Hello. It was hell to find time to write this for you guys.

I'm super overbooked and it's not about to get any better. I have so many things to do...Real life sucks.

Anyway. Without further ado, enjoy!

CHAPTER 11

The day after they didn't do much. They mainly spent their day avoiding each other not able to move pass what had happened the previous day.

It was hard. For the both of them. The fact that they had almost crossed the line made them yearn for the other even more. They had been so close and it had felt so good just to feel the other's body in such an intimate moment…

David closed his eyes briefly, running a hand on his face. The night had finally rose and Regina and he were on the roof waiting for Henry and Emma. The brunette had cooked all afternoon to prepare a nice dinner for Henry and he had to admit: that just the smell of the lasagnas made him salivate.

David looked up at her. She was leaning on the fence giving him her back as she looked at the view. She was wearing a nice blue dress with some tights and her leather jacket. Her black hair was falling gently on her shoulder. She was beautiful. The dress was hugging her body shamelessly making him feel tight in his pants but he ignored that. He was sick of it. All this awkwardness…He wanted things to go back to the way they were, even if that meant he had to pretend that whenever she was around, he did not ache for her touch.

The Prince stood up from his chair and walked towards her. He put a hand on her back and she jumped a bit, turning to look at him. He gave her a small smile.

"Are you nervous?"

"Maybe a little bit." She said shrugging her shoulders.

"Do you still have a headache?"

"Yes." She whispered.

The wind started to rise and she had to shake her head to get the hair out of her face. He chuckled as he pulled the wild strand of hair behind her ear. David paused a second looking at her in the eyes. He kicked himself mentally not to bend down and kiss her again. He needed to make things work. He needed her back…He had missed her today.

So he took his hand back and shoved it in his jeans' pocket, looking down at the floor shyly.

"I don't want to lose you Regina." He let out after a long moment of silence.

She didn't answer clearly taken aback.

"I…" The Prince sighed looking back up. "I know that things between us have…changed. We came from hating each other to bearing each other. And now we…"

The brunette closed her eyes.

"I don't really know what we are quite frankly." He said letting out a small chuckle. "But I want things to go back to the way they were before…When we just started to really know each other. When I could make you laugh with my silliness." He said smiling. "Do you want that?" He asked.

She looked up at him tears steaming in her eyes.

"Can we get that back?" He asked. "I know we crossed the line yesterday but we can find a way to move pass it, no?" He tried unable to hold back the tear that had been threatening to fall for a while now. "I don't want to go back to Storybrooke and pretend that I didn't spend probably the best days of my life with you. I don't want to go back home and walk pass you pretending that we didn't connect…that I'm not considering you like my closest friend."

"I don't want that either." The brunette admitted biting her lower lip as she shook her head.

David extended his arm to grab hers and he pulled her into a hug. He brought his hand up to the back of her head and she buried her nose in the crook of his neck wrapping her arms around him.

They heard the door of the roof opening and they parted to see Emma and Henry arriving. Their sad faces immediately turned into happy ones at the joy of seeing both their children in front of them and they quickly wiped away their tears.

"Hi!" Henry said smiling as he came to hug them as he now usually did.

"Hi!" David answered ruffling his hair. "Hi Emma." The Prince said looking softly at his daughter.

"Hey. I bought some wine for the grown-ups." The blonde girl said waving a bottle of wine.

Regina took it from her.

"Good choice." She said smiling.

xXx

Everything was going perfectly. They were having fun. Like real fun. Never in the past two years Regina would have had thought that she would have been dinning with both Prince Charming and the Savior and actually enjoy herself. They had done it twice and it had felt good almost natural.

She took a sip of wine and looked at Henry who was devouring his second serving of lasagnas. She chuckled lightly proud to see that her son still enjoyed her cooking.

"It's really good." Henry said mouthful and she had to restrain herself from scolding him gently. "You should teach mom."

"Ouch!" Emma said faking being offended.

Both Henry and David laughed.

"So," The blonde girl started changing the subject after having stuck her tongue out playfully at the young boy who laughed. "Did you guys find your friends?

Regina turned to look at David.

"Huh…We sort of did…" She answered carefully.

"Sort of did?!" Emma said chuckling.

"Yes. It's…"

"Complicated." The Prince cut in.

"Why don't we go get the dessert?" Regina said changing the subject. She knew that the aim of this dinner was to tell the two new New-Yorkers the truth but she didn't want to lose what she was building with Henry just yet.

"I'll go get it." David said standing.

"Alright." The brunette said smiling softly at him.

He answered to it and her heart broke again. She closed her eyes and shook her head.

"I'll come with you." Emma said. "I made some cookies. At least that I'm good at."

Henry giggled.

"It's true." He said.

Both Emma and David left and Regina found herself alone with her baby boy. She smiled at him.

"So. How are things going at school since I last saw you yesterday?"

"Pretty cool. I think I'm getting pretty good at math." He said proudly.

"You got a good teacher." The brunette answered jokingly but she was unable to hide the pride she felt in her son.

"True!" The young boy said grinning. "You're the best thank you."

"You…You're very welcome Henry. Whenever you need me…I'm here. I'll always be."

"But you're going to leave at some point." He said lowering his eyes and doing that thing he always did with his mouth whenever he was getting a bit sad. "Once you find your friends."

"Hey!" Regina said putting a finger under his chin.

He looked at her.

-"It's ok. I'm here now. Plus…Maybe…you could come and visit Storybrooke…"

-"That would be cool. I really like you guys. I would miss not having you around anymore." Henry said smiling.

-"And we would miss that even more. Believe me." The brunette said hugging him.

She shut her eyes and stroked his back gently. She was not going to say goodbye to her son ever again. She was not!

xXx

David arrived in the apartment and immediately went to the bar on which Regina had put the pie for it to cool. He took it bare hands before realizing that the tin was still hot. He shook his hands and went to grab a tray to put under the tin to transport the pie upstairs. He heard someone knocking on the door.

"It's open." He said.

"Hey! Got the cookies." Emma said appearing.

"And I almost got the pie." He said finally reaching the tray in the cupboard.

Emma came inside the apartment and started looking around.

"Do you need help?" She said walking towards the bar.

"No it should be good."

David grabbed a knife and four spoons and plates that he put on the side of the tray.

"What is this?" He suddenly heard Emma saying. He frowned and turned around before immediately freezing when he saw what she was holding.

"I…I can explain…" The Prince said cursing himself for having forgotten that the picture was here.

"Why do you have a picture of my son…with Regina?"

"It's…"

"I'm going to get him." She said leaving the apartment.

The blonde man immediately ran after her.

"Emma. I can explain..."

The blonde girl called the elevator and got in when the doors open.

"There's an explanation to it." David started as he followed her. "You are the friends we came to look for."

"What?! This is complete bullshit! I don't know you and neither does Henry."

They arrived on the last floor and she immediately went towards the roof's door.

"Henry go back home!" She said.

"What?" The boy said looking up at his mother surprised.

David sighed as he met Regina's questioning gaze.

"What's going on?" The brunette asked, brows furrowing.

"Henry! Now!" Emma commanded.

There was clearly no room for argument and Henry knew that. He stood up and took the keys from his mother before leaving the three adults alone.

"May I know what the problem is?" Regina asked closing her eyes, the vein on her forehead starting to show.

"Why do you have a picture of my son?" Emma asked putting said picture on the table.

xXx

Regina leaned on her chair sighing. She met David's eyes. He was as clueless as to how to handle the situation as she was.

"It's a long story." Regina finally said taking the picture, absently caressing her boy's face with her thumb.

"I'm all ears."

Regina looked at David and he nodded understanding her silent demand.

"As I told you in the elevator: you and Henry are the friends we were looking for." He started.

"I've only known you for a week! How can we be friends?"

"You've known her for much longer than that." Regina said simply. "You just don't remember it."

"I don't remember it?" Emma said with disbelief. "And how is that possible that both Henry and I don't remember you?"

"That's complicated." David said after a small pause.

"You better start talking now or I'm calling the police!"

"You want to know the story?! Here it is." Regina said getting a bit frustrated. "We might as much just get this over with."

She took a deep breath and started talking.

"You had Henry when you were eighteen and gave him for adoption."

"What?" Emma said chuckling wryly. "Are you insane?"

"You wanted the story Miss Swan: so listen!" The brunette bit holding Emma's furious gaze.

"As I was saying: you gave your son up for adoption because you were young and in jail. Turned out that three days after he was born: I adopted him."

Emma huffed an 'of course' but Regina ignored her.

"Hence the photo. This," she said holding the picture, "is Henry and I just before he turned ten. It was snowing outside and he wanted to walk in the snow as he absolutely loves when it snows."

Emma looked at her in shock.

"I know it must be hard to comprehend but this is the truth. When he turned ten…well…he found out that he was adopted…among other things." Regina took a breath. "He looked for you on the internet and went to find you. At the time you were living in Boston. You moved to Storybrooke to my delight." She said ironically. "I tried to get you to leave but it never worked. After a year approximatively we realized that…" She looked at David trying to find a way to explain how the curse she had used to bring her and a bunch of people in this world and create Storybrooke had been hijacked. Which resulted into everyone having to go back to their fairy tale lands while Henry had to stay here because this was where he was born.

"Things got complicated." David said sensing her struggle.

He walked towards Regina and turned to face Emma who still wore an 'I'm so not buying this shit' look.

"We had to leave." The Prince continued. "All of us except Henry…he just couldn't."

"Leave?" Emma asked crossing her arms on her chest.

"Yes. But we couldn't leave him alone so you stayed with him. You just lost all your memories in the process and got new ones."

"This is complete nonsense!"

"No Emma! Please." David said. "Your mom and I we…"

Regina closed her eyes realizing what he had just said.

"My mom and you?! What are you?! My dad?!" The blonde girl said with a wry chuckle.

Both Regina and David looked at her earnestly.

"You guys are insane! You are my age!"

Regina sighed standing up. She walked towards Emma and stood up only a few inches from her.

"What are you going to do: kill me?!"

"Henry would never forgive me." Regina said unimpressed.

"Regina!" She heard David scolding.

She ignored him.

"Why don't you use your super-power?!"

Emma backed away surprised.

"How do…"

"How do I know?" Regina cut her. "Exactly! You know we are telling the truth. As crazy as it sounds. This man," She said pointing at David, "is your father and your mother is waiting for you in Storybrooke. Henry is my son and…" She swallowed the lump that formed in her throat and kept a straight face. "Look at me in the eyes. You know I'm not lying."

"This is…This is insane. I'm out of here." Emma said walking towards the door.

Before leaving she looked at them.

"I don't want you to ever talk to my son again!" She threatened a finger on her chest to emphasize the 'my' and then she left.

xXx

Regina and David both stayed silent for a moment cursing themselves mentally. After a few seconds, the woman turned to look at him.

"Well…" The Prince said not really sure how to process what had just happened.

"Yeah" Regina said starting walking towards him but she hadn't even made a step that she almost fell.

Fortunately David had reached for her in time to catch her.

"Hey?! What is it?" He said as she leaned on him, a hand on his arm.

She brought her free shaky hand to her head.

"We need to get back home." David said siting her on a chair.

"I'm fine."

"Stop saying that." The Prince bit with anger. "You're not! Stop pretending to be fine when you clearly are not."

Regina looked at him, her lips parted ready to answer back but no words came out. David sighed.

"I'm sorry. I just…This was harder than I thought it would be."

"I know." She finally said.

"You need to lay down. Let's go." He said helping her get up.

"The plates…"

"I'll get them after you get under the covers."

Regina didn't argue and he was grateful. She took the precious picture of her son and they went inside towards the elevator. They arrived in the apartment and immediately got into the bedroom. The brunette sat on the bed. David stood there looking at her.

"Can I have some privacy?" She asked raising a brow but her voice was shaky.

"Right! Sure." The blonde man said before leaving her.

He went to the kitchen. There were still Emma's cookies on the bar next to the pie. He sighed as he put tray and plates away. He paused for a second wondering if he should get the cookies back to Emma but his thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door. He frowned but went to open. It was Emma.

"I need the cookies back. Henry's hungry."

"H…Sure." David said going to grab the plate.

He gave it to her and she left without giving him a chance to say anything. He sighed and closed the door.

"Who was it?"

He turned to look at Regina –who had changed into her pajamas- coming out of the bedroom.

"Emma. She wanted the cookies back -" He answered then he paused. "What are you doing up?"

"I need some Tylenol."

"I'll get it for you. Go lie down Regina."

The brunette looked at him and after a few seconds of holding his gaze defiantly she gave in realizing that he wouldn't flinch. He couldn't help but smile at her stubbornness. He grabbed the pills she had left on the counter this morning and poured some water in a glass. He went towards the bedroom. She was sat on the bed, leaned on the bedhead. The blonde man gave him the box and the glass and sat next to her. She took two pills and swallowed them with the help of the water. She closed her eyes sighing as she gave him the glass and box back. He put them on the bedside table. The brunette lied down finally and he stood up. He helped her get under the covers and pulled them up to her shoulders.

"I'm not a child Charming!" He couldn't help but smile.

He had missed that.

"What are you smiling at?" She asked.

"Nothing." He bent down a bit and put a kiss on her forehead.

He furrowed his brow and replaced his lips with his hand.

"You've got a fever." He observed.

"I know."

He looked at her with worried eyes.

"I'll be fine." She said but there was exhaustion in her voice.

"I'll get the things off the roof and I'll be back, ok?"

She nodded and he turned the lights off before leaving the room.

He arrived on the roof. He looked at the leftovers. Everything had started off so well. The Prince sighed and started putting the plates on one another. Suddenly he paused. He dropped the plate he was holding and put his hands on the table. His heart was racing and he felt tears threatening to fall.

The blonde man sat on the closest chair his body starting to shake as the tears finally escaped his eyes. He was exhausted. Everything was just so screwed up. With Regina and now Emma…So screwed up. He felt like he was never going to get his daughter and his grandson back and it killed him. It literally killed him.

He finally was able to calm down after a while. He got everything off the roof and when he finished doing the dishes, he went to brush his teeth and changed into his pajamas. He was about to go lie on the couch like he had done the night before but he wanted to check on Regina first.

He opened the bedroom's door and walked towards the bed.

"You're not sleeping are you?" The Prince asked and she opened her eyes.

She had been crying, like him. They knew saying the truth to Emma would have not been easy but being faced to the reality was hard and painful because well, everything seemed like they were never going to get their family back together.

The Prince sat on the floor next to her and he stroked her cheek softly.

"You're really hot Regina!" He said concerned.

"It'll be ok with the Tylenol."

David didn't answer. He wasn't convinced but he didn't want to stress her even more. She sighed closing her eyes. She wetted a bit her lips before looking back at him.

"Would that make me selfish if I asked you to stay with me tonight?"

The man gave her a small reassuring smile and shook his head. He stood up and closed the bedroom's door before walking around the bed to go lie down next to her. He went under the covers and she turned to face him. He moved closer to her and he put his arms around her and she lied on his chest and God, it felt good.

"I'm sorry for Emma." She whispered after a while.

"I know. I'm sorry too."

"What are we going to do?" The brunette asked.

"I…I really don't know." The Prince admitted as he stroked her back through her shirt.

Regina parted a bit to look at him. He frowned and then she suddenly gave him a small punch on the chest.

"Hey!" The man said with wide eyes.

"You've been serving me hope speeches for a week now and now that I need one you just 'don't know!'" She shouted tears in her eyes.

David opened his mouth but he closed it instantly not knowing what do say or do. The Queen closed her eyes and went back to lie on his chest.

"You're useless." She snapped.

A small smile played on his lips and he tightened his grip around her, his right hand stroking her hair.

Silent filled the room but none of them was sleeping yet. They didn't seem to be able to.

"You didn't ask about Leopold?" Regina let out suddenly. "You said you were going to ask me today." She continued after another small silent set between them.

"Do you want to tell me?" David asked carefully looking down at the top of her head.

"I don't know."

The blonde man thought for a second then he asked it. "Did he hurt you?"

xXx

Regina closed her eyes and she felt the need to lean more in the Prince's arms as if she was seeking for comfort…or maybe protection.

"Yes." She let out finally. "I don't think he was realizing it…or he simply didn't care."

"What did he do?" She heard David ask and she looked up at him.

"What do you think David?" She let out with exhaustion. "I was his wife."

The man looked at her in horror and she fell back on the bed, next to him. She looked up at the ceiling.

"It was my duty but…I was so young…I had never…" Regina bit her lip to keep herself from crying. She promised herself never to cry for Leopold again. "It didn't happen too often, he didn't love me so he just was just taking what he was coming for and left. It was never gentle nor was it cruel or anything. He just used me without consideration. I thought…When the day of the wedding arrived…I thought I would be able to do it. To live with this man and his daughter. I thought that if he was as sweet and kind as the people were so adamant to say…Maybe I could find it in me to be somewhat happy…But he was not kind to me. He never even acknowledged me. It was like I was invisible except for the nights he needed to release the pressure in his pants and again…He might have as well as just used a plastic doll –had they had been such thing in our world." She said closing her eyes.

"I…I'm so sorry Regina."

She turned her head and looked at him with a small smile and she shrugged her shoulders.

"It's not your fault now is it?!"

"No but no one deserves what happened to you." The Prince said grabbing her hand.

"This is why this is so hard." She whispered.

"What?"

"You." She said looking at him. "You and the way you make me feel. Like I exist. Like I matter."

"You do. To me and to Henry and I'm sure to many others."

Regina lifted an unconvinced brow.

"You matter." David said pulling her into a hug to which she answered. "You matter so much." He whispered in her ear and she closed her eyes letting a tear fall.

"You matter to me too David." The brunette let out.

The Prince didn't answer. He just pulled her closer and settled her between his legs, tangling them with hers.

"And don't worry," he started. "We'll find a way for Emma and Henry."

Regina let out a small chuckle.

"See. It wasn't that hard." She let out with a small smile and David kissed the top of her head humming a chuckle.

They stayed like that for minutes, just pressed against the other until they finally fell asleep.

'It's getting harder not to feel anything,' she had said yesterday…Today it was getting harder to breathe without the other one close.

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