Chapter 37

(That day after school Emma and her dad are in the house watching TV when Snow and Henry walk in)

Emma: Hi Henry, I missed you.

Henry: You saw me yesterday mom.

Emma: I know, so anyway, how was your dad's?

Henry: Great, he did me Pancakes for breakfast this morning.

Emma: He did, die he? Now go on, go take your uniform off.

(Henry goes upstairs to his room and Snow sits between her husband and daughter on the couch)

Charming: How was your day Snow?

Snow: Good, except that I keep getting constant questions about whether or not we'll be going back.

Charming: Well, good news on that front, Regina has put a magical seal around a field in town, just in case anyone happens to come through and earlier today we planted one of the beans so soon we should have a healthy crop of portal beans.

Snow: That's great, but what about Cora and Hook?

Charming: She went there after putting the spell on the field, she's gonna drain her mother's powers before we send them back tomorrow.

Snow: I couldn't hear any better news.

Emma: Umm Mary Margaret

Snow: Yes Emma, what is it?

Emma: Could I help you make dinner, there's something I wanna talk to you about, alone.

Snow: Sure, let's go.

(In the kitchen Snow and Emma are chopping vegetables for dinner)

Snow: So what's up?

Emma: I went to meet Neal at the library today and well, he's asked me out.

Snow: Like on a date?

Emma: Yeah

Snow: And how do you feel about that?

Emma: I don't know, I thought I buried my feelings for him a long time ago.

Snow: But they're coming to the surface again aren't they?

Emma: Yes and I don't know what to do.

(Emma starts to cry)

Snow: Come here sweetie

(Snow hugs her daughter)

Emma: I don't know why I'm reacting like this, I honestly don't. He abandoned me in Prison, I gave birth with no one at my side apart from the Prison nurse.

Snow: But you know all that was Augusts' fault.

Emma: I know but if he loved me as much as I thought he did he would've come to get me anyway.

Snow: He was doing what he thought was right, to protect you.

Emma: I understand that he wanted to protect me sure, but I needed him, if he was waiting for me on the outside, I might not have given Henry up for adoption.

Snow: And if you hadn't, then where would we be? The town would still be under a curse and you wouldn't have fulfilled your destiny, most importantly, you wouldn't have found me and your father.

Emma: And I'm glad I have, honestly, but in another life, I might've raised Henry, got to see his milestones, I've missed so much of his life.

Snow: I've missed even more of your, how do you think I feel?

Emma: I know and I'm sorry, I really am but...

Snow: ... but you would've like the opportunity to raise your own child.

Emma: Yeah

Snow: I know that feeling Emma, trust me. So are you gonna go on this date or not?

Emma: I don't know, after all these years of being angry at him, the last few days, things have changed, I think I'm beginning to fall for him again, I don't know what to do mom.

(There is the briefest moment of silence between the two of them)

Snow: If you say you feel those things for him again, you owe it to yourself to go on this date and give it a try.

Emma: You're right, okay I'll do it.

Snow: That's my girl, no wipe away those tears, we don't want any of them dripping on the vegetables.

(Emma and Snow laugh as she wipes away her tears and continues chopping the veg)

End of Chapter