A/N: Don't forget to check out chapter 10 first if you haven't already, because that didn't show up on the general update page of OUAT yesterday :) I hope you are still enjoying this story.

Chapter 11

It was Sunday morning and Henry was up earlier than normal. He was very excited at the prospect of his mom going to confess all her feelings to his other mother, and he wanted to help her make a plan of how to do it, if she hadn't thought of anything herself.

When he got up and headed downstairs, he expected to smell breakfast but his mother wasn't in the kitchen or in the living room or even downstairs. He had searched all the rooms. He got this deja vu feeling, because yesterday morning his mother had overslept too.

He had learned his lesson though and stayed away from the kitchen. "I'm not going to try and make my mom breakfast again after yesterdays total bust. What should I do now? Maybe I should check on her? Nah never mind, it's still early, perhaps mom has been thinking all night about how she was going to tell Emma that she loves her. I'll just let her sleep for a while."

To distract him from what he still thought would be the next step in operation Tiger Lily, he decided to eat a little cereal and then play a video game.

Henry was deeply invested in playing Minecraft, when he heard the clock strike 11 am. He paused his game and shook his head. "Mom would go to Emma in the morning she said, if she sleeps any longer, morning will be over… I'm going to wake her now, she was up earlier yesterday, this isn't normal..."

The boy quietly ascended the stairs, turned to the right at the top and walked towards his moms' bedroom. He softly knocked on the door, when he read no response he knocked once more. He listened closely, but he couldn't hear anything. "She really must be still asleep".

Henry decided to open the door just a little to see if his mother was still lying in bed. As he peaked through the crack his eyes widened, first in shock, but then the corners of his mouth pulled up a bit and pretty soon he had the widest grin on his face. He closed the door again, turned around and went downstairs.

When he arrived in the living room he jumped up, cried out a "YES" and then made a fist pump in the air. He had no clue as to how all of what he just saw with his own eyes had happened. Or when exactly. Though he would have liked to help bring operation Tiger Lily to an end, seeing that it already had made him incredibly happy.

"My ma holding my mom in a sweet embrace in their sleep, I can't believe I just saw that. They looked so cute. I hope they won't be kissing a lot in my presence though, I don't need to see all that, or at least I hope they don't do it often. But I'm so glad they are finally getting their happy ending" He felt like his cheeks were getting a cramp because of the smiling. But he just couldn't help it.

When Regina finally woke up, her breath hitched for a moment and her heart started beating faster, when she realized that someone was lying in her bed beside her. That someone was holding her, until she remembered what happened last night. She smiled contently and her eyes fluttered open.

She didn't know if Emma was awake or not. She placed her hand on the one Emma had still resting gently against her waist. As she started caressing Emma's hand with her fingers she heard a husky morning voice saying "Good morning".

This made Regina turn around to look at the face of her new girlfriend.

"Good morning", she said with a small smile. She nestled herself in Emma's arms so that her head was resting against the blondes' shoulder and then placed two soft kisses on the blondes jawline. Emma in return placed a kiss on the crown of her girlfriends head.

Both feeling well rested and happy, they let out synchronized sighs of contentment, which made them chuckle.

"What time is it?"

Regina lifted her head so she could see the alarm clock on Emma's nightstand.

"O my god, Emma, it's 12:30 pm. We've slept for twelve hours straight", she said slightly panicked, while practically jumping out of bed.

"It's Sunday, Regina. It's not a crime to sleep in, you know?" Emma sat up in the bed now.

Regina looked at Emma and furrowed her brows, "You're not funny Emma. We do have a son and he needs a healthy breakfast. I always make him breakfast. I almost can't believe he didn't try to wake me up. I would think he would be too impatient to wait until noon. I did tell him I would go and see you in the morning." She ran her hand through her hair and walked to her closet to select her outfit for the day. "I'll change quickly and then you can use the bathroom".

"Okay, Emma muttered to no one but herself as Regina already went in the bathroom.

She got up out of bed and walked to the place were she had put her clothes. She figured she could change here. She had put on her bra and sweater, well actually it was still Regina's sweater she borrowed yesterday. When she unfolded her jeans she was reminded of her little brother. She let out a deep sigh while inspecting the piece of clothing. It had stripes of crayon in every direction on it, and in various colours. There was blue, purple, orange, yellow, green, red, brown, black and even pink. She couldn't understand how she had not noticed her brother doing this kind of damage to one of her favorite jeans.

"I wanted to ask you what happened to your jeans yesterday", Regina said playfully as she entered her bedroom again. But not before eyeing her girlfriends legs for just a moment. "It's very creative", she continued while chuckling.

"Yeah, it's Neal Art, my brother is a regular Picasso".

"You can borrow a pair of mine, if you'd like".

"Thank you, do you even have a pair of jeans? I mean I don't think I've ever seen you wear denim?"

"As a matter of fact I do, let's see..." Regina walked to her closet and located the jeans she was looking for promptly. "Here you go".

Emma grabbed the jeans and quickly pulled it on over her boxer shorts. She was surprised as to how high the waist band of the jeans were. "Regina, these look like jeans from the 80's..."

"Well dear, that's because they are jeans from the 80's. I bought those when the curse brought me here. I tried all sorts of different clothing from this world, just to see what I'd feel most comfortable in and to entertain myself a bit.

"I see, and you have kept all the clothing you ever bought?"

"No, I haven't, just the things I looked good in or that were comfortable to wear."

"And in what category do these jeans fall?"

"Both, they fitted perfectly and made my backside look fabulous, she replied with a grin".

"O-kay…."

"Regina?"

"Yes?"

"Were you aware of the fact that you actually gave me a nickname quite some time ago?"

"Whatever do you mean?"

"Well, sometimes you call me dear, and I'm sort of used to that and I like it, so I don't see why you should think of something else."

"Hmmm, you don't do you, and here I was considering to call you sugar lips because you taste so sweet." Regina said in a playful tone and added a wink.

Emma let her mouth fall open slightly "You've got to be kidding me".

"Well, you do taste sweet… No, of course I wouldn't call you sugar lips, I was just messing with you, dear." "Thought the name would certainly be accurate."

"Good, I'll use the bathroom now". She walked to the bathroom while stating "I won't take long", but soon after that she stopped in her tracks as she realized that Henry might be downstairs already...

"Regina, what are we going to tell Henry, I mean he might be up already and be downstairs. It would be strange if we just came downstairs together, right?"

The brunette considered Emma's comment for a moment.

"I think I'd better go downstairs already and see if he's up. I can start making us breakfast. I won't tell him anything about what happened last night yet, I would rather do it together with you when you join us."

"Sure, I'll see you in a moment then."

Regina could hear the gaming noises coming from the living room as she descended the stairs. Henry was apparently very much awake. When she walked into the living room, Henry, who was sitting on the couch in front of the tv turned around. He had heard the distinct clicking of his mothers heels and knew Regina had entered the room.

"Good morning Henry, she said while smiling at her son".

"Good afternoon mom, he replied with a smirk on his face."

"You're right, it is past noon already. I'm sorry I overslept Henry. I hope you aren't famished by now. I'll start making breakfast…or lunch…right away. What would you like to have?

"Don't worry about it mom, I might not be able to cook myself breakfast yet, but I do know how to mix some cereal with milk, you know. For lunch I would like to have a grilled cheese, please.

Regina never agreed that a grilled cheese could be classified as a proper lunch, but Henry had asked nicely and she did neglect to make him breakfast, and she had Emma here, so grilled cheese would be welcomed by two people.

"Alright, grilled cheese you will have." Regina turned around and headed to the kitchen. Her son, who had put his game on pause, quickly raised himself from the couch and followed his mother.

Regina had told him nothing about the presence of Emma in the house and that bothered him a little. He was going to make his mom sweat, just for the fun of it.

As his mom was collecting all the ingredients for the grilled cheese she would make for her son, and her girlfriend, she also got a couple of eggs to make an omelet for herself, with some toast and turkey bacon. There was just no way that Regina Mills was having a grilled cheese for breakfast, or lunch, whatever you want to call it.

Henry noticed that his mother took more ingredients than needed for just his lunch. "Perfect moment to start my little game".

"Did you sleep well, mom?, he asked as innocently as possible".

Regina looked up at her son, nodded her head lightly "Yes, I did".

"I thought you might have had a restless night because of what you are going to do today."

He saw his mother panicking a little, "You know, going to Emma and telling her how you feel. Have you come up with a plan? How are you going to do it? Did thinking about it keep you awake? Is that why you overslept? Are you nervous? Do you need help with a plan?

It was beginning to become to much for Regina to handle.

"Henry, please stop with all the questions!" Her voice sounded a little agitated and she glared at him.

"Please let me make breakfast (or lunch) in peace. We will talk about Emma in a moment."

"Speaking of lunch, why are you making so many grilled cheeses? Are you going to try and seduce ma with food when you are going to see her? Food is the way to the heart you know, so good thinking.

Regina let out a huff. "My son can be so sweet, but sometimes he really acts like a teenager."

Henry just continued, "You know, I did plan on waking you up, but I changed my mind when I saw you sleeping".

Regina stopped everything she was doing and froze.

"You…you entered my bedroom? A concerned look showed on her face.

"No, not really. I knocked two times but I heard no answer, so I figured you must still be asleep. I wanted to wake you up so you could actually go and see Emma in the morning. I opened the door a little and just glanced into your room from the hallway."

The huge grin on her sons face let Regina know immediately that Henry, yet again, knew everything. Or almost everything.

"What I saw then, made me decide to just let you guys be. My operation Tiger Lily obviously was a success and had ended before I knew it", he stated matter of factly. You looked so peaceful together.

I'm so happy that you are together now. I mean, you are together now, are you? How did that happen?

"Kid, please!", Emma said as she entered the kitchen. She had heard most of the mainly one-sided conversation between Regina and their son.

"Don't be so nosy and quite giving your poor mother the third degree here. She looks as if she is about to faint". Emma walked up to her son and ruffled a hand through his hair.

"Sorry…"but not sorry"….moms. I am just terribly excited about all this. I mean, both of my parents being together, getting along, loving each other. It's basically every kids dream come true.

I love you guys so much and I'm so happy that we can be a real family now.

Before he knew it his mothers engulfed him in a hug.

When they let go, Emma remarked "So, operation Tiger Lily…care to explain that one Henry?"

"Well, it was the code name for my mission to bring you two together. I have seen the signs of your love for some time now, especially with mom. And Friday I was finally convinced that ma had the same kind of feelings. So I decided that you needed to spent even more time together in the hope that one of you would find the courage to speak up. That's why I sort of invited you to stay for dinner ma, and also why I purposely deceived both of you during the snowball match."

"I knew it, Regina exclaimed."

"Yes, you did babe, Emma responded and grabbed Regina's hand and placed a chaste kiss on her cheek."

"Not in front of Henry, dear, she replied while a blush was creeping up her neck".

"Yeah, not in front of Henry, dear, you better listen to babe" Henry said with a smug face. He just couldn't resist to tease them a bit. Soon he doubled over laughing at his own stupid comment, he thought he was being quite funny. And the incredulous looks on his mothers faces were pure gold.

"Henry, could you please behave yourself", Regina scolded.

Emma however could appreciate her sons humor and started laughing with him.

"Great, now I have two teenagers in my home", Regina added an eye roll at that.

Emma was very grateful for the grilled cheese Regina made for her. She had left the apartment yesterday without having had any dinner, so she was hungry.

The three of them were now sitting at the table having their breakfast/lunch. And by now they had told Henry how Emma came to be there at the mansion. Henry was somewhat disappointed when he heard that his grandmother hadn't received the news that Emma had feelings for his mother very well.

"She'll come around moms, I just know it."

"We hope so Henry, we really do, Emma said, "But she'll have to make the first move if she truly wishes to make amends. I won't do it."

Henry nodded in understanding. His grandmother had hurt his ma very much, he just hoped that she would realize this sooner rather than later.

When they finished breakfast and cleaned up the dishes, they were just about to discuss what they would do the rest of the day when they heard someone knocking on the door…

Regina decided she would go and see who it was. As she opened the door she saw David standing there.

"Hello Regina."

"Hello David."

TBC

A/N: Hope you enjoyed this chapter and I at least made you smile once. Henry can be so sweet, but also be a little shit sometimes, haha. XD

Sooooo, David came knocking on Regina's door….I wonder what he wants….