"Hey, buddy!" Neal smiled when he saw Henry walk into the lobby of Granny's bed and breakfast. Neal got up from his seat next to Dream, hugging Henry. "How are you?" Neal asked, pulling away from him.
"I'm good. I brought this. I thought you could tell me and Dream what it was really like over there." Henry said, holding out his storybook.
"Sounds great." Neal smiled, taking the book when Emma walked over as Dream stood up to hug her baby brother. "I tell you what, why don't you run into the diner, with Dream, of course, and get us four hot cocoas, and we'll dive in," Neal said, handing Henry some money from his pocket.
Dream and Henry started to head towards the lobby that led to Granny's diner.
"I'm gonna have to take a rain check on that. I need to get down to the station to take care of some things." Emma said, turning to head out of the door; she walked in with Henry.
"Can it wait? There's a couple of things I wanna talk to you about." Neal said when Emma stopped, turning to look. "Tamara went to my place to get some of her stuff..." Neal started to say.
"Okay..."
"Well, her bags were in the storage room, but Hook wasn't," Neal said, scratching his brow.
"Lucky," Emma said, furrowing her brows, when she glanced back, seeing that Dream and Henry had already left for the diner.
"Yeah, but now he's out there," Neal said, finally voicing his concern on the matter.
"I'm not sure how much more trouble he can cause anyway. Dream has a protection on her heart now--"
"What does my sister have to do with that?" Neal asked, but Emma just sighed, not sure how to tell Neal that his little sister got her heart literally stolen from the stab-happy pirate. "Anyway... The second thing I wanna talk to you about is the reason Tamara was getting her stuff is that she's on her way here." Neal said, rubbing his temple before looking at Emma.
"Here? As in Storybrooke?" Emma asked, with her eyes widened in fear.
"Yeah. She should be here at Granny's any minute now." Neal said, moving over to look out the window.
"What are you thinking?" Emma asked him, making Neal turn to face her.
"What do you mean?" He asked, raising his eyebrows at her concern.
"I mean, what are you gonna tell her when she sees a giant or a werewolf run past her down Main Street? Between Greg Mendell, our food-obsessed tourist, and now your fiancee, this town is turning into a theme park." Emma scolded him as Neal paced a bit.
"Maybe I didn't think it all the way through. I'm sorry. I just... I need her." Neal sighed when he looked up at Emma. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it to--" He said, making Emma scoff a bit.
"You don't need to apologize to me. I'm not the one you're lying to." Emma said, making Neal sigh to himself.
"Who's lying?" He asked her.
"Does she know who you really are and where you're really from?" Emma asked him when Neal just stayed quiet, looking down at his shoes. "Take my advice, don't let her find out on her own. Tell her the truth. Tell her everything." Emma said when Neal sighed, trying to think of what to say, but his phone vibrated.
"That's her. She's ten minutes away... Why don't you stay and get to know her?" Neal asked, walking back over to the window as Emma followed.
"I really should be going." Emma sighed, not liking the idea.
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Once Upon a Dream:
Fanfiction***The sequel to Dreams Comes True*** This book occurs after Regina confesses to Gold that she will get revenge for Cora's death. While trying to stop the path of vengeance, another threat comes to Storybrooke in the form of another vengeance plan...
