I've seen most of you would like a magic baby and the Evil Queen would be the pregnant one. I am still heavily debating about that topic but I would like to know how you guys think it would work out with EQ pregnant because truth to be told, she will have to go guys.

Also this chapter has fluff in it but also feels. - Enjoy!

Chapter 14: Polaroid and memories

Granny's Diner

"So, Emma. You look very happy today." Snow commented as she noticed how smiley and glowing her daughter was.

Emma was focused on her chewing so when she heard her mother's comment, she slowly stopped chewing and looked up with a bit thoughtful expression. "Well yea…" She carefully replayed. The only reason why she felt so good right now is because of what happened between her and the Queen couple of hours ago; and there was no way she was going to tell her mother that. "There aren't any reasons for me to not be happy, right?" She let out a nervous chuckle before focus her view back on her food.

"Well, I hope not. It's good to see you happy." Snow said with a smile before take a sip of her juice.

Emma just nodded and forced a quick smile when she looked up at her mother. This conversation was getting really awkward for her because of what happened between her and Gina. She was feeling like a teenager about to get caught.

"The only reasons we have right now is the Evil Queen issue."

Emma did her best to not groan about that. "Yea, stressful times." She quietly commented.

"Have you gotten any more information from her, lately?"

"Huh, piece by piece we will get there."

"So is that a no?" Snow frowned slightly and tilted her head to the side.

Emma sighed and leaned back on her seat. "It's not easy to get information from her, mom. You know that."

"Yes, I do. But I thought by now you would've gotten something else."

"Well I don't but I am trying my best." Emma shrugged.

"I know, sweetheart. I am not blaming you. It's just…" Snow thought for a bit before saying anything. "…if you aren't making any progress with her than maybe we should look through other ways to get her talking."

Emma stared a bit shocked at her mother. "What? You want to torture her?!" She half yelled and half whispered before look around the diner to make sure there weren't any attentions on them.

"No! That's not what I meant!" Snow also did her best to keep her voice low. "Maybe there's some kind of spells or potions that Regina can work out and maybe that can work."

"No." Emma firmly stated.

"No?"

"No. You are not gonna use magic on her."

"Why not?"

"Because!" There weren't many reasons why they shouldn't do that. It's the Evil Queen after all and Emma is sure if she doesn't do anything any time soon they are going to take Gina way from her and do things their own way which might not end good for Gina.

"Because?" Snow kept staring at her daughter waiting for a better answer that probably wasn't going to come.

Emma sighed and licked her lips. "Because I will get this done before you guys go for magic."

"Okay…" Snow still thought there was something else to it but she learnt to never question her daughter too much or else things will get shaky between them again. "We have faith in you."

"Okay, good." Emma forced a quick smile, feeling like the conversation was finally about to end and they could just carry on with their lunch.

"We are just worried about this because if the Evil Queen stays here for too long the time-line will be very messed up and we can't let that happen." Snow reminded.

And Emma knew she was right. "Yea, I know. She will soon go back, don't worry." She quickly dismissed this subject and went back to eat her food but she was more focused on her thoughts. – She honestly felt like her stomach was turning while she thought about the time that they will eventually send the Evil Queen back to whatever she came from and Emma will be left behind and go back to her hollow life.

She knows a partner isn't everything she needs to survive because she has Henry and he is the main happiness in her life but truth to be told she feels very lonely lately. Her parents are busier with Neal and Henry just keeps growing up. What will happen when he goes to college? Emma won't have any distraction and she will go back to the same "uncomfortable mood" she lived before Henry came knocking at her door.

And to make it worse she has to "watch" Regina having her happy ending with some forest guy. Emma honestly never believed in fate or understood it but she can say it's full of crap.

"Neal just got the hang of crawling!" Snow cheerfully announced her daughter and Emma did her best to carry on with their conversation and not look bothered by anything.

Emma's House

Honestly, Emma was emotional and also physical exhausted because after lunch she got several calls saying that the pongo ran away again and that Grumpy was doing his crazy drunk stuff at Rabbit Hole. It shouldn't have had been that hard if Grumpy didn't decide to run away from her so he wouldn't spend a night behind bars. Thanks to that running away, he's now spending two nights there and Emma "can't wait" to deal with his attitude tomorrow morning.

She walked up to the living room and took off her red leather jacket only to drop it over the couch as she began to roll up the sleeves of her white shirt. The house was awful quiet and Gina wasn't watching TV. Maybe the brunette was reading some books that Emma had the chance to bring her.

"Gina?" Emma called out for the other woman as she walked around the house to find her. The last place she decided to search for was the guest room where Gina slept at. She noticed the door was slightly open but Emma still decided to knock on it and make sure she had the right to step in. "Gina, you in there?" She asked before grab the knob of the door and wait for permission to step in. It was actually a bit ridiculous of her because she had already seen this woman naked today, so accidently stepping in while Gina was getting dressing wouldn't be a big issue, right?

"Yes, come in." Gina replied.

Emma pushed the door open and stepped inside only to find Gina on the ground, on her knees and in front of the closet that was now open. "What are you doing?" She curiously asked and stepped further into the room.

"Nothing much. I just found some interesting things." The brunette answered as held few photos in her hands and Emma knew exactly what those photos were.

"Oh god, you found that?" Emma groaned a bit and got behind Gina only to bend down a bit and place her palms over her knees a she looked at the photos. "That's old ones."

"What are these again?" Gina confusedly asked and looked up at Emma with a slight frown because she was still trying to get used to the all new things this world provided.

"It's called photos. It's like paintings. But more future like." Emma did her best to find the proper words to explain it better to Gina without making her more confused.

"Hmn." Gina seemed to easily understand that before go through the photographs and pick one. "Is this you?" She pointed at a blonde figure that was behind a balcony of some bar.

"Oh yea." Emma looked better at the photo as she began to remember about those memories. "I was probably twenty when that was taken. I worked at some bar as a bartender." She gently took the photo from Gina's hands and realized this was the moments she was still fragile from what had happened between her and Neal, and also giving up Henry. The bartender job was easy one to get because it was a bad area and the bar was desperate. But Emma was a tough girl and she wasn't going to take shit from anybody but every time she got to her tiny ass apartment she'd just break down.

Gina noticed some changes on Emma's expression and she could tell that photo brought her bad memories, so she did her best to find a photo where she could find Emma with a genuine smile and the only ones she found was more recent ones where she was with her family. But the last thing the Evil Queen needed to see was Snow White and Prince Charming being all happy. So, she picked a photo where Emma was hugging Henry against her side and they both had big smiles on their faces. "It's you and Henry." Gina mumbled as she rose the photo for Emma to see.

Emma placed the photo she had in her hand down over the others and then looked at the one Gina was holding up. "Oh, that's when we went camping!" Emma pointed out with a big smile as she decided to get comfortable and just sit down over the ground besides Gina. "Getting Regina to accept camping was a pain in the ass but we had a blast." Emma chuckled lowly as she looked through the photos because she was sure there were more of them on that camping trip.

"Why a pain in the ass?" Gina asked as she looked at the photo, paying more attention to Henry's smile.

"Because Regina was never fond of the idea on having Henry away from her." Emma answered. "We were actually fine when that camping trip happened but Regina was still very conflicted on letting Henry go. She's like a momma bear."

"Momma bear?" Gina perked up an eyebrow at that.

"Over-protective mother." Emma explained before finally find another photo. "Look at this one. It was his first time catching a fish. Look at how proud he is!" She excitedly said while handing the photo to Gina.

Gina took the photo and quickly smiled when she saw how proud Henry looked with his fish. It was a normal sized fish. His smile actually warmed up her heart and she's sure he will be the light of her life. "He does look very proud of it." She commented.

"I know right? But you should've seen his horror when we had to prepare the fish." Emma chuckled. "He wasn't that excited to see the nasty insides of the fish."

Gina wrinkled her nose at the mental image Emma was giving her. "I am sure."

While Emma kept looking through the photos, something else caught Gina's eye and she quickly reached for it. "What's this?" She held up an old looking photograph machine.

Emma looked up at Gina and saw that she was holding her polaroid. "Oh that's my polaroid! It's a photograph machine." Emma told her as she slowly took the machine from the other woman's hands. "It's an old one but it's super cool because you get the photograph the moment you take it. Not unlike the others you have to print out and stuff." While Emma seemed excited with her words it only left Gina confused. "Here, let me show ya." Emma decided to photograph the other photos they were looking at and not Gina's face because last time that happen things didn't end so well for Henry, thankfully the kid wasn't hurt.

After pressing the button, she pointed at the gap where the photo would come out and Gina seemed awful interested at how the photo paper slowly started to come out.

"But there's nothing there." Gina said with a frown.

"Wait." Emma told her as she took the photo from the gap and slowly shook it before show it to Gina and they both could see the photo slowly appearing.

"Oh my god!" Gina exclaimed with a big smile as she watched the process like a child.

Emma chuckled and stopped watching the photo only to watch at how excited Gina looked. Things like this made her very happy and it's hard coming to the fact that she will have to let this all go and pretend it never happen because Gina isn't really hers. – But pushing those thoughts aside, Emma decided to take a photo of how Gina seemed so happy while watching the other still appearing on the paper.

Gina only seemed to notice it when Emma actually put the photo down besides the other. As the image slowly started appearing, Gina had a goofy smile on her face before turn her head to Emma and nudge her shoulder against hers. "I want to try it too." She didn't seem to be scared of the photos anymore and she couldn't wait to actually be able to take one.

"Sure." Emma smiled at her and taught her where to look and which button to press and before she knew Gina was aiming the lenses at her. "You are not gonna take a photo of me, Gina."

"Why not?" The brunette still held up the machine.

"Because…no. Take picture of something else. Like the bed" Emma turned a bit to point at the bed and Gina took that moment to just press the button and take the photo anyway. "Ginaaa." Emma whined as she watched the photo paper coming out of the gap.

Gina didn't care about Emma's whine because she was more excited to see how her photo was. When the paper was out she took it in her hands and waited for the image to slowly appear. "It's good!" Gina happily pointed out as it showed Emma's profile and she was actually with a small smile.

"God no, it's awful." Emma reached out for the picture but Gina was quick to get it first.

"I like it very much. Plus, it's my first photo. So I am keeping it." The Queen stated. She was proud of herself and actually happy that she could keep a photo of Emma.

Emma was more taken back by Gina's decision and her words because she wasn't asking for anything or giving Emma any option. She was going to keep the photo and that was it. "Well then…" Emma snatched the photo she just took of Gina. "I shall keep this one."

Gina leaned over Emma to see the photo she was holding. "Why that one? I wasn't ready for that picture."

Emma gasped. "The same way I wasn't ready for that one!"

"Yes but you gave me no choice." Gina told her. "I am willing to make a more Queen like pose for a photo."

Emma rose her eyebrows and stared at Gina like she couldn't believe what this woman just told her. "Well they say the best photos are when you aren't expecting it."

"How so?"

"I don't know. People tend to look more beautiful when they aren't paying attention to the camera." Emma shrugged. "Maybe that's when your true beautiful comes out." She then looked down at the photo with a smile. "I like it."

Gina now looked up at Emma and noticed how much meaning that smile held. Emma was really sincere and she looked very happy with that picture. That gave Gina's butterflies because it has been a very long time since somebody looked so happy and in love at her like Emma is doing right now. Maybe her true love isn't dead and maybe pixie dust is lying about who her true love actually is.

Gina just leaned her head into Emma's neck and gently pecked her skin before let her head rest there. Emma was taken back by Gina's actions but they were very welcoming, so she wrapped her arm around the other woman's body and hugged her close against her side.

"You know; photographs help us to collect memories." Emma mumbled as she placed the photo down over her lap and then used her free hand to cover Gina's hands that were still holding the other photo. "And I would love to save some memories of you." She sincerely said as she leaned her head against Gina's. – Gina did not reply but Emma was sure the brunette was smiling and agreeing because she decided to hold her hand.

However, Gina wasn't smiling at all, she was actually doing her best to not cry. Why? Because Emma held her like she was going to lose her. Emma was speaking like she was going to let her go.

Regina's Mansion

Later at night, Regina finally arrived her mansion and she was exhausted. There were too many papers to do today and she was dying for a warm shower and her soft bed. – But first she went to the kitchen and made sure that Henry ate what she had texted him to which was leftovers from last night's lasagne. She hoped he had used the oven but she is very sure he just used the microwave.

"Henry, sweetheart." She called out for him as she went upstairs, spotting him coming out of his bathroom with his hair damp and already in his blue pyjamas. "Ready for sleep?"

Henry looked up at his mother and smiled. "Hey mom. Was thinking about watching a bit of TV before going to sleep. It's still not that late." He showed her a hopeful smile, hoping she'd say yes.

Regina looked down at her watch on her left wrist. "Hmn…alright, dear. You can watch TV for forty minutes but then you have to sleep."

"Okay. Thanks mom!" He smiled happily and just went downstairs to the living room so he could keep up with his show.

Regina just watched him go with a small smile before carry on with her goal to get her warm shower. But on the process at the bathroom she felt something tightening her heart. It wasn't something physical it was more emotional. She felt very sad all of sudden and she couldn't understand why. Plus, this sadness was something more intense, something she was very familiar with it, it felt like the pain she carried years ago…Was it Daniel? Was it memories of him hurting her again? No, that wasn't it. The pain was similar but the reason wasn't the same person. It was somebody else.

Before Regina knew she was leaning against the door inside the bathroom and tears were rolling down over her cheeks and she couldn't understand why she was crying. So she shut her eyes tightly and tried to calm herself down but it seems with her eyes closed it only helped her memory work better and a mental image of Emma and some photograph machine popped up in her brain.

Something was very wrong with her lately but perhaps it's just exhaustion. So she wiped her tears and took a deep breath before prepare a bath instead of a shower. – Maybe if she just relaxes for a bit she will feel better.

Oooh, what's happening?