CHAPTER 1
Emma sat waiting on her girlfriend's bed. The room was made up in a modern style but Regina still managed to make it seem livable. It consisted of deep dark purple, black, white and silver. It was the huge canopied bed that took up a good 1/3 of the enormous room that Emma sat on now.
She was completely at home here. She'd spent almost as much time here as she did in her own home over the years. And anywhere Regina was was where she wanted to be.
She watched from her place on Regina's bed as her girlfriend came out of the bathroom. She was leaning against the headboard with her legs stretched out in front of her. She noted the look of doom on her face as she came to her and sat the garish stick on the nightstand next to the two others.
Regina climbed across Emma's legs and sat next to her girlfriend. "What are we going to do Emma?" she dropped her head onto her shoulder and wrapped an arm around her waist.
Emma just wrapped her arms around her shoulders and drew her in close. She kissed her atop her head. "We'll take care of it like we always do. Together," she smiled down at her girlfriend.
Regina smiled back before wrapping her arm tighter around Emma's midsection. She snuggled closer as they both looked over at the stick that would be the key to their future. And they waited. Together.
Emma and Regina had been lifelong friends. Emma was born a few minutes after Regina. Their parents had met at Emma's parents daycare. The two girls had been inseparable ever since. Then a house near the Mills' mansion was foreclosed upon. The Nolan's were able to pick it up for a steal. So eventually the two families had become next door neighbors.
Emma had always loved Regina. Their parents had embarrassing video of her and Regina making out almost constantly as toddlers.
It wasn't until they'd gotten older that Regina began to pull away from her. In preschool after a comment made by another child about them holding hands and smooching she began to realize that being that way with a girl wasn't right. Emma had walked right up and slugged Killian Jones. She'd told the kid point blank that what they had was true love. She knew because her Mommy and Daddy had true love. And that's what she was made of.
She'd gotten sent home from school for a week for that one. Even though there was a zero tolerance rule, the school hadn't wanted to come down too hard on her since the boy had basically committed a hate crime and Emma was only defending herself and Regina. Emma had been outright irate. She'd stamped her tiny feet and crossed her arms. She almost threw a full blown tantrum over the injustice of it all. Before leaving that day she'd gone in for a kiss goodbye. Regina had pushed her to the ground and sputtered as she wiped her lips. Even at the tender age of 4 the sting of Regina rejecting her is what left her in tears that day.
The two of them still remained close friends even though Regina began to go around holding hands and kissing another little boy named Robin. Emma had been so mad and jealous she hadn't even wanted to talk to her again. Or so she'd sworn loudly as she stood in Regina's backyard before running off in tears. She didn't even know what she had seen in him. The kid wore a costume to school everyday with his underwear on the outside and everything. Regina had just shaken her head at her after she pointed this out before going to play in the clubhouse with him that was set in a fake tree outside.
She'd run home crying to her parents. Her Father assured her that if she loved Regina then setting her free was the right thing to do. If Regina loved her back then she'd find her way back to her. And until then Emma had to accept that they wouldn't be together until Regina was ready. And that's what being an honorable partner was about.
Emma had been completely heartbroken. It had taken her a whole day before she'd leave her bed. But there was something about Regina that made it impossible for her to stay away. As soon as Robin had gone home Regina was instantly at her side begging her to play with her. So Emma'd swallowed her feelings and instead accepted her place as her best friend.
Then high school came around. And puberty. Eventually Regina had made her way back to Emma's side where she belonged. At first she'd tried to keep it a secret. But Emma put her foot down. She was no one's dirty little secret. Either Regina was with her or not. The memory of Regina rejecting her as a child still rang throughout her entire being. She wouldn't allow her to go back.
So shortly after their 15th birthdays they officially came out to friends and family. Suffice it to say, no one seemed surprised that the two girls had decided to become more than friends.
They'd always done everything together. Since they were 3 they had never spent longer than a few weeks apart. Then one day they looked at one another and they just knew. This was what they both wanted for always.
Regina had scoffed when their parents had sat them down together and given them new mandates to abide by. They'd slept over at one another's houses their entire lives. They called each other's parents Aunt and Uncle. Now they couldn't be trusted just because the two of them had found love?
But as she stared at the stick with dread filling her lower belly she understood. Their hormones had gotten the better of them. They really couldn't be trusted.
Regina's older sister, Zelena, walked by and stuck her head in the door. The worst of the mandates they'd been saddled with since they were now dating was no closed doors when they were upstairs together. "What are you two up to?" she asked as she sauntered closer over to them.
Regina stiffened. Emma registered the terror cross Regina's face as she glanced nervously over at the sticks hoping that her sister wouldn't pay any attention.
When they didn't answer she just shook her head and pulled one corner of her mouth up, "Dinner's ready. It's time to eat," was all she said though.
Regina let out the breath she'd been holding as she turned and walked out. "That was a close one," she said to Emma.
The timer went off on Emma's phone. She'd set it as soon as Regina had walked out of the bathroom. She nodded at Regina and then together the two looked over at the newest stick.
There was a huge pink plus in the middle of the results window. It matched the two others. Regina began to cry.
Emma squeezed her eyes shut wanting to break down too. But she knew she needed to be strong for her girlfriend. She was the one who would literally carry the bulk of the burden. And they were both responsible. Even though neither one of them were completely sure how this had even happened.
They were aware of the magic that flowed inside of them. And they knew that it was a possibility. They just didn't know that it would be an unplanned one. They thought when the time came they'd have to work to make something like this happen.
But Regina had been sick for a few weeks. And she had been putting on weight. She'd complained for a while about how snug her clothes were around the waist. But it wasn't until she missed her period which was as regimented as she was that she began to fear the worst.
Now there was no turning back. What was done was done. The two of them were going to be Mothers. Unwed teenage mothers at the age of 16.
