Chapter 50

The next morning it was almost 10:00 when Emma called up the stairs to Henry.

"Henry are you ready? Your dad will be here any minute, and I've got stuff to do today"

"I'll be down in a second mom"

Moments later there was a knock on the door and Emma answered it to find Neal standing there.

"Morning Emma"

"You too, and hey, thanks for coming here to pick him up, it's just I've got loads of stuff to do today at the station and around town"

"No problem, is he ready?"

"I'm here" answered Henry, running down the stairs with a backpack slung across his shoulders.

"Hey kiddo, you ready to go?"

"Yeah"

"Hold on mister, I want you to promise me something"

"What is it mom?"

"Behave yourself today, ok, be good for your dad, Belle and Mr Gold"

"I promise"

"Good, no go and sit in the car, I need to talk to your dad"

"Okay, bye mom"

"Bye kid"

Henry then walked over to Neal's car and jumped inside it, leaving his parents to talk.

"So, what's up?"

"I was wondering if you wanted to go out again, it's okay if you don't"

"No, I do, how about Granny's for lunch tomorrow, say about 1"

"Deal, see you later"

"Yeah, I'll bring Henry back about 6, ok"

"No later than, my mom's making his favourite for dinner tonight"

"Okay, bye Emma"

"See ya"

Fifteen minutes later Neal and Henry were in the centre of town and had parked outside of the town's tailors' and saw that Belle was outside waiting for them.

"Hello Henry, are you ready for today?"

"Do I have to wear a suit?"

"Yes, and it shouldn't take too long, you'll be wearing something similar to your grandfather and he already has his, we did it last week"

"Okay"

"Great, then let's go in"

The three of them then walked into the shop and the bell over the door alerted the tailor (who was in the back of the shop) that she had customers, and so, when Belle, Neal and Henry were inside the shop a young black woman, in her early 20s, with shoulder length black hair and dark chocolate eyes came out of the office to stand behind the counter.

"Oh" said Belle, "I was expecting to see someone else"

"That would be my mother, Ida Brown, my name is Vanessa, and you must be Belle"

"Yes, I came in last week with my fiancé to have his suit fitted, ..."

"...and now you've come to fit the best man and page boy, yes, my mother told me, what is your fiancé's suit like, so I can look through all of this to find something suitable?"

"It's black, with a white shirt, dark blue waistcoat with a matching tie and a blue and white corsage on the lapel"

"Oh yes, now come with me young man, I think we have something that would look great on you, come on, there ain't no time for messing around"

A few minutes later Henry comes out of the changing room wearing a suit, and while he feels a bit silly, Belle, Neal and Vanessa stand there smiling.

"Oh Henry you look so smart" says Belle.

"Do you like it then miss?"

"Yes, could we have a bigger version of that for Neal here please?"

"Of course, l have to take measurements for my mom though first"

Twenty minutes later, after fitting both Henry and Neal, Belle pays Vanessa for the suits, who says that she will call her when they are ready to be picked up.

"Thank you again Vanessa, and tell your mother hope she gets netter soon"

"I will, have a nice day"

After exiting the shop, Belle turns to the boys and says, "Well that was successful wasn't it?"

"What are you going to do now Belle?" asked Neal

"Ariel is watching the library for me today, so I was going to go to the shop, and persuade your father to shut up for the rest of the day"

"Let's go for it"

A short while later the three of the walked into the shop to see Rumplestiltskin/Mr Gold counting the morning's takings.

"Hello you three, how did the suit fitting go?"

"Great, they're all fitted, just have to be adjusted, they'll call when they're ready"

"Perfect, so what can I do for you?"

"Belle was hoping to persuade you to shut up the shop for rest of the day grandpa"

"Oh she was, was she?"

"Yes, I was hoping we could all go back to the house and have a family day, please Rumple"

"Sounds ok, just give me a few minutes and we'll get going"

"Yay, thank you"

Ten minutes later they all left the shop and headed home.

End of Chapter