A/N: So this idea has been rolling around in my head long before I started writing my first story but I'm not so sure how well it's going to go. I wanted to give you just a little information about this story before you start reading it. Emma and Regina are married and they still live in Storybrooke with the same jobs. Regina has a seventeen year old daughter and Emma has Henry who is thirteen. I don't think a story like this has been done and I hope I do a good job. There is no magic and there was no enchanted forest.
"Brooklyn, get down here and eat your breakfast dear, you're going to be late for school." Regina called out to her daughter.
It was mid September and it was Brooklyn's senior year.
"I'll be down in just a minute mom!" She called out.
"Late again?" Emma asked, kissing her wife.
Emma and Regina had been married for almost 5 years. It was love at first sight and they had the perfect family. Brooklyn's father was no longer in her life, he had passed away shortly after she was born and Henry had no idea who his father is. He left as soon as he found out Emma was pregnant.
"It seems so. It's only one month into the school year and she is already pushing the limit of getting to school on time." Regina told her smiling.
"Don't worry about it too much babe. It's her senior year, just let her relax a little. She is taking almost all AP classes and even took two over the summer. Plus she interned at your office all summer long." Emma said.
Emma pulled Regina into a tight brace. "I suppose you are right dear." Regina sighed into Emma.
Moments later Brooklyn and Henry came down the stairs laughing.
"What's so funny?" Emma asked.
"Nothing" Henry said quickly.
"Oh I'm sure" Regina told them.
"Hey mom, can I go over to Isaacs after school?" Brooklyn asked hopefully.
Isaac was her boyfriend of almost a year. Regina kept a pretty tight leash on the two of them but lately she had been loosening up.
"Will his parents be home?" Regina asked.
"No, but we were just going to study."
"Then no. You can't. You know the rules dear."
"Whatever." Brooklyn said rolling her eyes.
Brooklyn grabbed her purse and her keys and started to leave.
"You need to eat Brooklyn." Her mother called after her.
"Not hungry." Brooklyn told her walking out of the house and slamming the door behind her.
"Oh the joy of teenagers." Regina said as she walked into the pantry to grab Henry his favorite cereal.
"Maybe it's PMS mom." Henry said.
Even though Regina wasn't his real mom, he always called her that. Regina and Emma may have only been married for 5 years, but they had been dating for almost 5 prior to that and Regina had always been another parent to him. Emma loved that he felt that way towards her.
Regina and Emma just looked at each other and started laughing.
"What? I was just trying to help." Henry said.
"Oh, I know dear. But I don't think she has PMS every day of the year. She is just a hormonal teenager. I could give her my credit card and tell her to go on a shopping spree and she would still find a way to be angry with me." Regina said kissing the top of Henrys head.
"Alright kid, let's get going, you don't wanna be late for school." Emma told him.
Henry finished up his cereal and grabbed his backpack and headed for the bus.
"And we are finally alone." Emma said pulling Regina into a hug and kissing her.
They kissed for a few beats and then Regina pulled away.
"Yes, but too bad we both have to go to work dear." Regina said kissing her quickly and then grabbing her own set of keys and heading for the door.
"I love you babe." Emma called out.
"I love you too dear" Regina said as she walked out the door.
Brooklyn pulled up to school to see her best friends Jordan and Belle waiting on her at their usual spot. She parked her car and got out and smiled at her friends.
She was dressed in dark wash skinny jeans paired with a white shirt and navy blue scarf along with her navy blue coat and gold heels. She was carrying her favorite pocketbook which was also gold. She definitely got her fashion sense from her mom, it just wasn't as professional as Regina's.
As she made her way up the stairs to sit with her friends she did her best to put on a smile and ignore that fact that she was currently fighting with her mom.
"Good morning" Brooklyn said.
"Morning baby!" Jordan said happily.
Jordan and Brooklyn had been best friends since they were born. Her mother's name was Kathryn and she was Regina's best friend. They grew up together always getting into trouble. Belle their other best friend, they had only met their freshman year but they all hit it off immediately.
"So are you coming this weekend?" Belle asked.
"To what?" Brooklyn asked.
"The beach party Saturday night. Just tell your mom you're staying with my me."
"Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I'm in."
"Good morning girls." Mary Margret said as she passed them.
"Good morning Mary Margret." Brooklyn said.
Mary Margret was Emma's mom and also an English teacher at the high school. She always wanted to teach fourth grade but there hasn't been any opening positions.
"Morning Mrs. Nolan." Jordan said.
Belle mumbled her good morning and something about wanting to meet her girlfriend before the bell rang.
"How are you girls?"
"Good" They both said at the same time.
"How was your mothers this morning Brooklyn?" Mary Margret asked.
"Good I guess. Didn't see them but for three minutes. I was running late." Brooklyn said laughing.
The bell rang soon after that and Mary Margret made her way to her class and Jordan and Brooklyn made their way to their lockers.
Out of nowhere Brooklyn's boyfriend Isaac popped up and grabbed her sides.
"SHIT!" Brooklyn yelled.
She turned around to see her boyfriend laughing. She smacked him playfully on the chest.
"You scared the fuck out of me!" Brooklyn told him.
"Sorry babe, you just make it too easy."
He leaned in to give her a quick kiss and they started to walk to class.
"You coming over today?"
"Can't, mom said no. But I will be at the beach party this weekend. Probably just gonna crash at Ruby's house down there."
It was lunch time and Regina was meeting her wife for lunch at Grannys. When she walked in she found her wife sitting in their favorite booth next to a window in the back.
"Hello dear." Regina said giving her wife a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Hey babe. How has your morning been?" Emma asked.
"Very busy, I may have to go into work one day this weekend. I have a lot of paperwork to get done and I already have a migraine"
"I'm sorry, why don't you take the rest of the day off?"
"Emma love, did you just hear me? I have a lot of paperwork to get done. So much, I will probably have to go into work on Sunday." Regina said laughing.
"I know, I just hate that you don't feel good."
Ruby came over to take their order. She was nineteen years old and graduated last year. Ruby was one of Brooklyn's best friends and she also dated Belle.
"Hello dear, how are you?" Regina asked her
"Tired. I got up early so I could go see Belle at school before she had to go to class." Ruby explained.
"That was nice." Emma told her smiling.
"Did you see Brooklyn?" Regina asked. She was a bit worried about her daughter. She could be very hard headed and they hadn't left things very well that morning.
"No I didn't. Is everything okay?" Ruby asked.
"Yeah, she isn't very happy with me right now, but when is she ever." Regina said laughing.
"So what can I get you guys to eat?" Ruby asked.
They placed their orders. They got the usual. Emma got a grilled cheese and Regina got a grilled chicken salad.
They finished eating and Emma walked Regina to her car.
"I wish we didn't have to go back to work." Emma said sadly.
"It's only four more hours and then we can both go home dear." Regina said kissing her wife on the nose.
"Be careful please?" Emma told her.
"I always am dear." Regina said.
"I love you babe."
"I love you more!" Regina said smiling as she kissed her wife goodbye and then got into her car and drove back to her office.
When Regina got back to the office she had three meetings left that day and she didn't feel like dealing with any of them. She strongly considered rescheduling all of them but knew she didn't have room to do that.
When her three o'clock rolled around she was ready to shoot herself. At least it was her last meeting of the day then she could go home. When there was a knock on the door she instructed them to come in.
"Hey babe" Emma said as she walked into the room. She had a shopping bag in her hand but Regina couldn't tell what was in it.
"Emma dear, I have a meeting and I'm waiting for Mr. French to get here." Regina told her.
"I know, but you don't have a meeting with Mr. French, you have a meeting with me." Emma told her smiling.
"Since when? I thought I had a meeting with Mr. French about him wanting to open up a second flower shop?" Regina asked.
"You thought you did. I asked him to make the meeting so I could surprise you. I had something else planned for us but then you told me you didn't feel good so I went by the store and picked you up some things."
"You didn't have to do that dear." Regina told her.
"I know, but I wanted too. If you have to be cooped up in the office for the next two hours you can at least do it laying down on the couch."
When Regina didn't move, Emma went to grab her hand to lead her to the couch.
"Come on babe you need to lie down, my dad is taking the last two hours of my shift so I can take care of you."
When Regina laid down on the couch Emma went to retrieve the shopping bag.
"I got you some Advil for your headache, its extra strength, and I got you one of those lavender aroma therapy masks that you put on your eyes when you don't feel good. I also got you your favorite kind of chocolate."
"Thank you my dear. I don't know what I did to deserve all this today but I'm glad I did it." Regina told her putting the mask on her face after taking two of the small pills.
"You didn't have to do anything Regina, I just don't like knowing you don't feel well."
When Regina and Emma got home they noticed that Brooklyn's car wasn't in the driveway.
"I'll find out where she is babe, you go lay down, I'll come get you when she gets home." Emma told her.
Regina didn't argue, she was in no mood to deal with this tonight so she went into the living room and lied down on the couch.
"Henry" Emma called out to him upstairs.
"Yeah ma?" He called back.
"Can you come down here please?"
"What's up?"
"Do you know where your sister is?" Emma asked.
"I think she went to the mall with Jordan after school. Something about needing new clothes." Henry told her.
"Of course. Henry can you go call her and ask her to come home?" Emma asked.
As soon as Henry went to get his cell phone Brooklyn walked in the door.
"Never mind H, she's home!" Emma called to him.
With that, Regina walked back into the foyer and she didn't look happy.
"Where have you been?" She asked her daughter.
"Shopping with Jordan? What's the big deal?" Brooklyn asked.
"You could have told me you were going." Regina told her.
"I tried to call, you didn't answer."
"So you took that as an invitation to just go without texting me or letting me know what you were doing?"
"I'm gonna go start dinner babe." Emma said.
Regina nodded and told her wife thank you before asking her daughter to join her in the study so they could finish talking.
"Brooklyn, I have no idea why you think you can just come and go as you please." Regina told her.
"Mom, I was out shopping. It's not like I left town or I was out getting drunk."
"That isn't the point. The point is, you are only seventeen and you still live under my roof and I am to know where you are at all times. Is that clear?" Regina said firmly.
"Crystal." Brooklyn said rolling her eyes.
"And that's another thing, you can stop with the attitude and the eye rolling shit Brooklyn, because quite frankly I'm getting tired of it."
"Okay."
Regina could already feel her headache coming back. She rubbed her pupils for a moment trying not to snap at her daughter. She knew Brooklyn didn't do anything majorly wrong, but she still broke a rule and Regina had been worried about her.
"I'm gonna need you to come in to work with me on Sunday morning, I have a lot of paperwork and filing to get done." Regina said.
"What? That's no fair! You told me when I started interning there this past summer I would never have to go in on weekends." Brooklyn said raising her voice just a little.
"And you are always suppose to tell me where you are going." Regina snapped at her starting to raise her voice as well.
"I already have plans this weekend though. Can't you punish me next weekend or something?" Brooklyn said in an aggravated tone.
"I would hardly call that a punishment Brooklyn, and no you can't come in next weekend. I need you there with me Sunday morning."
"But I was going to stay with Belle on Saturday night. So was Jordan." Brooklyn explained to her trying to fight back the attitude.
"And you can still stay dear, but you are excepted to be at my office at ten and not a second after. Understood?"
"Whatever" Brooklyn mumbled under her breath.
"Excuse me?"
"I said okay. "
"I'm sure. Now go wash up for dinner. After you need to get started on your homework."
"Alright mom."
Brooklyn went to walk out the door but before she left she turned around and faced her mom.
"Hey mom?" She asked.
"Yes dear?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to worry you." Brooklyn told her. She did feel bad for not telling her mom where she was going but she did try to call.
"It's fine dear." Regina said as she walked up to pull her daughter into an embrace.
"I love you mom."
"I love you too dear."
Emma made an oven roasted chicken for dinner with some vegetables and Henry helped her make a salad.
"Did I get Brooklyn into trouble ma?" Henry asked.
"No Henry, you didn't." Emma replied laughing.
Henry loved Brooklyn more than anything. They didn't fight much like most sibilings, they actually got along very well. Every night they would read a chapter in a book together before Henry went to bed and every Friday morning Brooklyn takes Henry to Grannys for breakfast and then takes him to school.
"Is she in trouble?" He asked.
"I don't know H, your mom can be a big softy when it comes to her." Emma said.
They both started laughing.
"When it comes to who dear?" Regina said as she appeared into the doorway.
"Brooklyn." Henry answered for her.
"Oh, can I now?" Regina said as she wrapped her arms around Emma's waist.
"I said no such thing. I have no idea what your son is talking about."
"Emma Mills, are you telling a fib my dear?"
Emma had taken Regina's last name when they got married and Regina legally adopted Henry as well so he could take her last name to.
"Me? Fib? Never." Emma said.
They all started laughing when Brooklyn came down stairs.
"What's so funny?" She asked.
"Apparently ma doesn't fib." Henry informed her.
"Oh whatever."
They all started laughing again.
"Brooklyn, can you set the table?" Emma asked.
"Sure."
The rest of the night went smoothly. They all sat down and ate dinner. When dinner was over, it was Henrys week to clean up the kitchen and when he was done he went upstairs to play his Xbox. Brooklyn went up stairs and did her homework and talked to Isaac. But Regina and Emma stayed downstairs and started a fire and cuddled on the couch. Regina was reading a book and Emma was just enjoying having her wife in her arms.
They sat like that for a while, every now and then Emma would lean down and kiss Regina on the top of her head.
"Are you feeling any better?" Emma asked.
Regina marked her page and then closed the book and laid it down on the table.
"I am actually. Thank you for taking such good care of my this afternoon dear." Regina told her sitting up into the blondes cuddle and nuzzling her head into the blondes neck.
"You're welcome babe. Things better with Brooklyn?" She asked.
"Yeah, she apologized for not telling me where she was today but she is still coming in on Sunday morning to help me." Regina told her.
"She can be so hard headed sometimes. I wonder who she gets that from?" Emma asked laughing.
"Must be a trait she picked up from you after you moved in."
"I'm sure it was."
They both laughed.
"It's almost midnight, I suppose we should head up to bed dear."
"Well at least tomorrow is Friday right? And since Brooklyn won't be home Saturday and Henry is staying with Nathan that night as well we will have to the house to ourselves." Emma told her kissing her.
Regina hummed into the kiss and pulled back.
"It's about time" Regina said.
They both got up and walked up stairs and got ready for bed.
They fell asleep a tangled mess of limbs.
A/N: I really hoped you guys liked this. As far as the Swan Queen aspect of this story it will always be fluffy and sweet. Please feel free to review and follow and favorite my story. I understand that not everyone is going to like it and if you don't that is fine. Just please keep your negative comments to yourself. Thank you.