Dreaming Out Loud

Perfect, Pt 1

Chapter 31: Perfect, Pt 1

A couple weeks had passed since the trial and for the most part, David and Mary had managed to be happy together and move on. Seeing Damon around town, walking free, was difficult, but for the most part, Mary had yet to be alone and he had kept his distance. It was also in the midst of this lull that August made his move. One afternoon, Gold had left the shop to accompany Lacey to the Rabbit Hole. August took the bait and they got him on tape finding the dagger. Jefferson was the one watching the camera at the time.

"Come on...take the bait..." he muttered, as he watched the screen from his home. Sure enough, August pocketed the item and made his way out of the shop. Jefferson picked up the phone and dialed David.

"He finally made the move and took the dagger," Jefferson said.

"Good...we'll let him think he's pulling a fast one for a while and see what he does. I'll warn Gold," David replied.

"You think he might actually be Baelfire?" Jefferson asked.

"I think he's a liar so it's hard to say. But I'm not ready to bust him yet. I want to know why he's so interested in my daughter and my grandson," David replied.

"Okay...we'll take your lead on this. But if we lose the dagger, it's our heads. He'll kill us," Jefferson warned, referring to Gold.

"We won't. If he finds out the dagger is useless here in town, he'll know it's useless outside of it too. I don't think August W. Booth is interested in leaving Storybrooke," David replied.

"Yeah...you're probably right. Be careful out there," he warned.

"You too," David said. Jefferson was thoughtful for a moment and checked the time. It was almost time for recess at the school and he went to his window. He would gaze at Grace, as he did everyday and fight the urges inside to rush over to the school to get her. He knew if he did something like that, he'd only end up in jail. Regina would order Emma or David to arrest him.

"We're getting closer, Grace. We'll be together again soon," he muttered, as he looked through his telescope to not only see her, but to check and see what was going on around their not so quiet town.

"So what's this holiday all about again?" David asked his daughter, as they browsed the aisles at the Dark Star Pharmacy.

"It's the holiday of love...so naturally, it's been commercialized to the brink by opportunistic capitalists," Emma replied, as they looked at the Valentine's Day cards.

"That being said...it is a holiday of romance and I know you don't need an excuse to romance Mom...Mary, but I know how you love spoiling her," Emma said fondly. He smiled.

"I do love to do that...I suppose I could get behind a holiday like this," he said, as he read one card and groaned, as he put it back.

"These are the most generic words I think I've ever heard," he complained.

"Well...they are probably the same cards this store has had for twenty-eight years, but you could always go with a blank card and write your own message," Emma suggested, as she handed him a shiny red card.

"That's more like it," he agreed.

"And you need these..." Emma said, as she picked out a box of chocolates.

"Dark chocolate caramels...Mary's favorite," he agreed, as she picked out another box.

"Two?" he asked.

"I also like chocolate," she replied and he chuckled in amusement.

"Okay...I think this is a start. I have the flowers covered. Stephanie is picking the best snowdrops from her garden," he said. While traditionally it was a holiday of roses, Mary(and Snow) hated roses for obvious reasons. He made his purchases and they got back into the cruiser.