"Henry Henry where have you been I've been so worried",Regina said as she hugged her son who quickly pulled away and yelled " i found my real mum"he ran past her through the door when he ran in to a man who had bright blue eyes you could loose yourself in and short brown hair he had a chiseled Body and you could tell that he worked out. He was also wearing a sherif uniform it was slimming and fit to his body very well. He spoke to Regina in a soft but deep voice "I'll go check on him see if he's alright" Regina just looked at him and nodded her head before looking back at Emma who stood there looking shocked. Regina could feel a sharp sting in her chest from being rejected from henry once again. Emma looked at Regina before asking "is that the towns sherif"

"yes he's also my husband" Regina replied with a hint of confusion in her voice.

Emma just looked at her with a confused look on her face she didn't get a close enough look at this guy but he did look awfully familiar she just couldn't put her finger on it.

Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard words coming out of the brunettes mouth "would you like a glass of the world best apple cider that you will ever taste"

"got anything stronger"

Regina smiled as she put out her Hand leading Emma to the door as she followed Emma inside. Emma was breathless as she saw the inside of the mayors mansion it was stunning and very well decorated but also very black and white. She turned her head to the stairs where she could hear footsteps coming down the stairs where she could get a closer look at this familiar looking man. When she looked at this man she lost her breath as she said the words "Neal is that you"

"Emma" he replied with an excited but also shocked tone in his voice. Regina just looked at them confused and said with a confused and sharp tone "do use to know each other"

Emma was the first to reply "yes but a long time ago"

Use weren't togeth... Regina went to say before Neal cut her off by jumping in and saying "no! No we weren't. Emma just looked at him there was an awkward silence in the air until Neal broke it by saying " Henry is fast asleep won't need to worry about him for now. Regina just looked at him with a whole heap of relief off her shoulders before she looked at Emma and said "how about that apple cider" before they walked off into the study she explained how she looked after Henry that she had a set of rules that made her seem strict before asking "you don't think that makes me evil do you" Emma just looked at her before they both walked out into the lounge room where Regina poured another glass of cider before asking "you do know what a closed adoption is right"

"yeh you do not need to worry after tonight you will not have to worry about me"

Regina nodded at her then said " good is there a father I should worry about"

Emma just looked at her and said in a soft tone "no he doesn't even no "

"I should get going" Emma said

"How bout I show you the way out" Neal said looking at her than chucking a smile.

Regina walked upstairs when she reached Henry's room she placed her head on the door frame where she took in the sight of her son sleeping there peacefully without a care in the world she walked into the room and stood by his bed before bending down and placing a kiss onto his forehead and whispered the words "I love you Henry" before hopping up and and walking to her own room.

Neal walked into the room to see his wife in her grey silk pajamas laying on the bed he removed his shirt revealing his perfectly shaped abs and removed his jeans which showed his black and white checkered boxers. He looked down at his dearest wife where he could see her thinking. he had distracted her by asking her what was on her mind.

"You don't think im a bad mother do you"

"of course not you loved and cared for Henry his whole life"

"but he thinks I'm the evil queen where did I go wrong"

" hey listen to me you done everything right I'm sure it's just a stage he's going through he'll out grow it soon we all rebel from our parents"

" i hope your right"

" I know what will make you feel better"

"oh do you now" she said playfully

"yes I do" he said before jumping into bed than grabbing her waist before kissing her hard on the lips with hers responding trying to take control but she knew he would win he always does.

The next day Emma woke up in an unfamiliar place her head was throbbing from what ever happened the night before, she remembered dropping Henry off but after that everything went blank. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard a cheerful voice talking to her "time to wake up sunshine"

"Neal" she replied " what are you doing here" she was still half asleep.

"well I am the towns sherif after all it is my job to arrest people who break the law I guess you had a little bit to drink last night" he said while trying not to laugh.

"what are you talking about" she said while she sat up taking in her surroundings when she realized that she was in a jail cell.

"What did I do" her voice was groggy

"You crashed you car while leaving storybrooke you know from driving under the influence"

"no there was an animal I went to swerve than the next thing I know is that I woke up here"

"any way I'm going to let you out of here with a warning so no more drink driving"

" yeh thanks"

" it was good seeing you Emma have a safe trip" he said before hugging her.

" you know I think I might stay a night my head still hurts I think it will be for the best you know a place where I could stay"

" yeh of course granny's just across the street"

"thanks it was good seeing you to"

He sat down at his seat and looked at the pile of paper work on his desk until a thought came into his mind.

Regina was sitting in her office filling out paper work of her new development plans until she was interrupted by the voice of her secretary over the intercom.

" Madame mayor there's someone here to see you"

" can it wait I'm kinda in the middle of something"

" he says it can't wait"

" who is it"

" your husband mam"

" why couldn't you of said that in the first place" you could hear the frustration in her voice.

" he wanted it to be a surprise mam"

Regina pushed her head back into her seat before saying " let him in"

Neal walked into her office where he saw his wife looking at him with an eyebrow raised." this better be important I'm busy filling out paper work you know running this town" she said in a sharp tone you could hear the frustration in her voice.

He replied "me to I've got whole pile of it you know police work trying to stop criminals"

Regina just smiled at him and said in a softer voice " than what are you really here for"

" well I was at my desk than I thought that I would come over and bring you lunch"

" oh really and what is it that you brought me"

" you know your favorite apple crumble"

She just looked at him with a smile that only he ever gets to see, he thought it was a shame that no one in town gets to see the human side of her and this lovely contagious smile because she always hiding her emotions. "thank you dear but I really should get back to work"

" I see how it is fine then" he said sarcastically before leaning over the desk and kissing her on the lips and whispering the words I love you in her hear. I love you to she replied before he walked off.

It had been a couple of weeks and Miss Swan still insisted on staying. Regina hated it Henry still thought she was the evil queen so dr hopper was not working,Emma kept been persistent and wouldn't leave Henry alone, and who knows what her past relation ship was with her husband. On top of all that she had a collapse mine nearly loosing one of the only people she cares about she thought she was loosing it, her husband made Emma a deputy without even telling her.

Neal had a enough of Emma's and Regina's constant fighting over Henry so he decided to confront Emma on what she was doing. " why are you really here" he said

" what do you mean"

" if you are trying to take Henry away I will not let that happen"

" no I just want to help him"

" help him how by convincing him some more that his mother is the evil queen"

" I'm only doing what dr hopper told me I should do"

" did you ever once think that maybe you staying could be ripping a family apart"

" how I've done nothing"

" yes we'll now my wife thinks that I might secretly love you, and now we are constantly fighting because I've stuck up for you, but now I just can't I will not loose my wife and son"

"'do you still love me" Emma said

" a part of me will always love you but I'm married to Regina, I love her"

Later that night he just couldn't be at home so he headed of to the bar where he saw Emma " can I join you" he said

" sure tough night "

" tough alright"

" I'm sorry if I hadn't of stayed you never would of been in this mess"

" yes we would of"

" things were really that bad"

" yep we were happy once than Henry got that stupid book since then it's been nothing but a constant battle, Henry will be mad at you if you tell him that it's not true, but Regina will mad at you if you encourage him I can't win"

"sounds like you need more alcohol"

" i think your right" he said as he ordered the strongest drink they had.

He found himself at Emma's on the couch kissing her pulling off her jacket from her shoulders. Un clipping her bra as she unbuttoned his shirt before yanking at his jeans pulling them off. He deepened the kiss and she returned it. He made his way down to her jeans pulling them off as she wrapped her legs around his waist pulling him in closer.

The next morning Neal woke up to see Emma laying next to him instead of his wife " no no no " he said as he remembered the events of that night

" what wrong" Emma said her voice all groggy

" what's wrongs what's wrong is that I just cheated on my wife the one I made vowels to when I married her"

"what about last night"

" I'm sorry I was angry drunk how could you let me do this" tears running down his face " this will kill when she finds out"

" than you don't tell her, but didn't last night mean anything to you"

" I'm sorry Emma I love my wife just not as much as I thought how am I ever going to face her"

" who are you kidding you do love her we all make mistakes"

" this is worse than a mistake when she finds out it will shatter her I can't I just can't". Emma placed an arm on his shoulder to reassure him " you can and you will every thing will be fine"

He made his way home feeling awful like something had kicked him in the guts. " where have you been" Regina said " I've been worried about you"

" I'm sorry I had some extra work to do at the station so I slept there the night"

" next time tell me" she said as she wrapped her arms around his neck. He wrapped his arms around her waist and held her tight against his body. He rested his head on her shoulder breathing in her scent of cinnamon and apples, he closed his eyes not wanting believe that he had cheated on her but he knew he had. " what's wrong" she said

" I just really missed you" he said as he kissed her forehead " I'm going to go have a shower"

He found himself constantly scrubbing himself clean no mater how much he tried he still felt dirty bad he hated what he had done now he had to live with it. He found himself unable to face her because the sight of her would make his heart ache so he had no choice but to avoid her.

He woke up in a freight sweat running down his face. He woke Regina up she could see him breathing heavily she placed her hand on his chest " what's wrong" she said

" nothing just a bad dream" he said " I just need some air"

" it's cold outside, go back to sleep"

" no I need some air" he said as put on a jumper and left the house.

Regina had followed him " what's wrong" she said

" nothing"

" you keep avoiding me have I done something"

" no"

" Then what's going on"

" I cheated on you" he yelled

" what you did what"

" I'm sorry"

" with who"

" Emma"

" I shouldn't of even of had to ask" her heart breaking as tears ran down her face " do yo love her"

" no of course not"

" then why did you do it"

" I was mad and drunk okay but it meant nothing"

" you know what our whole marriage must of meant nothing how about you go back to Emma's you can get your things in morning" Regina said as she turned around so he wouldn't see how hurt she was.

" Regina" he yelled out as ran after her " please" but Regina just kept walking.

" don't leave me" he pleaded as dropped to his knees and fell to the ground spewing blood as it ran out his mouth. Regina ran to his side placing him on his side " I I llove you" he said as he lost a lot of blood

" I love you to" she replied as she pulled out her phone to call 911.

" don't leave me" she said as tears ran down her face, his body starting to shake violently " please don't leave me"

That just something I had thought about for a while change Neal up a little bit anyway tell me what you think.