dear," Vice-Principal Glinda replied before she borrowed the microphone for a moment. "Good morning, students. I'm sure you're all thrilled to start the first day of The Summer School Games. Our competitors will face off in every aspect of the Emerald Acres curriculum, culminating in the elimination equation finale." she then started.
"Welcome to the first event, The Survival of the Fittest!" Principal Walsh decided to add. "You'll be scored on racing, archery, and everything in between, but remember, only the six students from each team with the most points will move on to event #2. Good luck!"
And at that, it was soon time for The Summer School Games to start.
MEANWHILE...
Dee Dee was looking at footage from The Summer School Games on her tablet as she sat on the living room couch while Leroy and Astrid were talking in the other room. There was soon a knock at the door, so Dee Dee turned off her tablet and decided to answer it. "Oh... Hello, Henry." she then greeted with a small smile.
"Dee Dee," Henry smiled back and nodded. "I hope that you remembered our mission with Sophie."
"Oh, right..." Dee Dee said after thinking about it for a few moments. "Our operation to head to the library and find out more information about our town and the people in it."
"Yes," Henry nodded. "There's a special hidden feature deep within this town we need to figure out... Or for short, we'll call this Operation: Cobra."
"Operation: Cobra?" Dee Dee repeated curiously.
"Just a cool name," Henry smiled. "Are you ready to go then?"
"Yeah, that works out just fine for me," Dee Dee said with a small smile back. "Just a moment, okay?"
"Okay." Henry nodded, understanding as he just came to the door and there was a rule about a child going outside with a friend.
Dee Dee walked over to her parents.
"And then I hit him in the nose and said 'If you talk to me like that again, I'm gonna make you wish you never spoke again'!" Leroy glared as he made a fist with one hand and pounded it into his open hand. "I tell ya, Astrid, some of my co-workers just make me wanna go over and tear them a brand new ass-" he then noticed Dee Dee and laughed nervously as Astrid smirked a bit. "Ah... Ahhahhaha... Hey there, Little Diamond. Ya kinda snuck up on us."
"Yes, your papa was just telling a grown-up story." Astrid added with a small smirk.
"Oh... Sorry to interrupt," Dee Dee said as she looked between them. "Can I go out and play with Henry? We have a mission to uncover."
"A mission, huh?" Astrid asked. "What kind of mission?"
"I'm sorry, I can't tell ya." Dee Dee replied.
"And why ever not?" Leroy asked suspiciously.
"'Cuz it's a top-secret mission only for us kids," Dee Dee said innocently. "I promise to be back home in time for dinner."
"Hmm... I dunno if I approve of you going out somewhere alone with that Henry Mills boy..." Leroy said firmly. "I don't know if you're old enough to do that."
"Leroy..." Astrid pouted with a small nudge before smiling at their daughter. "Go ahead, Dee Dee. You kids go and have fun."
"Thank you, Mama," Dee Dee beamed before hugging her mother and then came over on her tiptoes like a ballerina to kiss her papa on the cheek. "I'll see you later, Papa. I promise~"
"Hmm..." Leroy paused firmly, looking a bit grumpy about Dee Dee being alone with a boy despite the two only being 10 and being too young to get into that sort of mischief.
"Okay, Henry. Let's go." Dee Dee said as she came back to the door.
"Sweet," Henry nodded as they came out to leave together. "Operation: Cobra is a go."
"Awesome." Dee Dee giggled as they left the house together.
"...I still don't know about this," Leroy spoke up to his wife. "Something doesn't feel right."
"Oh, Leroy, stop it. They're only children," Astrid shook her head with a small sigh. "They probably don't even like each other like that yet."
Leroy looked unsure, but shrugged a bit as he just sat at the table.
"How about we share a nice cup of hot chocolate?" Astrid suggested.
"...Sure, okay," Leroy said with a small smile. "Don't be stingy with the marshmallows."
"You know that I won't." Astrid smiled back as she soon walked off to get them some hot chocolate to share with each other.
Leroy beamed, starting to have a better mood, even though his protectiveness of Dee Dee was concerning, especially in being alone with a friend of the opposite sex.
"So, are we going over to the library first?" Dee Dee asked Henry as they began to leave her house.
"Actually, we need to go over to Mr. Gold's shop first." Henry replied to her.
"Mr. Gold's?" Dee Dee asked with a small flinch.
"Yes, he has something we need in order to keep up this mission," Henry nodded. "Come on, let's go."
Dee Dee looked at him and soon followed him to go over to the creepiest man in town who nearly everyone feared, almost as much as, if not more, than Mayor Regina Mills. They soon came in through the doors as the bells jingled once they opened and closed the door, coming to see the man in question as a young woman in her 20's, dressed in black and had crimson red hair who looked over to them as she was sweeping up the floor.
"Um... Hi," Henry said to the woman. "Is Mr. Gold here?"
"...Well, it is his shop..." The young woman said, nearly sassy.
"...Can we see him...?" Henry then asked.
"I guess... But he's loading stuff in the back... Why don't you take a number?" The young woman smirked a little.
Henry frowned as he didn't seem to like this woman's sassiness before looking over.
"Miss Blackwood... Please..." The chilling and familiar voice from right behind the redheaded woman startled her as she jumped a little before looking over her shoulder with wide emerald eyes to see her boss. "We shouldn't speak that way to our younger customers~"
"Erm... Y-Yes, sir..." The redheaded woman chuckled nervously as she stepped backwards and out of the way.
Mr. Gold nodded at her as she soon went back to sweeping in one corner as it was part of her job before he looked back at the two kids with a kind enough smile as his body would allow him.
"Hey, Mr. Gold." Henry smiled innocently.
"Good day, Henry... Hello there, Dee Dee," Mr. Gold smiled back and nodded as he looked down at the two. "What can I do for you?"
"Um... I had Sophie request something for you to get for us?" Henry prompted. "Did she call you earlier?"
"Sophie? Ah, yes..." Mr. Gold paused before nodding as he hobbled over to behind his work desk and brought out a box and took out a couple of walkie-talkies. "These must be for you for your little 'ultra-secret spy mission'."
Dee Dee gasped a bit as her child mind concerned her that he was in on her and Henry's top-secret mission.
"Don't worry. We can trust Mr. Gold with our secret," Henry reassured Dee Dee. "He won't tell anyone."
Dee Dee merely nodded quietly as she cupped her mouth before coming closer.
"Here... I think you two might like these fine," Mr. Gold said as he gave the walkie-talkies to the two kids. "You can play together. No charge."
"Are you sure?" Dee Dee asked as she accepted hers as Henry took the one he wanted for himself.
"Yes, of course," Mr. Gold nodded. "Enjoy your time together while you still can... It might not seem like it now, but you children can grow up so fast."
"Thanks." Henry replied calmly.
"Yes, thank you." Dee Dee then added.
"You enjoy those with your friendship," Mr. Gold said with a small smile. "Your time together is precious, you know? That's the thing about children; before you know it, you lose them. That's one of the most important rules to live by in adulthood." he then advised maturely.
"Yes, Mr. Gold." Dee Dee and Henry replied calmly and thankfully.
"I always thought the most important rule of adulthood was 'why do today what you can put off 'til tomorrow?'" Lenore remarked before she then laughed in the corner.
Mr. Gold soon hobbled over her and looked down right into her eyes, nearly glaring brown daggers into her innocent emerald eyes as he leaned over his cane. "What is today, but yesterday's tomorrow?" he then asked her sternly.
"...Huh?" Lenore blinked bashfully.
"Did you take inventory as I asked you to yesterday before I walked in to see you taking a nap when you weren't scheduled for a break yet?" Mr. Gold reminded.
"Heh... Heh..." Lenore chuckled nervously. "...I think I gotta go now." she then said before bolting off into the backroom suddenly.
Mr. Gold sighed and shook his head. "Remember, children, never procrastinate," he then told Henry and Dee Dee. "Enjoy your little spy mission."
"Yes, Mr. Gold." Dee Dee and Henry nodded in response before they soon left the pawnshop together.
Mr. Gold smiled before he went to get some of his own work done after the two had gone and so had his employee. Lenore soon made it to the backroom to do what Mr. Gold asked of her, but took out her phone and put on her headphones to listen to The Summer School Games going on back in Emerald Acres while getting her work done and this time, she wouldn't get busted for it since Mr. Gold wouldn't be able to hear it. At least, that was what she had hoped.
A/N: Before anyone asks, Lenore Blackwood is one of my Once Upon a Time OCs who is the girl from the fairy tale The Red Shoes who is Mr. Gold's employee and daughter figure in Storybrooke. Also, the breakfast sandwich thing is based on a personal experience someone I know had with certain breakfast sandwiches from a certain place.