Okay, I understand that Jared himself is growing up quite quickly, but in the show universe, Henry is still only 14(ish). C rushes and puppy love are one thing (and since it got next to no development in S5A, it can remain in the teeny bopper phase). I mean, yay for the show remembering that Violet was a thing, but whyyyy are they in NYC? Seemingly alone? Or at least sans parents?
Well, they’re not totally alone in the Big Apple, because we know Rumple is there, too. So, at least Henry and Violet aren’t totally unchaparoned. It might be that Rumple and Henry travelled there together on some mission, but that they split up for a few hours.
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy