** I know it's been a couple of weeks since I last updated so I tried to make this chapter a bit longer for you guys.
ONCE does not belong to me.
Chapter 7: Behind Bars
Emma stirred when she felt something poke at her boob, at first she thought she was dreaming it but when the fourth poke came she opened her right eye and met her daughter's concentrated face she quickly closed it again.
She laid there with her daughter straddling her stomach continuing to poke at her boobs repeatedly. She could hear Sophia huff in annoyance when she wouldn't wake up. The poking stopped and there was movement, suddenly she was blinded by light.
It took her a second to realize Sophia was pulling at her eye lids "What are you doing?"
That seemed to catch Sophia by surprise because she jumped a bit letting go off Emma's eye lids. Emma laughed and pulled her daughter to lie beside her.
"Morning Mamma" Sophia greets her and places a noisy kiss on her cheek and cuddles into the blonde.
"Morning Princess" She says turning on her side wrapping her arms around her daughter's small figure "Did you sleep okay?" she feels Sophia nod against her chest and leans down to place a kiss on her head.
"Mommy said to get you up for breakfast" Emma hums already falling back asleep. When Emma makes no moves to get up Sophia crawls out off her mother's arms to find her asleep once again. She gets of the bed and runs to her room.
She comes back with a small water gun that she had found when they were moving Henry's things. She pointed it at her mother's sleeping face and pressed the little trigger making the gun squirt water into the blonde's face.
Emma jumped out of bed in surprise, she was disoriented for a moment but when her eyes landed on her daughter who was already running out of the room laughing at the top of her lungs.
She wiped at her face and darted after her daughter. When she got to the kitchen she found Sophia hiding behind Regina's legs still laughing.
"Morning" Regina greets the blonde and can't help but ogle her, if the blonde was going to be running her house in a tank top and boy shorts she was going to stare.
The blonde walks up to Regina and kisses her softly on the lips "Morning" she directs her attention down to her daughter who is still behind Regina's legs her small arms wrapped around her mother's legs giggling.
"You're breakfast is set. I'm afraid you're going to have to eat fast because we are meeting with Belle today" Emma sticks her tongue out at her daughter and takes a sit on one of the stools to eat.
Sophia finally comes out from behind her mother's legs letting Regina move once again she drags a stool and sits in front of Emma with a smile.
"Sorry the water was cold" Emma chuckles at the fact that she didn't apologize for actually spraying her.
"It's alright kiddo"
"Hey Mommy, can I walk around in my undies too?" Regina chuckles at her daughter's innocence and at the blonde's stupidity because she has yet to notice that she's still practically naked. Emma looks questioningly at the brunette then her eyes go wide finally remembering how it is that she went to sleep last night.
"Why are you blushing? If I remember correctly I have already seem you like this once before" Regina comments when she sees the blush that takes over the blondes features.
"Yeah but we hated each other back then, plus it was all false bravado" Emma grumbles making no move to get up and go change just yet. "What's on the agenda for today?"
"Well we are to meet Belle in an hour to drop Sophia off for her tutoring, then I have a meeting I must attend while you head to work and waste more of our paper playing silly games with your father" Emma smiles at Regina because the brunette knew her so well. "Then I thought you could pick Sophia up and we could order something for lunch and just eat at the station."
"Sounds good-"
"Mommy you forgot the part where we have ice cream" Sophia butts in pouting at her mother for forgetting something so important.
"Gosh Regina how could you forget something that serious" Emma smirks over at the brunette who glares back at her.
"Sweetie you've been having a lot of sweets over the past few days" Regina starts
"That's moms fault. She keeps giving me candy" She argues pointing an accusatory finger at her blonde mother. Emma gets up from her stool and runs around the island pulling Sophia into her arms and starts tickling her.
After they settle down Emma heads upstairs to change while Regina chops up some apple and packs some juice boxes so that Sophia has something to snack on while with Belle. Now that Sophia was here she had to remind herself to pick up more children related foods.
They take Regina's car because there was no way she was going to go in Emma's. Belle greets them with a smile at the library and they talks to them about what she's planning on going over with Sophia. After many, many kisses' to Sophia both mother's leave. Regina drops the blonde off at the Station before heading off to deal with her own meetings.
Regina had just walked into her office having just finished up the meeting when she spotted Mary Margaret sitting in one of the guest chairs in front of her desk. Without faltering she made her way to her desk and sat down, resting her hands in the desk in front of her and waited for Snow to speak.
"Why are you doing this?" is the thing that breaks the silence when Snow decides to speak.
"Doing what exactly?" She knows what she meant but she likes getting on the teacher's nerves and this seemed like a great opportunity to do so.
"This thing with Emma and the girl" she growls "it's affecting out family, most importantly Henry so I ask that you stop it"
"I can assure you I'm doing nothing and the only people who seemed to have a problem with you daughter and I sharing another child are Henry and yourself because David has been great about it all."
"Does it really not matter to you that Henry is been hurt by this?"
"Of course it matter's, he's my son that's the last thing I want but I can't change things Sophia is now a part of our lives whether you guys accept it or not" Regina states "and as to your daughter I'm not forcing her to do anything in case that was one of your questions. She's doing all of this willingly"
"So what, are you guys going to play family now? What about Henry, where does he fit in?" Regina cringes at the mention of her sons name again, why must she bring him up so much.
"I can't force Henry to so anything but once he comes to terms with what's going on he's welcome to come home. As for the family aspect who knows, maybe we will" saying this only serves to leave the teacher irritated even more making Regna smirk.
"She'll end up getting hurt too"
"She has a name and its Sophia, do use it." Regina sneers at the teacher "and if we're talking about people getting hurt by this let's talk about Emma. Do you honestly believe your daughter won't be hurt by the way you're acting?" She lets Snow White ponder over what he just said before moving to get up "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm meeting your daughter for lunch" with that she walks out the door leaving Mary Margaret behind.
When she walks into the Station she finds Sophia sitting at Emma's desk scribbling away whatever David is saying. Sophia looks up at the sound of her heels and sends her a wave before going back to the task at hand. She looks around until her eyes land on Emma who seemed to be deep in thought were she was.
"Planning your escape?" Regina asks as she makes her way over to the cell that is currently holding the blonde. Emma looks up from where she's sitting on the cot and makes her way over to the bars.
"Don't need to. I kinda have this thing with the Mayor, I'm sure if I ask nicely she'll let me go" She says sending the brunette a wink. They meet at the bars and Emma motions for Regina to move closer so she can kiss her.
"Why are you in a cell?" Regina asks when they pulls apart.
"Funny story" Regina cocks her head in questioning "When I picked Sophia up from the library she wanted to be a Sheriff like me. So I gave her my bag and bought her a toy holster with plastic guns from the toy store then on the way back to the station we passed Granny's and she wanted a cookie but you said no sweets so I didn't , so then she got mad and didn't talk to me until we got here. Stubborn like someone I know" Emma gives Regina a pointed look and continues on with her story.
"Anyway so we make it back here and she arrests me, her words were 'you are under arrest for been a meanie and not buying me my cookie' then she pouted at David and he dragged me in here and now I can't get out until I pay my fine which by the way has many, many zeros." She grumbles pulling a folded piece of paper from her jean pocket and giving it to the brunette who laughs when she unfolds it and sees her daughter's messy writing.
"I'm letting you know now that I will only be able to visit you a couple times a week" Emma pursed her lips at this "Cheer up, I'm sure the current Sheriff will let us have private visits considering I'm her mother" she says and reaches for the blondes hands "We can always use bribery"
"I hear the interrogation room is usually free" Emma suggest with a wiggle of her eyebrows.
"Mommy you can't talk to Blondie, she's in old people time out" Sophia tells her coming up beside her, Regina for her part tries very hard not to laugh.
'Blondie?' Regina mouths at the blonde who just nods "She's been calling me that since I was arrested" Emma explains Regina bends down and picks up her daughter careful to look out for the toy gun holster and badge.
"Sweetie you have to let your mom go" Regina starts and Sophia seems to already be thinking things over "If you don't who's going to act out your bedtime stories?" this seems to catch the girls attention, she didn't think that far ahead. She looks over at her blonde mother and sees her pouting at her. With a sigh she signals for David to come.
"You can let her out Grandpa" She grumbles still not sure if it's the right choice but she really does like the way her mom makes all the funny noises when her mommy reads her stories. David opens the cell door and lets his daughter out. "You're free Blondie" Regina can't stifle the laugh that leaves her.
"Thanks Sheriff" Emma says playing along only to have Sophia make the 'I'm watching you' move with her hand. Emma puts her hands up in defense and walks over to them and kisses Regina's check softly "We can kiss our private visits goodbye, huh?"
"There are many other place where we can have private meetings at" Regina tells her with a wink.
"Father in the room" David calls out from where he's standing. "Anyway I was thinking of heading out to grab something to eat do you guys want anything?"
"Naw we'll just order something" Emma tells him.
"Bring me a cookie Grandpa" Sophia calls out after him as he is making his way out making both mother's smile and lay matching kisses on their daughter's rosy cheeks.
Their lunch was spent eating and asking Sophia about her time with Belle, which she had told them had been pretty fun. Eventually Sophia forgot the grudge she had going with her blonde mother and started to call her mom again. When David came back she lid-up when he pull a takeout bag from behind his back with a couple of cookies in it. Regina knew then that there were a few visits in store to the dentist because the David couldn't say no to Sophia and Emma could barely do so.
After a while Regina decided it was time to head home with Sophia, so with a kiss goodbye she and Sophia left the blonde to work 'waste paper and lazy around'.
They ended up going to the grocery store to buy more supplies since Emma was going to be staying at the mansion. They grabbed a cart and started down the small isles.
"Why can't I have that?" Sophia asked again, she did this every time something caught her eye and Regina wouldn't let her put it in the cart.
"Because we already got you fruity snacks" Regina told her with a smile. Sophia huffed and continued walking beside her mother grabbing onto the material of her blouse. "and chips and ice cream and popsicles, so no more sweets."
When Regina seemed to have everything she needed she went to pay only to bump into Mr. Gold on the way.
"Regina" he greeted "Sophia"
"Mr. Rumple" Sophia greeted back with a smile and went to hug the shop owner who tried to wrapped his free arm around the little girl the best he could a smile never leaving his face. Regina for her part stood there in shock, had she missed something?
"Mommy today when I was with Belle Mr. Rumple did magic tricks." Sophia starts to ramble and it's enough to have Regina glaring at Mr. Gold "it was so cool mommy"
"Sophia, sweetie I changed my mind about the chocolate bar you wanted why don't you go and grab one" Sophia doesn't need to be told twice, she's gone in seconds. Regina's glad the she can still see her down the aisle.
"Before you begin, I want you to know that it was harmless, simple magic. It motivated Sophia to engage in her work. She thinks I'm a wizard, kept asking me to pull a rabbit out of a hat."
"Did you?"
"Did I what?"
"Pull a rabbit out off a hat?"
"Many, many times"
"The Dark One doing party tricks, who would of thought"
"You're the one playing house with The Savior, my dear"
"Touché"
"She's quite smart, you know. She knows things a normal child her age wouldn't, I think it's because she came from your mind." HE tells the brunette before they are joined by Sophia carrying many types of chocolates bars.
"Sophia I said you could have one" Regina reprimands her daughter.
"I couldn't decide which one I wanted more" she argues back not even looking at her mother, just duping the candy bars in the cart. "Please mommy" She begs throwing Regina a pout and watery eyes.
"I don't think-"she cuts herself short when she sees Sophia's lower lip start to tremble…she's good "Fine but you have to share with your mother and you guys can't eat them all at once" Sophia's face into once of triumph and hugs her mother.
"Well…I should go" Mr. Gold says trying to hold in his laughter, who would of thought the once feared Evil Queen defeated by a pout.
"Bye Mr. Rumple" Sophia waves him goodbye and they head over to pay for their groceries. Once that's done they head home and Regina gets started on dinner while Sophia sits in there drawing stealing some of the chopped vegetables Regina has been cutting.
"Mommy?" Sophia calls out after a while pulling Regina away from what she's doing. When she faces her daughter she can see something is bothering her, because Emma makes the same face.
"What is it, sweetie?" She asks concern taking over.
"I'm normal right?" Regina makes her way over to her daughter and lifts her up setting her on the counter to be more at eye level.
"Of course you are" she tells her kissing her forehead lovingly.
"But at the store Mr. Rumple said I'm more smart than a normal six year old" Sophia whispers "Does it mean I'm not like other kids"
"You're not like other children Sophia, you're special" Regina begins pulling Sophia against her chest "You were born out of magic, when I needed someone to love you came to me" She places a few kisses on her daughters head and runs a hand through her brown locks. "When everything was dark, you came, making everything better and brighter with that beautiful smile you have." Regina pause for a moment thinking of what to say next "You're my Little Light"
Sophia smiles and wraps her little arms around her mother's neck pulling her even closer. When she pulls back she wipes at the tears that have mange to fall from her mother's eyes.
"Love you mommy" She whispers into Regina's ears.
"Love you to, little light" with a couple more kisses and a few more tears Regina finishes preparing the food and puts it in the oven. Once that is done she and Sophia cuddle up on the sofa in front of the T.V. and wait.
They don't have to wait too long because pretty soon the front door can be heard opening, Sophia instantly gets up and runs to meet her blonde mother.
"…that sounds really fun but now with Sophia I don't think it's a good idea" Emma speaks into her phone before bending down to catch her daughter. "Hey Princess" She greets her kissing her temple.
"Maybe next time Ruby" Emma tries. Any other time she would of agreed without a second thought, but now there was Sophia. With Henry, usually her parents watched him and even then she only went for less than an hour and barely had anything to drink but now she couldn't just leave Regina with all the responsibility.
"Yes, I promise to make it up to you" She walks into the living room and sends a wink Regina's way "Okay, bye Ruby"
"What was that about?" Regina asks.
"That was Ruby inviting me for some drinks" she explains leaning in for a small kiss
"You're not going?" Emma shakes her head and throws her phone and keys on the sofa "You could, you know"
"I know, but I'd rather be here" Regina smiles at her and leans in only to some in contact with her daughter's cheek.
"No more kisses guys, I'm hungry." She complains "Feed me" with that they head into the kitchen and Regina starts pilling food on plates for Emma to take into the dining room.
During their dinner they talk about the rest of their days until it's time to clear out the table which Emma gladly does leaving Regina to give Sophia a shower.
Later when they had put Sophia to bed and they had both showered…separately, they retired to the living room. Emma was entrance by Family Guy while Regina was entranced by a book unaware of how they were moving closer and closer to each other until they were side by side in the middle of the sofa. Finally Emma raised her arm and brought it over Regina's shoulder's pulling her closer.
"This feels good" She whispered after a while, she heard Regina hum in agreement closing her book and draping and arm over the blonde's stomach.
"Hey Regina?" she got another hum in acknowledgment. A smile formed on her lips when she looked down and noticed that the brunette was falling asleep. "Let me take you on a date" she whispered.
"Okay" it was soft and barely audible but Emma heard it.
Now all she had to do was plan the perfect date.
*What did you guys think?
*Also I'm thinking of having Sophia get a puppy, do you guys have any suggestions on what type it should be?
