Spreading the love

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"We're opening!" Emma calls from the doors of the soup kitchen in Columbia. "Go ahead Emma!" The owner Ms. Lucas calls from the kitchen where she is putting the finishing preparations on the turkey for Christmas. Emma opens the door and lots of men and woman walk into the warm center and wait in line for their food. Smiles all around as they chat with one another. "Merry Christmas" Mary Margret beams as she puts corn bread on a young woman's plate.

"Same to you," They say as she returns a warm smile. Regina helps Emma greet the people coming in whole Mary, Mulan, Aurora and Ruby serve. Things run smoothly until a few little boys walk up to Emma and Regina. Regina looks at Emma and Emma pokes out her lip. They bend down to the three little boys. "Hi, my name is Regina and this is Emma. Would you like something to eat?" The little boy with brown curly hair looks down and plays with his fingers.

The other boy has black hair and stunning gray eyes and the last boy has dark brown hair and green eyes that held no excitement. Dirt very evident on each small child, Regina takes the first boy's hand and he looks into her eyes. "Hey sweetie let's get you some food." He nods and Regina without hesitation picks him up in her arms. Emma does the same to the third boy. "Mary come here!" Emma shouts. Mary walks over and looks upon the same boy with the grayish eyes she's ever seen. She picks him up and carried him inside.

They take the boys to a table in the corner and have the other girls make them a plate of food. Regina wipes the dirty from the curly brown kid's head. He looks up and says nothing. "Sweetie, what is your name?" The boy whispers "Roland and I three." Regina's heart breaks and she puts him in her lap and hugs him tight. Emma looks at this green eyed beauty and says "Kid tell me your name." The boy hesitates and then says "Henry." She smiles and then frowns when she sees him shiver. She puts her hand on his forehead to check for a fever.

He head biting up she takes off her jacket and wraps him up. The Mary plays with the gray eyed angel's hair. "Baby what your name?" He gives her a toothy smile and says "Neal and I'- I'- I am three." She smiles and kisses his cheek. The other staff bring overs the plates and three woman start to feed the three helpless children. Once they're feed Emma say to her friends "I'm not letting him go." Regina smiles and says "Good because we aren't letting them go anywhere."

Mary nods. "We each take one home." Mary days as she looks Neal who drifted to sleep like the others. They all smile and feel their hearts warm. Ms. Lucas comes over smiles. "Congratulations Girls. You just became Mothers." They all smile at the thought.


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