On her way to Granny's Emma met a lot of people who greeted her glowingly. They haven't seen her in a while, so everyone was surprised when the girl drove up at the spacious parking lot in front Granny's Diner. Archie, the town's physiologist arrived at the same time. Emma looked still a little pale for obvious reasons.
"Hey Emma, long time no see. Are you alright?" Archie was still the same, always concerned about others well-being.
"Yeah I'm fine, long drive from New York to Storybrooke earlier today and I forgot to eat" Emma responded.
"I guess that's something that Granny can fix with her special Bacon Burgers you like so much"
"Yeah I really missed that one, we have some great burgers in New York and in Miami at mom's place, but I never found one as good as Granny's. I'm pretty sure she has some secret ingredient."
Emma walked a few steps before she reached the door. She looked inside and already saw her best friend Ruby sitting at their favorite booth. It is rather silly but when they were younger they felt like they ruled that place from there, because they could see all the other booths inside the diner as well as everything that's going on at the parking space and the streets in front of the Diner.
Emma walked inside and again all eyes were on her. She felt a little weird because she doesn't like too much attention. When she stood in front of the booth, Ruby jumped up and hugged her fiercely. They haven't seen each other in a while and the last 2 years that Emma's mom lived in Florida, Emma usually visited her over Thanksgiving. They only saw each other for a day or two. Ruby always booked her flights from Paris to New York so they could get together at least for a short amount of time. This will be the first time they can stick together whenever they wanted – at least during the next month while both of them stayed in Storybrooke.
They sat down and Ruby gave her Grandma a sign to bring their food over. Since they were best friends since forever Ruby knew exactly what Emma would order, therefore she already had given Granny their order earlier. While both of them ate their burger Emma started to explain what happened the last few hours. Ruby was shocked, because she left Paris with the plan to come back together with Emma. After they found out that Regina was going to be there for a convention, they made plans for Emma to visit Ruby in Paris next year for the first time. Ruby knew exactly what she wanted to show Emma besides the convention. It was supposed to be their weekend, but now Ruby had a feeling that things would change. It would be too awkward for Emma to fly across the continent to see her future stepmom and fangirl about her.
Ruby pushed that thought aside and finished her burger; she had to say something. To say it was crazy was an understatement. I mean it was crazy but isn't it every fangirls dream of getting to know their star better. Maybe, but do you want your star – who you've had a crush on for years to be your stepmom – NO WAY! Ruby could only imagine how Emma must have felt the last few hours because Ruby already found her real life dream girl. Sure she still had a little star crush on Regina, but after having your perfect match in real life, this crush was non-existent now.
"Okay, so what does that mean for our plans next summer? Do you still want to go to the convention? Do we meet in Paris and we do just typical touristy stuff or do you stay here and be angry after seeing all the pictures from her with other fans?"
"Really Ruby I had 3 hours to process everything. Paris was not on my priority list during that time. Think about it. I planned to spend more time here in Storybrooke, but now do I want to watch her and my dad be all lovey-dovey? Is she only here for the holidays or is she staying longer? She has to go back for filming right? What if she likes to settle down and play house with my dad, get a new child and stop acting? Gosh, can you see my disaster? How did they meet and why is she dating my dad – I mean okay he is not so bad but he is only a mayor candidate in a small sleepy town, she could date any hot stuff in Hollywood." Emma rambled.
Ruby smirked, "Have you asked him... or her?"
"Are you crazy, of course not! My dad is still in meetings. I haven't seen him and ask her? I can't just go downstairs and sit next to her and ask her all these questions. To hear the answers from dad will hurt like shit but to hear them from her would be the death of me"
"Ruby I'm miserable, I need to get wasted. Let's go to the Rabbit hole and get totally drunk." Emma suggested. And that's what they did.