HELD ONTO YOU
Lawson – Where my love goes ;P
I ain't a writer. Unedited. Not Beta'd.
Disclaimer: OUAT, the characters and the songs/lyrics belong to their rightful owners, who obviously are not me.
Wherever you go, I'll follow
Don't worry about tomorrow
I will be in your shadow
Walking right beside you everyday
I'll be the one to save ya
When I put my pen to paper
Feels like it brings us closer
Even when you're so far away
She stared at the door. She was just a baby when Ingrid left the apartment and brought her along to live in a new place. Emma could not remember much about the apartment that her brother was currently living in.
The blonde was hesitated at first but then she knocked on the door to David's apartment. She heard indistinct voices coming from inside the apartment. She was so anxious and she really felt like running away but she already decided to disclose everything to her brother. She fisted her hands that were so clammy. After the eventful meeting that she had with Regina and Henry yesterday, she realized that she needed helps. Cora was the best person who she could think of but she just needed to avoid the Mills clan at that moment. Yeah, avoidance. So typical Swan. She wished that her mother was around. Emma realized that she was so lost when her mother was gone. She could not sleep well the whole night thinking about Henry and of course his other mother. Emma had texted Regina a few times asking about Henry last night but the brunette only replied to her once saying that the boy was fine. Emma called Regina but her call was ignored. Therefore, when the blonde woke up almost noon in her bed, she felt so gloomy. So lonely just like what she used to feel for the past ten years.
The blonde threw her head back and sighed loudly. Then, she heard the clicking sound of the door being opened.
"Hey Emma. What's up?" David appeared with Neil who was sleeping soundly in his arms.
"Hey, can I come in?"
"Sure, come on in." David pushed open the door wider and he stepped aside to make way for Emma to pass through. Emma walked pass her brother and walked into the apartment. Once inside, she stood there in the living room of the apartment while David closed the door. She studied the whole place. The apartment was not as immense as hers in New York but it was neat, comfy and unlike hers, it had the vibe of a real home.
"So beautiful." She said almost whispering.
"Nah, it can't be as beautiful as yours." David said with a smile. Emma turned to look at her brother and returned the smile. David walked across the room to a baby crib and put his son into the crib.
"Trust me. It is so homely." She said softly and she was sure that it was unheard by anyone.
"Hi Emma. You're here." The blonde looked up to a flight of stairs in the apartment to see the owner of the voice who was walking down the stairs.
"Hey MM." The pixie-haired brunette walked up to her friend and gave her a hug. "I hope that I am not disturbing your afternoon."
"What? Of course no!" Mary-Margaret pulled away from the hug and looked at Emma, her hands were still on Emma's arms. "I've been waiting for you to actually come and visit us. You've been in this town for like… how many days now?" Mary-Margaret asked with a notable quizzical look on her face as she walked towards her kitchen.
"I got here Saturday night." Emma reminded her friend and followed the other woman.
"Saturday night?" Mary-Margaret looked at Emma, surprised. "Today is Thursday. That is like six days ago, Emma. I've been waiting for you for like six days." The pixie-haired lady said in a scornful tone. Emma laughed at her friend and Mary-Margaret glared at her. "You hanged out with Ruby and August way too much. And you spent so much time with Henry and Regina as well. That is so unfair."
"Yeah, so much time with Regina." David interrupted with a mischievous snicker. Emma gave him a death-glare and elbowed him lightly on his arm when he came to stand next to the blonde. "What? I was telling the right thing." The man tilted his head towards his sister with a comical expression. He noticed the tinge of pink on the woman's face. "Are you blush…?"
"Shut the fuck up, David!" Emma hissed at her brother.
"Uh-uh, come to think of it, you and Henry are so close. It kind of odd. I mean I totally understand that you're always with Regina because you two have been best-friends since forever." Mary-Margaret rambled while preparing drinks at the kitchen island. David stole a glance at his sister from the corner of his eyes and saw that his sister was trying to look away from the couple to hide the blush on her cheeks. The man sneered silently. "But Henry just knew you. I totally don't understand when that boy decided to look for you in New York all by himself. I mean, it is great that he found you and dragged you back here." Mary-Margaret gave a pointed look at the blonde and Emma sighed deeply. "But what gave him the idea to do that? I am sure that Regina was so against it." Shit, I totally forgot about the culprit behind the Operation Swan-Queen.
"I've been thinking about that too. How did Henry find you? I really don't get it." The couple looked at the blonde with a similar curious expression. Emma then realized that she could not get away from them anymore. She had to tell them the truth. She promised David that she would tell him everything. Here goes nothing.
"Yeah, I am actually here to… well, to tell you about that." Emma chuckled nervously. "Maybe you want to sit first, MM." The blonde directed at the brunette who was pouring coffee into a cup. Mary-Margaret looked at her friend with a perplexed expression but complied anyway with the suggestion. "And we might need something that is much stronger than coffee."
The couple looked at each other before turning to look at Emma.
"This isn't going to be easy. For me, at least."
"Seriously, I am trying to understand what you just told us, Emma."
"It doesn't make sense." Emma rolled her eyes upon hearing Mary-Margaret's words.
"Trust me, I had problem believing it too. Especially when Henry came knocking on my door for the first time." The blonde chuckled but was met with the couple's glares. "What? It's true!"
"All these years while you were away, your son has been living in the same town with us and we had no clue at all. Emma, this is not something that we can joke about. I have a nephew! But nobody had the courtesy to tell me that. The Mills have been keeping it from me." David said with exasperation. "Not even our mom? She never mentioned anything about it to me. I can't believe this." The man shook his head and Emma could see clearly that her brother was so fuming.
"Look, David. I know that you're so pissed off right now. I am really sorry. It was my fault." David tried to look away from the two women. "It is my fault still. I told every each one of them, mom, and Dr. Mills to keep it as a secret from the whole town and that included you. I think they still respect my option up until now. They believed that I will come back here." Emma sighed. "Regina… she…" The blonde trailed off. "Regina and Daniel had no idea at all. Until I left, again, leaving Henry when he was just a baby, almost dying." She whispered the last two words.
"Oh Emma." Emma noticed the sympathetic look that Mary-Margaret gave her and she hated that. She made stupid mistakes, so she did not need sympathy.
"You left him. You left me. You left your family." David stood up from his seat at the counter island. "You know what? You reminded me of dad. He walked away when he felt like it and you're definitely daddy's little girl." Emma was caught off guard by her brother's words, obviously stung by his words but too dumbstruck to reply a thing.
"David!" Mary-Margaret exclaimed as she looked at her husband with furrowed eyebrows. "Calm down. It was all in the past. You don't have to say that. Your sister needs you now." She placed her hand gently on the man's arm. "Let's just talk." David looked at his wife with his sad eyes and sighed.
"Yeah, I am so sorry. I shouldn't acting like that. I am sorry, Emma." He shook his head as he sat down next to his wife. Mary-Margaret smiled at him.
"No, I totally understand. I mean, what I did was so wrong. I actually convinced mom to do exactly as I told her. And that was so unfair to you. She was our mother after all and you needed her as well. I was being selfish. I totally get it that you're so pissed off and I think I deserved that."
"No, Emma. You don't deserved that." Mary-Margaret scowled at her husband, pressing her last word. David huffed and mouthed 'sorry' to his sister who just chuckled at him. "You had gone through a lot all by yourself and you deserved something good." The pixie-haired lady reached out her hands to the blonde's and placed them firmly on Emma's. "Remember, you have us. You have your family now. You have to know that I am so happy to have you as my family." David looked at his wife affectionately and he slowly placed his hand on top of the women's.
"Welcome home, Emma." He said to his sister. "I'm glad that you're back."
"Thanks, guys. I really don't know what to do." Emma smiled at them. "Truth be told, I was scared and I didn't want to be sympathized. I ran away because of that. I was avoiding all the pity looks that everyone tend to give me if I got into trouble."
"Yeah, I know you damn well, girl." The man raised his hand that was on the women's and briefly pointed his finger to Emma. He snickered and Emma rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"David!" His wife hit the man on his shoulder, removing her hands from Emma's in the process.
"It's okay, MM. David is right. He knows me too damn well." Emma let out a soft laugh.
"Sure but you don't have to be scared anymore, girl. We are going to work this out. I promise you. You are not alone anymore. I'll be here whenever you need me." David told his sister reassuringly and Emma was so touched. Mary-Margaret nodded with a small smile plastered on her face.
"Yeah, maybe we can talk with Dr. Mills after this and Regina about some arrangement with Henry and… Gosh, I still can't believe this!" Mary-Margaret suddenly raised her voice in awe. The two other people turned to look at her. "You and Regina. I knew it!" David laughed at that. "Why are you laughing? Don't tell me that you were part of this as well." Mary-Margaret frowned at her husband who just shrugged her off.
"You knew? Please, you seemed so oblivious." Emma rolled her eyes.
"I've been suspecting something about the two of you ever since high school." Suddenly, the pixie-haired brunette gasped dramatically. "Damn, was it my fault that I couldn't shut my mouth that night?"
"What?"
"That night in the Granny's, I was so excited that Daniel and Regina were going to prom night together that I actually said something that I shouldn't in front of you." Emma noticed the expression on Mary-Margaret's face and it was full of guilt. "You were about to ask her to be your prom date, weren't you?" David grinned when he noticed that his sister's face was turning red.
"Well… I wasn't…" Emma stuttered and looked at her brother who was grinning. "Yeah, screw it. You know what? Yup, I was about to ask her to the prom. It took me everything that I had but I finally had the guts to meet her that night. But I guess, I was being stupid again."
"Oh no, Emma. I am so sorry."
"No really. It wasn't your fault. You had no idea."
"I should've known. I could see that there was something off about you when Regina was around you but, yeah, you're right that I was so oblivious about it." Mary-Margaret realized that David was trying to hold his laughter from her. "David, you knew this right? You'd been keeping it from me as well." Suddenly, they were interrupted by the sound of a crying baby. All three of them turned to look at the direction of the baby crib where baby Neil was sleeping in. "Neil has woke up." Mary-Margaret was about to move when David stopped her.
"No, I think that is my call. Let me see him."
"Are you trying to escape from this conversation, David?" The pixie-haired woman looked at her husband disbelieved. Emma laughed at the couple. "You knew something about your sister and you didn't tell me a bit."
"Sort of. She is my sister after all." The man chuckled and Emma was amused by her brother. "Back in college, I'd been convincing her the whole night to ask Regina to the prom through a phone. I think I did a pretty well job back then. She finally had the galls to ask her girl." David shrugged his shoulders. "By the way, I think this one time should be a girl-to-girl talk." The man said with a wild smile before walked up to the baby crib.
Mary-Margaret looked into Emma's face and inhaled deeply. "Wow. He took a whole night to encourage you to ask Regina to be your prom date and I screwed it in a second."
"Nah, don't worry about it, MM. Regina deserved Daniel. They deserved each other. She needed someone who could really look after her and not someone who was so reckless and childish like me."
"That is so beautiful. You should let her know about your feelings, Emma. I mean, I know that she's getting married and all, but… Gosh I feel bad. You two are actually so cute together."
"What? But I thought that you like Graham."
"Well, I like him but I like you more. I love you and I love Regina and I want to see both of you to be happy."
"Of course, MM. But Regina is pretty much getting married now and I don't know what chance I have. Things aren't going well between us right now."
"You know, when I said that I love both you and Regina, I really meant it. But please don't be offended. Both of you are so stupid."
"What?" Emma frowned comically.
"Hey I am here, watching television while holding baby Neil and pretending not to listen to your girls' talk. So, just ignore me." David said but he was really being ignored by the women.
"No really. You're both grown adults. Talk to each other. You figure it out." Mary-Margaret said before taking a sip of her coffee.
"Well, that's the thing about talking. We don't do it well." Emma really did not want to mention about the night when she slept with Regina. "I told her." Mary-Margaret leered when she noticed that her friend was blushing. "I told her that… I love her. I just think that it was a wrong move with she's getting married and all."
"I don't think it was a wrong move, Emma. Maybe letting go of Graham is not an option for her. Maybe she isn't sure if you're ever going to stay. You know Regina pretty well, right? She is kind of meticulous. Unlike you, she doesn't do thing bluntly. Well, not as much as you do." The blonde rolled her eyes at that. "The thing that she has with Graham is…" Mary-Margaret paused, thinking. "The thing that they have is already in a long term, they planned the wedding. They planned their future. She feel safe."
"Long term? It was just few months ago." Emma grumbled.
"Yeah, compared to you who had been missing for years. You who ran away from, well, from all of us. Are you sure you won't run away this time? What do you think about Regina's feeling about that?"
Emma baffled. "I… I don't know. She said she was scared… of me." She said under her breath.
Mary-Margaret sighed as she looked at the blonde with a concern look. She placed her hands on the blonde's. "She is not scared of you, Emma. You see, for Regina, Graham means a lot to her. Safe. Security. Uncomplicated. Normal. She needed all that Emma. You were gone. She told me everything about Henry and how she was scared of losing him when he was a baby. Then, there was Daniel. They loved each other so much. Every single day, Regina was so scared of losing him as well. She is scared of losing her loved ones. So, she isn't scared of you. She is scared of the thought of losing you."
"But I'm not running away anymore, MM."
"Then, make Regina see that."
The blonde chuckled. "I should've talk to you a long time ago."
"Yes, you should have." Mary-Margaret had a sad smile on her face. "Listen Emma. This isn't the ending yet. We can still work on it."
"I know, MM. I mean we tried but something happened." So not going to mention about that night! "And it is kinda messy right now and I'm also trying to figure out about that Operation Swan-Queen that Henry has been very thrilled about."
"Oh yeah, so about that Operation Swan-Queen. I can help you looking for the person responsible for it." David interrupted them and Emma was so relieved. The man walked over to the kitchen island where the women was sitting with baby Neil in his arms. "Henry must have had helps from someone, an adult, from this town. I think I can try to get some information from around here."
"Yeah, you're right. I could really use a help for that. I am totally clueless and Henry isn't really helping." The blonde was interrupted by the sudden sound of her phone ringing. She pulled out her phone from the pocket of her leather jacket. "Shit." She was surprised the see Regina's name displayed on the screen. "It's her." The blonde stared at her phone for a while, feeling reluctant to answer the phone where there were two other people in the room watching her.
"Pick it up, Emma." Mary-Margaret advised her. The blonde noticed that her brother made an encouragement expression as well. So, she halfheartedly pushed the 'talk' button before brought the phone to her ear.
"Hello, Reg…" She could not finish her sentence when suddenly Regina's voice broke in. Emma's heart skipped few beats upon hearing Regina's voice. The brunette was sobbing. "Hey, calm down 'Gina. I'm at David's place." David and Mary-Margaret shared a questioning look as they watched Emma spoken to Regina on the phone. "Yeah, it's okay. Just tell me." After a while, Emma's eyes widened and she had worried written all over her face. "Sure, I'll be over right away." Emma glanced at the couple for few seconds with creased forehead. "Hey, no 'Gina. No, you just stay there. I'm coming over. Just calm down okay. I'll be there and we'll work it out together." The blonde stood up, putting her hand inside a pocket of her leather jacket and frantically searched for her car keys. "Okay, see you later." The blonde ended her conversation and quickly shoved her phone into her pocket while pulling out her car keys from another pocket of her jacket. "I need to go. Henry is gone, again. Regina couldn't find him at school."
"What?" Mary-Margaret eyes widened in horror.
"Let me help you." David offered.
"Sure, but I need to get Regina first. I don't think she is fit to drive anywhere right now."
"Yeah, you go do that. I'll get someone to search some places."
"Right, thanks David." Emma said before walking out of the apartment. Kid, what the hell are you doing?!
The blonde glanced at the brunette next to her as she drove her car on the main street of Storybrooke. Regina had just ended her conversation with David on her phone. "They still couldn't find him?'
"They've been looking for him all over the school and they couldn't find him at all. David said he is going to the bus station right now and the harbor later." She could see the concern on the woman's face and the tears in her eyes. "He was supposed to go to his soccer practice after school. So, I went to his school to pick him up after the practice but he wasn't there. His teacher told me that he didn't show up for practice." The woman sobbed again. "His teacher even said he was unusually quiet in class today."
"Oh, Henry…"
"I knew it. I shouldn't let him go out today. I mean, he was… so upset about yesterday." Regina paused for a while. "Oh God, it was my fault that he ran away again. I am a screw up mother. I really can't do this anymore. If Daniel was here…" The brunette said exasperatedly as she covered her face with her hands. She is scared of losing her loved ones. Mary-Margaret's words kept playing in the blonde's mind over and over again. Emma could not take it anymore, so she slowed down her car and pulled over by the side of a road.
"Regina, hey, look at me." Emma pulled Regina's hands and placed then into hers.
"Emma. Henry ran away again! I really have no idea where to look for him anymore."
"Don't worry. We'll find him and he is going to be fine. Trust me because he is a bright kid. He is just like you. Henry is a wonder boy just like..." The blonde's grip on Regina's hands became comfortably firmer but the brunette noted the slight quiver in Emma's voice. "He is just like Daniel. He knows his way around… everything. The kid might be a bit clumsy and thoughtless sometimes and you can blame me for that." The brunette chuckled softly at that and Emma felt her heart fluttered. "I mean, for God's sake, the boy dragged his ass all the way through the states to find me and managed to convince me to come back to this town. Nobody ever manage to do that, not even my brother. Henry is an awesome kid and you are the reason for that."
"I don't know Emma. Ever since Daniel…" Regina sighed deeply. "Ever since Daniel was gone, Henry has been different. He took it very hard I think. They were so close together. I don't know what to do. Daniel was always there from the beginning, when Henry was still barely breathing until his little first step and during his first day at school, Daniel was always there…" Regina sniffled. "And then suddenly Daniel was gone leaving me, this pathetic mother all alone!" The brunette could not hold her tears anymore and burst into cry. Emma could feel the tears welled up in her eyes but she needed to stay strong for the other woman.
"Hey, hey, no 'Gina." Emma leaned forward and pulled the smaller woman into an embrace. "You did great. You're a great mother to him. You don't need anyone to tell you that. Henry loves you so much. I am sure that Daniel told Henry to be a good boy and to cherish his mother." Because I would. She gently drew soothing circles on the brunette's back using her hand. Regina sighed softly and her sniffled became quieter. After a while, she pulled herself from the blonde and Emma felt the loss.
"When we adopted him, all of us made sure that we told him the truth when the time was right. So, when henry started asking about his real parents, it was Daniel who would be entertaining him. Daniel always knew what to do and what to say to him. Daniel… He believed that you would come back."
"What did Daniel tell Henry about me?"
"Daniel had been telling Henry about you like you're like some kind of a knight in a shining armor, a fairy-tales' hero. I don't know from where he got that idea anyway." Regina chuckled and Emma smiled at that. "He kept telling Henry that you were out there helping others and you would come back someday to bring back happy endings for everyone including Henry's." Emma realized that Daniel seemed to know what she had been doing for living, a detective.
"Wow, where in fact I am the villain."
"Emma, you're not a villain." Regina frowned.
"Fine, I'm not a villain but if there's a hero, Daniel would be the right one." Suddenly, Emma paused. "I think I know where Henry is now."
The two women walked together hurriedly through the small trail along the cemetery towards one particular gravesite.
"There he is!" Suddenly, Regina came into a halt. Emma followed the brunette's gaze and she saw Henry sitting next to a tomb not far away from them. The blonde's hunch was right. Henry was visiting Daniel. "Henry!" Regina called her son and was about to walk up to her son when Emma stopped her.
"Wait Regina." The brunette looked at Emma with a bothered expression. "Let me talk to him." Emma said in a reassuring tone. "Please." It took a few seconds before Regina finally nodded at Emma. She somehow understood the cue. After the confrontation that Emma had with Henry, the blonde deserved to have a moment with her son. "Thanks, Regina." Emma said with a small smile. The blonde then walked towards her son and Regina followed her slowly.
"Hey kid." Emma said as she sat down on the ground next to Henry but the boy ignored her. Emma sighed silently before peering over her shoulder to look at Regina who was standing a few steps behind her. She turned her face again to look at her son who was just sitting in front of Daniel's grave. "Look Henry, I know what I did was wrong. I can't fix the thing that I did to you." Emma turned around to look at Regina for a moment. "And your mom." Then, she turned to the boy again. "And Daniel. But I really want to do the right thing now and I really hope that you can give me the chance. Please, Henry." Emma pled.
"I miss him." Henry said almost whispering without looking at Emma. The blonde's eyes widened upon hearing the boy's words. "I don't want to forget him."
"Kid, trust me. You won't."
"What if I do? Everyone forgets, right? You forgot about us. You forgot about me."
"Oh Henry." Emma's heart sunk at that words. She took note that Regina was slowly walked up to the boy. "Hey, look at me." She placed her hands on the boy's shoulder, gently moving him to face her. "I promise you that you will never forget him. He will always be in here." She pointed her finger at Henry's chest.
"In my heart. How do you know?"
"Because truth be told, if you really love a person, you will never forget them. The beauty of love is that it gives you happiness but it also gives you pain and they make you stronger. The wrong part is when you start to feel the pain of loving someone, you try to erase it. I did that. I thought of losing you was painful but I never fought for you and I try to erase the pain. I couldn't, Henry. In fact, it really was killing me inside." The blonde felt the tears welled up in her eyes. "So no matter how I tried, I realized that I couldn't forget. I am still holding onto the person I love so much until now." Emma turned to look at Regina knowingly and the brunette realized that Emma's words were directed at her.
"Daniel, your dad, will always remain in your heart. You will never forget him. The same goes for us, Henry. Knowing that you're here, I will never forget you ever again because I love you so much."
"I love you too, ma." Henry moved forward and hugged his blonde mother tightly. Emma smiled affectionately and she was touched being called 'ma' for the first time.
"Please stop making us worried about you, kid."
"I'm sorry. I just feel like seeing him." The boy said ruefully. "I am so sorry, mom." He said to Regina.
"It is fine, Henry." Regina said as she sat down next to the boy. "As long as you won't do it again."
"I won't. I promise." Henry beamed at her. Emma chuckled and she ruffled the boy's hair.
"Okay, Henry." Emma leaned down towards her son. "We forgive you but you will have to help me with something." Regina looked at the other woman in perplexity. "Who helped you with your Operation Swan-Queen, Henry?" The blonde glanced at Regina for a moment, clearly feeling uncomfortable talking about Operation Swan-Queen in front of the bride-to-be. Henry sighed deeply and he peered up to look at his confused brunette mother.
"It was Professor Gold." Henry paused. "And dad's friend, Neal."
"What?"
"What are you guys talking about?" Regina interrupted the pair.
"Regina, I'll explain to you later." Emma placed her hand on the brunette's then she turned to her son again. "What do you mean?"
"I met this cool guy over a year ago, Neal, he was dad's friend and he came to see dad a few times. I think Neal knew Professor Gold as well because Neal always went to visit him." Emma tried to hide her bewilderment when she heard her friend's name being mentioned by the boy.
"When dad's gone, everyone was so sad. Mom was so sad." Emma's grip on Regina's hand became firmer when the blonde noticed the saddened look on Regina's face. "So, Neal came up with the idea of Operation Swan-Queen. Well, the name was my idea but he was the one giving me the whole idea about the plan. He said that he knew you and he said you could bring back happy ending for mom. But Neal stopped coming, so I went to Professor Gold's place to ask for his help."
"Henry. That is wrong."
"But I really wanted to make mom happy again. She isn't like herself anymore after dad is gone and I've been working hard to make her happy again. But I guess, I failed."
"Oh Henry." Regina pulled the boy into an embraced. Emma leaned forward and pulled both of them into her arms. The three of them stayed like that for a moment. For the first time in her life ever, Emma felt like really holding onto something. It gave her the warmth that she had been missing for years. Then, reluctantly she let go of them.
"Hey, you did not fail anyone at all. Reg… your mom is happy." She looked at Regina affectionately and the other woman returned her smile. "All you need to do is to be your wonderful self and this Operation Swan Queen whatsoever has to be stopped."
Henry's gaze went from his brunette mother to the other. "Okay. I promise that I won't make you guys worried anymore."
"Good." Emma ruffled his hair again. Her green eyes were fixed on Regina's glistening brown ones. "Let's go home now."
The yellow bug was slowed down and stopped by the side of the road in front of the mansion. It was already dark when they got there. "We're here." The two women got out of the car and Regina rummaged through her handbag to look for the key to the mansion's door. Emma pushed her car seat forward and Henry stepped out of the car.
"You're not coming in with us?" Henry asked the blonde.
"Nah, we're already too exhausted. We should get some rest."
"Are you two still fighting?"
Emma looked at Regina knowingly and the brunette smiled at her. "Nah, we're good, kid."
"Go, Henry. I'll see you inside." Regina told her son and gave him the front door key.
"Okay, I guess I'll see you tomorrow, Emma." Henry hugged his blonde mother before letting go and walked up to the front porch.
"Sure, goodnight kid." She waved at the boy.
"Thanks for helping me looking for him."
"Regina, he is my son… our son."
"Anyway about that thing you talked about with Henry just now, are you going to do something about it or do you want me to…"
"Hey, I got that one. You don't have to be worried about it anymore."
"Okay." Regina smiled in relief. "By the way, Emma. I've been meaning to ask you something all this while but I really don't want to hurt you or anything."
"Well, okay." Emma stammered and she could feel her heart was pounding heart in her chest.
"Would you mind telling me who is Henry's real father is?"
"Well, I just thought that maybe you already knew about that." Emma nervously chuckled.
"Yes, I suppose." The blonde looked at the other woman and she inhaled deeply. "Maybe I just need a confirmation."
"It's Neal." Emma said almost whispering.
"He was a good guy." Regina said in a comfort tone.
"He was but it was just a one night thing and… we weren't like that or…" Emma paused and realized what she might get herself into. She recalled the night she had with Regina and felt like she had offended the brunette. "I mean, what I had with Neal was…"
"Emma, it's okay. I understand."
"No, Regina." Emma moved forward into Regina's personal space, placing her hands on the smaller woman's shoulders. "What I had with you was something special. It was real and the thing with Neal was…"
"It wasn't a mistake. I know, Emma." Regina said soothingly. "We have our son, Henry. It is definitely not a mistake." Emma looked into Regina's gleamed brown eyes and she could see sincerity. "Listen, I am going in." Regina said as she gently moved Emma's hands from her shoulders. "You're right, we're all exhausted and you shall get your rest. I'll look after Henry and if there is anything else, I'll let you know, okay?" Regina stepped back from Emma.
"Okay." Emma immediately felt the lost when Regina moved away from her.
"Goodnight Emma." Regina peered over her shoulder to look at Emma.
"Regina, wait."
"Yes, Emma."
"See you tomorrow?"
"Sure." Regina smiled at her before walking away, leaving the blonde alone. Emma watched Regina until she disappeared into her mansion.
"Goodnight 'Gina."
You will never be lonely
Just relax and listen to me
I breathe the air that you breathe
I am always with you in disguise
