Saving Snow // The Wolf Among Us (SnowXBigby)

Part 24: Dark Secrets

"Holly!"

Woody stormed as hard as he could after her. The drunkness inside him made his vision blur and his head spin, but his focus on Holly was as clear as ever. Gren stumbled clumsily behind. "Holly! Wait!"

"No, Woody! How could you do this? I searched everywhere for you! And of course this is what happened. You two disgraceful, disgusting drunks don't give a shit about anyone but yourselves!"

"Is that what you think?" Woody said in a rock hard tone.

"It's what I know!" Holly snarled. "You know what? I'm sick to death of all of you. I'll do this on my own. None of you care. Not even Bigby does and he's supposed to be the one fucking in love with her!"

"Holly, look, I'm sorry - we're sorry - we don't know what happened - I - Gren -"

"Listen to you," Holly said disgustedly. "You're so wasted you can't even talk. Just go home. I don't want to look at either of you."

The guilt stabbed Woody straight in the stomach. Holly turned away from them both and raised her arm. A passing taxi stopped and Holly climbed in.

"Take me away from here," she said coldly.

The taxi revved and sped off.

"Holly!" Woody yelled but it was useless. "Fuck," he spat, and turned to glare at Gren who stood stupidly behind staring into space.

"Got nothing to say, huh?" Woody snarled at him.

Gren just blinked. Then a wide, drunken smile split across his face. "Check this out," he grinned and pulled out handfuls of dollars from his pocket.

"Un-fucking-believable," Woody muttered. "At least you can pay for a taxi."

***
Holly lifted the sign on the Trip Trap door to CLOSED before walking in like a lost puppy. She was numb from the cold, and hurt from anger. Her mood didn't improve when she saw Jack in the bar, playing his own game of Poole.

"We're closed, Jack," she snapped tiredly.

"Holly!" Jack sighed. "Where the hell have you, Gren and Woody been? I can't even find Bigby. He won't answer his apartment door."

Holly didn't say anything, just drifted over to the bar and cleared up the empty glasses.

"Holly, what's happened? I mean, yeah, a load of shit's happened, but you look proper pissed right now."

"I am, Jack," Holly said through her teeth. "You have no idea how pissed off I am right now."

Jack blinked nervously for a second. "We can't afford to be angry and start falling out with each other. We need to focus on Snow."

"That's easy for you to say!" Holly exploded irritably. "After all, you're the one who let Alice free and she was the only one who knew where Snow was."

What the? Jack stared at Holly. He was caught off guard. "I - I..." he stammered.

"I knew you had a crush on her, Jack, but it didn't improve Bigby's mood." The glass cracked in Holly's hand. "At all."

"You didn't tell him, did you?" Jack mumbled.

"No, Jack," Holly sighed. "But don't do shit like this again. We needed Alice."

"I know, but Holly, Bigby fucking knocked her unconscious! I wasn't going to let him kill her!"

"He wouldn't."

"How would you know that?"

Holly didn't know how to answer that. She put the glass she was holding down quickly so it wouldn't shatter in her hand. She'd broken enough glass in the past.