Emma was no stranger to her wife's antics when it came to food. The woman could be a pain in the ass when it came to her eating habits. Sure, she did eat a good amount of fast food each week, but she never over did it. That was where the problem lied. Over the past weeks, Regina had been over her and her meals. The woman had just finished reading a book she had borrowed from Belle about the dangers of fast food and the possible loss of time due to a high cholesterol. So Emma decided to take matters into her own hands and so, called in a secret meeting with her son, the other victim of the Anti-Fast Food regime her wife had enacted.
"I think I have an idea"
"Let's hear it kid. What you got?" She asked the teen.
"Okay, so I saw this documentary the other day in class about subliminal messages and publicity and I think I have a solution to our current situation" He looked around the diner, making sure no one was listening in to their conversation. "We're gonna hack the TV" He said cheerfully with an evil smirk on his face.
"And… do you, for some chance, know how to hack a TV?" She asked her son, already plotting the great strike against the unwanted authority in their house.
"Well, I have a friend… But he won't do it if he doesn't have a signed document by the Sheriff in which it's established that there won't be no interference whatsoever."
"You've been watching way too much TV lately kid. Let's say that I agree on the terms, what is he going to do exactly?" She was curious, she had seen it in series like CSI or Criminal Minds, where they literally wash someone's brain to their own benefits. But she also needed to know the Mayor wasn't going to get hurt by their little revenge.
"He would hack the TV so that every time Mom's watching it, a picture of fast food comes up every ten minutes or so, she wouldn't have time to register it completely consciously, but her subconscious would. The message is then deliver to the brain and so, Mom would develop a craving for fast food." He explained what little he knew about the technique, having been introduced to it only days prior.
"Does this have any secondary effects?"
"Nope. Mom won't notice it"
"Okay kid. You've got yourself a deal. Call this kid and give the papers I need to sign" She looked around and waved Ruby over to their table to take their orders.
…
Emma began reading the paper Henry had slipped in her drawer the afternoon before and huffed. The paper looked like if Mr. Gold himself had written it.
Sheriff Emma Swan-Mills, representing the police force and every law enforcement agent in Storybrooke, Maine, is fully aware of the following terms of this contract:
1. It is strictly confidential and the acts that will happen later on, will only be known to Henry Swan-Mills, Emma Swan-Mills and myself, Connor Davis.
2. As it's been discussed earlier, the Sheriff hereby declares that she will not take any legal measures should the repercussions be greater that what it has already been thought out to be.
3. Lastly, the Sheriff also gives consent to her son Henry Swan-Mills to meet with me whenever he wants, in case the Mayor were to figure out what's about to transpire during the following weeks.
This contract has been signed by the three people involved in this project. This contract will be respected as a formal document, binding the engaged parties to fulfill the terms and conditions.
Emma had just signed the contract when she heard the familiar sound of heels resonating through the police station. In a swift move, she placed the paper inside the drawer and locked it with the key.
"Emma?" She heard her name being called out and looked towards the owner of the voice.
"Geez, I thought you were Regina" She told the waitress.
"And why were you so afraid of her walking in? Is there something going on that I should know?" Ruby walked in to the office and began sniffing and looking around, trying to find out if the blonde had someone hiding in the station.
"Rubes, what are you doing here?" She asked once, she had recovered from her scare.
"Well, I need your help" Emma nodded for her to continue. "I need to get Regina on board with an idea I'm going to bring up during the next Council and I really need her approval to carry it on." She then proceeded to tell Emma about the idea she had been developing for the last three weeks, she wanted to open a hair salon, and being the only one in town, it needed enough votes to pass.
"You know how tight we are right now with public funding, Ruby. I can try but I can't promise anything. Now that Gina's in her third semester, she's been having this huge mood swings and lately she doesn't want anything to do with me. And yes, I'm talking about sex. So, if you want me to convince her, you have to come up with ideas. And not ones that requires me more chores than what I already have." Emma explained to her best friend.
"But you're gonna try right? For me?" She gave the Sheriff the puppy dog eyes.
Emma tried to avert her gaze, she knew that if she looked to Ruby, she would have to agree with her so she looked down. "Um… Rubes, I think I have an idea" She took the paper out of the drawer and showed it to Ruby who grinned like an idiot.
"Ems, count me in." Emma nodded and sent a quick text to Henry to let him know the news. "Is this why you jumped when I came in?" The blonde nodded. "Well, I'm sure you know that if the Queen gets word on what you guys have planned, sex will be the least of your worries" She gave Emma the paper back and exited the Sheriff office.
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Henry ran through the hallways, trying to catch the other senior. They had been planning out everything, to the last detail, so the Mayor would step down from her controlling habits. So, over the week, they spoke freely of the way they needed to proceed, the images they wanted to show the woman and seeing that Ruby had somehow managed to get it, they added more images into the setting. The only thing left to do was to get Connor to hack the TV. For that, Emma had volunteered to take the Mayor out on a date, and Ruby had also volunteered in case the blonde needed help distracting Regina.
The plan was already laid out: Emma would take Regina out to the diner at exactly 5:30, they would have dinner and enjoy each other's company, and also the clumsiness and tardiness of a certain brunette who somehow would forget all their orders or mess them up. If this didn't work out, Ruby would call down Snow and would trap the Mayor in an impromptu family get-together. Meanwhile, Henry and Connor would break apart the TV and insert the device the former had developed, while informing Emma and Ruby of their process. If it all went great, they would get a nice outing to the diner full of fast food and a promise from the Mayor to consider Ruby's project.
"Connor!" Henry shouted out to the teen, who with his headphones on couldn't hear him.
"Your Highness" He took his headphones off and smiled at the other teen. "How can I be at your service?" Henry huffed, he hated being part of a royal family, he hated the way people treated him when they had to talk to him. Even if they were pulling his leg.
"Hey to you, too. I need your help; I need to know who sent me this" He showed him the image he had received the class before.
"I see… Do you guys have security cameras inside your house?" The picture itself wasn't too relieving, it showed the Mayor sitting on the Sheriff's lap who had her arms around the older woman's round belly. The image was too intimate to be seen in a phone and not in a frame. He was sure he had been in the same room at that time, he remembered quite clear that his brunette mother had started questioning him about his break up with Grace. And his blonde mother had helped him out wrapping her arms around her wife and kissing her neck, which made the Mayor snuggle up to the other woman.
"No, and I need to know now. I was there, when they took it and I have no idea how I didn't catch them" Henry asked the other teen.
"Listen, give me your phone for the day and I'll make sure you know who sent you this." He promised the worried boy.
"Thanks man, I owe you one." He waved at him and made his way out of the building, catching a glimpse of the yellow beetle parked in front of the door.
"Hey kid" Emma opened the driver's door and got inside the vehicle, waiting for Henry to do the same. "So… is he still in? We're doing it right?" The blonde woman asked the teen.
"I'm good Ma, my day went great. Thanks so much for asking, I really appreciate it." He answered sarcastically to her.
"I'm sorry kid, but I'm kind of freaking out over this." Emma admitted. It hadn't been exactly easy to hide the mission from her pregnant wife.
Henry just hummed as a response, he had more problem with the events from earlier in the day, he didn't want his mothers finding out they had been photographed without their consent.
…
The day had come. They were on their way to the diner, they were meeting David, Snow and Neal for lunch and they were eager to step foot into the establishment.
Emma was grinning like an idiot, holding her wife's hand and bumping her right shoulder with her son's. Life was good for her. In that moment she had everything she had ever wished. She looked at Regina and squeezed her hand to get her attention, and the brunette smiled. She had been a bit weird that morning, her eggs had been untouched and the coffee had been thrown away, the cold liquid had gone to the sink. Emma had her suspicions, she knew the brunette knew at some extent that the Mayor had been suffering from the late state of her pregnancy.
"Emma, Regina!" They heard the chirpy voice of Snow White from across the room.
"Hey Mom, Dad, Neal." Emma slumped down on the booth, waiting for her wife to sit down beside her. When she did, she placed her arm around her shoulders and let the brunette lean on her.
"Oh Regina. You have to tell me all about your latest check-up." Her mother-in-law inquired her.
"Well, let me feed the little one first and then, my dear Snow, you'll know more than your daughter." She smirked, knowing well that Emma wasn't paying attention to her.
Ruby arrived at their table, she could see the corner of a written document she had no doubt it was the stupid project the woman was so adamant about. She had been to every single City Council for two months and she hadn't been to any before that. She really liked the project but she also knew there was no money to fund it or even to begin with it.
"Well…" Henry said, looking intently at her. "I think that I'm going to get the cheeseburger with extra cheese and fries. What about you Moms?" He asked his blonde mother, smiling exactly like the blonde.
"Make it two. Babe?" She huffed and looked down at her menu. If she was going to win, she had to play her cards right.
"I don't think you want to leave this baby brotherless and motherless, do you?" She smirked, already feeling her wife stiffen at her words.
"Um…" Yeap, Emma was at a loss for word and poor Henry didn't know how to exit the booth, seeing as he was sandwiched between his grandparents.
"So I'll order salad for the both of you."
"I don't feel like eating a salad Mom."
"And why's that? Is there anything I should know?" Regina diverted her gaze from her son to her wife and viceversa.
"Okay fine. The kid and I hacked the TV." Emma confessed. She didn't have another choice if she didn't want to sleep on the couch.
"You did what?" Regina feigned ignorance, knowing well that if she kept it up, they would crack.
"A friend helped. We made a deal, he would hack the TV and put these images so you subconsciously would want fast food. But I don't think it worked out." The teen admitted to his brunette mother.
"And why would you want to hack my brain?" She addressed the Sheriff.
"Well, you've been pretty worried about us not wanting to eat fast food and we can't take any more salads or carrots or anything green that isn't a stuffed oreo. So we decided to do it behind your back. We know that it's not the right thing to do, but you gotta understand. I cannot go on living with just vegetables in my system and Henry's still growing, he needs all the greasy stuff he can find. I know that it probably hurt you but it was necessary so you could figure this out."
"Emma love. Why didn't you tell me all of these things? I would've stepped down and let you guys eat all the fast food you wanted."
"Wait. What? All we had to do was talk to you?"
"Well, we did promise to be honest with each other dear. Through the good and the bad, remember? How could I deny you anything when you give me everything? You can't even comprehend the extent of my gratitude towards you, because I cannot do that myself. I lost count after all the things you've said to me, all the times you've carried me, literally and metaphorically, all the things you've done for me. For Christ's sake Emma, you gave me the greatest gifts of all, Henry and now the little one growing inside of me. If there is something you want you tell me and I'll make sure you have it, because you deserve everything in the world and if it makes you happy, it makes me happy. Even if it's stuffing your mouth with food rich on fat and calories. There is nothing that I'll deny to you. Because you Emma Swan-Mills are everything to me, and I love you for being you" Emma just cupped her face with her hands and fused their mouths together, pouring all the love she felt for the other woman in the kiss. When they broke apart due to the back of oxygen, they both had matching smiles on their faces.
"Well, since we are all being honest here, there's a problem with the security at home. Someone took a picture of you and sent it to the whole school."
"Again?" Regina asked and her son nodded.
"I mean, it's not like the last time, you guys aren't naked in that photo. I still have nightmares about it." He said thoughtful
"The student body saw you naked?" David the two women.
"Sissy, why were you and Gina naked?" Neal added.
"Well…" Emma began telling the story about that time that Henry's supposed friend had placed a secret camera in their room and had taken some compromising footage.