Hello everyone! This is my first ever fanfic, I hope you enjoy it and please leave comments and reviews! This is a Swan Queen fic although it may not seem that way so much right now...give it time! Thank you, lots of love Rouge xxx

Chapter 1

A few weeks had passed since Emma, Neal, Rumplestiltskin, Regina, Hook, Mary Margaret and David had returned home from Neverland with Henry. After they had rescued Henry and defeated Peter Pan using Regina and Emma's magic combined, Tinkerbell had helped them return home to Storybrooke by giving them the last of her fairy dust that she had been keeping to escape herself when the time was right. Her kindness and consideration had earned her her wings back; she was a fairy once again and was accepted back into the fairy world. Hook used the fairy dust along with Neal's homemade map to fly them all home aboard the Jolly Rodger.

Emma had woken to the sound of her alarm clock going off indicating that it was 8:00am. She let out a small groan as she felt like she hadn't slept much at all. She had been having trouble sleeping since they returned from Neverland, wanting to check on Henry all the time to make sure that it wasn't a dream, that they had in fact rescued him and this wasn't one of the many nightmares she had suffered from towards the end of their mission in Neverland. She slowly got out of bed, pulled on her jeans and a clean t-shirt then laced up her black boots and made her way down to the kitchen of the loft.

"Morning Emma" Mary Margaret chimed as Emma sat down at the table of the loft, yawning. Mary Margaret handed Emma her usual cup of coffee.

"Didn't you sleep again?" she asked looking concerned.

"No, not really but I'll be ok after this" Emma said drinking down the hot coffee, instantly feeling an improvement; she couldn't function without her morning coffee especially these days. She knew that she should be happy that they were all home safe but Emma was still finding it really hard to come to terms with what happened...losing Henry, losing Neil, admitting who she was and how she felt like a lost girl, being reunited with Neil and then finding her magic and saving Henry with Regina's help. It was so much to happen in a small space of time she needed time to process it all.

"Are you going to see Neal today?" Mary Margret asked grinning.

"Erm...yes I think I will take Henry to see him so they can spend some time together" Emma replied as she finished her coffee getting up from the table to go and wake Henry. She climbed up the steps to the top of the loft where Henry was sleeping. She stared at him for a while, he looked so peaceful, she couldn't believe how close she came to losing him.

"Hey kid" she whispered shaking his arm slightly until he began to stir and wake up.

"What is it Mom...is something wrong?" Henry asked sleepily rubbing his eyes. She smiled hearing him call her his mother, he had done that more and more since they rescued him although he was still cautious about calling her that in front of Regina even though Regina knew that she was still his mom too and after everything they had all been through Regina was just grateful that Henry still wanted her to be a part of his life.

"No kid I'm fine, I was just going to see your dad and wondered if you were feeling up to..."

"Give me ten minutes, I will be ready" Henry interrupted her as he jumped out of bed and started getting dressed. She smiled at him and then made her way back downstairs.

"Mom, why is Dad staying at Granny's B&B?" Henry asked as he and Emma walked down the street towards the bed and breakfast.

"Because Henry, I don't think he wanted to stay with his dad and Belle especially after they have just been reunited themselves".

"Well why can't he stay with us?"

"Henry we have no room at the loft as it is with four of us living there and anyway we all could use some space" Emma said trying to dodge her son's pleading looks. The truth was that she and Neil hadn't spent much time together since he showed up in Neverland. Of course she was ecstatic that he was alive especially for Henry's sake but she just didn't know where their relationship was at.

"Well maybe me and you could move out of the loft and find our own place with dad" Henry said.

"Oh come on kid; let's just start with spending some time together yeah?" She said as they walked into the B&B.

Emma didn't know what was wrong with her. She and Neal had both declared their love for each other before she was lead to believe he had been killed by the same people who had kidnapped Henry and taken him to Neverland. However, so much had happened since then and Emma had started to grieve for him and didn't know if she could allow herself to go down that path again. She just thought that maybe too much had changed between them now, she had grown closer to her parents while away and she had even grown closer to Regina. She couldn't put her finger on when it happened or how but she started to look at Regina differently, she knew how much finding Henry meant to Regina and after all she had been the one who helped Emma control her magic. They had both became closer to save Henry...to save their son.

Henry raced ahead upstairs to the room where his dad was staying and knocked on the door. He heard a moan from inside which he knew meant that his dad was not up yet so Henry knocked again.

"Dad...its Henry, Open up"

Just as Emma came up the stairs and turned the corner to Neal's room the door opened and there he was, his hair sticking up every which way, blinking a bit too much trying to get used to the daylight.

"Hi Dad" Henry exclaimed showing his obvious happiness that he could say those two words again.

"Henry, Emma what are you both doing here?"

"We came to see you dad" Henry replied smiling at his father then, ducking under his arm that he was resting against the door Henry made himself comfortable in the small room.

"Henry!" Emma protested, but Neal looked at her and smiled then stepped back holding the door open for her to enter his room. She smiled awkwardly at him looking into his eyes searching for some kind of answer to all the questions spinning round in her head about their relationship. She didn't go into his room.

"We thought that we could all go for a walk and then maybe go to Granny's for something to eat" she suggested.

"Sure" Neal agreed "I'll just get ready it won't take long".

"I'll wait outside...it's a bit stuffy in here" and with that she turned and walked back down the stairs and outside the B&B. She took a few deep breathes of the cool, crisp morning air calming herself until she heard a familiar voice that she had become so used to hearing over the last few weeks.

"Well, hello Ms Swan" Regina addressed the blonde saviour, then realising she looked a bit ill she asked "Are you alright dear?"

Emma suddenly found that her stomach was in knots, she felt a burst of energy run through her as she found herself staring at Regina for just a few seconds too long before she replied "Regina, you know you can call me Emma".

"I didn't know if those rules only applied in Neverland my dear" Regina replied as the corners of her mouth turned upwards slightly.

"You helped me rescue Henry, I don't think the old rules of being civil for my...our sons sake apply anymore" Emma smiled watching as Regina took a step closer towards her, gazing into Emma's crystal blue eyes and Emma gazing back into Regina's deep, dark brown eyes. Regina was just as confused as Emma, what had happened to them?, was this really the same Emma Swan that she hated for trying to take her son away from her? The same Emma Swan who was the daughter of Snow White her betrayer, and who took every opportunity to make her life difficult? Was she really standing before her calling Henry their son? All these thoughts rushed around Regina's head as she returned the transfixed gaze into Ms Swan's eyes that she seemed to not be able to control.

"Hey Mom" Henry greeted Regina as he walked out of the bed and breakfast closely followed by Neal. Regina and Emma's gaze finally broke.

"Morning Henry dear, how are you feeling?" Regina asked, smiling at her son showing how happy she was to see him.

"I'm fine, Mo...Emma and me were just going for a walk with dad" he explained trying to side step the awkward name situation between his two mothers.

"Sounds nice, enjoy yourselves" she said as she looked again to Emma who didn't look up from the floor. With that, the mayor smiled and began to walk away.

Emma didn't know why but she felt guilty for being out with Neal, especially in front of Regina. She gave a small sigh and looked up from the ground, at that precise moment Mayor Mills turned her head back towards them and looked at Emma, giving her a warm smile. Emma returned the smile then turned to follow Henry and Neal who had began to walk up the road. What Emma didn't see was the fresh tear that slowly ran down Regina's cheek as she watched her disappear through Storybrooke.