A/N: For those of you that are Red Beauty fans…then eh, this and the next few chapters should interest you! Also this entire fic was basically wrote while listening to my Disney playlist on iTunes, this chapter in particular was wrote to….anybody wanna guess? Beauty and the Beasts – Belle! YAY!
Storybrooke.
Emma walked into the Sheriff's station a huge smile on her face, two coffee's in hand, a tray of doughnuts and whistling, Graham looked up from his paper work and smirked,
"Someone had a good night" he said as Emma set everything down at his desk, Emma just smiled and walked over to her desk with her own coffee and three doughnuts, she sipped her coffee took a bite of a doughnut and looked through the paperwork that Regina had given her the day before,
"How well do you know the Mayor Graham?" Emma asked after a few minutes, Graham spun in his chair and raised an eyebrow,
"Well, I suppose, why?" Graham asked, Emma rolled her eyes,
"Well?…not well enough, what does she like to eat? And what is there to eat in this town bar Granny's?" Emma asked curiously, Graham smiled,
"Aha, you taking the Mayor on a date? Risky Swan" Graham said leaning back in his chair and folding his arms, Emma raised an eyebrow at him,
"And what is that suppose to mean" Emma said, Graham just smiled,
"Oh it's just, the last man to take Regina out on a date was never seen again" Graham said shaking his fingers at her, Emma smirked,
"Well in case you haven't noticed, I am not a man, and it's just a dinner between the Mayor and the Sherriff" Emma said with another smirk when Graham's face fell,
"She likes Italian, there's a restaurant at the other end of town, Bernardú's, it's ok, she orders out of there sometimes" Graham said turning back around, Emma smiled, Graham seemed put out,
"Why Sheriff, are you jealous?" Emma asked in a teasing way, Graham just snorted, "you ARE jealous" Emma said with a laugh "what did the mean Mayor turn you down?" Emma asked, Graham spun and stood abruptly,
"DON'T talk about things you don't understand" Graham said with a growl, Emma threw her hands in the air, she glared at him before grabbing her jacket and gun and walking out,
"When you've calmed down and I can work with you, come find me I'll be at Granny's" Emma said as she walked out the door, Graham sighed and ran his hand through his hair,
"Shit" He said as he hit the top of his chair and kicked it.
Emma entered Granny's with a frown on her face, Ruby looked at her and nodded, Emma smiled and took a seat at had become her usual booth, she was just taking her jacket off when someone cleared their throat, Emma looked up and saw Mary Margaret standing smiling at her,
"Hi" Emma said with a small smile as she finished taking her jacket off, Mary smiled and sat opposite her,
"Hi, I hope you don't mind, I saw you come in and thought I'd join you" she said cheerfully, Emma make a face a smiled,
"No it's fine" Emma said, Ruby came over and set a cup of coffee in front of Emma and a cup in front of Mary along with a plate of waffles, "thanks Ruby" Emma said with a smile, Emma sat uncomfortably looking at Mary Margaret, not really sure what to do,
"So, Ruby said you were a Bails Bonds Person before moving here" Mary said after finishing her mouthful of waffles, Emma smiled and nodded,
"Yeah, for about five years" Emma said taking a drink of her coffee, Mary smiled waiting for Emma to continue, Emma feeling eyes on her smiled, "so eh, how long have you been a teacher?" Emma asked putting her mug down, Mary smiled,
"For as long as I can remember, I've always loved kids, so it makes my job that little bit easier" Mary said with a smile, Emma smiled,
"No, I'm not a huge fan of kids" Emma said honestly shaking her head, it wasn't a total lie, she had always loved kids, but a onetime experience changed that, Mary sensing that it was a touchy subject for the blonde decided to change the topic completely,
"Look I know you don't know me that well, or really anyone, so how about tonight, we have a girls night, you, me Ruby and Belle, Belle owns the flower shop" Mary said, Emma couldn't help but smile, a stranger in a town and she was being treated like she was always here, Emma smiled,
"Yeah that would be great" Emma said, she would have continued but she heard the familiar voice of Graham at the counter, Mary looked at Graham and then to Emma and smiled,
"I'll chat to you later, we'll meet at the Rabbit Hole at say, eight thirty?" Mary said as she stood up, Emma just smiled and nodded, "perfect, see you later Emma" she said as she walked over to the counter,
"Emma is on for tonight, so it's just you and Belle" Mary said, everyone knew that Ruby had a crush on Belle and even Belle knew it, but what nobody knew was that the flower shop owner had a crush on the waitress, she felt an usual pull towards her.
Enchanted Forest
"RED!" a small white haired woman shouted from the back door of a cabin, a tall brunette woman spun around and smiled, she ran up the small path from the lake and came into view,
"Granny!" Red shouted as she rounded the corner, Granny smiled and shook her head, she threw Red her red cloak and a basket,
"I'm out of flour, run into town and get me some, oh and a fresh bunch of tulips wouldn't hurt either" Granny said with a small smile as Red buttoned her cloak at the neck and smiled at her, Granny knew that Red didn't like venturing too far away from the woods, Granny didn't like her doing it either, but she was still human, well in the day anyway, and she would only allow her to go into the market on a Tuesday, Red turned to Granny and placed a kiss on her cheek before taking off in a run towards the market, Granny laughed and shook her head before walking back into the cabin.
Red walked into the market and smiled, she loved the market, she loved the buzz and the excitement and she loved the fountain in the middle of the town, but what she loved most was the girl that sat by the fountain, she was the bakers daughter and she was beautiful, many times Red had wanted to go and sit with her, she wanted to ask what she was reading this time as every time she saw her she had a different book, Red smiled when saw her, walking towards the fountain, Red smiled to herself and started to walk towards it as well, but all too quickly she was stopped in her path by,
"Gaston" Red hissed, Gaston was the Mayor's son, he was an arrogant prick who thought every woman should be in love with him, he had set his sights on Red one of the first times she came to the town but she blew him off stating that she would never date a man that looked at his reflection more times than she, Gaston of course did not accept this and had followed her home, Red however smelt him and managed to out run him in the woods as she knew them like the back of her hand, Red growled when Gaston took a step closer, "Haven't you got a mirror to look at or something?" Red asked, Gaston just smiled,
"No" he said simply reaching to touch Red's face, Red side stepped him and walked away, Gaston growled and spun watching her walk into the bakery, "soon, you will be mine" Gaston said as he crack his knuckles and walked into the bar, he was greeted by squeals of delight and he smiled widely, "Ladies!" he said opening his arms and about ten women ran into them.
"Ahh Red, Granny out of flour again?" Mr Baker said as Red walked in, Red smiled and nodded, "I shall get some" Mr Baker said as he walked through a door to the side of the counter,
"Father, FATHER?" the woman by the fountain came running in, running right into Red, Red grabbed her before she fell,
"Careful" Red said with a smile as she helped her steady herself, the woman smiled sweetly at Red,
"I'm so sorry, Madam" she said, Red smiled,
"Please, call me Red" Red said as she held out her head,
"Belle" Belle said with a smile as she accepted Red's hand, Red smiled again, they stared at each other and didn't even notice Mr Baker come back into the room until he cleared his throat, Belle jumped and took her hand from Red's, Belle turned to her father, "Father, you must stop them, they are going hunting for the wolf again tonight, they cannot harm such a magnificent creature" Belle said, fear evident in her voice, Red watched as Mr Baker smiled at his daughter and ran his hand though her hair,
"Belladonna, I have no say anymore, you know this, even if I was still Mayor, Gaston D'Burge would listen to nothing I say, he is like his father, takes orders from no one" Mr Baker said with a smile, "we must hope that the beautiful creature can outrun Gaston and his beasts" Mr Baker said leaning over and kissing Belle's head, Belle smiled sweetly, Red however had tears in her eyes, Belle cared for her kind, someone like that was hard to find, everyone she has meet, has wanted to rid the land of the wolves, Mr Baker turned to Red and smiled, "here is your flour Red" Red smiled and nodded, she held out her basket and he placed it in, Red then took a pouch form her trousers only to have a hand placed on top of her own, "no, this is free of charge, Granny has been good to me over the years, one bag of flour will do me no harm" he said with a smile,
"Thank you Sir" Red said with a smile, Mr Baker smiled and turned and went back through the door her came, leaving Red and Belle alone in the shop, Red sighed wanting to strike up conversation with the beautiful woman again but didn't want to push so she done the next best thing, "I hope to see you again Belle, good day" Red said as she bowed her head and left, Belle stood there and watched her go, a small smile on her face.
Storybrooke
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lost it like that" Graham said as he set a beer-claw in front of Emma, Emma looked at it and then to Graham, she leaned back folded her arms and raised an eyebrow, Graham sighed, he knew that wouldn't be enough, "I have a history with Regina, it's still a touchy subject, that's all" Graham said taking a seat opposite Emma,
"So back to my earlier statement, you are jealous" Emma said, only half joking, Graham glared at her and Emma smiled, "look I get it, I'm not here to step on toes, it's just dinner with the Mayor, nothing romantic about it" Emma said only half telling the truth. In all honesty, Emma felt a strange connection to Regina, almost like she knew her, and she wanted to explore it some more, she had thought about asking Regina out tonight but realized it was a bit too soon, then Mary Margaret had invited her on a 'girls night', she smiled, she may just like this little town after all.
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