It was Thanksgiving day and Regina was in the kitchen with her mother and Snow. She actually hadn't needed her cane that day. The boys walked into the kitchen. Snow and Cora rushed to hug their three grandsons and Henry introduced them to Ella. The two decided to leave Regina and the boys alone. "I've missed you all so much," Regina said as she hugged her sons.

"You're not mad?" Remy asked.

"No, I'm not mad. I wish you had told me."

"See, told ya," Oliver said.

"Mom," Henry took Ella's hand, "this is my fiance, Ella."

Regina shook the girl's hand, "it's nice to meet you, Ella."

"Thank you," she smiled, "it's nice to meet you too."

Regina looked at her sons, "why don't you all go into the living room and spend some time with your mama and grandpa?"

"Sure," the boys and Ella left the room. Snow and Cora returned moments later.

"Ella seems nice," Cora said.

"She does," Regina agreed.

"What don't you like about her?" Snow asked.

"I don't know her. How could I find anything to not like or even like about her?"

"Regina," Cora said in a warning tone.

Regina sighed, "I don't know. I wish I had been able to get to know her before Henry proposed. She's not good enough for my son. I can't explain it, but it's the truth."

"Is anyone good enough for your boys?" Snow asked.

"No," Regina answered. "At least Emma's with her. She'll be able to read Ella."

"Do you think she has an ulterior motive?" Cora asked.

"No, maybe, I don't know. I just have this strange feeling."

"I think you are trying to make the problem about Ella when it's really about your feelings regarding Henry getting married. You're afraid you'll lose him if he marries Ella. You don't want to hate her or stop your son from being happy, but you don't want to be miserable yourself," Snow said.

Regina looked at Snow with wide eyes, "that was oddly specific."

"I know you too well."

"You're probably right," Cora said, "that makes a lot of sense."

"Are the two of you finished psychoanalyzing me?" Regina asked. "We have a dinner to finish."

The three continued to work on dinner and Regina kept thinking about what Snow had just said.

When dinner was ready, everyone took their places at the dining room table.

"Mom, can I ask you something?" Henry asked.

"Of course you can," Regina smiled.

"Why isn't Ella good enough for me?"

"What?" her smile began to fall.

"Ella was going to the kitchen to offer her help when she heard you say she wasn't good enough for me."

Regina looked embarrassed and felt guilty, "Henry, could we talk about this later?"

"No," the answer surprised Regina a bit.

Snow decided to step in, "in all fairness, she said that there isn't a single person good enough for any of you."

"Mom, why don't you like Ella?"

"It's not that I don't like her. I don't know her."

Regina was becoming frazzled and Emma decided to intervene, "okay, let's stop this conversation for now. Henry, this is something you could have brought up in private." Henry placed his napkin on the table and took Ella's hand. "Where are you going?"

"Ella's not comfortable here and I won't make her sit through dinner feeling that way. We're going somewhere else." They walked out of the room and the house.

Regina threw her napkin on the table and shakily stood. She rushed after her son, but everyone heard a loud thud. "Regina!" Emma ran out of the dining room and found her wife on the floor in front of the front door. She had fallen down the stairs and was barely conscious. Emma called the paramedics and told her family to finish eating.

"Snow was right," Regina whispered.

"About what?" Emma asked gently.

"I didn't want him to find out."

"Honey, what are you talking about?"

Regina didn't answer because she was having trouble focusing. Her head and body hurt like hell. Emma would ask her wife once she was more alert. Regina could honestly just be saying things and have no idea.

It had been nearly three hours since Regina's fall. She was lying in her hospital bed waiting for the results from her scans. The mayor was more alert. "How long do you think I'll be here?" Regina asked softly.

"It'll probably depend on your test results. Do you wanna talk about Henry?"

"I have absolutely no feelings towards Ella. Nothing negative and nothing positive because I don't know her. She seems like a very nice young woman."

"But?"

"I feel like I'm losing Henry again. He's pulled away from me so much and he didn't even tell me about her."

"He was just nervous."

"He didn't trust me to react well."

Just then, Henry and Ella rushed into the room, "mom, are you alright?"

Regina was shocked to see them there, "what are you doing here?"

"Grandma called and told me what happened. Are you alright?"

"I think so, but they ran tests to be safe. We're just waiting for the results."

"She's already asked me about going home," Emma said. "Kid, why don't you and Ella step out into the hall with me?"

"Emma," Regina warned.

"I'll be back."

"Emma, don't even..."

Emma left before Regina could finish the sentence. "I talked to your mom and she doesn't have any negative or positive feelings towards Ella. She said she doesn't know her but she seems like a nice young woman. It's just that she feels she's losing you again and is upset that you didn't tell her about your engagement."

Just then Whale walked up. He told Emma that Regina was fine, but she was bruised and would feel sore for a while. The doctor began the process of discharging the mayor. Emma returned to Regina's room, alone. "Where are Henry and Ella?"

"I told them to go back to the house. You're being discharged, but I knew it would take a while. You're just bruised by the way. Nothing serious."

"You told them, didn't you?"

"Of course I told them. I knew you wouldn't."

It was another hour before Emma and Regina were home, "Ella," Regina said after Emma helped her to settle on the sofa, "I'm very sorry about what you heard."

"It's alright, Emma explained everything. We really should have just asked you alone. I'm not here to take Henry away from you. I do hope to become close with all of you since my family is all gone."

"Well, I think that's a huge possibility."

The boys and Ella decided to stay in town for a while. At least until after the wedding. Ella wanted to get to know her future family and the boys wanted to spend time with everyone in town. Little did they know the trouble that had followed them to Storybrooke.