Together Rosalinda and Rumpelstiltskin made their way downstairs and into the dining room where Henry was sitting waiting for them.
"Rosalinda," began Rumpelstiltskin. "This is your nephew Henry."
"Hello Rosalinda," stated Henry getting down onto his knees so he was at eye level with her.
"Hello," muttered Rosalinda.
"Did you get a hold of your mom?" asked Rumpelstiltskin drawing attention.
"Yeah," replied Henry. "She told me it was okay to take the day off and that she just get Grandma to grab any assignments that I might have missed."
"Alright," replied Rumpelstiltskin. "Hey princess, guess what?"
"What?" asked Rosalinda turning to face her father.
"Henry going to come with us shopping," began Rumpelstiltskin as he headed over to grab his car keys.
"Really?" asked Rosalinda turning to face Henry.
"Yep," replied Henry glad that having a little sister gave him an idea on how to deal with little kids. "How does that sound?"
"Awesome!" exclaimed Rosalinda.
"Alright you two," began Rumpelstiltskin walking back into the dining room. "Let's get going."
Rumpelstiltskin was about to walked over to pick up Rosalinda but to his surprise Henry lightly grabbed a hold of her and gently picked her. Rumpelstiltskin suddenly felt this strong urge to snatched Rosalinda out of Henry's arms but when Henry turned to face him, he saw the look of confusion on his daughter's face and the look of fear on Henry's.
"Sorry," began Henry.
"No, it's okay," replied Rumpelstiltskin as he forced himself to calm down. "Come on let's go."
Rumpelstiltskin lead them to his car where he opened the backseat and let Henry placed her in the middle before he quickly buckle her in. Once he was sure that she was secure he made his way to the front seat, and turned on the car. Henry quickly got into the passenger side and once both of them were buckle in, he began to make his way towards the clothing store in town.
"I'm sorry about earlier," began Henry keeping his voice low so Rosalinda wouldn't get worried.
"No, it's fine," stated Rumpelstiltskin. "I guess I'm just on edge."
"She looks a lot like Belle," stated Henry.
"Reminds me of her too," stated Rumpelstiltskin his voice going soft as he thought about his late wife.
Henry watched as his grandfather seemed to lose himself to the memories of Belle, and he decided to let him reflect. Soon, they found themselves parked outside of clothing store and Rumpelstiltskin turned off the car before exiting it and going to the back seat where he unbuckled his daughter and helped her out of the car.
Together with Henry, they made their way into the store and while there weren't that many people in the store at the moment, the few who were quickly took noticed of Rosalinda. Rumpelstiltskin could tell that a lot of them wanted to come over and asked their question but he quickly shot a look that said to keep their distance.
"Grandpa," began Henry drawing his grandfather attention. "I'll grab us a shopping cart if you want to head over to the girls section over there."
Rumpelstiltskin nodded and made his way over to the section that Henry had pointed to and began looking though the different outfits that were there, trying to figure out where to start. Henry soon joined them with a shopping cart. Henry could see that his grandfather was clearly confused and didn't seem to know where to begin and gave a small smile of support.
"Hey Rosalinda," began Henry causing both Rumpelstiltskin and Rosalinda to look at him. "What's your favourite colour?"
"Purple," stated Rosalinda.
"Okay, do you see anything you like here?" asked Henry trying to gather information so he could give his grandfather and him an idea where to start.
Rumpelstiltskin watched as Rosalinda seemed to scan the store looking for something she liked, before pointing to a purple shirt which was extremely sparkly and something Rumpelstiltskin could never see him picking out. Henry walked over to the shirt and quickly grabbed the correct size and placed into the cart. Together with his grandfather, Rosalinda and him they began to pick out outfits and it wasn't long before they had managed to get a full cart of different clothing and other things that Rosalinda would need including underclothes, footwear and outside clothes for not only for now but also for the winter coming up.
Once Rumpelstiltskin was sure they had grabbed pretty much everything they would need, they made their way over to the cash register and he watched as the sales woman, a person who he barely could recall who she was began to rang in their choices. After the sale woman had ringed in everything, and Rumpelstiltskin quickly paid for it, he waved his hand and watched as the bags vanished before his eyes.
"Papa," began Rosalinda.
"What princess?" asked Rumpelstiltskin?
"I have to go to the bathroom," stated Rosalinda.
"I can take her if you like," stated Henry.
Henry watched as his grandfather seemed to be hesitant to let Rosalinda out of his sight but in the end placed her onto the ground and Henry lightly took her hand and lead her to the men's washroom.
Rumpelstiltskin felt like every second that his daughter was gone was like pure torture, and his body was tense and ready to strike if he had any reason to think that Rosalinda was in danger, however after only a couple of minutes he was glad to see Henry and Rosalinda made their way back to him.
"Okay," stated Rumpelstiltskin as he glanced at his watch to see it was getting closed to lunch time. "How about we grab some lunch at Granny's before we finish our shopping."
"Okay," replied Henry as he followed his grandfather out of the store, still holding Rosalinda hand as they made their way up the street to Granny's.
When they enter Granny's they were glad that they had managed to beat the lunch rush and that only a few people seemed to be in the diner but once again they were once again the center of everyone attention. Even Granny herself smiled at the sight of him having his daughter back, something he never thought she would ever do for him.
They made their way to a table and Rumpelstiltskin helped his daughter take a seat next to him and across from Henry. They sat there for a few minutes until they head the sound of the bell on the door, and the excited call of Henry's name.
"HENRY!" exclaimed a little girl with dark blonde hair who ran over to him.
"Hello Marina," muttered Henry looking over at his little sister. "What are you doing here?"
"Same thing you are lad," stated Krillin walking over to them holding the hand of a young boy. "Just figure I would get your brother and sister something to eat before the diner got to crazy."
"Who this Henry?" asked Marina finally noticing Rosalinda sitting there?
"This is Rosalinda," began Henry. "Rosalinda, this is my younger sister Marina and my younger brother Liam."
"Hello," replied Rosalinda a little shy.
"I'm three, how old are you?" asked Marina.
"Four," replied Rosalinda.
Before anyone could even blink, Marina and Rosalinda were talking up a storm with Liam joining in every once and a while. Rumpelstiltskin smiled as his daughter began to smile and laugh, enjoying the conversation and then looked over to Hook who was also watching the exchanged.
"I can't believe I'm about to say this," began Rumpelstiltskin. "But seeing how our children seem to be enjoying each other company, you are welcome to join us for lunch; if you like that is."
"Sure," stated Hook giving a devilish smile. "But seeing how there isn't really much room here, why don't we let the kids sit at the table and we can grab a seat on one of the stools."
Henry watched as Rumpelstiltskin once again seemed hesitant to move that far away from Rosalinda, and he knew that he was extremely protective but he also knew that he had to try and help his grandfather realize that he couldn't shelter Rosalinda either.
"Come on Grandpa," began Henry as he tried to help his grandfather relax. "If you want I'll sit with them and make sure they eat their lunch. I won't leave their side."
Rumpelstiltskin was about to refuse when he saw his daughter begin to laugh as Marina and her talk about something he didn't quite follow, but it was clear that his daughter was becoming fast friends with Marina and even Liam was joining in on their conversations and slowly he found himself nodding and with Hook made his way over to the bar stools and took a seat at one but he made sure he would be close enough to protect Rosalinda if the need arise.
He watched as Granny made her way over to the kids and Henry helped his daughter and his siblings order something to eat before Granny made his way over to the two of them. He quickly order himself a hamburger, while Hook order himself a grilled cheese and they sat there and watched their kids interacting with one another.
"She looks a lot like Belle," stated Hook breaking the uneasy silence that had fallen between them.
"Yes, she does," replied Rumpelstiltskin. "Reminds me of her too."
"So do you know who took her?"
"No," stated Rumpelstiltskin. "Whoever it was wasn't there when I rescued her. However, I do plan on finding out."
Hook didn't say anything, just turned to see Granny returning holding a tray of different foods and watched as she placed three orders of chicken fingers and fries in front of the kids, before handing Henry a grilled cheese sandwich, before returning to the kitchen only to return moments later with his and Rumpelstiltskin's lunch.
Rumpelstiltskin barely noticed his food being put in front of him but instead watched as Henry helped his daughter cut up her chicken finger into more manageable size pieces before helping his siblings and they all began to eat their lunch. Feeling more relaxed that his daughter was good, he began to eat his lunch as well, however his blood ran cold when suddenly Rosalinda let out a blood curling scream.
A/N: Well there you go, sorry it took so long but this chapter just seemed harder to write than the others. What made Rosalinda scream? Find out in the next chapter.