"So how do you explain the text messages then?" Regina fumed, tossing Ashley's phone at her. "Baby, please, let me explain…." Ashley softly pleaded before pinching the bridge of her nose. Even though it was almost a month into their relationship, this week had been nothing but hell, as the fights had started. First, they fought over Henry, all because Ashley suggested he started sports, and then it was about Regina's control over their relationship, and Ashley's questioning of it. It blew it because she then got so mad that she threw in the punch below the belt, that she too was royalty and that she had a right to question if the queen's supreme rule was necessary. And to add fuel to fire, a woman that Ashley didn't know started to leave sexy phone messages and texts, and now Ashley was at the brunt of Regina's latest rage. "Don't 'baby' me! Don't you DARE infantilize me! I am a QUEEN, and Henry's mother. You. Have. No. Right. So don't you dare step another toe out of line, Miss Grey." Ashley knew it was her fault, her nature, to question the authority first, but she really had no idea who this woman is. But before she tried to protest, Regina had already boomed an angry "GET OUT!" Dejected and hurt, Ashley took her jacket and left the room, slamming the door hard enough that all doors nearby rattled. Regina knew that Ashley was hurting deeply, but she didn't care about that at the moment. The blonde could be so damn infuriating, but a small part of the former queen felt guilty for throwing a tantrum like that. She really didn't mean to explode like that, but she knew that her anger was from the thought of being betrayed by Ashley. On the other side of town, Ashley knocked on the door of her parent's brownstone. As usual, her human mother answered it with a smile on her face, but what the blonde didn't expect to see was the wiser hazel brown eyes of her grandmother peering from behind her mom. "Abbi? What are you doing here? Mami you should have told me she was coming! Your Majesty." Ashley titled, respectfully bowing her head at the older dark-haired queen. "Oh tish tosh, enough of that, come here and give me a hug. My you have grown!" The queen of the Scottish highlands laughed, pulling her taller granddaughter into a bone-crushing hug. Ashley laughed before entering, talking in rapid Spanish with her grandmother as they caught up. Eliza Allaway-Sanchez, being as wise as she is, could see the sadness in her granddaughter's eyes, so she held onto Ashley's hand to stop her from speaking further and look straight into the sea green eyes identical to her husband's. "Your eyes tell me something is troubling you, nina, what's wrong?" Eliza encouraged, watching as her granddaughter sighed. "It's nothing, nani, my girlfriend and I just had a fight and she threw me out, that's all." Ashley muttered, her eyes looking away from the kindly hazel-brown eyes of her grandmother. She wanted to tell her more, but shame prevented her from speaking, but from the use of her old nickname, Eliza knew that Ashley wanted to tell her everything. Offering her rare smile, Eliza stood up and leaned on her chair. "Come on, mija, your ma had a inkling you needed comforting, so when I came to visit, she persuaded me to make my famous spiced peach cobbler. It's being warmed up now in the kitchen." The sight that followed that statement amused the older queen to no end. Her now-adult granddaughter's head had shot up at that statement, and mouth watering, had dashed into the kitchen like a kid on Christmas morning. Eliza laughed as she followed her granddaughter into the kitchen, where the eager blonde waited for her ma to bring out the piping hot cobbler. As Ashley tucked in, mother and daughter stood side-by-side watching the younger blonde eat. "Is it in our genes to attract royalty? I'm just saying, cuz you made the prince of Scotland fall in love with you, I stopped the player queen in her tracks, and now Ashley is dating a queen…" Eliza chuckled at her daughter's observation, before her mind went back to the night she first held a sleeping baby Ashley in her arms. "You know what your father will say about this. The same thing he told me when you first brought Ashley to us." Eliza mused, chuckled at the memory. "He held her in his arms and wiggled one of his fingers at her, before tweaking her nose and exclaimed proudly that his genes would help his granddaughter 'hook every looker on earth'" Eliza said, her voice turning gruff as se imitated her huge bear of her Scottish husband, making the younger Allaway laugh. "That sounds like dad alright, I still remember him telling you I'll grow up to be a knockout, and you hushed him by slapping his arm before gently chiding me and prying my then tiny toe from my mouth." Gabby grinned, laughing at the memory, before being startled from her thoughts by a loud knock on the door. She went to answer it, and gasped in surprise as her wife and father stood at the doorway with a grin on their faces. Ever the daddy's girl, she nuzzled into the familiar scent of fresh grass and polish, before kissing her wife hello. "Hey baby girl." The huge bear of a man gruffly greeted, before tenderly held his smaller wife and greeted her with a kiss. "Now, where is my granddaughter? I heard she was dating a queen." He asked, before Eliza held his hand and downcast her eyes to describe Ashley's current state. The mountain of a man nodded, and lumbered off to find his blonde pride and joy. Eliza and Gabby hung back to let the Scottish King work his magic.
Ashley's ears perked at the sounds coming from the hallway, before a beaming smile graced her face as she recognized the familiar clacking of her grandfather's peg leg, which he lost in a fight to a rival warring lord. "You never tell me when your coming, Grandpa." Ashley pouted, which the red headed man laughed at. "I never know when I am, dear lass, and even if I could, your unpredictable work makes you never around much."
Colin Allaway reasoned, and after a few more minutes of pouting, Ashley rushed and nuzzled into the larger, muscular frame of her grandfather. Colin mushed the blonde curly hair that was very similar to his own, before kissing the top of her head. The older blonde came in to join the hug, holding three plates of the famous Sanchez Spiced Peach Cobbler. "Come, little one, tell us everything." Colin coaxed gruffly before they went outside the balcony to talk. That is how the queens found them, the usually gruff, red-haired man tenderly stroking his granddaughter's hair as she told them everything in detail, before listening to what the older queen and king had to say. "I blame you, Mom, she doesn't trust me because of you." Ashley teased, before dodging expertly out of a slap on the head and laughing. But it was broken by the sound of Ashley's phone ringing. "Hello?" Ashley greeted, but when the heavy breathing came, Ashley immediately knew something was wrong…
A/N: CLIFFHANGER… Who was that on the phone and what do they want? Tune in to find out! :D