Chapter Two

Small Town two hours from Portland, Maine

"All right the car is all clean," Emma announced as she sat down at a Denny's in a small town that thankfully had a car detailer located in it.

"You managed to do all that work in thirty minutes?" Regina asked raising an eyebrow. "No way you got away with a basic cleaning." Emma grimaced.

"You're right, they won't have it back to me until tomorrow, so I dropped our stuff off at the motel just a block from here and walked back here. He said it would cost over two hundred dollars, can you believe it?"

"After building up at least thirteen years' worth of your filth, absolutely, and that's not at all including however long Neal had it before you and was a bum, and not including at all whenever the actual owner last had it detailed." King snorted into her drink as Emma clasped her hands over the table.

"All right so I guess I walked into that one," Emma grumbled. Regina nodded not all looking as if she were going to apologize to Emma. Emma turned from Regina and looked at Henry who was sitting beside his mother.

"Hey Kid, wanna share that shake?" Emma asked him with a smile. He shook his head.

"No, Mama, Mommy got it special for me being a good boy in the car."

"Good boy?" Emma asked. "Weren't you saying butt for over an hour?" Henry nodded as his eyes widened.

"Yes, Mama and then I told mommy I was sorry like this much." He put his shake down to open his arms wide.

"Oh, you must have been real sorry to have earned a milkshake with Mommy's forgiveness." He nodded as he went back to drinking.

"What time can you pick up the car tomorrow?" Regina asked.

"They said around nine o'clock should be long enough to keep you from gagging over thirteen years' worth of filth as you said."

"I hope so or I will be having words with them about their cleaning abilities." Emma wanted to look at Regina with a tiny glare, but let it go as food arrived. No surprise Regina had already ordered her a burger and fries.

"So, what do we do now?" King asked as she tried the burger delicately. She had always taken the fish at Granny's. Regina how was digging into the banana chocolate chip pancakes with Henry with a side of sausage, eggs over easy, and hash browns. The baby's wanted pancakes badly. She took a bite and just savored it as that craving was satisfied for the moment.

"We rest King," Emma told her smiling at Regina.

"Sorry it has just never tasted so good," Regina told them. King waved her off.

"No, need to explain to me my Queen," King told her. "I understand completely, my girl had me craving the weirdest things in my pregnancy."

"King you have a child, then why are you here?" Emma asked surprised. King paused in eating a French fry.

"She died Princess," King replied.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, King, can I ask how it happened?" Emma asked curiously wondering what had taken this woman's child, and still she stood tall and fierce.

"The Plague I'm afraid," Regina told her after she contacted King. "King was always my favorite, but when she got pregnant, I let her go home to have her baby. Something I would never deny my female guards if that's what they choose. Most of them stuck around though to stay in my service, with the men in my family in charge there wasn't much back there for them. But King had enough money saved, and she wanted her daughter to know her homeland and then she promised to come back to me. However, I became ready for the dark curse before her official return. That is until she came and told me about the plague hitting my country. She told me that even the royal family had been hit, but no one was sure if someone got away the devastation was just too great. Some people had already fled, they would eventually meet up with my mother. King's husband stayed with the girl she was too weak to travel. So she made me promise to heal her if I could, and she would wait for my return if necessary. But I reminded her I didn't know what would come in the new world."

"Thankfully medical advancement." Regina nodded.

"And it would have worked if not for Pan," Regina told her.

"Oh no," Emma said looking at King who was now very interested in her ketchup.

"Yeah, in the hospital she was slowly recovering, but in the Enchanted Forest we lack certain medications, and not even Kush is strong enough. I tried to keep her alive until we found King or could get back to this world, but as you know Zelena got to them."

"For that I may never forgive Zelena for holding me prisoner," King said. "I had hoped to be around to watch her give birth so I could walk out with her child and keep her from it for a little bit. See how she likes it when a child needs their mother. Fortunately for her my Queen is a Queen and will not use a child to seek revenge against their parent."

"Aaliyah fought to see you, I'm sorry that the flu ran through, if not for that flu, I'm sure she would have made it here," Regina told her.

"I know, I saw through the window, it was that stupid servant from Snow White, she's lucky she met her end at the flu, she was supposed to help you and then she came into a sick room, feeling sick herself. She should have passed the task on to someone else." Regina reached over and took King's hand and gave it a squeeze.

"You are a strong woman King, and I admire you for being here and helping us with our own daughters."

"Of course, My Queen personally nursed my daughter and tried to comfort her when I was not there for her. Most healers wouldn't have even touched her once she contracted the plague, but my Queen she held her when I could not and best of all I have memories of Aaliyah looking better in the hospital. I know they are her memories of my non-existent visits, but my Queen never let her forget me never forget that I loved her. And never forget the way I always held her." King bit back some tears she would not cry in front of these strange people. Emma gave her a huge hug to King's surprise.

"All right Savior Dark One, that's enough public displays of affection sheesh, how my Queen puts up with it I don't know." Emma chuckled as did Regina.

"Forgive her, she is Snow's daughter unfortunately," Regina told King. King nodded as if that explained it all. Emma pouted.

"Hey," Emma pouted. "So mean." They all returned to eating though Regina was annoyed that Henry had made it through half their pancakes and didn't seem ready to stop. She made a note to stop sharing with him for the time being. After paying for their lunch, they followed Emma to the motel although several people wanted to already touch Regina's belly so she was scowling by the time they made it.

"What is with people's fascination in this world with touching pregnant bellies?" Regina asked. "I dread the day I'm actually showing to the degree I was with Charlotte when I went to New York.

"It's just nice to feel the baby kicking that's all. Not that LQ will kick for me," Emma murmured.

"It's still too early for her to kick anyway I doubt either of us would feel it if she did," Regina replied. "So, I really don't think she's spiting you."

"I disagree, I'm telling you she has it out for me," Emma told her. Regina shook her head at Emma. One in the motel room, Regina got Henry a bath and put him to bed for his nap. King who had been wide awake since leaving also decided to get some rest in the second bed. Regina fell asleep next to Henry to Emma's amusement as she snapped pictures of her family. Unfortunately, even out here, the darkness was not interested in letting her sleep. The vision of Rumple was right, she really needed to find a hobby while her family slept.

"You're thinking too loud," Regina grumbled.

"Oh yeah, what am I thinking?" Emma asked from her seat on the edge of the bed.

"You're wondering how you're going to fill in all these endless hours," Regina told her opening her eyes. Emma looked back and saw there wasn't a trace of sleep in there.

"So, you can't sleep either?" Emma asked.

"Not exactly, it's more like meditation, maybe you should spin straw into gold like Rumple." Emma chuckled.

"Somehow I think you would have better luck than me at that," Emma replied. Regina shrugged a shoulder delicately as she sat up.

"The girls at least need their rest, we seem to hold most of the power from Merlin and Rumple, at least I now the darkness doesn't have enough power to force Little Queen to grow faster than I'd like." Emma nodded. "Anyway, so they can rest I need to rest of course."

"You've been taking your own immortality well," Emma pointed out.

"I made that choice to protect you, so I suppose we'll have to find new and exciting things to do together," Regina grinned. Emma smiled as Regina scooted until she was next to Emma. They kissed softly.

"Hmm…well one exciting thing we can do is take a shower together, while these two sleep?" Regina nodded. It had been too long since her and Emma had been together and when she had been fearing for her children's life as much as her hormones wanted her too, she could not go there with Emma. But now things were different again, Emma had her trust again. Regina grabbed their shower things before they went into the bathroom together. Once she had put everything down Emma kissed her slowly as if she were savoring it and it made Regina feel warm inside. Regina grabbed Emma by the neck pulling her closer in order to deepen the kiss, she swore she could kiss Emma forever and never come up for air. They pulled back breathing hard.

"Clothes," Emma grunted already loosening her belt. Regina easily unbuttoned her top and threw it to the side as well as her skirt. She helped Emma with her pants as the zipper was stuck before removing her bra and panties. Emma gulped as it never failed to get her attention when Regina was naked. Regina grinned and stepped into the shower, she turned it on enjoying the feel of the warm water cascading down her body.

"Are you coming in darling?" Regina asked her with her best Evil Queen smirk.

"Most definitely." Emma got out of the rest of her clothes and joined Regina in the shower. It was a standard shower, Emma noted, but there was enough room for her to get on her knees and fuck her Queen just like she wanted. It didn't take long until Regina had Emma pinned to the wall, as much as she wanted Emma on her knees she really needed to touch her first for once. There was no denying that she was drooling over Emma as the Dark One, but it was all about esthetics she did have her children to think about. Now that they were safe from Emma at least she could give into her more base desires.

"Baby fuck me," Emma moaned as she rolled her nipple between her teeth. Regina obliged as she moved her hand down.

"I hate to say this babe, but moan lower, we don't want to wake anyone," Regina told her kissing her neck. Emma nodded as Regina's teeth grazed her skin leaving a trail of fire there as usual.

'Dear God this woman is….' Emma thought.

"Mummy what are you doing?" Little Queen asked trying to see through Emma's mind. Emma's eyes shot open as she tried to block her daughter, she was successful in keeping her in the dark but not out of her head.

"Emma?" Regina asked.

"The baby is in my head," Emma said. Regina sighed as she pulled back a little, she could hear her daughter too.

'We just ate Little Queen, you are not hungry,' Regina told her.

"Mummy I want pickles in a Frappuccino that used to be our favorite." Regina sighed as the craving came up hard.

'Baby come on back to sleep I promise Mama and I will get your Frap and Pickle after our shower,' Regina thought.

"Mommy I don't like the water it's too hot," Viveka complained. Regina's frown deepened as the water no longer felt nice on her skin anymore. She washed quickly and got out, it was obvious to her that Emma heard them both too and was no longer in the mood. Emma was just finishing up when Henry was knocking on the door asking to pee. She let him in and got him on the toilet as she washed her face and brushed her teeth. She ended up vomiting from the taste, because it wasn't a Frappuccino and a pickle. Emma just got dressed and headed out when she assured her she was fine. King was up again when they exited.

"You want anything from starbucks or whatever local place they have around here?" Emma asked realizing they probably didn't have a starbucks.

"I don't know what that is," King shrugged.

"I'll bring you back a salted caramel frap you'll love it, wait are you lactose intolerant?" Emma asked.

"Lactose Intolerant?" King asked.

"She can drink milk," Regina told Emma as she lay back on the bed feeling sick and yet craving that frap and pickle.

"What does milk have to do with this lactose intolerant?" King asked. Regina explained what lactose was and what it meant to be intolerant. Once King understood they fell silent except for Henry now watching tv. When Regina looked up again from trying to ignore her children arguing about whether or not she wanted peanut butter too, King was engrossed in the cartoon as much as Henry. She snapped a picture as she chuckled.

"Finally," Regina said when Emma came back to the room, she was also carrying Chinese food.

"Here try that King, let me know what you think. And for you my beautiful Queen a venti soy milk, peanut butter, two shots of salted caramel, one shot of vanilla, and two shots of decaffeinated expresso, topped with whip cream and more salted caramel."

"Oh babe how did you know about the peanut butter."

"Jerk baby wouldn't let me forget it, apparently I get to still experience your nausea," Emma told her with fake excitement.

"Well that's taking sharing this experience to a new level," Regina muttered as she sipped on her drink. Emma nodded as she gave Henry warm milk that they had created froth in with Honey so he wouldn't feel left out.

"This is yummy, I didn't know they had other ways of making coffee taste so good," King said. Emma grinned as she picked up her identical Frap from Regina's minus the peanut butter and soy milk and her expresso was not decaffeinated. She served everyone Chinese food and King was super happy with the new flavors. Regina was just glad to have her jar of pickles that she dipped in her frap while Emma shook her head. She refused all Chinese food though and tossed Regina the hot Cheetos before she could ask.

"I got you baby," Emma grinned. Regina grinned back before she looked at the bag and frowned.

"This has lime, Emma these aren't my usual." Emma looked up from her rice.

"Baby do you trust me?" She asked. Regina nodded.

"Normally yes, I do," Regina told her.

"Try the limes, it will give you life," Emma told her. "And if not I have regulars in the bag." Regina nodded and opened the bag. She ate some, moaned, and resumed her place on the bed prompted up by pillows so she could watch cartoons too.

"I love you too baby," Emma told her. Regina chuckled and gave her a closed mouth smile as her mouth was full with Cheetos. King looked at them and chuckled before asking Henry questions about the cartoons again quietly.

Boston Airport

"Are you sure we can get our tickets?" Emma asked anxiously.

"Yes, I am calm down, the bug will be fine with your little friend," Regina told her as Emma bounced her leg. King had taken Henry to the bathroom, because they both had to go. They had driven the bug all the way to Boston, because Emma had a safe and cheap way to store it while they were away. Otherwise Regina would have grabbed a flight a lot sooner from Portland.

"That's easy for you to say you don't really exist in this world. What if they question Henry's age on his passport, what if they see that your and King's passports are fake."

"I very much exist see." Regina pinched Emma on the arm.

"Ouch woman, why would you do that?" Emma asked.

"Well if I didn't exist you wouldn't have felt that," Regina told her smirking. Emma's eyes narrowed at Regina.

"God you are a little hell raiser aren't you," Emma grumbled. Regina shrugged a shoulder delicately as she stood up. Once they were joined by King and Henry, Emma stood as well and they headed for the check in counter.

"Do you have any bags to check?" She asked.

"No, just one carry on and a purse," Regina told her. The woman weighed it, and said it was regulation before handing it back to King.

"How old is the child?" The woman asked.

"He's three years old," Regina told her. "We'll need a fourth seat." The woman nodded. "Preferably if you could get two of us seated in a middle row with him, and the last one next to us to the side." The woman just nodded.

I can get two of you on the end seats in the middle and the other two next to one another on the side."

"That will have to do it is last minute," Regina said. The woman nodded.

"Five thousand dollars with taxes to Havana," She told them. "Do you have your passports?" Regina nodded. She pulled out three Canadian Passports, and one American one, plus two residency cards. Emma noted that Henry's had a special mark, that basically let her know he was a dual citizen for now. Emma bit her lip and drummed her fingers against her skin as the woman looked over all three passports and scanned them. Emma let out a breath when they were finally walking away with their tickets headed for security.

"Henry I need you to settle down now, we have to go through security all right, I don't want you wandering off, it's a very serious part of the airport, and the people there just want to make sure that no one is sneaking things they aren't supposed to have on the plane." Henry nodded.

"Can I have a soda mommy?" Henry asked jumping around.

"Uh no sweetie, but once we're on the other side of the security line, how about we get you a treat that's not soda." Henry nodded "If you behave yourself." Henry pouted but nodded as he grabbed her hand. They got into line, and Henry was already fidgeting Emma saw. So she placed him up on her shoulders and he could at least watch everyone without getting into trouble. Regina quietly explained it all to King how the security worked.

"Your necklace might set off the machines so place it in the box with our things, I promise they will be fine." King nodded. It was forty-five minutes before Emma had to put Henry down so she could take off her shoes, belt, wallet, jacket, and cell phone. Regina put her purse and phone down and stayed with King who was nervous about the machines.

"The kid doesn't have to take his shoes off," The guy told Emma. Emma nodded.

"All right come here Henry we're just going to let them take a quick picture all right, look Mama will go first," Emma told him. Henry gulped at the man who beckoned Emma through the full body scan. She held her hands up and placed her feet. It beeped, she was clear, she held her hand out to Henry, and helped him stand on the mark. He raised his little hands. Emma backed out just before they took the scan. He ran out and hugged her close.

"He's good," the guy told her. King was next having watched Emma. She was cleared, and then Regina was through with no problems. Although they did give her an extra pat down because of her bump. Emma really didn't like that, but Regina looked at her to keep her cool. Soon they were off with Emma grumbling about people touching her and keeping a protective arm around her.

"It was highly inappropriate for them to treat a Queen that way," King told her.

"They're just making sure we're all safe, and I am only a Queen to you two out here, but to them I'm just Regina Mills a Canadian Citizen turned resident."

"Yeah about that, what the fuck?" Emma asked. King snorted.

"What Canada has the better healthcare system, and are more gay friendly. I thought maybe if I left storybrooke with my wife, I'd end up in like Canada on the coast or something."

"Yeah, but how did you get it." Regina shrugged.

"The curse gave me many things as I learned about this world," Regina told her.

"I can't believe you're technically Canadian, do you know that means I lied on our marriage certificate I thought you were American."

"Don't worry about it, they haven't caught the lie yet, so we'll take care of it later," Regina told her. They stopped at a store and let Henry pick out some crackers. Regina grabbed a bottle of water. She had heard horror stories of people stuck on flights without water and the heater turned up.

"What you think they don't have water on planes?" Emma chuckled.

"Of course I do, but I heard things about flight attendants turning up the heater and running out of water," Regina told her. "I cannot take chances." Once they had their purchases they found their gate.

"So uh does King realize that the plane will go in the air?" Emma asked.

"No clue, but I'm gonna hold her hand through it all."

"But what if Henry is scared?" Emma asked .

"Then you will hold his hand," Regina told her. Emma bit her lip a bit.

"Um…but what if he wants your hand?" Emma asked.

"Then I will reach across the aisle, Emma, is this about Henry or you?" Regina asked.

"Maybe, a little bit me," Emma replied.

"But you flew to New York with Gold and Henry, I didn't think you were afraid of planes," Regina said.

"I drive everywhere on purpose, and I was scared shitless," Emma told her.

"Well this is problematic," Regina said.

"Why, don't tell me that's the deal breaker," Emma said. Regina chuckled.

"No, Emma, let's just say there's going to be a lot of hand holding going on between us," Regina told her patting her hand.

"Will group one please line up and get ready to board Flight 758 to Charlotte Douglas International." They stood up and King came over looking pale.

"What kind of magic makes these metal birds fly?" She asked them.

"Science King now come on, I promise you we are fine," Regina told her, but Emma was now wondering if Regina even believed her own words. Now that she thought about it, she wasn't sure at all that Regina had ever needed a reason to be on a plane at all. It was going to be a long ten hour journey with three scared adults and one scared toddler.

"Maybe we can stay in Boston," Regina said as the plane started moving ten minutes later.

"You wait until now to voice that thought?" Emma asked gripping the arm rest, she was actually by the window on the ride side with Henry, while Regina and King were on the left side of the plane.

"Sorry, I was trying to be brave," Regina told her. She looked at Henry, but he was comfortably seated and watching a cartoon on his screen now that the safety instructions were over, she hadn't realized that planes came with so many safety instructions.

"I wish I were a kid, then I wouldn't know how idiotic I was for getting into a metal tube that's supposed to fly of all things," King muttered as she bent down so her head was touching her knees. Regina envied her, she wanted to curl up into a ball for when it was all over, but her stomach would never allow it.

"Is there a protocol for throwing up on the plane?" Regina asked Emma in a whisper.

"The bag, there," Emma told her. Regina made a face, but she opened it up just in case. Apparently she could never be too careful, but if she were honest with herself, Emma would have opened up her bag too, because she hurled as soon as they were going up.

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