Epilogue

Henry Mills bounded down off of the bus and waited for the driver to give the okay for him to cross the street. He raced up the long drive to his family's new home. His adoptive mother was sitting on the front porch swing directing his birth mother on the "correct way" to hammer the railing back together. His blonde mother was dirty and sweaty from what looked like a long day of making home repairs and his brunette mother of course looked the modern picture of elegance. It was warm for early september and Henry had just started his new school. They spent the summer as a family and he couldn't be happier.

Until they told him he would be getting a new little brother or sister that is. His adoptive mother had just hit her 5th month and after the first trimester they sat him down and explained how back in Storybrooke, where there was magic, their love made a baby inside his adoptive mother. He really didn't care about the logistics of it, he was just happy his little family would be getting bigger. His mom's were both so much more relaxed since they moved and they both seemed to be much happier.

He was as well, over the summer his brunette mother had signed him up for baseball and he through that he had met several boys his own age, a few of which were in his class. He relished in the fact that these kids were just normal kids, just like him. They liked comics and video games and sci fi and really he just loved the fact that he wasn't a prince of the Evil Queen and the Savior. He was just another kid to them.

"Hey kid!" Emma called as he walked up the lawn to greet them. "Whatcha got there?" she held the hand she had the hammer in up to shield her eyes. He climbed the porch steps and sat down next to his mom on the swing and handed her the paper he held.

"They asked us to draw a family portrait." He explained as Regina gasped and then smirked as she handed the drawing over to Emma.

Emma looked at it and then looked at Henry and scowled. "How come mom gets a crown and I don't? Technically I'm a princess you know."

"Yeah but mom is a Queen." he said with a smile. Regina's smiled widened and added, "Yes dear, Queens trump Princesses."

Emma rolled her eyes, "What's that round thing next to the house?"

"It's our pool." he replied as if stating simple fact.

"But Hen, we don't have a pool." She looked up questioningly.

"Yeah I know, but I'm pretty sure we're going to get one. Mom always says live for what you want. I want a pool." he showcased his award winning Mills smile toward his blonde mother as she rolled her eyes.

"Just a pool?" Regina asked with mirth at her audacious child.

"Well it's a start." He grinned in reply. "Babies like pools." he added and put his hand down on his adoptive mother's tummy, "Right kid?"

As Regina looked down at her smiling son talking to his unborn sibling she felt a poke under her rib. She hissed and drew her eyebrows down in a scowl. Emma's look of concern deepened when green eyes met uncertain brown.

"What's wrong?"

"I.. I think the baby just kicked." she said with a watery smile.

"See? Babies like pools." Henry grinned in triumph.

Emma scrambled up onto the porch and knelt down before the brunette and their son. Regina took the blonde's hand and placed it over the top of the slight swell of her abdomen, when nothing happened Emma coaxed Henry to talk to the baby again. As soon as the boy said, "Hey kid! Tell mom's you want a pool too!" the baby kicked right into Emma's palm.

"That's our baby, baby!" Emma looked up, astonished towards Regina, whose eyes swelled to the brim and thick tears fell over and ran down her cheeks. The brunette's heart burst with the love she felt for her children and the blonde who had given them to her. The blonde who had made all of her dreams come true. All of her life all she had ever wanted was the peace and contentment she currently possessed, it was everything she had ever hoped or dreamed it could be and it was all thanks to her Savior.

Notes: Thank you all for your lovely reviews! I simply love the love it fuels my motivation!
That's it kids. I'm not entirely pleased with the flow, but I could spend another 6 weeks on this and still not be happy. I figured I'd give it to you now and try and let go of some anxiety over it not being perfect. As some of you know I *love* happily ever after endings and this one certainly was that. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Till next time kids 3 MUAH
~Lu