Sorry about the late update but I had no Internet any way I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Neal and Henry wanted to go and find Regina but it was late and Henry could barely stay awake. "I'm taking Henry home" Neal said
" what why" Emma replied
" because he is my son and lives with me, plus this place is not suitable for a child not enough room, and he has his bed at home"
"I guess I have no choice"
" exactly you have no choice"
" don't forget I am still his mother"
" you no what Emma I think you forgot that he is Regina's son the woman who raised him for ten years, I think you forget Emma she was not his babysitter she's his mother not your son her son you gave that up when you gave him away"
" what about you then" Emma snapped
" what about me" he replied " I don't have time for this let's go Henry"
Henry and Neal walked outside but Neal had remembered he didn't have his car and he could see that Henry was cold so he took off his jacket and wrapped it around Henry. He could see that Henry was tired and knew that he wouldn't make the walk home. He stopped and turned to look at Henry he was basically sleep walking. He picked his son up, Henry wrapped his tiny arms around Neal's neck and rested his head on Neal's shoulder. Neal held Henry up. He could hear Henry's steady breathing as he walked along. It didn't take Henry long to drift off to sleep. Neal continued to walk along when he found himself at the front of his house. He walked up to the front door and managed to unlock it with one hand. He slid through the door way gently shutting the door behind him so he wouldn't wake Henry, he made his way upstairs pulling the blankets down on Henry's bed with one arm then gently placing him on the bed he moaned a little but did not wake. Neal pulled the blankets over Henry than kissed him on the top of his head before walking off to his own bed.
Henry woke up in the middle of the night with sweat running down his face. He had returned to the burning room he did not have his necklace that Gold gave him and he was scared to go back to sleep, afraid of returning to that dark burning horrible room. Henry hopped out of his bed and walked across the hall slowly opening the door to his mother and fathers room. Neal was fast asleep so Henry had no choice but to wake him. " dad" henry said " wake up"
But Neal did not wake up " wake up" Henry said as he yanked Neal's arm. Neal rolled over to his back and said in his sleep " Regina, honey I love you but give me five minutes more sleep"
Henry was running out of ideas on how to wake Neal so he grabbed the blankets and pulled them off of him. Neal slowly sat up and rubbed his eyes " I'm a wake I'm awake" he said his voice all groggy.
" about time" Henry replied
" Henry what are you doing up"
" I couldn't sleep I found myself in the burning room"
Neal pointed for Henry to hop on the bed. Henry hopped on the bed and wrapped his arms around Neal who wrapped his arms around Henry. Henry rested his head on Neal's stomach " you smell like mum" Henry said
Neal looked down at Henry and smiled. " I miss her" he said
"can you tell me the story of how use met"
Neal looked down at Henry and started to tell him about how he and regina met. " we'll you see it was one cold day..."
8 years ago
It was a freezing day in storybrooke and Neal was new to town. He stood at the bar at granny's ordering himself another cappuccino. He leant against counter sipping his coffee when someone sitting alone in a booth caught his attention. She was so beautiful Neal couldn't believe that she was sitting there alone. 'no she must be waiting for someone, someone as beautiful as her couldn't be single impossible' he thought to himself. He turned around to face the waitress to order another coffee but instead he asked " who is that lady who is sitting alone in that booth over there"
" you mean that lady" the waitress replied turns out her name was ruby.
" yeh that lady"
" that is Regina mills she is the mayor of this town
" Regina" he said "what a lovely name"
" she has a son you know"
" a son so she's married"
" no she adopted him he would have to be at least two now she sends him to the day care across the road shes just on her break I would presume"
" she must be a regular here can you do me favor get her a drink that she drinks and I'll pay for it"
Ruby just laughed " okay"
Ruby brought the drink over to Regina and told her it was from the man over there. Regina looked at Neal her head tilted to the side wondering what was going on. Neal walked over to her booth and sat beside her. " why is a lovely lady like you sitting all alone" he said
" this lonely lady is a very busy lady"
" ooh sarcastic" he replied
" oh so you know of the term"
" indeed I do"
" well you can turn yourself around I'm not interested"
" ooh you like to play hard to get all the more fun"
" look I have a son you wouldn't want to burden yourself with"
" have you seen what year it is every one has kids these days it the latest craze"
" I'm sorry but I got places to be"
" agh yes busy mayor and all"
" excuse me" she said as she hopped out of the booth and walked out of the building only to be stopped outside by Neal. " Regina right " he said
" yes look you seem like a nice guy but really you don't want me"
" why not" he replied
" I'm not the relationship type"
" or maybe your afraid of someone loving you, you don't want your heart broken"
" I, I I have to much baggage"
" every one has baggage"
" look you seem like a sweet guy but like I said you don't"
She was cut off when she felt his lips pressed against hers. It was shy at first until he decided to explore further slipping his tongue past hers deepening the kiss. He could taste a mixture of coffee and apples in her mouth and it tasted good. He pulled her in closer one arm around her waist with his other hand at her face with her cheeks cupped in it. He hardened the kiss surprised that she was returning it he expected her to kick him in the balls or something or maybe it was because he was such a great kisser. He slightly pulled away his lips just millimeters away from hers " maybe I do" he whispered in her ear before lightly kissing her on the lips. " I don't even know you but here I am kissing you" she said
" then get to know me, me you tonight will go on a date"
" I have a son"
" then get a baby sitter"
" I really don't want to leave him"
" it just a few hours"
" I'm sorry I can't"
" we will go on a date" he said with determination.
Regina smiled " I have to get back to work this town won't run itself"
Neal nodded and watched Regina walk away not knowing she would be his future wife.
Later that night Regina had put Henry to sleep when she heard knocking at the door. It had taken hours for her to get Henry to sleep if they woke him she had swear to god she was going to kill them. She made her way down the stairs and opened the door. She was shocked when she saw that it was Neal " what, how did you know I live here" she said.
" biggest house of the town could only belong to the mayor"
" fair enough" she said " what are doing here"
" well I thought you couldn't go out on a date so I would bring the date to you"
" thats sweet" she replied "but don't do this"
" why because your afraid you've already started to fall for me" he replied " look I would never hurt you, are you a believer of love at first sight"
" I I"
" I wasn't until I saw you stunning flawless"
" I'm not as perfect as you think"
" is any one perfect, any way I brought movies you can't say no to movies"
" fine" Regina said as she let him in. They walked into the lounge room where he turned on the DVD. " what is " Regina said
" snow white"
" sn snow white" she replied
" I was gonna go with Romeo and Juliet but I thought you might fall asleep through it"
Regina couldn't believe out of all the movies this was the one he brought"
" is there something wrong with snow white" he said
" no" she replied her voice slightly raised in high pitch
" good " he replied " plus this is a good movie to drink to"
" whys that" she asked
" people's betrayal of good and evil, maybe the evil queen had reasons to want kill snow white, maybe Snow White has hurt her but we don't know that because they don't show her side of the story they just label her as the evil queen"
Regina couldn't believe what she was hearing, some one standing up for the bad guy, this man was different. " intresting view" she said
" to many people see the world in black and white with out seeing the shades of grey"
This man was really different Regina thought to herself.
The movie was finished but Regina and Neal had drank one to many drinks. Neals vision was a bit blurry he said to Regina " even as a blurb your still hot"
" why thank you" she replied. It didn't take long but their mouths were intwined with one another's. Neal started to unzipp the back of Regina's dress when she jumped up and wrapped her legs around his waist. He navigated his way around the house and made his way to her bedroom where he pushed her up agianst the wall running his hands up the inside of her thighs before pulling her dress up and over her head. Exposing her flesh before taking her to the bed.
Present time
"'so that's how you met mum, love at first sight"
" you could say that" Neal replied
" I'm glad you you and mum met use seem so happy together"
" we'll we wouldn't be happy without you, I remember when you were little and how you would run into our bed in th middle of a storm,you would lie between us you were blanket hog to"
Henry smiled " can you sing to me like mum did when I had a nightmare"
" I don't think I'll be as good of a singer but I'll give it ago" he said. He started to sing to Henry the same way Regina would. He watched Henry drift off to sleep before he himself fell asleep with Henry in his arms.
