Once Upon a Time

Chapter 31

Hope walked, after about thirty minutes searching, into the “eating room”. Snow White, Prince Charming, Faith and Finn were already sitting around the table.

‘There you are.’ Snow White said as he saw Hope coming in.

‘That took long, were you lost?’ Prince Charming grinned.

‘Well honestly, I was lost.’ Hope said.

‘How can you get lost in here?’ Faith asked.

‘Because it’s HUGE.’ Hope said.

‘With all those different corridors, that brings you somewhere you don’t want to be. Last night I almost couldn’t find my room.’ Hope said.

Charming laughed.

‘Don’t.’ Snow said slapping her husband’s arm.

‘I got lost all the time when I was younger.’ Snow said.

Hope gave her a thankful smile and sat down opposite from Finn.

‘How did you sleep? Was everything okay?’ Snow asked.

‘Yes, just fine.’ Hope said.

‘What are you going to do today?’ Charming asked.

‘Jace is going to pick me up.’ Hope said.

‘Jace? As in son of Cinderella?’ Snow asked quite surprised.

‘Yes, he wants to show me some place.’ Hope said.

Charming spit his tea out of his mouth has he started to cough.

‘You’re going on a date with Jace?’ Charming asked.

‘Not exactly a date.’ Hope said.

‘Did he ask you out?’ Faith asked.

‘Kind of.’ Hope said.

‘That’s a date.’ Faith said and she took another sip of her tea.

Hope grabbed the jam that was standing in front of her and smeared it on her bread.

‘Oh shut up you.’ Hope said.

‘When is he going to pick you up?’ Snow asked.

‘I don’t know.’ Hope said.

‘He might have mentioned it, but I forgot.’ she said shrugging and she took a bite of her bread.

‘Are you going to wear that?’ Snow asked.

Hope looked down at her clothes. She had to admit, they looked pretty dirty, because of journey to the castle, but they were the only clothes she had.

‘These are the only clothes I have.’ Hope said.

Snow shook her head and chuckled.

‘Honey, the closet in your room, the one with all those clothes, that’s all yours.’ Snow said.

‘But there are only dresses.’ Hope said.

‘No there aren’t.’ Snow said.

‘I’ll come with you after breakfast.’ Snow said.

Hope nodded and looked over at Finn, who had been quiet through the whole conversation. He even looked a little pale.

‘Something wrong Finn?’ Hope asked.

Everyone turned their gaze towards him and Finn shook.

‘Everything is just fine.’ he said with a small smile that disappeared from his face directly when everyone looked away again.