Lonely Hearts Fall The Hardest *Henry Mills Love Story*

Chapter Nineteen ❤️❤️❤️

"Here you go sweetheart." Mary Margaret says putting Neal down to sleep. "I'll see you in three hours for your late night shrieking. Yes I will. Sweet dreams." She coo's to the baby.

"What do you suppose babies dream about?" Henry ask, looking down at Baby Neal.

"Bull fighting." David says walking past them.

"Laser tag." Emma says walking past them before making a PB & J

"Parasailing." Nora adds from her spot at the table, as she blows on her wet nails that now gleam a bright orange color.

"That's not true." Mary Margaret says, confused.

"I think they're joking." Henry tells her with a smile.

"Right." Mary Margaret breathes walking towards the kitchen. "I'll recognize funny again when he's three and I've had some sleep."

"Three? I see the optimism returning." David jokes as Mary Margaret takes a seat.

"Okay chocolate, DVDs, red wine, that's one heck of a midnight snack kid." Emma says walking over to Henry, looking through the basket of goodies.

"It's for my mom." Henry says to Emma as he looks up at her. Emma claps a hand on Henry's shoulder.

"I don't drink and sherif." Emma replies. Nora laughs from the other side of the room, not knowing if she's kidding or confused.

"My other mom." Henry says with a shrug. "I googled how to get over a breakup. It didn't talk about boyfriends wife time traveling back from the past but close enough." He admits as Emma hugs him from the side.

"That's really sweet-" Though the conversation is interrupted by the cawing of a bird from outside the loft window. David and Mary Margaret go over to the window and open it, confused at what the bird is doing. David opens the window cautiously as Mary Margaret stands next to him. Henry, Emma, and Nora wonder closer to the window as Mary Margaret picks up the bird and takes a rolled up paper from it's leg.

"It's a message." She says letting the bird go out of the window once again. Glancing down at who it's addressed to, Mary Margaret passes it to Henry.

"It's for Henry. It's from your mother." Nora looks over at him, worried, as he takes the small paper from her. He unrolls it and reads it quickly before looking back up.

"She doesn't want to see me..." He says before walking off. Emma tries to stop him but he slips on his jacket and scarf.

"Henry-" Nora says reaching out to him as he heads towards the door.

"I'll be back soon, Nora." He says only glancing at her for a short second before slipping out the door. Nora pulls her hand back to her chest as she stares at the door for a moment. She had never seen him like this before, and she now knows she hates it. Anything that isn't some sort of smile has no place on his face, and she wants to make sure it stays that way, but sometimes you have to let him be for a while. She wrenches her eyes away from the door and turns to face the others. Obviously he didn't want her around right now but maybe Emma could say something to him.

"I'm going to go after him." Emma says reading her mind. Nora nods, biting the inside of her cheek as she steps to the side. Emma puts on her brown leather jacket before leave as well. With a sigh Nora watches the door close again helplessly. She just hoped he would be okay.

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Emma walks into Granny's, spotting Henry sitting at the counter. She approaches him and leans on the counter next to him.

"You know that's not exactly what she said. I read the note. It said for right now, while she's dealing with things." Henry doesn't even look over at her.