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Emma and Ella
Chapter 22: Double Trouble
One hour and fifteen minutes later….
"I think I am going to take a shower." Emma said after the movie was over.
"Ok, honey." David said without thinking about it.
Emma got up and eyed Ella with a wink when David wasn't watching them. Ella nodded back with a little smile. Now she just had to get her Dad to take her upstairs.
"Um Dad…" Ella said shyly a few minutes later.
David turned to Ella. "Yes, Ella?"
"I am tired." Ella replied bluntly.
David smiled softly with a slightly amused look on his face. "Why don't you take a nap until lunch? You can lay down right here."
"No!" Ella said quickly. "I mean I'd rather sleep in Emma's bed." Ella added quickly.
David smiled. "For now it is your bed too until we can fix one of the other rooms up for you."
"Okay." Ella replied with a smile.
"So you are willingly taking a nap?" David asked as he stood up from the couch and picked her up.
Ella crinkled up her face. "I wouldn't call it a nap."
David chuckled. "What would you call it then?"
Ella shrugged her shoulders. "I'm too old for naps."
David chuckled. "I let you in on a little secret. You are never too old for naps."
Ella scrunched up her face at that. She just didn't like the word nap.
Ella heard the shower going and knew that Emma would have already snuck out. She just had to turn the shower off in about twenty minutes.
David set Ella down in the unmade bed and covered her up. "Have a nice nap, kiddo." David teased with a smirk before kissing her forehead.
Ella rolled her eyes, but then closed them anyway. She was really tired even though she wasn't going to actually sleep. She knew she had to turn off the shower in little while or else David would get suspicious and end up finding out that Emma snuck out.
Ella waited a few minutes before opening her eyes to see that the room was empty. She glanced at the clock and saw that it was 11:20 meaning that in about 10 minutes she had to get up and make her way to the bathroom. She picked up the walkie talkie.
"You on your way?" Ella asked through the walkie.
"Yep. You set upstairs?" Emma asked back.
"Yeah, Dad thinks I'm sleeping." Ella answered.
"Good, don't forget to turn the shower off."
"I won't. Let me know when you are at Regina's. I'll tell you how to get in."
*****OUAT*****
It was easier than she thought it would be to get out of the house and start sneaking to Regina's. She was already half way there and she had no problems. Hardly anyone was on the road.
*****OUAT*****
Snow had got her things from her apartment and a few things that Ella hadn't taken with her to Regina's. She had stopped and got Ella's medicine as well a few groceries that she saw they would need soon.
She started making her way back to David's place when she saw a familiar figure walking down the street with a hood covering some of her blonde curls. She quickly pulled over and got out of her station wagon. "Emma?" Snow called as she started towards the figure.
Emma stopped in her tracks with a heavy sigh. She couldn't run away…so she turned slowly.
"Emma, what are you doing out here? Does your father know you are here?" Snow asked in worry as she closed the gap between them and put a hand on her arm.
"Um yeah, I am just taking a walk…" Emma tried.
Snow narrowed her eyes as she saw the guilty look in Emma's eyes. She knew she was lying and she knew David didn't know she was out of the house, but she didn't realize what Emma was doing until now.
"You are going to Regina's, weren't you?" Snow asked, already knowing the answer.
"I just wanted to get Ella's things for her. I could sneak in and out without her even knowing."
"Em-ma." Snow said slowly. "Your father and I will take care of getting Ella's things. That's not something you need to worry about."
"I just wanted to help." Emma said softly. "And I don't want to lose you or Dad again." She added a little more quietly.
"You aren't going to lose us, Emma." Snow said softly before pulling Emma in for a hug.
Emma nodded into her mom's shoulder.
Snow pulled away with sympathetic smile, "Now let's get home to your father and sister."
"Do we have to?" Emma asked knowing her Dad wasn't going to be happy especially after she ran off this morning.
"Yes, if your father hasn't figured it out yet, he probably will soon and be worried about you. Was Ella involved in this?"
Emma's eyes widened. "Uh no. She was sleeping when I left."
"Ok, let's get home." Snow said, but wasn't sure if she believed Emma or not about Ella's involvement.
*****OUAT*****
Ella slowly got out of the bed and limped her way to the slightly opened door. Once she got there she peeked into the hallway to see it was clear before walking as quietly as she could with her boot to the bathroom. She opened the door and snuck in. She shut the shower off before deciding to use the bathroom while she was there.
She decided to shut the door of the bathroom as she left in case her Dad came up to check on them, she could say she was in the bathroom getting ready.
"What are you doing out of bed?" David asked startling her as she was halfway to her room.
"I..uh…" Ella started to respond before hearing the door open downstairs.
"David?" Snow called in a voice that Ella knew meant she knew what the girls tried to pull. She assumed that Emma had been caught by their mother as well.
Ella grimaced as she stood beside her Dad.
David frowned at his wife's voice and Ella's guilty look, something was going on. "I'm up here…" David called down the stairs.
Ella closed her eyes.
"Ella, are you going to tell me what is going on before your mother does?" David asked quietly.
Ella bit her lip as she chanced a glance up at her father before looking down at her feet. No. No. She couldn't say a thing.
Snow got the the top pulling Emma along by holding her arm.
"What? Emma, where were you?" David asked glancing to the closed bathroom and knowing he heard the shower go off only a few minutes ago.
"She snuck out to try to get Ella's things from Regina's." Snow said. "I caught her walking to Regina's."
"What?!" David roared as he looked at Emma. "So you weren't taking a shower….." David started and then looked at Ella. "And you were turning the water off so it seemed like your sister was still in the bathroom."
Emma and Ella glanced at their father and then at each other. They had been caught and there wasn't any way of getting out of it. They had been caught red-handed so to speak.
"Girls, go on into your room. Your father and I need to talk about your consequences." Snow said as she gestured to their room.
Ella limped to her room as Emma walked behind her. David went to pull the door shut, but stuck his head in first. "Ella, lay back down I don't want you on your leg anymore. We will talk to both of you in a minute." He said before closing the door.
"Crap. We are doomed." Ella said as she sat down on the bed without laying down as she was instructed. She was tired, but she was too worked up to sleep at the moment.
"Pretty much. I can't believe we are already in trouble and it hasn't even been a day yet." Emma said with an eye roll.
"Yeah, I wonder what kind of consequence will get. It's weird having both of them as parents and not just Mom."
"I know what you mean. Dad is a little predictable, but both of them together? I don't know what to expect."
"Neither do I." Ella said with a frown. "So I am guessing you didn't make it Regina's then?"
"No, which hopefully will help. I can't imagine how much trouble we would be in if I actually got your things."
"That's true. They'd be furious."
"Not that they aren't already, but it would be worse." Emma said.
Ella nodded. "I hope they don't ground us. I've been grounded enough."
"Me too." Emma said with a smirk before adding, "but not as much as you."
Ella smiled sheepishly. "I think I should be pardoned for all my sneaking out during the curse since it was all for a good cause."
Emma laughed, but then slapped a hand over her mouth and looked towards the door.
"Technically, I am already grounded since I can't even walk and I'll be having the surgery soon. So I guess it wouldn't be terrible to be grounded, what would suck is if we couldn't watch TV." Ella said with a grimace.
"That's true." Emma said, but right after she did there was a knock on the door and then the door opened before both David and Snow walked in their room.
"Do either of you have anything to say?" David asked softly.
Emma and Ella glanced at each other, not knowing how to respond to that. They both shook their heads no in response.
"We are very disappointed that you two decided to go against our wishes. We told you specifically not to even try to go to Regina's yet, you (Emma) snuck out as you (Ella) covered for her." Snow started firmly.
"Which was very dangerous for you, Emma. If you had gone there and Regina had been there…. we don't know what would have happened, but it wouldn't have been good." David scolded her with a worried look for what could have happened. Emma looked down with a guilty look. "And what you did was very deceitful, Ella. Covering for your sister with turning off the shower and asking to come up here so you could was very deceitful and I don't appreciate it." David scolded Ella with a disappointed look.
Ella blinked back tears after glancing up at her Dad to see his disappointed look. She had never gotten in real trouble with her Dad as her real Dad so seeing him disappointed in her wasn't easy to see.
"We told you that there would be consequences for your actions if you were to disobey us and try to sneak out, that goes for covering for your sister sneaking out too." Snow started.
Emma and Ella glanced at each other nervously.
"First off, you two will be grounded for the week which means no phone, TV, or video games. Second, you will both write an apology letter to your father and I for what you did." Snow told them firmly.
"A letter?" Emma asked in disgust. She normally didn't have to write letters as a punishment.
"Yes, and you will do it." David answered.
"The only exception to your restriction is that if we do something as a family you may be excused from your restriction." Snow added.
Emma and Ella looked confused, but it seemed like a good thing so they didn't question it.
"Now, lunch is ready so we are going to eat and then Granny is coming over to watch you two while we go get Ella's things." David started before going over to Ella. "Then you are to take a nap on the couch and you, Emma, can read and work on your apology letter."
"Do I have to Dad?" Emma whined as Ella looked disgusted at having to take a nap when Granny was watching them.
"Yes, you do." David responded.
"And you will take a nap, Ella." Snow told Ella seeing her look and knowing that she wouldn't want to.
"But Mom…" Ella started in a whiny voice.
"No complaining, young lady." Snow cut her off firmly, ending the conversation. "Unless you want an extra consequence?"
Ella frowned, Emma complained and she didn't get in any more trouble. Why did she only threaten her with more consequences? It was almost like they were still separated. Ella with her mom and Emma with her dad.
David picked Ella up from the bed. "And I don't want you walking anymore."
"But can't I walk a little? It's not like my leg isn't already messed up." Ella whined as he walked out of the room with her.
"You know what the doctor said. You aren't to walk on your leg without your crutches." David reminded her.
"But it couldn't get any worse than it is already…" Ella continued to complain.
"Yes it could. You could fracture it further or even fracture your fibula." David told her as he walked into the kitchen with her.
Ella looked at him in worry. "Could that happen?"
"Yes, that's why I don't want you walking on your leg, okay?" David said in concern.
"Okay." Ella replied as she glanced up at her Dad.
"Good, I don't want you to hurt yourself anymore." David said seriously before kissing her head before setting her down in her chair.
Emma sat down at the table too. "I'm guessing the apology letter came from mom? Dad never made me do that."
"Yeah, that's from mom. The only reason we didn't get chores was because of my leg. Even though, I know mom would find something for me to do if I complain too much."
"She really doesn't like complaining does she? I wonder if I would get in trouble if I complained…." Emma said with a mischievous smile.
"You really want to test her?" Ella asked.
"Yeah, I got to test my limits…" Emma responded with a smile. "You should too with Dad."
"How?" Ella asked curiously.
"With you leg…walking…" Emma said with a smirk.
Ella's eyes widened for a moment. "You think I could get away with it?"
"I don't know, but wouldn't you like to know what you can get away with with Dad?" Emma asked.
More to come! :)