"Ahhh" Emma happily sighed as she sat down on the cozy loveseat in her new apartment. "Finally after all that difficult moving I can sit down and relax"
"You mean after all the difficult moving me, Snow and Charming did while you went out for coffee runs" Ruby chimed in, putting the last box in her new roommate's room.
"Yeah…well without all that coffee we never would've been able to do this so, in a way I kind of had the most crucial job." Emma replied, to which Ruby replied with a scoff and a smile.
"Uh-huh sure."
"I'm starved how about we go get some dinner. My treat as a way of saying thanks for the help." Said Emma, a huge dorky grin sprawled across her face, hoping this act of gratitude would make up for her lack of helping.
The Next Afternoon
It was a normal school day for Snow, or so she thought, after all she wasn't expecting any guests. The school was clear of students and most of the teacher were starting to file out and the mayor knew this. As she walked in to the school, the sound of her stiletto heels echoed through the nearly empty halls. As Regina got closer to the classroom, she could she the pixie haired woman focusing intently on the stack of papers she was grading. "Hello Mrs. Nolan."
"Oh hi Regina" Mary-Margaret said in her usual happy go lucky tone, which on any other day would've slightly ticked off Regina. Today though, or to be more accurate, recently she had been in an oddly good mood. After a few minutes of chit chat, the brunette finally worked in to the conversation what she was dying to say. "So I heard you helped the sheriff move in, how is she liking it?"
With an arched eyebrow, the schoolteacher replied "She seemed very happy about it and she mentioned being excited about being able to finally start work tomorrow."
"Oh well that's very good. I feel she will be an excellent sheriff." Regina said, relieved the blonde was enjoying her time here.
"Is that why you came here Regina?" Mary-Margaret asked still curious about the mayors sudden interest in Emma.
Thrown off by the last comment Regina quickly rebutted " No as a matter of fact I just came to see if.." after a stutter she regained her footing and continued " if there was any work I could do for the PTA?"
"Oh well in that case, there actually is, next week the first grade class is supposed to have a guest reader read to them in the park and we need someone to fill in. Would you be interested?"
"Sure, I'd love to help" Regina said, glad she was able to maintain a partial cover of her true intentions for coming here.
Ringg Ringg….
"Hello David, Granny's, yeah sure I can meet you there in 20 minutes. Okay honey love you too." Said Snow quickly gathering up all her papers " I'm going to meet David for dinner so I have to go thanks again for helping out."
"Of course, my pleasure. I should be heading home as well." And in an instant the pixie haired woman was out of the classroom and Regina was making her way to her Benz to head home.
"Snow, finally I missed you. How was work today?" said David with a loving smile as he gestured for his wife to come over and sit in the booth with him.
"Interesting, well boring at first then it got a little more interesting when I got a surprise visit from Regina. She was asking about Emma but used henry as a cover.."
Seeing the mischievous look in his wife's eyes David questioned her about what she was thinking .
"I came up with a brilliant plan to get Emma and Regina together." Said snow beaming with excitement "I'm having Regina read as the 1st graders guest reader next week so Emma will show up there then, to top off the day were going to invite then out to dinner afterwards."
"Wow Snow you really thought all this, didn't you?" Said David, chuckling at his wife.
"Well I know Regina and she deserves to be happy and find her true love."
"So you think Emma could be Regina's true love?" David questioned
To that Snow just shrugged, and began to eat some of the fries David had ordered for them, but her husband could still see that look in her green eyes. A sparkle. A look of hope and certainty.
When the Charming's arrived home, Snow decided to call Emma to start her plan in action. She could barely contain her excitement as she called the new sheriff. They had become surprisingly good friends since she helped Emma move in. Emma agreed sensing Snow was up to something but was comforted by the fact she was going to get to see Regina. I should probably ask henry if he's okay with this before I make any plans..hmm I'll ask him tomorrow at school. Snow thought to herself, after all it was his mother, but she had a good feeling about what his reaction was going to be.
The Next Morning
Snow arrived a little earlier than usual to school, in hopes of catching Henry before the other student arrived. Henry was at school a good 10 minutes early today and Snow saw this as her chance then called him into her classroom.
"Hey Mrs. Nolan, you needed me?" Henry asked confused why he had been called in.
"Yes Henry I just wanted to ask you something, now keep in mind I only have your moms best interests in mind."
Now Henry was getting nervous "Uhh-okay shoot.."
"Well I was wondering how you would feel if I tried set up your mom and Emma?"
"Are you serious, that's amazing, yeah I'm totally okay with that"
"Wow I didn't think you be so okay with that.." said Snow slightly shocked, not expecting his reaction to be this grand.
"Are you kidding? I'm more then okay with it, someone else other then me wants my two moms to be together…" Henry practically yelled with excitement which quickly receded to fear as he realized what he just let slip out of his mouth.
"Emma's your mom?" Snow asked, her head pounding from the rush of excitement.
"Yeah she's my birth mother, I kinda tricked her into taking the job as sheriff." Henry said realizing he might as well let her in on the plan.
"Henry how did this happen? Well I mean I know how this happened but how did you find out?" Snow rambled out still dazed from the information the boy just dropped on her.
"I'll start from the beginning, sit down we have some time." Said Henry as he giggled, and explained the whole story and plan to his teacher and now partner in crime. He was happy to see that she was really for Emma and Regina getting together. And she was happy that he finally had a chance to get his family back together and that his mother finally had a chance to be with her true love.
