A/N

GUYS I'M SORRY! I didn't post this on Tuesday or whenever I said I would. I don't really have any excuse besides that I'm a procrastinator and got overloaded on my school work. But Greek class got cancelled Thursday morning so I wrote it and was going to post it Friday for a "Thank Grimm It's Friday" post (I'm really going to try posting then from now on), but then I got sick. So I was half asleep all day Friday and didn't really have the energy to upload the story, write the A/N, respond to anons, etc. BUT IT'S HERE NOW! It's super short, though DX Melanie has a nice long chapter, though. All about a certain little town that seems to have been forgotten after the 9th book. . .(:

We don't own The Sisters Grimm, yadayadaya. . .oh, and I forgot to give credit to the fairytales last chapter. Both Crosseyes and the Magic Orange Tree are Caribbean fairytales.

~M.K~

Once upon a time, there was a man and a woman who went on an afternoon picnic. There was a basket with a few rolls, a salad, some pasta with chicken, a bottle of light sangria, and two slices of cheese cake for dessert. There was a red-and-white checkered blanket. The sun filtered through the thick layers of leaves above them, creating a pattern of shade across their outdoor sanctuary. And that was where they set up their meal—deep in the forest, as hidden from their little town as possible. After eating, they laid out on the blanket, enjoying the simplicity of being. She rested her head on his chest, while he ran his fingers lazily through her long, dark, and wavy locks.

"Jake?" Briar asked, turning her head slightly to look up at him.

"Hmm. . .?" he responded, never ceasing his gentle strokes through her hair.

"What are we doing?"

"Sitting, relaxing, not talking about this. . ."

"Well we should be—er, shouldn't—I mean, we should stop avoiding it," Briar said, flustered. Jake smirked at her agitation.

"We need to talk about it," she glared at him.

"Why can't we just worry about it later?"

"Because, if this is going to be a serious thing, we need to tell my godmothers."

"I thought this was a serious ting," Jake said, slightly miffed. "Why don't we not tell them and say we did?" he teased.

"No," she said, not giving into his charm. "I want to actually have a date outside these woods.

"Why? You didn't like my picnic?"

"I loved the picnic." She gave him a quick kiss on the cheek as she sat up. "But there's a whole town out there that we can be part of."

"There's a whole world out there, too." Jake grumbled, sitting up, too.

"Don't be bitter," Briar soothed. "There's plenty for us in Ferryport Landing. We don't need to worry about anything else yet."

"I just hate that you can't leave."

"But I'm perfectly happy here." She cupped Jake's cheek in her soft hands. He looked up at her. "Everything I could ever want is here, why would I want to leave that? I know you're restless—you want to go out and explore the world. . ."

"I've explored the world," he interrupted. "I just want to show it to you."

"And you will—later. Just be patient."

"But, the barrier. . ."

"You have to hope that one day it will be safe enough for Everafters to live in the world in peace. We're not going to cheat the curse and try to escape," she added firmly.

"I know, I know. I learned my lesson," Jake said grumpily.

"Good. Now you owe me dinner in a real restaurant."

"Wha—why? Wait, did I forget something?"

"No," she laughed. "But I thought we should have a relaxing evening before you officially meet my fairy godmothers as my boyfriend."

Jake gulped. "Do I have to?"

Briar glared at him.

"What time do you want to pick me to come pick you up?"

~M.K~

Now can we all just say "dawww" together. . .

There's no reference in this chapter, sorry. It was so short, a reference would just take away from the story. I will tell you what inspired my story, though. So I started writing and I realized that this memory had nothing to do with the memories from the last chapter. But I really just wanted to write a BriarxJake chapter for some reason. The I started writing some more, thinking about their characters and how they would treat each other, etc. And I realized, THEY REMIND ME OF ZUTARA. And I think that's why I wanted to write this so badly. Because I've been wanting to write a Zutara fic, but I haven't let myself since I have this story to work on. Anyways, we'll probably slip in more drabbles like this throughout the story, depending on how much you like it.

So review and tell us if you like it!

Response to anons:

1D- Thanks for reviewing! I hope this helped. It wasn't really a cliff-hanger, I just wanted to separate that story from this memory.

PenguinLoverGurl- You should make an account! DO IT! XD No, the reference isn't always A:TLA. It was a line from the Lion King, I think. Puck will have a few more adventures with Jake before returning to New York (City ;D). Anyways, thanks bunches for reviewing! General Iroh II is my favorite new character. I may or may not ship him with everyone ^^ Him and Korra, him and Asami. . .just like I shipped Zuko with everyone XD