Note: Ta-Da! Here comes this chapter for you all.
First, Thank you for reading my story. I am glad. Thank you for following this story. Remember, I am still working ahead to get my chapters to be ready for few days.
Second, This chapter contains Regina's Point of View including Adopting Henry on flashback.
I would like to give some spoiler about this one but I preferred not to do it. I let you read this chapter before we move on to new chapter 7 in few days.
Enjoy new chapter 6.
Chapter 6: The Birth of Life
The sun came up on the window and was glowing on Regina's face. Hearing Henry shuffle in his bedroom and getting ready for school. She woke up due of the noise next to her en suite. She tossed around on her bed and didn't want to get up. She felt so exhausted from yesterday's day with Ms. Swan and Henry.
"Mom! Are you waking up?" Henry yelled through her door. Regina moaned and rubbed her eyes. "Yes dear, I'm waking up." She looked at her alarm clock – 6:30 am. She stretched her muscles and still laying on her bed. She knew she was not a morning person but suffered through every morning when Henry wakes her up at exactly 6:30am. She sighed. She pulled out her covers off. Her feet were touching on the floor.
Her spine shivered when she felt a cold hardwood floor. Regina stood up and stretched her back. She looked around in her en suite. She strode to her door and opened then it revealed Henry standing in front of her. He held a breakfast tray and looked up at his mom then he smiled widely.
Regina saw his smile and she smiled back. "Henry, you don't have to do that. But thank you my little prince." He nodded and rambled past her then put a breakfast tray on the nightstand table. Henry turned around and continued, "Mom, you are tired and I can see your dark circles below your eyes. I think you can call your office to reschedule your meetings. I don't want you to fall asleep on your desk." He laughed aloud at his last words.
She beamed at his words. She remembered her little prince was a baby for first time. The memories of Henry were very precious to her and she cherished with every moments that she raised him into a young handsome and intelligent boy. She sighed loudly and rubbed her forehead. Then she looked up at Henry's face like she saw him for first time in Boston Hospital that day.
"My little prince, that's so sweet of you. But my meetings are not starting until 10am today. I have a lot of things to do in my office. I wish that I am having off day but I am a mayor. Anyway, thank you for making me a breakfast." She walked toward and embraced him then kissed on his forehead. Her heart softened when she felt him wrapped on her waist.
"Yes mom. You're welcome. I ate my breakfast. It's time for me to go for school. So, I already informed Ms. Blanchard this morning about dropping me off at Granny's Diner today. You don't have to worry about calling her again. She said it's fine." He beamed in a cheerful tone.
Regina was in shock when he told her all of it about Ms. Blanchard. She gulped and hugged him tightly. "You are so sweet. Don't change one thing about you. Just be you." He nodded against her stomach.
"Yes mom." Henry said in cheerful tone.
"Very good, dear. There you go, get ready for school. I am going to drop you off at school before I head out to Town Hall." He hugged her tightly and said, "Yes mom. I am going to get my backpack." He ran out to his bedroom. She sighed and walked to get her breakfast on nightstand table. Then she strode inside the bathroom for taking a shower then wrapped herself into a white towel.
Regina twisted her neck into circles then mumbled "It will be a long day for me. I hope the meetings will be going to be smooth." She looked up to the ceiling in bathroom then walked out to her wardrobe. She put her red lace bra and red matching lingerie. Until, she decided to wear a red blouse then white cuffed on black blazer then a black dress pant. Regina was famous for her black 3 inches heels.
Finally, she walked back to bathroom to brush her hair then fixed it. She brushed her teeth then put her make-up. Last, she looked at the vanity mirror for double check on her make up and hair. She flashed her best smile.
Hearing Henry downstairs in the foyer, he yelled 'Hurry up mom!' She shook her head then grabbed her trench coat from wardrobe and brought her breakfast tray and strode out. She came into the kitchen and put her breakfast plate in sink then let water fill on the dirty plate.
"Mom, we will be late. It is already 7:15am!"
"Stop yelling in the house. I am going to get my paperwork then we will go soon."
"Ok mom! I am going to get in car right now." Henry walked to the circle table in the foyer near the staircase and grabbed the car keys then strode out from the front door and closed the door.
Hearing the front door open and close, Regina walked into the study to get her paperwork and briefcase then looked around on the desk and grabbed her phone and purse. Finally, she strode out from the study and walked to the front door. She opened the door then closed the door and locked it. She turned around to face a bright day. She squinted her eyes and found her sunglasses in the purse then put it on her eyes.
She sighed and walked to her car then got in the car. She glanced at Henry's face and smirked. She turned on her car ignition. They drove to Henry's school and they embraced and kissed on their cheeks.
"Henry, be good for Ruby. Call me when you get to Granny's Diner. We will be having a dinner there when I arrive. I love you my little prince." He nodded and kissed her cheek.
"Ok mom. See you at Granny's Diner. Love you mom." He got out and slammed the car door then ran to get inside the school building. He didn't notice his mom watching him.
Regina smiled at his small figure. She looked back on her memories while she drove off to Town Hall.
Finally, she arrived at Town Hall and strode past her secretary's desk. She paused then turned around to face her secretary.
"Hello dear, got any messages or mail?"
Emily was her secretary for four years since Regina became a mayor. They knew each other since Harvard University years. They hung out together on the bar hopping, studying in library or relaxing in their dorm rooms into 5 years. They were inseparable but remained to be best friends since their freshman year.
"Yes, Madame Mayor, you have a message from Mr. Glass. But he was here few minutes ago before you arrived. He had a file folder for you. He said, "It's urgent to let you know and call him back when you are present." Emily looked up and smiled.
Regina nodded and groaned loudly. "Mr. Glass… He is annoyingly bastard. I will call him when I am in my office. And thank you."
They laughed aloud. "Yes, Madame Mayor. Want me to make a coffee for you before you start your day with meetings? I heard it will be long day for you." Emily was nervous about her response.
"Yes please and thank you dear." Regina walked past Emily's desk then strode inside her office and walked to her desk. She rubbed her forehead and walked around her desk then sat down to work on her paperwork. She felt nervous toward her meetings all day. She heard a knock on her door.
"Come in" She saw her secretary brought her coffee and flashed her best smile.
"Here is your coffee and files for meetings. I already organized the files for you." Emily beamed.
"Thank you dear. You will see yourself out." Emily nodded and left.
Regina drank her coffee and moaned. She wondered what Sidney wanted. She hummed. She dialed her call to Sidney Glass. She waited for a response.
"Hello, This is Sidney Glass from Storybrooke Newspaper" Regina rolled her eyes. She knew Sidney Glass since her senior year in Harvard University. She disliked him due of his love-dovey attraction on her. He didn't know that she is attracting women.
"Hello Mr. Glass, I received your message about your file folder. I just arrived. So, please come in and see me after my lunch break. Is it ok with you?" She muttered in a mayoral tone. He flinched and continued, "Yes Madame Mayor. I will see you after the lunch break at 12:30pm."
"Yes, dear. Thank you and see you at 12:30pm sharp." Regina ended the call and sighed loudly. Then she kept working until her first meeting came. She was ready to take over her duty as Mayor to discuss on the issues in Storybrooke. Her two meetings went well with no issues. Until, her third meeting with Mr. Gold, the pawnshop came in and revealed himself.
"Hello Madame Mayor, I have an issue with my shop. Are you available right now?" Mr. Gold said in his angry tone. Regina snapped and narrowed at him.
"Yes dear, I am available right now. So, what is your issue?" She snapped. She folded her arms and walked up toward to face him in personal space.
"Yes dearie, my issue is my shop have no air conditioner. It is hot inside while I am working." He snapped.
Regina rolled her eyes and scoffed. "It's your problem. Because you already bought yourself a small pawnshop on Main Street. But you didn't investigate around yourself while you were buying a property. I suggest you to go back to your pawnshop. You imp."
"Really dearie, I thought you are a nice mayor to help your constituents into a friendly place." He smirked.
"Get hell out of here. You imp. I don't want you to come here anymore. Is that clear?" She growled. Hearing his cackle filled in her office.
"Yes Madame Mayor or can I say Your Majesty?" Mr. Gold mischievously smiled and turned around then left her.
Regina stomped toward her office door and slammed it. She grunted. "Imp." She rubbed her temple and she had a headache. She walked to her desk and pushed a button on intercom. "Ms. Emily, could you get me aspirin? I have a headache right now after my encounter with Mr. Gold. Thank you dear." She ended her intercom call. Until, Emily's voice called her on intercom.
"Madame Mayor, I will get it for you and anything else?"
"Yes dear, I order you to inform our security guards to get Mr. Gold out of this building and don't let him come in from now on. Until I see a fit. Is that clear?" Regina used her mayoral tone and waited for her secretary's response.
"Yes Madame Mayor, I am going to do it now."
"Thank you dear. That's all." She ended the call again. She leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes. The silence was in air until the footsteps came closer to her office door. Hearing Emily's knocks and she called her to come in. She opened her eyes and took aspirin from her and swallowed it. She exhaled and told her to see herself out.
Regina worked through her paperwork and signed her name for her approval. The clock stroked at 12:30pm. She heard Mr. Glass outside having a conversation with her secretary, Emily. Meanwhile, his footsteps got closer and knocked on her door.
"Come in." She stood up and walked around her desk. Then she leaned back against her desk and waited for Mr. Glass to start talking.
"Hello Madame Mayor, I have something to tell you and thank you for seeing me at last minute." Mr. Glass said.
She nodded and waved her hand to continue. He nodded and gave his file folder to her.
"This file is about Emma Swan. I think that you wanted to know about her. I am not sure if you can take it very well. It's urgent. In the file, it has background check and information about Emma Swan. I think that you should protect your son. I just warn you." He mentally had his pride to make her love him. He smiled.
Regina was keeping her fire inside her when she heard his explanation toward Ms. Swan. But she just snapped out of the blue and yelled at him.
"What!? Where did you get that information? It's inappropriate at all. You have no right to threaten Ms. Swan's private life. It's not yours to snoop on her life. You are insufferable! Get hell out of here. I keep this file with me. You better not make an article about Ms. Swan's life to be public in my town. Is that clear!?" Regina snapped. She strode closer to be in Sidney's personal space. He stumbled and fell on the ground then got up and left.
Regina looked on the door after Mr. Glass left. She exhaled. Then she looked on the file but didn't open it. She decided to put the file away in the drawer. After few hours, the meetings went smoothly and she was satisfied with her day but except Mr. Gold and Mr. Glass' encounter earlier this day. She groaned and looked at the clock. It was 5pm.
Her thoughts were spinning around in her head 'You have to open the file and see what Emma Swan's life look like.' Or 'you wanted to know about Emma Swan or you better protect Henry away from that infuriating blonde woman with her ridiculous red leather jacket.' She shook her head and stood to gather her paperwork then got ready to end her day in office.
But Regina decided to take the file with her and strode out then got in her car. She drove to Granny's Diner to see her son. She smiled at the word 'Henry'.
She arrived and spotted her son in their usual booth. She smirked and walked toward Henry.
"Hello my little prince." Henry looked up from doing his homework and smiled widely.
"Hello mom!" Regina smiled and sat down across him. Her thoughts about Henry when he was a baby. She cherished him more. Hearing his voice soothe her heart when she see him everyday. She knew that she loved him.
"Mom, I already ordered our usual before you arrived." He grinned. She shook her head and sighed. She looked up at Ruby then back to him. Finally, Ruby got their usual order then left them in peace.
"Thank you my little prince." He nodded then worked on his homework. She helped him with math and reading. They finished before their food arrived and they ate silence. She looked up at her son's face and wondered how he grows up and what he will do in his future. But she smiled at her memories when she adopted him for first time.
- Flashback -
On a bright day in Storybrooke, Regina woke up and realized today is her biggest day to take her newborn boy to home. She smiled. She got up and dressed up. She ran downstairs to eat her breakfast then walked into the study. She gathered her paperwork for her adoption papers with the social worker.
Her excitement got her jumping up and down. She knew she will be okay. Until, she looked at the clock – it was 8am. She was in hurry and got in the car. She drove all way to Boston.
The social worker was waiting for her to arrive at the Boston Hospital. Regina was anxiously meeting her for first time. She got out and strode inside to see the social worker. She walked to the nurse's station for the social worker to meet her in waiting room.
She walked back into a waiting room and sat down. Hearing the footsteps got closer and she turned around to see the social worker. The description of the social worker was a older woman with a black suit with a white tie. She looked masculine but had a feminine side. Regina stood up and shook hands with her.
"Hello. My name is Regina Mills. I am here for adopting my son." She beamed.
"Hello. It's nice to meet you, Mrs. Mills. My name is Amy Staler and I am his social worker. Do you have paperwork with you? We can look at it then we process with it and you will meet him. Sounds good?" Ms. Staler said in a gentle tone.
"Yes Ms. Staler, It's Ms. Mills and I have no husband or wife. I have paperwork and it's done." She took her paperwork from her briefcase then handed it to Ms. Staler.
"My apologies, Ms. Mills. It's good that you finished it." Ms. Staler nodded. They sat down and worked through the process of the paperwork. It's finished. They shook hands.
"It's time for you to meet your son. And follow me to his nursery room." Regina nodded and followed her along. They got closer to his room. The door opened to reveal her son in a crib. She strode and saw her son sleeping in his crib.
"Oh, he is beautiful." Regina smiled. Hearing his social worker's words soothed her heart and she decided to hold him in her arms.
"What will you name him?" Ms. Staler asked.
"Henry Daniel Mills." She held him in her arms and cherished every moment with him. Until, Ms. Staler informed her that she had a note for her and her son with some copies of paperwork then left them alone in the nursery room.
Regina nodded and gave her gratitude to Ms. Staler. She bounced him in her arms and laughed aloud. She was happier. It's her best day to have her new child in her life. It's time for her to leave with her son and head back to Storybrooke.
- Flashback -
Henry shook his mom's shoulder and called her several times. She was startled by his voice. She remembered that they were in booth having a dinner together. She gulped.
"Yes my dear?" Regina mentally calmed down. He shook his head.
"Mom, you were drifting for a while. I asked you if you are ok." He asked. She nodded. They finished their dinner and she paid their dinner.
"It's time to go home, my little prince." He nodded and took his things then they walked out to the car. They drove back to home in silence. Their day went good. They were exhausted but ready for bed and they went inside their mansion.
"Mom, I'm tired. I am going to bed." Henry turned around to see his mom in her office. She looked up at the clock – it was 9:30pm.
"Yes, I will see you soon after I finish on my few paperwork then I head out." She looked back to him. She sighed. He nodded and embraced her then kissed her cheek. "Good night mom and I love you." Henry left and ran upstairs for his bedtime.
"I love you my little prince." Regina shouted. She cackled. The paperwork was completed until she found the file of E. Swan. The thoughts were coming back to tell her about opening it.
She decided to bring the file to her bedroom and read through on Emma Swan's life. She walked out from the office, locked the windows and doors on the ground floor. Her curiosity got worse by her knowledge about Ms. Swan's life. She headed upstairs to check Henry and kissed his forehead. She closed Henry's door then strode into her en suite.
Regina rubbed her forehead. She massaged her neck and getting dressed up in her silk night pajamas then entered her bathroom for brushing her teeth and washing her face until she was ready to tuck herself in.
She searched for her glasses in her nightstand drawer until she found it. She put it on and resumed to read the file of E. Swan. Finally, she fell asleep with her glasses. The mansion got in silence. The night is shimmering through across the quaint town.
Note: Finally! It was done. Right now, I am working on Chapter 7. It will be posted on this week.
Hope you liked it so far. :-D
Coming up: Chapter 7. See you then.