Falling for the enemy

Part 22.

Emma Swan:

"Henry, can we talk with you please?!" I shout up the stairs and wonder back to my girlfriend. My mother smiles widely at me and I know she couldn't be prouder than this moment.

With every beat of my heart is a loud thump of Henry's steps running down the stairs. I'm so nervous, this could go one of either way, but I'm hoping he will be ecstatic about our relationship.

"Yes mom?" He beams with joy, he jumps up and takes a seat next to my mother and steals a cookie from the table. Regina raises her eyebrows at his cheeky action causing Henry to shrink in his seat knowing full well he's not allowed treats before dinner. "Sorry Mom, I'm just so hungry, just one?" He asks.

Regina nods softly as Henry takes one greedy bite from the chocolate chip cookie. "Henry we need to talk to you and we want you to be honest, okay?" Regina asks as Henry nods slowly with curiosity.

"Ok, what is it?"

My mother runs her fingers through his messy hair and kisses his cheek quickly before I have the chance to pull up a stool and sit across from him at the island. Regina's too anxious to sit, she knows Henry's always been unforgiving from her past, but now she's changing Henry's good again, he's always seen the best in her so she just stands beside me.

"Do you know what love is?" I start asking softly, a small blush to run up to his chubby cheeks. His eyebrows pinch together and nods slowly. "Okay good, so you know your mother and I love you with all our heart" I explain, he smiles widely and nods with more passion and enthusiasm this time, instantly warming my heart and making this conversation a little easier. "So you remember what you told me when I woken from the curse? That I awoken by t..."

"True loves kiss, yes why?" He asks cocking his head to the side to make sure he's understanding what I'm getting at.

"Because true love kiss can only happen when two people really really love each other deeply, so that means..."

"You and mom are in love, she kissed you and you woken up, I know" he explains, for a 10 year old he is very smart, here I was thinking this would be hard to explain that a women loves a women and that his two moms are truly in love and are dating but he already has the gist of it.

"So you don't mind the fact I love your mom, and that she's my girlfriend?" I cock my head this time and grit my teeth, I truly want him to say he's 100% on board with this and he's willing to accept this.

"No, I think it's great, I'm happy" he smiles. I wonder around the island and Regina follows through with my plan walking the other side. We attack each of his cheeks with multiple of kisses and he giggles in response. "I love you moms"

"We love you to Henry, more than anything" Regina coos as she caresses his cheek. My mother raises from her stool and engulfs me into her famous motherly hug.

"Does this mean I'll see mom more often?" Henry asks Regina. I peer over my mothers shoulder to see Regina nodding with the widest smile I've seen grace her face yet.

I can only imagine her emotions are above the bar, she's always been hated and despised from everyone in the village and enchanted forest, and now here she is with the start of a loving family. I know this because I feel the same.

I've had nobody my entire life, a romance with Neal was all I've ever had and I'm utterly grateful to him for taking care of me while running away from foster homes, but our lifestyle wasn't healthy. That all changed the moment Henry knocked my door, who knew weeks later I'd be falling for the evil queen, reuniting with Snow and Charming who are my birth parents and starting a family with my true love and my son. This is a dream come true.