Warning: if you have not seen the season four finale, well you shouldn't even be reading this so never mind. Disclaimer is in the first chapter!

Chapter six

Avery turned twenty. She hadn't really wanted a big party. Lux however had a different idea. Lux had gathered Avery's closest friends and with Henry's help got Avery out of the house. Avery went along with the two teens and hung out at the mall for most of the day. Lux had gotten her license so she did not allow Avery to drive that day. Avery was a little uneasy with her sister driving her baby, the Neon.

Lux received a text from Avery's best friend letting her know everything was ready. Telling Henry in as few words as possible they led Avery out of the mall and to the car. Avery was going on about the operation and that they should be spending time on that rather than dragging her around all day. The other two ignored her. When they got to the house Lux and Henry got out first. When Avery stepped out she was blinded by her sisters hands. Henry led the sisters to the house. It was quiet.

"Guys, really there is no time for this. I still have a job and adult things that have to be done," Avery sighed as she heard the door shut.

"Av, it's Saturday. You never work on Saturday. Plus you don't do any other adult things except pay bills. And those have been taken care of already," Lux stated making her sisters argument invalid.

Avery sighed and heard someone flip on a light switch. Her eyes were uncovered. As her eyes adjusted to the light people yelled, "Surprise!"

Avery jumped because of the sudden noise. A smile spread across her face when she saw her friends. She gave Henry and Lux each a playful glare, before she was pulled away from the two by her friends. This was the first time Avery had had this much fun in a long time. The group stayed late into the night. The last person to leave was a really good friend. He was one of the closest friends Avery had. He was her best guy friend. Avery was cleaning up and he was helping. Henry was still there but Lux had said she would take him home.

"Hey, Avery could you come help me with something?" Lux called from the kitchen.

Avery walked in where Lux was on the counter eating a piece of cake. Avery put her hands on her hips, "Really?"

"What I wanted some cake!"

Rolling her eyes Avery asked, "What do you need help with?"

Lux waved her over. Avery stepped closer, "What?"

"When are you gonna pluck up the courage and tell him how you feel?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Kellen. When are you going to tell him you like him?"

Avery rolled her eyes,"Why do you care?"

"Because he makes you happy?"

Sarcastically, Avery says, "My happy ending isn't with him."

"Maybe it is. Love is happiness. You have to be open to that. I know with everything that has happened it may be hard to do," Lux says setting the empty plate down," Follow your gut. Or heart."

"I know what my heart says. But, what if, his doesn't, say the same thing?"

"Isn't that a risk you're willing to take? Think of how many possibilities in life you will miss if you are to scared to put yourself out there?"

Avery just shrugs and says, "Is that all you wanted? To tell me I should tell him how I feel?"

Lux smirked a bit, "I think actions speak louder than words in this case."

Rolling her eyes Avery left the kitchen and continued cleaning up. Kellen had been friends with Avery for as long as she could remember. They grew up together. Living not far from each other and attending all the same schools. They were close, to say the least. Kellen was in college about an hour and a half from their hometown so the drive wasn't bad. After the clean up was done Lux drove Henry home. Avery walked Kellen out to his car.

Kellen was 6 foot but he was a runner. He wasn't lanky and he wasn't all muscle. He had close cropped dark brown hair that he didn't let it grow much longer than two inches. Avery liked it more when it was a little grown out. Avery had always been shy when it came to people she liked or people she thought we cute. It was one thing she really didn't like about herself. Since Kellen was her friend however she tended to push her feeling for him aside. She liked where they were, did she wish they could be more? Sometimes. She was scared that if they became more than friends though that it would change and they couldn't be friends like they were now. Kellen was a nice guy and she knew of a few relationships that went bad for him. Especially the last one. They shared stuff like that with each other. That was the only time she ever wanted to punch one of his ex's in the face.

"So, when are you headed back to campus?" Avery asked when they got to his car.

"Probably after noon tomorrow. My mom wants to spend sometime with me before I go back," he says leaning up against his Chevy.

Avery nodded, "Thanks for setting this up and all."

"Don't thank me, Lux has been planning this since January. Besides I showed up shortly before you did."

"You didn't have to come."

"I wanted to. It's not often we get to see each other. With my classes and you working to take care of Lux."

Avery nodded in agreement. She bit the inside of her cheek. Her heart started beating faster.

"Well, I better get back so I'm not sleeping all day," Kellen said with a chuckle making Avery smile.

He opened his door and before she could think she said," Wait."

Kellen looked at her with one eyebrow raised.

Avery closed the little space that was between them and she kissed his lips. She was about to pull away when she felt him hold her to him to kiss her back. When they pulled away Avery was blushing.

"I was wondering if you would ever make a move," Kellen teased with a smile.

Avery groaned, "Was it that obvious?"

"Not at first. I didn't really pick up on it until your friends suggested we should go to Prom together senior year. And I heard some of yours and Lux's conversation earlier."

Avery closed her eyes and smoke her head, "Why didn't you make a move first?"

Kellen shrugged, "I knew you were nervous and I didn't want to back you into anything."

Avery smiled, blushing some more. This time he kissed her first. She kissed him back. After the kiss her hugged her before getting in his car.

"I'll let you know when I get home. And I'm okay with us being friends if that's what you want. Just know -" Kellen said after rolling the window down.

Avery leaned onto the door poking her head through the window space, smiling, "After that, I don't want to go back to being just friends."

With a nod Kellen put his car in reverse. Avery stepped back and let him back out of the driveway before she waved to him. She walked back into the house and flopped onto the couch with a smile on her face. Shortly after doing so, the door opened and shut.

"Avery! If I didn't know and better, I'd say you looksmitten." Lux's voiced sounded from near her.

Avery looked over at her sister as blush rose to her cheeks once more.

Lux saw the blush, "No way. What did you guys do?"

Avery gave her sister a look, "We just kissed. Twice."

"TWICE! Get out."

"It was just two kisses!"

"Yeah but, that means he kissed you back!"

A few weeks later the school year ended for Henry and Lux. They were now up and coming Sophomores. He trio spent a lot of time working on making a plan. They had pretty much figured out they had to find Isaac. The only thing was what they didn't know. Isaac had a feeling Henry knew some of what he did. So Isaac gave himself a fake name to be out in public. He was in a way, hiding from Henry.

"So, you said you give all your operations names. What are we going to call this one?" Lux's asked from her spot on the couch. She had her whole body upside down, feet where her head should be and vise versa.

Henry shrugged, "Well, the first one, the one that started it all, I called Operation Mom. I was of course by myself at that time, looking for Emma. The second one, when Emma was in town, was trying to get her to break the curse. I called that Operation Cobra. Then the next one was trying to find the author and get him to write my mom, Regina, a happy ending. That one isn't quiet complete. That one is called Operation Mongoose."

"Then how about we call this one Operation Heroes?" Avery said walking out of the kitchen, "I mean your first one was Operation Mom. The next two were animals, Cobra and Mongoose."

Henry thought about it. Then he smiled, "I like it."

"So, when we find this Isaac dude, what's going to happen with Neal?" Lux asks, "I mean, when we save everyone how are Snow White and Prince Charming going to get their some back?"

"It's risky, a few things could go wrong. What if we take him with us? That way however it happens he'd be with us. No one could keep him away from his family then," Avery suggested sitting down on the couch next to her sister.

"That shouldn't be too hard, Neal doesn't understand much but he knows I'm family and the others aren't. One of us would pretty much be on baby duty the whole time," Henry states.

Again, MUHAHAHAHAHA! So yes for all of you that have seen all of season 4, don't judge I know some people that are still behind, yes I used Regina's lines between Avery and Lux. It felt to good to not add that in. I did it mainly because I had to prove Avery was Regina's kid. Hope you enjoyed! Please let me know what you think!