"Tell me Miss. Swan, how did you manage to live this long in this...pigsty, with only junk food as subsidence? Honestly when was the last time you ate real food?"
"Regina, how many times do I have to explain this to you. A bag of Doritos is real food, I can hold it and I can eat it, thus making it real food. And the apartment is not a pigsty, it's just disorganized. Why don't you sit down and stop stressing over everything, if it will make you feel better I will clean everything up and go grocery shopping later"
"You must be out of your mind if you think I'm going to leave this all to you. The last time you said you were going to clean up I found everything stuffed in the hall closet, pantry and even my closet. Seriously, If you were trying to hide all the mess why put it in my room, it makes no sense whatsoever and is entirely idiotic."
From the moment Regina walked into Emma's apartment a week and half ago there was not a moment free from complaining about every little detail, from the lack of centerpiece on dining room table to the numerous video games, movies, and books which could be found everywhere. Emma would be lying if she said she enjoyed having her son's other mother stay with her while 108 Mifflin was being fumigated for a wild ant infestation. It annoyed the blonde even more knowing it was all her fault. The one, and probably only, time Regina decided to have a party at the mansion, convinced by both Henry and Emma, Pongo managed to snag an apple turnover and hide leaving everyone none the wiser, for two weeks. That was until Regina went into the closet under the stairs and came face to face with a wall decorated in hundreds of ants.
Usually Emma was good at gauging a situation, by her calculations Regina's house should have been ready almost a week ago. But knowing the woman this was all probably part of her punishment for causing it all. All thanks to Henry and the promise her forced them to make they weren't allowed to use magic to speed up the process because now was such an opportune time to become Team Mom.
In an attempt to stop the conversation from becoming an argument Emma decided it was time to try and distract the other woman. "You know Regina, you actually aren't that bad of a roommate, once you get past all the constant nagging that is."
"Was that supposed to come out as a compliment Miss Swan?" she questioned with her right eyebrow raised.
"Well yeah. You do all the things I can't do. Like grocery shopping and cooking and then cleaning up after cooking. I think it's the only thing that makes this arrangement work to be honest." halfway through her statement of gratitude, if it could be called even that, Regina became aware that once again Emma was purposely and also poorly trying to provoke her.
"Miss Swan you are fully capable of doing all of those things on your own, you are just too lazy, which makes me question once again your appointment as sheriff over my town." If it wasn't for the years spent constantly fighting with Regina Emma would have mistaken her typical teasing bantering seriously and been slightly offended. But alas time showed that would always be common in their little Swan-Mills family and apparently no matter the circumstances that would be hard to change.