Summary:
Regina goes back to Emmas hospital room to find both Henrys there.
Notes:
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Chapter Text
By the time Regina had made it back to the hospital, her dad and Henry we're already there. She dreaded telling Henry about everything that had transpired with Robin. Regina shuddered thinking back on Robin's final words to her.
After they all heard the recording, Robin quickly stood up. David had motioned for other police officers, who had been waiting outside the room, to enter. They quickly apprehended Robin, cuffing his hands behind his back.
"You will be sorry you ever crossed me, Regina!" Robin spat at his ex-wife.
"I'm only sorry I ever met you, you miserable bastard. You are an idiot, Robin. All you needed to do was ask me for a divorce. I would have given it to you gladly. But now, not only have you ruined your own life, but also that of your unborn child's. He or she is going to miss out on having a father. Just like Henry did." Regina just shook her head as the police led Robin out of the room.
As she stood outside Emma's room, she could see them all chatting. They hadn't seen her yet, and Henry was chatting excitedly. She hated that she had to go in there and tell him what had happened with Robin. He was the only father Henry ever knew and, as such, he did love him. More than what Robin deserved.
"Mom!" Henry finally saw her standing by the door. Regina walked in and closed the door behind her as he got up from his chair and ran to hug Regina.
"Henry, my little prince!" Regina caught him in her arms and they squeezed each other tightly. "I'm fine, my sweetheart," Regina soothed him as she realised he was sobbing into her chest. She kissed the crown of his head as she rubbed his back, then she pulled back a bit as she cupped his face with her hands. Henry's eyes were puffy and his lips were wobbling as she looked at him and wiped his tears with the pads of her thumbs."I promise you that I'm not going anywhere. Nothing can tear me away from you, Henry. I love you so much, my son."
"But you can't promise me that. Anything can happen, mom. And I almost lost you again. Is Neal going back to prison?"
"Yes, apparently so. Mallory informed me he has 11 more years to serve. God knows why they let him out so early in the first place. But he's back in prison now, and when he comes back out, you will be an adult. You'll not have to worry about him getting custody of you."
"Yeah, kid, he'll not want to mess with you. Especially after he saw you defending your mom so brilliantly," Emma said proudly.
"She told you about that?" Henry asked, looking at Emma sheepishly.
"Of course, kid! Your mom is really proud of you for defending her. So am I."
"Well, you should have seen mom break his nose. I'm really surprised he tried to do anything after that. Even if he didn't expect me to do anything, I'm sure mom could have pulled something else out of her bag of tricks."
"Well, we won't have to worry about Robin anymore, sweetheart. As of," Regina looked at her wristwatch, "an hour ago, I'm a newly single mother with full custody of you."
"Are you serious!?" Henry asked, excited. "He just gave me up?" Henry asked, less excited this time, knowing that Robin really never loved him. He couldn't have.
"Yes. I'm sorry sweetheart, I know you did love him. I'm sorry he wasn't worthy of your love. I'm also sorry for putting you through all those years of neglect and emotional abuse from him. I should have left him a long time ago."
"Mom, we were both at his mercy. Don't blame yourself. Besides, we won't have to see him again now so he can just go f-"
"Don't finish that sentence, mister!" Regina said somewhat sternly, even if Robin did deserve it.
"Mom, I was just going to say he can just go for a long walk off a short pier."
"Oh. Good. Okay."
"What did you think I was going to say?" Henry asked, innocently.
"Nothing, dear."
"Oh, okay. Because I would never say that he can go fuck himself. I'm much too refined for that," Henry said as he looked at Emma.
"Henry Mills!" Regina shouted, but had also looked at Emma in concern.
Emma had unfortunately just taken a big sip out of her coke bottle when Henry had dropped the f-bomb and had consequently sprayed a sizable amount out of both her mouth and nose. She was holding the latter in pain as it stung her nasal passage.
"Emma! Are you okay?" Regina let go of Henry to get some tissues from the bedside table, mopping up the mess Emma had made. She then sat on Emma's bed patting her back as Emma coughed and spluttered.
"Ouch, that hurt!" Emma exclaimed, but then started laughing. But it hurt her jaw and cheekbone to laugh, so she had to suppress it. "Damn, I'm sorry Regina, but that was hilarious."
"It was not!" But even Regina couldn't help smirking a bit. "And I'll not thank you for teaching Henry how to curse," Regina glared playfully at Emma.
"Hey, I've never dropped the f-bomb in front of the kid," Emma stated with both hands up in surrender.
"Oh Mija," Henry Sr spoke up, "I'm afraid I'm to blame for that. I might have been a bit agitated whilst watching our telenovela. And the last twenty-four hours haven't been easy on your old man."
"Papi!"
"Awww Regina, you have to admit it was funny. And can you really blame your dad for worrying about you?" Emma said, smiling.
"Ok, fine. I'll give you the last twenty-four hours, Papi. But not for that telenovela crap that you boys watch."
"Mom! You can't tell Abuelo off for swearing in front of me, and then swear yourself!"
"Oh, honey, crap isn't a swear word." Henry raised his left eyebrow perfectly, just like his mom usually did to him. "Okay, fine," Regina finally relented.
"So, is Robin going to be staying at the apartment now? I don't want to see him when I have to go pack up my room."
"Oh, well, um." Regina wasn't sure how to break the next bit of news to Henry. "Actually, honey, Robin was arrested on a couple of charges."
"He was? What for?" Henry asked, confused.
"Well, he provided Neal with my signature so that Neal could forge it for the fake papers he drew up granting him full custody of you. That makes him an accomplice to the crime. He probably would just get community service or a light sentence for that. He was also caught on audio recordings of a few phone calls between himself and Mr Colter. I happened to hear the latest recording this afternoon. Mr Colter was hired by Robin to make me and Emma disappear. I… I'm not sure what the sentence for that is."
There were a few moments of silence before Henry finally spoke. "He hired someone to kill you? And Emma? And he was just going to give me up to a man who is a criminal." Henry said very calmly. Too calmly, perhaps.
"Yes, sweetheart. That is correct. But because Mr Colter was stopped by Mary Margaret, I'm not sure what his actual charge will be. Conspiracy to murder at the very least. I'm not sure what the sentence is for that."
"Will it be doubled since he wanted to have you both killed?"
"I don't know, honey."
"Don't worry about that, kid. The main thing is that he will be locked away for some time; and that you and your mom are free from him," Emma said, trying to move away from the subject.
"Well, I still want us to live with Abuelo. I don't like the apartment, mom."
"Yes, well, I think it will probably have to be sold anyway. Half of it is Robin's and he will probably need his share to pay for a new attorney. So we will be staying with Abuelo, Henry. But we will have to get up early since we will have to commute to your school and my office until the summer. Then we will get you enrolled in the local middle school, here."
"Yes! And when will you move in, Emma?"
"As soon as I am discharged from here, Hen. Possibly Saturday at the earliest. Oh, are you going to see August soon, Regina? He won't know what's going on. I was meant to visit him today."
"Mary Margaret cancelled all my appointments until Monday, but I'll call him in a while. He has a phone in his room. I need to also sign some papers for his discharge out of the hospital on Saturday. My dad and I can collect the rest of your things from his apartment over the next few days if you like?"
"I want to come with you to help," Henry said. I can carry the heavy boxes, mom. I'm strong enough."
"I know you are, honey. Thank you."
"Hey, I can help too," Emma said but was met with three scowls. "Okay, but I can at least direct you guys. You don't know where all my things are. I don't have much, anyway. Everything I have fit in my… Hey, what happened to Bug? Please tell me she's okay? I know I was going to sell her, but I still have fond memories," Emma pouted.
"I'll ask David, I'm sure it was probably taken to the station. I wouldn't worry, sweetheart."
"Thanks, babe," Emma smiled lovingly at her girlfriend.
There was a moment of silence as Regina and Emma realised what they had called each other and that they hadn't yet divulged their new relationship.
"Is there something you would like to tell us?" Henry Sr asked, smiling knowingly.
"Ummm…" was all Emma could say.
"Well, actually, yes. Please bear in mind, this is very new but… well… Emma and I recently discovered that our feelings towards each other run deeper than friendship…"
"Like best friends?" Henry asked, confused.
"Deeper, kid. Way deeper. We love each other, Hen," Emma said, blushing as she looked at Regina
"You love each other? Like you used to love Robin, mom?"
"Oh no, honey. The way I feel about Emma, the love I feel? It's so much stronger than I've ever felt for Robin. For anyone, really." Regina said, looking lovingly at Emma.
"Even more than me?" Henry asked, worried.
"Oh no, honey!" Regina went to hug her son again. Then pulled back to look at his face. "I couldn't love anyone more than you. I meant romantic love."
"So," Henry said, "when you say recently discovered…"
"Well, we've known how we have felt for a while, but we couldn't exactly act on it because I was married. And I didn't know if Emma felt the same way."
"I did, kid. How could I not? Your mom is amazing. Then last Friday, at the dinner party… well, I left after some things were said between Robin and I. And, as you know, your mom and Robin also had words and she followed me out. To make sure I was okay. Then, well, everything sort of spilt out and we… well we kissed."
"You kissed each other?"
"Yes, Henry. We kissed. Are… are you okay with this?" Regina asked, nervously.
"Yeah, I'm okay! Does this mean I get to have both of you as my moms?" Henry asked, excitedly. "Grace, in my class, has two dads. I can't wait to tell her!"
"Woah, Henry. Calm down, honey. This is all still very new. Let's just take it slow, okay."
"Is Emma still staying in the apartment above the garage, or in your room, then?" Henry asked rather innocently."
"Ahem, I'll be staying in a guest room until I recover, kid," Emma said, blushing.
"And then you will move into mom's room. You should just move in now. That way she can take care of you better."
"Out of the mouths of babes," Henry Sr said, chuckling. "Nieto, enough with the questions. And ladies, I'm very happy for you both. At last, I've got a nice daughter in law!" Henry winked at them.
"Papi, I only just got divorced a couple of hours ago. We are not rushing into anything. Let us just enjoy it. "
"Nice!?" Emma exclaimed. "Is that all I am to you, Henry!? Nice?" Emma pouted.
"You're wondering, Mija, I was just kidding."
Just then, the door opened and a nurse walked in with Emma's new IV bag. "Okay, folks, visiting hours were over thirty minutes ago. It's time for Miss Swan to have her medication."
"Oh, will they make me sleepy? I still need to have my dinner," Emma pouted.
"Not to fear, Miss Swan. These will just take away the pain. Now say goodbye to your family."
"My family?"
"Oh, I beg your pardon. I shouldn't have presumed," the nurse said, embarrassed.
"No, you're okay. They are my family," Emma beamed. "But my girlfriend is staying the night with me. Aren't you?" Emma looked at Regina, hoping that she was still staying.
"Of course, Emma. Dad brought me a change of clothes."
"Yes, I put it down by your cot, cariña. Okay, Nieto, say goodnight to your mom and Emma. We better get going. We can get something to eat on the way home."
"KFC?" Henry asked, hopefully, looking at his mom for permission.
"Okay, sweetheart," Regina agreed, rolling her eyes jokingly. "Goodnight and I'll see you tomorrow sometime. I'll give you a call in the morning, Papi."
Regina gave her son and dad a hug and kiss, each before they left. They also gave Emma a kiss, both Henrys happily leaving with the prospect of getting KFC for his dinner - a luxury for them.