A/N: Awesome to see that my little story gained some followers and even favorites. I didn't expect that to happen, so thank you very much dear readers :)

To the guest reviewer who asked where baby Neal is: I wasn't sure if I was going to include Neal or not. I also said that the story wasn't set in a particular time per se and it doesn't necessarily follow the events of OUAT. But because you asked I decided to make him part of the family as well, though his role will be limited.

Chapter 2

"Ma, I can't find my keys" Henry yelled from upstairs, while frantically searching through every drawer in his room, the top of his nightstand and the pockets of his coat. Emma stood from the couch and decided she would go and help her son look for them, she didn't want to be late because Henry misplaced his keys and she was sure Regina wouldn't like it if Henry was going to be late for dinner with her.

When she entered Henry's room she saw her son sitting on the bed, sulking slightly. Henry looked up meeting Emma's eyes and stated "I looked everywhere and found nothing. What if I lost my keys outside? We'll never find them in al that snow. Mom is not going to be pleased when she learns I lost the keys to our home"

Emma went to step closer towards Henry when something caught her eye. A set of keys, laying under Henry's bed. "Hey kid, don't beat yourself up over losing some keys, it happens. And I don't think you've looked everywhere" Emma said with a small smirk on her face, while receiving a confused look from Henry.

Deciding that she wouldn't let the boy suffer any longer Emma walked closer to the bed, bend at the knees and picked up the keys from the ground. She dangled them in front of Henry's face, who felt a small blush creeping up his neck, reaching his cheeks because of the drama he made over nothing and stated "perhaps I didn't look everywhere after all". "No perhaps you didn't Emma said with a chuckle, while she ruffled through Henry's hair, earning her a glare for messing it up and a second later a nice smile when she handed him his keys.

"So are you ready to go now? Your mom has a thing for punctuality, so we must get going if we want to drop you off at 5 pm." "Yep, I'm all set".

When Emma and Henry descended from the stairs and were back in the living room they just caught Mary-Margaret hanging up the phone. She turned around and when she saw Emma she pointed towards the phone and said "Ashley just called to invite me and David over for dinner. We were already going to their home to pick up Neal from his play date with Alexandra in 10 minutes, but I guess we'll be staying a while." She looked at David, who was standing in the kitchen and when he smiled at her she knew he'd like to have dinner with Ashely and her family too.

"You don't mind do you Emma? You'll have to make something for yourself when you get back from dropping Henry of at Regina's."

"No of course I don't mind, go have a fun night with friends and my baby brother. I'll just go out and eat something at Granny's. I don't like to cook just for one person and I could really go for a nice burger with fries and a milkshake Emma stated as she practically felt her mouth watering."

Meanwhile, Henry became a little jealous at his mother when he considered that Regina already told him todays menu. He was going to have a steak with potatoes and, scrunching up his nose when the though alone crossed his mind,…Brussel sprouts. God did he hate them. People say your taste changes when you get older but even after 14 years Henry still despised those little cabbages so much a shiver when through his spine. He wished he could go out and eat with Emma.

"Okay, than that's settled, we should all be going now or we'll all be late", David said while looking at the time.

When everyone was outside they said their goodbye's and went their separate ways.


The ride towards Mifflin street was pretty quiet. Henry was playing a game on his phone and Emma for some reason was getting a little anxious at the prospect of seeing Regina. She hated this feeling. She wonder why all of the sudden her mind was invested with all these thoughts about Henry's other mother. Sure, they had come a long way, a very long way actually, from where they used to be when Emma first entered the town of Storybrook.

Emma and Regina experienced a lot of hardship on the way that led to their current friendship. Yes, Emma would call them friends. They have saved each other multiple times from various threats, they raise their son together, they even spend quite some time together without their son on occasion. Like any set of normal friends often do. They would go do some shopping, catch a movie or have dinner together. Regina and Emma got along just fine now a days and they both needed that.

Emma's best friend turned out to be her mother after all, so she didn't always feel like she could have any conversation anymore with Mary-Margaret, or Ruby for that matter since she apparently was her mothers best friend. She shivered at the thought of their talks about men and unfortunately one night stands. No, she needed someone else in her life to confide in and talk when she felt the need to. And Regina turned out to be the perfect someone for the 'job'. Emma knew Regina also needed to have a good friend to talk to, even though Henry always listens to her there is a need for some adult conversation sometimes and since Emma trusted Regina the most of all people in this town Emma became Regina's sounding board.

While Emma was thinking about her and Regina and went to the part of trying to figure out why she started thinking of Regina in perhaps a whole other way than just a good friend, she was pulled out of her thoughts by Henry. "Hey ma, you just drove past my home", this made Emma look to her right and see that het son was correct. She just drove past the house with the number 108.

"Sorry kid, she said while stepping on the break and putting the car in reverse. I was just a little to focused on my thoughts I guess", she said while she stopped in front of Henry's other home and shrugged.

"What were you thinking about that distracted you so much?" Henry said while he tilted his head a little and tried to make eye-contact with his mother. Emma felt a little uncomfortable when she met Henry's eyes and let her own break the contact and directed them at the big white house behind her son. Henry followed Emma's gaze and tried to hide the smile that he felt was going to be on his face pretty soon. He mused in his thoughts that adults are so transparent sometimes and came to the conclusion that he might just have the right idea about why Emma gets distracted more often lately.

Perhaps it's time for a new operation….

And so the story continues because I didn't want all you lovely followers to be let down by leaving this as it was.

I might upload another chapter later today, depending on how inspired I am because I need some Regina in this story, like I think you do as well :-)

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