It was Regina's job in the morning to get Henry up for school. She'd done it six out of ten years he was alive, it was her job and she loved it. It gave them a chance to bond by themselves. Most everyone else kept their own hours with the exception of Emma. Maybe Cruella too since she worked at the paper, but Regina wasn't going to wake her up. Her face was hideous enough with the makeup, seeing her without it might make Regina turn to stone.

So she was surprised when she didn't see Emma up yet, she left Henry to watch the eggs and she went upstairs. The savior's alarm didn't always go off, maybe she needed to learn to enchant it.

"Emma, get your butt out of bed, it being Friday doesn't entitle you to lay around," she opened Emma's door and was surprised to find the bed wasn't slept in. She stared at it for a moment, Emma never made up the bed in the morning, she got home and did it. So what was going on? Did she just make it this morning and leave? Her car was in the driveway….

Her mind went to somewhere a bit scandalous, was Emma stepping out on them, visiting a new interest? They could do that, that was the agreement when they all went into this. They could have lovers and other spouses too. She just hadn't expected Emma to go out and find someone else this soon.

Maybe she was at her parents….making things right with them. That was a long time coming…

Or she might have spent the night with Belle, having their sleepovers, painting their nails, or whatever it was they did.

She shrugged it off, Emma was a grown woman who could do grown up things, what did she care? She wasn't her keeper. She just had seniority because she was the fourth wife to Emma's fifth.

So she opened Mal's door to get her up for breakfast, and her eyes widened when she saw what she did….or rather what she didn't. The covers were over two figures in the bed. Maleficent loved that, she thought the covers over both her and her partner made things more intimate.

But the quiet moaning sounded a LOT like the savior.

Regina's eyes widened, and then she stepped out of the room. She considered interrupting them to gloat, but it didn't seem proper. And she felt a little bit of jealousy that she tried to push back down. She and Maleficent shared something between them, was that ruined now that Emma was getting some too? Was Emma going to be in every single aspect of her life from her curse, to her son, to her husband, and now to her favorite wife?

No, no, Regina couldn't think like that. THe relationships would be different. Like Rumple, she and Maleficent shared something deeper than anything Emma could share with them. She was the new shiny, that was it. Rumple would be fond of her like he was all his wives, but Maleficent would grow bored once the newness wore off.

And there was a part of her that was a little jealous at Maleficent too.

But maybe that was just because she had a taste for blondes when it came to women.

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When breakfast was being served, only Regina had a good idea of what was going on between EMma and Mal.

By the time both came downstairs, talking and laughing, everyone had a decent idea of the goings on in that bedroom that night. There were knowing looks and smirks around the table from the adults, Henry looked a bit uneasy, he was still trying to understand this whole idea that they were married to each other, not just Rumple

He was pretty quiet through most of the breakfast, and said his goodbyes when his father came to take him to school. As soon as the door was closed, they all turned their attention to Emma and Maleficent.

"What?" Emma had caught on to the smirks as soon as she came downstairs, "There has to be an appeal to us if there are five women married to one guy, I wanted to see what that was. Don't knock it till you try it, you know."

"We didn't say anything, dearie, it's nice you're trying new things." Rumple assured her.

Emma blushed and stood up, "I gotta go to work."

"I'll join you," Regina stood up, "You coming, Maleficent? "

Cruella snorted, Rumple prodded her gently under the table.

"Later," Maleficent said, glaring at wife number 2, "I don't want to smother LIly as soon as she gets up."

"Probably best, but you shouldn't tarry too much," Rumple advised, "Last thing we want is for her to think we don't like her and gave up as soon as she offered the most bit of trouble.."

"And I'm not sure her going after my family is completely off the table," Emma said.

"I have people that owe me keeping an eye on the inn," Rumple told them, "If she remotely heads to the direction of your parents, we'll know."

"Thank you," Emma looked relieved at that and went to kiss her husband, "Have a good day."

"You too."

Regina gave him a goodbye kiss as well, and followed Emma out the door.

"Ugh, the paper can't function without me writing it, I suppose I must go too," Cruella stood up, "I don't dare carpool with them, Emma drives like a maniac."

She kissed the top of Rumple's head, which was usually more affection than he got from her and she left.

"Well, it looks like it's just us then," Maleficent said to her husband and Belle. She glanced over to Belle and saw she was quieter than usual, "You okay? It's not the nausea, is it?"

"No, no, I"m fine for now," Belle said and swallowed, "Just...I don't know, I didn't expect….when we all married Rumple, I didn't realize we'd be…..with each other too. At least in that way. And I don't….fancy women in that way and I don't want to feel like an outcast for feeling that way-."

"Oh Belle," Maleficent went to take her hand, "There's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing wrong with just preferring to be with Rumple and not us or anyone outside the marriage."

"It makes no difference to me if you just have me or have ten others you love," Rumplestiltskin told her. Though Mal knew he was just saying that. Part of his attachment to Belle was that she completely loved and was devoted to him. If she found someone else to be with, it'd probably hurt him more than any of the others finding someone else.

"I've had my….dalliances and the others have had theirs," she told her, "I'm sticking to those in my marriage now. And that's….quite a list of people, but you don't need to feel like you're obligated to have the same list of partners that I'm willing to have or anyone else. If you want to have just Rumple, that's your business alone. Having just him doesn't make you any less a wife to this family."

"But you and the other seem closer."

"Regina and I have always been more or less close until she got desperate to cast the curse, we're working on fixing that. Emma….she was curious. That's it. That's all. Don't let any of our dalliances pressure you into something you don't want to do, Belle. You're stronger than that, we all know it."

Belle mulled it over and then nodded, "I'm sorry."

"No, it's okay," Rumple told her, "It's a marriage, not a competition. None of us want you to do anything you're not comfortable with, alright?"

Belle nodded, "Alright."

"Okay," he kissed her temple, "I'll take care of the dishes."

"You just wave your hand and they're done," Maleficent scolded, "Don't act like it's some big thing."

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"Henry wants to spend the weekend with Neal," Regina told Emma as they drove towards town hall, "Should we let him?"

Emma didn't see why they shouldn't, "Well he is Henry's father."

"And adopted brother."

"You don't have to bring that up EVERY conversation, you know," Emma told her, "I get this family's' weird."

"So we send him off to Neal?"

"Probably best, who knows which way this Lily thing's going to go."

They drove in silence for a few moments, "I didn't know you liked ladies."

Emma felt a small blush creep up her neck, "I dunno."

"Was it good?"

"Regina!"

"Blink if it was good!"

Emma rolled her eyes and fluttered her eyes, "How about that?"

"But you're not sure if you're attracted to women."

"I know I'm super attracted to Maleficent, certainly wouldn't kick that out of bed. And speaking of not sharing secrets, look who's talking, You never told me you were exactly interested in anything more than killing me."

Regina huffed, "Well, I like blondes."

Emma's eyes found a parking spot and she pulled in so Regina could get out, "Oh."

"You know, Belle and Mal traded for the night, so it's her night," Regina said, "If you wanted, we could-."

"I don't think that's wise," Emma told her.

"Why not?"

"Because….we still have a lot of things between us," Emma said after a moment of thinking about it, "A lot we have to dish out and talk about….a lot we have to work through. And so, I"m not sure if I'm ready to take that step with you."

"But I've changed."

"That doesn't make what happened to away," Emma told her, "It just makes me more inclined to forgive you. For our son, for our marriage. There's still a lot to work through….and I'm not sure if I like you that way. I was curious with Maleficent…..and as far as anything else, I'm not sure yet. I still have to figure it out."

Regina blinked, "Well, you're missing out then."

"Oh don't be like that." Emma muttered, "Pettiness doesn't suit you."

"But I wear it so well," she mocked.

"Yeah, I know, it cost me 28 years without my parents," Emma snapped and then drew a breath.

Regina looked down, "Well, I see your point, now."

"I just don't think we're where we need to be to consider any sort of intimate relationship," Emma admitted, "Sexual or more."

"Yeah okay," Regina opened the door.

"Hey, for what it's worth, if it wasn't for everything that's happened, I wouldn't kick you out of bed either."

Regina managed a small smile, "Well you wouldn't be completely missing out, then."