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~The Lonely Geek
Chapter 2
At Regina's house
"Zee, I need your help," Regina said to her sister the next day. "I'm going on a date but I want to make it really special." Zelena sat up straight, a grin plastered all over her face, excited to hear the gossip.
"Ohh," She smiled, happy for her sister. "Who's the lucky guy?"
"Emma," Regina revealed, suddenly slightly worried because she had never told Zelena that she was bisexual before. Zelena wasn't in the least surprised bit surprised though.
"Finally," She said, rolling her eyes. "I thought you two were never gonna get together. I mean you were smiling for weeks after her and the pirate broke up."
"You knew?" Regina asked, narrowing her eyes and Zelena nodded.
"I'm your big sis, of course I knew," She shrugged. "How did you tell her?" Then she paused before speaking again at about a million miles an hour. "Wait, wait. Let me guess. Hmmm. What's your style? Oh, did you leave her a a sign made out of apples at the sheriff station asking her to date you?"
"Not exact-" Regina began but Zelena talked over the top of her.
"Oh wait, it's Emma of course it's gonna be done over cocoa. Did you ask her to be your girlfriend with the cinnamon in the cocoa?" Regina shook her head.
"Zee, she made the first move," She admitted and Zelena rolled her eyes.
"Typical," She told her. "Did she do something super romantic?" She asked and Regina didn't reply but handed her phone. Zelena read through the text messages and burst out laughing.
"And you didn't realise that she was talking about you?" She laughed gleefully. "You're so thick."
"Hey!" Regina complained, hitting Zelena's arm slightly. "She came over and told me it was about me."
"And?" Zelena asked, wanting to know everything that had happened.
"We kissed," Regina revealed and Zelena squealed. "And then I told her I was taking her on a date on Saturday."
"But you have no idea where to take her or what to do?" Zelena asked and Regina nodded.
"And under no circumstances are we going to Granny's," Regina told her. "I've also told her she needs to wear something sophisticated."
"Hmmm," Zelena said, thinking. Then she grinned. "I have the perfect idea."
"No!" Regina disagreed as soon as Zelena had finished explaining her idea.
"You don't have to eat it, she'll love it though. Bring something else for yourself." Zelena told her. "It's not about you, it's what she'll enjoy."
"Ugh fine," Regina agreed, rolling her eyes. "Now I just need to decide what to wear."
"I'll help you," Zelena grinned happily.
At Mary-Margaret's apartment
"You're going on a date with Regina?" Mary-Margaret smiled at Emma. "I'm so happy for you Emma. I'll have to find the camera to get a photo beforehand again." Emma groaned slightly.
"I'll be getting ready at my place, not here," Emma told her. "I don't know what to wear. She told me something sophisticated. What the hell does she mean by sophisticated? Do I go for a dress, or will I look to dressed up? Should I go for nice jeans and a blouse?"
"I don't think Regina will care either way," Mary-Margaret told her as David looked up from the food that he was cooking.
"And if she does care about how you look then she'll find herself spending her evening in the cells," He grinned.
"Ugh," Emma groaned. "You guys are so embarrassing."
"We're your parents, it's our job," David laughed, pausing to give her a light kiss on her head. "Did you finally work out she liked you then?"
"You knew?" Emma asked, sounding confused.
"Of course we knew," Mary-Margaret told her as David laughed. "We were just waiting for you to both figure out that you liked each other."
"How did you know?" Emma asked, annoyed that her parents had known that Regina had liked her but hadn't bothered to tell her. "Was I really that obvious?"
"Yes," Henry replied, walking into the room. "All you ever go on about is mum. Regina this. Regina that. The other day Regina said-" But he stopped after Emma gave him an evil glare, and she turned to her parents.
"He's right you know," Mary-Margaret told her and she sighed in annoyance.
"Why didn't anyone just tell us?" Emma asked and David smirked.
"It was funnier this way," And Emma only rolled her eyes in reply, she was about to walk out of the room, but as she walked past Henry she got an idea.
"Hey kid, you wanna go on a secret mission for me?" She asked, grinning.
"Doing what?" Henry asked suspiciously.
"Operation finding out what Regina is planning on doing for our first date," Emma smiled.
"No way," Henry replied. "She'd ground me for life if she found out."
"I'm your mum too though so I could unground you," Emma told him. "And I can scrap your bedtime," Henry paused, wavering at the thought of going to bed when he wanted.
"Throw in some limited edition comics and I'm in," David burst out laughing as Emma shook Henry's hand and Mary-Margaret objected.
"Emma, you are not bribing your son to find out what your girlfriend is going to do on a date with you," Mary-Margaret scolded, but she couldn't keep the smile off her face. She couldn't remember the last time she saw her daughter this happy.
The next day, at Regina's house
"Where did you get that comic from?" Regina asked Henry, seeing him reading a comic she hadn't seen before. She looked at the comic and saw it was some special limited edition that would have cost about 6 months pocket money.
"Oh hi mum," Henry said, looking up. "Ma bought it for me."
"Emma bought you that?" Regina asked, sounding surprised. Emma had never bought Henry a comic before and now she was buying him the most expensive ones around? Weird.
"Yeah," Henry nodded. "She said she'd buy me a few comics so I picked out the ones that I can normally only get as Christmas or birthday presents." He shrugged, leaving out the fact that it was also in return for telling her what he could find out about the date.
"Oh," Regina said, before looking at the clock. "Shouldn't you be in bed?"
"Ma said that I was old enough to decide when to bed," Henry told her, turning back to his comic.
"Did she now?" Regina asked, finding it suspicious. Emma and Regina had an agreement that if either of them wanted to change a rule for Henry they discussed it first. "Well you're not at Emma's now, and I say it's time to go to bed." Henry rolled his eyes and put his comic down.
"But-" Henry began to argue.
"No buts," Regina told him. "I'll be checking on you in a few minutes."
"Ma told me you were going on a date tomorrow," Henry said to Regina when she came into his room to check he was in bed. Regina paused. Emma bought him comics and let him choose his own bedtime and now he was talking about the date. This didn't add up.
"Did Emma tell you to find out what we're doing on the date?" Regina asked bluntly. Henry avoided eye contact and suddenly seemed very interested with his carpet. "Henry!" Regina said, sounding annoyed, but he still didn't reply so Regina decided to change her tactic. "Henry, how would you like a trip to Disneyland next school holiday?" Henry looked up, unsure if she was just saying that to trick him into admitting that Emma had bribed him. "If you tell me the truth, I'll take you and one of your friends as well for five days."
"Promise?" Henry asked, knowing his mum never went back on her promises.
"Promise," Regina smiled, though she was internally groaning at the thought of having to go to Disneyland. She'd better not stumble across anyone dressed as Snow White while she was there.
"She bribed me to find out what you two were doing," Henry admitted, hoping Emma wouldn't be too mad at him.
"I knew it," Regina grinned triumphantly. "Now go to sleep." She told him, kissing him gently on the forehead.
