New Romantics: Once upon a time fanfic

Thirteen

"Is that not suspicious to you?" Nora asks as she sits now next to me.

"Everything in this town is suspicious," Nolan says from the table in front of me.

"This guy has been in a coma for years, I mean he's been in that hospital for as long as we can all remember," Nora says, pretending to do her work. "And all of a sudden he wakes up and they find his wife."

"Emma said that yesterday," I tell her as I begin copying notes on the board. "Apparently there were security tapes of him saying her name."

"Still weird," She says as she taps her pencil on her paper. "They should have checked this stuff ages ago."

"Fairytale characters are a bit of a stretch but it is weird that all this started happening when Emma got into town," Nolan says before going back to doing his work.

"Maybe Henry's is right and we're all just fairytale characters and Don't remember," Nora says as she starts to actually write something.

"Everyone that Henry is saying is from the book can't leave town," I tell her. "We can all leave town so I doubt we are."

"You mean you guys can leave town," Nora says. "I've never left town."

"You think you're from Henry's book?" Nolan says with a small laugh.

"I'm not saying I'm a Princess or anything but with his theory it makes sense."

"He thinks my mom is the evil queen," I say as I put my pencil down.

"Would that make you a Princess?" Nora asks.

"My mom isn't the evil queen, so no it wouldn't." I tell her.

"I thought you were finally coming around to the book thing," Nolan asks, turning around quickly when the teacher isn't looking.

"I never said I think everyone in this town is for a children's book," I tell him. "I said that I think Emma is changing things around here."

"It's the same thing," Nora says as she finishes her work.

"Do you believe in it?" I ask her.

"I want to," She says. "This town is boring, if Henry's right, imagine how cool it would be."

"It wouldn't," I say "That would mean my mom is a phyco that put everyone under a curse."

"But you would be a Princess," Nora says, completely missing the point.

"In the book she stole the kingdom and nobody liked her," I tell Nora. "So I wouldn't be a proper Princess."

"She has a castle," Nora says. "If I was her I would just have stayed there and not made a boring small town."

"I think if she was happy she would have stayed there." I tell her.

"How can you not be happy being a queen."

"An evil queen." Nolan says.

"Still a queen."

"You're delusional."

***

Im walking through the town we I see Emma getting into her car. I'm about to ignore it when I notice Henry with her.

When she drives near me I signal for her to stop to ask her what has happened this time. I have a feeling that I'm not going to get a break anymore.

"Henry, what are you doing?" I ask him as I look into the car.

"Helping Emma." He says

"I told him to go," Emma says, looking at Henry before turning back to me. "He wouldn't listen."

"What's happened?" I ask her.

"We're try to help Ashley so she doesn't need to give her baby to Mr Gold," Henry says before Emma has a moment to reply.

"Why is she doing that?" I ask Emma.

I've only spoken to him a couple of times but I know he talks to my mother which is the number one reason why nobody else should.

"She's young," Emma tells me. "She thinks she's doing what's best."

"Does she want to keep the baby?" I ask her.

"She's scared," Emma tells me. "She signed a contract she doesn't think she can get out of."

I feel bad for the girl but I know enough about Gold that once you make a deal with him you're not getting out of it without giving him something better in return.

Everyone in this town is terrified of him.

"Do you think you can change his mind?" I ask Emma because I have no idea what her plan is.

She doesn't know this town and as much as she's helped it I don't think she really understands what she's getting herself into.

"I can try." She tells me.

"I can help you."