Chapter seven

"You cannot be serious!" Charming shouted.

"David calm down," Snow laughed.

"You expect me to just accept them together?"

"Where was this attitude earlier?" his wife asked as she continued making coffee.

"Believe me, it was there, it was just too angry to get out," he grumbled.

"Angry about what? That your daughter is actually happy, or that your grandson has a parenting unit?"

"How long have you been thinking about this?" Charming asked with narrowed eyes.

Snow tilted her head with a small smile, "clearly I wasn't as oblivious as you were."

"So you've known and neglected to tell me," he asked accusatorily.

"No, I had a...feeling that there was something going on. And this is why I didn't tell you," she laughed in reply.

"Well that is just not fair," he pouted.

"Why?"

"You've had time to come to terms with it," David replied while dropping his head into his hand.

"Well just don't take too long," she chuckled as she placed the coffee in front of him, "and I suggest you continue pretending until then."

Charming nodded with a grimace.

David inspected the woman who seemed to be pretending to be asleep. Though he couldn't know for sure, he was pretty certain that something must have happened while he had gone to get lunch.

He knew that he wasn't actually allowed to leave the station alone unless he got an emergency call, but he couldn't stand the deafening silence anymore.

He could admit that he and Regina were probably never going to be best friends, but they had been getting along. David didn't know when, but at some point his fake acceptance had turned into to real acceptance. Probably around the tenth time she saved Emma's life, he thought with an internal chuckle.

"I know you're awake," he sighed after a few moments.

"So?" Regina mumbled against her pillow. The queen had actually been trying to go to sleep since Henry left, so that she could shut up the voice, he will never be your real son, but all she had been doing lately was sleeping and at the moment it was being very elusive.

"You know you shouldn't give up, right?" David tried.

Regina sighed, and sat up.

David took in a deep breath when she finally made eye contact.

"Your eyes..." he began.

Regina rolled her golden eyes, she had been able to feel the darkness seeping deeper into her being, frankly she was surprised that it had taken this long to change her appearance.

"You have met Rumplestiltiskin, haven't you?"

"But...we're in Storybrooke..."

"I don't have the energy to explain magical metamorphosis to you," she sighed as she lay back down. Even though the simple answer was that Gold's changed appearance was a result of the dark curse, so she didn't have the luxury of looking 'normal', she did just love making David feel like a moron.

David let out a sigh, mostly because he had a feeling that this meant that the darkness was getting stronger.

It will be fine, he continued repeating in his mind, though with each passing moment this mantra becoming less and less believable

The door opened and a nurse presented the witch with one of her daily meals.

Zelena took a calming breath. She had been in this 'institute' for over a year, and with each day she could feel her rage burn brighter. The Wicked Witch had spent each day planning scenarios under which she could make her sister miserable, and the other day she had heard something that had strengthened her resolve.

Two nurses had been discussing the rumour that the saviour was going to propose to the mayor, and this was something that Zelena was sure that Regina didn't deserve. Why should she be happy? She had thought bitterly.

Now there was just the issue of getting out of this wretched place.

From under her mattress, she produced a sharpened piece of plastic that she had made out of a plastic knife that she had managed to take unnoticed. As soon as the nurse made to hand her the meal, she lunged forward and sank it into her shoulder. The woman let out a small cry of shock and pain, her hesitation giving Zelena a chance to run.

Over the last few weeks she had begun to notice the magical restraints weaken, she was sure that her dearest sister had become complacent in her magical responsibilities to this place. So now she took the opportunity to run straight through the magical barriers that surrounded this floor of the hospital, with the staff busy with handing out meals, she just about managed to slip away before an alarm could be raised.

Well that was easy she thought giddily.

An hour later the Wicked Witch entered her sister's vault.

She felt a spark of anger as she inspected all of the things that should have been hers, but she simply tried to push this feeling aside.

Closing her eyes, she allowed her limited natural magic to lead her to what she was looking for. In a few moments she felt herself being drawn to a jewellery box on one of the many cupboards.

Smiling she made her way over to it.

Not even locked? She thought as she pulled out the green pendant that Regina had stolen from her after her defeat.

"Someone's has been raised to be very foolish," she laughed as she inspected her precious necklace.

Clasping it around her neck, she felt her power return to her in a refreshing wave.

It was then that the thought occurred to her that this had all been just too easy. She had expected there to be a barrier upon the vault, but she had been able to walk straight in. She also managed to leave the hospital without a second glance from a single person.

Everyone in the town just seemed too preoccupied with something, are they in crisis again? She wondered. Smiling she realised that this would probably only make it easier for her to achieve her goal.

A/N Sorry for not updating yesterday, I was far too tired haha

Hope this chapter makes up for it though :)

Would love to hear what you guys think :D