{Thank you guys all sooo much for reading! I am sorry I didnt update for a long time, but this chapter isn't as short as the others have been. I will try to update once every 2-3 days. Xoxoxoxoxoxoxo ~Nicole aka Hey-It's-Snowing}

SQ CHAP 9

Emma's POV

That night I couldn't sleep. Let alone even think about anything but telling Henry tomorrow. What if he's terrified? He's only now come to terms with Regina as his loving mother. And now he has to accept this. I feel Regina tossing around beside me, restless too.

"Why do we have to tell him?!" I ask. Regina looks up expectantly.

"Because he's our son. He needs to know," she says. OUR son. A few months ago it was terrible enough that I was his mother even existing near him and now he's my son. Well then, Regina. Thanks for the approval.

Regina's POV

After a restless night of shifting around on this uncomfortable mattress, I finally begin to see the sun coming up through the window. I look at the clock-4:48. Aw hell. Getting up beats laying here! Emma finally fell asleep so I creep out of the room and down the stairs. In the kitchen, I put a little cup into the Keurig machine that Emma so generously bought for me and lean on the counter. It's been forever since I've let loose and had fun. Why not eat some Lucky Charms? That's a start! I pour a bowl of the cereal and fill it with my favourite 2% milk and dig in. I'll probably get fat but it tastes delicious. I can see why all the little ones beg for it. After about 30 minutes, Emma comes down the stairs wiping sleep out of her eyes and groaning.

"What time is it?" She asks.

"It's wake the hell up o-clock!" I say a little too loud to make her jolt. A smile crosses her face.

"I hate you," she says smiling.

"I know," I say the same kitten grin crossing my face. Emma rolls her eyes and walks over to the pantry, browsing through our limited cereal collection. She picks out a box of Two Scoop Raisin Bran and clumsily pours it into a bowl, pieces of the unappetizing "bran" spilling out onto the floor. I laugh and squat onto the floor to pick them up.

"We should do something fun. You don't really get to being The Evil Queen and the mayor," Emma states coolly. I raise an eyebrow.

"Like what? You aren't going to take me to a strip club-are you? Cause remember I'm NOT a lesbian!"

"Well neither am I and no. Nothing like that," she says, a suspicious, giddy look crossing her face. As she munches on her bowl of mush cereal, I start to worry.

"Henry will be here in 10 hours. So, would you like to wing it or write it down?" I ask Emma. She tenses and puts down her spoon.

"Just leave it be, Regina. I'm going to wing it," she says and walks away shouting something along the lines of "I LOST MY APPETITE!"

I stare at her bowl of unedible mush and dump it out. My mind has gone whack from tension. Why did I tell Henry to come over today?! The doorbell rings. I scurry to the door, stopping by a mirror to make sure my hair looks fine, then open it. Henry stands outside the door grinning.

"Hi mom! I figured when you asked me to come over, it was urgent, so I came right after I woke up!" he says. My jaw goes slack.

"Uh...one sec Henry, sweetie," I say and run up the stairs but stop halfway when I see Henrys face. He looks...confused. "EMMA, HENRY'S HERE!" I shout, imagining the look on Emma's face when she comes down the stairs.

"What? Mom, why's Emma here? What's going on?" Henry asks frantically. After several more questions, Emma emerges and joins us.

"Lets all sit down and talk," Emma says. She was most obviously practicing upstairs when Henry came to the door. She leads us into the formal living room and we all sit down.

"Mom, you look kinda fat.." Henry points out, glaring at Emma. Emma smiles a bit and lets out a nervous laugh. I decide, if we're going to get anywhere with this conversation, I'll have to make the first move.

"Honey, your mother has been staying with me. She needed a favor. I'll let Emma tell you why.," I say, expecting Emma to unleash her wrath on me. Instead she keeps up the nervous thing and says,

"Henry, I'm pregnant, and I didnt want to tell people until I knew what I want to do. And I'm going to keep it, WE are going to keep it." She grabs my hand confidently. Henry's face lights up but then falls back down at the WE part.

"What do you mean by..we?" Henry asks, his upper lip quivering. I look at Emma, who looks at me with tension.

"Henry, Emma and I are in love..." I say, waiting for Henry to understand everything and then give us a hug and say its ok. But he didnt. Instead, he started asking questions.

"Who's the dad?" Henry asks, his voice thick with emerging tears.

"Um, Hook?" Emma says, making the statement sound more like a question, "But Henry its alright. He isn't around. And now Regina and our whole family can learn to get along. Our love might've saved our families!"

"All your stupid "love" did was make me hate BOTH OF YOU!" He screams and I can feel my heart drop to my stomach.