Catch Me

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in Enchanted, Grand Central Terminal, or Barnes and Noble.

I know I say this every chapter, but I can't help it: thank you everyone so much for enjoying my story and letting me know what you think! I'm deeply flattered, and I can only hope I can continue to meet your expectations. I know I've been updating pretty fast but that is just because I have so much I want to do with this story that I'm afraid if I don't write it, then I will forget it. If this story continues to go well, I was considering writing a novelization of the movie. Let me know if you'd be interested in that at all. Enjoy!

Chapter 5: Little Women

"Men stink," Giselle proclaimed, folding her arms and huffing, "It's just so unfair, all of it."

"Welcome to the female condition." Jean said patting Giselle's hand affectionately and giving her a comforting smile. After doing a little exploring and teaching Giselle how to properly use the subway, they decided to grab a bite to eat at Grand Central Terminal. When Giselle had first walked in she had been blown away by this beautiful place with its amazing architecture and all the wonderful shops with hundreds of different kinds of foods she had never seen before.

"I just don't understand why anyone would want to do that. The whole process seems rather…sloppy." She said making a funny face. Jean had just given her "the talk" and given the fact that Giselle was a grown woman and had never heard of anything like this, she handled it rather well. Then again, what exactly had she expected after marriage in Andalasia? Nothing really, no one ever really thought that far ahead; it didn't seem all that important. The rest of your life was summed up in three words: Happily Ever After. Now, she knew exactly what that entailed. She couldn't lie to herself and say she wasn't curious, but she also couldn't deny that she was a little frightened by the whole idea.

Jean laughed a little and said, "Believe me, dear, when the time comes, you'll understand." When Robert had first explained how he had come to be Giselle, her first thoughts were that Robert had gone temporarily insane, probably from his stressful work environment and raising a daughter on his own. As he started to tell her all about Giselle, she knew this was for real. He had gone on and on about how she had "changed him" and how much Morgan adored her. Jean thought he would never recover when Vivian, Morgan's mother, had left him to care for the baby all by himself.

Jean couldn't understand how a mother could just leave her child and the man she had claimed to love. Vivian had always seemed nice enough but she never seemed the type that liked to be tied down, and having a kid was the ultimate commitment. Robert couldn't understand why she had left him; he had loved her, or at least the thought he had. In reality, they were just a young couple living in the fast lane in New York City. They had fun together but apparently having a child was not her idea of fun. She was out of there as soon as she gave birth to Morgan. The one good thing that came from Vivian leaving was that he'd had to learn to grow up and be responsible. Unfortunately, he had lost something as well, but Giselle was changing all that.

Giselle was like no one Jean had ever met; she was just so full of life. Giselle's innocence to, well, almost everything had surprised her at first but that's what really made her believe she was not of this world. She was good for Robert; they balanced each other so well. She had her head in the clouds and he was too serious, but together they were a perfect fit.

"You know Giselle, I really should thank you." Jean said as she finished her meal and wiped her mouth with a napkin, setting it aside, and folding her hands on the table.

"For what? Giselle asked, cocking her head to the side, truly ignorant of what she needed to be thanked for. She didn't think she'd done anything for Jean today.

"For being in Robert's life. I thought he would never fall in love again but you've changed him, for the better, I must say." Giselle blushed and looked down, but couldn't wipe the smile off of her face.

"Oh well thank you, Mrs. Philip, but I really don't think it was all me. He is just a wonderful man who has been hurt in the past." Giselle said all of a sudden very somber. For someone who was so naïve, Giselle was very insightful. She could see past the surface of other people's actions and understand the emotions driving their them, which was odd seeing as how she couldn't fully comprehend the complete range of her own emotions, but Jean supposed it was easier to gauge other people's emotions than your own.

"Please, call me Jean and you healed him when no one else could." Jean said. Giselle was used to people complimenting her on her beauty, but she was not used to people complimenting her character. It was very refreshing.

"Well, thank you so much, Jean. I really enjoyed getting to know you today. Will you be staying in New York for a while?" Giselle asked hopefully while gathering up her things from the table they had been eating at. She was so touched by what Jean had said and she wanted the kind woman to stay.

"Only one more day, unfortunately, I have to get back home." Jean replied as they headed towards the subway. "But before we head back, I'd like to buy you a gift."

"Robert has one of these, I think." Giselle said inspecting the tiny electronic device.

"Most people do. It's called a cell phone, dear. You use it to talk to people who are very far away. Each phone has a number, when you type the numbers of the phone of the person you want to talk to; you can talk to them by putting it to your ear like this." Jean said holding the tiny slider phone to the side of her face. "Right now it doesn't work, but Robert will show you how to work it later and activate it for you. This is so we can stay in touch. If you ever need anything, you can just call me."

Oh, that's what that means, Giselle thought. She looked at the little phone skeptically but she had seen Robert use one so she knew it worked. Well, the real question was whether she could get it to work. Her head was swimming with all of these words she had never heard before, but she was learning, slowly but surely.

"Jean, you have been so kind to me, I wish there was some way I could repay you." Giselle said sincerely.

"Just continue to be yourself. You'll make Robert and Morgan so happy and that makes me happier than anything." Jean replied smiling warmly at Giselle and leading her to a taxi to go home.

"Daddy, they're back!" Morgan cried as Jean and Giselle walked into the apartment with a few shopping bags and laughing together about some secret joke. Robert smiled; he was so 

happy that they had gotten along so well. He walked over and wrapped an arm around Giselle's slim waist, resting his hand on her hip, and kissed her on her temple.

"Looks like you girls had fun." Robert said as Giselle slid her arm around his back and rested her head on his shoulder. She had fun with Jean, but she was glad to be back. It felt so good to have them all here together, but she couldn't place a name to what she was feeling. She just felt so…whole, like she had everything she would ever need with her right at this moment. At that moment Morgan ran up to them and hugged her grandma.

"Did you buy me anything?" Morgan asked looking up at her grandma with her arms wrapped around her legs.

"Of course," Jean said pulling a fairytale book out of a green Barnes and Noble bag and handing it to her.

"Oooooo! I've wanted this for a really long time, thank you so much! And Giselle can tell me if they're all true or not!" Morgan cried excitedly, hugging her grandma and Giselle, and running off to go read. Giselle smiled, she loved seeing Morgan so happy.

"Ooooo! Look, what Jean got me, Robert!" Giselle said as she whipped out the cell phone Jean had bought her. He looked at it and smiled amusedly. Teaching her to use this thing was going to be quite the adventure, but what wasn't an adventure with Giselle?