Heyyy guys, i'm back again with another update.

I wanna thank my beta (yay I have one now) whose also my awesome friend! So thanks Eleane! (or BlackenedAngel here)

Hope you enjoy this next one.

Pay attention though, this story has a time shifting thing and it's not entirely from Emma's POV.

Regina kept her promise, I kept my promise. It was my son actually, that broke it. Eight years after the letter, after the accident, after our goodbyes. I was thirty already and Regina was thirty-four.

A WEEK AFTER REGINA'S ACCIDENT

A couple of days after I left Regina in the hospital, I got a text from Arizona (I had given her my number just in case something happened to Regina) saying that Regina could leave in a week and she was planning on searching for me. Apparently she and Daniel fought all the time; he kept on asking who I was and why she was so upset, but Regina kept her mouth shut. She didn't want Daniel to know about me. But when Arizona had politely asked her what was wrong and if she could do anything Regina had yelled at her, saying that she knew that Arizona had something do with this and she had to tell her where I was. Luckily for me, Arizona's pager had gone off right at that moment.

But Regina would find me; she had before and I was sure she could do it again. I wasn't surprised when the doorbell rang a week later, I had been waiting for it. Sighing, I walked towards it and pulled it open, trying not to show any emotion. I was surprised when it wasn't Regina but Arizona.

"What are you doing here?" I asked the blonde doctor.

Arizona smiled and opened her purse to search for something. I noticed that she was dressed in scrubs and she looked slightly flustered, she was probably in a rush. Finally she found what she had been looking for. A letter. She handed it to me and I hesitated slightly before taking the letter from her.

"Thanks.." I said and I raised an eyebrow in question.

"Look, it's from her. I don't understand why you guys don't just text-"

"I don't have her number." I said, cutting Arizona off.

She rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Look I think I understand what's going on and I get that you need to talk about it, but I can't keep doing this forever." Arizona said, not angry but just a bit annoyed, which was understandable.

I smiled apolitically at her. "I'm sorry."

She smiled back at me before turning on her heels and leaving me alone again.

Once inside, I placed the letter on the coffee table in front of the TV. I wasn't sure if I was ready to read it yet. I was surprised by the fact that Regina wasn't here, since Arizona's text had said that she was going to come look for me. Now all I have is this letter. Honestly, I had no idea what it would say. Is she angry? Upset? Maybe she's begging for me to love her, maybe she and Daniel are getting a divorce and maybe she's moving in. No I shouldn't think that way…. I can't get my hopes up. Besides, I shouldn't want that; I should want to move on, to find someone else. Maybe if I kept reminding myself of that I'd actually believe it. Molly always used to say that if you don't like something, you have to keep telling yourself every day that you do like it and then you'll see that after a while.. you actually like it.

I shake away my thoughts and slowly walk back towards the table and grab the letter. I sit down on the couch, next to where Henry is quietly playing on the ground and open it. With shaking hands I start to read.

Dear Emma,

First of all, I understand that you're angry with me and you have every right to be. I shouldn't have done what I did. I made a promise and I didn't keep it. But I promise that I will be keeping this one. I have to admit, I wanted to come today, to yell at you, to tell you that you were wrong but then I realized that you're not. You're right actually, about all of it. If the universe wanted us together, it wouldn't have screwed things up so badly. I do want to thank you for being there for me in the hospital and I'm sorry for showing up at the center. I probably scared you. But Henry really is adorable and amazing. He has your eyes, Emma.

I should probably apologize to Dr. Robbins for letting her deliver another letter but I don't think I could have done it myself, and I don't think Daniel would have been pleased.

Anyway, I could apologize for a million more things but that doesn't help us much further. It's a bit lame to do it like this but I honestly wish you the best too and I hope you find someone because you deserve it Emma.

Regina

P.S: I love you too

EIGHT YEARS LATER

"Henry come on. You have to hurry up or we're going to be late again." The eleven year old boy groaned and poked in his foot, pulling a face.

"Not this again, not today." I say as I stand up from the table and take Henry's plate and place it in the sink. My son finally looks up at me and shoots me an angry look.

"I told you to hurry up." I tell him as he gets up and grabs his backpack, still cranky.

"Is Graham coming again soon?" My son asks me and I sigh deeply as I place both my hands on the counter. Henry is usually a really easy kid, but there are days where we're both cranky and we do nothing but argue the entire day.

"I told you, Graham isn't coming over again. We uh.. well he is not my boyfriend anymore." I say.

My son has his back to me so I couldn't see the upward curl of his lips. I was, however, surprised by his response.

"Is it because you're in love with Regina?" Henry says as he turns and looks at me with the same green eyes that I have. I'm pretty sure that comment made my jaw hit the floor and it takes me a moment to reply.

"I don't know what you know about Regina but this has nothing to do with her." I say confidently and then quickly guide him towards the door, trying to get him to school as fast as possible. This conversation is definitely one that I want to cut short and never bring up again.

I hadn't even realized that Henry knew that much about Regina and I. Sure I have talked about her because she is an important part of me; but I think I told him she was just an old friend. Or maybe Graham told Henry about Regina? That could have happened right? I shake the thought away for now and drop my son of at school before going to work.

Henry watched his mother leave in her yellow bug but instead of getting on the bus to school he walked further towards the next bus stop. He was going on a mission today: now that he was finally sure that things were over between Graham and Emma it was time for his mother to get her happy ending. He didn't know much about Emma and her history with Regina but he knew that Regina was her happy ending. It sounded almost like a fairytale..

So here he was, on his way to Storybrooke, Maine. It didn't take him long to find Regina, since she was a Mayor (he had learned that from Graham). He simply had to Google her name and the address popped up. He just hoped she was nice, and that she would give Emma a chance.

Regina is surprised by a knock on the door of her mansion. Normally she doesn't work today and not a lot of people would just casually visit the mayor of Storybrooke. She slowly walks towards the door and opens it.

"Can I help you?" She asks. She frowns when nobody is there.

A cough startles her and her gaze moves down.

"Hi." A little boy dressed in a school uniform says.

Regina's eyes meet his and something extremely familiar hits her. Those eyes, she's seen them before, but she certainly hasn't seen this kid before. His rambling voice pulls Regina out of her trance and she tries to focus on what he is saying.

"…so you really need to come home with me because she needs you and she can't be alone and Graham and-" The boy finally stops to take a breath. He seems so familiar but Regina can't quite place what it is.

He frowns and bites his lip and finally it hits her. The rambling, the frowning in a certain way, the lip biting and that familiar eye color. She feels the color drain from her cheeks as the brunette lowers herself to his level and takes his hands. "What's your name?" She asks, completely ignoring the rambling.

He just smiles at her. "Henry. Henry Swan."

"Emma." she can only murmur and he nods. The mayor pulls the door open a bit further and walks inside, silently gesturing for the boy to follow her.

Regina pours some juice into a glass and places it in front of Henry. She decides on taking some water for herself, maybe that will calm her down.

"Where is your husband?" Henry asks her and the brunette almost chokes on her water. How much does he know?

She takes some more sips before walking towards him and sitting down at the table too.

"Does your mother know you're here?" Regina asks him and he shakes his head.

"No."

The mayor immediately gets up and removes her phone from her pocket. "You need to tell me her number, she needs to know that you're here."

Henry smiles at the older woman. He is surprised by Regina. He had thought she would be more.. well he can't describe it he just thought she would be different.

"My ma finds people for a living, she'll be here in an hour." His innocent smile makes Regina feel slightly less stressed out over the fact that Emma will be here in an hour. She hasn't seen her in eight years… how will things be between them?

EMMA'S POV AGAIN

"Henry what did you do?" I murmur under my breath as I pull up to the white mansion at the end of the street. When his teacher called that Henry hadn't shown up at school I first searched for him in the area, in complete panic of course. Finally I went back to my apartment, maybe he was there, maybe he forgot something and came back to pick it up.

He wasn't there, but I found a map of Storybrooke and a photo of Regina under his bed. I figured things out pretty fast.

So here I was, in front of this big white house. I caught myself being nervous as I knocked on the door. It was pulled open faster than I would have liked and immediately it was like the past eight years never happened. Of course Regina looked different, much more grown and formal but the feelings, those stupid feelings, would they ever go away? It seemed like Regina was affected by it too, for once the utter shock helped me because for a second her guards were down and I could read her face and feel her eyes checking me out.

"Hey." I managed to say.

"Hello Miss Swan." Regina responded, obviously having caught herself again. "Come in, your son is in the living room."

I tried not to look at the house too much like it was a fucking castle but I have to admit, Regina really made it. As I walked towards the living room I could hear the quick footsteps and before I knew it my sons is in my arms.

"Henry!" I said as I pulled him tightly against me. We hug for quite some time before I finally pull back and lower myself to look at him.

I try to look as angry as possible. "You can't do that again, okay. It's dangerous." I shift my gaze to Regina but it seems like she agrees with me. "Besides, why did you come here?"

Henry looks from me to Regina and back to me, deciding what to say. "Because you love her and I wanted to help you."

Regina, who had dared to drink water again, choked once more and coughed loudly. She then pointed towards the bathroom. "I should uh.. I'll be right back."

I nodded and smiled at her, silently thanking her.

"Henry, I told you this morning, it's very sweet that you want me to be happy but I don't need anybody to be happy, and Regina has her own life. She's married." I say to my son.

Henry looks around at the room and shrugs. "I don't see him."

I open my mouth to respond but then I realize that he is right. Daniel isn't here. "Well he is probably just.. going to the supermarket, or working."

Regina comes back into the room and looks down on me. "He's not. We divorced five years ago."

I'm shocked again and I don't really know how to respond. "I'm .. I'm sorry. It uh.. it must have been awful." I stutter and Regina smiles sadly at me.

"Well it was me who decided it, but it was hard, yes." She says and she keeps staring at me while I stand up again, looking into her dark eyes.

"I'm going to watch some TV." Henry says awkwardly as he leaves us alone in the kitchen. Neither of us responds as we look at each other. I'm not sure where this is heading but I'm sure I should just take Henry and get out of here, but something stops me, the thought of it finally being the right time, the thought of us.

"And after him, after Daniel?" I ask quietly, trying to read her face again but she's not letting me.

"Nobody." The brunette responds and for a second I can see that it hurts her, that she's lonely.

She stays silent for a while and I give her some time.

"What about you, Emma? Did you find someone? Henry mentioned a Graham?" Regina seems somewhat embarrassed to ask me so I smile at her.

"Yeah Graham and I broke up a couple of weeks ago, but it was never really serious, I guess that something was always missing." I say as I drink some of her water, my mouth is suddenly so dry.

Regina opens her mouth to say something but Henry interrupts us. "Ma?"

I move a bit to the right and look at my son who is looking at something through the window. "I think your car is being towed." He looks at me a bit frightened but I can see that he is holding in his laughter.

"What?" I say as I move towards the window to stand next to him. Regina is quick to follow and she can't stop herself when she chuckles a bit as she notices her people taking my car. She places a hand on my shoulder and I turn around.

"Do something! You're the mayor!" I say, half upset, half trying not to laugh at the situation. I know it's not really funny but Henry and Regina sure made it look like it was.

"Sorry dear, I may be the mayor but it's against the law to park there. For everyone." I know that she's teasing me but when it comes to Regina and laws she's also very serious. From what I've learned from her in all those years, from when she was 11, was that she isn't going to break the law or help me out here.

"So…" I say as I place a hand on Henry's shoulder and look at Regina. "Is there like a hotel here?"

Regina turns and walks back to the kitchen. "You could.. if you'd like of course… also stay here with Henry.. I have two guestrooms.."

Henry almost starts jumping up and down so I don't really have a choice. "That would be great, thanks."

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