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I wonder what it's like to really know that you have found that someone. I think about it as Ruby and Dorthy run into my mother’s office. When Ruby and Dorthy showed up all smiles it was contagious. I watch them from my seat on the couch holding hands as they smile wide at mom.
“Regina we have something to ask you,” Ruby spoke first.
“What can I do for you?” I watched as my mom set down what she was doing to stand and come around her desk.
“Dorothy asked me to marry her.” Ruby kept looking back and forth from Dorothy to my mom.
I watch as my mom reaches out for a hug. I can remember a time when doing something as simple as a hug would have been a big no. Since we returned from the underworld she seems more open with everything that had happened. When the two broke apart my mom kept her smile wide as she waited for the favor.
“Would you marry us?” Ruby had a serious look as she asked.
“Me? Why not Snow?” I know why, my mom understood more of Ruby than anyone would have liked to admit.
“Two reasons,” she begins, “It would be an honor to have you do it. Second, I can’t have my maid of honor performing the wedding as well.”
I could see the unshed tears fill my mother’s eyes and I felt my own smile widen. “Then I will do it.”
Red hugged my mom again and held on for a moment. As she did I watched Dorothy. The woman did not speak much but she didn’t know us. She was pulled from here and there by Red since they met. I could see, in her eyes, that she was happy as she looked at the two in front of her.
When they left I looked to my mother, “Congrats.”
“Thanks,” She seemed lost in thought as she moved back behind her desk.
“You know that more people will come to you like that. Since you have helped so much.”
“I just want to do what’s right.” She looked at me with a small smile.
“Grandpa would be proud of you.” Since meeting the man I could tell where she got her big heart.
A few tears fell as she looked at me with a sad smile, “Thanks.”
When we got home mom went straight to the kitchen to start dinner as I went to the living room to play a video game. Lately, it has been just me, at home. Those I considered friends seemed to be keeping their distance since I got back. I’m not sure why but I hate that I was making progress then suddenly I’m right back where I was before Emma came.
Just then the doorbell rang. “I got it!” I yell out so my mom doesn’t have to leave what she was doing. When I answer the door Emma is standing there.
“Hey kid.” She is looking more like she used when she first got here. I wonder if people can make you change even if you didn’t want to. Her red jacket is back and I have to admit I missed it.
“Hey ma, what are you doing here?”
Mom yells from the kitchen, “Don’t be rude Henry, let her in.”
I let my head fall as I step aside, “Sorry.”
She smiles at me, “It’s good kid, and I’m here because your mother invited me.”
Since both of them lost their boyfriends they have gotten closer. I’m glad that they are able to keep a friendship through all this. “Cool.”
“Do you need help?” She yells towards the kitchen as she stopped by the living room.
“I know you want to play games with Henry, Emma.”
A toothy smile plays on Emma’s face, “Yeah but it's rude not to offer.”
I hear a low laugh come from the kitchen, “True princess, but I can handle this, you two play your games.”
Emma rolled her eyes as she walked into the living room. I smile at the moment because I know that the only one who would get away with calling Emma Princess is mom. Emma is the only one who can call mom Majesty and get away with it.
In the last few months since getting back, things have changed drastically. Everyone seems to be finding a balance with their lives. Forgiveness has been given out to almost everyone. Aunt Zelena has been popping by asking for help with Robyn. Mom loves spending time with both of them.
That night was just the three of us. It was nice to get to spend family time with my moms. The ease of it all makes everything less hard on me. I know I could talk to them about what’s going on but I want to figure this out on my own. I want to be able to fix this on my own.