Goldilocks

Chapter 4

GOLDI'S POV

I grabbed the box with my heart, locked it up, and brought it back to the castle. I opened up the castle doors and went up to my room immediately. I set the box under my bed and peered outside at all the stars. Then I fell asleep, which wasn't easy because I still can't get over Hook...or...dad.

HENRY'S POV

I heard Charlotte, I mean Goldilocks, leave soon after everyones' lights went out. I was going to follow her but I decided to stay in bed. She came back much later with a box. I saw that a little crack under the lid was glowing red. She put in under her bed...darn. After she fell asleep I grabbed the box from under her bed and tried to open it, but it wouldn't budge. I looked around for a key that would fit the lock. When I looked at her, I found a key was around her neck. I put her hair aside, it was so soft and it looked like the gold sun, and took the necklace off of her. I pulled the blanket over her after she slightly stirred, and then I put the key in the lock. It fit! I twisted the key and opened the lid. I wanted to scream at what was inside, but I didn't. I just set it back under her bed and put the necklace on the dresser. I walked throughout the castle floors trying to calm down. "Henry? Is that you?" I saw a light in a room, "Yeah." It was Emma, "Can't sleep, kid?" I shook my head, I want to tell her so bad about what I found, but I was too much of a wimp to say it. "I know this whole trip and this place is a bit...overwhelming. But do you trust me?" I nodded. She slightly smiled then hugged me.

GOLDI'S POV

I woke up and found that Henry wasn't in the room. I grabbed the box and reached for the key on the dresser (I guess I set it there) but to my surprise, it was already open, oh no! I walked down the corridors trying to think it through. I ran into Hook, we made eye contact for a few seconds, then decided to keep moving at the same time. Jones ran inside due to the raining. I went to the kitchen, no food for us. I formed an apple and ate it. I gave Jones some meat. Henry came in, and he looked shocked, "Morning," he said. "Hey." He sat next to me. "No food huh?" I shook my head, "Nothing!" "Char- Goldi, can I talk to you?" I think he opened the box. "Mhm." His hands were slightly shaking, but he tried not to show it. "I-uhm-I looked- inside that box you brought in last night." Knew it. "There-there was a heart...Why?" "Don't worry, it's mine. You don't have to worry," but I could tell that he still was. "Why isn't it in you?" I looked down, why wasn't it? "Well, I-in my past, I felt a lot of pain, and with what I could do, I decided to take it out to bare the pain. Before, I would think why would my father ever leave me? Did he love me? It tore me apart that he never came back like he promised. So I took it out, but I kept that necklace he gave to me as a promise, I kept it to remind myself how stupid and foolish I was with love." I looked up, he looked away, "So, do you even love?" "I can get friends, I can still feel pain of love. I became friends with you, the heart doesn't stop that, when Baelfire died, I still cried. I just don't feel much pain, it really does help and you get used to it." He shakes his head, "But you don't love, feel, care, or wonder! It's as if you aren't yourself!" I never thought of it like that, "Where did love ever get me?" He shook his head again in anger. Then he left me to think. After a while, I went upstairs and opened the box. I grabbed my heart (hey, that guy's persuasive) and put it in my chest, a rush of pain and agony rushed through me. My hatred towards Hook came back, but also my love for him. I thought about Henry, and I felt different about him. All of these thoughts rushed through me. I laid on my bed and grabbed my pad. I drew the chest with my heart in it. Someone came in, "Changed your mind?" It was Henry, he saw the empty box. I smiled; he was so handsome, "Yeah, I guess I did." He jumped on the bed with me. "That's pretty cool," he said, referencing my drawing. I smiled down at my pad. I looked into Henry's eyes, they were blue...like the ocean. I was so warm and I felt his breath on my face. Then Jones jumped on me and sat in between us. We just sat there and laughed. It feels so good to feel love.