This one-shot is a request from Swanfire4ever (request made in Swanbeliever one-shots), asking for a sequel to the first chapter in the series where Henry telling Emma that he missed her and spending his first night at Emma's house with his bear.
I do not own OUAT or its characters just my imagination.
Chapter 2: our first sleep over
Things had been going good Emma thought, since she had met her son 2 months ago. She had visited 2 more times since then, and they had talked a few times a week to each other. But this weekend was big, Regina was trusting Emma to take care of Henry for a couple days, she could of asked someone around the town they lived, but she asked her. Regina would be dropping him off on Friday on her way to the airport, she had some meetings in New York she had to go to, and later in the day Sunday she would come by and pick him back up.
Emma is in the kitchen putting away some grocery's she bought for Henry's stay, she bought juice, another box of fruit loops (another shared like they found during one of their phone calls) and of course stuff for hot chocolate, she even bought him is own special mug (it was black with the Hogwarts logo on it) to keep at her place when he stays. Emma bunches up the bag and puts it in the cabinet to reuse eventually, and then she hears the buzzer for the door. She walks over to the monitor and presses the button "Hello?"
"It's Henry, Emma were here" Henry's voice says.
Emma smiles "Alright kid, I'll buzz you in" she says and hits the button to let them in the building. Emma waits a few minutes, she lives on the 5th floor so she gives them time, then she hears a knock and goes to open the door. Emma opens the door, and finds Henry and his mom "Hey kid" she says with a happy laugh.
Henry smiles, and goes to hug Emma, wrapping his arms around her waist. Emma wraps her arms around him also, and kisses the top of his head "Hi Emma" he says into her stomach.
Regina smiles watching them "Hi Emma."
Emma looks up "Hi Regina" she says and pulls away from Henry taking his bag and pillow from her "I can take those."
"Thanks, for watching him for a couple days" Regina says.
"It's no problem" Emma says with a shrug "me and Henry can hang out a couple days right?" she says nudging his arm.
"Yeah" Henry says excitedly.
Regina chuckles "Alright, alright. Ok sweetheart" she starts walking back to Henry looking him right in the eyes "as usual, same rules at home apply here. I already went over them with Emma, so no trying to sucker her into letting you stay up later, or more time then you are allowed on video games." Regina pulls Henry into a hug, which he gladly accepts and returns "I love you, and behave yourself ok?" she says pulling away, but not before giving him a kiss.
"I love you to mom. Bring me back a gift from New York?" Henry says.
Regina smiles "I will see what I can do" Regina goes over to Emma "Thank you again. I will call at bed time to say goodnight."
"Sounds good" Emma says, and then looks at Henry "why don't you walk your mom to the door kid."
Henry takes Regina's hand and walks with her to the door. He gives her another hug "Have a good flight mom, I love you."
Regina hugs him back, giving him another kiss "I will sweetheart, I love you too." Then she sees Emma walk up behind them and says "Take care of my son Emma."
Emma smiles and wraps her arms around his shoulders "I'll protect him with my life."
Regina takes a breath and gives them a smile "Ok, well I need to get going. See you Sunday."
"See you Sunday" both Emma and Henry say.
They watch Regina get into the elevator and the door closes. Emma then closes her apartment door, and locks them in then turns to look at Henry who gives her a smile. She stands straight and looks at him "Alright kid, it's Friday night, what should we do?" she looks at her watch its 8pm "your mom says you need to be laying down and relaxing by ten at the latest, so two hours."
Henry bites his lip lightly "How about a movie?"
"Movie sounds great" Emma says picking Henry's bag and pillow back up "how about we both go change into pajamas then we can pick a movie?"
"Ok" Henry says, following Emma to her room, on the way down the hall, Emma gives him a quick tour of the apartment, not that there is much.
A few minutes later, they both come out into the living room pajama clad. Emma offers to make popcorn, while Henry chooses a movie. They sit together on the couch, a bowl of popcorn between them, and the start of The Sandlot playing on the TV screen.
"Emma?" Henry says still looking at the screen.
"Yeah Henry?" Emma says turning to the kid.
Henry turns and looks at Emma, looking a bit nervous "Summer vacation is going to be starting soon, do you think… do think mom will let me come stay again for a weekend, just cause?"
Emma takes a breath "I don't know Henry; I know I would love that though" she says with a genuine smile "I guess it would depend on how this weekend goes… so we better stick to the rules. Then maybe" she says with a shrug "maybe she will let you stay" she says ruffling his hair.
Henry smiles and nods his head "I hope she does too" he says looking back at the screen.
They pair watch the movie together, laugh at most of same parts, especially the famous you're killing me smalls scene. As the movie ends, Emma notes that Henry is looking sleepy, she gets up and takes the DVD out of the player, right after she places the DVD on the shelf her cellphone rings, and its Regina.
Emma answers the call "Hi Regina" Emma says grabbing the bowl from off the couch, to take it to the sink.
"Hi Emma, I was calling to say goodnight to Henry" Regina says.
"Yeah, we just finished our movie. And he's looking sleepy, so great timing" Emma says walking over to the couch, Henry looking even more sleepy. "Here he is Regina."
"Thank you Emma, and I hope you have a good night."
"You to Regina" Emma adds with a smile. "Here's your mom kid" she says passing Henry the phone.
"Hi mom" Henry says, with a sleepy voice.
"Hi sweetheart, are you having fun with Emma?" Regina asks.
"Yeah we just watched The Sandlot" Henry says cheerfully.
"That's great Henry. I hope you were thinking of going to sleep soon, you're sounding sleepy there" Regina adds.
"Yeah, I think before you called Emma was going to say something" Henry says, playing with a loose thread on his pajama top.
"I have no doubt, she did say you where sleepy. And I'm sure she wants you well rested" Regina says.
"Yeah" Henry adds.
"Ok sweetheart, I will let you get to sleep, I love you and talk to you tomorrow."
"Night mom, I love you" Henry manages to say.
Emma then takes the phone from him "Have a good night Regina, thanks… thanks for letting me do this."
Regina smiles "It's my pleasure Emma, he really wanted to see you. You have a good night too, don't let Henry try to tell you he isn't tired" she says with a laugh.
Emma looks at Henry, who is slowly losing the battle against staying awake "Something tells me he won't fight much" she says with a chuckle "Night Regina."
"Night Emma" Regina adds, then hangs up.
Emma hangs up and sets her phone on the coffee table. She turns to see Henry, giving him a sad smile "Think it's time for bed kid."
Henry nods "Where am I sleeping?"
"You get my bed" Emma says, holding her hand out to him, which he gets up and takes. "I'm hoping to move into a two bedroom eventually so you have your own room" she adds, as they walked down the hallway, lightly swings their joined hands.
Emma drops him off in the bathroom, and she offers to get his toothbrush for him. Emma gets to the door as he finishes using the toilet. "Thanks Emma" he says taking his toothbrush from Emma. As he puts the tooth paste on his tooth brush he asks "Where are you going to sleep then?"
Emma is leaning on the door frame and gives him a smile "On the couch kiddo."
Henry spits out the paste, and then rinses out his mouth, and cleans off his face. He takes her hand again as they walk to her room "But that's not fair for you, you should get your bed."
"I'm fine giving it up for my favorite guy" Emma says. And Henry crawls into her bed, and she hands him the pillow, and he takes the bear out that she gave him "You brought the bear?"
Henry smiles "Yeah… it's one of my favorite things" he says giving it a hug. "Besides it helps when I'm missing you."
That surprises Emma a bit "You… you miss me?" she asks sitting on the side of the bed, while covering Henry with the blanket.
Henry blushes a little "Yeah… I mean I know that" he says playing with the bow on the bear "we have only hung out a few times but… I like doing stuff with you. I love my mom, she is awesome. But I… I love you to."
Emma can feel tears well up as Henry spoke "There is no reason to be embarrassed kid" she say rubbing his arm "I miss you to. And I love talking to you, and hearing about school and your friends" she say continuing to rub his arm. But she makes him sit after a moment and pulls him close "And I love you like crazy Henry, to the moon and back."
Henry's head is resting Emma's shoulder, and she's brushing her fingers through his hair and he smiles "I went from no family, to two moms who love me."
Emma kisses his head; making them both smile "You are one lucky boy" she says pulling away from him "but it now time to get to sleep." Henry lays back down, his bear still tucked under his arm "Night Henry, I love you."
"I love you to Emma, night" Henry says and rolls over.
Emma smiles as she watches Henry roll over to go to sleep. She closes the door to her room most of the way, and turns on the hallway nightlight she bought so he could find his way to the bathroom if needed. She goes back out to the living room, and finishes up some cleaning up. Once she is done, she sets up the couch for her bed; she lays a sheet down, then her pillow, and got her favorite blanket ready. She grabs her book, and starts to read, but her mind keeps wondering to the little boy down the hall, her kid was sleeping in her bed, his mom trusted her, she giggle to herself softly, and bites her lip. She gets up, and walks down the hall, and peaks in on Henry, and she hears a soft snore coming from him, which makes her smile, god she loved this kid.
Then Saturday comes, and Emma had the day well planned for them. They started off with a breakfast of fruit flops, both mother and sons favorite cereal. Then she took him to the park 3 streets over, it was all wooden, and looked like a ship from far away. Next was the children's museum, she had heard it was cool, and they currently had some big Rubik's cube exhibit going on. And Emma also took Henry to the museum of science; Henry really enjoyed seeing the dinosaur. She ended their day out of exploring Boston together at Boston's Harbor Islands National recreation area. Emma felt the day was a success, the only thing Henry complained about was not being able to see a baseball game at Fenway Park, but Emma promised maybe sometime this summer she can take him to a game. They finish the day with Emma's homemade mac and cheese, she knew how Regina felt about the kid eating vegetables, so she added broccoli into the mac and cheese, both pleasantly surprised how good it was. They finished their day by watching a movie, they watch the parent trap.
Then Sunday morning begins with a somber feeling, the realization that Henry would be leaving later, the rain wasn't helping either. Emma makes pancakes, and brings out orange juice for them, but even this doesn't seem to cheer up the kid.
"So… I was thinking Henry. If your mom lets you come stay again, we can do the baseball game, but maybe we can see the zoo to?" Emma asks before taking a bite of her pancake.
"That would be cool" Henry answers.
"I'm going to miss you to kid, you know that right?" Emma says.
Henry nods his head "I know, its weird… I miss mom, but I also had a lot of fun, and wish I could stay longer" Henry adds with sadness in his voice.
"Can I tell you something Henry?" Emma asks, then crosses her arms on the table. Henry nods his head yes "As much as I wish you could live with me… I'm so glad you found Regina. She is the kind of mom I dreamed of for you, what I wished I had as a kid. Please don't feel bad missing her when you're with me Ok?" Henry nods his head again "I'm so happy you have a home, and a parent who loves you. Who came searching for me, cause YOU wanted to meet me. She loves you kid, just like I do, there is nothing wrong with missing your mom."
Henry nods his head "Thanks Emma" he says with a smile.
"Besides I'm just one phone call away. We can talk whenever, I will never be too busy to talk alright?"
"Ok. And at least of have my bear, it helps when I'm missing you" Henry says shyly.
"That's awesome kid" Emma looks at the time "so let's finish here, and I think we will have time to introduce you to back to the future."
Henry smiles "Cool."
Thoughts?
