"I love you Emma Swan", Neal said, kissing his way down Emma's stomach.
"I love you too Neal Cassidy", she replied, opening herself up to him, needing to feel him closer to her, needing to close the space between their bodies, to connect them. She wanted him and he wanted her and nothing else mattered in that moment.
Emma woke with a jolt and instantly started crying as she remembered. Neal was dead. Zelena had killed him three weeks ago and Gold had killed her to avenge his son. Neal was never coming back to her. Emma sobbed harder at the dream she had had, a beautiful memory, now turned into a harsh reminder of what she had lost.
Suddenly, Emma was overcome with a wave of nausea, she fled to the bathroom and promptly threw up noisily in the toilet. She had no idea why she was ill and it worried her, but then she caught sight of a box of tampons on her dresser and a panicked thought crossed her mind. She had slept with Neal seven weeks ago and she had not had her period since, she realized. She sobbed harder at the thought, she could not do this now. This couldn't be happening, Neal was dead and she couldn't go through another pregnancy alone.
The sound of the phone ringing broke her out of her thoughts. She went to answer it;
"Hello, I'm sorry but now is really not a good time" she said politely.
"Emma, Henry just called and said you were vomiting, I am coming to pick him up as I don't want him getting sick but would you like me to get you anything on my way?" Regina asked.
"Oh Regina , I didn't realize who it was. Umm, Henry can't catch what I have, I promise and there is something I need…." Emma broke off, sobbing.
"Emma dear, what's wrong? What do you need?" Regina asked, her voice softer now, upon hearing the usually stoic Saviour crying.
"Can you please bring me a pregnancy test" Emma managed to choke out, before bursting into tears.
"Oh Emma, I'll be there in ten minutes, okay dear, I promise I'll help you out, you'll be fine" Regina soothed before hanging up. Emma broke down completely, sinking to the floor and crying uncontrollably, until Regina finally appeared in the doorway. She took one look at the sobbing blonde, before dropping to the floor beside her and pulling her in for a hug, rubbing her back to calm her down.
"I called Belle to come and take Henry for a walk" Regina told her, dropping the pregnancy test on the floor between them.
"Thank you Regina, let's get this part over with I can't stand it" Emma said, picking up the test and walking into the bathroom. Once she'd heard the toilet flush, Regina followed Emma into the room and held her again while they waited for the results.
"Oh god no" Emma choked, picking up the test and seeing that it was positive.
"Emma this is not the end of the world, you did this without Neal before and you're not in jail this time. I am here to help you if you want me too and your mother is here too" Regina told her, bracing the blonde once again.
"Can you call my parents and Gold and Belle, I need all of them here so I can tell them and figure out the next move" Emma asked, finally getting a hold of herself slowly.
"Of course dear and as for your next move, you and Henry are welcome to come and live with me for a while" Regina suggested.
"Thanks Regina, I think I'll take you up on that" Emma said. Regina released Emma to go and make a few calls and Emma took a few deep breaths and reminded herself that she was going to be fine.
"Well Emma dearie, why is it that you have gathered all of us here? Regina said it was urgent" Gold asked her, looking confused. Emma took a deep breath, unsure how exactly to start this.
"A few weeks before Neal died, he and I were….. intimate" Emma started hesitantly. Henry made a face as did Gold.
"Why are you telling us this Emma?" her mother asked.
"Because I'm pregnant" Emma burst out. The room falls silent as the weight of Emma's words sinks in.
"I'm not expecting you to help me right now Mom, you've just had a baby yourself and I totally get it. Henry and I are going to move in with Regina. Considering what a wonderful kid Henry is, I believe that Regina is the perfect person to help me raise this kid and I know that she's done bad things in the past but I trust the person that she is now and I wouldn't have anyone else I would rather trust my kid with' Emma said.
"Oh Emma, I do agree that living with Regina is probably your best option, but I do want to help out too, where I can" Snow said, David nodded in agreement.
"Belle and I will help out too dearie, it is the least we can do, that is my grandchild after all" Gold said, Belle nodded beside him.
"Yes Emma you don't have to go through this pregnancy alone like you did with Henry, we're all here for you and Regina" Belle said.
"Yes dear, I'm here for you" Regina said, pulling Emma into a hug. just relived that this wouldn't be like the last time, that she actually had the support of her family this time.
"Yay, I get to be a big brother" Henry said joyfully and everyone laughed and smiled, Emma included
