"My god woman!" Emma breathed out, her breathing very out of control and labored from the activities she and Regina have just participated in. "You are going to kill me. What a way to go though."
Regina merely giggled as she crawled back up the bed and lay down beside Emma. Over the past couple of weeks they had certainly christened the room at Grannies and made Regina feel more than at home in the room. Regina lay on her side, looking at Emma with a grin on her face. "So it was good then?" She asked with a smirk.
"Good? It was awesome. You know what your doing thats for sure. I am still sure you are lying to me and you have done this before me." Emma breathed out.
Regina laughed and leaned over kissing Emma. "Your my first dear."
Emma smiled and then looked over at her phone, pressing it and checking the time before turning back to Regina. "We have an hour before we need to be at my parents for dinner." Emma said.
Regina groaned and buried her head in the pillow beneath her. "Do we really need to go?"
"Yes we need to go. My mother has been badgering me for weeks to have a 'family dinner' so the quicker we do it the quicker it is over and done with." Emma said.
"But we could just stay here...in bed..." Regina replied huskily, moving closer to Emma and about to push her onto her back but Emma was quicker and she moved Regina, flipping her onto her back.
"Don't use your seducing talents on me your majesty. I will not fall for it. Sadly we are going to have to leave this bed and go to my parents." She gave Regina a peck on the cheek and then climbed over her, climbing out of bed and heading for the bathroom.
Regina sighed. "Fine." She pouted. "But I will not be held accountable for what I say to your mother when we are there."
"We discussed this Regina. You need to be nice to my mother." Emma called from the bathroom. "Do not wind her up."
Regina rolled her eyes. "Well that is sucking all the fun out of the evening then."
Emma laughed a little and she leaned on the frame of the bathroom door. "Well how about if you are good at dinner I will treat you to something when we get back here." Emma suggested with a wink.
Regina smirked and sat up a little in the bed, leaning on her elbows. "And if i'm not good?" a cheeky grin appeared on Regina's face.
"Well i will just have to think of a fitting punishment for you." Emma shrugged as she turned on her heel and walked back into the bathroom.
"Sounds like a win win for me." Regina mumbled to herself. She pushed herself up further and shuffled out of bed, stretching as she stood up. She walked over to her clothes that were scattered around the room and started to put them back on. Emma sauntered out of the bathroom and wrapped her arms around Regina from behind, kissing her neck and then moving away to get herself dressed. "I was thinking this weekend we should take Henry out somewhere. Spend the day together. I have missed him since he is staying with your parents and we are here."
"Yea that sounds good to me." Emma said. "Have you heard anything about the house?"
"Yes. Most of the plumbing has been repaired and replaced. I'm now in the process of re-decoration." Regina said. I suppose in a way it is a good thing. I have wanted to re-vamp the mansion a little."
Emma pulled on her sweater and turned to Regina. "So...Christmas is coming up in a few weeks..." Emma started. Regina looked over to Emma, raising her eyebrows a little. "And my mother suggested we stay at the loft so we Will be there for Henry at Christmas." Emma said slowly.
"Oh..right. Well I guess that is a good idea." Regina replied. "I mean I don't want to miss out on Henry on Christmas morning. I had thought about what we were going to do at Christmas but I wasn't really sure about getting Henry to stay here."
"Well there we go we now have an idea of what to do." Emma smiled. She walked over to Regina and pulled her closer by her hips. "Our first Christmas together as a couple."
"Mmm" Regina hummed out as she wrapped her arms loosely over Emma's shoulders. "Henry and I have little traditions that we usually do around Christmas time but I guess some of those we won't be able to do this year." Regina said with a sad sigh.
"What do you guys do?" Emma asked.
"Well there is decorating the Christmas tree and the house. We bake Christmas cookies. We usually watch all the Christmas movies we can find. We go see the Christmas lights being turned on in town. We go ice skating." Regina listed off.
Emma nodded. "We can try and see if we can get most of those ticked off. We can certainly go see the lights being turned on and go ice skating. Christmas movies should be doable."
Regina smiled. "You really are something Emma Swan." Regina said softly as she leaned over and kissed Emma's lips.
"Hello!" Emma called as she and Regina walked into Snow and David's loft hand in hand. Snow looked up from her cooking and smiled as she saw Emma and Regina. She dropped whatever she was doing and went over to them, rubbing her hands on her apron. "Hey mom." Emma smiled as Snow leaned over and hugged Emma. She pulled away and then reached over bringing Regina into a hug.
"Oh. Okay. We're hugging." Regina muttered out and Emma had to bite her lip to stop herself from laughing at Regina's awkwardness.
"It's so good to see you both." Snow smiled.
"Mom you seen us yesterday at Grannies." Emma mused.
"I know I know but I have wanted to get you over for a family dinner for so long. I am so happy it is finally happening." Snow said excitedly clapping her hands.
Regina rolled her eyes receiving a nudge from Emma and then she plastered a smile on her face. David walked into the living area giving both women a smile. He hugged Emma and then awkwardly went to hug Regina. Henry then rushed down stairs barreling into Regina and Emma, hugging them together before hurrying over to the sofa and throwing himself down and putting on his xbox.
"Glad to see some things don't change." Emma said motioning to Henry now playing his xbox. "So mom what's for dinner?"
"Oh I am making cottage pie. It is a recipe I have mastered." Snow said happily.
"Sounds lovely." Regina said politely. She then walked over sitting down next to Henry on the sofa.
"So how are things going with you and Regina?" Snow asked Emma as she went back to preparing dinner.
"Things are great. We're doing good." Emma smiled. "How's Henry been? No trouble I hope."
"Oh of course he hasn't been any trouble. He has been as good as gold. Keeps himself busy really." Snow replied.
"Good. The plumbing is basically repaired at the mansion it will just be the re-decorating so Regina is hoping to be back in the mansion for the middle of January at least." Emma said. "I think she is missing Henry not being around as much, even though she makes sure she sees him every day it's still not the same for her."
"I understand that. You have pretty much been staying with Regina since you two started your relationship." Snow replied.
Emma shrugged but couldn't help the small smirk that graced her lips. "Yea well...you know...we like being around one another." A slight blush rose on Emma's cheeks.
"Yea well we don't need to know why you like being around one another so much." David added in as he walked into the kitchen.
Emma rolled her eyes and pushed herself away from the kitchen counter. "It's not all about that.." She replied but thought that yes they did indeed spend a lot of their time doing that particular activity. "I'm gonna go over and talk to my girlfriend and son, if you will excuse me." Emma said turning on her heel and walking over to the living area. She flopped down onto the sofa beside Regina and watched as Henry tried to explain the game to Regina.
"So you shoot the zombie things?" Regina asked watching Henry and then looking over at the TV. "Are you sure I bought you this game? I am more than sure I would perhaps refuse to buy this game because of the clear violence in it."
Emma chuckled a little and rolled her eyes at Regina. "Yea you bought me it mom." Henry replied. "You gave me the money and said go buy what game you want. So I did." He said with a slight shrug of his shoulders. "It's a cool game. Give it a go." Henry said as he passed the controller to Regina.
Regina took it from Henry with a slight raised eyebrow. "What buttons do I press?" Regina asked. Henry leaned over and started to tell Regina what to press. Emma watched as Regina concentrated on the game, doing what Henry was telling her but at a much slower pace than he would. She couldn't help but smile at Regina's face, so deep in concentration and so adorable. She couldn't wait to tell her. "Oh...I shoot that?" Regina asked as a Zombie was moving towards her in the game.
"Yea. Shoot mom!" Henry replied eagerly.
"Okay...erm..Henry it's not stopping!" Regina said pressing the button as much as she could. The Zombie continued to walk towards her and it was too late. The Zombie got to her. "Aw. I died." Regina replied a little deflated.
Emma laughed a little. "Aw its okay babe. You just need to practice." Emma said as she leaned over and kissed Regina's cheek.
"Dinners ready everyone!" Snow said cheerily. Everyone stood up and walked over to the table, sitting down. Snow handed out the plates with the help of David and then the both sat down. "So Regina are you settled into Grannies?" Snow asked.
"Erm...I guess. As well as I can be. I will look forward to the mansion being up and running again." Regina replied.
"So will I. I miss my room." Henry added in.
"Yes I do too Henry. It shouldn't be too much longer. I can get back in the kitchen again which will be good." Regina smiled.
"Yea I have missed your cooking." Emma said with a sigh.
"Mom probably has missed the radio she has in the kitchen. Used to always have it on when she was cooking. It's how she discovered she likes Taylor Swift." Henry said with a slight chuckle.
"You like Taylor Swift?" Emma asked with a confused frown.
"Well I like her new music. Not so keen on the old stuff." Regina replied seriously.
"You...you like Taylor Swift?" Emma repeated in disbelief.
"Well I wouldn't say I have her biggest fan but yes there is that one song I really like. Henry what was it again?" Regina said looking to Henry.
"Shake it off." Henry replied.
"Yes that's it. As Taylor says Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate." Regina said.
Emma couldn't help the belly laugh she let out at hearing Regina quote Taylor Swift of all people. This is one of the reasons why she loved Regina, totally unpredictable. "I just never seen you as a Taylor Swift fan."
"Everyone has their flaw." Regina shrugged.
Snow and David watched Regina and Emma talking, flirting and bantering and they saw just how happy both women were. It was such a nice change to have happiness in the family and they both could see Regina and Emma were truly in love.