I leaned back and stared at Regina. "Emma?"
"I'm sorry….I'm so sorry." My phone rang before I could kiss her again. It was Henry. "Henry…" I put him on speaker.
"What just happened? Did you…remember…everything too? Where's Mom?"
"Yes Henry she did." Regina was about to cry tears of joy. I haven't seen that smile on her face since we talked to Henry through the mirror in Neverland.
"Mom?!" Henry's voice cracked and he was as surprised as I was. "Is that really you? How?"
"I don't know. When I used my magic to give you and Emma the life you have now…somehow I wasn't transported back to the Enchanted Forest. I was transported here."
"Can I see you? Please?"
"Of course Henry. She's coming home with me as soon as we clean up here." We finished cleaning as quickly as we could and headed home. "Was it you who placed a basket of apples at my door a few days ago?" As Regina drove, she smiled.
"I was wondering when you'd ask me that. Of course it was me. Did you recognize the basket?" I shook my head. Of course it was her.
"It felt familiar and when I picked up an apple, a flash of you at Granny's came to me."
"Was that your first vision?" I told her where to turn as she drove.
"No. The night before I had a dream; it was of us having to say goodbye. Right before Henry and I drove off." I bit my lip and looked at my hands. "I said I loved you. And you said you loved me too. Was that the truth?" Regina was quiet.
"It was." My stomach dropped, was, not is. "I still do love you. Why else do you think I would give you a job knowing how horrible your cooking skills are?" I laughed. She must have known I was about to cry.
"So you knew who I was all along? Damn…now I feel horrible about mentioning Henry. Though, the look your eyes gave makes sense now."
"Yes I knew. It was hard hearing you talk about Henry but I knew he was in good hands. Saying goodbye to the two of you was the hardest thing I've ever had to do."
"Regina…" I placed a hand on her thigh. "I'm sorry. At least we're together now. And we remember who we are. Here we are." We pulled up to the apartment building and started towards the door. When Henry heard us, he opened the door and ran into Regina's arms.
"Mom!" He nuzzled his face into her as he clung to her tightly.
"Henry…" Tears started to run down her face. "Let's go inside." We went inside and sat on the couch. "How are you here? I mean, the cure sent everyone back to the Enchanted Forest."
"I don't know. As the two of you drove off I cast the spell making the two of you have a good life and when I woke up I was here. I knew I couldn't see the two of you and for a year I had to live with that. I started a little bakery to keep myself busy. I found out where the two of you lived and couldn't help but put the basket of apples at your door. I guess I hoped it would trigger memories somehow. And then one day," Regina looked at me and smiled. "Emma walked through my door." She looked back to Henry. "I was shocked when I saw her."
"I was drawn to the bakery and drawn to you once I saw you. I guess that shows how strong our magic is?" Regina smiled at me.
"Something like that." Regina ruffled Henry's hair like she always did. "And it seems Emma really is my savior; in more ways than just breaking the curse." My cheeks started to burn.
"I told you I'd always save you. I guess old habits die hard." Regina chuckled. The three of us sat and talked. We caught Regina up on what happened the past year. Regina enjoyed tucking Henry into bed. Once he was asleep, we went back into the living room.
"So, I guess I should drive you back to the bakery so you can get that metal deathtrap that's about to die."
"Hey, leave my bug alone." I knew she was joking. "Stay the night?" Regina raised an eyebrow. "We need to talk and I have a jug of your hard cider." Regina laughed. Curse or no curse I loved her cider.
"It seems certain things leaked through the curse and will never change." Regina joined me in the kitchen as I poured two small glasses of cider.
"Is there any way to get back to Storybrooke? And get everyone back there?" I set a glass in front of the brunette and she watched as I sat across from her at the bar.
"Not that I know of. Why do you want to go back to Storybrooke and not the Enchanted Forest?" She tried to read me. "I mean, with our magic, I'm sure anything is possible. But…"
"Nothing will change between you, me, and Henry. I want to raise him together. And I want to go back to Storybrooke because that's where I felt at home. That's where I met you."
"And where all of your visions were from I'm guessing? Which ones did you see? Other then…"
"Uhm….picking apples…" Regina closed her eyes and smirked. "Yeah…sorry about that. You apologizing to me outside of Granny's diner, us at the mines fighting over who would go down and get Henry, and then us being in the hospital when you realized I had your shirt on. Which I do still have by the way…" Regina shook her head with a grin. "Oh and there were just flashes of us working together or me saving you."
"Good and bad memories but memories of us nevertheless." Regina took a long sip of the cider. "Maybe we can work on a spell and create Storybrooke again and bring everyone back. We'll need help getting to the Enchanted Forest so I can bring everyone to the town."
"We'll have to get to work on that this weekend. Are you still opening the bakery tomorrow?" Regina's mouth curled at one side.
"I think the owner is going to take a mental health day so no. But we will get to work on the spell tomorrow. Our magic should be strong enough."
"It will be. True love can accomplish anything." Regina and I looked towards Henry's voice and we saw him standing in his PJs. "That's how Mom wasn't sent back to the Enchanted Forest. No curse, no matter how strong, can keep the two of you apart."
"Henry…" My cheeks were red. I did love Regina and she loved me. "Wait a minute…Henry go in my room and get those comics from the nightstand."
"Comics?" Regina turned back to me as Henry went to get them.
"Yeah, there are these comics he got and the story is eerily similar." When Henry returned I told Regina about them and let her thumb through each issue.
"Well I'll be…it's just like Mary Margaret's book. I guess somehow a book of some sort was laced into the curse. Because this is the story." A mischievous smile came across Regina's lips. "Oh how much I miss some of those dresses." She flipped around the comic and pointed. I blushed more because that was one that I had imagined Regina wearing the night before.
"I'm sure you'd look amazing in it…" I bit my bottom lip and looked at the counter.
"Does a certain Savior want her Queen to wear…"
"I'm right here! Stop!" We laughed at Henry's dismay. She continued to look at the comics and smiled throughout.