Chapter Two: Henry Time
Regina held David's hand and chuckled as she kissed his cheek. They were taking a walk through town and having a ball as they talked to each other. They walked passed Granny's before David stopped and smiled as he pulled Regina into a kiss. She laughed as she pulled away and smiled.
"What was that for?" Regina asked as she looked up at him.
"When you love someone you have to show them every second of the day," David said which made Regina smile and kiss him.
"You can't kiss me every second of the day, honey. I love you," Regina said with a smile.
"The Evil Queen!" Emma yelled as she walked up to the couple.
"What? What are you talking about?" Regina asked as she backed up and found that David had disappeared from her side.
"You destroyed our happiness!" Snow White yelled at her.
"I-I'm sorry. I just wanted to be happy," Regina stuttered as they backed her into the corner.
"Villains don't get happy endings," Henry said and Regina was starting to get claustrophobic.
"Henry, please, don't let them hurt me. I'm your mother," Regina pleaded as they grabbed her and restrained her.
"You never was his mother. I was!" Emma yelled at her which made tears fall down her cheeks.
"You're a villain and you deserve to rot in hell," David said which made Regina feel hopeless as she looked at his dark eyes.
"David, please! I love you," Regina said but he darkly chuckled as he unsheathed his sword.
"Do it." Henry said with a smile as he looked up at David.
Regina started pleading for her life as David took his sword and pressed it against her neck. She cried out and pleaded as loud as she could but it seemed that no one could hear her. She watched as the man she loved took his sword and stabbed her in the heart...
"No!" Regina yelled as she sat up in bed.
She was breathing heavily as she held her chest, her heart beating exceptionally fast. She hated having nightmares like those. About how the town would gang up on her and try to murder her. As she usually did when this happened she grabbed her closet pillow and started hysterically crying into her pillow.
"Mommy, what's wrong?" Henry asked in his sweet little voice as he cracked open her door.
Regina looked up at him and calmed down as quickly as she could and wiped her tears. "I-I just had a nightmare and that's it, Henry. Did I wake you?" She asked him quietly.
"It's okay. Are you alright mom? I've never seen you so scared like that. Is it my fault? Is it because I called you the Evil Queen?" Henry asked as he started to cry.
"Come here, my baby boy," Regina said as she opened her arms up to him and he crawled onto her bed. "Nothing is your fault, Henry. I love you so much. I know you don't think I do but I love you," she said kissing his head.
"What was your nightmare about?" Henry asked her and Regina sighed softly as she ran her hand through his cute bedhead.
"It was about never seeing you again and that upset me very much," Regina explained vaguely as she kissed his head. "I don't know what I would do without my little prince."
"Mom, I'm sorry about all I've done. I brought Emma here to break your curse because I want to bring back happiness. I never thought about your happiness," Henry said which made Regina smile softly.
"How about we spend the day together? I can say that you're home sick and we can have a day to ourselves. I missed you and you never want to spend time with me," Regina said sadly which made Henry frown and feel so guilty.
"Yeah, let's spend the day together on one condition," Henry said which made Regina laugh.
"Oh? You have conditions now? What is it?" Regina asked as she tickled him a little.
"You have to tell me the truth about the curse. I don't want to be called crazy anymore. I know there is something off here and I want to know!" Henry said getting a little flustered as he stated his demand.
Regina wiped her face one more time before looking down at her son. "First we'll cuddle and go back to sleep since it's very early and then I will tell you what I did or didn't. You're still too young to understand why I did this."
"So, are you really the Evil Queen?" Henry asked as Regina helped him get under the covers.
"Do I look evil to you? I'm your mother, Henry. I've always been there for you and I'm trying my best for you. I can't lose you," Regina said as she wrapped Henry in her arms.
Henry smiled and cuddled into his mother's arms. Deep down he knew she was right but he just wanted to know everything before he gave up on Operation Cobra. He did feel bad for making his mother have nightmares and he realized that someone so evil wouldn't cry like that over losing someone she loved.
"I love you, Henry," Regina whispered to him before humming a soft lullaby until he fell asleep. "You mean so much to me. I'll be honest with you," she whispered once he fell asleep. "I'll tell you the truth."
"Mom, wake up," Henry said as he shook her shoulder until her eyes opened. "Mommy, I'm hungry."
Regina chuckled softly as she woke up and rolled over to look at her son. She gave him a smile before attacking his little face with kisses. Henry laughed as he kicked his feet and tried to tickle his mother back. After a while Regina let go of him and kissed his forehead.
"Let's go make pancakes," Regina told him before she got out of bed and slipped on her fuzzy slippers and chuckled when Henry handed her her robe. "Thank you."
Regina sighed as she looked down at her growing boy, frowning when she realized she couldn't quite carry him anymore. She loved it when he was younger but now he was getting older and taller by the second. She grabbed his hand and led him down the stairs and into the kitchen.
"Henry, get the things we'll need while I go call your school and my office. I'll come back and I'll cook while you ask me whatever questions you have for me. Deal?" Regina asked the ten year old and he nodded quickly.
Regina took the house phone before walking into her office and making the few calls. She told the school that Henry came down with a fever and she told her secretary that she needed a day off and to cancel her meetings for the day. She sighed and tried to mentally prepare herself for the questions Henry was about to ask. She knew she would have to answer them one day but she wasn't expecting it to be today.
"Alright, what kind of pancakes do you want today?" Regina asked with a soft sigh as she walked into the kitchen and smiled down at Henry.
"Chocolate chip, your favorite," Henry said as he spun around on the kitchen stool.
"Okay, chocolate chip it is," Regina said with a laugh as she grabbed a bowl and set it on the table. "Come on, I know you're bursting at the seams to ask me a question so just go ahead."
"Is the curse true? Did you really trap all of these people in Storybrooke?" Henry asked and Regina nodded shyly as she started measuring ingredients for the pancakes.
"Yes, I enacted the Dark Curse so I could finally be happy and have a happy ending. I thought it was working fine until you brought Emma here to break my curse," Regina said as she turned away from Henry and started the stove.
"So, bringing Emma made you sad?" Henry asked and Regina shook her head quickly.
"Let's just talk about the curse and not about me. Any other questions while I'm allowing it?" Regina asked as she finished the pancake batter.
"Why do you hate Snow White? Why did you become the Evil Queen?" Henry asked and Regina sighed as she turned to look at her son.
"I'll make it short and leave out some details because I don't want to scare you," Regina said before taking a deep breath. "When I was younger Snow told a secret that cost me my true love. I was young and the Dark One promised that there was a way to get him back but it was hopeless, I was hopeless," She said with a tear falling down her cheek.
"Did make you the Evil Queen?" Henry asked and she nodded.
"He needed me to cast this curse for some selfish reason. I should've never trusted him. I could've been happy instead of being evil," Regina said before shrugging. "At least now I have you, Henry."
Henry hopped off his stool and ran over to Regina, hugging her as tightly as he could. "Mom, I'm sorry that I caused so much trouble and brought Emma here. I just assumed you were so evil," Henry said and Regina sighed softly as she roughed up his hair.
"I am evil, Henry and I always will be. Now, go get some juice so we have breakfast," Regina said and Henry nodded as he walked over to the refrigerator.
Regina knew that what she just told Henry was true. She would always be evil and she will always be an unhappy villain. No one would love her and if they ever did they would surely be ripped from her. She sighed before stacking up the pancakes she made and set a plate in front of her starving little boy.
"Henry, you can't tell Emma about the curse. You can't tell anyone about this and I trust you can keep this between us," Regina said as she sat next to Henry at the counter.
"Okay, I won't tell for you but at some point it will be broken. I already brought Mo-Emma here and I'm not sure if she'll leave any time soon," Henry said as he started eating his breakfast.
"Don't worry about because I can handle that woman," Regina mumbled as she sipped her juice slowly.
"Are you going to use magic? It can't solve all of your problems," Henry said and Regina didn't respond to him. She knew he was right but magic was all she had to defend herself. Before Regina could stat her breakfast the doorbell rang.
"Are you expecting someone Henry?" Regina asked as she stood up to get the door when Henry shook his head.
Regina made her way to the front door. As usual she checked her appearance in one of the many mirrors that hung on the walls of her house. She sighed as she opened the door and then frowned when she saw the infuriating blonde.
"What on earth could you possibly want from me?" Regina asked as she crossed her arms with a frown on her face.
"I've been taking Henry to school lately and I didn't see him at our meeting spot. Is he okay?" Emma asked as she straightened up her posture.
"Henry and I are having a day together. It was my idea and he agreed to stay home with me. I honestly don't know why this is your concern since Henry is my son," Regina spat at her as she looked at the blonde. "Now, I'm going to try to enjoy the breakfast you rudely interrupted," she said before closing the door in Emma's face.
"Mom, who was that?" Henry asked her once she came back into the kitchen.
"Oh, it's nothing to worry about, it was like talking to a wall," Regina mumbled before starting her breakfast.
They sat there in the kitchen quietly as they ate there breakfast. When Henry finished he started rattling on and on about the latest comics and the movies he wanted to see. Regina chuckled at the excited little boy she missed so much. She got up and loaded their dirty dishes into the dishwasher.
"Henry, let's go out for a walk today. We can even go to the little castle you think I don't know about," Regina said with a smirk as she looked at Henry.
"How do you know about that?" Henry asked as he looked up at his mother.
"I did create this town from scratch and I know everything. Now, go get changed and me by the door," she said placing a kiss on his head before he rushed up the stairs.
Regina chuckled at her goofy son before walking up the stairs slowly. She made her way to her room and immediately walked into her large closet. She figured today's color was red and got dressed in her favorite dress and put on a black blazer to match her high heels.
"Mom, hurry up!" She head Henry yell from the stairs which made her laugh.
Regina grabbed her keys and phone before rushing down the stairs in the most regal way. Henry was happy when he saw his mother and gave her a hug. Regina, being the caring mother she is, bundled Henry up in his jacket and his favorite scarf.
"Let's go, my prince," Regina said as she took his hand and led him out their house.
They walked around Storybrooke and Regina quite enjoyed the chilly air. It gave her a reason to hold Henry as close as she wanted to. Of course he wasn't but she loved holding her son close to her. She was in a happy daze until she heard someone behind her call her name.
"Regina!" David yelled as he ran up to Regina and Henry.
"Prince Charming?" Henry asked his mother quietly and she nodded quickly.
"Henry, go meet me at Granny's while I talk to David," she told him patting his back. "I'll be there soon," she added and watched as he went into the diner.
"Hey, I haven't seen you since our dinner," David said as he looked at her and she chuckled.
"Did you want to see me again or something? It was just a silly kiss David," Regina said as she stepped away from him.
"For a mayor you're pretty stupid," David said as he took her arm and pulled her into a tight embrace. "I'm very fond of you Madame Mayor. Why can't you see that?"
"David, you can't do this. Y-You can't," Regina stuttered as she tried to push him away but failed.
"When I kissed you it felt like the only thing in my life that's real. If you say no to me now I will come back everyday and pester you. I want you, Regina Mills. Just accept the fact," he said before kissing her lips quickly yet ever so softly.
"David, I-I..." Regina stuttered trying to find a response but all she did was bring him closer and kiss his lips as gingerly as she could.
"Let me go buy you and your boy some hot chocolate," David said with a wide smile on his face. "Tonight can be our first date out of many we will have because I damn sure want you to be my girlfriend."
Regina couldn't help the smile that graced her lips so easily. This, whatever it was, felt so right and all she wanted to do was kiss David. She smiled up at David and cupped his cheeks to give him a long kiss.
"Pick me up tonight and we'll see where this goes. Eight o'clock and don't be late Nolan," Regina said before she pecked his cheek and rushed into the diner with blushed cheeks.
