A Story That Will Never Die {Henry Mills/OUAT} [2]

Operation Mongoose Part 2

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Regina was packing her stuff getting ready to bail, but Aria wasn't. She was sitting off to the side, thinking. About what? About that boy from before. He seemed so hopeful and she just couldn't see how. It was also crazy how he wanted to break the Savior out. That was something no one ever talked about doing. Aria thought she was a myth up until now. Aria is brought out of her thoughts when she hears footsteps, "Mom! Aria!" Aria looked over to see Henry running in. Regina gasped and jumped. The suddenness scared her. "I knew you'd still be here."

Regina just looked down with him at this point, "You again? Listen, we don't have time for stories," Regina gestured to Aria, who stood up and crossed her arms over her chest. "We need to hit the road before the Evil Queen has my head."

"Wait. I brought someone else this time," Henry stated. Aria looked at him in confusion. A blonde woman walked in behind Henry, "Maybe you'll listen to her."

"Regina." The woman sounded breathless. She looked over at Aria, "Aria?"

"Let me guess—you're his other mother." Regina got her attention off of Aria.

The woman nodded, "Emma."

Aria looked at Henry in surprise, "How did you do it?"

Regina spoke before he could answer, "I have to give you credit—breaking her out of that tower couldn't have been easy."

"Henry, Aria, can you give us a minute?" Emma asked. Emma talked about her like she knew Aria.

"Sure." Henry walked over to Aria and grabbed her hand. Aria looked at their intertwined fingers as they walked out to give the women privacy. They stopped right outside of the hideout and wait.

Aria decided to ask, "What were we like?" Henry looked over at her with confusion. "In this other world... How close were we? I mean, I know you've said that you're my boyfriend, but how was our relationship?"

Henry looked down and smiled, "It was great." Henry went on to explain to Aria about how they met, how she was like in the other world, etc. She honestly couldn't even believe it when he talked about her not getting the episodes in the other world. She has been getting them most of her life, imagining a world where she didn't have them was hard. The other version of her also seemed so amazing that it was hard to believe that she existed. Henry talked about her like he... Loved her.

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The four of them ran to the church. All of the running had them panting, out of breath. They stopped and looked at the small church. "We haven't heard the wedding bells yet. There's still time." Henry said.