All the magic (OUAT Peter Pan)

Chapter 75: How fast can you say awkward

"Come on Emma hurry up," Henry told his mother with a laugh as he jogged inside Granny's with Hope and Emma walking behind him. Bae invited them over for breakfast at the little house he ranted from Granny.

They walked into the door and Bae gave Henry a hug. "Hey, Buddy. How are you?"

"I'm good. I brought you this. I thought you could tell me what it was really like over there. Hope only saw if after everyone cool was gone." Henry told his dad as he handed him the storybook.

"Sounds great." He said as he grabbed his wallet out of his pocket and handed a few bucks to Hope. "I'll tell you what, why don't you two run into the diner, get us four hot cocoas and we'll dive in."

"Don't mind if I do," Hope said, grabbing the money. "But it's gonna cost you a hug too."

"Ah, of course," Bae laughed as he gave his mom a hug.

Hope nodded as she and Henry walked down the street to Granny's. "It's great your dad is staying for a while, it makes me so happy seeing you and him hanging out."

"Yeah, three generations, or two. Depending if you're my sister or my grandma," He laughed, pushing her playfully.

"Grandma?" Hope said with a laugh. "Oh no no no, I'm not a fan of that. You're my brother, and he is my son. Let's keep it like that, shall we?" She shook her head as they walked into Granny's.

"Hey kid, you working or buying?" Granny asked Hope.

"I'm taking Ruby's evening shift later, right now we're just grabbing cocoas for us, Bae and Emma," Hope said. "And can you throw a splash of coffee in one of the cups? And cinnamon on two?"

"Of course. Two cinnamon and a coffee coming right up," Granny nodded as they paid for the cocoas.

Once they got back to Bae's, Emma was sitting on a chair spreading cream cheese on a bagel, while Bae sat on the couch tapping his foot, and a strange woman sat next to Bae with his arm around her shoulder. "Uh, what did we miss?" Hope asked as she passed Emma and Bae their cocoas.

"Hope, this is Tamara, my fiance. Tamara, this is Henry. My son. And his friend Hope, they are like siblings." Bae explained quickly.

Hope stood there shocked for a second before sitting on the floor by the bagels. "Your what?"

"She and I are getting married. I know I'll get an earful for not mentioning it yet later but, later, ok?" Bae asked as Tamara got up and shook Henry's hand.

"It's so nice to meet you, Henry, Neal has talked about you a lot. And it's nice to meet you too," She told Hope with a smile.

Hope smiled and shook her hand, "Yeah, it's nice to meet you too."

"So how did you guys meet?" Henry asked them.

"Um... well, I was super late to work, rushing like crazy, guzzling my giant coffee, when this guy crashed into me." Tamara started the story with a laugh. "Hot coffee soaked my blouse. There was no time to change, so Neal gave me his scarf to hide the stains. And he said I could keep it or call him if I wanted to return it. I decided to call and, well, we've been together ever since."

Emma nodded as she swallowed the last bite of her bagel. "Sounds like fate. I've gotta drop Henry off with his grandpa. Thanks for the bagel."

Henry nodded and waved to Tamara, "It was nice meeting you, Tamara."

She smiled at him and replied, "You too."

Bae, who had been pretty quiet, tried to hand Henry his book back, "Here you go, man."