A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

The funeral was over. Robin was dead. Regina sat alone in her room, too exhausted to cry any more. "Why couldn't Robin have come back like Hook did? Why does Emma get her Happy Ending with her True Love? Why am I forced to relive the moment Robin died over and over again each time I close my eyes? Why can't I have my Happy Ending?" Throughs ran through her head, as she lay in the dark, still wearing the same clothes she had worn to Robin's funeral. Her True Love's funeral.

"Mom? Can I come in?" Henry asked, knocking on her bedroom door.

"Please Henry. I don't feel much like talking right now. I prefer to be left alone." Regina answers, rolling over to face away from the door.

"That's ok. You don't have to talk. I'll do all the talking, you just do all the listening." Henry said, walking into the room and laying on the bed next to his mother. "But I would like for you to talk to me." Henry added, putting his arm loosely around Regina.

"Henry please." Regina whispered, trying to hold back the fresh tears that now threatened to fall.

"I just want you to know that I am here for you Mom. Don't shut me out. You don't have to do this alone." Henry says, waiting to see if Regina will fill the silence before he continued. "I know how much Robin meant to you. I know how much you loved him." Henry continues, waiting for Regina once again.

"He was my True Love, Henry. My only chance at a Happy Ending." Regina whispered, as if afraid of the rest of the world might hear her.

"Maybe." Henry said. "Or maybe he wasn't your True Love. Maybe he was just the next person in line to try to fill the role. Maybe your True Love is still out there." Henry said.

"He was my Happy Ending." Regina sniffled. "He died because Villains don't get Happy Endings."

"You're not a Villain, Mom. You were never a Villain. Not to me." Henry said, hugging Regina as she lost the fight and began to sob once more. "You're True Love is still out there. I know it. I can feel it. You will get your Happy Ending."

"Henry. You're wrong. I love you, but you're wrong. Tinkerbell told me who my True Love was many years ago in the Enchanted Forest. She showed him to me. It was Robin. He was my True Love." Regina answered.

"Maybe. But what if she was wrong? What if he was your True Love at the time because your actual True Love hadn't been born yet. You lived for twenty-eight years without aging, maybe you just needed to wait a little longer for your True Love to grow up." Henry says.

"Henry..." Regina starts to say, before she is interrupted.

"Hear me out Mom. This is a whole new world. There are so many people outside of Storybrooke. I refuse to believe that there isn't someone out there just waiting to give you your Happy Ending. I refuse to believe that Robin Hood was the be-all-end-all for your Happy Ending. I refuse to give up on your happiness. You just need to trust me." Henry says.

"Henry..." Regina says again, pausing. "...you really believe that? You're not just saying that to make me feel better?"

"No way! I'm the Truest Believer, of course I believe!"

"Ok. Maybe you're right. But how am I supposed to meet this person outside of Storybrooke. We can't cross the town line." Regina reminds Henry.

"Then, the first step in Operation True Love is finding a way to cross the town line. Then we take it from there. We'll start in Boston. Emma can show us around. We'll go to New York City. I still remember my way around the city. We'll go all the way to Alaska if we have to." Henry laughs.

"Sounds like a plan!" Regina says, chuckling slightly. "But for now, I think I wish to get some sleep. Operation True Love will have to start in the morning."