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Chapter 7
The Queen and her swan made their way downstairs after Emma was dressed; Regina made Emma pancakes for breakfast which looked and smelt delicious and they both sat down at the table.
"Seven missed calls off Mary Margaret" Emma exclaimed as she checked her phone
"Dig in dear" Regina encouraged Emma as she poured herself a cup of coffee and Emma started to eat, putting her phone down on the table next to her.
"Thank you, aren't you having any?" she spoke with her mouth full
"No dear, I don't usually have breakfast, especially that sort of breakfast; too unhealthy, but I figured you liked pancakes" she took a sip of her coffee trying not to be distracted by Emma's table manners...or lack of them.
"Why did you figure that?" Emma asked her mouth full again
"Because, Henry likes them too" Regina smiled briefly before she couldn't take it anymore "please dear can't you learn to swallow before you speak?" Emma swallowed and rolled her eyes at Regina
"Oh sorry, your majesty" she teased giving Regina a mocked bow, she took one last mouthful and got up to take her plate to the sink but stopped beside Regina "Open your mouth" she said waiting until after she had emptied the contents of her mouth this time.
Regina's eyes widened in shock "I beg your pardon Miss Swan?" she said and Emma couldn't help but laugh, she picked up the last bit of her pancakes with her folk and held it to Regina's mouth.
"Come on, they're good" Emma teased
"Of course they are dear, I made them" a smug look came over her face and Emma pushed the breakfast further towards her.
"One mouthful won't hurt Regina, and you have NOTHING to worry about anyway" she assured her brunette of her outstanding beauty. Regina let out a defeated sigh and opened her mouth, letting Emma feed her the mouthful of pancake. Emma put the plate and folk in the sink and returned to Regina's side, leaning over her to pick up her coffee and taking a few sips.
"See? Good right?" Emma smiled as Regina dabbed her mouth with a napkin.
"I guess" Regina grinned as she took her coffee back from Emma "You can have your own cup you know, that I will surprisingly allow" she said sarcastically.
"No it's ok I had better be going anyway" Regina's face fell
"Oh?" she asked looking slightly deflated
"Well Mary Margaret will kill me for staying out anyway, I had better get back"
"Oh yes I forgot that your mother is so protective and doesn't usually let you out alone past nine o'clock" Regina's sarcastic side really was showing this morning, as she rested her head on her arm that was leaning against the table. Emma knew that Regina didn't want her to go and in all honesty she didn't want to leave either but they had to act normal until they figured out how, when and if they were going to start telling people about what had happened between them last night.
"Well it was a good job I wasn't alone after nine then wasn't it?" she winked at Regina whose expression didn't change. Emma lowered her voice "Look, I'll see you tomorrow when Henry comes home, we will celebrate ok?" Emma brought her hand down to Regina's chin and lifted her head up so she was looking at her. Regina's expression softened, she knew Emma was right and they had to return to the reality of their situation.
"That would be nice dear" Regina pulled Emma's arm slightly but Emma didn't need any persuasion, she bent down and kissed her enthusiastically, Regina holding onto Emma's face with both hands pulling her into the kiss as the intensity increased. The kiss seemed to last for hours but it was only a few minutes at the most, they felt so right together and neither woman wanted to leave these feelings and let go but eventually they parted lips both women a little dazed not used to that much magical energy running through their bodies so early in the morning. Emma kissed Regina's cheek softly and whispered goodbye as she rose, gathered her things and eventually left the mayors mansion after turning back for one last look at her true love.
As Emma walked back to the loft it was as if she had put herself into autopilot, her body knew where to go without her brain thinking too much about it. She was too busy trying to get her head around everything that had happened in the last 24 hours, it was enchanting to think that everything she had hoped for, everything she had dreamt of...to have a family, to have happiness, to feel acceptance, love, compassion and finding that special person who could bring the best out of herself was coming true. She couldn't help but wonder if it was all too good to be true and that something would happen to take this new found joy away from her. That's what had always happened in the past, but she hoped with all of her soul that this time things were going to be different, this time she would get the life she deserved to have.
She reached up and touched her cheeks, she could still feel Regina's warm touch upon her and it made her feel safe she enjoyed this feeling immensely and sighed calmingly as she turned the corner automatically looking towards the loft. All they had to do was be reunited with Henry and break the news to everyone; even though Emma was incredibly nervous about their reactions she was sure that her mother, father and son would be happy for herself and Regina...eventually.
"Flying solo this morning are we Swan?" Emma turned to face where the familiar voice had come from. She gave a slight groan.
"Morning hook" she continued walking but he followed close behind
"Where have you been all night?" he questioned
"Excuse me?" she stopped in her tracks, her eyebrows raised
"Well it's still quite early for you to be up, and you look like your headed home, so you must have been out all night" he observed
"Well if you already know so much about me and my sleeping habits I don't have to give you an answer" she said putting her hands on her hips "not that it's any of your business anyway"
"Just observing that you look a little lonely swan, no...Neal about?" he swallowed hard before mentioning Neal's name. Emma rolled her eyes not wanting this conversation with hook again!
"Neal has taken Henry to Manhattan for the weekend, just the two of them" she informed him even though she didn't really understand why she was giving him this information. To be honest she didn't really understand why he was still hanging round Storybrooke, she had made her feelings perfectly clear, she didn't want either him or Neal.
"Well you know if you're lonely I happen to have a very successful cure" he grinned at her but she just wrinkled her brow at his pitiful request
"No thanks Hook, I think I have found my own cure...and I don't think it's effects will ware off any time soon, if ever" she smiled triumphantly at his shocked expression, turned around and walked into the loft leaving him there unsure of what to do.
"Dad, do we have to go back to Storybrooke tomorrow?" Henry asked in a whiny tone as he and Neal were walking around central park
"Yeah Henry, I promised Emma I would get you back and anyway, you have school" Neal replied which resulted in Henry letting out a sigh
"Its nice here, it feels normal" Henry couldn't help but wonder what kind of life he would have had if he had grew up here instead of Storybrooke, normality instead of magic, Neal stopped walking and knelt down to his sons level
"Who wants to be normal?" he winked with a smirk and Henry smirked too
"I think my mom is up to something...Regina mom I mean" seeing that Neal was a little confused about just which mother Henry was talking about
"You're going to have to come up with another name for one of them kid" He smiled
"But that's just it, on the phone today, mom called Emma my mom too, in the same sentence...something has happened it was too weird" Neal looked puzzled
"Hasn't that happened before?"
"No!" Henry replied forcefully "My mom hated that Emma was in fact my biological mother she couldn't do anything to change that fact"
"And now you don't want to go home and face whatever might or might not have happened?" Neal asked rhetorically although Henry nodded anyway. "Well" said Neal "You know what? They called each other your mother a lot in Neverland" Henry looked at him in disbelief
"Really?" he asked smiling and Neal nodded
"They both love you Henry and maybe they have been trying to become closer to make it easier on you...or to just freak everyone out" he joked and Henry laughed.
"Thanks Dad, I just want them to get along better like you and Mom...Emma are doing" Neal decided to dodge his sons statement, he wanted to get along better with Emma too but in a more romantic way and she seemed to be making that difficult, "I had won her heart before, surely I could do it again" he thought. "I mean, it's not like Hook has a chance, and we have Henry, it's not like there is anyone else, what she said at Echo cave was just because of Neverland, maybe she felt differently now" he thought and it was then when he decided to try his best to Win Emma's heart once again when they returned to Storybrooke.
"Come on Henry, let's grab some lunch and head to the zoo yeah?" Neal asked taking his son by the shoulders
"Where HAVE you been?" this was the sound that greeted Emma Swan the very moment she walked through the loft. She saw Mary Margaret's wrinkled brow and rolled her eyes immediately she did not want this conversation now, she didn't want her mood to suffer.
"At Regina's" she said bluntly trying to make her way part her mother who instinctively moved in the same direction to block her path once again
"Why?" her brow wrinkled even further, her eyes squinted and her face turned slightly to the side.
"Because, it was late, we had a few apple ciders and..." Emma was interrupted
"What? Apple? Emma how could you have been so silly? She probably put something in your drink, she could have poisoned you, she could have...have..."
"Wanted to quench my thirst?" Emma suggested looking over to her father; even he looked a bit annoyed at his wife's outburst and came to stand behind her placing his hands on her shoulders.
"Come on Mary Margaret haven't you learnt anything from Regina these last few months?" he asked gripping her shoulders slightly
"Yes...that she won't stop until she gets what she wants" Mary Margaret said, Emma couldn't help but smile at her mother's words, she knew what Regina wanted and if that's what Mary Margaret had learnt about Regina then she was ready when Regina was to give her exactly what she wanted.
"Why didn't you answer your phone Emma? Hook called here for you, he likes you, you know" Mary Margaret somehow had managed to mix parenting an adult with encouraging her to have a relationship with a pirate with a hook for a hand.
"Because I was asleep and what the hell Mary Margaret drop it already will you" Emma was getting impatient very quickly
"Don't use that tone with me Emma"
"I am 30 years old mom" Emma shouted "Stop treating me like a child to make yourself feel better about not being there when I actually was one!" her hands flew up into the air as she shouted "Suffocating me now is not going to change the fact that I was alone as a child, I had a lot of crap to deal with and it is not going to change the fact that I like spending time with Regina I like her for who she is...Regina"
"Emma..." David started
"No, it's not right that she talks to me like that David" Emma explained "I am allowed to go and see whoever I want whenever I want for however long I choose to, ok?" David nodded in agreement but Mary Margaret just looked confused, hurt and frustrated.
"Regina is coming with me to meet Henry when he comes home tomorrow and then we are going to the diner to celebrate together so, if you come I don't want any arguing in front of Henry ok?" Emma's authoritive tone rising. "He is Henry's mother too, he loves her and she has a right to be in his life as much as I do" she began to walk off before turning around to face them again "And yes I had a lovely time...thanks for asking" she said sarcastically and with that Emma Swan turned and went to her room. "Why is my mother so infuriating?" she thought.