Regina stalked down the street until she heard Henry calling after her. She knew he could not see how upset she really was, so she schooled her features and turned around to look at him.

"Mom, I...this sucks."

That was most decidedly not what she had been expecting from him. She couldn't help but smile a little bit and agree with him. "Yes, it really does, but watch the language ok?"

They walked arm in arm back to her house in silence. Neither of them really knew what to say to the other. Regina was afraid if she said anything she would start cursing Emma Swan. She also realized there was no point. She didn't do it on purpose. She obviously hadn't even known who the woman was. She knew she needed to share this with Henry, needed to reassure her that she wasn't going to go after his other mother, even if every bone in her body wanted to.

"Henry," she started.

"Regina, wait up!"

Regina whipped around, realizing who's voice she was hearing. It couldn't be. Why would he be following her home? His wife was effectively back from the dead. They had a lot to catch up on, like her telling him it was Regina who had her killed in the original timeline. She watched Robin cautiously. She had no idea what this conversation was going to be.

"Robin, my mom has had a rough night. You both got a huge surprise tonight, and maybe tonight is not the night to be talking about it," Henry stated quickly.

Regina looked at him, and her heart swelled with pride. He knew why Marian had been in her dungeon, but he still was looking after her, or trying to in his own way.

"Perhaps you are right lad. I do need to say this though," he paused and looked at her. "I know you aren't the same woman who captured my wife, who ordered her execution, or who left my son motherless. The woman I have feelings for, left those things behind, doesn't exist anymore. However, I cannot abandon Marian. She is not dead. Her son needs her and I need to be there for both of them..."

Regina couldn't take it anymore, so she nodded in understanding, and continued walking home with Henry by her side, silent tears falling down her face. Henry wrapped his arm around her waist as they continued walking.

"You know," Henry said, "he didn't say the woman I used to have feelings for. He said the woman he has feelings for."

Regina looked at him. Really looked at him and was surprised to see that he was a lot older than she remembered. It wasn't just the year that they had been apart either.

"When did you get so old?" she asked him.

"Sometime between escaping from Peter Pan and convincing the 'Evil Queen' she was a hero," he replied almost immediately. "Come on Mom, we have popcorn to eat and a movie to watch."

As he walked into the kitchen to make the popcorn, she just stared after him. He really has grown. She knew it wasn't due to her great parenting skills, or at least not all of it was anyway. She knew he took after Emma and even Snow White a lot more than he took after her. Right now, she was extremely grateful for it. Snow's optimism was exactly what she needed right now. She smiled and followed him into the kitchen.

"Henry," she started, "I know I said some mean things to Emma at Granny's...I just want you to know that I will not be seeking revenge against her. I give you my word. I know she wasn't trying to hurt me or ruin my happiness. I get that it was an accident and she felt she had to save Marian."

Henry sighed. Why was he sighing at her?

"Mom, she did have to save Marian. She wouldn't be the savior if she hadn't. It does stink that it has put a pause on you and Robin Hood, but we know that it isn't the end. If it was he wouldn't have come to you tonight. I know you won't go after Emma, and I also know that it is going to be hard for you to be civil towards her right now, but I need you to try to be. I hated it before when you two were at each others' throats and I will hate it again if that becomes the case. I want to split my time between you both, but I can't do that if you two can't get along, and if not get along, at least be civil to one another."

Regina's jaw dropped. Clearly Henry had been spending way too much time with Snow White. That little speech was evidence enough of that. She didn't know what to say to him. She latched onto the one thing in his speech that made her feel good.

"You want to split your time between us?"

"Of course I do, you're both my moms. It is a bit of a weird situation, but we are not a normal family."

Regina couldn't help herself, she laughed out loud, surprising Henry. He joined in on her laughter after a few seconds.

"You are right about that," she said. We are not a normal family by any stretch of the word. I promise you, I will do my absolute best to be civil with Emma. Before her trip back in time, I kind of started to like her, a little, but don't tell her that ok? It can be our secret."

Henry smiled and nodded. He looked out the window and frowned before smiling again.

"I didn't think it was supposed to snow tonight."

"It wasn't as far as I knew. Must just be a sign that we're supposed to build a snowman in the morning," she said to him, knowing he would jump at the chance.

"That sounds great Mom. So what do you want to watch tonight?" he said as they walked into the living room to begin their cozy evening.

Regina smiled as she followed him. Considering the way her life changed less than an hour ago, she was feeling pretty good about it. Henry had come to her, put faith in her, and wanted to continue seeing her regularly.

As she got into bed later that night, she replayed the conversation with Robin in the street. He had said the woman he has feelings for and he had never actually said he was going back to his wife...

Hope was always a good thing. Perhaps she had been spending too much time with Snow White herself...and she fell asleep with a smile on her face.

Henry has always kind of felt like a running commentary to me. He's constantly telling the other characters what they need to do to get their happy ending, and here I wrote something I would like to see a bit more of from him-his protectiveness of his family. Everyone is always trying to protect him, so I thought it was sweet that he had Regina's back like that.

Also, after listening to some comic con interviews, I don't think that Outlaw Queen is over. Even if I hadn't heard interviews I still wouldn't think it was over. Tink used magic to show Regina her true love, and if I'm not mistaken, Marian was still alive when Tink used the fairy dust...just saying. :)