So, this is combining two requests actually. JustMeAndMyKeyboard sent me one and then I was telling loboselinaistrash about it and she requested that I included something. All I'll say is this: Emma's first period. In this verse, Henry isn't Emma's son, however he is still Regina's.
Emma normally loved family dinner nights. Regina, Roland and Marian would bring Henry, Roland and Peanut over. The adults would hang out, she and her siblings got to play with their cousins. It was nice to have people like them and Phillip in their lives, they really understood what it was like to have parents in a polyamorous relationship.
However, this particular night, the 12-year-old wished her family was going to be anywhere but at her house.
She knew this day was coming. She had two mothers, she had seen the video in 5th grade. Even so, it was still weird to find that blood in her underwear.
Emma didn't want to tell her parents, not yet. She was freaked out of her mind and knew they'd get all sappy on her. So, while Snow and Ruby were busy cooking and David was playing outside with her younger siblings, she managed to slip out the door and took her bike to the pharmacy.
Ducking her head so her uncle Sneezy wouldn't see her, she made her way to the feminine care aisle. Her eyes widened at all of the options. There were tampons, that came in sizes. What kind of person needed jumbo?!
"That's too complicated," Emma mumbled to herself, turning to the pads.
They weren't much better. Some had wings! There was no way she was equipped to handle that. She fumbled through her pocket and pulled out her cell phone, dialing Ruby's number. A few minutes, her mama answered.
"Hey pup," she said. "What's going on? Did you head off to Alex's? Regina, Robin and Marian will be here soon…"
"I went to the pharmacy. I'm so confused! Why do these pads have wings?! Do they fly?"
Ruby was quiet for a minute and then started laughing. "Oh pup…"
"Mama!"
"Just come home. Mom and I will take care of you, we have options. Just…" She was clearly trying to stop laughing. "Just come home, please."
Emma sighed and hung up her phone, heading back outside to her bike. It wasn't long before she was back home. Snow wrapped her into a big hug.
"Oh, my baby."
Emma poked her head up and looked over at Ruby. "Rat."
Ruby rolled her eyes. "She's your mom, she needs to know. Come on, Snow. Let's show the newest member of our club the ropes."
The two women lead Emma upstairs to their bathroom. Ruby got out her tampons while Snow grabbed her pads. They explained how they worked to Emma and in the end, she chose pads and headed into her own bathroom to get ready. Ruby wrapped an arm around Snow and lead her downstairs to where David was. Regina, Marian and Robin had already arrived, but went into the living room when Ruby explained what was going on.
"You do realize what this means," Ruby said.
Snow sighed. "Our baby's growing up."
"Not just that. It's time to give her the talk."
David paused. His wives had told him what was going on, but he wasn't expecting that. "Is this really necessary?"
"She's gotten her period, David."
"Yes, but she's only 12. She's not ready to have sex, hell she better not be until I die."
Ruby rolled her eyes. "Okay, hon. That's not going to help us not become grandparents before she finishes high school."
"I have to agree with Ruby," Snow said with a nod. "The question is…which one of us?"
A silence fell over the kitchen. David was staring at his two wives and they were looking right back at him.
"I think I heard that it's best to come from the father," Ruby fibbed.
David rolled his eyes. "Where'd you read that? Ruby Is A Chicken Monthly?"
"Well, why won't you do it?"
"It's awkward! I don't want to have to give that talk to my baby. Why won't you do it?"
Ruby's mouth dropped open then closed, she looked over at Snow. "Snow, you should do it."
"If one of you do it, I'll tell Charlie or Neal. That's why we had three of these kids, so we could each take turns doing this."
"Technically none of them were planned…"
"Shush with your logic."
"This shouldn't be that hard," David interrupted his wives bickering. "I mean, it's just a talk of logistics. Safe sex is important. As much as I don't want her doing it period, she does need to know."
"So, then you do it," Snow suggested.
"Maybe it'd be better suited coming from a woman."
"I have an idea," Ruby went over to the cabinet and pulled out a package of straws. She cut the end off of one of them and put them in a cup so they'd look to be the same height. "We'll draw straws."
David and Snow nodded in agreement, stepping forward and reaching into the cup. Snow ended up pulling the short one. She let out a deep breath and ran her fingers through her hair. It seemed like just yesterday she was holding Emma in her arms for the first time, she couldn't believe it was time for this.
She headed up the stairs to Emma's room, but paused when he heard muffled talking on the other side. She figured maybe her daughter was talking to Henry or something. A few momentts, the door opened and Regina strode out of the room. Emma was sitting on her bed, in complete shock. Snow tilted her head, looking over at Regina.
"What were you two talking about?"
Regina shrugged and it was then that Snow saw the wine glass in her hand. "I heard you three idiots arguing over who would give her the talk, so I bit the bullet and did it. I'm the one that told you. I don't know what lessons David picked up on the farm."
Regina headed down the stairs and Snow poked her head further into Emma's room. Her daughter looked up at her with big eyes.
"I ain't ever having sex."
Snow laughed and walked in, sitting beside her. She wrapped an arm around her and kissed her temple. "It's really not that bad. Just make sure that when you do, it's not until you're much, much older and ready. Also, make sure it's safe. Preferably, when me and your other parents are dead."
"Did Dad tell you to say that?"
"I agreed."
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