Emma Swan could sense something was off when her son ran through the front door. "Its mom! Is she here?"
"No, kid. It's only Hope and I, why?" Emma asked concerned.
"She left! She disappeared! I'm worried for her." Henry responded.
"I'll find her, Henry. Do not worry. Could you watch Hope while I'm gone?"
"Of course, mom." Henry said as he walked over to Emma. She gave Hope to him, gently putting the baby in her brother's arms.
"Be careful with your sister, Henry." He nodded as he saw her disappear.
Emma searched everywhere until she finally realized the one place she didn't look was Regina's vault. "Regina!" Emma screamed her name as soon as she appeared outside of the vault. It had a protection spell around it so she couldn't get in. She screamed her name once again. "Regina! I know you are in there!"
"Just leave me alone, Miss Swan!"
Emma could instantly tell Regina was angry by her demanding tone of voice.
"Regina, what is going on? Just let me in, you can talk to me about anything, you know that." There was complete silence.
She wants to be alone to hide herself and her emotions. She must be acting like this to push people away.
She leaned on the door and started to let words pour out of her mouth. "I know, Regina. I know you feel hurt. Sometimes it feels as if you've lost yourself; as if you are floating away never to return back to sanity. You think no one even notices and no one can understand. It is as if you are alone in the dark and the beautiful life you long to have had been ripped from you ages ago because you have to deal with a burden that's too heavy to carry. You want to hide yourself because you know if everyone knew the truth, it would break you. You feel as if no one would ever understand the pure sadness and the anger that engulfs you. I do, I understand, Regina. I've felt it. You are not alone." Emma somehow felt relief as she opened up about her own feelings. She knew deep inside that both her and Regina felt somewhat the same. "We have to be strong for Henry. He needs both of us. No matter what happened in that house, we have to put the past behind us and move forward." She told her, hoping the woman would come out.
She saw the protection spell being lifted and Regina slowly opening the door from her vault. Regina wiped her tears as she stood in front of her friend. "You're right, Emma." Regina said as she paced toward her and then gave her a soft hug. "Henry needs us. No matter what, we have to put our feelings aside to raise Henry." She added. "And Hope."
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Day 130:
One month had passed since Emma Swan realized she was pregnant with Jefferson's baby. She had not gotten the nerve to tell him yet but she knew she had to tell him soon. Time would give it away soon. She already felt her baby bump but it was unnoticeable to everyone else's eyes.
Today is the day I have to tell him. She knew it would continue to be worrisome unless she told. She grew nervous and she didn't understand why. She knew he would never hurt her. She knew if he was angry he would take it out on Regina but that's what worried her the most. She was aching to not tell him but she knew if she kept it in any longer he would find out eventually.
She knew if anything though, he would have to be happy. If Grace's death changed him so much toward the darkness, then maybe another child would change him back to the light. Then again, he would have something to live for. That means this could only lead to Regina and Mary Margaret's death and me being trapped here.
She stood up from the dining room table when the Mad Hatter came in. "Jefferson." Emma called his name. "I wanted to talk to you about something." She ushered him to come forward and to sit next to her. As they sat, she cut straight to the subject. "You know how I've been sick lately and you don't know why? Well I think I might know." She stated fidgeting anxiously.
"What is it? Is it serious?" He asked generally concerned about her health.
"I think I'm going to have a baby." Emma replied with a sob.
"Emma, we are going to have a child?" There was a glimpse of happiness in his voice which she despised.
She nodded and thought. It should have been Killian's baby, not Jefferson's.
To her surprise, tears of joy rolled off his cheek as he smiled. "I'm going to have a child. We could be a family if you want to be."
She quickly got heated with frustration, standing up from her seat and yelling. "I want to go back to Hook! What do you not understand about that? I'm going back to him. I'll never be with you! You are hurting my own mother and my best friend! Why would I ever want to have a family with you?"
Jefferson sighed. "I understand but things will change."
"You better understand!" Emma replied.
"I'm never letting you go though, Emma. I have something to live for now. If you ever leave, you'll tell the police about me."
"Of course I will! I am the police!"
"Exactly! Once you are free, the next time I would see you is on my door step with your magic fully functional, ready to take me away in handcuffs. My child will be separated from me because you'd arrest me. Then, I'll never see my kid as long as I live."
"You damn right!" She screamed as he sat silently disappointed by her bitter attitude toward him.