Fables Academy (TWAU)

Chapter 26-Dance Lessons

Flashback

Third person view

Snow and Bigby strolled through the forest together, holding hands and occasionally muttering romantic things to each other. She wore her long, blue summer dress with black heels while Bigby wore his classic white shirt with blue jeans. They had these occasional days out where the two would spend endless hours together, doing what they usually did - going to their special place in the forest. However, they were completely unaware that a jealous, young girl was watching ever so closely at their date, observing each and every action Bigby did, wishing that somehow it was her instead.

Mary watched them from a tree like a hawk, glaring at the couple in envy. It wasn't fair how he had constantly blown her off to have some "alone" time with Snow. She felt left out and abandoned by her only true friend, and this enraged her to the point that she was practically killing every night. She never told anyone, which was just one of the many secrets she had hidden from Bigby that she would never dare to share.

It was about 5:30 in the afternoon and a beautiful day to go to the cliff, especially since the sun was slowly setting. Mary sighed and immediately put her hand over her mouth to stop any noise escaping, realising what a bad mistake it was. Bigby's hearing and scent had already recognised her, making him shake his head in anger. Why would she not give them time alone? Didn't she understand that this was his precious time with Snow that wasn't supposed to be interrupted?

He was irritated by Mary who always seemed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and Snow had noticed this too. She was also getting quite suspicious as well as annoyed at how close Mary had been watching them recently, especially Bigby, and it made her wonder if they would ever get time to themselves.

"What are you doing Mary?" He stopped and turned round, face palming. Snow looked as angry as he was as Mary jumped down and slowly shuffled up to Bigby like a young child being told off by their mother.

"What does it look like? Just hanging around the forest like any other person! Am I suddenly not allowed here anymore?" She questioned. She felt like she was on trial, thinking that she had done nothing wrong. But Bigby and Snow's angry facial expressions said otherwise.

"I'm not saying that you're not allowed here, but maybe you would give us a little more privacy?" He chuckled as Mary's cheeks turned red. She scratched her head nervously and stared at the sun, which gave her an idea.

"Well, I've been getting into photography recently," the couple stared at her in confusion at the sudden change of topic and she continued, "So maybe I could use you two in my picture!"

"Sure! I can actually imagine how cool a picture like this would turn out, the sun is right in line with the cliff, our little log-bench..." Snow pondered, trying to sound interested. In reality, Snow would love nothing more than to have Bigby by her side, warming her as the sun slowly set and the stars appeared. She did love her privacy with him after all.

But that clearly wasn't going to happen now and agreeing to whatever Mary suggested would probably make her go away quicker.

"Alright, but I have to warn you I'm not very photogenic," he said, scratching his stubble. Mary pushed them both to the cliff, getting them into the right positions. She ran backwards and tried to get the perfect angle, with Snow leaning her head on Bigby while the sun slowly sank beneath the horizon. Mary snapped a few shots with her phone and showed them the final picture.

"This is really good! We could be on an album cover!" Snow teased making them both smile.

"An album cover? So are you suggesting we should start a band? You are a really good singer after all," Bigby smirked, making Snow blush in embarrassment.