One night in Storybrooke, it was a very special night. A certain couple was walking back home. The couple was David Nolan and his wife Kathryn who was happily taking him home after his coma misadventures and spending a lot of time in the hospital away from his true life and happiness, but there was something extra inside tonight. They would find out about it momentarily as Kathryn reminded David of their good times together as husband and wife.

"You know, you had the same look on your face before we bought it, too," Kathryn smiled at her husband. "You couldn't see past the ugly windmill on the lawn and said you'd never buy an old lady house. Do you remember what made you change your mind?" she then rhetorically asked.

David just took a look around. "Well, I see the windmill's gone." he then said.

"Come on. Everyone's waiting." Kathryn smiled as she began to lead him in through the door.

"Who's 'everyone'?" David asked, even more lost and curious.

Kathryn didn't answer as she merely brought David in through the door to see various friends and neighbors from Storybrooke who clapped and cheered once they saw the man of the house. Even some of the teenagers were there while some complained that their parents made them go, though Mal seemed to mostly just be there for food while Jay and Carlos did as well, but they were focused on the chocolate fountain, seeming to take turns in playing around with it. Kathryn was soon introducing David to everybody, including someone very important.

"Hi, David," Dr. Whale greeted as even he came to the party. "Look, I know this is a lot, but it's good for you. The smallest thing can trigger your memories. Just try and have fun." he then advised.

"Thank you, Dr. Whale. I'll do my best." David nodded at him.

Mal rolled her eyes as Jay and Carlos were going for the chocolate fountain. "Looks like I'll have to have you guys plain." she then said to herself as she looked into her bowl of strawberries before walking away from the two chocaholics. She then looked for a place to sit before finding Evie and Henry talking with Emma on the stairs.

"You know why he doesn't remember?" Henry asked Evie and Emma as David was getting to know everybody again. "The curse isn't working on him yet."

"Henry, David has amnesia." Emma reminded the boy calmly.

"Well, it's preventing the curse from replacing his fairy tale story with fake memories." Henry replied.

"Because everyone here has fake stories that prevent them from remembering who they really are." Evie then said knowingly, almost sounding like she had been forced to memorize that as she said it for her brother.

"Right. And now's our chance to help him," Henry then added. "We just have to get him to remember that he's-"

"He's Prince Charming." Emma then memorized.

"We just have to jog his memory by getting him and Ms. Blanchard together." Henry then said.

"...I thought we already did that though?" Evie then said to Henry before holding her head as she had a funny feeling again.

"And it woke him up." Henry defended.

"Hey," David smiled as he came to join Evie, Emma, and Henry. "You're the ones who saved me, right?" he then asked.

"I guess you could say that." Evie said with a small smile back.

"And, uh, you're also the only ones I know here." David then added.

"You can hide with us." Emma offered.

"Fantastic." David smiled.

A man soon came by with a tray filled with appetizers.

"Oh, thank you." David said before he brought out a toothpick and stabbed a cocktail weenie with it, claiming that as his.

That seemed to pique Henry's interest and curiosity. "So, you ever use a sword?" he then asked the man.

"Henry..." Evie murmured a bit.

"I'm sorry?" David asked the boy before he then looked over at the blonde woman. "Emma, you live with Mary Margaret, right?" he then asked, starting to sound hopeful. "You know if she's coming tonight?"

Emma frowned softly. "No, she couldn't make it." she then told the man calmly.

"Oh." David said softly, almost sounding disappointed.

Mal soon went to the wall and sat down in a random corner and ate her strawberries. Evie looked over before looking back at Emma and Henry, then looked back at Mal again.

"She's your age, right?" Emma asked Evie. "Why don't you go talk to her?"

"Oh... I don't know... That's Mal..." Evie said softly. "She seems to hate me."

"How could anyone hate you?" Emma asked. "You seem like a very lovable and nice girl."

"I don't know, Emma..." Evie sighed and shrugged. "It just doesn't seem like a good idea for me to be alone with that girl."

"Well, you should try it..." Emma said. "She might end up becoming your new best friend? Sometimes the best way to make a friend is to be a friend."

"I know... That's what adults always say..." Evie pouted. "Believe it or not, I used to have lots of friends when I was a kid... Then we grew up and sort of spread away from each other... Our own cliques, ya know?"

"High school's tough... But being an adult is even tougher," Emma replied softly. "I think you should try to go for it."

"Well... Okay..." Evie said as she rubbed the back of her head a little bit. "I'll give it a shot, but I can't promise anything good will come from it."

"That's okay, Evie..." Emma nodded. "At least you tried."

"Yeah... I guess..." Evie shrugged before she took a deep breath, then walked on over to go and have a one-on-one chat with Mal in person. "Um... Hi."

Mal narrowed her eyes a little. "...Hello." she then forced herself to say.

"Mind if I join in on your little private party?" Evie asked, trying to be nice and sociable.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Mal said before smirking. "This is a very exclusive party and I'm afraid you didn't get an invitation."

Evie winced slightly and looked back at Emma and Henry with a shrug as she looked like she was doomed from the start in trying to befriend Mal.

"Try someone else," Emma suggested to Evie as the girl came back. "I see other kids around here your age. Give it a try."

Evie sighed before she looked around and saw Carlos fiddling with something, then she came over to try to befriend him next. "Hi, there!" she then greeted, a bit louder than intended.

Carlos yelped and clutched his chest before looking at Evie with wide eyes before taking shallow breaths suddenly.

"Sorry..." Evie said nervously. "Erm... Are you all right?"

"That's okay," Carlos told her once he caught his breath. "You just kinda spooked me. I guess it was bound to happen... I'm a bit of a scaredy-cat."

"Oh, come on, I'm sure that's not true," Evie said with a small smile, then grimaced a little. "I see you found the chocolate fountain?"

"Heh... Is it that obvious?" Carlos asked bashfully as he licked his fingertips as chocolate smeared onto them. "Yeah... I don't get much chocolate back home, so it's a very great treat. It's like brown gold," he then realized what he said. "...That might not be the best terminology for chocolate."

"It's okay, I get it." Evie said with a small smile before looking over.

"You wanna see what I've been making?" Carlos asked her before he took out the item for her to see as it appeared to be a black box with wires and antennae poking out from one side. "I made it from some old stuff that Mr. Gold was clearing out from his shop."

"I see..." Evie said before nodding as she took a closer look. "Hey, is that a power core? It looks like you're making a battery, right?"

"Yeah." Carlos nodded as he was impressed with her knowledge.

"What does it do?" Evie asked.

"I trust you, but it's kinda top-secret right now," Carlos told her. "Let's just say I wanna change my life a little bit."

"How's that gonna do it?" Evie asked curiously.

"I don't know what's out of Storybrooke for miles, I just thought... Maybe... I could have a chance at a better life," Carlos said hopefully. "Mal and Jay are good company I guess, but... I want more from my life here."

"Getting out of Storybrooke does sound nice," Evie nodded. "I had quite an adventure the other day with my brother Henry."

"Right... I've heard," Carlos replied. "The Savior, I believe he's calling that Emma Swan lady."

"Yeah... I'm not sure if I believe in his fairy tale theory... Some stuff he says makes sense, but I dunno," Evie shrugged. "He says I was a princess in another life."

"A princess?" Carlos echoed.

"Yeah," Evie nodded. "Since... Well... Since he thinks Mom is The Evil Queen, I guess that makes me The Evil Princess."

"I could never imagine someone like you being evil," Carlos replied. "Mal definitely, but you? Probably not in a million years."

Emma and Henry looked over and smiled a little bit as it seemed like Evie was hitting it off with a potential new friend so far.

"Is there anyone like me in your book?" A tiny voice piped up.

Emma and Henry looked over and saw the pigtailed blonde girl who was quite a dancing queen who had a big smile on her face and a chocolate bar in her hand that had been nibbled on.

"Um... Well... I don't know, Dee Dee..." Henry smiled at his best friend. "I guess I'd have to see."

"Well, I hope there is," Dee Dee told him as she smiled back. "I believe in your curse, Henry."

Emma rolled her eyes slightly, but kept a polite smile between the kids.

"You do?" Henry beamed in excitement. "Thanks, Dee Dee. I'm not lying, I swear. Just no one believes me when I tell them."

"Do you think you can find out what my story was?" Dee Dee asked. "I bet it has something to do with beautiful princesses~"

"Well, I can't say anything for now, but we can try to figure out who you are." Henry smiled at her.

"Thanks, Henry," Dee Dee smiled back. "You're the best." she then suddenly hugged him before she ran off and giggled, doing leaps like a ballerina on the way.

"So... That was Dee Dee..." Emma noted.

"Yes, it was," Henry nodded. "She's my best friend around here."

"How cute," Emma said with a small smirk. "Maybe she'll be more in the future."

"Emma~..." Henry whined. "I know you're my mom, but don't embarrass me in front of everybody."

"What? What'd I say?" Emma shrugged innocently.

Kathryn then suddenly walked by, approaching them. "Have you seen David?" she then asked them.

"Um... He..." Emma stammered.

"No." Dr. Whale replied.

Unknown to anyone, David decided to take a walk and ran into a certain woman as she was hanging a bird feeder in a tree, or at least trying to.

"Did you not get the invite?" David asked as he came to see the woman.

"David." Ms. Blanchard blinked.

David soon walked over and hopped over the fence to see the woman and hung up the bird feeder for her. "So, I heard you resigned from the hospital. Was it me?" he then started to talk to her. "'Cuz of what I told you, about how I felt about you… Oh, come on; don't tell me it's one-sided." he then said as she seemed to be overwhelmed with what he was talking about.

"You're married," Ms. Blanchard replied. "It should be no side."

"Should be doesn't matter," David told her. "Whoever married Kathryn, it's not me. I didn't choose her. I'm choosing you. I know you feel it; I can tell."

"I know you think that we have this connection, but maybe it's because I happen to be the person who saved your life?" Ms. Blanchard replied a bit firmly. "So, why don't we leave it at that?" she then added before leaving David alone with his thoughts that night.

Everyone had a lot on their mind that night and even the next day. Evie decided to have another study date with Chad, but Mal, Jay, and Carlos seemed to be glad that Chad was keeping Evie busy and away from them, but soon, they began to feel guilty. Though, mostly Jay and Carlos while Mal seemed to not really care as she had some sort of vendetta against Evie. It didn't help that there was a bit of discovery going on. Mal sat in a corner as Jane was sitting near her and Evie, who had a seat close to her reserved, with a lit candle and a rose to make the seat look romantic.

"Mother Superior says 'If a boy can't see the beauty within, then he's not worth it'," Jane spoke up, trying to fit in with the other girls before she sulked and pouted. "Can you believe it? What world does she live in?"

"Storybrooke." Mal answered with a smirk as she was sketching in her sketchbook while not fully paying attention to the other girls as they would have to leave anyway since Chad would be joining Evie for lunch.

"Mal, do you like?" Evie spoke up as she showed her midnight blue scarf, hoping to try to be friends with Mal sooner or later, and also to impress Chad with her accessorizing for when he would come over.

Mal just gave a small glance before shrugging. "Yeah. It's cute. It brings out your eyes." she then said softly.

"I know." Evie beamed as Mal rolled her eyes a bit.

Jane pouted and sulked. "I'll never get a boyfriend." she then said in defeat.

"Boyfriends are overrated." Mal scoffed and rolled her eyes.

"And how would you know, Mal?" Evie piped up then. "You've never had one."

"It's 'cuz I don't need one, Evie," Mal retorted venomously. "They're a waste of time."

"Oh, great, here comes Chad, you guys should go," Evie then smiled before gasping and panicking suddenly. "I forgot to do Chad's homework! Oh, no! Oh, no, no, no." she then said before she grabbed her backpack to get some work done.

"And that is exactly what I mean." Mal then smirked before she got up to leave with Jane.

Jane pouted before she went to go sit alone again as she had a very hard time, even harder than Evie, making friends. Evie beamed and waved Chad over as Mal looked around before Jay and Carlos waved her over to sit with them as they looked urgent. They had something very important to tell Mal and it involved Evie while said girl would be having a lunch date with Chad and she began to show off her scarf to him.

"Are you sure you heard him say that?" Mal asked Jay after he shared some news he heard.

"Positive... Straight from the locker room." Jay nodded honestly.

"Then I think we have to tell her." Mal then suggested.

"She won't listen," Carlos shook his head. "Anyway, the more time she spends with Chad, the less time we have to deal with her. I thought that was what you wanted?" he then added.

"I know, but... It's just not right," Mal said as she looked over and saw Chad trying to impress Evie with his muscles as she took out an apple to snack on and giggled. "We have to tell her. That's what a friend would do." she then added out of determination.

Chad soon told Evie he would be right back as he took a call on his phone. Mal, Jay, and Carlos then came over to speak with Evie as she bit into her apple and looked over before seeing their company suddenly.

"What?" Evie asked them since they came from nowhere.

"Okay, Princess, here it is," Mal sighed before explaining. "Chad is only pretending to like you and be your friend to get your homework answers."

Evie laughed a little bit before smirking. "You expect me to believe that?" she then retorted. "That's ridiculous."

"It's true, Evie!" Jay spoke up. "I heard him telling the other guys in the locker room. He's giving them the answers too."

"You're wrong," Evie shook her head before she decided to walk away from them. "A smart girl like me would never allow a thing like that to happen. Besides, you guys are just jealous."

"Jealous?!" Mal, Jay, and Carlos asked.

"You don't wanna be my friend cuz I'm The Mayor's kid and you're making stuff up just to make me turn into you guys!" Evie retorted as she kept storming off. "I'm sorry, you had your chance to be my friend, but the position has been filled. Good and bye."

Magda looked over as she sat with Scarlet and Amalie before smirking. "Ooh... That girl just got more interesting~" she then remarked.

"...She did?" Scarlet and Amalie blinked.

"Pay attention, Boneheads," Magda scoffed at them. "She'll be coming right our way sooner than we think."

Scarlet and Amalie seemed to look confused before Magda just rolled her eyes at them.

"Ugh! Good help is so hard to find these days..." Magda groaned. "I'll explain more to you guys later in terms that might help you understand."

Mal, Jay, and Carlos soon looked dejected that Evie didn't believe them.

"Told ya." Carlos scoffed a bit.

"I don't get it," Mal complained as she felt very frustrated right now. "Chad pretends to be her friend, we're really trying to be her friends, and we're the ones she ignores!"

"How can someone so smart be so dumb?" Jay added with a shrug.

"Evie knows a lot of things; I don't think she knows very much about friends," Carlos piped up. "Though... I guess we probably deserve it."

"We deserve this?" Mal asked with a glare.

"Well... You aren't very nice to her, Mal..." Carlos spoke up and smiled nervously. "You're just kind of... You may be a bit of a..."

Mal stomped toward him as she glared even more.

"What Carlos means to say is this," Jay said as he put his hand on Mal's shoulder before she would do something unspeakable to the shorter boy. "Evie's going to find out about Chad the hard way and we haven't exactly been friendly to her before, so of course she doesn't believe us. I think it's a nature vs nurture thing."

"Right..." Carlos nodded. "And because Mal, you were being... Well... Uh... Yourself, that turned Evie off from being friends with us."

"...So what do we do then?" Mal asked. "Just sit here and watch it happen?"

"It'll take time, but as potential friends, we should try to be there for Evie," Carlos replied. "Besides, Mal, I think your feud with her has to end. What happened was a long time ago and you should probably explain it to her."

Mal just firmly pouted before sighing sharply. "I can't believe I'm gonna say this. I mean, I really can't believe I'm about to say this." she then said.

Jay and Carlos looked at her curiously.

"You guys are right," Mal then admitted. "I don't know if I can let go of what happened... It struck me deep... Almost like someone ripped my heart out of my chest and stomped on the dust."

"We know and we're here for you," Jay said. "Talking about your past can hurt, but once you let it out and speak to people you trust, it doesn't hurt so bad."

"Because friendship is magic!" Carlos then announced.

Mal glared. "I'm gonna kill you if you ever say that again." she then warned.

Carlos flinched and winced.

"Okay... I guess we'll see what happens..." Mal then said with a deep sigh.

"That's all we can really do right now," Carlos replied. "Besides, Evie has her hands full what with Emma Swan coming into Storybrooke and pretty much Evie's mom trying to kill her."

"Dude, I would so watch that fight if it was on YouTube." Jay laughed and smirked.

Mal rolled her eyes and shook her head.

"Just remember this," Jay said as he tried to comfort Mal as best as he could. "The past is the past. Forgive forget."

"Yeah, well, the truth is we ain't seen nuthin' yet," Mal replied. "Especially with what might happen between Evie and Chad right now."

Jay and Carlos nodded as they wondered what would happen next in this story of their lives.

"I just... I don't want that Blueberry Princess to get hurt... Unless I'm the one doing it." Mal then decided to say while Jay and Carlos weren't too sure about that idea.

Some time had passed and Evie was soon straightening out the furniture for her upcoming study date with Chad. She ignored what Jay, Carlos, and Mal had to say about the boy as she was in love with him and there was no doubt about that.

Graham, even though he wasn't Evie's biological father, assumed the role of a father figure after working for and dating Regina, felt protective blood boiling and hunter-like instincts flaring up. "That boy's gonna break her heart." he then told the woman next to him.

"Well... Maybe you should go talk to her?" Regina suggested as she made apple dumplings again for Evie and Chad's study date.

"Very well," Graham nodded before he walked over to approach the girl. "Evie?"

"Oh, Graham... Please make it quick, Chad will be here any minute," Evie smiled in excitement. "And he told me he doesn't even hate a date for the dance!" she then looked even more excited as she added that.

Graham cracked a small smile back before he sat down on the couch and patted the space next to him. "Evie... Please sit." he then said patiently.

Evie tilted her head before shrugging as she decided to sit down next to him then.

"Okay... Evie..." Graham said before sighing sharply. "I know I'm not your father, nor do I want to replace him in your life and you're not my daughter and Henry isn't even my son, but... I want to protect you both from bad people. Wouldn't you want to protect me from bad people too?"

"Well... Yeah, I guess I could," Evie said with a small shrug. "Even though you're kinda dating Mom and I'm not sure how I feel about you sometimes."

"I understand... Let me just cut to the chase," Graham then said as he tried to be patient with Evie. "There are a lot of boys your age that only want one thing from a girl, and, well... What I'm trying to say is that I think that this boy Chad is using you just so he can pass his classes and steal your homework answers so he looks smart."

"Wait a minute," Evie pouted before she stood up away from him. "You don't think a boy like Chad could actually like me?"

"No, Evie, that's not what I'm saying," Graham said before he stood up next to her, trying to comfort her. "Evie, I'm just trying to protect you."

"You know what, Graham?" Evie firmly pouted. "When Chad comes over, I'd rather you not be here. Besides, you're the sheriff and have to look out for the town," she then dropped her voice low to a whisper. "And I mean aside from flirting with Emma."

Graham winced and flinched with wide eyes. Evie then walked away from him before going up to her room.

"Is Evie having 'adolescence' again?" Henry piped up.

Eventually, Graham gave up and decided to leave in order to appease Evie, though he had a gut feeling about someone like Chad using someone like Evie. He was a grown man after all. Evie was above all frustrated. First Mal, Jay, and Carlos and now Graham were meddling about Chad. What was up with these people?

"Chad will be here any minute," Regina told Graham before she grabbed her jacket. "You should go."

"Where are you going?" Graham wondered.

"Official Mayor business," Regina told him before winking. "I'll tell you what happens if you're so worried about Evie."

Graham looked at her before he merely shrugged and nodded. Soon, the doorbell rang and Evie took a deep breath and went to go and see Chad while Henry would wait in his room, but he took out his storybook to see if there was anything about ballerinas in it to keep his promise with Dee Dee.

Regina was soon taking a walk before she found David going down Main Street by himself with a map, so she decided to speak with him. "Mr. Nolan?" she then called to the man.

"Oh!" David gasped and jolted slightly.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you," Regina said to the man. "I was just heading home from work and I saw you. Are you lost?" she then asked.

"Yeah. Yeah, kinda," David replied. "I'm looking for The Toll Bridge."

"Ah, where you were found." Regina then memorized.

"Yeah." David nodded.

"Trying to jog your memory?" Regina soon asked.

"No, I'm meeting someone." David explained.

"So you made your choice."

"Yes."

"Well, I don't suppose I can convince you to change your mind?" Regina then suggested.

"I can't change how I feel." David shook his head.

"No, of course not," Regina said before helping David out. "Walk down this street to Mr. Gold's pawnshop. You'll find a fork in the road, go left. It'll take you to a hiking trail that leads directly to the bridge."

David gave a small smile. "Thank you for understanding." he then said softly.

"Good luck, David," Regina said with a small smile. "I hope you find what you're looking for."

David soon ran down the street, not going to Toll Bridge anymore, but a certain someone was there waiting for him, looking hopeful and excited about his company.

Soon, meanwhile, at the pawnshop, Mr. Gold and Ben were shown.

"Dad... I'm tired..." Ben complained as he sat on a stool and looked very exhausted. "Can't I just study in my room?"

"Not yet, boy..." Mr. Gold replied as he read some words from a book to Ben. "You have to memorize these for school tomorrow. Remember?"

"Yes... I remember..." Ben sighed. "All right... Keep going."

Mr. Gold nodded and soon began to read from the book. "'Ludicrous'."

"Like the rapper?" Ben then asked.

"Yes..." Mr. Gold replied. "Though spelled differently of course."

"Origin and meaning, please?" Ben smiled innocently.

"From the Latin and Olf French 'ludicre and ludicrum' in the 1610's. Amusing or laughable through obvious austerity." Mr. Gold patiently defined for his son.

"Usage, please?" Ben then asked.

Mr. Gold began to look like he was ready to pop at any minute before he listed for his son, trying not to lose his temper. Especially since the shop was open despite the late hour and his son's exhaustion. "The idea was so romantically ludicrous that she giggled. In fact, it was ludicrous, but it still hurt. It's almost ludicrous what ultimately evolved to how it began. Your stalling is just so ludicrous on so many levels." he then listed.

Ben just sat there and blinked before sniffing a little bit.

"Once again, the word is 'ludicrous'." Mr. Gold then prompted.

Ben laughed a little before shrugging. "It sure is." he then said.

"SPELL IT!" Mr. Gold demanded and brought out the creepy puppets to scare his son into submission.

"Augh! L-U-D-I-C-R-O-U-S," Ben soon quickly spelled before smiling nervously. "Ludicrous?"

"Good boy..." Mr. Gold nodded calmly before smirking, then heard his bell ring. "Looks like we're due for a customer."

"Should I help you out?!" Ben then asked hopefully to get away from studying a lot.

"That's very thoughtful of you, Benjamin, but I've got it," Mr. Gold reassured, much to Ben's frustration before he handed his son his book back. "Here, look these over and I'll be right back."

Ben then groaned and buried his face in his book, looking ready to burst from boredom.

Mr. Gold soon came over from his backroom and smirked once he saw David looking over the silver and blue unicorn baby mobile. "Charming." he then simply stated.

"I'm sorry?" David blinked as he looked over.

"The mobile. Isn't it charming?" Mr. Gold clarified to the younger man. "Exquisitely designed, masterly crafted… I can get it down, if you like?" he then offered.

"No, no. I mean, it's… It's very nice, but actually, I'm looking for The Toll Bridge," David replied softly. "The Mayor said there was a fork in the road by your shop, but-"

Mr. Gold then stopped him knowingly. "It seems Ms. Mills has led you astray." he then remarked.

"Yeah, yeah you would think The Mayor would know her own town." David replied with a shrug.

"One would think," Mr. Gold nodded before helping him out of his being lost situation. "Out of the door, turn right, two blocks you'll find a trail. Can't miss it."

"Thank you... You got company around here?" David nodded before looking curious.

"Just my son," Mr. Gold replied. "He's studying very hard. He has to go to a good college and keep up with his schoolwork."

David snorted a little as he turned to leave. However, he saw a certain thing in the shop that caught his attention as he suddenly stopped in place.

"See something you like?" Mr. Gold asked with a small smirk.

"Where did you get that?" David asked as he looked at a windmill in the room.

"That old thing?" Mr. Gold replied before shrugging. "That's been gathering dust for... Forever."

David soon walked over to the windmill before he began to spin it and watched it as it went around as so did the wheels in his head. "I think... This belonged to me." he then said, mesmerized by the spinning.

"Really? Are you sure?" Mr. Gold asked him.

"Yes... I remember." David nodded as he suddenly had a brainstorm.

"Whatever's going on out there sounds a lot more interesting than studying all day long!" Ben called out from the backroom.

"Stay in school, son!" Mr. Gold called back with a smirk. "Remember, you're the heir to this store, so you have to run it when I'm old and gone!"

Ben groaned in response as he felt like he was being tortured right now.

Meanwhile, that night, Evie and Chad had their study date.

"Hey, what's going on, Harry?" Chad smirked as he leaned in and ruffled up Henry's hair a bit.

Henry groaned and glared in annoyance before he tried to straighten his hair back up.

"Oh, Chad, I forgot my science book," Evie then suddenly said before heading up the stairs. "I'll be right back."

"All right." Chad smiled and nodded.

"Hey..." Henry said before bringing out a plate to the blonde boy. "Mom made you some more apple dumplings."

"Oh, this looks even better than her last batch," Chad smirked before he took one and began to bite into it. "So appley."

"I'm sure they are," Henry replied. "...Do you really like my sister?"

"Huh? What?" Chad asked before smirking. "Of course I do, kid. I can tell you a little secret though. Ya just gotta know, this is how the world works sometimes when you're a big kid." he then said before he knelt down a little to Henry's height.

"You're using her for homework answers, aren't you?" Henry then guessed with narrowed eyes.

Chad looked a bit wide-eyed before glaring. "So what's it to you? You're just a kid," he then scoffed before smirking. "You should just know your big sister and I have something good going on. You can tell her what's going on all you want, but she won't believe you. She'll believe me over you anyway."

"Why? Oh, I know why," Henry replied as he glared back. "Cuz you got major cooties and a big head and a giant Eggo!"

"...Giant Eggo?" Chad blinked, feeling confused.

"Something like that... I think that's what Archie called it..." Henry paused thoughtfully before glaring. "Anyway, you're no Prince Charming Jr, you're just a King Charmless like King George!"

"Ugh... Is this that fairy tale crap? When are you gonna grow up, kid?" Chad rolled his eyes as he glared back at Henry.

"You're nothing like your parents, Cinderella and Prince Thomas." Henry then said.

"What?" Chad glared. "You think I'm the descendant of Cinderella or something? Man, the others are right, you ARE a crazy kid."

"I'm not wasting my breath on you," Henry firmly pouted and crossed his arms. "Evie might like you, but I see the real you, Chad. You might as well be Pinocchio cuz you're a big fat liar."

"Well, what're you gonna do, tell on me to your sister?" Chad retorted. "Good luck with that. Nobody believes her about me and you're not gonna ruin my chances. Nobody will stop me... Especially not you... You snot-nosed little son of a-" he then started before glancing as Evie came down the stairs with her book and he reached out, holding Henry upside down as he tried to do a trick with him to look like they were playing. "Wonderful Mayor of Storybrooke and the little brother of The Princess of Storybrooke who I'm so crazy about? That's a good kid!" he then called out in a goofy and friendly voice before looking over. "Oh, hey, Eva. I didn't see you there. Your brother and I were just playing a game that Sean used to play with me."

"Argh! Put me down! Let me go!" Henry grunted and complained.

Chad then put Henry down back right side up. "There we go, Harry. No harm done." he then said with a small smirk.

"My name is HENRY!" Henry hissed before he ran upstairs and decided to go to his room and slammed the door.

"Gosh... I'm not sure what got into him... Everybody's been acting weird today," Evie said softly as she looked at Chad. "I gotta pick up our dinner from Granny's Diner. I ordered you a plain cheeseburger and fries. Is that okay?" she then replied.

"Cheeseburger?" Chad asked as that made him fear at possibly getting unsightly acne and losing his perfect waistline even if he just took so much as one bite.

"Granny makes the best burgers," Evie smiled. "We should probably get our food and get ready for our study date."

"Huh?" Chad blinked before looking over. "Oh, uh... All right... Erm... Isn't your mother out though?" he then asked. "How are we going to get to Granny's Diner."

"We can walk, Chad. Our legs aren't broken," Evie smiled before she took out her jacket and began to put it on while Chad looked dumbfounded about walking. "Henry, we'll be right back!" she then called out. "You can always come with us though!"

"NO!" Henry called back. "Not with him!"

"Hm..." Evie pouted as she didn't hope for that answer. "Come on, Chad. Let's walk."

"Ugh... Let's hope that I don't get a blister..." Chad groaned before he came to follow Evie out the door to walk to Granny's Diner.

Meanwhile, as the two teenagers were on their way to Granny's Diner, Ms. Blanchard seemed to be there. She seemed to be fiddling with a ring that was very special and familiar before someone came to sit down next to her.

"Rough day?"

"Don't feel like talking." Ms. Blanchard said as she spotted the town doctor.

"Come on. Sometimes, it's easier to talk to someone when you don't give a crap what they think." Dr. Whale insisted.

Ms. Blanchard paused before she sighed and decided to get it off her chest since he was here to talk to her. "...You ever walk into a situation, where you know exactly what's going to happen and then you go into it anyway?" she then began to ask. "And then, when what you're afraid of happens, you kick yourself? Because you should've known better, but that's just who you are. It's like you're punishing yourself."

Dr. Whale gave her a very long look before he soon answered her. "No."

"How do you do that?" Ms. Blanchard then asked him.

"By never knowing what's expected; keeps life interesting," Dr. Whale replied before the doors opened beside them. "Can I buy you a drink?"

Ms. Blanchard looked intrigued with him then. "You can buy me two." she then decided.

"Ugh... Is that Ms. Blanchard with Dr. Whale again?" Evie groaned to herself once she and Chad made it into the diner. "Why would she keep going out and hanging out with someone I told her that feels like a big pile of yuck and totally shallow? Seriously, who would do such a thing?" she then asked as she looked at Chad as he seemed to be texting someone else.

"I'm sorry, did you say something?" Chad asked before glancing over.

"...It's nothing," Evie said softly. "Let's just get our food and get back to our study date."

"Sounds good to me," Chad smirked. "I'm sorry about your little brother though."

"Oh, it's okay," Evie replied. "We'll talk it over one way or another. It just might be a little bit hard."

"Hm... Kids... What can ya do?" Chad shrugged.

"Yeah... I guess..." Evie nodded before she went to go with him to get their food, though she began to think more about what she said and what the others had told her about Chad. She couldn't help but wonder if there was a parallel somehow, especially with Ms. Blanchard sitting with Dr. Whale of all people.