Title: The Letter

Summary: This is the letter that Emma left Regina in the previous chapter.

This came to me after I posted Her Last Battle and that's why I'm posting it as a separate chapter.

Disclaimer in Chapter 1. I apologize for any mistakes.

Dear Regina,

To be honest, I'm not really sure how to tell you this. The deal I made with Hook required me to fight him, a battle for everything. Please believe me when I tell you that this is for your and Henry's safety. I must admit I've never written a letter before so I hope I'm doing okay. The item that is inside this envelope is one of the things I was going to give you when both of us were ready. Maybe we would never be but that didn't stop me from thinking about you when I saw it and bought it.

I never hated you, not even once. Maybe you thought I did but I could never hate you. Somehow I've always been drawn to you, something always pushed me your way. Might have been destiny or fate or whatever but I thank that whatever because damn did I love you from the very first time. Yeah, I do. I love you and I will always love you. Nothing can make me forget you and your adorable smile when you know I'm doing something stupid like climbing that tree when Henry got his frisbee stuck up there. Yeah, those memories, all of them, will forever be in my mind.

Please tell Henry that I love him. He's a great kid and I know you raise him to be a perfect gentleman. I love you and although this was not the way I planned to tell you, for now, this will have to be enough. Please forgive me for going away like this, without actually saying a real goodbye but I just couldn't do it, seeing your sad faces would just make it even worse. And it's selfish I know but please try to understand. By the time you'll be reading this I will already be in battle, and I'll be thinking of you and Henry to give me hope and strength.

Remember that I still need an answer. But please, Regina, answer when you think you would have given me an answer if I ever asked. May that be right now or three years from now.

Forever yours,

Emma.

P.S: I love you, always remember that. And I hope that someday you'll forgive me.

Regina reread the words once again, wiping the tears that had fallen. She tilted the envelope towards her hand and a chain fell out, a locket at the end. With shaking hands she opened it and a little sob escaped her mouth. There, stood two little pictures. On the left side, there was Regina and baby Henry. Regina remembered that picture taken a few weeks after she got Henry and finally managed to calm him down. On the right side stood Emma, beaming at the camera, eyes sparkling with happiness and love. Regina looked at the pictures for several minutes before she turned it around, an engraving stood at the back. Regina read it again and again, memorizing every word while she clasped it around her neck. It was just so Emma.

Want to keep this family forever?

"Yes," Regina whispered to the air, hoping and wishing that somehow Emma listened to her answer.

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