Zelena groaned, fiddling with one of Regina's pencils out of boredom one morning. Regina was going over a few pieces of paperwork, getting distracted each time Zelena groaned. Growing aggravated by her groans, Regina wadded up a blank piece of paper, tossing it at Zelena's head, "Will you hush! I am trying to do my job!" Zelena glared, waving her hand to make her paper work swish to the side, eventually scattering to the floor. Zelena smirked, "Oops." Regina glared, "You are an idiot." Zelena shrugged, "Maybe if you'd pay me attention, I wouldn't be a bother." Regina bent down, collecting all of her papers back, sitting back at her desk, "Don't you have something better to do than bug me all day?" Zelena rolled her eyes, "There's nothing to do really, all the excitement has gone downhill since Cruella returned home from the inn." Regina arched a brow at her before going back through her paperwork, "You know there's some potluck this evening at the diner tonight? It's her first outing since she's returned home." Zelena shook her head, "No, I didn't know. It's been a month hasn't it? I wonder if she's still depressed about the baby." Regina shook her head in disbelief, "Of course she is! She lost her child!" Zelena shrugged, "Geez, who jerked a knot into your corset this morning?" Zelena and Regina's eyes glanced to the door, noticing Henry walk in. "There's my favorite nephew!" Zelena exclaimed, pulling Henry into her lap, smothering his cheeks with kisses. "Zelena! This is worse than the time you tried to strangle me!" Henry eventually squirmed out of her grip, plopping down beside her on the couch. "Mom, we are going to the potluck for Cruella tonight, right?" Regina nodded, "Zelena and I were just talking about it. I need to think of what to bring…" Zelena grinned, "I have a few ideas!" Regina glared at her sister, "No, you are not allowed to make another thing! You nearly set my kitchen on fire!" Zelena frowned, "It was one time!" Henry grinned, " I can make brownies?" Regina smiled, "That'll be fine, Henry. Take your Aunt along, she's driving me crazy." Zelena groaned, "Always rude to me!" Zelena stood up, helping her nephew up as well before they both made their way out of the mayor's office.
"Ella? Are you almost ready" August called out from the bathroom, as he finished shaving. "Almost. Thank god I had my Chanel flats…or I'd refuse to leave this room." August smirked, as he stepped out of the bathroom, pulling on his black, v-neck shirt, "You only need one anyways. That cast won't fir in the other" Cruella glared up at him, "That's not funny, Aug!" August smiled, helping her up and with her crutches," I know sweetheart, I know." Cruella frowned, "Should we even be going to this? I mean, I feel like it's too soon…" August placed a sweet kiss onto her forehead, trying to soothe her nerves, "Hey, it's okay, sweetheart. It's been a month since you've left this room. Besides, everyone wants to see you." Cruella nodded, leaning her forehead onto his, "Let's just hope no one brings a certain topic up…" August nods, placing a kiss onto her lips," I don't think anyone is too cruel to bring it up. Now, we better get going, we are already late."
Throughout the evening, everyone gathered around Cruella. Roland never left Cruella's lap, not even for Regina. Henry as well did not want to leave her side. David stood up, with his glass of beer,"I'd like to make a toast, to August and Cruella. I know if something like this would have happened to me or Snow, we both would have stayed in hiding longer than these two. But it is a miracle Cruella is here with us tonight." Cruella smiled, taking August's hand into hers. " To Cwuella!" Roland cried out as he raised his glass of milk. Everyone giggled at the little boy. Cruella smiled, placing a kiss onto the top of his head, "Thank you Roland!" "Cruella, you look amazing, how is your recovery going?" Belle asked. "Slow, very slow. But it takes patience for something like this to heal." Will took another swig of his beer before slurring, "You two kids going to try for another one?" Everyone went silent. Eyes glaring at the drunk man, "What? Was it something I said?" Belle elbowed him in the side, "Nice…" Cruella sighed before, glancing at August, who was also glaring at Will, "Too far, Will." Cruella glanced up at Maleficent, who was stroking her hair, "Where's Rumple?" Maleficent tilted her head, "He didn't feel like coming tonight dear, he had thing to do apparently." Cruella rolled her eyes, "Lovely." "No need for him sugar, you have enough stress on you," Granny called out from the kitchen. Cruella smiled, stroking the little boy's hair, "You are just cute as a button, you know that?" Roland grinned, before Cruella wiped the milkstaind from his upper lip. "She's amazing with children, have you noticed?" Emma whispered to Killian. Killian nodded, taking a nother swig of rum before replying, "Aye, she may say she isn't mother material, but she is just lying to herself…"
After many more hours of conversations, food, laughter, and reminiscing, August and Cruella made their way back to their room, settling themselves in for the night. " Come here, kitten," August said, allowing Cruella to snuggle up close to him, pulling the bedding over them both. "Kitten?" Cruella said, resting her head onto his bare chest. "I thought it was cute." Cruella grinned placing a sweet kiss to his chest. As August stroked her blonde curls, he sighed, "Are you okay? I mean, after what Will Scarlet said?" Cruella nodded, "He was drunk, I know what it's like to blurt things out when intoxicated." August sighed, "Well, would we ever consider trying again?" Cruella looked up at him, smiling, "We will, but…we need to wait…a while." August nodded, "Of course, now you…you need your rest. We have an early morning, and we finally get that cast off your leg tomorrow.."