Long Lost | Once Upon a Time (REWRITING)

Chapter Seven: The Cricket Game

The morning started off with Emma, Henry, and Grace going down to Granny's to get breakfast. Like I said before, she was not a morning person, and so the majority of the time spent at the diner, Grace was complaining, and at one point I think she fell asleep in her food. After that, they all went shopping for some things needed for tonight. Supposedly, there was to be a welcome and welcome back party held later, to which Grace was not at all excited for. Big public gatherings made Grace feel queasy because she actually had to socialize. Yes, she understood that it's a big deal right now because Emma and Snow had just gotten back--as well as Grace being here for the first time ever--but that didn't make Grace dread these things any less. Hopefully when all this is over she can just eat and sleep in peace.

While they were all out, Henry went to retrieve ingredients for something called a taco, something Grace had never heard of before, much like a lot of things in this new land, while Emma and the teen went shopping for clothes. Apparently, her clothes were not suitable for this land, and so big sister Emma was here to save the day. The only thing she got from Grace was a snide remark before she finally agreed to try on the ghastly items.

Not long after, they all arrived back at the apartment with about two closets worth of clothes. She didn't complain because at least she had more to choose from besides whatever Emma had picked out for her. As the blonde unlocked the door, Henry and Grace entered first and they were soon followed by Emma. "Hey! Guess what!" Henry said excitedly as he rushed passed Grace towards the kitchen area, "Taco shells were on sale!"

Grace lazily dropped her bags by the end of the stairwell as a reminder for her to bring them up later. "We got a lot of good deals shopping for Grace's clothes." Emma called out as she made her way through the apartment. Grace followed Henry to the kitchen before freezing upon seeing something strange out of the corner of her eye. She turned to see her parents' bedroom with the two of them stock still beneath the sheets. "And apparently, tacos? Not a big item in the Enchanted--"

"What are you guys still doing in bed?" Emma was soon cut off by Henry's abrupt comment, him being the most confused as he looked between the two of them. Grace could see Emma visibly stiffen, her slack-jawed as she stared openly at them both.

Grace quickly turned back towards them, voicing her own thoughts with furrowed brows. "Yeah, it's like the middle of the afternoon--..." She began before she suddenly gained a look of realization as she glanced between the two, but that look soon changed to one of disgust as she glanced between the two. "Eww..." she dragged out, visibly cringing at the sight of her parents still in bed.

"What?" Henry asked innocently, obviously clueless as to what his grandparents were even doing.

Snow quickly stopped him before he could say anymore, "...The trip back was tiring and... I needed to rest."

"And I needed to... help her rest." David spoke for himself, all the while pulling the sheet and tucking it closer to their presumably naked bodies. Grace visibly shivered and looked away, not wanting to even get into that conversation.

Henry, still confused, turned towards Emma with a look of interest, "But what's so gross about--"

"Some things are better left unsaid, Henry." Grace said lowly, whilst she hurriedly guided him back towards the kitchen.

"Uhh, let's... Let's go make the tacos." Emma quickly stated whilst following them as she snapped out of her traumatized daze. "We have to make a lot, because there's going to be a ton of people at Granny's welcome and welcome back party tonight." Her tone of voice had been a lot higher in pitch, presumably because of the fact that she was trying to cover up her feelings of both disgust and embarrassment.