Second Love to the Right (Neal Cassidy/Baelfire Love Story)

Epilogue

9 months later

I stood behind the counter of Mr. Gold's pawnshop, reading some of the interesting stories from the books I had found lying around the place. There were some that were quite sad. But the others were mostly interesting or made me smile. Suddenly, my reading was interrupted by the sound of my husband.

"Molly, what are you doing?" Neal asked.

I turn my head towards the side and look at him.

"Nothing, just reading a couple of stories I found," I say.

The pawnshop hasn't really been getting a lot of business today, so it was a perfect thing to do to kill time.

"No, I mean what are you doing here? You look like you're about to pop any second now" Neal says.

I stare down at my clearly swollen stomach.

"Neal, you're not going to be one of those guys who says I have to stay home and avoid doing work just because I'm nine months pregnant are you?" I ask.

Neal laughs as he grabs my hands.

"No, of course not. I'm just concerned is all" Neal says.

I smile.

You probably want a recap of the last nine months, don't you? Well, the night Neal returned and I announced that I was pregnant was the same night we got married. We obviously didn't do anything formal. We had a simple small wedding in the woods with our only witnesses being Archie, Mr. Gold, and Belle. The reason Mr. Gold and Belle were there was because they actually had the exact same idea. That same night, Mr. Gold and Belle decided to get married too. So in a way, it was dual wedding. So every year that we are now married, we are going to have a dual anniversary. Not too long later, Neal started working at the pawnshop with me and his father and now mother-in-law. Both of us tried getting in as many hours as possible to save up money to buy a place. Nothing too big. Something that could fit at least 3 people. Not that long ago, one of the apartments in Mary Margaret's building became available for a pretty fair price, so we decided to take it and move in. We've only been living there for a month now. Anyway, it's now been nine months since Neal and I got married. Also, that means that I could be having a baby anytime now. There's also some other minor news. Mary Margaret's and David's baby has been growing up well. Regina and Robin Hood are now officially together. And after much denying, Hook and Emma finally admitted that they were now dating. And I was happy for all of these people.

Neal then massages my stomach.

"Have you thought of any names yet?" Neal asks.

"I've been thinking about some. But nothing has really hit me spot on yet" I say.

"Well keep thinking. I'm sure one will come to you. I've been thinking of some too" Neal says.

I smiled. I then turn back to the book.

"What are you reading?" Neal asks.

"I don't know. I was sorting through the books and I found a lot of interesting stories to read, but this so far as been my favorite. It's a story about how on the eve of a blue moon, a woman with magical properties will give birth to twins. These twins will then either become the new guardians of light, or will eventually cover the world in eternal darkness" I say.

"Sounds interesting. Usually the stories in these books become true at one point or another. I wonder when that one happened. If it did yet" Neal says.

"That'd be an interesting story to tell our kid. It'll be pretty psyched to know where his family come from" I say to Neal.

Neal smiles and nods. It'll also be interesting to see if our child develops any powers of sorts. I still retain my magical powers, I just don't use them. Unless it's really necessary. Such as if there's a mess in the pawn shop. Other than that, not too much. Also mostly because I was afraid it would affect the baby.