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There was a loud thud as Erin closed the door and walked back into her bedroom, throwing herself and her bag onto the bed. "Shit, shit, shit." She mumbled under her breath, she hadn't expected this to happen. Erin considered herself lucky that a family emergency had broken up that conversation. She could see that this merely delayed the rest of the conversation, allowing her an opportunity to think of an excuse. It wasn't going to be much use to lie to her mother, as proved before, and she would have to face the rest of the family at some point. It was highly likely that Emma and Neal weren't going to leave her alone, especially right now. Her stomach was doing flips, but she chose to ignore it, whether it was due to the young woman's nerves or her pregnancy, or a combination of the two, Erin had no idea. She could hear her parents talking out in the living room, and trying to block out the sound, she covered her face with a pillow.
After what felt like half an hour, which was actually less than five minutes, the chatter had died down and there was a knock on the bedroom door. "Erin, where's the bug?" Neal asked.
"It's in the driveway Daddy." Erin replied in a baby voice, trying to get him to leave her alone with her thoughts.
Neal chuckled and opened the door. "Come on." He sighed, sitting next to her. "We need to go to Henry's."
Erin raised her eyebrows. "Why do I need to go?"
"Mum and I say so." He replied, kissing her forehead. "Get out from under the pillow."
Erin moved her head out from the underside of her pillow. "Can I stay at Granny's instead?"
"You love going to Henry's, and everyone else is there." He told her gently. "So the answer is no."
"But Dad-" "Emma said." He sighed, standing up. "Your like three hundred and fifty years old Dad, and Mum's like, forty five. Doesn't age count?" She smirked.
Neal shook his head. "Nice try kid."
"Careful, you're starting to sound like Mom." She smirked slightly, smiling properly for the first time in ages.
Neal playfully punched Erin's shoulder. "There are worse people to sound like." He rolled his eyes playfully. "We're leaving in a minute."
Erin could feel her eyes rolling in the back of her head. "Fine." She sighed, standing up slowly, and hanging her head in pretend shame, before slowly shuffling her way to the front door, scuffing her shoes as she went.
Eventually Emma came to the front door, wearing her red leather jacket, and doing something on her phone, what it was unknown, however it was unlikely to be a game, by the rhythm of her tapping fingers. Soon enough the three were in the yellow bug, that symbolised so much. It was the place where her parents had met, and begun their lives together. It was one of the only things her mother had kept during their separation before Henry had come to Boston to find Emma, before she knew about the curse and broke it. When Henry was eighteen and Erin was about five, he had stolen the keys and took Grace out to the line to watch the stars. What was truly amusing was both Jefferson's reaction and the reactions of the rest of the family. It took the town three hours to find the young couple staring up into the starry sky. The drive was awkward as Erin sat in the back of the yellow car, anxiously waiting for someone to try to interrogate her or to trick her into continuing the conversation from earlier that morning, but it never came.
After the immensely quiet car trip, which felt longer than it probably was in reality due to the severe awkwardness between the members of the family, Neal drove into Henry's street, where there were a few cars already there. Erin quickly got out of the car, slamming the door and running into her older brother's house, so that her mother didn't pull her aside. Erin arranged her face into a flustered look, and messed her hair up a little before hugging Henry. "Sorry about the other day…" She mumbled before going to play with Gabriella on the floor. Erin completely ignored the looks she got from the rest of the family as she sat on the floor, and talked through one of Gabriella's teddy bears, trying to entertain her. Gabriella giggled quietly, and tried to grab the teddy bear out of Erin's hands, yet failed, instead grabbing her aunt's light chocolate brown coloured hair. Erin laughed, and picked her niece up gently. "Hi. You're adorable Gabby, you know that?" She asked rhetorically, knowing Gabriella couldn't respond to her properly. "Auntie Erin loves you very much." She whispered, kissing her forehead.
Meanwhile the adults where discussing what had gone on, and what had been taken. "Mom, it was just some toys, a mirror and then they stole the book." Henry clarified, kissing Daniel's forehead.
"The book? As in the book? Your book?" Regina asked, leaning against Robin.
Henry nodded in clarification. "That'd be the book. With everyone's stories in it." He nodded, as Grace gently squeezed his hand.
"There's a book?" Nicole asked. "Actually there's Erin, bye." She said quickly, moving to join Erin on the floor.
"Yeah, I'm going to join them…" Jade said awkwardly, going to join the other family members about her age.
Emma sighed. "Do you two have any idea who would've taken it?"
David interrupted before Henry could even open his mouth to answer. "Spencer. King George."
"I should've killed him when I had the chance…" Rumple muttered.
"Rumple." Belle scorned lightly, nudging his elbow. "Not now."
"But Belle-" Rumple started
"No buts." Belle replied, before pointing her focus back to the group. Neal stopped himself from laughing at his father and his step-mother's antics.
"Why are you so sure it's him?" He asked.
David looked back at Neal. "Because he's done stuff like this before. He destroyed Jefferson's hat and killed a man in cold blood so that Ruby would get the blame." He pointed out.
"I'll look into it." Emma said, before anyone had the chance to say anything first. "Anyone else?"
"Look at my father." Belle muttered, noticing her husband's grip on his cane and her tighten.
"What? Why?" Snow asked, before looking at David, who quickly shook his head. "Never mind."
As the adults continued to discuss the issue, Erin continued to play with Gabriella on the floor, Jade and Nicole sat next to them and laughed. "Why are you so happy?" Jade asked, raising her eyebrows.
"Yeah." Nicole asked in agreement, a smile gracing her gentle face.
Erin shook her head, and made silly faces at her niece. "Just am, I guess." She shrugged.
"Does this have anything at all with Mr. Will Boyd?" Nicole asked, smirking.
"No, not really." Erin replied, rolling her eyes.
"It so does!" Jade giggled and nudged her half-niece. "What did he do?" Nicole asked, raising her eyebrows suggestively.
Erin rolled her eyes again. "Nothing. Why do you think that me being happy has anything to do with what my boyfriend may or may not have done?"
"So he did do something then." Jade grinned.
"You two had sex this morning didn't you? That's why your hair is all messy and you were out." Nicole insinuated.
"No, we were not having sex this morning. My parents don't even know that I have a boyfriend." Erin replied, still playing with Gabriella.
"But you were with him." Jade pressed, laughing about how much she could get out of her.
"There was no doubt that she was with him." Nicole agreed. "Where were you, and what were you doing if you weren't doing you-know-what?"
"We were talking Nicole…" Erin sighed. "About?" Jade pressed, raising her eyebrows. "Stuff, you idiots." Erin replied, hugging Gabriella close.
"What, it's not as if you're pregnant or anything." Nicole stated, joking.
Jade's eyes widened as she realised. "You're dead, and he's dead. You know that right?"
Erin bit her lip. "It's not that obvious is it?" She asked. "Yeah, I know I'm going to die, and he's going to be killed by Dad, Grandpa, Grandad, Dr. Whale, Henry and his own parents, not to mention Mom and everyone else."
Nicole continued to look at Erin, confused for a moment, before her eyes widened in realisation. "You're having a baby?" She asked in confirmation, looking disapproving.
Erin nodded and rolled her eyes. "You look almost like Grandma when you do that…" She mumbled, turning her attention back to Gabriella.
Nicole was about to yell it out, before Jade covered her mouth and sat on top of Nicole. "Mum knows doesn't she?" She asked, with a hint of her mother's accent coming through.
Erin just nodded, and watched as her niece went to sleep on her shoulder. "Yeah, she found out a week or so ago." She replied, avoiding eye contact as much as possible.
"You should've told me first…" Jade mumbled, nodding. "Papa's going to go nuts." She commented, smiling slightly at Erin and Gabriella. "You're good with her."
It then went immensely quiet, as Jade continued to sit on Nicole to make sure that she didn't say anything. Gabriella was asleep on Erin's shoulder, still holding onto one of her aunt's curls. Emma, Neal, Rumplestiltskin, Henry, David, Regina, Robin and Snow had all left to go and find King George, and to the station leaving everyone at the house. After several hours, all the possessions had been returned safely, and King George had been placed in the asylum under the hospital, which was somewhere everyone was sure he couldn't harm anyone else, without killing him and keeping him solitary. When it had been dealt with, everyone left in dribs and drabs. Emma, Neal and Erin were the last to leave, and a family dinner had been organised the next week. The sixteen year old had been hesitant to give the infant back to her mother, but did so reluctantly, keeping her asleep, prior to leaving, and resuming the awkward silence of the car trip.
A/N: What did you think of the Season 3B start? I loved it. I planned to get this up before that happened, but life got in the way. I'm sorry. Thank you for all your support though. Thank you for reading too! It's 11:21pm at night so, I should sleep because I have to get up in the morning. Tell me what you think, any suggestions are greatly appreciated, as are questions and queries.