This story is dedicated to the amazing OncerSware(k)JateBazeGirlscout22. I got this (former) little one-shot idea from their story, 'Already There.' It's an amazing story and she is an amazing author! So you guys should definitely check her stories out:D

Disclaimer: I do not own the Once Upon A Time plot nor the wonderful characters or anything else relating to the show.

Dedicated to red lightning who gave me the idea that basically shapes the whole rest of the story:) Also dedicated to Laugher. Lover. Fighter who edited this chapter for me and has proofed the next ones:D

Alright I caved, I'm heading back home and won't be able to post for 2 days and 8 reviews is close enough...;) Plus I'm pretty sure this is my all-time favorite chapter so far:) Enjoy!

Regina sat down at her office desk thinking. She had the answer to her 'Emma' problem, but just wasn't sure how to put that solution into motion. She drummed her fingers on the desk thoughtfully. Which of her "minions" could she put to use? Regina closed her eyes, letting her thoughts wander. She couldn't get Sidney's help, the mirror cracked under pressure, was an absolutely horrid liar, and couldn't keep a low profile to save his life. There was always Jefferson though, she hadn't had a chat with the hatter in a while. Regina opened her eyes and smirked devilishly. Yes, Jefferson would help her, if it meant he could get his sweet daughter, Grace back. Yes, Jefferson was the perfect choice.

Now, to get contact with him, it actually would be quite simple. She pulled open her desk drawer and rummaged around through the junk scattered in it. "Where is it?" she muttered to herself. The stupid playing cards with the white rabbits on them, she knew she'd put it in there. "Ah-ha!" she said victorious as she pulled out the playing card. It was a school day, little Grace's bike should be there. Regina stood and brushed off her skirt. Time to go call her hatter.

"Ah Jefferson, I see you got my message," Regina said smirking as she heard Jefferson walk into her office.

Jefferson held the playing card up between his fingers and walked over to stand next to Regina. "What do you want Regina?" he spat.

"Wine Jefferson?" she asked, ignoring his question, as she poured herself a glass of wine. Seeing Jefferson's glare, her smirk widened. "Oh that's right, you only drink tea nowadays don't you?"

"What. Do. You. Want. Regina?" he demanded, slamming his hand on the table.

Regina laughed. "Patience my dear Jefferson, I need your help. I want you to invite Miss Swan, her parents, and Henry to dinner."

He quirked an eyebrow. "Why?" he interrupted.

She raised a finger. "I'm not done yet. During this 'dinner,' you will get Snow White and her precious prince up to your library. Once inside the library, you will knock them unconscious, then hand them over to me. I'll be waiting inside the library as well. It's quite simple really," she told him and took a sip of her wine glass.

"And why would I hurt Emma's parents?" Jefferson asked.

"Because you want your sweet Grace back," she said nonchalantly, stepping closer to him. "And because I asked you to."

Jefferson took a step back. He closed his eyes, a thousand thoughts going through his mind. He could help Regina and get Grace back but he'll lose Emma—though he never had her in the first place. He could help Regina but she may double cross him and he'd still lose Emma. Or he could choose not to help Regina and wait for Emma to break the curse to get his Grace back, and he might have a chance with Emma. He opened his eyes and took a deep breath. "I can't do that to Emma, I'm sorry Regina but I won't help you."

"And why not? Don't you want your Grace back?" she asked, surprised Jefferson would turn down a chance at having his daughter back, not that he would get her back at all, but it was necessary to have him believe she would give him his daughter.

"I just…can't Regina. I won't do it," Jefferson said quietly, looking down at the floor.

Regina covered her hand, stifling a laugh. "You're in love with her aren't you? Jefferson that is pathetic. I always knew you were a sucker for blondes. What was the last one's name? Lily? Angela?" she rambled, listing random names.

"Alice…her name was Alice," Jefferson said softly, hot tears forming in his eyes as he thought of his late wife.

"Ah that's right, Alice, poor, sweet, naïve, Alice. And now you've moved on to Miss Swan. Really Jefferson you could do so much better!" Regina exclaimed.

"Shut up," he spat. "I am not going to help you Regina so if that's all you need, I'll just be going."

Regina grabbed his arm as he turned to leave. "Oh you will help me Jefferson. Because if you don't I'll do more than never let you have Grace back. I'll kill her and Miss Swan."

Jefferson's eyebrows lowered into a scowl. He spun around and slammed Regina's glass out of her hands, causing it to shatter on the floor. "You touch either of them Regina and I swear I'll—" he growled.

"Kill me?" she interrupted. "You don't have it in you Jefferson, you never have, and you never will."

Jefferson grabbed her around the throat and held her against the table. "Wanna bet?" he hissed. "If you touch either of them Regina, do not doubt that I can easily kill you. You have no magic here Your Majesty. So do not doubt that I will easily have the upper hand." He released his grasp on her neck and Regina gasped for breath. "I'll do it, but you will never threaten to harm Emma or Grace again. You hear me?"

Regina smirked. "Oh I hear you Jefferson, I hear you loud and clear. I am not allowed to harm Miss Swan or Grace. You have my word that neither of them will be harmed."

"And how can I trust your word?" he asked doubtfully.

"Because I need you to do this just as much as you want your daughter back. Now, I want you to invite Miss Swan and her family to dinner for Friday night. Today is Tuesday Jefferson, you have two days to do this. Now, I believe our meeting is over. Have a nice day Jefferson," Regina said coldly.

"Don't you touch them Regina," Jefferson said for the third time. He stormed out of her office and slammed the door.

Regina smirked and poured herself a new glass of wine. She took a small sip of it. This is all so easy, she thought.

"So let me get this straight," Emma began, trying to contain her laughter. "You stole Dad's things and then he trapped you in a net?" she exclaimed.

Snow nodded and laughed. "Yes, it was payback I suppose for hitting him with that rock though."

James grinned. "And giving me this scar," he said playfully.

Snow gently kissed his jawline where the scar was and slowly found his lips.

Emma covered Henry's eyes. "Seriously? As if you haven't eye-raped me enough, now you're dragging your grandson into it as well?" she shouted trying to hide the laughter in her voice.

Henry's nose was scrunched up in disgust. "Ew! So…gross!" he whined.

James laughed and after stealing one more quick kiss from his wife looked at Henry. "Okay kiddo, you can open your eyes. We're done."

"You sure?" Henry asked.

Snow covered her mouth, laughing hysterically. "Yes I'm sure!"

Emma took her hand off of Henry's eyes. "Now Henry, Grandma and Grandpa will finish the story tomorrow, it's time for you to get to bed Kid."

"But Mommmmm," he whined and pleaded with puppy-dog eyes.

"No buts," Emma said and pointed down the hall to Henry's bedroom. "Bed. Now."

"Fine. I'm going, I'm going. Night Grandma! Night Gramps!"

"Goodnight Henry, love you!" Snow and James called.

"Love you too!" Henry said before closing the door to his room.

Emma waited a few moments before speaking. "I'm worried about him," she said.

Snow gave Emma a confused look. "Why would you be worried about him Em? He seems perfectly happy with us."

"Every night around midnight, he wakes up and just starts bawling. For about a half hour this past week. I just don't know what to do…" she admitted sadly and felt tears form in her eyes.

"Emma sweetheart, I'm sure he's just having a bad dream. It's probably nothing," James said.

"But why wouldn't he talk to me about it? He wakes up perfectly fine in the morning, well he acts like it, I've see the tear streaks on his face. Why won't he open up to me?" Emma asked beginning to cry. She tucked her knees up behind her and wiped her tears. "Sorry, it's a…stupid reason to cry…"

Snow stood and walked over to her daughter. She put her arms around her. "Oh Emma, it's alright. We'll have Charming check on him tonight alright?"

Emma could only nod.

"Why don't you go get some sleep sweetheart, it's pretty late after all," Snow suggested.

Emma sniffed and gave a teary-eyed smile. "Okay, night Mom, night Dad. Love you guys." She stood up and walked down the hall to her room across from Henry's.

Snow turned back around to James. He grinned mischievously. "Finally alone."

Snow smiled and walked over to him. "Yeah. What d'you have in mind Charming?"

James stood and took her by the waist. "You'll see Snow," he said softly before pulling her closer to him. "I love you."

"I love you too Charming," she replied and gently kissed his cheek.

James bent his head down and kissed her forehead, her nose, her cheek, her ear, and finally found his way to her lips. He put his hands on her hips and pulled her closer to him, deepening the kiss.

Snow tangled her fingers in his hair. "Charming…Henry…Emma…next room…" she said between kisses.

"Let them hear," he replied and kissed her neck, causing a soft moan to escape Snow's lips.

"Charming," she pleaded, wanting to give in to him so badly. "At least, let's go to our bedroom. I don't want our daughter or grandson walking in on us in the living room."

James sighed. "Fine we'll do things your way," he said. James scooped Snow up into his arms and carried her into their bedroom.

Henry awoke in a cold sweat, breathing heavily. He'd had the same dream again, Regina had come after him and killed Emma, Snow, and James. Henry pulled his knees up to his chest and rocked back and forth. He didn't even try to hold the tears back this time. A quiet sob escaped his lips, but Henry didn't care. He was scared to death that his nightmare was going to come true.

The bedroom door opened slowly. "Henry?" James asked. "Can I come in?"

Henry wiped his tears and sniffed. "Um y-yeah Gramps. Come on in…" he said trying to hide the crying in his voice.

James walked in and sat down next to Henry on the bed. "What's up kiddo? I heard you crying in hear."

"I-I wasn't crying," Henry lied. "I was talking to myself. Yeah, that's it," he mumbled. "Talking to myself."

James set his hand on Henry's knee. "Henry. You can tell me," he said gently.

Henry looked into his grandfather's loving eyes He really did care. "I keep having these nightmares that the Evil Queen killed you, Grandma, and Mom…and then she forced me to come back and live with her. She wiped my memories of you guys but it didn't work and I tried to get away from her, but I just couldn't…" he said and began to bawl again. "I don't want that to happen Gramps. I can't lose you guys."

James understood what Henry was going through. Emma had been having almost the exact same nightmare the past month. He took Henry into his arms and rocked him gently. "Hey kiddo, it's gonna be alright. I promise that I won't let anyone hurt you."

Henry shook with sobs, and eventually cried himself to sleep.

James kissed his grandson's hair. "I will always protect you Henry, always."

Always.

And done!:D So let me just clarify that this most likely will not be a Mad Swan fic. In fact Emma won't even have a romantic relationship until the sequel(yes there will be a sequel;) I just really like the idea of Jeff being in love with Emma but knowing it'll never work out so he just wants to protect her. Alrighty, next chap will be extremely important! I'll post it Sunday probably:)

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PiperPaigeP3-Yeah Emma shouldn't just accept the fact that Snow is pregnant which is why the last chapter was so important:) hope you liked this one!

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This time I'm not kidding, I'm gonna hold out for at LEAST 10 reviews:P That gives you guys 3ish days, can we do it? I think we can! Love ya'll!