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Who: ~~Natasha Romanoff~~ Natalie Rushman
Where: The school, her home, out and about around town
When: The duration of the event October 24-28
Rating: Anywhere from PG to MATURE, idek
Summary: Natasha's the school Guidance Counselor, spending her days dealing with problem teens and her evenings in search of a little uncomplicated fun and distractions. not that it always works out that way... Her plotting comment is over here

The Story:
The Office:
Natalie's office at the school is a bright and airy room at a corner of the building, where bright windows let in a lot of light. It's all tastefully decorated, all soothing neutral colors with the occasional splash of a vibrant red for an accent. Her door is always open unless she's seeing a student and while she often does her paperwork from behind her desk, when she gets a visitor, she's more often likely to come join them on the couch or the plush pair of overstuffed armchairs that takes up the far side of her office.

After Hours:
When not acting as the school's guidance counselor, Natalie tends to take a much more laid back and uncomplicated approach to life. She has a small house in one of the neighborhoods on the outskirts of town with a view of the water, something neat and trim and complete with a white picket fence - an irony that is not lost on her.

She can be found there on occasion but much more often she's out and about, a frequent visitor at the local diners and bars when she's looking for a bit of companionship, or at the gym or the dance studio when she's not. She likes keeping busy and is very emphatic about leaving her work for work hours, although sometimes that's not always possible. She's friendly but has a bit of a sharp tongue and a sly sense of humor and if you're looking for a little bit of uncomplicated, no-strings-attached fun, then you'll definitely have a better chance of catching her attention.

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It isn't as if Henry actually plans to go to school. Maybe he'll consider it if they're here for a long time or it doesn't seem like something bad will happen - or one of his mothers or his dad actually makes him - but for now he's ditching. Still, that doesn't stop him from going to see if his grandma is there, to see if she even knows she's his grandma, or if she's still just Ms. Blanchard.

Before he finds her though he passes an office, then slows down and backtracks. And now he realizes that people from Wonderland are here too. It's pretty easy to figure out this is all going to be terrible (probably) after that.

With a quick glance at the name beside the door he knocks, wondering if the curse gave Natasha memories of him with troubled school attendance issues since he ran away to Boston on his own, stole his teacher's credit card when he was ten, and really barely went to school after the curse broke the first time. Guess he can find out.

"Ms. Rom - Rushman?" He corrects himself. Maybe since there's no Archie, he can talk to her.

"Henry!" Natalie exclaims as she pushes away from her desk and comes around it to greet him. He's not one of the students she sees frequently, although he's been in her office once in a rare while. She knows who he is, though - her memory for names and faces is something that remains even now.

"Is everything alright? Why aren't you in class?"

Henry comes up with a lie on the fly, giving her a little smile. "I didn't feel very good this morning so mom called me out. But I wanted to come see you. Can....we talk? If you're too busy, it's okay."

He doesn't even know what they're going to talk about, he's making it up as he goes.

She gives him a smile and shakes her head, nudging the door shut behind him to give them some privacy before motioning him over to the sofa against the far wall. "I'm not too busy. Come sit down. What's on your mind?"

What's on his mind...good question.

"I...want to do something special for my dad, but I don't know what."

He isn't sure that anyone in Storybrooke knows that Neal is his dad in their cursed state, has no clue how it actually is supposed to work with the people from Wonderland. But, he'll cross that bridge when and if he gets to it.

"I haven't exactly known him very long, and I don't really know how long we have to hang out." All true, and the latter something he feels guilty about. He'd been so glad to be back in Storybrooke when he woke that it hadn't even hit him that being there meant his dad was gone.

Edited 2014-10-25 16:26 (UTC)

"Your dad?"

A flash of surprise flickers briefly across Natalie's face as she sinks down beside the boy, because this is indeed news to her. She'd been under the impression that Regina had very strictly and carefully kept Henry's birth parents out of the picture until the boy'd gone in search of Emma, but this is the first she's heard mention of a father.

"I didn't realize you'd met him, Henry. What is it you think you'd like to do?"

Well, there's the answer to that question.

"He didn't even know I existed, but I found him and...." He takes a deep breath, looking at his hands. "I don't really know what we would do here because it's not like there's a lot to do here. Sometimes I just want to talk to him. About anything."

Henry looks up. "Is that...weird?"

"Of course not," Natalie answers, reaching out and resting her hand on his knee. "It's hard to fit an entire lifetime of catching up into the span of a conversation, even if you are still in middle school. There's nothing strange about wanting to make a connection with someone you share blood with. Especially when you've just met. There's nothing wrong with just... having a conversation with him. I'm sure it will be just as special to him, to have that, to learn about you and what you're like. He's here? In town?"

Henry nods. "He just got here. We could talk about anything though. We could talk about baseball, or history. He could talk about anything."

Because he has no idea how long he has, how long they have, but he can't tell her 'by the way I know my dad is going to die.' At least not right now, not while she thinks she's Natalie.

"I still want to do something special for him though. I just don't know what."

"He sounds pretty interesting," she comments with a faint smile, watching Henry get all animated about it, even if she suspected there were things he wasn't telling her. In this case, it was probably alright. Henry's home life had gotten a little... complicated in the past few months. "Maybe you can just find something the two of you can do together, to give you some time with just you, make your own memories? Go hiking or for a long bike ride. Maybe even camping or fishing or something?"

Henry's smile could light a dark room, he loves his dad so much, and it's so not fair that their time will get cut short.

"Fishing..maybe. Camping sounds good. I guess with mom...a mom, I never did stuff like that."

He almost said moms, plural, but caught himself. "Maybe he'd like sailing?" He smiles at Natasha - Natalie. "You give really good advice. I guess you have the right job," he grins, feelng a little cheeky about it.

"Well, you're the first person today to think so, kiddo," she responds dryly, reaching out to ruffle his hair. "And he might like sailing. That should be fun, right? Who wouldn't like that? Unless he gets sea-sick. You should probably double-check that before you plan too far. Just in case."

"Oh. That's a good idea," he realizes, and it is if he didn't know for a fact that his dad knew boats really well. But as far as Natalie giving him advice goes, it's perfect.

"Thanks," Henry says with a smile, not minding the hair ruffle at all in this case. "I just want him to like hanging out with me. I'm pretty sure he does." He really isn't too worried about that part, not as much as he had been the first time in New York.

"Henry, I don't think that's something you ever have to worry about," Natalie countered fondly, giving him a bemused look. "I'm sure any time he gets with you will be precious. So does that ease your mind a bit?"

There's a smile again, and Henry nods. "Yeah, I think it does. He's my dad, so no matter what we do, he's just going to like spending time with me."

See? He gets it, but sometimes talking it out with a superhero-turned-counselor is best.

"Exactly," she answers, hoping that for Henry's sake the man's a decent sort and lives up to that faith. That's not always the case.

"Now. Shouldn't you be in class?" Because no, she hasn't forgotten that, Henry, and knows exactly what time it is.

He won't be going to class, he'll be going to explore the rest of the town to see who's here, who isn't right. But he smiles and nods, standing.

"Thanks, Ms. Rushman. For ll the advice."

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day one just because henry needs to talk to someone D:

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is that a wrap?