Disclaimer: OAUT=not mine. Me=sad
A/N: Well after getting some inspiration last night I got this chapter and half of the next one done sooner than I thought. YAY! anyways i hope you guys like it. Enjoy:)
Chapter 10
Emmett woke up with a groan. He looked around and noticed he was in a cell. Seriously? He looked at the guy on the next cell
"What are you looking at?"
"Hey Leroy- manners" the older man that was fixing the cabinet said "so you are eh, Henry's father?"
"Yes" he replied. The Sherriff entered as went to Leroy's cell, letting him go with a warning that seem to be routine. He turned to Emmett "I guess Regina's drink was a little stronger than you thought"
Emmett scoffed "I wasn't drunk. There was a wolf, in the middle of the street"
"A wolf, right"
"Sherriff, Henry has run away again" Regina came in saying "we have to-"she saw Emmett in the cell "what is he doing in there?"
"Well I kinda-"Emmett started saying but Graham cut him off "He ran into the town sign"
Regina raised her eyebrow at Emmett. "Barely here a day and already ruining my things again?"
Emmett shrugged "I guess that is my thing"
"Do you know where he is?"
"Obviously, no. But I can help you find him. Finding people is what I do"
"Smart kid" Emmett said feeling a bit proud "he cleared his inbox. But I got a little tool that can help me" he got the recovery emails and went through then. "Does he have a credit card?"
"He's ten" Regina said deadpanned
"Well he used one. Who's Mary Margaret Blanchard?"
"Henry's teacher"
"Where is my son?" Regina said immediately as she barged in the classroom
"I assumed he was home with you" Mary Margaret said
"Well we wouldn't be here if that were the case, now would we?" Regina said pointing to Emmett
"Sorry, who are you?" she asked Emmett
"I'm- I'm his"
"He is Henry's father" Regina supplied
"Oh" comprehension went through the teacher "how do you assume I know where he was?"
"Well he did use your credit card to buy his ticket to Boston to find me" he explained
Mary Margaret went to her purse and saw that her wallet was missing "I should never have given him that book" she said
"What book?" Regina asked
"Just some old stories I gave him. He is a special boy: so smart, so creative but also a bit lonely. He needed it."
"Ahhh the fairy tale book" Emmett said and Mary Margaret nodded
"What?" Regina asked Emmett
"Yeah it is just a book of fairy tales, actually it is from there that he believes that you are the Evil Queen." He winced realizing what he just said
"I see." Regina had a far off look on her face. "I'm leaving. Obviously this is not helping" she stormed off
"Sorry to bother you" Emmett said
"It is okay" she gave him a small smile
"How is a book supposed to help?"
"What do you think they are for? They are our way for dealing with our world. A world that doesn't always make sense. See, Henry hasn't had the easiest of life"
"Yeah. She is kind of a hard-ass" Emmett said smiling
"No, it is more than her. He wrestles with a question 'why isn't my dad with me? Didn't he want me?'" her eyes widening "I am so sorry. I didn't mean-"
He raised his hand to stop her "It is okay."
"Look I gave him that book because I wanted him to have the most important thing anyone can have"
"And what is that?" Emmett asked
"Hope" Mary Margaret answered with a smile
"You know where he is, don't you?"
"You might want to check his castle"
Emmett got to the playground and saw Henry's castle. He walked up to him
"You left your book in my car" Emmett said to Henry
"I was hoping you would come back to return it" he took the book and put it on his lap
"I wasn't going to go forever" Emmett looked into Henry's eyes trying to conveys his sincerity
"I didn't know that" Henry looked down at his book "I need you here so you can do what you were born to do: break the curse"
"Can you cut it with the book crap?"
"You don't have to be hostile. I know you like me. I can tell."
Emmett smiled at his son. I like that. Son. He thought. "You might be growing on me" he nudged Henry
"I understand why my mom did what she did."
"What?"
"Keep you away"
"Why would she do that?"
"To give you your best chance." Henry looked at Emmett "the same reason Snow White gave you away"
"Listen kid I am no fairy tale. I am no Savior." Emmett said shaking his head
"Not yet. But you will be" Henry sounded confident
"Why do you need me to be this savior so bad?"
"So you can break the curse. My life sucks here"
That hit a nerve in Emmett. "You wanna know what sucking is? Being left abandoned on the side of a freeway. My parents didn't even leave me in a hospital. I ended up in the foster system being passed around and sent back many time. Regina is trying her best, and she loves you."
"I know, that is not what I meant" Henry said "plus your parents didn't leave you on the side of the freeway, that is just where you came through"
"What?"
"The wardrobe. That is where it left you. Your parents did it to save you from the curse"
"Sure kid" Emmett felt his phone vibrate and saw it was Regina calling "come on lets go" they walked back to Emmett's car.