Since the dinner date, Emma allowed Henry to stay overnight at Regina's house for a night and thought it would be a good idea if he wanted to know Regina better than to find out that she was his mother. To balance things out, it was good for her to have a break from parenting her son for her whole life since Henry was born in her arms. Besides, it was with Ellie and Ruby too.
Henry was thrilled to have Regina with him when he stayed there. Regina was thrilled but nervous to have him in her house for the first time. It caught herself in an odd way when it came to Emma but it was still good for them to spend their time together.
Emma dropped them off at the mansion and waved her goodbye toward her son with the kisses. Henry Jr. was smiling widely when she dropped his overnight bag on the front porch. It made him to realize that he was staying for a night with Regina and he was so sure that they would have a lot of fun if they have the stories about Emma.
Regina was advised with the personal information for his food allergies and lactose intolerance. She understood that it was non-dairy food only for him to eat and drink. But Henry Jr. had a back-up plan if it is no lactose intolerant food and drinks in her house so he could have a medicine for it. Emma advised Regina few times before exiting on the driveway. The brunette mayor smiled while waving her hand at her former best friend. Henry Jr. barged in the mansion as Regina glanced over at Kathryn who was coming out from the next door.
"Hi!"
"Oh! Kathryn! I didn't see you coming. What are you doing here?"
"I just am in town to visit. Is that Emma you talked?"
"Yes, it was her."
"What's up with her?"
"Well, we have a son together and I found out that he was mine. Long short story."
"Wow, damn! I didn't know that you have a son with that infuriating but yet sexy blonde woman Way to go!"
"Indeed, come in and have a coffee." Regina rolled her eyes with a laugh and gestured her to come in her house. Henry was upstairs doing his unpacking in the guest bedroom which it was across from Regina's master bedroom but it was one second away from the stairs. The brown-haired boy picked that one because his bedroom has a window seat so he could see the town easily.
"Thanks! Where can I meet your son?" Kathryn waggled her eyebrows while they walked in the kitchen and Regina scoffed while she made the coffee for them. It was a perfect time when Henry Jr. came in and spoke up.
"Regina, I couldn't find a towel for my bath time. May I have some from yours?"
It shocked Kathryn when she heard a raspy voice exactly like Regina's and his look were Emma's but he had Regina's lips, eyebrows and hair color mostly. The brunette mayor smirked at her best friend's facial expression and replied back.
"Yes, you may. I will retrieve it for you later after the dinner. Sounds good?"
"Awesome. And, hi?" Henry smiled at his birth mother and glanced over at the blonde woman who was staring at him. He tilted his head and waved his hand. Regina tried to cover her laughter when her son tried to greet himself to her best friend and thought it would be funny to tell Emma about it.
"Kathryn, he wanted to say hi." The brown-haired woman winked at her son and slapped on the counter. Kathryn jumped at the sound and glared at her. Regina grinned while nodding at her son who was nervous.
"Sorry! Um, hi. I'm Kathryn, your eh... Regina's best friend."
"You could say that Regina is my mother so, yes. It's my pleasure to meet you, Kathryn." Henry explained with a smile. Regina finally laughed. Kathryn nodded with a nervous smile.
"Regina, may I be excused and play games in the room like last time we hung out?"
"Sure, what do you like for dinner?"
"Vegan burgers please. Oh, may I have fries?"
"It's fine that you can have fries but I don't have vegan burgers since your mother told me that."
"Oh, does Granny's have that?" Henry questioned. Regina smiled with a nod. The brown-haired boy widened his smile and walked out of the kitchen. Kathryn raised her eyebrows and looked at her.
"He is a vegetarian?"
"Yes, like his other mother." Regina nodded while grabbing the phone to call Granny's to deliver them for dinner. Kathryn looked back at the retreating boy and asked.
"How do you know that he is your son?"
"Emma told me that she was pregnant with him ten years ago in New York City. Remember Neal's graduation?"
"Yes, barely remembered that day and what's your point?"
"Well, you could say that we 'fucked' each other on the same night." Regina quoted the word in a silent voice so Henry won't hear it in a regular conversation. Kathryn raised her eyebrow with a smirk. The brown-haired woman rolled her eyes with a dismissal of her hand.
"Was she good that day?" Kathryn replied with a grin. Regina glared at her while placing a mug on the counter for Kathryn. She scoffed.
"We were drunk that night. We barely remembered how we did or from the party to my parents' house. That's what I didn't remember that night at all but I remembered that Emma left in the early morning and I thought that she was going to the restroom that night but I returned to sleep after she left my bedroom. That's it." Regina explained while checking her phone. Kathryn slacked her jaw on the floor.
"You didn't remember it at all!"
Regina sighed while nodding at her best friend and turned around to search for the new folders in the drawer where the keys and briefcase placed when she arrived from work on other day.
"What about Emma, did she remember?"
"She remembered the sex tape so it was placed somewhere in here since I moved back. I didn't know that Emma did put it away in the boxes that we had that night together before she left for New York City."
"Oh! Can I watch it!?" Kathryn waggled her eyebrows. Regina threw a paper ball at her and shouted.
"No! You can't. It is a private matter between Emma and me. It's none of your business at all."
"Fine. I will find it someday." Kathryn replied with a wink before sipping a coffee. Regina flipped the bird at her behind her shoulder. Henry was in other room playing the games from television and he was using the console. Kathryn's laughter was sounding through the hallways. Regina shook her head and went out to search for the towels in the bathroom closet on the main floor then strolled to the game room where Henry was.
"Here are your towels, sweetheart."
"Thanks! Kathryn is leaving?" Henry asked.
"No, she is staying here for dinner with us. But you and I will have more fun later after she leaves. Sounds good?"
"Yeah! Thanks for letting me staying here."
"You are welcome, sweetheart. I would like to get to know you better once we have some fun together. Do you like movies?"
"Yes, I love Marvel Movies. Do you?"
"Oh well, you are in luck. I have a lot of Marvel Movies in the living room. So, why not you go ahead to shut down on the games then pick a Marvel movie? We could watch it after dinner. The dinner will be arriving shortly."
"Thanks. I know that we did eat at the restaurant for dinner but I'm still hungry."
"You do have some appetite from Emma. Are you?" Regina smiled at the memory where Emma couldn't be full at all since her body was still in shape and thin than Regina thought it would be. Henry grinned and continued to shut some games off then ran back to the living room for a Marvel movie. Kathryn was curious at their relationship between Regina and Henry but didn't interrupt their moment together.
When the dinner ended, Kathryn left with goodbyes but wanted to catch up with Regina's love life. It happened quickly when Regina rolled her eyes and shoved her out of her house. Henry laughed at their interaction and grinned at his brunette mother.
"Do you like Mama?"
"Um, I don't know if I can tell you a truth."
"Truth is important than the lies. I'm just ten years old and smarter than Mama." It caused Regina to chuckle when Henry nodded with his chest out like he was proud of himself.
"Indeed, dear. You are smarter than her. Don't tell her that. So, to your question, yes. I really like her very much but it hurts me very much."
"Why?" Henry tugged themselves to the living room when the movie was up on the high-definition television screen. It was the Thor series that he chose. Regina raised her eyebrow at the movie but didn't press it up when she wanted to ask him why he picked that ridiculous movie.
"Because we were the best friends long time ago until we drifted apart in our college years. Well, we reunited when your uncle Neal graduated from high school. It had been a long time since we saw each other."
"Oh, can you tell me how you and Mama drifted apart?"
"You know college. It's no big deal like that." Regina pressed it with a forced smile. She felt regretful that she wanted to admit that Regina loved Emma so much since high school. To her thoughts, what if she did that long time ago then will they stay together like now? She bit her lip while thinking on the possibilities.
"Ok, let me tell you about Mama. She always tells me the stories about you and her. And, Mama have a picture of you and her together like the two of you in a photo. She always carried it with her all the times and won't lose it." Henry answered with a shrug. Regina shook her thoughts and looked at him with a slacked jaw.
"Did she?"
"Yeah. It was the photo of you and Mama as the little girls like kindergarten. She kept that one in her wallet. Oh, the graduation picture of you and her too. She had it with her."
Oh, she thought that it was so sweet of Emma to keep that pictures of them but how did she kept it for long time since they drifted apart after Neal's graduation. Regina thought that she wanted to ask Emma for that reason but favored the time to spend with her son together to watch a Thor movie. Henry snuggled against her and spoke in a quiet tone.
"I like to cuddle with Mama when we watch the movies together and she have some time off from work."
"Aw. I want some pictures with you before you leave here after New Year's Day."
"Yes! I will ask Mama too. It's time to watch a movie! Shush." The brown-haired boy put his finger on his mouth and made a sound then cuddled against the brunette mayor's right side. She smiled at his interaction with her and wished that she has that forever. Her smile turned into a frown and her arm embraced him inside. Henry tilted his head on her shoulder while watching. Regina grabbed her phone out from her pocket and snapped both of them then texted Emma.
"Thank you for raising our amazing son. I hope we have some time off together and it's just you and I on the date. Sounds good? RM."
It pinged on her phone while they watched in the middle of the movie. Regina looked at her son who was appealing on the character - Thor. She checked up on her phone and opened the messages. It was from Emma. She smiled.
"You are welcome. I'd love to go out with you on our date alone. I hope you and Henry have fun tonight. By the way, I was kidnapped by my siblings for the club outside of Storybrooke. Blame Amy and Neal for it. Ha-ha. See you soon, Regina SWAN-MILLS. ;-) xoxo ESM"
Regina laughed at Emma's elaborated talk about her siblings. It made her miss Zelena more since they moved back home together. She raised her eyebrows at her new last name, Swan-Mills. She smirked at herself and texted her for a last time.
"Will pick you up at 7pm, xoxo. RSM. The last name sounds right. Don't be hangover on me tomorrow. Bye my love."
Finally, Regina put her phone away in her pocket and snuggled with her son for few minutes. Henry smiled at himself and knew that Regina surely loved his mother no matter what the consequences on them. He hoped that Regina wanted them to stay here forever or go with them. HIs fingers crossed as they watched from the middle to the end on the movie.
A/N: Here you go with few updates. The Tunnel of the Darkness is finished, and so you have to read over there with two chapters. :-D Enjoy it.