mettle. henry mills au

x. again and again

storybrooke - regina's house
after the innumerous pleading from henry, jess finally had the courage to go to his house. she thought it through; sure henry ignored her for weeks, but she didn't want to act in ways he did.
'i'll be there in fifteen.'
and within that fifteen minutes, jess was lost in her thoughts about she was going to tell him, or more importantly, what he would tell her.

jess
i stood outside debating if i should knock or not. it was normal for me to walk right in, but something about this just didn't feel right.
as i raised my hand to press the doorbell, the swing of their front door appalled me.
"why didn't you just come in?"
i hadn't heard his voice in weeks. he was a mess; a grey blanket wrapped around his shoulders; hair going in all different directions. worst of all, the tears dried on his cheeks.
i shrugged, "you okay? come on, let's get inside."
he let me in while pulling the door inwards. with hands in my pockets, i looked around to see if anything changed. nothing much.
henry led me to his room which i haven't been in for weeks (which was also a complete dump). he was obviously worried about it now that he had company.
"s-sorry about the mess." he stuttered.
as he climbed into his bed after rearranging the items that was previously on it, i stood in front of the closed door feeling awkward. after a while, henry made room for me to sit with him.
"so... i saw what happened and-"
tears brimmed his eyes as he lie next to me.
"i just, it's just," i shushed him and lay his head on my shoulder.
once he finally stopped crying, he started to talk about how big of a mistake it was to loose contact with me. of course, i felt uncomfortable, but if that's what henry wanted to discuss, so be it.
"and i've tried to make things works, but I feel like i can't talk to them, but she was different. i was comfortable around her; everything she did-"
i started to zone off while henry was talking about his love life. honestly, i don't know what to do about him. he has so much to depend on when he dates these girls, but he knows that what he's doing is wrong.
"you wouldn't do this to me, jess. you would love me no matter what."
"wait, what?"
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I had to repost this part because on my personal wattpad this chapter didn't show up???? and the title wasn't working so hopefully when I repost this nothing messes up.
sORRY IF YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS A NEW CHAPTER I JUST DONT WANT TO POST A NEW PART AND PEOPLE WOULD BE CONFUSED ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER DIDNT LOAD.
sorry !!!