A/N Sorry for the shortened chapters. I'm updating as quick as I can. So a bit dramatic this chapter! It will lighten up soon enough though. Promise! Xxx
After dinner, Emma and Mary Margaret caught up on the past two years and what had been happening in their lives. Mary Margaret was obviously not thrilled about her daughter's current choice of partner but she was exhausted and couldn't face another argument. They sat at the computer together as her mom explained how the site worked. After a couple of minutes Emma was ready to send a message to her son.
"Wanna give me a bit of space mom?" Emma nudged her away.
"Of course. I will go and have a shower then while you're doing that." Mary Margaret said.
She created an account and decided on her username. It was her and Regina's private joke. Everytime Emma had done something a little less than smart lately, Regina had been calling her Alias GW referencing their first dinner with Henry. Emma began typing her message with a million thoughts racing through her head.
AliasGW:Hey kid. So this is awkward huh? I have been looking for you for a very long time. There are so many things I want to know about you and that I want to tell you but I don't want to overstep any boundaries. If you're anything like me at all, you are probably planning some crazy under cover operation to come meet up in private! But I need you to tell your Mother okay. I believe I am your birth mother but I need to respect the adoption process, even though I wish I didn't. Your mother deserves that you explain to her why you have been looking for me and why you think it is important to meet me. I will tell you this: I never wanted to give you up. It wasn't a choice I had any say in and you have been in my thoughts since the day you were born, before even.
Please talk to your Mom. I bet she will understand if she loves you as much as you say she does. You are really lucky kid, to have that much love. If everything is okay with her, we will meet soon and I will tell you everything you need to know.
Love to you.
Emma hit send and hoped that he wasn't as hard headed as she had been at 13. Her mom was still in the shower and Emma had had enough talk for one day. It was 9 p.m. and she missed her girlfriend like crazy. She needed to see her and take her mind off the days events. She contemplated leaving a note for her mom but she was a grown woman and this was her apartment. She could come and go as she pleased without explanation. After all, her mom hadn't even bothered telling her she was coming so serves her right of she worried. With that thought, Emma left the apartment and went straight to Regina's.
She let herself in with her key, not wanting to make a big fuss about her absence all day and walked into the living room.
"Hey you!" She said as she wrapped her arms around her girlfriends neck and kisses her cheek.
Regina almost jumped out of her skin. She had been engrossed in an episode of The L Word and was eating ice cream straight from the pot.
"I was beginning to think I wasn't going to see you at all today." The relief on her face was too cute for Emma to take. She jumped over the back of the couch and settled next to her lover, grabbing the pot from her and helping herself to the contents.
"Sorry it took me so long. I've had some drama to deal with. My mom turned up at my place this afternoon." Emma said in between mouthfuls of ice cream.
Regina's eyebrows shot into her hairline. "Your Mother! I thought you didn't speak to her?" She questioned worriedly
"I don't. It's been a rough day. Can we talk about it some other time? All I wanna do right now is demolish this pot and make out with the hottest woman this side of The Pacific." Emma gave her a cheeky wink but Regina could see the pain behind her eyes.
"Well you can demolish that ice cream all you want. It's just melty bits left and I've eaten all the cookie dough, but be my guest." She said playfully, "but tell me, how are you going to make out with the hottest woman this side of The Pacific if that is yourself?" Emma dropped the spoon and pot onto the coffee table and pounced on her lover kissing her fiercely.
"Oh God your mouth is freezing!" Regina protested which only caused Emma to lick her girlfriends erogenous zones giggling as Regina shivered and scrunched up her nose in fake disgust.
"Henry is still awake." She whispered as things got a little more heated on the couch. "He's still studying in my office." And she reluctantly pushed Emma away. Just as she did, they heard Henry walking into the room and saying,
"Hey mom I need to talk to you about something and, oh, hey Emma." He trailed off dissapointedly as he realised his mom wasn't alone.
"Hey kiddo." Emma waved.
"What is it Henry?" Regina said with a concerned look on her face. Nowadays, he hardly ever wanted to talk to her about his problems, this must be serious.
Henry looked between the two women and nervously tugged the sleeves his sweater. "It's nothing Mom, we can talk tomorrow or something." He said and began walking away. He didn't want to interrupt his mom's private time with her girlfriend. She had been really sad all day and he thought they might have had a fight when Emma hadn't come for dinner.
Regina looked at Emma with apology in her eyes to which Emma nodded and said, "go see if he's ok. I'll keep your seat warm!"
"Thank you Emma. I'll be back soon." And gave her a kiss on the forehead.
Regina walked into Henry's room knocking softly as she did so. "Henry, what's the matter, dear?"
Henry hugged his Mom and started crying. "Mom I'm sorry to interrupt when you and Emma are making up from your fight."
Regina giggled and said, "we weren't fighting Henry, what made you think that?"
"Well she hadn't come over all day and you looked sad so I thought something must have happened." He explained a little embarrassed.
Regina gave him a tilted head smile and rubbed his head. "Silly! We weren't fighting. Emma had some family things to deal with. Yes, I admit I was feeling a little sorry for myself about missing her so terribly, but you know you can talk to me anytime about anything."
Henry looked at his Mom with a pained expression trying to find the words to say what he needed to.
"Mom, you know I love you and I never want to do anything to hurt you. It's just something has happened and I don't want you to get mad or upset back are it doesn't change anything between us." He started.
Regina looked worried now. She didn't like where this conversation seemed to be heading.
"You've always been honest with me about me being adopted and I want to be honest with you." He continued. Regina's heart sank.
"I've been looking for my birth family just to know, you know, where I came from and my grandma has been in contact with me by email and today, well, I talked you birth mother and she wants to meet me."
Regina's mouth opened and closed and she managed to ask, "How? When? Why didn't you tell me?" And a few tears pricked at her eyes.
"I'm sorry mom. I should have told you before, it's just I didn't want to hurt you. There's this website and we've been talking through messages. Only a couple of weeks and today is the first time I spoke to my birth mother. She told me I had to tell you. Ask if it was ok to be in contact and so that's what I'm doing. Please don't be mad."
Regina processed the feelings internally. Of course she was mad. This so called birth mother had abandoned Henry as a baby and she was the one who had raised him all these years. She was the one who loved him, patched up his knee when he fell, soothed his nightmares and gave him all his heart's desire. This stranger was nothing to him. How could she think she could just walk into his life now, 13 years later and mess with her son's head.
Regina looked at Henry and placed her hands on his shoulders. "Henry, I understand that you need to know where you came from and I support you in that. But know that no matter what, I am your mother. You are my son, you are a part of me and nobody can take that away, understand?"
He hugged his Mom tighter than he ever had and cried into her arms. "Mom, thank you. I love you and this won't change a thing between us, I promise, I won't ever leave you."