Chapter 12: What happened to Frederick/Dreamy
Rose and Mary-Margaret were watching Emma talk with the stranger, while they sipped their drinks. Once Emma came in and sat down, both women asked about the mystery man. Emma said that she didn't know who he was yet. Mary-Margaret guessed that Emma would find out about the man soon. Emma didn't want the attention on herself, so she turned to Rose.
"You should ask Rose about him." Said woman looked surprised. "Henry told me that you know him."
At that, both Emma and Mary-Margaret looked at her expectantly.
"I met him once, around 10 years ago." She said without giving it much thought. "I still doubt that he remembers me. After all, 10 years is a long time, and I was a teenager then. I have changed."
"No one could forget you." Laughed Emma. "But, you called us to come here to talk. What about?" She said turning her attention to Mary-Margaret.
She whispered how she lied about staying away from David. Rose already knew, but from the look on Emma's face, the blond knew too. And she said so. Mary-Margaret was confused as she had been very discreet. At that Rose whispered a ʽyeah, rightʼ, and Mary-Margaret glared at her.
"Two teacups in the sink, new perfume, late nights, plunging necklines." At that, Rose snorted and tried to cover it with a cough. "It was not hard to connect the dots."
Mary-Margaret looked at her own neckline and frowned. Emma said that she was not her mother, and therefore couldn't reprimand her. Mary-Margaret told her two friends how David was going to tell Kathryn everything.
"Then you just have to wait and see how it turns out." Said Rose with a soft smile.
Later that day, Mary-Margaret and Rose were at School, when the first got a phone call. From the side of the conversation that Rose could hear, it seemed like David had finally told Kathryn about his relationship with Mary-Margaret.
Shortly after she hanged up the phone, Kathryn stormed into the hallway, almost knocking over the gym teacher. Once she was in front of Mary-Margaret, she slapped her across the face. Mary-Margaret tried to defend herself but Kathryn was having none of it. She was angry at them for lying and it was then that Mary-Margaret realized that David hadn't told Kathryn about them.
"Well, then he lied to you too. Good luck making it work. You two deserve each other." Kathryn said in hatred and left.
Rose had a frown on her face and looked at her friend in concern. Mary-Margaret saw the look on her face and shook her head.
"I know what you are going to say." She said defeated.
"I earned the right, but I won't say it." Then she became angry. "What I'm going to say is: David is dead when I get my hands on him."
Mary-Margaret shook her head.
"Not if I get him first."
Rose sighed and looked around. Everyone had seen what had happened.
"Well, let the lynching begin."
Rose and Mary-Margaret were walking down the street. They saw two women look at them and avoid them. Rose sighed and Mary-Margaret frowned. When they turned the corner, Mary-Margaret bumped into Granny. The older woman glared at the brunette.
"You should be ashamed of yourself."
After that, they reached Mary-Margaret's car with ʽtrampʼ written on it with red spray. David was trying to clean it. Rose had a frown on her face and was about to march to give a piece of her mind to the man, when Mary-Margaret stopped her.
"I got this." She told her.
Mary-Margaret asked her to wait there, while she went to talk to David. They started talking and Rose could see that it wasn't going well. Once she saw David leave with a defeated expression, she approached her crying friend.
Mary-Margaret told her how she ended it with David. What they felt for each other couldn't be love, love wasn't destructive. Rose sighed and looked at her friend.
"M&M, there's something that I learned in life." She said grabbing the woman's attention. "Friendship brings out the best in us, but love… love brings out the worst. I'm not defending him, but listen to what I say. David loves you, and in some way he loves Kathryn too, that's why he didn't want either of you to be hurt. That made him take the wrong choice, the selfish choice."
Mary-Margaret looked at the redhead with a frown.
"To keep the one we love can turn us selfish. To lose the one we love makes us desperate. To get it back, to forget it or even avenge it." Rose finished her little speech with a frown and a concerned look on her face.
Mary-Margaret nodded. She told Rose that she was going home. Rose nodded.
"I'll meet you there. There is something I have to do first." She said looking at her friend's car.
Later that day, Rose and Mary-Margaret sat on the couch with a tub of ice cream, when Emma got home. Emma asked if they wanted to talk about whatever happened, but Mary-Margaret said no.
Emma grabbed a spoon, joined them on the couch, took a bit of ice cream and told them how she had found Henry's book. Rose grinned and said that she was happy for the kid, but Mary-Margaret just managed a small smile.
"By the way, you wouldn't happen to know anything about who keyed the Mayor's car with the word 'bitch', would you?" Emma asked.
At that Mary-Margaret raised her head and turned to Rose with wide eyes. Rose just shrugged her shoulders and took some ice cream.
"Rose?" Asked Emma with a raised eyebrow.
"You can't prove anything." Rose said pointing her spoon at Emma.
They spent the rest of the night eating ice cream and watching cartoons. Nothing better to get your mind off of a broken heart.
Rose was at Granny's having breakfast with Emma, when Mary-Margaret came in to speak about Miners Day. She was trying to get people to volunteer to sell candles for the nuns. Everyone just ignored her and went back to what they were doing.
Leroy stood up and approached her. She asked if he wanted to join her, but he just said he wanted to get out, and she was on the way. Mary-Margaret still asked if he wanted to volunteer.
"Oh yeah, right. Quite a team we'd make. Town harlot, town drunk. The only person in this town people like less than me is you. If you're coming to me, you're screwed." He said with a snarl on his face.
He was going to leave, but at that moment Rose slammed her hands on the table and stood up. Everyone turned to look at her. She went to stand beside Mary-Margaret and glared at everyone in the diner.
"I'm disgusted by how everyone is treating Mary-Margaret. She might have been involved with a married man, but she wasn't the only one in that relationship. I don't see you shunning David or giving him looks or commenting behind his back." She said with a furious look on her face.
"No, of course not. Because, the only one at fault is her. Right? He was completely innocent. I'm disgusted that in this age we still consider a cheating woman a whore and a cheating man a stud." She kept going on. "Neither of them were doing the right thing, but you decided to ostracize only one of them. You are just a bunch of hypocrites!" She yelled the last part signaling to everyone in the diner.
She turned to Mary-Margaret and told her that they were leaving. Leroy was about to say something but shut up when Rose shot him a glare. For the first time, Leroy didn't have a comment, just said a quick ʽsorry, ma'amʼ and left.
Once outside, Mary-Margaret thanked Rose with a small smile.
"Thank you for defending me. It seems that you and Emma are the only ones that will talk to me."
Emma joined them and asked about Miners Day. Mary-Margaret told her two friends about the celebration and how everyone loved it. Emma commented about how people didn't seem too into it. Mary-Margaret sighed.
"It's not miners day- it's me. Last week I had 10 volunteers. This week they all dropped out."
Emma tried to convince Mary-Margaret that she had just made a mistake. She had agreed with Rose's speech and told her that she didn't need to do charity work to win people back. But the brunette wasn't having it. She believed she had to do something to get her life back on track.
Emma got a call from the office and left. Rose looked at Mary-Margaret with a soft smile.
"I'll help you with the candles. How hard can it be?"
Mary-Margaret laughed a little.
"After that speech you just gave, people are going to be too scared to buy a candle from you."
Rose grinned.
"Maybe they will be so afraid of me, that they will buy one just so I won't yell at them again."
The two friends laughed at Rose's comment.
Mary-Margaret and Rose were in a classroom making inventory of the candles, when Leroy came in asking to sign up as a volunteer. Rose glared at him and he flinched. Mary-Margaret wasn't too happy about it either. After he said how they needed all the help they could get, Mary-Margaret agreed.
"No swearing, no drinking. And I get to call all the shots." She listed the rules, shoving the sign-up sheet.
Rose and Mary-Margaret saw Leroy approach a nun and talk with her. They looked at each other with raised eyebrows. Now it was clear what Leroy's motives to help were.
Mary-Margaret and Leroy were at the booth trying to sell candles. So far, no one had bought a single candle. Mary-Margaret was giving her all but it was in vain. Then Rose approached the booth with a box of candles.
"Well." She sighed. "You might be right M&M. I was able to sell some candles, but from the look on their faces, it was out of fear. How's it going here?"
Mary-Margaret smiled softly at Rose and told her that they weren't making any progress. Leroy then suggested that they go door to door, saying that people would buy a candle just to get them away. Rose laughed and agreed that it would be a good idea. Mary-Margaret and Leroy left with a couple boxes and left Rose to man the booth.
After spending the afternoon giving her bestselling smile, Rose was bored of people ignoring her, so she stopped trying to sell the candles, until she heard a voice.
"I don't think ignoring customers is a good selling technique." Rose raised her head to see Mr. Gold with a smirk on his face.
"Well, people aren't too inclined to buy candles today. And there's so much sucking up I can do in a day." She said with a grin.
"Yes, I heard about your speech at the diner." He said with a smile. "Quite impressive."
"If there's something that I can't stand is hypocrisy." She said with a frown.
"I admire a person that will stand up for their beliefs." He looked around. "I don't like nuns and I would never do anything to help them. But for you, darling, I will buy a candle." He said with a smile. "Even if it's just so you can escape this booth and enjoy the day's celebrations."
"Thanks for your help." Rose smiled and gave him a candle. "But unfortunately, Mary-Margaret won't rest until the last candle has been sold and Emma is working on a case. I have no one to enjoy the day with."
"Now, I can't have that." He said with a frown. "This is your first Miners Day, you have to enjoy it. If you wouldn't mind, I could escort you and keep you company."
Rose smiled and nodded.
"I'll be delighted to have your company this evening."
Mr. Gold was going to offer her his arm, when he got a call. He frowned and turned to Rose.
"I'm sorry, darling. It seems that our stroll through the festival will have to wait. Some business has come up." He said with a frown.
Rose just smiled and shook her head.
"I understand don't worry. But I'm expecting to do that stroll once you are finished."
Mr. Gold smirked, nodded and left.
Belle and Rose were at a tavern having a drink. Earlier that day, Belle had been vanished from the Dark Castle and Rose had taken her place as caretaker. The two women were talking about getting Belle some supplies, when they heard the dwarfs on the next table talk. Belle decided to intervene in the conversation.
"It's not in his head, it's in his heart. You're in love." She told the dwarf.
They started talking about love, and when Belle said that she knew what love was, Rose snorted and looked at the woman with a raised eyebrow.
"You think you know love." She told Belle.
Dreamy and Belle kept talking about love and how Astrid was asking him to see the fireflies with her. Belle gave Dreamy the last push he needed.
"I've had my heart broken enough to know when somebody's reaching out. Now go. Find your love, find your hope, find your dreams." She told him.
Before he could get up and leave, Rose started to speak.
"Before you go, listen to me." She told the dwarf, while Belle frowned. "I agree that love is the best thing that can happen to you, but it can also be the worst." Belle was going to say something, but Rose continued before she could.
"I agree with Belle, you have to go and experience these feelings. But, just take into consideration that not everything is going to be butterflies and rainbows."
The dwarf nodded, thanked the two women and left. Belle turned to Rose with a frown. The redhead saw the look and sighed.
"Belle, you still see the world as black or white, and it's not like that." She grabbed her hand. "Once you start to see the real world, you will find out by yourself. Good is not so good, and Evil is not so evil."
Night had fallen and Rose still hadn't had much luck with the candles, when the lights in the festival went out. Mary-Margaret and Leroy came running to the booth and the three of them started to sell the candles. In no time, all the candles were gone. Leroy left to speak with Sister Astrid. Mary-Margaret smiled at Leroy and when she turned, she saw someone else approaching the booth.
"I'm going to take walk around the festival." She told Rose and left, before the woman could answer.
"I think I owe you a stroll." Said Mr. Gold surprising Rose.
"Yes, I think you do."
Mr. Gold offered her his arm, and she took it. While walking, Rose saw Granny light Mary-Margaret's candle and smiled.
"It seems that your speech has taken effect." Mr. Gold said.
But before she could answer, everyone turned to see Emma arrest David. Something big was happening in Storybrooke, and Rose had a bad feeling about it.