Lost and Found

She's My Mother

Annie ran up stairs to her brothers room, but he wasn't there. Panic started to pump in her but soon go away once she saw the boy in her room looking out the window while the too older women were talking. "Henry! Thank god your alright."

Henry smiled, "Yep! I'm surprised she took you here." To be honest he was really happy to see his real mother. He turned to his older sister with sparking eyes, "How was she? Was she how we thought? Did you tell her about the curse?"

Annie nibbled her lip, "Uhm...Kinda? I mean she was a little harsh when I came up to her, maybe that's just the way she is...seeing her talk to mo-Regina, she seems a lot more sweeter. And kinda? I don't think she even believed it..."

Henry frowned, "Oh okay then." And leaned back on the window a little disappointed. Annie went to his side, "Hey, i never said she was too bad. I bet she'd be happy to meet her son?" She tried to cheer him up but all she got was a small lying smile.

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Emma couldn't help but look around the big place, and eyeing the Sheriff  who came out of Regina's room from time to time. She saw pictures of them, the girl Annie and a boy, maybe a bit younger then her...12, brown hair, eyes matching his fathers, god Emma didn't even want to think about that. His father, why did he have to look like him? Then she got snapped back into reality by the mayor, "Sorry she dragged you into this mess, I don't know what's gotten into the both of them..."

Emma smiled, "Oh it's fine, you know...kids will be kids." She chuckled awkwardly.

Regina leads them into this room, fire pit, two nice brown couches, coffee table right in the middle. "I assume you have a job?" She brought up the topic.

"Mh, I keep busy." She put the drink down, that was definitely spiked, it wasn't some ordinary apple sider.

Regina smiled and sat down opposite side from her, "Interesting, imagine having another one on top of it? That's what being a single mom is like." A little chuckle came out from her lips. She then continued, "So I push them both, well...you haven't really met him yet anyways, hopefully it will stay like that." Regina mumbled the last few bits, but Emma was quick to catch on.

Regina continued with her previous topic, "Am I strict? I guess, but I want them to succeed in life...that don't make me evil? Right? Evil is a common word for me now."

Emma takes another drink, "Im sure their just saying that, because of the fairytale thing."

Regina raised a brow, "What fairytale thing?" She really seemed completely clueless.

Emma continued, "This book thing, your kid was saying all this shit like we're fairytale characters in the book." She giggled a little at how stupid it was.

Regina still seemed clueless, "I-I'm sorry I really have no idea what your talking about?"

Emma looked a little tense, "Ahm, you know what...it's not my businesses, there both your kids. And I really should be getting out of there."

Regina seemed quick to the chase, "O'course."
Getting up and holding the door wide open for her as if she was a bad virus, that Regina was trying to get rid of.

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Emma walked out of the house as quickly as possible, yet she felt eyes on her. She turned back assuming it was the mayor chick but no,
her son. Son that had been stuck in her mind ever since she met the Annie girl, was Annie her real name anyways? Whatever, Henry, was his name. Henry, she loved it, yet she pushed herself away from the boy looking straight at her, his big smile and pleeding eyes. Emma turned herself away to her car, knocking away that weird feeling in her belly. But when she turned she also saw the sherif, the sherif leaning on her car.

"Sweet boy, wouldn't you say?" He spoke, "I'm graham by the way..."

Emma walked forward, "Emma." She sighed, "look, I have a long drive ahead of me so if you could find a different port to lean-" but he cut her off, "I'd think it's best if you'd stay the night."

Emma furrowed her brows at him, "That's kinda forward."

"I know Reginas drinks, I hate to get out the breathalyzer. There's a B&B up down the road, granny's, it's a lovely place."

Emma had staying in this town way down her mind, she slowly walked up to him so there faces were inches apart, "Well, i hate to disappoint you but I only had one drink...and I'm way-no...I'm not gonna tell you that." She squinted her eyes at him, "but the point is right now that I will blow a point 0.06 well beneath the limit."

Graham really had nothing else to say, just a chuckle, then moving out of her way, "have a safe drive." He opened the door for Emma, who gave him a glare before hopping in and getting the heck out of there. Leaving the man in the dust.

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8 hours later

Emma woke up in a daze, hard bed, celling looks like crap, sink...wait was she in jail? She jerked up and saw someone mopping the floor and someone else in the other cell. "Watcha looking at sister?" The guy said roughly, then she heard a familiar voice, Graham. "Leroy, leave our guest alone." Emma hanged herself out of the bars, "What the hell am I doing here?"

"Well, on your way back you crashed into the town sign, which Is pretty expensive...I found you and Well brought you here." He explained.

Emma just groaned and leaned on the bars, while another familiar annoying voice came rushing in, "Graham! Have you've seen Henry? Regina came running in, Graham shook his head. Emma wanted to say something, oh how could I help? You know I can track him, but it wasn't her place to say that. So she just eyed them, as Regina eyed back, "what is she doing here?"

"She crashed into the town sign, brought her in here to make sure she wasn't too hurt and then arrested her for vandalizing town property."

Emma groaned at that, "Oh you gotta be kidding me! It wasn't my fault, there was a wolf standing right in the middle of the street...it came out of no where."

Graham chuckled while Regina moved right to Emma, "Have you've seen him?"

"Look lady, I don't even know the kid." She didn't bring up how they did get a few seconds of eye contact and smiling, something in her stomach too. "Tried his friends?"
"He don't really have friends, kinda a loner."

Emma frowned, knowing how that is, "Every kid got a friend." She mumbled a bit. She shook it off her mind, "Checked his computer? He's close to someone he could be emailing them."

Regina seemed fed up, "and you know this how?"

"Finding people is what I do." An idea popes into her head, "here's an idea, you guys set me free with no charges and I'll help y'all look for him?" She really wanted to get this over with but the other part really wanted to see his kid.

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This is more of a longer chapter ik im sorry 🥲