New Romantics: Once upon a time fanfic

Ten

I'm falling asleep as I begin my homework. These past few days have been more eventful than my entire life and I've barely any time to get a good sleep.

As I'm half way through my English homework, I hear my room door open.

"Do you know where my storybook is?" Henry asks.

"I've got it," I say as I get up to get the book from under my bed. "I was looking through it."

"Do you believe me yet?" Henry asks me as he takes the book.

"I don't know," I say honestly. "I still think that it's just a coincidence."

"At least you looked," Henry says, he begins to walk out the door but turns back. "Have you seen the Snow White and Prince Charming story in it?"

"I was looking at that one this morning," I tell him. "What about it?"

"There's a guy at the hospital," Henry says. "He's been in a coma for a while but he looks exactly like him."

"Henry, I know you want to be right but I think you should leave the people that we don't know out of it."

"This is too much of a coincidence for me to be wrong," Henry says, opening the book. "At the end before the curse hits Prince Charming is hurt."

"Just because this guy is sick doesn't mean he's Prince Charming."

"I want to try."

"What are you planning?" I ask him.

"Mary Margets going to read their story to him," Henry says. "It might wake him up."

"That's not how it works."

"It's not going to hurt him to try."

He's right, I think this is probably the least dangerous idea that he's had.

"Don't let mom know," I tell him before he leaves the room.

"I won't."

***

I'm walking out of school when I notice Henry waiting for me.

I tell Elijah to go ahead and look for Nora and Nolan whilst I go and find out what he wants.

"I know you're not sure about what I'm saying," Henry begins. "So you should come and see for yourself if Miss Blanchard got through to John Doe."

"I've got stuff to do," I tell him as I look behind me and spot my friends waiting on me.

"Please," Henry pleads. "Plus mom is going to shout less if she thinks I was just with you and not Emma."

"Emma knows about this?" I ask him.

"She's like you, she doesn't believe yet," Henry says sadly. "You will soon though."

"Henry, mom is going to go insane if she finds out you are meeting her."

"You let me go get her," Henry says. "You should be alright with this."

"I don't have a problem with you talking to her," I tell him. "But that doesn't mean mom is going to agree."

"She won't know."

"She finds out everything."

"Once we prove the curse is real then she won't be able to do anything about it," He says smiling.

I have a bad feeling that none of this is going to end well but it's making Henry happy and I can't really argue with that.

"I'll help you."