A/N: Easter has me inspired - don't ask me why. Hope you like, as always. This story is coming slowly to an end, btw, just so you know. Enjoy this chapter.

While Emma and Snow were talking in the kitchen, Henry and Gordon were upstairs in Henry's room reading comics. The younger boy was sitting against the hardboard of his bed while Gordon was sitting comfortably in Henry's desk chair, his feet propped up on the bed.

They were comfortable with each other as long as they didn't talk too much about Neverland. Some of the things that had happened in the group of Lost Boys while Henry was with them still left him shuttering in horror while Gordon liked to defer all responsibility to Pan. And maybe he was right, maybe he should be the only one to blame since he had brought the Lost Boys to Neverland against their will. But whenever Henry thought of Felix he had his doubts about that.

"Say, Henry," Gordon said at some point.

"Hm?"

"Your folks're not gonna go live in the Enchanted Forest, are they?"

Henry shook his head.

"No, my moms don't wanna live there."

"Why not?"

"Well, Emma was born there but she's lived here all her life. She's used to... you know, all the stuff, like tv and video games and air planes. And Regina... she was the Evil Queen and she doesn't want to be her anymore. But people are slow to forget and forgive and they would be giving her a hard time back home - harder than here, that is - so she doesn't wanna go back."

Gordon nodded. He was a tall, lean young man of Indian heritage. His voice held a trace of a British accent but apart from that he'd seemed to have accomodated to American life pretty well.

"The Charmings asked me if I wanna go with them, y'know."

"Really? And are you going?" Henry asked excitedly. He knew that he would lose most of his friends to the big move and he envied those who would go back a little but he was also excited about it. He knew he would visit the Enchanted Forest often, the mirror in the hall would make it possible and easy to go there anytime, and he would be glad to know that Gordon was still with his grandparents, that he had a family with them.

"I'm not sure. I mean... I tried to... remember my family. It's been a long time since I was abducted by the shadow. But all I know is my first name and the region in India where I've come from. There is no way I could ever find my family with so little information... and yet I feel I should at least make an effort. If not right now then in a few years. So maybe I will go to the Enchanted Forest now and come back when I'm older."

"Have you talked to Snow and David about this?" Henry asked.

"With Snow a little today. David seems... he's kind of zoning at the moment, at least when he's home. He's been working hard on this 'going home' mission but I think he's just... I don't know," Gordon said quickly.

"He's trying to ignore the fact that my moms are together," Henry guessed at David's current state of mind.

Gordon nodded.

"I don't get it, actually. Your moms're so cool," the older boy said with a slight smile.

"They have their moments. I mean, to have a sheriff and the mayor as your parentals has its benefits," Henry said scratching his chin in Godfather-fashion.

They laughed and Gordon threw a pillow at his friend.

"That was not even what I meant, you goof," he said. "I think it's cool that they're a couple. Not just because they're two women but... that also. But they're... from the extreme opposite sites of their cultural spectrum - good and evil, light and dark. It's like if... Batman had fallen for the Joker, Superman for Lex Luthor, y'know?"

"My mom's not evil anymore," Henry said.

"I know, I mean... these pairings wouldn't be possible with some kind of... redemption, right? But it happened in your moms' case. Gives one hope," he added in a low voice.

"Is there... someone... you like?" Henry asked. He tried to ask it casually but failed. He knew that some of the boys on Neverland had been in relationships with each other - at least, that was what it had sounded like on some nights when he couldn't sleep. Nobody had talked about it in the waking hours, there had been no hand-holding or other displays of affection during the day. He wasn't sure if Gordon liked boys or girls or maybe both, and he knew that a person's sexuality was their business. He just wanted Gordon to know that he could talk about it if he wanted to.

"There was... on Neverland but... well, you know how it is now. Most of us steer clear of each other. There had been too much going on there. Pan was... always the center, y'know? And he... he played all the time. Cruel games. And he loved to create... drama among the older boys... especially when they had something... going. Pan wanted to be part of... everything and when two of us... liked each other, he tended to... find a way to break them up. It was all a game to him," Gordon explained haltingly, staring at the comic book in his hands.

"I'm sorry," Henry said because he didn't know what else to say. This conversation seemed a little beyond his years of experience but he didn't want to seem like... a baby.

"It was just how it was with Pan. We got used to it." Gordon shrugged and shook his dark mood off. "Say, what about you? A girlfriend? Boyfriend?" he then asked and grinned as Henry blushed.

"No, I don't have either," the younger boy said.

"But there's someone you like, right?"

"Maybe," Henry gave back but then grinned. "Yeah, but... she's older and not interested in me."

"She pretty?"

"'Course she is. But not as pretty as your mom," Henry said with a laugh and threw the comic he'd been reading at the older boy.

"Oh, you don't wanna start the mom-game with me. Remember, you got two of them!" Gordon gave back easily. "And both of them are pretty fine."

"Urgh, stop that."

"Told yah not to start with me," Gordon said laughing at Henry's disgusted expression. "Say, if I go to the Enchanted Forest, will you visit?"

"Sure, I will. You'll live with my grandparents, remember?"

Gordon nodded.

"Is it true, they're like... royalty?"

"Yeah, they're king and queen respectively. You'll live in my mom's castle," Henry said with a grin as Gordon's eyes went round.

"Imagine that... a couple of months ago, I've been spending my nights sleeping on the ground or in a tree and in... say, a couple of weeks I'll... be prince," he said with a wide grin.

Henry laughed.

"Should I start calling you Prince Gordon the first?"

"If you want, but I think I do like Will Smith - the Fresh Prince of the Enchanted Forest, yo!" They laughed and started teasing each other with mock titles.

Henry was glad he'd had this talk with Gordon, he knew he had made a friend for life.

It was late. Sundown had come and gone and Regina and David hadn't reappeared through the mirror. It was past midnight now and Emma was sitting on the stairs in the hall. Snow had fallen asleep on a couch in the living room but Emma couldn't sleep. She was too worried about Regina - and her father, too. Maybe it had been a bad idea, maybe she shouldn't have suggested that they go together. She heard the boys upstairs, they took adventage of the situation and were still up. They seemed to be having a good time, kind of a slumber party. As well they should, Emma thought.

"Hey," came a sleepy voice from the doorway to the living room where Snow stood rubbing at her eyes. "Sorry, I fell asleep on you."

"That's okay. Maybe we should go to bed, I don't know. I mean, they're able to take care of themselves, right?"

"Of course, they are. David has his sword and his wits and Regina has her magic and her... sass," Snow said with a smile.

Emma had to laugh.

"She sure does," she agreed.

Snow sat down next to her on the stairs and took one of her daughter's hands in hers.

"You're still worried about her, though, aren't you?"

"Yeah," Emma admitted. "Not because I don't think that she's a capable woman and witch, she is. Obviously. But... because..."

"Bad things tend to happen when we're the happiest?" Snow guessed and Emma nodded.

"Yeah," came the heartfelt answer from the blonde. She leaned her head on Snow's shoulder. "Does it bother you, mom?"

"Does what bother me?"

"That I'm so happy with Regina? I mean, she's kinda your... enemy."

Snow took a deep breath before she answered.

"I thought it would bother me more, actually. But, to be honest... I look at David and I can't really understand why... he's so against it. You're obviously happy and that... is enough for me. It's actually one of the things I've hoped for from the moment you were born. And now you are and that makes me happy. Of course, David being so unhappy about your relationship makes me unhappy, too, but for different reasons."

"When I knew... when I felt that I was falling for Regina, I thought that... things would change. That things might change forever between me and you guys... but now that it has, it's still so painful. I want dad to... be happy for me," Emma said sadly.

"I know but I'm not sure anymore that even time will change how he feels," Snow answered and she sounded sad, too. "I guess, they won't be coming back tonight. It's too dark to travel, maybe they found... a barn or something to sleep in. Do you think it's okay for Gordon and I to stay here?"

"Yes, it is. You can sleep in the guest room. Gordon can sleep in Henry's room, that is if they're going to settle down at all tonight," Emma said and as if to prove her point they heard laughter from the boys upstairs.

Snow rose from her seat.

"I'll tell them to keep it down. Are you coming?"

"In a little while," Emma said and looked up at her mother. She tried a smile but the worry in her eyes dimmed it considerably.

"You should really get some sleep, Emma. You'll need it if you're really pregnant."

Emma nodded and was about to say something when she saw movement from the mirror. It had been black since sundown since there had been no light source at Regina's castle. But now there was light and shadows and Emma could make out two shadowy figures coming toward the mirror. Her first instinct was to lift her arms in a defensive posture, to think of the spell Regina had taught her that would form a fireball in her hand but then the light of a candle flickered over the beautiful features of her lover and she relaxed.

"It's them," she said just a moment before David passed through the mirror. Regina was helping him through and Snow let out a small scream as she saw the wound on David's arm.

"What happened?" she asked as she rushed to help her husband.

"It's just a fleshwound, Snow," David said and grinned rakishly.

"Are you drunk?" Emma heard her mother ask as she pulled Regina into her arms, then held her at arm's length to look her over.

"Don't worry, I'm not injured," the dark-haired woman said.

"Thank the Gods," Emma breathed. Her hands still roamed over Regina's arms and face to make absolutely sure she was alright.

The boys had been roused from the voices and were now coming downstairs.

"Hey, you're back," Henry called out running down the stairs. He hugged Regina when he reached her and Emma pulled them both in her arms. They were all more elated than they thought they would be which meant they had been more worried that they had let on.

"What happened?" Snow repeated her earlier question to her husband.

"It was just a little scramble at the inn," David said. "But I'm sure True Love's Kiss will make it all better," he said and kissed his wife. He seemed strangely spirited, even though he wasn't really drunk.

Regina rolled her eyes at him.

"It's not like you're dying, Charming," she told him.

"Yeah, like you would ever get enough of True Love's Kissing," Emma said with a smirk and then kissed Regina.

"Moms," Henry groaned embarrassed.

Gordon laughed at him.

"Laugh it up," Henry told him.

"Will somebody tell me now what happened?" Snow once again asked when she was able to take a breath from her husband's kissing-attack.

"Your husband had to have his ego stroked at the tavern and asked people what they thought of their king and queen. But some people weren't so happy about you 'abandoning' your people and Charming took offence at that and started a brawl," Regina recounted the events of the last few hours. "You should probably put something on that wound. I don't think it's very deep but I couldn't see very well and I don't even want to speculate where that knife that cut him had been before," she adviced Snow.

"Do you have a First Aid Kid?" David asked.

"In the kitchen under the sink," Regina said.

"We're going to the hospital," Snow ordered but David started protesting and he finally got her to relent by promising to have Whale look at the wound in the morning.

"Alright, we should probably all get some sleep," Emma said.

"Yeah, let's go home," David said.

Regina looked at Emma who looked at Snow.

"We're staying here tonight. In the guest room. Come on," she told her husband. They were all expecting David to outright refuse to stay at the mansion but he just looked around at Emma, gave her a little embarrassed smile and then let his wife help him into the kitchen to tend to his wound.

"Goodnight all," he said.

"Goodnight," Emma said in a surprised voice. She looked at Regina. "What happened?" she mouthed but Regina shrugged her shoulders. She didn't seem to know what had David in such a mellow mood.

"Maybe he's got blood-poisoning already," she said in a low voice.

"Maybe someone hit him over the head," Henry suggested.

Emma looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"Just an idea," he said.

"Alright, boys, up to bed now. And no more talking and laughing. Has Henry given you his sleeping bag?" she asked Gordon.

"Yeah, I'm good," he said and started climbing the stairs. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight, Gordon," Regina said and gave Henry a meaningful look.

"I'm going, just... you're really okay, right?" he asked and she smiled.

"Yes, Henry, I don't even have a scratch. I wasn't dumb enough to get involved in your grandfather's bar brawl."

"You didn't even help him?" Henry asked.

"Maybe I did a little magic when the numbers seemed too unfair," she admitted with a slight smile.

"You are a hero, mom," he told her and hugged her again.

"Don't let that get around. Now up to bed, young man," she told him and he finally ran up the stairs after Gordon.

Regina turned to Emma who smiled at her proudly.

"You are my hero, too," the blonde said and pulled her lover to her. They kissed.

"And now," Emma said when they parted. She linked her hand with Regina's and started climbing the stairs. "I'm going to make sure that you're really, 100 per cent intact. And it might take all night," she told the other woman.

"Go easy on me, savior, it's been a long day," Regina gave back with a smile.

Emma stopped on the stairs and turned to Regina.

"I was worried," she said.

"I know."

"I don't wanna be without you, ever again," she added and kissed her.

"Nor I without you," Regina agreed and they resumed their way to their bedroom.