Never Grow Up

Cole's story

Emma snuck into the house that night. She made a pallet on the bed room floor and fell asleep.

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The next morning she sent her alarm for 5:00. She got dressed. She put on a blue sweater, ripped jeans ,white converses, and changed out her bag. She opened the window and was about the climb down when she saw a white price of paper slide under the door.

She walked over to it. It looked to be a note the white envelope read Regina. Emma rolled her eyes and stuffed it into her bag she didn't have time for this. All she knew is she should get going so she could get back her rattle.

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Emma sat at a booth by herself. The shop had just opened so the she was the only one there besides Red. "What can I get for you honey?" Red asked before she could even get one word out she was interrupted.

"She will have a hot coco with cinnamon am I right babe?" Emma turned to see Cole propped against the door frame a smudge smile plastered across his face.
Red raised an eyebrow to Emma who nodded.

"You better have what I came here to get." Emma whispered snapped
"Relax babe I got it." He said sliding it over to her
"Don't you think I'll walk right out now that you have given it to me? Emma asked

"Maybe but I know you. You want to know what I know." He said picking at his nails
Emma let her shoulders relax. This boy knew her...he knew her all to well.

"That's what I thought." He laughed
Red came back and say the coco down.
"So ask away anything you want to know." Cole said sitting up straighter as if he was on trial.

Emma took a sip of her coco. "Your story." Emma said bluntly as Cole almost chocked on his coco.
"Come again babe I don't think I heard you right." He said grabbing a napkin to wipe his mouth.

"Your story. You said anything I looked in my book," Emma said taking it out of her bag and sliding it to him," your not in it so what's your story?" She questioned

"Oh my story...still being written." He smirked
"Am I wasting my time here bud because you said anything this is my anything!" Emma almost yelled

"Alright babe calm yourself I was only kidding." He joked
"Well it wasn't funny now talk!" Emma pushed

"Ok," he cleared his throat," Once upon a time."

"You are so freaking cheesy." Emma informed
"Wanna here the story or not?" He snapped as Emma held her hands up in defense as he started.

"Once upon a time. There was a supper handsome boy named Cole who every girl loves and wanted to date-"

"Cole!" Emma whined
"Ok ok." He said

"Anyway my parents where very a best from my life and didn't like me or whatever. So I had to fend for myself. I would get so hungry I had to steal food sometimes. One day was was walking in the town square and spotted a loaf of bread a women had in her bag. The women saw me looking at it and gave it to me. I must have forgotten the thank her or something. She said I was ungrateful. She put a hex on me saying I could never live a normal life again. I didn't know what she meant until I turned into a cat." Cole explained as it was no big deal

"I'm so sorry Cole." Emma said
"No babe it's chill being a cat was cool."

"But how did you get here though? Without forgetting?" Emma wondered
"That's easy babe being this cat came special powers I could transport between realms I found out the queen was going to send us to the land with out magic so while she castes the curse I waited here until they came and I waited to find someone to break the curse." He explained

"And you think that's me?" Emma scoffed
"That's right babe now come with me." He said as he slapped a 5 dollar bill into the table and dragged Emma out the door.