I know it has been awhile since this story has been updated but I am here for you all! I have just been busy with holidays since family crashed over, and also I finally got a new laptop! – And you know what that means other than my happiness? It means there will be more often updates or at least I hope so, I am not gonna promise anything but I will definitely try!
So here we go for this chapter, this can become kind of touchy because Regina's a mean butt, but there will be definitely Wicked Swan action, and a better look at Emma's real feelings about the impression she gives.
Enjoy!
Chapter 10 – Family Dinner – Part I
Lake
When Emma said she wanted to see Zelena in a bikini she did not expect for the older woman look like a damn model.
"Dear, you are drooling." Zelena commented with a slight frown as she fixed her sun glasses and started putting sun cream over her shoulders. – She stood there in all her glory with a green bikini that just looked beautiful on her pale freckles skin, Emma was more into tan legs but Zelena's long pale legs was totally making her drool.
Emma just stood there in her cool red and white swimming shorts, giving her a total surfer vibe, and a white bikini top to cover her not so big or so small boobs. "I am sorry." Emma quickly said since she remembered it would be just rude to be staring. "But goddamnit Lena, you look flawless! You are making my knees weak, no joke here, and I don't mean this on the nasty pervert way, I swear." Now Emma quickly clapped her hands together and pressed her lips together as well; for some odd reason she held an immense respect for Zelena, maybe because she was the person on the right moment to give her the right words even if it was back in the school hallway and just for a minute, but it was something she needed to hear at that moment.
Zelena perked up an eyebrow, amazed at Emma's words, especially at her apologies, but she was more interested on the nickname Emma just gave her. "Well I am flattered, darling. But Lena?"
Emma finally snapped out of it and dropped her hands at her own sides. "Yea, it's a cool nickname, right? Your name is pretty unique, I like it really, but I think nicknames between us would make it more plausible."
Now Zelena rose her both eyebrows, amazed.
Emma just rolled her eyes and groaned. "Yes, I know fancy words."
Zelena chuckled and shook her head. "Excuse me, but I know you are not stupid, Emma. In fact, you can sometimes infuriate me, because I never see you putting effort in my classes but you always come with positive exams."
Emma now grinned at that. "Yea, I am a secret prodigy like Einstein."
Zelena just rolled her eyes with a small smile. "Hardly, but you are indeed more intelligent than what people think."
"People always think shit of me." Emma muttered before turn around to face the lake.
"Excuse me?" Zelena asked since she didn't hear the other young woman that well.
"Wanna go to the boat?! I've got equipment for water ski!" Emma asked with a big grin not wanting to bring up what would become a wise long pity conversation. "Or we can just go to the jet skis, I've got two."
Zelena was surprise so she shrugged. "Guess the boat is fine, I think I still remember how to navigate one. However, I am not doing water ski, that will be all you."
"Oh such a pussy." Emma teased as she was now making her way towards a small cabin they had where they kept the all equipment related to this part of the property, so Emma took out the boat keys and gave it to Zelena before get her own equipment for water ski, when that was all done and she dropped it all on the dark sand, Zelena just eyed it before ask.
"Where's the vest?"
"I don't need one, I know how to swim." Emma almost gave her a 'are you serious' look.
"Well then.." Zelena then looked down at the keys in her hand before start her way towards the boat.
"Hold up!" Emma quickly called her before grab her upper arm. "You don't know how to swim?"
"I never said that."
"Yea but do you or do you not know?"
"Does it really matter?"
"Be a nice girlfriend and just tell me." Emma puffed out her cheeks with a frown.
Zelena sighed. "I do not know how to swim, but I am not afraid of water either." She simple shrugged. "I just think I never had a chance to learn? I am not really sure, I tried to watch other people but I never got a hang of it."
"Sooo..you've had a lifestyle similar to mine but yet you didn't by any chance get swimming classes?"
"My father's interests were more about his business than what his daughter wanted to do and learn as a hobby." Zelena let out a sarcastic chuckle.
"Well what about your mother?" Emma asked with a curious expression, not really noticing how noisy she was being.
"If you really most know, dear girlfriend, my mother left my father for another man who is Regina's father."
"I knew it, you two don't look alike."
"Tell me something I don't know." Zelena rolled her eyes. "She got the perfect Latina features and I got stuck with ginger."
Emma chuckled. "I am sorry but you are a very beautiful ginger. Damn fine ginger." Emma now eyed Zelena's body with no shame.
And Zelena watched her, not wanting to really admit she found the glare pleasing and the words comforting. "Well, past aside. Time to get you faceplant water." Zelena grinned and winked at Emma before walk up to the boat and at the same time wrap a silk and transparent long cloth around her waist, that would be like some kind of skirt, leaving one of her legs showing more than the other.
"Hey, I am pretty good at water ski." Emma complained as she got the equipment before prepare herself closer to the boat and let the fun start.
…
After twenty minutes, Regina and Kathryn were walking on the pathway to the lake, with little Neal between them and he was enjoying balancing and jumping high with the help of Regina and Kathryn's hands. It seems when he found out they were going to the lake he wanted to tag along even when his mother tried to convince him to help her out cooking but the little one just wanted to go to the water and have fun.
Regina also opted for the lake only because there was something inside her, almost forcing her to go to the lake to keep an eye on her sister and on Emma; she wasn't completely sure why the big need but maybe it was jealousy.
Kathryn simple agreed on whatever her girlfriend wanted to do because she sensed some big changes in Regina personality since she introduced her to her entire family; little did she know that it was all about her younger sister.
"Ah! Katty! 'Gina! Look, look! Em!" Neal said excitedly as he kept jumping and watching his sister doing water ski.
Both Kathryn and Regina looked up at the water and saw Zelena driving the boat while Emma was having her fun with the water skis. "I see it, Neal. It's cool right?" Kathryn said with a small smile as she looked down at her little brother.
"Yes! Neul wants it too!" He tried to say he wanted to try it as well.
"I am sorry, buddy but no. When you get older you can try it but for now let's stick with simple swimming, alright?"
Neal just pouted but nodded. "Finee."
Regina was simple watching her sister and her student having fun, Emma seemed to be smiling while Zelena kept laughing and looking back at the blonde while also paying attention to what she was doing with the boat. – There was definitely some big joy between them.
The three went settle on the dark sand, prepared their towels and Regina put sun scream on the tiny skinny body of the toddler while Kathryn was blowing into the spider-man arm bands for her brother. – When they were all done with him, they simple allowed him to run to the water and have his fun alone at first but always keep a watchful eye on him.
Emma only noticed that her sister was here with her girlfriend when she began to hear somebody calling out for her, a very tiny voice she was so familiar with; which was her younger brother. Zelena also noticed and softly slowed down the boat before it was completely still and Emma managed to just get out of the skis and leave everything behind to swim to her little brother. "Hey monkey!"
"Em!" Neal tried to jump but that only lead him to slap his arms against the water and splash it against his own face.
Emma chuckled and swam closer to him, till the water was right under her chest level and she picked him up by sliding her hands under his armpits. "I got you!"
Neal just laughed and shook his legs. "Supah-man! Supah-man!" He requested.
"Wanna do the super- man? Alright, get in position champ." She told him as she turned him around in her own hands so his back would be facing her.
Neal was just preparing his fist forward, like he would be super-man flying. "Weady!"
"Don't forget to close your mouth." Emma warned him as she kept a firm grip on his small body and then began to count till three, and when the time was right she simple tossed him forward so he could fall on the water in front of her, she made sure to not throw him that high or that far.
Neal simple slammed against the water and when he turned around to face his sister he just began to laugh hysterical and shaking his body, looking like a dog swimming. "Yay!" He cheered.
And Emma just laughed while watching him swimming around her, or at least trying to.
Zelena eventually went dock the boat back on its place and walked up to where Emma was playing with Neal before actually step in the water, since the water level was only above her belly button, she found no problem with that.
"Hey, Neal buddy, want the torpedo with Lena's help?" Emma asked her little brother as he quickly put a big grin on his face and nodded while slamming his palms against the water.
"Torpedo?" Zelena asked as she perked up an eyebrow and looked at the two blondes.
"Yes, just grab his side and under his armpit and I'll do the same on the other side, then we just swing him for a bit before throw him forward." Emma explained as she got Neal in position and Zelena basically followed Emma's instructions and made sure she was grabbing him just right and not harming him with her firm grip on him. – Then they just began to swing him between them three times before finally toss him forward and let him enjoy the small fly he just had.
Zelena and Emma chuckled as Neal was once again laughing hysterical and paddling with his palms towards them. "Hey, why don't you go up to Katty and ask her to put another layer of sun cream?" Emma told him as she poked his nose, he was fairly pale, she remembered being as pale as he was when she was little then she gained a little more colour but it wasn't enough, it actually bothered her how she just couldn't get tan, her skin wouldn't allow that, it would just get red so she also made sure to use sun cream at times.
"Kay!" He agreed and then just swam away to leave the water and go to his sister.
Who was laying on her elbow while watching Regina putting on sun cream carefully on her olive skin.
"Katty!" Neal shouted as he now ran up to his sister, as fast as his legs could take him.
Kathryn looked at where his brother was and smiled at him. "What is it?"
"More." He pointed at the sun cream bottle that was on Regina's hands.
"Sit here and I can put it on you." Regina said with a small smile as she patted her own thighs.
Neal nodded and just sat on Regina's lap, as the brunette woman started to slowly and carefully put sun cream over his small body. – She just took couple of minutes. "And done." She poked his nose when she made sure she also put it on his face.
Neal giggled and was about to turn around to run away, back to the water.
"Hey, buddy, don't you want to just relax in the sun?" Kathryn asked as she grabbed his wrist gently.
Neal quickly shook his head and began to do skipping but not move from his spot. "I wanna play with sis and Lena." He exclaimed before remove his wrist from his sister's hand and just run to the water.
"Emma, no!" Zelena shouted as she was now on top of the blonde's shoulders, who stood tall and strong, holding tightly onto the redhead's legs.
"Chill, Lena, I got you!" Emma chuckled as she pretended she'd let the redhead fall.
Zelena yelped, literally yelped and Emma found it extremely adorable and hilarious. "Don't let me fall!" Zelena almost demanded as she grabbed Emma's hands that were holding her thighs.
Emma shouldn't let Zelena fall but that was all the fun in it, right? So she pretended Zelena slipped from her shoulders and the older woman fell right on her back behind her; while Emma just began to swim away, where she was sure that Zelena wouldn't be able to reach her.
"Em-!" Zelena shouted but before she could finish her words she just fell on her back in the water, but quickly merged up to breath and she just look around to find the blonde and realized she was just too far to get her revenge. "I swear when I get my hands on you!" She shouted.
Emma laughed. "I love you too, babe!" She shouted back.
"Lena, Lena, Lena." Neal called out for the other woman as he did his best to swim to her.
Zelena just shook her head at Emma with a frown, hoping that the blonde woman could see how furious she was, but then all melted away when she heard a tiny voice calling out for her. "Yes, little one?" She turned around to look at him.
"Play wit' me?" Neal asked with an adorable smile.
"Sure thing." She smiled back at him.
As her sister and Kathryn stayed behind; while Kathryn was just enjoying the sun and Regina was watching everything with a frown that would totally hurt her face if she kept like that; she just hated this, she didn't want to allow herself to the let the knowledge of the feeling jealousy invade her but she completely hated watching Emma and Zelena being...happy together.
Later at night – Mansion
Emma was in her bedroom with Zelena, she was already dressed in a pinkish dress that Zelena was incredible amazed at how Emma owned such piece, but the blonde said that it was her mother's weird traditions and that Emma had to look as innocent as she was before her teen rebel years.
Zelena was also in a dark green tight dress, that hugged her body just right and made an awesome cleavage that Emma was still trying to remain respectful and not comment much about it. "Let me tie your hair." Zelena mumbled as she got on the bed on her knees and crawled behind the blonde so she could see better her hair and start fixing a perfect pony tail and leave slight loose curls at the end.
Emma just watched Zelena through the mirror that stood few feet away from them against her wall.
"There." Zelena finished as she grabbed Emma shoulders and tilted her head down to be right beside the blonde's as they both looked at the mirror.
"It's perfect.." Emma mumbled as she took a better look at the mirror, she totally felt girly and innocent, she thought the soft make-up she put on herself would be enough to look as innocent as possible but Zelena just showed her that she could look even more innocent but at the same time very appealing.
Zelena smiled with a nod before push herself off the bed and go get her heels. "I hope your mother doesn't spend the entire meal staring at me."
Emma snorted at that because when they got back home from the lake, Emma introduced Zelena as her girlfriend to her parents and they were all shocked, they just stared at Zelena not wanting to be rude, but it was hard not to. "Don't worry, I think the shock already wore off." Emma shrugged as she looked down at her feet with the high heels already.
"I hope so." Zelena mumbled as she fixed her heels then noticed that Emma wasn't her usual self. "Something's wrong, darling?" She asked.
Emma puffed out her cheeks and shrugged before place her elbows over her knees and cup her own face. "This family birthday dinner is gonna suck balls."
Zelena chuckled and shook her head. "How so?"
"Well my mom always uses this dinner to make me think about life and usually ruins my birthday, even though last year she was calmer and I actually had a great time; but since now you are here, I am sure she's going to throw questions around." Emma sighed and then rubbed her forehead. "Then Regina's here and it's just… ugh.."
Zelena wrinkled her nose at that and felt the need to comfort the younger woman; so she approached her and slowly wrapped her arm around her shoulders before place her own chin over Emma's shoulder. "Don't let Regina affect you. You have your girlfriend here." Zelena grinned and tried to wiggle her eyebrows in a silly way.
Enough to make Emma chuckle and just turn her head to look at Zelena, they were extremely close, noses almost brushing but they just stared at each other's eyes with a smile on their faces. "Alright, let's go, girlfriend." Emma teased as she quickly pecked Zelena's cheek before stand up and just mentally prepare herself for what was to come.
…
The dinner wasn't that bad, it was just awful quiet and the silence was incredible uncomfortable, because the glares were like the only real words between them.
Till Mary Margaret broke the silence. "So, Emma, sweetheart. How long have you and Zelena been dating?" She finally dared to ask.
"You two are really dating, right?" David asked as well with a frown; he had doubts about this, part of him felt like his daughter was fooling again and was doing this to prove something. While Mary Margaret really hoped they were really dating because maybe this woman could be the one to make Emma calm down and finally be mature.
"Yes, we are really dating." Zelena answered with a small smile after swallowing her food, but she left the other question to Emma.
"And we have been dating for a week now." Emma finally spoke and Regina almost snorted which made Emma quickly frown at her and ready to insult her if she didn't felt Zelena's hand on her thigh.
"A week?" David asked.
"Yes, its recent, we know. We actually have been seeing each other for couple of months now but only made it official last week." Zelena added.
"That's right." Emma nodded.
"So it's real dating? No fooling around?" Mary Margaret asked but most to her daughter.
And Emma groaned. "Mom." She clenched her jaw, not wanting to snap.
"I can tell you right now, Mrs Nolan that Emma is really committed in this relationship. She's not fooling around and she's showing how much she can be mature enough to be in a real relationship." Zelena clarified.
Kathryn still didn't buy a thing, but she couldn't care much, she was already tired of her sister's drama.
Regina also doubt everything but there was this part of her that believed and completely hated the fact that Emma was with another woman and it only made it worse because she was with her sister. "So Emma Swan is really devoted in a relationship?" Regina finally dared to speak.
"Yes, what's wrong with that?" Emma asked with a frown.
"Nothing, dear, I just highly doubt it."
"And whys that?"
"Because I know you." Regina snorted.
"Oh yeah, do you? Since when? Since you banged me twice how does that fucking count?!" Emma finally snapped and that made everybody drop their fork and knife over their plates, making a loud sound all together and they all had their eyes on Emma.
TBC
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