"Okay, well we better get home." Emma said getting up.
"Emma, me and your father are going to Boston this weekend." I said standing up beside her.
"What the hell is in Boston?" She said glancing between David and me.
"A camping/hunting trip that we are going on." David said quickly.
"I didn't know you liked hunting or fishing babe." She said looking me in the eyes now.
"Well, I had an image to uphold as 'fancy pants ass mayor that's scared of everything', I never got to actually express my more masculine self, until now." I responded.
"Okay, well if that would make you happy then, you boys go have fun then. My mother and I will go and have some fun of our own." She said, smiling, turning back to her parents. "Well, it's pretty late, we better get going."
"Okay, King, I'll pick you up at about 7?" David asked getting up and hugging us both, Snow followed suit.
"See you in the morning then." Snow said sitting back down at the table.
"Okay, bye guys love y'all." Emma said before we slipped out the door.
Once home we went straight up to our bedroom and got ready for bed. We had just laid down and were about to go to sleep when we heard a noi se from Henry's old room. I instantly jumped up and went over to the door.
"Baby stay here, I'll be right back." I said before slipping out the door and down the hallway towards his room. I quietly went into the bathroom and got the 45 from under the cabinet. After I got the gun I finally got to Henry's door and slowly opened it to where I could barely reach in and slip my hand in to turn on the light before opening the door all the way to see who was in the room.
"Whoa, mom. Calm down, will ya? You're gonna wake Lucy up." It was Henry, he was trying to lay Lucy down beside Jacinda without waking either of them.
"Sorry, but after you're done putting her down I need you to come to your mothers and I's room, okay?" I asked, starting to calm down.
"Yeah, sure, just a second. I'll be right there mom." He said smiling at me tucking his wife and daughter in for the night.
"Okay." I said simply before slipping out as quietly as possible and heading back to Emma and I's room. About a minute later Henry came walking through the door smiling at his mother with that goofy smile they both had.
"So, mom, what'd you need to talk about?" He asked, sitting on the bed as he used to when he was little, still smiling.
"Well, Henry, there's really not any way to sugar coat this, and plus you're a grown-ass man, you can take this," I said trying my best not to get emotional. Man the hell up King, damn! I thought to myself.
"So, just say it then." He said getting serious and scooting closer to us.
"I'm not your mother, Henry." I said hoping he'd understand, considering how I now appeared with my hair, pajama pants, and my binder.
"What are you talking about? You'll always be my moth-, Oh, ok, I understand now." He said, actually looking at me now. "Well, what is your name then dad?" He asked, looking at me lovingly.
"His name is King, Henry." Emma said, smiling at him.
"Okay, well dad what else have I missed since I've been gone?" He asked, looking at me.
"Nothing much really, how long are you in town for?" I asked, trying to be discreet.
"About two weeks, why?" He said looking at me.
"I need you to go on a trip with me and your grandfather to Boston." I said.
"Okay, but what's in Boston, and when are we going?" He asked me.
"We are going on a hunting/fishing trip, and we're going in the morning. You going?"
"Hell yeah, I'll go." He said."Hey, watch your language." Emma said, slapping his knee.
"I'm sorry mom, but I'm almost 30 years old." He said, kind of laughing.
"I know, it's just weird to hear it." She chuckled.
"So when are we leaving tomorrow?" He asked me.
"At 7 AM, so you better go and get some sleep." I said, messing up his shaggy hair as I used to when he was little.
"Okay, goodnight dad, goodnight mom. I love you guys." He said, getting up off the bed.
"Love you too, kid." Emma said.
"Love you, Henry." I said, and with that, he was out the door shutting it behind him.
"So, a father, grandfather, and grandson/son fishing and hunting trip, huh?" Emma joked, getting up and situating herself on my lap facing me."Yep, we have about…" I said as I looked at the alarm clock beside the bed it was almost 1 am. "6 hours. Have any ideas before we leave?"
"I might have one." She said, before kissing me hard and putting her arms around my neck pulling me closer, I could tell that this night was gonna be one that I was gonna miss on the trip. In the morning I woke first and looked down to find Emma's arm wrapped around my waist. I turned over in her arms and I was gonna wake her with a kiss, but she was just way too beautiful to wake so I just looked at her and admired her while she slept. Around 5 minutes later she started to move so I leaned in and gave her a kiss she kissed back and I pulled back laughing.
"Good morning, beautiful." I said, stroking her cheek looking her in the eyes.
"Good morning, handsome." She said, rubbing my sides up and down. "Well, last night was fun."
"Yes, it was. It was very enjoyable, thank you. Too bad I have to go away for the weekend and I can't enjoy it more." I said, rolling over to get out of the bed. "It's almost time to leave, I'm gonna go wake Henry up so he can get ready to leave." I said after I got my boxers and binder back on.
"Okay, I'll go ahead and get dressed too then." She said, getting out of the bed as well. Her body was perfect, the way the moonlight was shining through the window and landing on her skin making it glow, the way that her hair was messy from last night. I was trying to move. I just couldn't. I was just too enchanted by her. "I thought you were going to get Henry awake?" She said, noticing that I was looking at her and not moving.
"I am." With that, I was out the door. Shortly I was at Henry's door. I gently opened the door carefully not knowing if they were awake or not. Henry was awake with Jacinda talking, Henry put his finger to his lips letting me know that Lucy was still asleep. "It's about time to leave so, you better get ready." I said, feeling awkward in my boxers and binder in front of Jacinda.
"Hi, Mrs. Mills. How are you doing?" Jacinda asked, waving to me, smiling. I suddenly felt a bit more comfortable in the room but still awkward in just my boxers and binder.
"I'm good, but Henry you got a hoodie and shorts I could borrow?" I asked, gesturing to my lack of clothes.
"Yeah." He said, getting up and digging in his bag. "Here, dad." He said, throwing me a hoodie and shorts.
"Thanks, Henry." I said as I slipped the shorts on next was the hoodie.
"Now, how have you been Jacinda? How's Lucy been doing?" I asked sitting down beside them.
"Really good, we've been really good. Henry, why'd you call your mom dad?" She asked, trying not to sound rude.
"Well, because I am his dad. I came out last night." I said.
"Oh, well I'm glad that you are finally able to be who you really are Mr. Mills." She said, smiling supportively.
"Thank you, but I've told you that you can call me by my real name. You don't have to call me ' '." I said.
"I know, but I just prefer it. By the way though what is your correct name?"
"Okay, if that's what you prefer, It's King. Well, Henry, we need to get ready to leave, but first, you need to know what we are really going to Boston for."
"What do you mean? I thought we were going for a hunting and fishing trip?" He said, confused.
"We are, but the main reason we are going is that I am proposing to your mother finally." I said, wearing a 100-mile wide smile.
"That's awesome dad, I'm happy for you." He said hugging me quickly but tightly.
"Thanks, I am going to go and get dressed, and get packed." I said standing and walking out the door down to my room. Once there I was met with a tired and barely even dressed or even awake Emma. She was wearing my hoodie that said 'Rum addict level - Pirate Captain' on it with my shorts that had Weed leaves and Marilyn Monroe down the side of them. She was sitting on the edge of the bed looking at the door. Looking like she could fall asleep at any moment.
"Well, hello to you too." I said, laughing, before going to our dresser and getting a clean pair of boxers and then going to our closet to get my outfit for the day so I could take a shower and get ready for the day. "Would you like to take a shower with me?" I asked walking into the bathroom.
"Yes, I would love to take a shower with you handsome." she said, getting up and walking into the bathroom right behind me.
"Good, I need a refresher to get me through the weekend. I'm gonna miss you, I already can't wait to get back to you and I haven't even left yet, but I have a question for you to think about while I'm away. Would you ever consider having another?" I asked, finally getting into the shower with Emma following right behind me.
"Another what?" She asked, turning on the water.
"Another kid. I know Henry's grown, but I just really want another one. I could carry it, I've always wanted to have a biological one of my own but couldn't till now. I am even willing to wait to start Testosterone so we could have one." I said wrapping my arms around her waist pulling her against me.
"I'd love to have another one with you, you deserve to be a father and raise a child of your own." She said, putting her arms around my neck. "What do you want? A boy or a girl?"
"A baby boy. What about you, what do you want?"
"A little boy." She said rubbing the back of my neck with her thumbs. She was looking at me with nothing but love in her eyes, but I still feared that even though it's been a little over a year and a half I'm gonna mess everything up and lose the most important woman of my life. I love her and I was so happy that she said yes to wanting to have a child with me. I want to be a father and raise this child right, with the love of my life. Not that I didn't try with Henry. It's just that he never really had a mother and father figure in his life like he should have because I was too worried about the curse being broken then him being a little boy with a good and active childhood. With this kid though I want to raise them right, and with both father and mother figures in his life. Even if I wasn't a trans guy I would want him to have two parents in their life. I moved my hands and started rubbing up and down her back, slightly digging my nails into it, knowing it drives her nuts.
"Mr. Mayor, you know what that does to me." She said, whispering in my ear knowing that drives me just as nuts.
"And you know what that does to me, Miss. Swan." I said whispering back into her ear, before kissing up and down her neck.
"Damn handsome." She said more of a whisper than anything. I smiled pulling back to kiss her lips and back down her jaw line.
"I told you I need a refresher for the road." I teased, knipping her earlobe.
"Well, we don't have much time so let's maybe hurry and actually get a shower in?" She said, leaning her head to the side to give me more access.
"Damn you woman, why do you have to be so damn responsible?" I said pulling back and looking her in the eyes.
"If I wasn't then we would never be anywhere on time." She laughed.
"I never heard any complaints before." I laughed hard reaching for the shampoo.
"Whatever." She said, leaning her head down so I could put shampoo in it. About 15 minutes later we were out of the shower and I was about halfway done getting ready but she was still picking out an outfit for the day as usual. She's the last one ready for the day in this house, never fails.
"Hey, mom, dad, are you almost done getting ready? Grandpa is gonna be here in about 30 minutes." Henry yelled through the bedroom door.
"Yeah, we're almost done. We'll be out in about 15 minutes." I yelled through the door fixing my shirt and walking over to the closet to get some socks and shoes.
"Okay, see you then." He yelled, before walking away. After I got my shoes and socks for the day and was on the way out of the closet When I saw that Emma was on the bed in her new black and purple lace lingerie that I had gotten her for her birthday a week ago. She was smiling the 'come get me' smile that she knew worked on me everytime. I just couldn't or sometimes wouldn't resist it, I mostly couldn't resist it.
"You know that when your father gets here he won't hesitate to come barging in here, right? He already caught us last night. I would kind of appreciate being on his good side for this trip." I said dropping the shoes and socks before going over to the bed and crawling on top of her. "Also damn woman, you're making it to where I'm gonna have to take these with me on the trip." I said, sliding down the lace thong that she had on and slipping it in the back pocket of my jeans.
"King, damn you. Now I can't wear these till you get back." She said, with a fake pout on her face. She was trying to unbutton my shirt but couldn't get it untucked.
"Well, you shouldn't need to impress anyone else besides me." I said, ignoring her fake pout that was on her face. I flipped us over so that she was on top so I could pop her bra and take it off.
"I don't, but they are really comfortable." She said, now trying to get my belt undone. Once she did she almost ripped my pants down.
"Someones eager." I chuckled, pressing kisses to her neck and every inch of skin I could reach while I rubbed her sides, occasionally I would grab and squeeze her ass.
About 20 minutes later we were dressed and downstairs everyone else eating breakfast and laughing and joking around. It felt nice being able to joke and feel loved by my family. Finally about 20 minutes later we were on the road.
3 generations of guys on a family trip together. "Henry, hand me the AUX please?" I ask while unlocking my phone to go into my music. He handed me the AUX and as I was looking through for an age appropriate song I passed 'Young, Wild And Free' by Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa.
"Dad! That one pleeeease?" Henry basically begged. I give him a look but play it because I love jamming to it.
"So what? We get drunk
So what? We smoke weed
We're just having fun
We don't care who sees
So what? We go out
That's how it's supposed to be." Me and Henry sing together.
"King! Is that really appropriate for my grandson in the truck?" David reprimanded. Making Henry laugh and point at me for getting in trouble.
"He picked it!" I say, defensively laughing pointing back at Henry.
Henry stops laughing looking at me with a "what the hell" kinda look. "Which brings me to this question, how do you know that song?" I am not sure if I really want to know the answer.
"Dad, I've been smoking weed since I was like 14. You really think I grew up in that town and being who I was in that town without my own kinda magic? I mean honestly now?" He said trying not to laugh at mine and David's face of pure shock. 'My son is a damn stoner!' I thought, ' Meh, makes sense cause I mean I smoke too sooo.'
"Henry Mills! You better be joking!" David finally got out.
"Nope." Henry responds smiling.
"David, it makes sense honestly. You can't blame him. He has a point; we all put a lot of stress on him. Especially with all of the monsters and witches that came through the town plus wanting him to get good grades plus he was all of our last bit of hope here lately." I say defending my son. "Plus, the reason he was never caught I'd probably say is me. I smoke so I'm used to the smell."
"You smoke too?"
"Oh yeah, how do you think I handle your wife? No offense"
"Well, I guess that makes sense. You do remember I'm the sheriff right? Along with your girlfriend as well by the way."
"I'm aware. Who do you thinkI get my weed from? From your daughter off of whoever she catches with it. Only she gives me all the good stuff and puts the rest in evidence lockup. As for Henry, I don't know about his weed."
"I used to get mine from Jefferson till I grew up and then I got some from New York when we went when I was 16, then I bought from Jefferson again till I left to find my own story and I've bought a little every time I passed through New York." Henry explained.
"Jefferson's weed sucks. I bought from him once and never again. It doesn't even hardly get you high." I laugh.
"Is this all we're gonna talk about guys? Cause if so I can stop at a dispensary and y'all can get a pen so you'll actually be high and maybe stop talking about like a long lost lover." David chimed in.
"Please stop at a dispensary."
"Please Gramps."
"Alright I'm sure there's one here soon." Not even 5 more miles and we're pulling into the dispensary. "Hurry up, children." He laughs, pulling into a parking space and shutting the truck off.
"We will."
Me and Henry get out and walk in. I find one that has the Cheshire Cat on it with an apple, Henry finds one that has Disney's Cinderella on it. We each pick out 2 carts and we each get 2 pre-rolls for later. We pay and go back to the truck with David. We each grab our respective carts and pens, open them and set them up. After a second of hitting it to warm it up you can actually hit it and it tasted good. Mine was of course Apple flavored, Henry's wasn't flavored. My cart was an even mix between THC and CBD. Henry's was pure THC. 'He'll be knocked the fuck out before we're even half way there.' I thought. I laughed to myself quietly, or at least I thought quietly. David couldn't help but to laugh at me. I went to take another hit and get on my phone to pick a song when David hits a huge pot hole making me cough and accidentally tap the wrong song. The song that started playing was 'Body' By Megan Thee Stallion. I got looks from them both and I started to blush.
"Hey, don't judge me." I croaked out, "Henry, I know you have Deepthroat on your phone. You really think I haven't heard you playing it when you think I can't hear it?"
"How? When? I don't know what you are talking about dad! I've never heard of that song." He tried and it was his turn to blush now.
"What the hell?" David said in shock.
"Well David it would appear your grandson isn't as innocent as we all believe him to be." I said glad to have the heat off me.
"It would appear so." David said in disbelief.
Just as I thought he had thought Henry was passed the fuck out before we're even halfway there. I decided to be a typical father and mess with him in his sleep as any father would. I knew he slept hard without the weed and so I could only imagine how hard he slept with the weed. I got out one of my pre-rolls and decided to put it in between his top lip and his nose to see if it would stay. David noticed what I was doing and laughed quietly to himself.
"Nice, but how long do you think it's going to stay? Are you sure he won't wake up and accidentally break it?"
"Nah, he is fuckin out." I respond, leaning back and getting my phone to take a picture.
"King, can I ask you something?" He asked tentatively.
"Sure; shoot."
"So, I'm not trying to sound rude or overstep here, but how did you know?"
"Know what?"
"Know that you were trans and that you liked girls and guys? Again I'm sorry if that's rude or overstepping. You don't have to answer."
"It's fine David. As for me being trans; how do you know that you're a man?"
"I guess I just know honestly. I feel like I am a man."
"Exactly, I just know. This body doesn't fit me. It feels like a Halloween costume that I can't take off. Now as for how I knew I liked both men and women. First I just thought I was what my mother called normal but then I took one look at Belle and I knew right then that I was not her version of normal. I don't love her by any means but damn she's fine. I fell in love with your daughter the moment I saw her. I'm sorry I'm talking a lot. I'm high; like really high. Does that answer your question?"
"Yes, it does. Thank you."
"Of course." I looked at him for a moment before looking back at the road. All I could think about was how much I missed Emma.
"What do you think of Hook? Honestly." He asked nervously.
"He's a dirty fucking pirate. Why?"
"What if I think I really like him?"
"Like him as a friend or…?l
"Not as a friend; it is definitely not innocent."
"Oh… OOH!"