CHAPTER 2
The next morning Emma woke up to big green eyes looking at her and little, chubby hands on her face. Emma groaned, rolled over, and pushed the little girl off of her. She got cute little giggles in response. Emma felt the weight of Charlotte crawling over her and her hands pull one of her eyelids open.
"Wake up, mama." Charlotte whispered into Emma's face. Emma closed her eyes again and pretended to be sleeping. Charlotte huffed in response. She laid on the other side of her mother and started poking at her. Charlotte wasn't expecting what happened next.
Emma sprang up and starting tickling Charlotte all over her body.
"STOP IT, MAMA! THAT TICKLES!" Emma showed no mercy. She kept tickling Charlotte until she was crying. She decided to stop when she thought the girl was going to wet herself.
"Good morning, baby." Emma said and then kissed her little girl all over her face. Charlotte giggled. Charlotte grabbed her mothers face with her tiny hands.
"Hi, Mama." Charlotte grinned at her mother and wrapped her arms around her neck in a big hug. Emma rolled over so she could hold her baby girl close. Emma cherished moments like these. Her baby was all she needed.
Emma remembers the day she found out she was pregnant so vividly. She had had a one night stand a couple months prior to finding out she was pregnant. She doesn't even remember what happened; she had gotten incredibly drunk that night at a bar and had met a guy. The rest was history. She never tried to find the guy to tell him. This child was going to be hers. When Charlotte was born it was probably the happiest day of her life.
"Mama? You can let go." Charlotte was oblivious to the moment her mother was having. Now she was just getting squished
"No I'm not done." Emma squeezed Charlotte close to her. She heard Charlotte groan when all the air was squeezed out of her. Emma pulled Charlotte back and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"Do you want to exploring?" Emma asked. As soon as the question was out of her mouth Charlottes eyes lit up and she nodded her head.
"Okay then let's get up and get dressed, Munchkin." Charlotte crawled off of her mother and started looking through her bag for what she wanted to wear. She pulled out a pair of little blue jeans and a Frozen t-shirt. Emma laughed at her daughter shirt of choice. Emma went to her bag and pulled out a pair of blue jeans as well except hers were a bit tighter. She also grabbed a white tank to wear under her red leather jacket.
"Alright gorgeous let's go!" Emma picked Charlotte up and headed down the stores to the front of the bed and breakfast. When she got down there she saw that no one was in the lobby. She walked outside and put Charlotte down on the ground. She immediately ran ahead of Emma until her mother halted her. Charlotte turned and saw a building with people in it.
"Mama what's that?" She pointed at the building.
"It looks like it's a diner. Do you want to go in and see what they have for breakfast?" After Charlotte nodded her and Emma headed inside. As soon as they walked through the door everyone went quiet. Emma blushed and Charlotte just waved at anyone looking at her, which was almost everyone. Emma picked Charlotte up and held her close. Emma was always careful when she was around new people and she had Charlotte with her.
Emma and Charlotte sat in a booth together on the side facing the door. They were talking and giggling when Ruby came up to them.
"Hey guys. What can I get you for breakfast?"
"Ruby? You work here too?"
"Yeah. Granny owns the Dinner and the bed and breakfast. You know bed and breakfast." She pointed to the direction the bed and breakfast would be and then the diner. Emma laughed at her joke
"Ha ha very funny. So what would you recommend for breakfast?"
"Well we have some pretty good pancakes. You can add anything on them if you'd like. Some scrambled eggs, toast, French toast. Just about anything."
"Okay how about one plate with two chocolate chip pancakes and another plate with one chocolate chip pancake. And two cups of hot chocolate with whipped cream and cinnamon please?"
"Will do. That will be out soon."
Emma thanked her and started playing with Charlotte again. As they were playing Emma heard the door bell jingle. Emma looked up and locked eyes with the most beautiful chocolate colored eyes she's ever seen. Emma couldn't look away. She was awestruck. She finally pulled her eyes away from chocolate and looked at the woman with those gorgeous eyes. Emma stopped breathing when she looked at the rest of her. She's beautiful.
Emma looked back up at the woman's face and saw her smirking at her. Emma's cheeks instantly reddened. She had been caught staring at a stranger. Emma looked back up at the eyes that originally caught her attention. What she saw had to be her eyes playing tricks on her. There's no way what she saw could have been true. This mystery woman just… winked at her?
Emma looked back down and at her daughter when Charlotte starting poking at her trying to get her attention.
"Mama, what are you looking at?"
Emma looked back up and saw the woman was no longer looking at her. "Um nothing sweetie. Do you need something?" Emma pulled Charlotte closer.
"You stopped playing." Emma smiled at her daughter as soon as she said that. She let out a little chuckle. Ruby came out of the back and had their food with her. She sat it down in front of them.
"Can I get anything else for you two?"
Emma thought for a second. "I think we're good food wise but could you tell me who that brunette at the counter is?" Emma whispered.
Ruby looked back at the counter and immediately saw who Emma was talking about. She turned back with a smirk.
"Oh that's our lovely mayor, Mayor Regina Mills." Ruby said then walked back behind the counter to take said woman's order.
Mayor Regina Mills.
