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"Are there gonna be monsters?"

"Yes." Regina replied, as she put the finishing touches on his costume. "But not real ones." She added.

"Superheroes like me?" Henry continued.

The mayor glanced up and smiled at her son as she continued to squat down next to him. "Yes, superheroes like you. But you're the best." She said with a kiss to the cheek. "You ready to trick r treat?"

"Yes mommy." Henry smiled brightly and followed his mother outside. He held her hand and swung their arms from the front to the back and jumped over each line of the side walk.

Emma had left the motel to search out fun things to do in the town on the crisp Halloween air. With her head down she didn't see the mother and son coming her way.

"Look mommy dat Emma?" Henry asking pointing to the blonde.

Regina took a deep breath then nodded. "Yes, Henry, that's Emma." She gently pat his shoulder. "Would you like to go say hi?" Already knowing he would.

"Yes!" 'Batman' ran to Emma then, the blonde just down the sidewalk from them. "Hi, Emma! Happy Halloweenie!" He said with a gaped grin and jumped to a stop in front of the sheriff wannabe.

Emma heard her name and grinned before stooping, looking up, and hi fiving the boy. "Happy Halloween to to you too, Batman. You know I thought you would be taller in person. TV makes you look tall. I like this more compact size better."

"I'll be tall one day." Henry said.

She smirked then looked up to Regina. "Happy Halloween to you too, Mayor Mills."

Regina, who wasn't far behind Henry, stopped a few feet from Emma and slipped her hands into her coat pockets. "And you as well, Ms. Swan. There's an annual Halloween party at Granny's Diner you should check out."

"Oh yeah? You going to be there?" She asked before standing up to look Regina in the eye.

"We planned to make an appearance. I am mayor, afterall."

"Wanna come wit us?" Henry smiled up at Emma.

Emma smiled at the boy. "I'm sure you have some trick or treating to do and I would just be cramping your style, kid."

"Huh?" The 3-year-old didn't know what 'cramping your style' meant, but he wasn't about to give up. "Pwease?"

Regina sighed softly. Apparently her son was drawn to Emma like a magnet just as she'd been that day more than 10 years ago.

Swan smiled down at him. "You would have to ask your mommy. I'm not sure I'm allowed, bud."

Regina's hard face softened as her eyes connected with Emma's.

Henry looked up at his mom, too, with those puppy dog eyes. "Pwease, Mommy?"

Regina sighed and pulled her hands out of her pockets. "Yes. If Ms. Swan wants to come with us, she may."

"Yaaay!" Henry cheered and looked back to Emma. "Now come?"

Emma smiled at Regina then beamed at Batman. "I would love to, Henry. You on your way there now?"

"Mmhm. Then trick r treating." The boy nodded.

Regina stepped forward then and took her son's hand. "He's a huge fan of bobbing for apples. Which Granny's does each year."

"Bobbing for apples, huh? Sounds fun. I bet you're great at it. I think you and mommy should compete." Emma laughed lightly as she walked with them.

"Don't encourage that." Regina deadpanned.

"We should, Mommy!" Henry yelled.

The mayor stared Emma down.

"What? Seems like you could need some fun in your life, madame mayor." Emma gave her the smile she always used to. The one that was big and bright and screamed 'I didn't do it'.

"I already have fun in my life, Ms. Swan." Regina glanced down at her son. "I have a 3-year-old."

"If you do it I'll do it." Emma said light heartedly.

Henry looked up at Regina and smiled. "Do it, Mommy."

"That's not inspiring me any." Regina replied. But when she heard her son give encouragement, she sighed. "Alright, Henry. Just once."

"Yay!" Henry grinned and skipped with them.

Emma smiled lightly. "So how have you been? I tried looking for you but I didn't have you last name."

"I've been fine. Busy." Regina said, seemingly uninterested in conversation with the blonde. "Why? I thought you never wanted to see me again."

"Because I wanted to fulfill my promise. I just over reacted to your lies."

Regina stopped and clenched her jaw before turning to Emma. "I never actually lied to you. I just didn't correct you when you thought my crappy home was a foster home or when you thought the man coming to get me and 'take me back' was from social services. I never lied to you, Emma, and you still broke your promise. It's too late to make up for that." The mayor said emotionally before walking more quickly with Henry, who was eager to get to Granny's. "See you at the diner." She called back.

Emma clenched her jaw. "You should have corrected me, Regina, instead of letting me believe that you were someone else." She clenched her fists as she watched Regina walk off.

"Mommy, is Emma coming?" Henry asked, sensing something was off.

"I don't know. I don't care." Regina replied coolly. "You and I will have fun, Henry."

"Why you not like her, Mommy?" He asked curiously then looked back at Emma and waved.

Emma waved back to the boy before leaning against the side of a building.

"It's a long story, sweetie. Grown up stuff." She said before opening up the door to Granny's and walking her son in. Regina lifted him up onto a bar stool then before taking a seat next to him, the little boy excited to see a dressed up Ruby.

"Hi, Red." He grinned, the nickname easier for him to say.

"Hi my little muchkin." Red grinned, "Oh I 'm sorry, Mr. Batman." She smirked. "You think Mommy would let you have some hot cocoa?"

Regina was just glad for the distraction. "He may. He's been looking forward to it all day. Along with some pumpkin pie." She smiled at her little one.

"Yeah! Pie please?" He asked.

"Oh of course you can have pie too." She smiled then looked up at Regina. I'll get you some too." She then left to get it.

Emma walked in then, the bell chiming and most people turned to see who it was.

Regina wasn't one of them. Her townspeople were noisy and she knew if they ever found out she had a past with Emma, no matter how short lived, that they'd hound her about it.

Henry, however, pointed to the spot next to him, pleading with puppy dog eyes.

Emma smiled at the boy and walked over, sitting down next to him. "Hey, Henry." She looked at Regina and nodded once before she caught sight of Ruby coming back out. "Hey you." She said with a smile.

"Hey, how's it going? Glad you could make it to our little Halloween party." She set the cups of hot chocolate followed by the two slices of pie in front of Henry and Regina before moving to the blonde. "Would you like anything?"

"I was invited by Batman personally." Em grinned and winked at the kid. "What they have looks super good."

"Oh were you?" Ruby asked, 'Batman' grinning up at her. "I'll be right back with that hit chocolate and pie." She winked at the blonde.

Regina rolled her eyes. She knew Ruby well enough to know her and Emma were likely already fooling around.

"Oh and put some cinnamon on that whip cream please." She watched the brunette leave the counter, checking her out subtly however.

"Why you not dress up, Em?" Henry asked before shoving a bite in his mouth.

"Well I actually forgot it was Halloween, but I'll make up for it next year."

"How?" Batman continued to ask.

Ruby brought Emma's food and drink out then.

"Just never got the chance to celebrate it really." She explained then looked to Ruby and nodded a 'thank you'.

"Why?"

"That's enough, Henry. I don't think Emma wants to sit and answer questions all night. How about you eat and then we'll bob for apples?" Regina interjected.

Emma looked back at her pie and started to eat her pie silently.

"Oookay." Henry said, disappointed. He poked at his pie.

Regina looked forward and sighed. She didn't like being the 'bad guy.' "Unless Emma does want to answer more."

Henry looked up at the blonde then, hopeful.

The 'sheriff to be' looked to the puppy dog eyes and smiled. "I'd be happy to. I didn't have a mom or dad and had to move around a lot and no one really celebrated anything. Not even Christmas."

"That's mean. I like Christmas." Henry pouted. "Where'd your parents go?"

"I don't know. I never knew them." She forced a smile. "But even without them I think I turned out okay. But don't take your mom for granted. Be thankful for her always okay."

"Okay." Henry nodded vehemently.

Regina and Emma's eyes locked then, the mayor once more feeling like a huge jerk.

Emma gave the brunette a closed lip smile then turned back to her pie, continuing to eat and sip her drink.

Henry turned to Regina and hugged her side. "Wub you, Mommy."

"I love you too, sweetie." Regina said as she wrapped an arm around him to return the hug. "Would you like to bob for apples now? Maybe Emma will play against you, too." She said looking at the blonde again.

Henry looked at Emma with hopeful eyes. Emma chuckled at the sight and nodded. "Sure I'll play."

"Yay!" Batman hopped from his chair then and ran over to the bucket. Emma and Regina stood at the same time, almost bumping into each other. "Sorry." The mayor slinked by then.

"S'okay." Emma allowed Regina through then went over to the bucket and got on her knees while Henry stood on the other side of it.

"Ready! Go!" Mary Margaret shouted and both Henry and Emma went face first in the water. It took a few seconds but Em nudged an apple Henry's way and allowed him to catch one before her.

The little boy threw his hands up in the air when he came out victorious, apple still in his mouth. Regina had seen what Emma had done and smiled at the blonde for the first time since she'd come to town before pulling her son into a hug. "You were great!"

Emma laughed and high fived Henry with a grin. "Good job, kid." She looked up at Regina as she stood and gave her a genuine smile before wiping her face with a paper towel that MM provided.

"Do I get a prize, Mommy?" Henry asked as he looked back to the mayor.

"Of course you get a prize!" Ruby answered for her. The waitress bent over to hand Henry a big orange sucker with the face of a pumpkin.

"Oooohh! Yummy. I has now?" He asked his mother holding up the sucker. After getting a nod he looked to Red then "What do Em get? She did good too."

Emma looked down at Henry with a bright smile.

"I don't know. What would Em like?" Ruby asked looking at the blonde a little sultry.

Emma looked Red over with a smirk then knelt down to Henry. "I think the looser should get a kiss on the cheek by the winner." She said and tapped her own cheek with her finger.

Henry smiled then leaned in to give her just that, Regina and Ruby watching with a soft smile.

Emma giggled. "Ooo I got a kiss from Batman!"

"Not many girls get that. You're very lucky." Red said with a grin.

"Are you ready to trick or treat now?" Regina asked her son.

Emma slowly stood with a smirk.

Henry giggled then looked to Regina with a nod. "Em come too? She neber went triwk or tweeting."

Regina took a deep breath then let it out slowly as she looked to Emma. "If you'd like to come, you're welcome. But first we'd have to make a quick stop to get you a costume."

Emma chuckled. "Alright. You dressing up too, Madame Mayor?"

"No, but I'm not trick or treating, either. I'm chaperoning." She smirked.

Emma chuckled. "Alright, lets go see what kind of costumes are left over.

I love Henry's cuteness lol

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