I do not own Once Upon a Time, it is owned by ABC. This is merely my own creativity at work. No profit is made from this.
AN: This has been floating around in my head for a while. It's continuance depends on readers demand for it. I will write more if you want it.
Snow opened her eyes, the flood of the sun light shining brightly into her room she shared with James. She smiled and stretched over her head and groaned as her muscles awakened with her motions. She sat up in the bed and looked around the room. Her thoughts went to the morning that Henry and Emma walked in on them. She was so embarrassed. Her daughter was grown but they had still managed to scar her for the rest of her life. Thankfully Henry had no clue what had been going on. They needed a new house, just her and James. Emma was an adult with a child of her own. Her thoughts ran wild with the possibilities of a new home with James. The thoughts were quickly interrupted with her bladder's protest to her delay in emptying it. She threw the blankets off her legs and swung her legs over the side of the bed. A child raced up to the base of her spine as her bare feet touched the bare floor. She quickly padded her way to the bathroom and emptied her bladder. As she finished up she washed her hands and grabbed her toothbrush. The moment the minty taste touched her tongue she was bent over the toilet puking. She heaved for what felt like hours.
When she was finally able to sit up, she was covered in a thin layer of sweat. She flushed the toilet and pulled herself up to the sink and rinsed out her mouth, avoiding her toothbrush. She gripped the sides of the sink and stared at her reflection in the mirror. She looked even whiter than usual if that was even possible. She ran her hand through her short black hair, wondering why she had ever cut it. She shook her head and tried to wrap her mind around her sudden round of nausea. She opened the medicine cabinet to retrieve a few Tylenol for her now throbbing head when a tampon fell from the shelf into her hand. She held the object tightly in her hand and her mind began to race. How long had it actually been? With the curse being lifted then being thrown into the Enchanted Forest, she couldn't remember if she had actually had a period.
"Oh, god." She said and dropped the tampon into the sink and left the room. She quickly got dressed and left the apartment. She got into her car and drove to the one and only pharmacy in Storybrooke. There was no way she'd keep this from anyone but she didn't care. She needed know and know now. She went in and quickly got what she needed and practically sped back to the apartment . She was glad that she was still alone for the day.
"You have got to be kidding me!" she said as she tried her best to pee on the little white stick, but there was nothing. Sighing, she put the stick in the box and washed her hands before going to the kitchen. There she grabbed the jug of orange juice and took the lid off and began to drink the juice straight from the jug. Someone clearing their voice behind her nearly made her choke on the juice. She coughed causing the jug to fall from her lips and empty the rest of its contents down the front of her clothes and floor.
"Dammit!" she cursed and slammed the now empty jug on the counter.
"People should really learn how to knock!" she muttered under her breath.
"Um, I live here." The person behind her said and Snow turned around to see her daughter standing there.
"Oh, Emma! I thought you would be at the station trying to find Regina." She said, to quickly for Emma's liking.
"I was, but I came home to grab lunch for me and David. We forgot to grab some and neither of us were in the mood for Granny's. " She told her and stepped over the puddle of juice on the floor to open the fridge. She grabbed a container of leftovers and shut the fridge before looking at her mother.
"Are you okay? You're pale." She asked. Snow nervously laughed.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a bug or something I ate. I'm fine really."
"You do know I can tell when someone is lying, right?"
"I told you I'm fine. Go back to work. I'll see you later." She said, ignoring her daughter's look. "Just go, your father is probably ready to send a search party out for you." She took the towel from the counter and bent over to clean the juice from the floor. Emma shook her head and left the apartment without further questioning. Snow sighed in relief as the door closed behind her. She ran to the door, locking it before rushing back to the bathroom. She pulled the stick from the box and pulled down her pants once again to try to pee on the stick.
"Come on, come on." She muttered. "Finally!" she yelled as she began to pee. She finished up and set the test on the sink and waited. She knew the answer, she could feel it. She had known the moment she was pregnant with Emma and this was the same feeling, but instead of joy, she felt worried and scared. She tapped her foot against the tiled floor, watching the stick as the clock ticked away it's seconds. The waiting was horrible. She was glad these stupid tests didn't exist in her world. They had to have been designed to torture women. When she had learned she was pregnant with Emma, it was a feeling. She had just known. There was no doctor to tell her that she would be a mother. It was instinct. She glanced at the watch on her arm and sighed. Time was up. She reached over and grabbed the stick and looked at it, knowing it would tell her what she already knew. She was pregnant. She slid into the floor of the bathroom, pulling her knees up into her chest and began to cry. She cried until she couldn't cry anymore. She cried until her body gave out and she fell asleep.
She woke up in her bed. How did she get here? She quickly sat up, her head protesting any movement. She heard hushed voices coming from the dining room and she got up to see who was in her house. She closed her eyes then opened them again her eyes to see only her husband, Henry and Emma in the room.
"Snow." James said softly, and got up to hug her.
"Come on kid." Emma said and ushered Henry up to the loft to give them some privacy.
"What happened?" Snow asked as she sat down at the table.
"I came home, the door was locked. I figured you just went out for something and was running late. My god Snow when I came in and found you in the floor, my heart sank. Thankfully you were only sleeping. I picked you up and something fell from your hands. It was the test. I know about the baby." He said and took her hand in his.
"James, what are we going to do? This is not at all what I expected. We have a 29 year old daughter and a 10 year old grandson! How is this possible?"
"Snow, honey we've been in a frozen state for 28 years. The only person that aged in this town was Henry. You are the same age you were when you had Emma. We didn't begin to age until the clock started."
"I know that, don't you think I know that? We just got her back, I don't want her to think that because our time with her was taken from us that we just went on to have another baby."
"I would never think that." Snow looked up to find Emma sitting at the top of the stairs. She stood up and slowly walked down them to her parents.
"Emma, I didn't… we didn't plan this…" Snow began
"Don't, you don't have to explain anything. You never have. I know the story, I know why you gave me up. It was to give me my best chance. Yes, granted I had a crappy life, but it was a life. If you hadn't, I'd have been stuck here and possibly stuck an infant forever and never have saved you. I don't think of that baby as a replacement. I think of that baby as a part of my family, a family I never got to have and will do anything to protect." She explained. Snow wiped away the tear that had managed to escape from her eyes.
"I am so sorry. I can never tell you how sorry I am for giving you away. I never wanted to. I was supposed to go with you, but you came early."
"Wait, you didn't just give me away?" she asked, moving to sit at the table.
"Oh sweetie, no. I wanted you. I wanted you more than anything in the world. I was supposed to go into the wardrobe while I was pregnant. We were going together, but I went into labor just as the wardrobe finished and I couldn't go. Your father, he…" she explained and reached for her husband's hand.
"Emma, don't you know any of our story? Didn't you read the book?" James asked. Emma looked from her father to her mother, then shook her head.
"I didn't. I didn't believe in it, why would I? It was crazy."
"Why not read it after you realized the truth?"
"Honestly, I'm scared of what I might find in there."
"I completely understand, but that book it only holds a fraction of the life we had in the forest. There is so much that the books leaves out, but it holds so much that can help you understand. Just read it."
"I will, someday, but I need time. But now that I know you wanted me, I am better. I don't need to hold on to this anger and hurt I've felt since the curse was broken. I understand. Thank you." Emma said, standing up and giving her mother a hug. "For the record, you're going to be an amazing mother, you already are. My little brother or sister is a lucky one." She said, giving her stomach a pat. This gesture caused Snow to laugh.
"Thank you, Emma. That's what I needed to hear."
"Goodnight, try not to stress, my sister is counting on you." She said with a wink and went back upstairs.
"So, we're having a baby." James said with a grin. Snow practically jumped into his arms and kissed him.
"We're having a baby!"