soulmates; o.q.

Part 82

It has been four months since Violet had her baby and Regina sat in the auditorium, Robin holding Reign with Roland sitting beside him and Regina watching Oakley in his car seat. The red curtains opened and Snow came to the microphone. "Hello ladies and gentlemen, tonight we are here to celebrate these young men and women going through thirteen years of schooling and succeeding to this point. They could go to college and learn more, or use the education they have now to find a job. All I want to say is I saw every single one of these kids grow up and saw how much they improved I am so proud of this class and can not wait to see what happens in their life congratulations. Now let's start handing out diplomas." Snow smiles and lets the people clap "Michel Adrian, Hannah Arizona..." snow calls the names off the list and soon calls "Henry Mills" Regina stands up and claps for her son as he walks up stage and gets his diploma from Snow. "Violet Morgan" Regina stays standing and watches as Violet gets her diploma. Regina sits down  and waits as Snow continues to call names, she finally finsihes. "I would like to congratulate this class on their achievements throughout school, this morning I asked my grandson if I could talk about one achievement he did and him and his girlfriend both agreed to let me talk about it. I am so, so, so proud of my grandson and his girlfriend they had a baby four months ago and they persisted that they completed their last year of schooling not only did they complete their school but they did it with straight A's and high ACT and SAT scores. I would just like to say that is an example of even if you have obstacles you can still succeed and I want you to know Henry that I, and the rest of the staff of this school are so proud on what you achieved" Snow smiled "now this class I hope that you have the rest of your life ahead of you, congratulations" Snow left the stage with applause following her. Regina picked up Oakley's carrier and walked with Robin and Roland out the door to meet Henry and Violet. Soon they came out without the cap and gown on "congratulations you two!" Regina smiled and hugged Henry then Violet. "Hey!" Zelena and Chad walked up to them, Zelena was carrying Charlotte in her baby seat. "Hey" Regina smiles. "Me and Chad just wanted to come congratulate you two on graduating, and we have a gift for you two" Zelena smiles "oh Aunt Zelena you don't have to" "yes I do, your my nephew" Zelena hands him an envelope he opens it and his eyes widen "Aunt Zelena, I can't take this from you" he looked back inside it, a bunch of bills were wedged in the envelope. "No, I want you to have it I wasn't there for most of your life and I want to help you and that's my present for your graduation." Henry smiled "thank you Aunt Zelena" Henry hugs Zelena "yea, thank you Zelena so much" Violet hugs Zelena next "you two are so welcome" zelena smiles "congratulations to both of you" Zelena waves as she leaves. Regina shakes her head "my sister does too much" Regina smiles. "Hey!" Snow smiles hurrying over to the family "Hey Snow! That speech was so beautiful I love what you said" Regina smiled and hugged her "well I had to acknowledge it and Henry and Violet happily agreed. I just wanted to tell you two again congratulations, and me and David have a present for you two." Snow smiles and holds David's hand "you two don't have to do that, you taught me most of my life you gave me all the presents you need to" Snow shook her head "no I need to, your still my grandson Henry and it's not right if I don't" Snow hands him an envelope he opens it "Snow! No I can't, it's too much. I can't you've done so much for me since I was little how can I accept this" Henry protested "I swear you act just like Regina! Henry take it, take it for your son at least" Henry looked at Snow "thank you Snow" he hugged her "Snow you don't have to do this" Violet says biting her lip "I do, I want to see you two succeed and this can help you, plus your family" Violet hugs Snow "thank you" "your welcome sweetie" Snow smiles at Violet. "Well we need to get home, Samuel has been a bit fussy today" Snow smiles and hug Regina one last time "bye everyone" Snow and David leave. "Well you two should have a lot of savings" Regina smiles "now let's get home" Regina wraps an arm around Henry's shoulder and kisses his cheek "mom" Regina smiles "awe come on, your not too grown for me to do that yet are you?" She took her arm off him and handed him the carrier "Alright you ready to walk home?" Everyone nodded their head, they walked home and had a chill evening hanging out and talking.