A/N This is the episode where I could follow transcripts again so it's going to follow the story line again (somewhat).

As Tessa walked into Granny's Diner, she was met with a hug from Ruby.

"I'm so glad you're back!"

"It's good to be back. Look, Rue, I'm going to be out of town for a while." Tessa told her. Ruby just stared blankly at her.

"What? Why?"

"Because I need to figure stuff out. I'll come back soon… just I won't be here for a while." She explained.

"That sucks." Ruby told her simply. Tessa laughed.

"I'll be back sooner or later. See ya around." She hugged Ruby quickly before turning and leaving the Diner again.

She walked into the Sheriff's station and stopped dead when she saw Emma taking mug shots of Mary Margaret.

"Why?" She asked, putting the box of doughnuts she'd brought on the desk behind Emma.

"This is a mistake!" Mary Margaret told her.

"I didn't kill Kathryn." She added to Emma.

"Wow… And here I thought you'd stolen an apple." Tessa mumbled, joking with herself. Both women ignored her.

"This is crazy. I would never hurt anyone!"

"I have to keep my job before I can help you, Mary Margaret." Emma reminded her. Tessa slapped something into Emma's hand and she stopped talking to look down at it.

"This is the key to the filing cabinet."

"Yeah. I can't intern here anymore because I'm leaving town. I brought you a bear claw!" She announced, holding up the doughnut box. Emma took it and put it down on the desk again.

"You're leaving town?" She and Mary Margaret asked at the same time.

"Yeah."

"You don't have a car." Mary Margaret pointed out.

"Or money."

"To answer Mary Margaret: it's more of a walk-and-hitch-hike kinda plan. And to answer Emma: for your information, I have saved up quite a lot." She informed them.

"Why?" They asked in unison.

"I need to sort things out. Out of town. Bear claw." Tessa tried to bring their attention back to the doughnut box.

"Well… Okay… What about Henry?" Emma asked her. She glanced at the doughnut box and then finally took the bear claw from it. Tessa smirked before answering her question.

"It's not like I'm bringing the kid with me. He'll be fine here. He'll probably jump at the chance to have my room and all my cool stuff."

"You're not bringing anything?" They asked her. She rolled her eyes.

"I'm bringing the essentials! Clean underwear, laptop, Doritos…."

"Well, when you need a ride back home because you're out of Doritos, call me." Emma told her. She turned to Mary Margaret and motioned towards the cell.

"Sorry, but…" Mary Margaret nodded and went into the cell. Emma shut and locked the door behind her and then went to put the keys Tessa had given her back. Tessa looked through the doughnuts and then picked up a doughnut with pink frosting. She slipped it through the bars to Mary Margaret.

"Thanks." She mumbled, nibbling at the edges.

"Anytime. See you around… Or not. Since you're locked up for murder and I'm leaving town." Tessa added as an afterthought.

"Thanks." Mary Margaret told her sarcastically. Tessa headed for the door.

"Bye, Emma!" There was a muffled 'call me' from the office. Tessa rolled her eyes and left.

Romania and Sebastian met her inside the house. She kneeled down to pet them.

"You guys are making leaving harder than it should be." She muttered. She straightened up and went up to her bedroom. She pulled a duffel bag out of her closet and packed it with clothes. Then she went back into the room itself and grabbed her laptop from her desk. Once that and a bag of Doritos were packing on top of the clothes on the bag, she zipped it up and shouldered it. She turned back to Sebastian, Romania and Chess, who were all watching her from the other side of the room.

"I'll be back guys." She assured them. She went past them and into the kitchen. She scribbled out a little note by the phone for Regina and Henry.

Going away. Probably won't be back for a while. Don't panic. Or panic, if that's what makes you feel better. –Tessa

Tessa made it to the edge of town by sundown. She dropped her bag on the side of the road and then took a deliberate step out of the town limit. This time, no certain memory stuck with her. Images, faces and voices hit her over and over. She tried to pick one out, but it didn't work this time. After what seemed like forever of just getting fuzzy pieces of memories, one finally did stick.

She was really tired of being in a box, no matter how comfortable the felt was. As she was lying on the floor of the box, contemplating any miserable escape plan she could come up with, she felt the box being picked up and carried. She was slammed against the wall. She held onto the folds of felt to keep herself secure in the corner. When the box finally wasn't moving anymore, the lid opened. Sunlight blinded her, but she could make out a tiny piece of magic mushroom being offered to her.

When she slowly returned to consciousness, she felt herself moving, being carried by someone. She looked up at the now-familiar man carrying her. She could only whisper one word before drifting into unconscious again:

"Jefferson."