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She edged around and sat up and looked around, she could see the bathroom door was closed and could hear angry whispering from inside and she sighed and rolled her eyes as she got up from her makeshift bed and knocked on the frosted glass of the door.

“I can hear you, you might as well come out here and say it,” she leaned tiredly on the doorframe and stifled a yawn behind her hand until the door opened and a reluctant looking Mary Margaret exited the bathroom followed by a furious looking David.

David turned to Mary Margaret, “all I’m saying is..”

Emma held up her hand, “wait, I have a feeling I’m going to be involved in this conversation and I’m not able to do that until I get some coffee,” she turned and picked up her mug from the hook and poured herself a cup of coffee and then held the pot up towards her parents. Both nodded and she refilled their cups, that’s when she noticed that the counter was full of dirty dishes from breakfast. She looked at the clock on the wall and saw it was nearly ten in the morning, “Henry!”

“Is at his riding lesson,” Mary Margaret soothed, “we thought we’d let you sleep.”

Emma looked around disorientated, amazed that she had been able to sleep on the sofa while they had all been having breakfast.

“Thanks,” Emma muttered and then looked at David, “you were saying?”

“Emma,” David implored, “surely you agree with me that we need to save this young child from Regina?”

Emma blinked and took a long gulp of the scorching hot coffee before placing her mug down and looking at him intently, “I’m going to say this once,” she said slowly, “I’m going to use real clear language just to make sure there is no misunderstanding, you ready?”

David nodded, suddenly very aware that Emma had completely inherited Snow’s terrifying silent rage.

“No one, and I mean no one at all, is to do anything to that child. Rescue it, save it, kidnap it, stick it in a wardrobe.. nothing. She is Regina’s baby and we must respect that, people may have their issues with Regina..”

David started to argue but Emma silenced him with a glare as she continued, “and they may be right to have those issues.. but this is an innocent child who needs love of a mother. Regina will do that. We will not stop her.”

David looked at Emma like he was desperate to say something, desperate to argue with her somehow but kept freezing up under the glare of his wife and his daughter.

“Isn’t there a council meeting soon?” Emma asked casually.

“Yes,” Mary Margaret nodded, “in a couple of hours. But first I really think you need to speak with Henry.”

Emma felt her heart beat faster and she nodded, “yes, I’ll pick him up from the stables after his lesson,” she turned and looked at the clock, “I better get ready.”

She picked up her mug off the counter and quickly made her way upstairs to her room.

David turned to Mary Margaret and opened his mouth to speak.

“David,” Mary Margaret warned.

“I just don’t get it, Snow,” he answered softly, “why are we suddenly on Regina’s side?”

“We’re not on Regina’s side,” Mary Margaret pointed out, “we’re simply not causing any more problems. We’re letting her get on with her life.”

“But who knows where that baby came from..” David beseeched his wife.

“It came from the Boston Adoption system, I spoke to Gold this morning, he confirmed that Regina has legally adopted Grace,” Mary Margaret nodded with finality.

“Snow..” David began but Mary Margaret turned around and silenced him with another look.

“Charming,” she started, “I know you have doubts about this but please, you have to trust me. I know Regina better than anyone and if Regina is happy then we’re all safe. If you go storming in there waving your sword and attempting to take away that child.. well.. she’ll kill you. Really kill you. It won’t be like the games back in the Enchanted Forest, she will just snap your neck like a twig. And for what? Because you don’t want her to have a chance at a happy life with this new child?”

“She took Emma from us..” David maintained.

“And we took Henry from her, not in the same fashion but we did,” Mary Margaret admitted, “but this isn’t about who did what to whom and when. This is about here and now, today and how we’ve all got to get along in this town. Storybrooke is a lot smaller than the Enchanted Forest and all the other realms that the curse affected. We are going to be in each other’s lives whether we like it or not. So we can either live in a warzone, again, or we can try to find some peace for us all.”

She took a step forward and cupped his cheek softly, “I want peace, for the first time in a long time Regina isn’t actively trying to kill me,” she paused as she thought about the fact for a moment, “I don’t think she’d actively save me either but it’s a start.”

David smiled at his wife’s optimistic grin and nodded, “I just want to.. to do the right thing. By everyone.”