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Outside the diner Zelena ran after her big brother. As soon as she had caught up with him she grabbed his arm and yanked. He turned around and glared at her.
"What?!" He snarled. If looks could kill Zelena would only be tiny tile of ash on the pavement.
"What was that all about? You don't know me at all! Why do you judge me? What the heck did I ever do to you?" Zelena screamed angrily. It took her an immense amount of self-control not to hurl a spell at the man in front of her.
"Why should I want to get to know you?" He quickly returned and attempted to turn around and leave. But it was obvious that Zelena would not let that happen.
"Maybe because I am your little sister? If you don't want to get to know me, alright, but at least give me a proper reason for that because you have no reason to be angry at me! I did not hurt you in any way! What is your problem?" Zelena hissed angrily. She was oblivious to the fact that their fight attracted a lot of attention and the people around them glanced at them with a mixture of curiosity and fear.
"You want to know what my problem is? I'll tell you! My problem is that it is all nice for you but for me it is not! My father was busy all week while I was trying to contact him because I really needed someone to talk to. Now I find out that he's obviously spent all week with you! He replaced me! And now you want me to welcome you with open arms after you've taken away my father!" He screamed back and Zelena actually took a step back when Neal came closer and closer until their faces were only centimeters apart. For a minute both of them were quite. Neal's confession made quite a lot of things clear to Zelena. After all she was more than familiar with feeling jealous and being envious. Not for a second Zelena had thought about the fact that someone could be jealous of her. Her of all people. But now after having thought about this it made sense. Rumpelstiltskin had accepted her and additionally his father role quite quickly, an obvious sign for the change he'd been through. She was sure that growing up with the Dark One as a father was not easy and when Rumpel had chosen power over family it must be the same feeling as being abandoned. So although Rumpel had made Regina enact the Dark Curse and waited for 28 year only to find his son it was understandable that he was afraid of being replaced once more.
"You're jealous of me? Neal, there is nothing to be jealous about! I won't take your father away from you, you have my word." Zelena said with a calm voice.
"Your word means nothing to me, why should I believe you?" Neal retorted and took a step back.
"You should believe me because I know how you feel. After I was born my mother abandoned me and sent me to OZ where I was adopted. My adoptive mother died when I was still quite young leaving me with my father. He never trusted me after he found out that I was gifted with magic. I wasn't able to control it and he hid me away. When I found out that he actually didn't want me I left. I found out about my real family, my mother Cora and my sister Regina. You cannot imagine how jealous I was. The only thing I saw was how my mother seemed to support her and what my little sister achieved. I literally turned green of envy. But now here in this realm I found out that my sister's life was not as great as I'd always imagined. Quite the contrary actually. And I think it's the same with the two of us here. I suggest we get to know each other and our stories and if you then decide you still don't like me I'll accept that, okay?"
Neal looked at her in surprise. He totally wasn't expecting this turn of events. Zelena had opened up to him although she hardly knew him. She seemed to be honest.
"Uhm, yeah…that sounds okay, I guess."
"Would you like to come over for dinner tonight? If you want I can ask my sister and mother to have dinner at Granny's or something. " Zelena suggested.
"I think it would be a good idea for all of us to have dinner together like you, me, your mother and sister, our dad and Henry. What do you think?" He asked and Zelena smiled at him. He truly seemed to like her proposal.
"Yes, I think that sounds great. Do you want to come back inside with me and eat with us?"
"No, thank you. I did not lie when I said I was having breakfast with Henry. But I look forward to dinner tonight." Neal said. Zelena nodded friendly and was just about to turn around when Neal stopped her.
"Wait, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry. Thank you for, you know, not letting me destroy things between us before it even started."
"You are welcome. After all, my sister did the same for me. It is only fair that I do the same for you." Zelena answered. Then she walked back into the diner and Neal went back to his son. He truly was looking forward to dinner.
Inside the diner Zelena sat down on her spot next to her sister and started eating again. Of course she noticed her family's questioning glances but she decided to tantalize them a bit longer.
"So did you have a good talk?" Her father asked after a minute of silence. Zelena nodded.
"Yes, and he's coming over for dinner tonight. He wants to have dinner with all of us including you Rumpel, Cora, Regina and also Henry."
"Can we invite Emma as well?" Regina asked tentatively. Zelena nodded approvingly.
"That sounds great, honey" Cora said and placed a kiss on Zelena's forehead.
The next chapter will be the last one of this story. But I am not opposed to write one-shots if there is anything you wanted to see in the story but that's missing. Just contact me ;)