(song mention: Bring me to life by evanescence)

Regina was nervous all day. She started her day by changing her outfit 4 times, spilled her first cup of coffee on the kitchen counter, gave Henry a turkey sandwich minus the turkey, grabbed the wrong notepad from her office for her meeting, and dropped her second cup of coffee walking out of Granny's diner. To say Regina had a bad day was an understatement.

When Regina picked Henry up from school she looked at him and just said, "Sorry."

Henry sighed and put his headphones in, even for the 10 minute ride home.

When they arrived home Regina decided to get started on dinner. She figured a simple lasagna would be best since today obviously wasn't her day.

Mr. Zythe called Regina letting her know that he and Emma were about 10 minutes away.

Regina called Henry down and said that Emma and would be here in a few moments. Henry nodded his head and sat on the sofa downstairs.

Regina heard a car pull into the driveway and went to the front door, Henry standing beside her.

When the car pulled to a stop a middle aged man got out. He was dressed in kakis, a blue button up, brown shoes, and grey tie. The man wasn't bad looking but could definitely use some more sleep.

When he got out of the car Regina step forward to greet him, "Hello, Mr. Zythe I'm presuming?"

Walter nodded and said, "Yes, but you can call me Walter."

Regina shook his hand and looked towards the car, "Umm... is she not here?"

Walter sighed and said, "No she is she is on her way. She decided she didn't want to leave her bike in storage so her and her friends are bringing it up."

Regina nodded thinking it was a bicycle, "Very well. I supposed we can wait here for her then. Is there anything in your car of hers?"

Walter shook his head, "No, she has everything."

They only needed to wait another 2 minutes before a pickup truck and motorcycle came speeding down the street parking in front of the house.

Regina opened her mouth to yell at them to send them away, when Walter nodded and said, "Ahh, here she is"

Regina looked at Walter in shock. Regina steeled her face and went down the driveway to greet Emma and the others.

Regina couldn't see inside the truck since the windows were tinted nor could she see the person riding the motorcycle. All she could tell was that the rider was fit, and favored the color black.

The truck doors opened and two guys hopped out. One tall and muscular the other shorter and skinnier. Then the person riding the bike too their helmet off. Regina couldn't contain her surprise when a blonde haired girl took the helmet off. The girl shook her hair out and placed the helmet on the bikes handle bars, before swinging her leg over the bike and stretching.

Walter nodded at the two boys and turned to the girl, "Emma, come meet Regina and her son."

Emma nodded and walked up to Regina and Henry, she extended her hand towards Regina and said, "Hey, I'm Emma."

Regina forgot Henry was standing there next to her until he gasped and said, "You, you, you're Swan? Like THE Swan!?"

Emma laughed and nodded, she turned to the two guys and said, "Hey David, Killian, looks like we have a fan over here!"

Killian and David jogged over and said, "Sup dude."

Henry just nervously smiled and said, "umm. nothing."

Killian and David smiled again and looked at Emma, "We are gonna grab the duffle and your case."

Emma nodded and said, "Thanks guys."

Emma looked back at Regina and said, "Umm..."

Regina blinked and cleared her throat, "Sorry, I'm sorry. Regina, I'm Regina. It's very nice to meet you."

Emma smiled and said, "Nice to meet you too. BTW your house is... wow.."

Regina smiled and said, "Thank you. Umm... how about Henry shows you to your room and then we can have dinner."

Emma nods and walks over to Killian grabbing her duffle and throwing it over her shoulder.

Henry leads Emma, Killian, and David into the house.

Regina walks over to Walter and says, "You weren't kidding about her appearance."

Walter chuckles and says, "Yeah, Emma.. she um.. she kinda does her own thing."

Regina lifts an eyebrow and asks, "If you don't mind me asking but what made Emma need to leave her previous foster home?"

Walter sighed and said, "I think that is something that you need to talk with Emma about ; and I'm not allowed to disclose anything about a child's past. I'm sorry."

Regina nods in understanding, "That's alright. But who are the two... gentlemen accompanying Emma?"

Walter clears his throat, "Those are her brothers."

Regina is startled and says, "Excuse me, you didn't mention anything about three foster kids."

Walter shook his head, "No, they are previous foster brothers. The tall muscular one is David he just turned 20 I believe and Killian the other one is 19. They were in a foster home together a few years back, they just kept in touch."

Regina nodded and said, "So they travel with Emma to each new home?"

Walter says, "Ehh.. kinda. They usually tag along to make sure they don't get any bad vibes from foster parents, and to make sure they know exactly where Emma is."

Regina lifted and eyebrow and said, "Isn't that kinda stalkerish?"

Walter sighed and said, "Yes, but you don't know how many times the three of them have save each other."

Regina was going to ask Walter to explain when he looked at his watch and said, "Oohh. I need to head back. Umm.. tell Emma I'll contact her later, and we will be in touch. Feel free to call me anytime if there are any problems. Thank you again Ms. Mills for taking Emma in on such short notice."

Walter ran to his car and drove off.

Regina sighed and went back into the house.

When Regina entered the kitchen she jumped a little seeing David crouched down at her oven.

David was taking the lasagna out and placed it on the stove, "Hey, sorry to startle you. Henry said dinner should be done now. I came up to ask but you were still talking with Walt. I didn't want it to burn."

Regina nodded and swallowed, "No, thank you. The way today has been going I wouldn't be surprised if I accidentally burned dinner."

David laughed and said, "Nervous?"

Regina ran a hand through her hair and asked, "Is it that obvious?"

David nodded and said, "Emma is your first foster isn't she?"

Regina nodded and said, "Yes. Any advice?"

David just laughed again and said, "Not really" Then his face turned serious, "Actually yeah. Listen to her. Don't let her looks or her past be the foundation of your thoughts of her. And don't hurt her."

Regina nodded and said, "Thanks"

David nodded and said, "I can set the table if you want. That is if you don't want Killian and I to get out of your hair."

Regina shook her head, "No, no, stay. Both of you stay for dinner. That's alright I got it tonight. Go tell them dinner is ready and to get washed up."

David nodded and went to do what was asked of him.

Everyone was sitting around the table silently eating when Henry asked, "How come you guys are named the Grey Swans?"

David and Killian both stopped chewing and looked at Emma. Emma swallowed and looked to Henry, "Umm.. Well I go by the last name Swan and I got it from the first family that was going to adopt me, before I ended up being sent back. The swan mates for life, I always liked the idea of something, someone being a constant. So that's where Swan comes from, but umm... grey. Well from what we have all experienced life is grey, it's not just black and white but shades of Grey. So we do songs about life and what life has always been like for us. So the Grey Swans."

Henry nodded and said, "Then what is the song Bring me to Life about? What happened?"

David licked his lips and Killian looked down, Emma just sighed and said, "That kid is a story for another time."

Before Henry could ask another question Regina chimed in, "So Killian, David, where are you going to be staying?"

Emma breathed a sigh of relief and continued eating, thankful that attention was no longer on her.

David swallowed and said, "We are going to be at that B&B Granny's. Just until we find something else."

Regina nodded and said, "Well if you need help finding an apartment I can call a friend and ask her to help you."

David and Killian smiled and said, "Thank you."

Dinner continued smoothly, it was almost 9:30PM when David and Killian left. Henry was up in his room getting ready for bed leaving Emma and Regina downstairs.

Regina was putting the dishes away when Emma sat down at the breakfast bar.

Emma startled Regina when she started speaking, "Thank you. For helping during dinner, I really appreciated it."

Regina put the last dish away and looked at Emma, "It was no problem. But... I hope you don't mind me asking, the tattoos, the piercings, the clothes was that what got you kicked out of your previous foster home?"

Emma knew that question would come up but she hoped it would be a little later. Emma scratched her head and said, "Umm. If you don't mind I think I'll wait a little before telling you about that. Umm. I'm tired I'm going to go to bed. Good night."

Regina processed what Emma said and sighed, mumbling Good night Emma; but Emma was already downstairs.

Regina turned off all of the lights, checked on a sleeping Henry, and went to her bedroom.

She did her nightly routine and got into bed. As she was drifting to sleep she thought What happened to you Emma?

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