A/N: IM SO HAPPY THAT EVERYONE LOVES THIS STORY! And sorry for the super late delay. Been a busy week. That is all!
P.S. If there are any grammatical errors I'm sorry, I didn't proof read. It's late here and I'm tired.
It was Friday morning and that meant that is was time for Brooklyn and Henrys annual morning breakfast at Grannys. The two of them were more than just step siblings, they were best friends. They always told each other everything.
"So who is she?" Brooklyn asked.
"Who's who?" Henry played off.
"The girl you've been crushing on."
"What do you mean?"
"Oh come on H! You've been getting up earlier to take your time getting ready and you've been wearing cologne and you've been distracted by your phone way more than usual. Plus let's not forget that every time someone mentions the name Grace, you blush!" Brooklyn exclaimed.
Henry blushed the moment he heard her name.
"See!"
Before Henry could say anything Ruby trotted over to take their order.
"Hey boo, what can I get you and the handsome prince over here?"
"Hmm, I will have the apple pancakes and some bacon." Brooklyn told her best friend.
"And I want some cinnamon waffles, eggs and then some bacon." Henry added.
"Okay, coming right up." Ruby told them.
Regina had gone to work early so that left Emma alone at the house till it was time for her to go to work. She decided that since they were going to be alone tomorrow night she would do something nice for her wife.
What do to Emma thought to herself. Then it hit her, she had the perfect idea. It was going to be more than the usual romantic dinner and flowers. Emma was going to leave little sticky notes all around the house saying the things she loves about Regina. She still had about an hour before work and decided she would get started.
Emma knew she would have to get Regina out of the house for about three hours tomorrow night so that she could get everything prepared. She decided to call her mom to get her to help out.
Emma, is everything okay? I can't talk long, I'm almost at school.
Everything is fine mom, I just need you to do me a favor.
What is it?
Can you take Regina shopping tomorrow around noon or maybe go see a movie? I don't know, just something. I have something planned for tomorrow night and I need her out of the house.
Sure, I can figure something out. Your father and I have no plans.
Thanks mom.
Of course. But I have to go now, I'm at school and class is going to begin soon. I love you Emma.
Love you too mom!
Emma hung up the phone and went snooping around for some sticky notes. She went into Regina's office and grabbed five different colors. The pink would be for the things she loves about Regina. The blue would be some of her favorite memories they spent together. The yellow would just simply say "I love you." The green would be for all the little things that Regina does for her to keep her happy. And the purple would be for all the adventures she couldn't wait to go on with Regina.
After school Brooklyn made her way to her moms office. She interned there every day except for Thursday and the weekends.
She walked through the door to see her mom piled head deep in paper work. The next election was just around the corner and she had so much to do. Brooklyn knew her mom would win, she always does, and Regina knew that too, but that never stopped her from making sure she has the best campaign.
"Brooklyn, thank God you are here. Can you please start filing these for me. I have to have all of this paper work done by Monday." Regina told her daughter.
Brooklyn took her last period of the day and used it for her internship so she could be there an hour longer to help her mom, but Regina always told her she could just go home on Thursday, there was no use for coming in for only an hour.
"Sure mom." Brooklyn said while starting on one of the, what seemed like a thousand, stacks of papers.
"So how was school today dear?" Regina asked.
"Ehh, school is school. Nothing but 5 AP classes, lunch, and then internship."
"Do you wish you wouldn't have signed up for so many APs?"
"No it's not that, it's just that AP classes are all year long, so when second semester kicks in, my classes won't change at all. It's a little boring taking the same classes but it's worth it since I will already have some college credits going into college." Brooklyn explained.
"That's understandable dear. We haven't really talked much about what colleges you are looking at." Regina told her daughter while starting back up on her paper work.
"I don't know, I have a perfect GPA and I'm number one in the class. I could pretty much go wherever I wanted too. I just don't know if I wanna leave Storybrooke and The University of Storybrooke Maine is one the most prestige schools in the country."
"I like the idea of you still being close to home. I don't want me little girl to leave me just yet." Regina said trying not to tear up thinking about her daughter going off to college in another state… another town at that.
"You're only saying that because you want someone to file your papers for you mom." Brooklyn joked.
Regina laughed wiping the tears from her eyes before they could start to fall.
"Your right." Regina said laughing, but once she stopped the tears started to fall again.
Brooklyn rushed over to mom immediately and pulled her into a tight hug.
"Don't cry mom, I'm not going to leaving forever. Plus, USBM, is my first choice."
"I know it is, I just can't stand the thought you growing up and not needing me."
"Mom, I'm always going to need you. You're like my best friend. I honestly don't think I could move to another state. You would be coming to get my after my first few weeks."
They continued to hug for a few moments longer and then pulled away both agreeing that Brooklyn wasn't going anywhere and they both needed to get back to work.
They sat there quietly doing their work for a while and it was almost time to leave.
"So Henry has his first crush." Brooklyn told her mom.
"Who is it?" Regina asked.
"Grace."
"Jefferson's daughter?"
"Yep, and I, being the best big sister in the world, are going to get them together."
"He is thirteen Brooklyn, he doesn't need to be dating."
"And he doesn't have to go on legit dates but they can hang out, they will probably hold hands, but nothing more. I think it's sweet." Brooklyn said.
"I suppose it is. What are you going to do?"
"Well, Grace loves me, she told Mary Margret the other day when she was visiting the middle school, she wants to grow up and be just like me. And, I'm about 90 percent sure she has a crush on Henry too."
"Well I'm glad she loves you so much because when Henry and her want to go do something, you can chaperone."
"Oh come on mom! No fair."
They both laughed.
"I can't believe my babies are getting so grown." Regina said.
Over at the middle school Henry was walking with Grace to the bus.
"How was your day Grace?" Henry asked her.
"It was good. This is my favorite part though, when you walk with me to the bus." Grace answered.
Henry blushed. Today was the day, he was going to ask Grace out on a date.
"So, Grace. I was wondering if you wanted to go see a movie sometime. We can go see whatever you want." He asked her.
"I would love to Henry." Grace replied.
"Well I doubt my mom lets us go by myself, so maybe my sister and her boyfriend Isaac will go with us. How about Sunday evening?" He asked.
Henry was so happy that she said yes. He had liked Grace for years and they had always been the best of friends.
"So it would be like a double date?"
"Yeah. If you don't mind."
"Sounds even better."
"Yeah" Henry paused. "It does."
Emma was sitting in her office playing darts and bored out of her mind.
"No work to get done?" David, her father, asked her.
"Nothing that is fun." Emma said laughing.
"Oh so you're leaving all the paper work for your dear old dad to do huh?" David asked her laughing.
"Well of course."
They both laughed while David picked up a set of darts of his own and started to throw them at the board.
"So you have something planned for you and Regina tomorrow or something? Mary Margret said that you needed her to occupy Regina."
"Yeah, I have a few things up my sleeve."
"Romantic dinner?"
"That and more."
"And what would that be?"
"I don't believe that would be any of your business my dear father." Emma said laughing.
"I didn't wanna know anyways." He said back jokingly.
"Okay okay, stop grilling me dad, I will tell you."
They both just stared at each other and started laughing.
"Anyways, I'm gonna stick all these sticky notes with things I love about her around the house. Everywhere she turns there will be a sticky note. And a romantic dinner."
"That sounds like a nice evening darling."
Later that evening Regina and Emma were sitting in their usual place by the fire in the living room. Regina had her book in hand and was laying in Emma's lap and Emma was watching her and enjoying in the fire peacefully. It was the moments like this that both the brunette and the blonde loved the most. When Henry and Brooklyn had gone upstairs to shower and do homework then get ready for bed and the two woman had time for just the two of them. It was hard to find time to spend together without the kids. They loved their kids more than anything, but they also loved having alone time to just cuddle and talk.
Regina was the first to break the silence after about thirty minutes of laying there. She marked her page and put her book down. She then turned into Emma's stomach and rested it there.
"So I got a very interesting phone call today dear." Regina mumbled into Emma's stomach.
"What was that?" Emma asked laughing. Regina's statement coming out into a bunch of blabber.
Regina moved her face back some but didn't remove herself from the blondes lap. It was her favorite place to be.
"I said, I got a very interesting phone call today."
"From who babe?" Emma asked.
"Your mother."
"What did she want?" Emma asked as innocently as she could. Regina was the most difficult person to surprise.
"She randomly asked if I wanted to go on a shopping trip tomorrow. She suggested we go around three. Do you know the reason for this?"
"Maybe mom just wants to spend some time with you."
"Yes, I suppose that could be it dear."
"You think I had something to do with this?" Emma asked sarcastically.
"I never said that" Regina said.
They both just sat there laughing. When things finally settled down Regina fell asleep in her wife's lap. Emma looked down at her beautiful wife who was snoozing away. Every now and then Regina would let out a soft snore. It was one of Emma's favorite noises.
Emma picked Regina up, carefully not to wake her, and carried her up the stairs to the master bedroom. She sat her carefully in bed, thankful that she already had her pajamas on. She covered her up and got into the bed with her and cuddled her wife. It was nights like this she was truly thankful for. Emma felt like she had the perfect life and perfect family.
When Emma woke up the next morning she cold and was longer cuddled to her wife. The bed was empty and just as she was getting up to go find out where we wife escaped to Regina was walking into the bedroom with a tray of breakfast and hot cocoa.
The tray had all of her favorites, eggs, bacon, and chocolate chip pancakes. There was even cinnamon on her cocoa. Emma sat up in the bed and Regina brought over the breakfast and sat it in Emma's lap.
"What is all this for babe?"
"I know I don't usually let you eat in the bedroom but I felt like you deserved breakfast in bed this morning my love." Regina responded.
"For what?"
"For carrying me to bed last night."
"You never cease to amaze me Regina."
"I do hope that's a good thing."
"It's the best thing."
When Regina and Emma made their way down stairs Henry and Brooklyn were in the kitchen eating cereal.
"So guess who has a hot date Sunday night." Brooklyn said.
"You do?" Emma asked.
"Do you and Isaac have something planned I don't know about dear?" Regina asked her daughter.
"No, it isn't me. it's Henry. He asked Grace out."
"What?" Regina asked.
"What to go kid." Emma said fist pounding him.
"Don't worry mom, Isaac and I are going with him as long as the two of you don't mind."
"It's fine with me, what about you babe." Emma said.
"I suppose that would be okay as long as someone is there to chaperone the two of you." Regina said.
"Oh come on babe, let him go have fun on his first date." Emma said pulling her wife into a hug.
Before Regina knew it Brooklyn and Henry were hugging her as well. They were having a family group hug. Regina loved when they did that.
"Go on Henry, have fun. Just be back by ten. It is a school night after all." Regina said through her squished group hug.
When everyone pulled away they went on about their business getting things ready. Regina went upstairs to get ready for shopping with Mary Margret, Henry packed his things for Nathans, Brooklyn said she was going to finish up her homework before showering and getting ready to head to Belles, and Emma went to where she stashed the sticky notes she had already started to work on and make sure that Regina hadn't found them.
The night was going to be perfect.
Later that evening Brooklyn had arrived at Belles. Jordan and Ruby were already there.
"So you guys ready to head to the beach house." Ruby asked.
"Hell yes. I've been looking forward to this all week." Jordan answered.
"And both your parents think you are staying here?" Belle asked the girls.
"Yeah." Brooklyn answered.
When they got to the beach house Isaac and Graham were already there. Graham was Jordan's boyfriend. Some other people started to show up. Tinkerbell was there along with Ella and Neal.
Belle and Ruby were somewhere making out heavily, already a drunken mess.
Brooklyn, Jordan, and Tink laid in the hammock together.
It was already almost eight o'clock and the sky was starting to get darker.
"Guys I think it's almost time for me to stop drinking. I have to be at work tomorrow at ten and if I'm the least bit late, my mom will kill me." Brooklyn said slurring her words.
The party had only been going on for about an hour but mostly everyone there was already drunk.
"You can't stop now. You won't be late. We will get you there." Tink encouraged.
"Yeah, come on. Don't be a party pooper." Jordan chimed in.
"Just give me another drink." Brooklyn said almost falling out of the hammock.
Isaac made his way over to his girlfriend. Well look here, three hot ladies all drunken up.
"Oh shut it you dickwad. You're just as drunk as the rest of us." Tink slurred out.
"Are you staying here tonight babe?" Brooklyn asked.
"Someone has to make sure you get up in the morning and it surely won't be these too."
Everyone just laughed and then before they knew it they were all on the ground.
"Damn that hurt." Tink said laughing.
Brooklyn got up and poured them all a shot. She held up her glass and said "Well, here is to falling out of hammocks drunkingly." She said laughing.
They all held up their shots and clanked them together and downed them at the same time.
"It's getting dark we should probably go inside." Jordan suggested.
When they got inside everyone was dancing and having a good time.
"I'm so not going into work tomorrow" Brooklyn stated as she was dancing with her best friends.
Emma was busy setting up all of the sticky notes and getting dinner ready. She wanted tonight to be perfect. Regina may suspect she has something up her sleeve but she will never be able to guess what.
Emma loved her wife so much and couldn't wait for her to see the evening she had planned.
So I know this chapter is a little shorter than the others but I didn't want to start Regina and Emma's romantic night and end up leaving you hanging. So the next chapter will definitely be as long as the first if not longer. I hope you guys enjoyed.