I tried to tread more carefully around mom and Henry from then on. They were both upset about Henry's dad. Mom never told me much about mine. Just that they were stupid kids who were dating and things went too far. She never talked about Henry's dad much either, and what she had said was always negative. Which is why I was so confused when she said he would have been a good dad. He abandoned you, sent you to prison and now your saying he would be a good dad? I don't understand her. I get people say nice things about people who have passed away, but before then, she wouldn't say a single nice thing about him. When I die, I don't want people saying nice things for the sake of it, I want to earn those nice comments and memories, I want people to speak the truth about me rather than lie through their teeth about how amazing I was if I was horrible to them. I don't know if Mom is lying or not, but I don't care. I didn't know the guy. But I do know I'm going to be there for my family who is grieving right now.
I went to the funeral with them, I kind of felt I had to. I felt like I was the only onw who didn't know the guy, and that everyone was staring at me. But I was there to support mom and Henry. We went to the wake after which was at Granny's diner, but I felt like a random spare part that wasn't needed or wanted.
I noticed Regina staring at some guy at the counter and walked over to her and some other woman she was talking to
"It's the Lion tattoo. It's what was prophesized. He's your soul mate" The other woman said
"I know I saw yesterday" Regina replied
"And you didn't tell me?" The woman asked
"Well right now I have better things to do than talk about boys" Regina replied
"Hey, got your eye on a tasty snack?" I said, the woman next to me sniggered "Sorry, I overheard a little. That's your soul mate? It's been prophesized?" I asked trying not to laugh
"This is my... spiritual guide Tink" Regina explained
"Well, I'm not into all that spiritual stuff, but I can tell you that he is gorgeous and you would be a really good looking couple!" I replied as he started walking over to us
"Care for a drink?" The guy asked Regina. Instead Tink took it "I, uh, do hope I didn't upset you yesterday" He said
"Uh, Robin, Tink. Tink, Robin" Regina said introducing the two
"I've been wanting to meet you for a very long time" Tink said as they shook hands
"And this is Hope" Regina added "And no, you didn't upset me... Hope, can you get me a drink please?" She asked I nodded and went over to the bench where Granny was. I watched the two of them talk as I waited for the drink. When I returned, he had walked away.
"What was all that about?" Tink was saying to Regina "Didn't you learn anything from the last time you screwed this up? If you had been open to the possibility of love when you first saw him, then maybe your life wouldn't have turned out so..." She stopped mid sentence
"So what? How did my life turn out?" Regina asked clearly pissed off
"Why am I even bothering?" Tink said before walking away.
"Hey, you ok?" I asked concerned before handing her the drink
"Yeah. I'm fine" She replied
"Look, I don't know much about you, but from what I've seen, you've done really well for yourself. But, if you like Robin, I'd go for it! What's the worst that could happen? You ask him out and he says no? That's not as bad as you think, and it means that you can move on now you know he isn't interested" I told her
"Thank you, Hope. I appreciate it" She replied
"I'm going to sneak away to my room. I'll call you soon about going back into the studio, OK?" I said before she nodded. I headed to my room for some peace a quiet. Today had been weird. I hadn't noticed all the weird styles either. It wasn't the kind of thing you'd find in New York. And a spiritual therapist, I didn't think there would be one in a town like this!
The last few days had been weird. There was still the tension between me and Mom, but neither of us mentioned it because of Henry's dad, everyone in town seemed to have known him and were all grieving. But something felt off. Mom said this whole trip was about him, but it didn't feel right to me.
Everything felt off in this town. People dressed weirdly, everyone had strange names, I felt like I had been here before, I had dreams about this place like memories but nothing in them made sense, everyone seemed to tip toe around me and Henry, Mom was weird here. Everything was just off in this town! Nothing made sense here, it was like time had stopped, nothing happened here.
I tried calling Regina a few times to see if she was free to go to the studio, but she never answered. I ended up watching a movie and falling asleep. I was woken up later to her calling me
"Hello?" I said groggily
"Hey, you called? Everything alright?" She asked
"Yeah, I wanted to go to the studio, but you were busy and it's too late now. Maybe tomorrow" I said
"Sorry, it's been a crazy day" She replied
"Any improvements on Robin?" I asked
"There was a moment, earlier. But nothing else... I'll call you tomorrow, I'm exhausted, been working all day" She said
"Ok, talk later. Bye" I said hanging up and going back to sleep for the night
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Once Upon A Time: Season 3
FanfictionSeason 3. Hope finally has her family, but things aren't as smooth sailing as she would like them to be! Will Curses and Magic get in the way again? Definitely!
