"Miss Swan, I tolerated your presence at my dinner table, you could at least clean up the mess you made," Regina said throwing a towel at her.
"Certainly Madame Mayor," she said, while shooting a smile at Henry who smiled back.
"Mom, dinner was great can I go play some video games now?"
"Homework done?"
"Done before dinner."
"Then go ahead."
'Thanks. Night Emma,"
"Night kid," she said while wiping off the table. Once he was gone, Emma approached Regina whose back was to her while washing the dishes. Emma put the towel down just beside the sink and looked back at the kitchen door once before wrapping her arms around Regina.
"You really need to stop telling me to clean up my messes," Emma whispered in her ear.
Regina's face lit up the moment she felt the arms around her. "Maybe you should be more careful and I wouldn't have to tell you so often. Do you realize I had to buy yet another new set of sheets?"
"Oh, but getting them dirty is so much fun, don't you think?"
Regina could only lean back against this woman who had managed to invade every facet of her life.
"Also, I think it's time to tell Henry."
This caused Regina to turn in her arms. "Tell Henry, are you sure? That is pretty serious stuff to lay on a 13-year-old and we don't even know how he would react, and what would we tell him exactly, 'hey your mom and me have been having sex,' it's just we haven't even talked about anything about us either and …"
"Shh," Emma said using a finger to block Regina from speaking. She kissed her for good measure. "We both know this has gone beyond sex for both of us," Emma said. "I'm ready to take the next step in our relationship, but if you aren't I understand. But the next step has to involve telling Henry. I am tired of sneaking around here or finding excuses to be here. I just want to be here."
Regina kissed her. "Ok, we will tell him."
"Maybe you should let me handle it."
"Why is that?"
"Well you did just suggest telling him, 'hey your mom and me have been having sex.' I think there are more tactful ways to say it."
Regina playfully pushed her away.
"No, really, I got this," Emma said and she turned and went upstairs. She knocked on Henry's door before going in. He was sitting on the bed playing a game. She sat beside him and picked up the other controller and entered the game.
"So, we have to like stay in here for a bit – 20 minutes should do it," she said. "Your mom thinks we are having an in depth talk about how she and I have been seeing each other."
"She can be real clueless sometimes."
"I know, but we both love of her and we might as well let her believe she knows what is going on.'
"Twenty minutes will do that?"
"Give or take. If nothing else that will give me time to think of something to tell her that makes it seem like we are had a serious discussion."
"As opposed to how you broke it to me?"
"I suppose that could have gone better."
"I caught you leaving the house early one morning and all you said was 'your mom and I have been having sex. Don't tell your mom you know.' Yes I think you could have found a better way from permanently scarring my brain."