The Lost Girl

Chapter Fifty Four

*Henry's POV*
I had gone out for a late night walk. It was almost 1 am when I got home. I opened the front door, then closed it quietly. Snow had brought us home at around 9 because we wanted to come home and moms said it was fine. I was going to walk up stairs, when I heard Taylor. Then I heard Nick. They were fighting again I walked towards my moms study. The door was open a crack. I could see Taylor and Nick. They were fighting with each other again. I used to trust Nick. He was great. Then he changed. When his parents left, he changed. He's an ass now. And I really don't like it. I was just watching, when Nick hauled off and punched Taylor across the face. I slammed the door open and began storming towards Nick. Taylor stopped me and held me back. She started walking me towards the door. "Henry. It's okay. Henry. I promise. I can handle it." she said. She pulled the door to the study closed as we stood in the living room. "Taylor. He hit you." I said and balled my fists up. "I know Hen. It's okay. I'll handle it. Just, please. Don't tell moms." She said. There was a small cut under her eye from where he hit her and a bruise was already forming. "Taylor. I don't trust him anymore." I said and looked at my sister. I was a few inches taller than her. She looked up at me with tears in her eyes. "I don't either." She said quietly, and looked down. "Then why are you still with him?" I asked. "Because. Love means making sacrifices. I know what he used to be and that's the boy I love. I know he's still in there. I just have to wait it out long enough until he gets over this." She said and looked at the ground. "But, when will it go too far? When he kills you? Taylor, you can't stay with him." I said, growing angrier and angrier. "I know. I just... I can't leave him." She said. "Taylor. You have to." I said. She looked up at me. "Henry. If I leave him, he could hurt me more than he already has. I can not leave him." She said. I hugged her tightly. "It's okay Taylor." I said. She pulled away and there were tears in her eyes. "Just, please. Don't tell moms." She said. I nodded. "Go up to bed. If I'm not up there in an hour, come back down and check on me. Okay?" She said. I nodded. She walked back in the study and I walked up the stairs. I walked to my room and sat on the bed. It was 1:45 am. If Taylor wasn't in her room by 2:45, I was going to check on her. I turned on my tv and Friends was on. I watched it for a while. The next time I looked at the clock, it was 3 am. "Crap." I said. I walked out of my room and walked to Taylor's room. She wasn't in there. I walked downstairs and checked the study. I opened the door and Taylor was sitting against the desk with her knees pulled into her chest and her arms around her knees. She was crying. "Taylor?" I asked. She looked up and there was blood all over her face. "Hen." She said and wiped her eyes. She had cuts under her left eye and it was already heavily bruised. There was blood coming from her nose and her bottom lip. There was a cut on her forehead too. "Taylor." I said after looking at her. She stood up slowly. "I'm fine. It's okay Henry." She said. "No it's not. He beat you." I said. She looked away and mumbled "it's not the first time." "What?" I asked. "Listen, Henry, I can handle this." She said. I walked over to her and hugged her. She hugged me back. "Just, please. Don't tell moms." She said. I lied and said I wouldn't. I was going to tell them as soon as they woke up. "Taylor, I love you." I said. she nodded. "I love you too." She said. "I remember when I was taller than you. You're my little brother. You're supposed to be smaller." She said and I laughed. "Let's go to bed. It's late." I said. She nodded and we walked upstairs. "Come on. Let me clean your face up." I said. She nodded. We walked into the extra bathroom and she sat on the closed toilet. "Close your eyes." I said. She did and pulled out my phone. I took a picture of her face for proof. I put it back in my pocket then grabbed a washcloth. I soaked it in warm water then carefully wiped the blood off of her face. "Shit." She muttered. "Sorry." I said. After all the blood was off of her face, I looked at it. There was a deep cut across her forehead. Her entire left cheek was black and purple. There were 6 deep cuts on her cheek. Her bottom lip was busted and there was a deep cut on her eyebrow. There were handprints on her neck. "Did he try to choke you?" I asked. She nodded slowly. "Taylor." I said. "Look, it's fine. Just please. This can be our secret. Okay?" She said. "Taylor I need to help you." I said. "Henry, I won't ever speak to you again. I will never forgive you if you tell moms." She said. I nodded slowly. "Goodnight Henry." She said and walked to her room. I walked to my room and flopped down on my bed. Friends was still on the tv. I didn't know what to do. It was almost 4 am. I couldn't sleep. Time was just rolling away. The next time I looked, it was 9 am. Taylor still wasn't up. I walked to my moms room and walked in. They were both awake and sitting up in their bed. "Henry, what's wrong?" Gina asked. "Moms, Nick did something bad." I said as my heart pounded. "What are you talking about?" Emma asked. "Moms, I promised her I wouldn't tell you. She said she'd never forgive me. Moms, I promised." I said as tears fell from my eyes. "Henry. If your sister is in danger, you need to tell us." Gina said as she stood up and walked over to me. "That's why I'm here." I said. We sat on the bed and they looked at me. "Moms, Nick is hurting Taylor." I said. They just looked at me. They never saw the bad in him because he always acted good around them. "What are you talking about? Nick loves Taylor." Emma said. "Moms. I walked in on them fighting last night. It was 1 am. They didn't know I was there. He punched her." I said, my voice shaky. "Henry." Gina said. "Mom I'm not lying. He's hit her before." I said as tears fell down my face. "Look." I said as I showed them the pictures I had taken last night of her face. "Shit." Emma said and got up out of the bed. Gina stood up and was wearing a silk night gown. She put on her bathrobe and followed Emma out of the room. I followed them. They opened Taylor's door. She was up and dressed. She was about to do her makeup. "Why didn't you tell us?" Emma asked, angrily, but mostly upset. "What are you-" she started, but stopped when she saw me. "Dammit Henry!" She screamed and lunged towards me. Emma caught her. "He was only helping you!" Emma screamed through a stressed voice. "You're going to the hospital and Nick will be arrested." Gina shouted. "No!" Taylor screamed. "No! Please! He'll kill me!" Taylor screamed again. "He won't. We are the royal family. He will be killed if he touches any of us." Gina said again. Emma was holding Taylor. She walked downstairs and I followed them. "I will never talk to you again Henry Swan-Mills! Do you hear me?! I hate you!" Taylor screamed through a stressed voice as they walked to the car. I fell to the floor crying and Gina sat down beside me. "Hen, she's just upset. She'll thank you later. You did the right thing." Gina said and rubbed my back. I sat up and leaned on her shoulder. "She loves you." Gina said. "I know. She told me after I found her crouched down in the floor of the study, crying because he had just beaten the living shit out of her." I said as tears fell from my eyes. "You're a good brother Henry." Gina said and rubbed my shoulder. "Thanks." I said and smiled weakly. "I love you kid." Gina said and kissed my forehead. "I don't like being stuck at 16 forever." I said. "I know kid. I'm sorry, but, Roland is stuck at 5 forever and Taylor is stuck at 19 forever." Gina said. I nodded. "Do you think she'll really hate me forever?" I asked quietly. "No of course not." Gina said. We stood up and I smiled weakly. "Thanks mom." I said quietly. She smiled.
*Regina's POV*
Emma took Taylor to the hospital. Now Henry and I were at home having 'quality time', but what that basically meant was that we were both waiting on anything about Taylor. Emma finally texted me. "Hey, Taylor has to get stitches. New antidepressants. She's pissed with Hen. Be home soon. Love you both. -Em" I smiled. They got home an hour later. "We're back." Emma said as they walked through the door. Taylor had 12 stitches in her forehead, 6 in each of the 6 cuts on her cheek, 4 in her eyebrow and 1 in her lip. Her whole left cheek was black and purple. The handprints on her neck are a deep purple. She looked miserable. "Welcome home." I said and hugged Taylor close. "You okay?" I asked. She nodded. "Hey." Henry said and looked at Taylor. She looked at him, then walked upstairs. "Sorry Hen." I said as Henry ran upstairs. Roland was still asleep. It was only 11:30. "What are we going to do with our kids?" Emma asked and wrapped her arms around my waist. I smiled and wrapped my arms around her neck. "I dunno, dear." I said and leaned my head on her shoulder. We walked upstairs and I heard Taylor talking on the phone. "No. Do not come over here. Leave me alone Nick. I'm fine." She said. "Nick! Stop! You used to love me!" She shouted. "Please Nick. Stop." She said. I opened the door and Emma and I walked in. "Oh, Nick I have to go. I love you." She said and hung up. "Hey moms." She said and looked at us. "Nick's being arrested." I said and looked at Taylor. She nodded her head and looked down. "I hate Henry." She said. "You don't mean that." Emma said. "Yes I do. He promised me he wouldn't tell you guys. And Nick found out I was in the hospital and he's pissed at me now." She said as tears fell down her cheeks. "Did he threaten you." Emma asked with a blank expression. Taylor nodded slowly. "I'm calling Charming. This is happening now." Emma said and we walked out. "Emma. Calm down." I said as we got to our room. "Calm down? Calm down?! No! I can't calm down. He's threatening my daughter! He's ruining this family!" Emma shouted. I walked over to her and hugged her. "It's okay." I said and rubbed her back. She nodded and held me tight. "I don't want to lose my kids." Emma said. That one hit me like a brick. I let go of Emma and turned around so she wouldn't see me cry. "Gina, no you know what I meant." Emma said. I shook my head and walked to the study. "Gina. Please. That's not what I meant." She said. I nodded. She turned me around. I looked at her. Tears poured down my cheeks. They're supposed to be our kids. Yeah she gave birth to them. But we're married. I raised Henry. "I'm sorry." Emma said and a tear fell down her cheek. I nodded. She wrapped her arms around me tightly and I wrapped my arms around her neck. "I love you." Emma said. I nodded. "I love you." I said back. It was about 1 now. "Want to get some lunch?" Emma asked. I nodded. "Let's see if the kids want to go." I said. Emma nodded. We walked upstairs and we walked to Henry's door. "Hey kid. Wanna go get some lunch at Granny's?" Emma asked. He nodded. "Sure." He said. We smiled and he walked downstairs. We walked to Taylor's room. "Hey. Do you want to go with us to get lunch from Granny's?" I asked Taylor. She looked at us. "Sure. But, I'm not talking to Henry." She said. We nodded. We walked downstairs and Taylor glared at Henry. We all walked to the car and got in. Emma drove and I sat in the passenger seat. She reached over and held my hand. I smiled at her. I looked in the rear view mirror and Taylor was sitting as far away from Henry as she could get. Luckily the drive to Granny's is pretty short. Emma parked and cut the car off and Taylor got out as fast as she could. The rest of us got out and we walked in. "Let's sit at a booth." Emma said. Emma and I sat down, forcing Taylor and Henry to sit beside each other. Taylor rolled her eyes and scooted in. Taylor and I sat on the inside. Emma and Henry on the outside. Emma laid her hand on my thigh and I smiled. The kids ordered food, but Emma and I only got hot chocolates. We smiled as Ruby brought them over. The kids ate in mostly silence. "So, how are you feeling Taylor?" I asked. She looked up from her salad and shrugged. "I still hurt, pretty much everywhere." She said. I nodded. The bell on the diner door rang and Taylor fell silent. "Taylor. You, me. Outside. Now." He spit. Taylor grew very pale. Henry stood up and took one step towards Nick. "Leave her alone Nick." He said. "Maybe you and me should head outside." Nick said and looked dead at Henry. He crossed his arms. "Back the fuck off and let me talk to my girlfriend, outside, alone." Nick hissed. Henry shook his head. "No." He said and looked at Nick. I had an uneasy feeling in my stomach. "What'd you just say to me?" Nick asked Henry. "I said no. Stay away from her." Henry said and took another step towards Nick. Nicks face turned angry and he punched Henry hard across the face. "Henry!" Taylor screamed and stood up. Nick pushed him into the bar and all hell broke loose. Nick was completely wailing on Henry. "Nick! Get the fuck off of my brother!" Taylor screamed. She was crying. Emma and I stood up. Nick kept hitting Henry. Taylor laid a hand on Nick's shoulder and he backhanded her. She stumbled backwards and Emma lost it. She lunged at Nick and slapped him. "Leave my kids alone!" She screamed. "Get off of me, you bitch!" He screamed and tried to get Emma off of him. Emma pulled him off Henry and Henry started coughing. Nick pushed Emma off of him and it's like every instinct I had went into overdrive. "Don't. Touch. Her." I said and looked at Nick as he raised his hand to hit Emma. He looked at me. "What are you gonna do about it?" He said. "You don't want to find out." I spit. He smirked evilly and smacked Emma. I flipped my hand and Nick flew through a window. I walked out to where he landed and began using magic to choke him. I picked him up with the magic and he was up pretty high. "Nicholas Hood! You will hang for your wrong-doings against the royal family!" I screamed at the boy. He smirked. "That's okay. I already got your bitch of a daughter pregnant." He said. I dropped him and he hit the ground hard. "Maybe you won't hang. Maybe I should rip your heart out. Or, maybe I should drown you. Or decapitate you." I said as I walked over to him. I felt all the evil inside me resurfacing. He coughed, then looked at me in fear. "What's your pick?" I spit evilly. I flipped my hands so I was wearing an evil queen outfit. More intimidating. I felt my long hair blowing. My skin tight red velvet gown. I missed this feeling of being invincible. "Not gonna talk?" I asked. He shook his head. "I'll change." He said and looked at me with pleading eyes. I laughed evilly. "It's too late for changing, dear. You already changed and you screwed up. You're going to pay." I said and looked at him. He shook his head and a tear rolled down his cheek. I sent him a devious grin and he stared at me in fear. "Please." He said. "Keep going. I like it when you beg for mercy." I said. "Please don't kill me! I don't want to die! I'm sorry!" He screamed. "Sorry? No. Sorry doesn't cut it. You're going to die and there's no way out of it." I said and plunged my hand into his chest. He screamed in pain and I ripped his heart out. It was almost completely black. "Ready to die?" I asked. Tears flowed from his eyes. "Please. Tell Taylor I love her." He said. "You liar. You don't love her! You wouldn't have almost killed her and my son and Emma if you loved her! Goodbye!" I screamed and crushed his heart. The dust fell from between my fingers and I turned around. It seemed like everyone in town was there. Staring at me. "Gina." Emma whispered, a look of horror spread across her face. "You married me. You knew what I was." I said. She looked at me like I had just killed her best friend. Snow was holding Roland who looked terrified. Charming was staring at me like everyone else. "Mom." Taylor said, her lip quivering. She ran up to me and hugged me. I smiled. "Thank you." She said. I nodded. Henry had blood all over his face and cuts and bruises from where Nick had hit him. He was looking at me with a disappointed look. "Why can't you all be understanding like Taylor? She clearly loves me for me." I said and looked mainly at Emma. Hurt spread across her face and a tear rolled down her cheek. "Let's go Taylor." I said. Taylor nodded and we flashed away. Disappearing in a cloud of purple smoke. "Mom, thank you. Really." She said. I smiled. "Of course, dear. He had to pay." I said. Taylor nodded and we entered my vault. "What are we doing here?" She asked. "Getting all my clothes from the Enchanted forest." I said. "Don't worry. We won't be here long." I said. She nodded. We walked downstairs, then shut the door. Soon after, we heard shouting. "Come out of there Regina! We know you're Evil again!" They screamed. "Mom.. What do we do?" Taylor asked and looked at me out of fear. I smiled. "I'll protect you. Don't worry." I said. She nodded and we walked up the stairs. "Stay behind me." I said. She nodded. I opened the doors. "What a surprise." I said, in an annoyed voice. "What did you do to that poor boy? What happened to you?" Granny asked. My blood boiled in anger. "That 'poor boy'? That poor boy tried to kill everyone in my family! Everyone I loved! I sure as hell will not let that happen!" I screamed. They cowered in fear. "This isn't you, Regina." Ruby said. I looked at her and boy if looks could kill, she would've died 4 times already. "This is me. Face it. You all knew I was evil. You all wanted me dead. Guess what. Your evil queen is back and she's sticking around." I said with a strong tone. Everyone scattered. "Let's go home. Shall we?" I asked Taylor. She smiled and nodded. We poofed to the mansion and walked inside. "Regina?" Emma asked as we walked inside. I looked at her, then walked up the stairs. Taylor walked to the living room and sat down on the couch. I walked to my room and looked at myself in the mirror. I smiled. I sure did miss looking like this. Emma walked in. "Regina." She said. I turned around and smiled at her evilly. "Yes dear?" I said in a harsh tone. She showed no signs of fear. "Gina, I know this isn't you. I know it." She said and looked at me. "Although, you are pretty hot." She said. I smirked. Emma shut the door and locked it, then walked towards me. She pulled me close to her and rested her hands on my waist. She looked into my eyes and I wrapped my arms around her neck. "My my, Princess. Someone's getting confident." I said as Emma moved her lips to my neck. She found my sweet spot and started sucking on it. I let a small moan slip from my mouth and Emma smirked. "My queen. Are you busy this afternoon?" Emma asked. "I am. I have plans with my wife in our bedroom." I said as she kissed my neck lightly. "Good." She said and looked at me. Our lips crashed together in a passionate kiss and I tangled my hands in her hair. She bit on my lower lip then moved her hands from my waist to my ass. I lightly moaned against Emma's lips and I felt so much love for her. She pulled away. She tugged lightly on my dress. I snapped my fingers and then we were both naked. Emma smiled. My hair was back to shoulder length. Emma moved closer to me and put her hands on my bare ass. I kissed her then pulled away. "Bed. Now." I murmured. "Gladly." She said and pulled me over to the bed. We laid down and she kissed me again. It quickly got heated. *Time lapse* after 3 hours Emma rolled off of me. We were both sweating and panting and completely content. "Best. Sex. Ever." Emma muttered. "Oh yeah." I said. I turned on my side so I could get a good look at her. Her naked body was amazing. Her long, tone legs. Her toned stomach. And her boobs. Don't get me started on the boobs. "Regina." Emma said quietly. I looked at her. "Yes dear?" I asked. "Are you evil again?" She asked. "I was. Then I remembered why I changed and why I wanted to be good. I want to be good. For you. For us. For the family." I said and looked at Emma with love. She smiled. "I'm glad you're back." She said. "Me too." I said. It was around 4 now. Emma pulled the blankets over us and then put her arms around me. "Is Hen okay?" I asked. Emma nodded. "Doc looked at him. Nothing bad." She said. I nodded then we both fell asleep. We were pretty tired. I woke up and looked at the clock. It was only 6:30. Emma's arms were still around me. I smiled, recalling our afternoon. Emma woke up and smiled at me. "We should probably check on the kids." Emma said. I nodded. I flashed us into our pajamas and we walked out of our room. Roland was still with Snow and Charming. We walked downstairs to where the kids were. They were watching a movie on tv. "Moms." Henry said and stood up. Fear written in his eyes. Emma reached over and grabbed my hand. "I'm back Hen." I said with a smile. They both understood. "Good. Because I didn't like you being evil." He said. I smiled. "Yeah. You were pretty kickass though." Taylor said. "Taylor." I said and looked at her. She nodded. "Can we order pizza?" Henry asked. "Already did." Emma mumbled. He smiled. Then I smiled. I kissed Emma's temple and then wrapped an arm around her waist. "Did you two make up?" Emma asked and looked at the kids. Henry had bruises and cuts all over his face. "Yeah. When Nick was whooping his butt, I knew I didn't actually hate him." Taylor said with a laugh. "Good." I said. They nodded. I'd take this over being evil any day. "Whatcha thinking about?" Emma said and poked my shoulder as we sat down on the couch. "Just, our lives." I said. Emma put her arm around me and I leaned on her. "I love you." She said. "I love you." I said back. She smiled. "Emma, do you think we would've found each other if your parents hadn't sent you away?" I asked quietly. The kids looked at each other and went to their rooms. "I don't know. I feel like they probably would've had me married off to some good for nothing, jackass of a man." Emma said, causing me to laugh. "Well, I think we would have. You know, it was destined for me to fall in love with you. We're the most powerful of loves. And, you weren't even born yet and you were my true love." I said. She nodded. "You know, we kinda have your mother to thank for us meeting." I said. "How?" Emma asked, confusedly. "Well, if your mom had kept my secret about Daniel, I would've run away with him that night and married him and I would've been far away from the White Kingdom." I said. Emma nodded. "I would've found you though." Emma said. I smiled. "I guess her ruining what I thought was my happy ending, really just helped me." I said. Emma nodded. I grabbed my phone and dialed Snows number. "Regina? Everything okay?" Snow asked when she answered. "Thank you." I said. "Pardon?" She asked. "For telling my mother about Daniel." I said. "Oh... You're welcome?" She said, but it sounded more like a question. "If you hadn't told her, I wouldn't have found Emma because I would've run away with Daniel. So, thank you." I said. "Oh, dear. You're welcome." She said. I smiled and hung up. "Babe, that was sweet." Emma said and kissed my temple. "I figured I needed to completely forgive your mother. And that's what I did." I said. Emma wrapped her arms around me and I smiled like an idiot. We laid down on the couch together and eventually fell asleep. I love this woman to death.