I'm so sorry this took so long. I really hope all of you are having a happy new year! Thank you for everything!
Eventually Emma, Henry and Regina had made it home. They went the whole dinner without once mentioning anything to do with fairy tales and talking about normal stuff. Regina couldn't help but wonder if she could maybe pretend like nothing strange ever happened. But she knew deep down that it was wrong which meant that she couldn't let it rest and that she would try solve what happened and probably loose everyone she loves in the process.
To Regina it felt like sometimes her thoughts came out of nowhere. There seemed to be different people in her head and that made everything even more complicated. This happiness won't last; they'll start hating you eventually for some reason. Whenever Regina had thoughts like this she referred to them as sad self. It was simple and made everything easier to keep track of. The different personalities seemed to come in waves usually lasting an hour each. The worst was when her evil-self came out to play. The hard part was not letting them get to her and trying to think of things by herself.
As they passed through the door of the mayor's house a thought struck Regina. There had to be someone else behind whatever was going on, maybe it was a coincidence that it happened just as she and Emma had kissed. Or someone had made it so that it was activated when they kissed either way she was sure there was a third party involved.
Once again the thoughts were not coming from her main brain as she had named it. She assumed it was her smart/planning side appearing. This is good she thought, at least now she could concentrate on solving her problems. It occurred to her that she hadn't said a word since leaving the diner, too consumed in her thoughts. She had to quickly think of something to say or Emma would start accusing her of being crazy again.
"I think we should have tacos tomorrow."
Emma laughed and looked at Regina with a look that could be described as pure love. She wondered if Emma will look at her like that again after she solved whatever was going on.
"Are you only saying that because it's the only food I can make without burning?"
"Yes I am. Also I'm in the mood for tacos."
The whole family laughed together and for the two of them who were aware of everything that happened, it was a special moment. When Emma got a phone call from the police station, it was the chance that Regina needed so that she could figure things out with Henry. She knew she would get nowhere without him because she knew less than he did.
Emma left with a quick goodbye kiss and a hug for Henry. Wasting no time Regina pulled the little boy into the sitting room and brought some juice because she knew this could be an intense conversation. The thought had been bothering her ever since she got it so the woman decided to ask outright.
"Henry, can you think of anyone in our lives who would want to hurt us?"
Being the smart kid that he is Henry took a while to contemplate this. It was getting to the point where Regina was tapping her foot thanks to her impatient nature. Finally Henry opened his mouth and gave his very wise answer.
"Don't get me wrong this is strange and not right but is it really someone trying to hurt us? It seems like it's the opposite of your curse, everyone is getting a happy ending. I saw Mary Margaret with a wedding ring, Archie with a girlfriend, you're with Emma, I get a family and everyone is smiling. If someone was trying to hurt any of us then we would be completely alone, not together. Maybe we could just leave it the way it is."
Regina sighed and looked down. She wanted that too but something inside her wouldn't let it be like this.
"I want to but it's not natural and not fair. Those people have forgotten where they came from and who they are. I can't let it stay this way and think about it Henry, we could get to this point ourselves. Everyone can be happy and themselves. If it's meant to be, it will be."
Regina was right to bring juice because Henry was now drinking from Regina's glass. He seemed sad by the decision but knew she was right.
"Fine but how are you going to figure this out? Almost everyone in Storybrooke knows a little magic and it wouldn't be hard to get your hands on some fairy dust. Especially since no one is guarding it."
This sparked another thought. A wide smile crept up her face and Henry scrunched up his face in confusion.
"So no one is guarding the fairy dust? Do you think the Evil Queen wrote down any spells that could be helpful?"
Henry started smiling too.
"You used to have a spell book. First one to find it gets a milkshake tomorrow!"
With that Henry ran off and Regina decided to join him for no other reason but to help find the book, although a milkshake didn't sound too bad especially if Henry was making it.
Emma came home to find an exhausted pair lying in the middle of the living room. They seemed to be sleeping and Emma laughed gently to herself. She noticed a weird looking book in Regina's hand but she didn't dwell on it long. Emma didn't have the heart to wake them up so she lay down right next to them and fell asleep almost instantly.
This is short, rushed and I'm so sorry! I had a lot to do so this took me a long time to get around to it. I recently found out I have more than 100 followers on this story and I want to say THANK YOU to all of you. You have been awesome and I love you. Please review because I need them to live.
