Snow helped a few of the men pick up the leftover debris of what was her home. Everybody offered to help out because without their King and Queen leading them, this wouldn't truly be home. Charming had offered to help rebuild their homes first, but everybody denied the offer and started to pick up debris.
Snow wiped her brow with the back of her hand, "I'm going to take a break, boys." They all nodded in response. Snow walked over and sat down next to her daughter who looked exhausted and confused at the same time. "Emma," Snow smiled at the name, "how are you feeling?"
Emma looked over at Snow and gave a small smile, "I'm fine, really." Emma looked over at Henry who was happily standing next to Charming while Charming was bent over looking at a sketch of the future castle; he seemed to like it here. Snow didn't believe her daughter, but decided not to push it right now.
"I know it doesn't look like much right now, but this place" Snow motioned to the empty space that a castle should be, "will be beautiful." Emma looked up again at the space that a castle was supposed to be wondering how she could call this her home. How was she supposed to be a princess, a daughter, and a mother to her son? She was becoming very uncomfortable and normally she would just run, but she had a family to consider now.
Snow grabbed her hands and gave it a squeeze, "What are you thinking?" She was always curious about Emma even though her daughter barely budged when it came to her personal thoughts.
Emma continued to look at the empty space, but spoke quietly, "Just trying to find my place."
"Emma, honey," Snow paused trying to compose herself as her daughter's eyes met hers, "You belong here with Charming, Henry and I. You are my daughter and I don't want you to ever think that you don't belong." Emma looked at her mother before looking back at the people working. She leaned into Snow making Snow's smile grow and Snow wrapped her arms around Emma.
Charming was analyzing the blue print of what was supposed to be his family's new home. He smiled at Grumpy, "This will be perfect. What do you think, Henry?" He looked over at his grandson who just smiled and walked up to take a look at the blue print.
"Are we going to live here?!" Henry asked, getting excited. Charming nodded with a smile. "I actually get to live in a castle!" Henry's voice got louder the more excited he got. Charming chuckled at the boy's clear excitement. By the end of this week, they would have their home with the family they were supposed to have before the curse broke.
Charming turned to the workers, "Why don't we all take a break? You guys have been working hard!" The workers looked at him and smiled graciously as they all took a seat and found some water. From the corner of his eye, David saw his wife and daughter. He looked over and caught Snow's eye, which made him smile like a schoolboy who had just been caught staring at the girl he liked. He could tell she was happy and that Emma was still adjusting to the whole situation at hand.
Henry ran over to his mom and Emma sat up and hugged him. "Mom, we get to live in an actual castle! How cool is that?"
Emma smiled at her son, "Pretty cool, kid. How about we go for a walk, so that we don't get in the way?"
"Okay!" Henry smiled, clearly enjoying himself. Emma looked over at Snow for reassurance on the whole walk idea.
Snow nodded, "Go ahead. I'm going to check up on the dwarves and your da-Charming." She quickly fixed patting Emma on the shoulder with a smile as she got up and walked over to Charming. Emma watched her mom and dad interact, but Henry quickly became her main focus as she put her arm around him and started to walk away.