The one that got away

How to tell regina

"Emma look you can change your mind. I'll help honest" lily says still holding my hand. I was sweating and crying slight. "No. No I can't be a mother. I can't do that to him" I say looking away from the baby. I started crying more but still softly. Lily bent down to my height and said "just hold him. You might change your mind once you see him. He's so adorable" I sighed and looked over at him. The little baby rapped in a blue towel crying.

I held my arms out and they put him down. I brought him close to my chest and he stopped crying. "Hey my little baby boy. I can't look after you because i only have my sister here for me. I love you and hope you have a good life" I say before planting a kiss on his head. "Henry... that's what I want you to be called. Henry swan" I say as tears are falling from my eyes. I gave him back to the doctors and said "make sure they know his name is Henry"
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I pulled out of the hug and said "now we have got that all of our chest. How are you here" Henry looked awkward at me and said "umm... I kinda ran away from my group home. I kept getting picked on by some of them so I ran of. Please don't send me back to San Francisco" I looked shocked at him. "You came across the county are you insane kid" I say shocked. He shrugged and said "don't matter can't go back there" I then remembered my hair. "And why did you do this to my hair" I say a little annoyed.

"I was mad at you. You have to be able to understand that" he says softly and sincere. I rolled my eyes and said "ok you have to give me a sec to speak to my sister. She was there when you were born" I pulled my phone out and started ringing lily. "Hey Em" she says joyfully. "Hey remember Henry" I say quickly. She hummed and said "yeah your son why" "he's stood in front of me. I need your help" I say quickly and panicking a little. "Ow sh*t. Ok I'll meet you at your work in 10" she says panicking as much as I was.

I hung up and said "ok Henry come on let's go quick" he nods and we go to my car. I drove us to the station. "Your really tall. What are good at" I asked in the car. "Umm I'm a writer" he says awkwardly. I smiled and carried on driving. "That's great. You any good" I asked glancing over at him. He shrugged and said "I don't know. I think so" we pulled up outside the station. We went into the building and saw lily was already there. "Ow my god you weren't joking. My nephew is really here" she says seeing us.

I sat down and said "yeah I wasn't joking. How can I tell Regina that I have a son and I'm pregnant" I didn't really think before I said. "Wait your pregnant" she says shocked. Henry looked over at me shocked. "Sh*t. f*ck" I say annoyed I just said that. Lily smiled and said "ow my god. Your pregnant Emma. How have you not told Regina" I sighed and henry said "and who's Regina" I looked down stressed and said "ok so Regina is my wife. I was going to tell her over a candle lit dinner. I have no idea how I'm going to tell her about Henry"

Lily hugged me and said "well if you leave it to long she won't be happy. Come on let's take henry and tell her the good news. She will be happy" I smiled softly and stood up still hugging lily. I looked over at Henry and said "do you want to live with me and my wife" he nods and says "I've dreamed of it for as long as I can remember" I smiled and hugged him. "I'm so sorry about the hair. Really I am" he says holding me close. "It's ok honest" I say before kissing his head softly.

I pulled away and we went out to my car. Lily got into hers and met us at home. We all went in and sat in the lounge. "Gina? Where are you sweetie" I say loudly from the lounge. She walked out from the kitchen and smiled at me. I saw Henrys face drop at the sight of her. "That's your wife" he says shocked. I laughed and said "pick up your lip henry" Regina walked over to me and hugged me. He smirked and gave me a thumbs up. I started laughing but not as much as lily.

We all sat down and looked awkwardly at each other. "What? Does everyone know something I don't" Regina says looking at all of us. I looked at her and said "this is henry. He's my son" her whole face dropped. "What?" She says shocked and almost speechless. "I had him before I went to college. I'm also pregnant with your child" I say making her bottom lip drop. "What?" She said again. I moved closer on the sofa and held her hand. "If I may. Regina I mean no harm I just wanted to meet my mum" Henry says softly.

Regina then smiled at him then back at me. "So we have a son and a baby on the way. I also have news" she says smiling. I quickly kissed her softly and said "I love you" she smiled and said "I love you two. I was going to speak to you about this later at dinner but now seems right. I was walking past an group home when a little girl came running out. She was panicking and I tried to calm her down. I noticed she wasn't freaking out she was trying to talk to me but was deaf. I spoke to her in sign language and calm her down"

I never knew Regina did sign language. "I didn't know you could do that" I say shocked. She smiled and said "I spoke to the person that run the place and she said that the mum gave her away because she was deaf. I told her I'd talk to you and see if we can adopt her. She's 5 years old and partially deaf if she uses hearing aids but without them can't hear anything" I smiled brightly and said "your such a kind and considerate person Regina. If you want to adopt her then that's fine with me" she hugged me tight and said "thank you. She is so cute and so sweet"