slipping through my fingers

chapter 6

A soft breeze of air blew trough the bare branches of the trees. The silence which surrounded the cemetery was like ice .

Tears where softly running across Henry's cheek. This wasn't how it should have happened. This shouldn't have happened at all . Glaring at Robin who was standing to his right holding Roland, Henry couldn't help but think this was partly his fault.

Emma's soft hand on his shoulder brought him back to reality meaning it was his turn to go forward. He slowly put the red rose on the coffin standing in front of a grey tombstone with the words Forever in our mind and hart's engraved on it.

As he let go of the rose the realization that he was never going to see her again hit him. He needed her , he needed her to hold him and tell him everything was going the be alright. He needed to tell her he loved her and that he was proud of her one more time. By this point it was like a waterfall was running down his face. He couldn't take it anymore and let himself fall to the ground hugging Regina's coffin.

"Henry , Henry wake up it's time for school" Emma said slightly shaking him

Henry looked around the room

"Where am I ?"

"In your room , where else would you be " Emma said laughing a bit. When Henry didn't reciprocate her laugh she turned around from where she stood and looked at him.

"Are you okay kid ?"

" Huh what ? Yeah I'm fine"

Emma stopped in the doorway to look at him . He had bags under his eyes from his lack of sleep the last couple of day's , and just looked mentally and physically exhausted. Emma felt bad for him. Although what was going on whit Regina was hard for everyone it was especially hard for Henry.

" Why don't you stay home from school today?"

" What ? No it's fine"

Whit that said Henry climbed out of bed and made his way to the bathroom to take a shower

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Henry walked across the bridge into the forest as Sadnecessary from Milky Chance played through his head phone's .

He should have been at school an hour ago, but as he was standing there in front of the bus stop he just couldn't do it . Not while Regina was still in the hospital fighting for her life. He knew that if she had known that he was skipping school she would've been so angry whit him. The thought of having Regina mad at him made the smallest smile appear on his face. What he wouldn't give to have her be mad at him again. It may sound strange but at least then she wouldn't still be in the hospital.

It had been tree days now and as much as it pained him to admit he was slightly loosing hope that she would wake again. Doctor Whale had informed them that it was nothing to be alarmed about yet and that it was even normal in a case like Regina's.

He hadn't gone visiting her since the night of the accident. Emma , Mary Margaret and even Hook all offered to take him but he couldn't .Since he was ten all he had done was give Regina a hard time , telling her didn't love her and running away form home to go find Emma. Although everything worked out alright in the end with Emma he couldn't help but think that if she were to die it would have partly been his fault. Even thou he wasn't in the car that hit her he still felt that it was somehow his fault. That he could have done something to prevent this from happening.

When he arrived his destination he placed his bag on the bench and walked to the edge of the hill. This was one of his favorite spot's where Regina liked to take him when he felt a little down. It was right between the city and the forest which gave it that unique view of the entire town.

He took a seat on a nearby rock and opened his storybook. It were time's like these when he liked to just be alone and read his storybook , Mary Margaret had given him.

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It was slowly getting dark and Henry still hadn't returned Luckily for him Emma had to work late today so he wouldn't have to explain why he was back so late. He spend the entire day at the hill listening to music and reading his book. After a while he started scrolling trough some old photo's of him and Regina.

Violet had also been blowing up his phone whit phone calls and text's asking why he wasn't at school. He would answer them later, there was something he had to do first. He walked trough the metal doors entering the entrance hall of the building. He didn't bother thou go to the front desk and went straight for his goal.

He stood still in front of room 108 . And looked at the door. This was it. He softly opened the door and entered the room .

"Hey Mom"

A/N

This chapter is a little shorter and had no flashback's , but don' t worry there will be more flashbacks in the next chapter. This was more of a filling chapter, but I hoped you enjoyed it . Also i'm sorry if there are any spelling mistakes but I was to tired to approve read it .

- Mel