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Chapter 1

"Emma, baby," Regina coos to her wife as they have now sat here for about an hour since the social workers left. Emma's crying had stopped a short time ago. Emma didn't seem to hear Regina, so she tried again.

"Emma my love," Regina says as she gently turns her wife's face to meet hers. Her heart breaks at the look in her wife's eyes.

"Talk to me my darling please?" Regina says as she takes Emma's hand in hers.

"I… I… I don't even know where to start," Emma says. Her mind is going a mile a minute and she can't make sense of anything.

"I am…. furious with her," Emma says as she tries to sort out what is going on in her mind. She stands and clenches her fists in anger. Regina just sits and listens to her wife.

"How could she do this again? Look at that beautiful baby! How could she do that to a child again and again and again!" Emma exclaims loudly. Regina again makes no sound. She knows right now her wife needs to get this out of her head and into words. When Emma kept things in her head that's when things got on top of her.

"What the fuck type of a person did I come from? Jesus I shouldn't be a parent," Emma says as her wild eyes settle on her wife and their baby in her tummy.

"Hey, you are a parent. Look at Neal Emma. You raised him. He is an incredible young man and you did that," Regina says as she stands and places her hands on her wife's face so she can focus on something.

"Regina that poor baby," Emma says as the tears begin to fall.

"She wants me back doesn't she," they two women hear from the doorway. Emma turns to see Ingrid and Neal standing there. His eyes red from crying.

"No Buddy, that's not it. Come here and let me explain," Emma says as she beckons her brother in and hugs him tightly.

She kisses the top of his head although he is growing so fast it won't be long until she will not be able to do that anymore. Ingrid sits on the couch and Regina sits beside her. Emma pulls over a chair and Neal takes the empty spot on the couch. Emma exhales and Regina reaches out a hand to her to hold. She is so proud of how strong her wife is being right now. She had no idea how Emma is doing this.

"Ok, child services were her. Mary Margaret was brought to hospital a few days ago. She is very sick. She needs a kidney and liver transplant," Emma starts. Ingrid inhales a deep breath from that amount of information.

"She also gave birth to a baby girl," Emma says as she hands Ingrid the picture of the tiny baby.

"Oh my god!" Ingrid exclaims. She looks at the picture before handing it to Neal. Neal just looks he doesn't say a word.

"What did they want?" Neal asks.

"Right now, that is all they have said. They are coming back in the morning to talk further," Emma says as she tries to gauge what is going on in her brother's head while Regina keeps an eye on them both. Ingrid exhales a breath as she looks at the photo Neal handed back to her. Regina noticed he ran his fingers over the image just as Emma had but he was emotionless in doing that.

"What now?" Neal asks.

"I think we all need to try and get some rest and get ready and see what they have to say to us tomorrow," Emma says calmly as right now that is all she has got. Ingrid stands and goes to Emma. She takes Emma's hands and pulls her up to stand. She hugs her tightly saying all the words she can in those actions.

"Neal why don't you come stay out with me," Ingrid says with a look to Regina. Regina understands immediately. Divide and conquer. Neal nods and heads out with Ingrid to the guest house.

Emma huffs and lands herself back on the couch shoving her fists into her eyes. She lets out a groan. Regina adjusts herself so she is facing her wife and waits for her to talk. After a silence of about 5 minutes. Emma finally speaks.

"Gina, I can't leave that baby," Emma says as she pulls her hands from her eyes to look at her wife. Tears are welled in the corners of her eyes and she doesn't know how Regina is going to take this. They have their own baby due any minute now, but Emma knows she will never forgive herself if she doesn't take her baby sister and care for her.

"I know my love," Regina says with a warm smile. Emma looks into her wife's eyes and all she sees is love looking back.

"What do you mean you know?" Emma asks with a furrowed brow.

"I knew as soon as you set your eyes on her. Emma you have the biggest heart I know. I knew that as soon as you saw that baby you would want to take her into our family," Regina says as she takes her wife's hands and starts running comforting circles on the back of her hand with her thumb.

"Our family?" Emma questions with the hint of a smile.

"Yes, our family," Regina says as she holds up her hand and shows Emma her wedding ring.

"This little thing here means it's our family in case you forgot," Regina says.

Emma moves over to kiss her wife.

"But we are going to have two new-borns," Emma says when the kiss breaks and she rests her head on Regina's.

"I know but we are here, together. Emma we are not going to let your little sister just get put in the system. She is going to come here into this crazy house and be a part of us," Regina says.

"Regina, I love you so much," Emma says as the tears spill down her cheeks again. Regina pulls her wife as best she can into a hug.

"We can do this Emma," Regina says as she kisses the side of her wife's head.

"Let's go get some sleep, tomorrow may be a big day," Regina suggests. Emma nods and the couple rise and head upstairs to their room.

Regina is ready and in bed first. She watches as her wife slowly goes through her nightly routine. She knows there is more coming from the blonde and that she is going to need a lot of love and support and this time. She watches as Emma struggles into her pyjamas and flops into the bed with a huff. Emma turns to her wife and Regina turns to face her.

"Regina are you sure about this," Emma asks again.

"Emma we will be ok. Will it be hard? Yes. Will we be tired and all of those joyous things that come from having a baby, but Emma when I look in your eyes and see the hurt that you have when you think of leaving that baby that is enough to convince me that we need to do this and I say we because I am in this with you 100%," Regina says. Emma swears she just fell in love with Regina all over again in that moment. How did she get so lucky to meet a woman such as Regina? The other half of her soul is within this woman she feels it. Her world is spinning right now and the only thing tethering her to this earth is her wonderful wife. Her true north. Her heart and soul. As she gazes Regina's brown orbs, she knows that Regina is in this with her. Emma moves over and kisses her wife in a soft and loving kiss that portraits all the things she is feeling right now for the brunette. Regina lightly strokes her wife's hair back off her face. Emma closes her eyes at the touch. Her breathing slows down, and she feels herself falling asleep. As she does something else fires in her brain.

What the hell is she going to do about Mary Margaret!