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Emma and Ella
Chapter 25:Celebrating
"David?" David and Ella heard Snow call as she came down the stairs.
David kissed Ella's head again. "I better go. Read your book, kiddo." David said with a smile before getting up from the couch.
"David, I realized I forgot to get the taco shells for the tacos." She said with a grimace.
David chuckled. "I'll go get them. Do you need anything else?"
"Actually, Ella needs a new toothbrush. I forgot to grab it when I got her stuff." Snow told him.
"Taco shells and a toothbrush. Okay, I'll be back in a little bit." David said before leaning in to kiss Snow's cheek.
He started to walk to the front door to grab his keys and jacket.
"Oh and can you get some sour cream too. I forgot that as well." Snow added.
"Taco shells, a toothbrush, and sour cream. Anything else?" David asked.
"No. I don't think so." Snow said seriously and David turned to leave.
"Oh wait! Can you grab some lemonade mix too?" Snow asked seriously.
David tried to hide a smile. "Anything else?"
"No, that's it." Snow said seriously.
David nodded before turning back to the door and opened it. He looked back before he left waiting for Snow to add something else to his growing list.
"What are you waiting for?" Snow asked like she didn't understand why he was waiting.
"Just waiting to see if you needed anything else, dear." David said with a smirk.
Snow narrowed her eyes. "I don't need anything else." She said with her own smirk.
David just gave her a charming smile before leaving the house to go to the store. Snow only ended up calling him twice with things for him to add to his list.
*****OUAT*****
"I'm done dusting the living room." Emma said as she walked into the kitchen. Snow had been giving her odd jobs around the house.
"Alright, do you want to help me with dinner?" Snow asked kindly.
"Sure, but I'm not that good at cooking." Emma said with a weary look.
"Then I'll teach you." Snow said with a kind smile.
"I think I might be a lost cause when it comes to cooking, but you can try." Emma told her with a grin.
Snow chuckled. "I doubt that."
"You'll see." Emma said with a chuckle.
Snow smiled softly at her before starting to teach Emma how to make tacos. She gave her the easy jobs that she couldn't really mess up. "Now we just have to wait for your Dad to get home with the taco shells and sour cream."
"What are we drinking?" Emma asked.
"Oh your Dad is getting some lemonade for us to make which I surprised he isn't here yet." Snow said as she picked her phone up to call him again.
"If you are calling for me to get something else, I already left the store…." David said with a chuckle.
"No. I just was wondering where you were." Snow said with a shake of her head.
"I just pulled into the drive. Can you send Emma out to help with the bags?" David asked.
"Sure. Emma go out to help your Dad with the bags." Snow told her as she was on the phone with her husband. "She's coming. See you soon." Snow said before hanging up on him.
David and Emma came back in the house a minute later.
"You hung up on me." David said with a fake frown.
"Oh stop it. You were already here." Snow said with a smile.
David smiled. "We have one more trip to make."
"What? What all did you get?" Snow asked in surprise and David look back at her with an amused look.
"Just what you asked me to get, honey." David responded with a charming smile.
Snow narrowed her eyes in confusion. "It wasn't that much…"
"Not at first, but when you kept adding to the list…." David trailed off with a smirk.
Snow glared at him playfully. "I can't help if we needed stuff."
"What did you get at the store earlier?" David teased her.
"Everything else we needed." Snow said confidently.
David chuckled as he guided Emma back outside to get the rest of the bags.
David and Emma brought in the rest of the bags to set on the counter.
"Emma, why don't you go see how Ella is doing?" Snow said thinking that she had been rather quite in the other room. David started to put everything away as Snow finished getting dinner ready.
"She's sleeping." Emma told them as she came back into the kitchen.
"No wonder she was quiet." Snow said to herself.
"Earlier she was a little worried about her surgery tomorrow." David told Snow quietly.
Snow frowned. "I wondered if she was thinking about it."
"Yeah. I'm thinking that we should go ahead with our plans tonight. It might be good for her to get her mind off of it for awhile." David told her as Emma set the table.
"I agree. Plus we could use with a celebration for being together again." Snow said with a smile.
"Yes, we could." David agreed.
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Snow pulled Ella's book from her hands as she lay sleeping on the couch. She smiled at how peaceful she looked sleeping before she shook her shoulder to wake her. "Ella, sweetie, wake up." Snow called to her.
Ella woke up slowly and looked around in confusion. "What…what time is it?"
"It's time for dinner." Snow said kindly as she smoothed out Ella's hair with her hand.
"What are we eating?" Ella asked.
"Tacos." Snow told her with a smile.
"I love tacos!" Ella said with a smile.
"I know you do." Snow said with a grin, but then turned her head to call for her husband. "David?"
"Yes, dear." David said with a smirk.
"Can you carry Ella to the bathroom to wash her hands?" Snow asked.
"I can walk, Mom." Ella said seriously. She didn't want to bother him just to wash her hands.
"Of course." David answered Snow ignoring Ella's response.
"I know you can, but your Dad is still going to carry you." Snow told Ella.
David leaned down and scooped Ella off the couch to take her to the bathroom and then to the kitchen table.
"There you go, kiddo." David said as he set her down on her chair and kissed her head.
"Thanks, Dad." Ella said with a shy smile.
"Your welcome, sweetie." David responded kindly.
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"We're watching a movie?!" Emma asked in excitement, but confusion as well. They were grounded with no TV and they had just got in trouble for watching TV when Granny was babysitting them so she didn't understand why they were going to watch a movie! Not that she minded at all!
"Yes, we told you that if we did something as a family then we would allow you to do it as well. We did consider taking it away after your little stunt, but we wanted to celebrate being together as a family finally." Snow told the girls as they finished eating their dinner.
"What are watching?" Ella asked just as excited.
"We are watching a movie called the Mighty Ducks." David told her. "We know that neither of you have watched it so we thought it would be a good movie for us to watch together."
Emma scrunched up her face in uncertainty. "Is it about actual ducks?"
David chuckled. "I don't think so."
"Good because that sounds a little boring to me." Emma responded seriously.
"Me too." Ella agreed wholeheartedly.
Snow and David just chuckled at their daughters. They were glad that they were finally behaving and having a good time. It had been getting a bit frustrating with them getting in trouble earlier so it was nice to have break from their bad attitudes and behavior.
After a few more minutes they were all done eating and ready to start cleaning up.
"Emma, why don't you start clearing the table with me?" Snow said as she handed David Ella's medicine bottle.
David shook his head at her pushing him to give Ella her medication. He saw what she did. She just smiled at him knowing what she did too.
David got out the proper dose for Ella. "Alright Ella, time for your medicine." David said as he handed her the two pills.
For once, Ella took them without complaint to the surprise of both of her parents. David smiled at Snow in victory and she shook her head as if to say that it didn't count as a victory since she didn't cause him any problems.
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David set Ella down on the couch next to her sister before putting the movie in. Snow sat down on the other side of Emma so David ended up sitting on the other side of Ella.
"So this is a movie about ducks?" Emma asked with a frown.
"It is a hockey team that is called the Mighty Ducks. It looks like a good movie." Snow told her.
"If we like it, there is actually two more movies that come after it." David told his girls.
"Are we watching all of them tonight?" Emma asked in excitement.
"No, sweetie. We all have to get to bed early tonight especially Ella." Snow told her softly.
David saw Ella's frown in worry so he put his arm around her shoulders and gave her shoulder a little squeeze. "We can watch them another day." David said softly.
"Okay." Emma said cheerfully.
David grabbed the blanket from the back of the couch and draped it over Ella. "Are your ribs bothering you at all?"
"Just a little." Ella said truthfully as she leaned back against the couch.
"Your medicine will kick in soon and help you feel better." David told her.
Snow grabbed another blanket for her and Emma to share.
"Ready?" Snow asked once they were all situated.
"Yes!" Emma and Ella both responded.
"Alright, here we go." Snow said as she pushed play.
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The girls really seemed to enjoy the movie as they giggled and laughed during the funny parts. Snow and David loved to hear their laughter and see them enjoying themselves.
When the movie was half over, Ella started to lean against David without realizing it. David exchanged a look with Snow. They both could see that she was getting sleepy from her medicine and may not quite make it through the movie.
Snow started to watch the movie again, but then felt Emma's body shift towards her before she felt Emma lean her head against her shoulder. Snow smiled and reached over to hold on to Emma's hand. She kissed her head before turning her attention back to the movie, but kept ahold of Emma's hand.
As the credits started to roll, David looked down to see that Ella was asleep against his arm. "I think its bedtime." David whispered to Snow and Emma.
Snow smiled lovingly at her husband and daughter. Ella had curled up so she was facing David instead of the TV as she slept. "Yes, it is."
"Can't we stay up a little longer?" Emma asked with a frown.
"No, we all have to be up early tomorrow." Snow said softly. "Especially Ella."
"Okay." Emma said knowing that Ella did have to be there pretty early.
"Why don't you head upstairs and get changed and ready for bed?" David said as Snow turned off the TV. David pulled the blanket off of Ella before slipping his arms under her knees and back to pick her up.
Emma got up and walked upstairs to do what she was told. She wouldn't admit it, but she was tired and a bit worried about her sister's surgery.
David carried Ella upstairs and Snow followed him up. When they got to the room, Emma was already in the bathroom brushing her teeth. David set Ella down on the bed just as just opened her eyes to look sleepily at her parents.
"I fell asleep?" She asked them tiredly.
Snow nodded her head, "Yes, but it's okay."
"But I…. but I wanted to see the ending…" Ella whined tiredly.
"You can re-watch it another day." David said with a soft smile.
Snow grabbed Ella's pajamas and walked back over to Ella.
"Let your mom help you get changed. I'll be back to say goodnight." David said before leaving the room.
Snow helped Ella change before helping her to the bathroom to brush her teeth and use the bathroom. David then helped her back to the room. Emma was already in bed by the time they got Ella in bed.
"Alright girls, sleep well." David said kindly to both of them before leaning down to kiss Ella's head and then Emma's head.
Snow pulled Emma's blanket up to her chin before kissing her cheek. "Goodnight, sweetheart." She told her before getting up to go to Ella's side.
Snow could see the worry in Ella's eyes over the surgery that was the next day. "Don't you worry about your surgery, sweetie." Snow told her softly as she tucked some hair behind Ella's ear.
Ella looked up her mom with sad eyes. "I'm scared, Mom." Ella whispered to her.
"I know, but everything is going to be fine. They will fix your leg and it will be done before you know it." Snow told her gently.
Ella nodded little more relaxed and Snow kissed her cheek. "Sleep, sweetie."
"Night, Mom." Ella mumbled.
"Goodnight, honey." Snow said gently before getting up from the bed as Ella closed her eyes.
When David and Snow left the room and closed the door, Emma looked over at Ella.
"Hey, you don't have to worry about tomorrow, I won't let anything happen to you." Emma told her sweetly.
Ella smiled. "Thanks, Emma."
Emma smiled too. "Goodnight, Ella."
"Night, Emma." Ella responded kindly.