Hey all! I am extremely and unendingly sorry for vanishing. I can only say that I've had a really tough past few months, and that writing was really not an option for me. However, I am adjusting to the changes, and an awesome reviewer named gallaghergrl reminded me of the people I've been neglecting lately.

So, this chapter is dedicated to gallaghergrl for bringing me back to fanfiction, and I hope everyone enjoys!

Disclaimer: I do not own Sisters Grimm, much to my unending sadness. I do, however, own some of the books and a lot of wonderful post-it notes that have my story ideas on them.

I'd like to thank libaka, who has supported me in any way she can during these past few months, and who has read my writing every time I ask. You're the bestest!

As usual, this will be slightly AU, because I really disagree with the way Buckley made Sabrina hostile to Red. I think that with Red being sane, Sabrina would've warmed up to her and Red in return.

Chapter 30: What

Sabrina looked around the camp, watching Everafters moving supplies and rebuilding parts of the fort. She glanced back at her parents, newly awakened. She supposed she was happy that they were awake, but they weren't really the parents she remembered. And they didn't swoop in and fix everything, there were still so many problems. The blonde girl sighed and tossed her hair over her shoulder, then lifted the water bucket and continued on her way to the infirmary. The nurse had asked for her to bring some water over to boil bandages, and Sabrina was glad for any excuse to get away from her squabbling parents. Red was currently hiding in the Hall of Mirrors, quietly playing with the toys Sabrina had scrounged up. Daphne wasn't helping much, since she was angry that her dad would want to escape the danger. Sabrina understood Henry's point of view, since sometimes she desperately wanted to flee Ferryport Landing and find somewhere safe from magic and the Scarlet Hand. But she knew that, despite what she may have wished, her fate was tied to this town and its inhabitants. Even the smelly ones, Sabrina admitted, grimacing as a particularly pungent Puck landed near her.

"Hey Ugly, what're you doing?"

"Carrying water." Sabrina stated simply as she sped up towards the infirmary. Puck disliked the infirmary because the nurse insisted that he keep his wings closed and away from her breakable medicines.

As Sabrina expected, the boy balked, and snorting at her, turned into a horse and galloped away. She rolled her eyes, and started to ease through the tent flaps and into the infirmary, when a voice brought her up short.

"What do you mean, I should explain? I don't have to explain anything to Billy, I'm allowed to have my own mind!"

Sabrina leaned closer to the flap and heard Briar Rose answer Snow White. "But Snow, he did change sides."

"That's not the point! I'm an independent woman and I need space to figure things out right now, okay?" Snow's voice rose, and nearly cracked at the end of her sentence.

Sabrina gripped the water tighter. So what if Snow was shaken because she got caught by Bluebeard? Charming was only trying to help her right now, she didn't have to be so cold to him. Sabrina bit her lip as the nurse answered.

"Now Ms. White, I do understand your point of view-" The woman was cut off by Snow.

"It doesn't matter. Billy has so much on his plate right now, he probably isn't even thinking about me. He doesn't need a relationship with me, he's fine. And I don't need a knight in shining armor to protect me, Billy needs to understand that. I can't trust him to let me be the woman I can be, and I can't rely on him."

A sharp breath behind her had Sabrina turning as quietly as she could to see Charming. He was staring past her into the tent, clearly having heard Snow. Sabrina's eyes narrowed when she saw how white and drawn he suddenly looked. Snow's words and rejection of him had a larger effect than anyone ever got to see, and Sabrina felt a sudden stab of sympathy for the man she normally strongly disliked.

Without questioning her judgment, Sabrina turned and marched into the infirmary, causing Charming to jump. She set the bucket down with a thump, staring angrily at Snow White.

The dark-haired woman blinked back at her. "Oh, Sabrina, are you alright? What happened?" Snow asked, surprised at the venom in Sabrina's eyes. Had Puck done something again?
"What happened? What happened?!" Sabrina shoved the bucket towards the nurse, who moved it carefully, watching the twelve-year-old in awe. She wasn't sure she'd ever seen anyone so angry before.

Sabrina ground out her words. "Do you have any idea what you're saying? Is there anything in the pretty head of yours that gets what you're doing?"

Snow sat up straight, her lips pursed. "What are you talking about?"

Sabrina clenched her hands. "What I'm saying is that you are hurting someone! Don't you get it?! He loves you! He would do anything for you! And you're throwing that away? What's wrong with you! You're going on and on about how you can't trust Charming, you can't be with him because you need to be strong! You want to know what I think?"

The blonde-haired girl pointed at Snow, who leaned back, startled. Briar steadied her, watching Sabrina. The girl continued. "I think it's YOU who's the problem! Not him! He gave up EVERYTHING for you! Three times! Do you want me to count? FIRST, he threw the election in order to defend you against Nottingham. He lost everything he's worked for in order to help you! SECOND, he turned to the Scarlet Hand because he thought it might save your life! He did the wrong thing because he would rather you hate him forever than be dead!"

Sabrina took a breath, glaring at Snow, who was paler than usual and her eyes were shining with tears. "And LAST, he threw that all away again, because while he might be safe among the Scarlet Hand, you were still in danger. You would have been harmed, and he would rather be stuck in the middle of the woods with you than live in a palace without you."

A stunned tear dripped from Snow's eye and landed on the table, and she gulped when Sabrina took another breath and spoke again. "And you know what bothers me the most? You go on and on about how you don't need anyone, and yet you're the one who broke up with him. He didn't break your heart! If you had said that you wanted time, time to figure out who you are and what you believe in, I am dead sure that he would have waited an eternity for you.

You are so unbelievably lucky, and you have no idea." Sabrina stepped back, tears rising in her eyes as well. "And you know what? I pity you. Because some day you're going to lose him forever, and you're going to realize you could've had him. He's going to leave, or stop waiting, or die, and you'll never have told him that he was enough. You're going to realize that you don't NEED to be able to save yourself all the time, and that it's okay to lean on someone, and then you're never going to be able to do that. You say that Charming is childish, and immature, but who's the one who's childish here?"

Sabrina turned on her heel and pulled the flap open, pausing when she saw Charming, still standing there, looking at her like he'd never quite seen her before, and Puck just behind him. The fairy jumped when the girl looked at him, but stared after her when she fled.

Puck turned to the others. The nurse and Briar, hands over their mouths, alternating between glancing at Snow, who sat silently crying, and Sabrina's retreating back. He mouthed words for a second, trying to find the right words to say, then rasped out,

"What was that?"

Charming swallowed, looked away from Snow, who had looked up at him, eyes streaming guilty tears, and rested a hand on Puck's shoulder. "That," he said softly, "That was a woman."

That seemed so much longer on my computer.........Oh well!

I hope you liked it, and any critiques or reviews are welcome. I can't promise that I will update within the week or even the month, but I will promise that Moments in Time is not going to be forgotten, and that I will try to update it whenever I can, because I haven't actually written all of the chapters yet, so each one is freshly written.

Thank you all for your support, and have a great day!

Tam