Never got to say goodbye Chapter 2, an once upon a time fanfic

Never Got to Say Goodbye

Chapter 2

by Mama Bear Emma Swan.

See chapter 1 for details disclaimer I own nothing about Once upon a time besides the story. If I did this story wouldn't be necessary because Bae would be alive.

Rumple's turn, His Point of view.

I can finally do it, I can talk again to my sweet boy, my Bae. There is so much I want to tell him! I want him to know I want to change. Will he hate me for breaking my graveside vow and seeking more power? I was trying to protect My loved ones with my power, but the addictive nature of the magic made me do things no one should do. Now I must try again to fight the demon within me; not just for Bae's memory but for Belle, Henry, and my second child Belle is carrying. I have swallow my pride and take a page from Regina's book and seek help from Archie.

Even though he's in the better place, I still want him to be proud of me. What I want most, and I can't have, is for the five of us to be a family; Belle, our unborn baby Bae Henry and me. We'd make such a grand family. Bae always wanted a baby brother or sister. I wasn't able to give him that when he was with me as a child. Fate has a strange sense of Humor, giving me A second chance at a family when Bae is no longer in this world to welcome his new sibling. I hope he would be happy for us. Belle says she and Bae bonded while they were in the Enchanted Forest after Regina took them all back to avoid Pan's curse.

I walk enviously to his gravestone from the bench I was on with Belle While Henry had his private time with his father. I am close enough to Hear most of what of what they were saying but far enough away to not be in the way or for Henry to feel self-conscious.

"Does Bae Even want to hear from me, Henry?"

"Of Course He does Grandpa Gold, He loves you unconditionally. He took the chance to bring you back as much for himself to have more time with you as to get your help reuniting with mom and me. He missed you.," Henry assures me.

"But the magic's price was too high," I say sadly.

Suddenly, Bae's appearance changes from the grown man Henry and Miss Swan knew to the boy I knew before I foolishly let go of his hand over the portal to the land without magic. "I thought you'd feel more comfortable talking to me this way, since as you said Neal Cassidy was a stranger to you," Bae says.

"if we had more time together, I 'm sure I would've bonded with the man you became; but you would've always been my little boy. As a father yourself I'm sure it would been that way with you and Henry as he grew up. He's growing up to such fine young man."

"Yes He is. I'm so proud of Him. For all of her faults, Regina has raised Henry well with Emma's help."

"To be honest with you Bae, when my real memories returned, I wondered what had I done giving Regina a child with all she had done as the Evil Queen. I gave her the baby because I had promised her and even as Robert Gold I hate to break deals. I had slightly changed memories of me breaking an important deal with my son, Bailey, Which resulted indirectly in his death."

"Wow, that's a harsh fake memory, Papa."

"She only promised me creature comforts, not true happiness. I was a divorced man with a child that died at barely 14 and a fiancée who died a month before the wedding."

"What a way to treat the man who gave her what she thought she wanted," He says

"I'm still not sure if she gave me the tragic back story or if the curse it's-self did." I tell him.

"Enough of that part of my past. My life is looking up. Belle and I are working on our marriage. Yes, I messed things up with Belle again but we're trying to repair things."

"Yes, I know, Papa. I watch sometimes."

"Did you know Belle is 2 months pregnant?"

"That's one thing I didn't know. I don't want you to feel like you're betraying my memory having another child. even it's a boy. I 'm so happy for the two of you. I will be there for the three of you, one way or another. If you see a birth mark on the baby's cheek it might just be from where I kissed him or her. before they sent her to you," He says with a smile.

I have a matching grin on my face.

"You said her the second time, son?"

"it's just a feeling I got," He tells me.

"Why don't you name her after your mother" he says, "or Belle's mother, or both, if my feeling is right, that is."

"I will be totally in love with the baby. I was the the moment I saw you, Bae, no matter the gender."

"I haven't told you what a great dad you were, in so long; before I left you. I 'm sorry I left even if it wasn't my intent." Bae tells me.

"I know it wasn't your intent Son. I was too scared to follow not just because I would lose my magic."

I know, papa; because you were separated from your father when he went into portal," Bae says to me.

"He wasn't much of a Papa but he was all I had after my Momma died in child birth.

"I got to meet my Grandma, and she everything you told me she was true
"Does she still smell like Roses and Vanilla?" I ask.

"Yes she does," He says, "she misses her baby boy" He tells me.

This makes me smile. "It's been over three centuries but I still miss her."

"I do miss you Papa, Henry, and Emma. Even though she's moved on, I just want her to be happy. I want all of my family to be happy."

"Of course you do Son, I do too even if only for Henry. I do feel like she deserves it. I changed her path with the curse. She would have had a charmed childhood if she had been raised by her parents If they were royal or commoners. I just wish she didn't feel her happy ending was with HIM. Maybe she'll wise up and see his darkness. I fear he's not good for Henry."

He just nods and looks thoughtful.

"Henry will have you to watch over him and the rest of his family, which pretty much includes the whole town, "He says.

"With all of Us he should be quite safe, not to mention Henry himself he's growing stronger every day in every way, so much like you." I tell him.

This Is Bae's time to blush. "Papa!"

"You were the greatest son I could have asked for.

He hugs me and says "I'll be with You all whither you see me or not." He walks up the stairs to return to the better place. We all have tears on our eyes.

Over mountains
Over trees
Over oceans
Overseas
Across the desert
I'll be there

In a whisper on the wind
On the smile of a new friend
Just think of me
And I'll be there

Don't be afraid, oh my love
I'll be watching you from above
And I'd give all the world tonight
To be with you
Because I'm on your side
And I still care
I may have died
But I've gone nowhere
Just think of me
And I'll be there

On the edge of a waking dream
Over rivers
Over streams
Through wind and rain
I'll be there

Across the wide and open sky
Thousands of miles I'd fly
To be with you
I'll be there

Don't be afraid, oh my love

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I'll be watching you from above
Then I give all the world tonight
To be with you
Because I'm on your side
And I still care
I may have died
But I've gone nowhere
Just think of me
And I'll be there
Just think of me
And I'll be there

In the breath of a wind that sighs
Oh, there's no need to cry
Just think of me
And I'll be there

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AUTHOR'S NOTE SORRY IF I called on too much Hook hate felt right for Rumple. I'll be there is by the escape club I'm using it without permission.

This chapter is shorter than chapter 1 because the first set up the idea not because I prefer Henry and Neal to Rumple and Bae I love both in their own way