Hey guys, I'm happy you all seemed to enjoy the last chapter, so I'm going to update again. Whoever the guest was, you were right. Emma is eleven years younger than Regina. I'm not sure why I said nine, probably because I originally wrote Regina as 26, not 28. Any who, enjoy this chapter x Sad, to say but I'm writing three more and then you get an epilogue. No sequel, I want to move onto something else. Check on here for my new story! It should be put up a couple hours(no later) after this chapter is uploaded.

Chapter 25

The next few months after Christmas were the best Emma Swan had ever had. Not only had she and Regina been living happily as a couple, but her parents had started seeing each other. After the incident with Zelena and David, Mary Margaret admitted to David after one too many cups of egg nog that she still loved him and that she missed him.

It was weird for Emma to see her parents together, but if it meant her mom was happy, she couldn't complain. Things with Regina now were better than ever for her and she didn't know that life could be this good.

David had taken a while to come around, but Mary Margaret being Mary Margaret decided that Sunday dinners were a good idea to bring everyone together as a family. Regina would attend and bring a dish to pass and bond with Emma's mother over cooking and David over baseball games. Currently, they were all watching the Dodger's game. Mary Margaret and Emma were "watching", while Mary Margaret braided Emma's hair.

When the team scored a home run David and Regina dramatically threw their hands in the air and screamed "WOOOOOO". Emma and Mary Margaret watched while they both did a secret handshake that neither women had seen them create. Emma turned to look at her mother and watched as Mary Margaret shrugged.

The two didn't even notice their significant others looking at them during their zealous exchange and continued to watch the game earnestly.

By the end of the game, Regina was laughing with David about some epic fails the other team had as she stood by the door. Emma was kind of irritated because Regina hadn't spoken two words to her since she walked in the door.

Although David and Regina were in the middle of a very heated conversation about how awful the Padres were, Emma placed her hand over her father's mouth to silence him. "Daddy, why don't you go talk to mommy? After all, you are dating her."

David walked back to talk to Mary Margaret, looking like a dog with its tail between its legs. Throwing his arms around Mary Margaret, she nodded into his embrace and patted him on the back.

Regina looked at the couple and then back at Emma. "Care to tell me what that was all about Swan?"

Closing the door behind her, she folded her arms and glared at Regina. "Sorry to impose upon your heated conversation with your boyfriend."

Raising her eyebrows, she placed her hands on her hips. Reminding herself that this was her girlfriend and not Zelena, she realized she was going to have to talk this through instead of just giving her the silent treatment like she did Zelena. "Emma, as you know I am a person. As a person, I'm not blessed with super powers that include mind reading. I have absolutely no idea what is going on in that head of yours and would appreciate it if you could give me the slightest inkling of what is wrong with you. What have I done?"

Right now, Emma hated that even when she was mad at her, Regina still managed to me literate, calm, and collected. She picked the worst moments to make Emma swoon because of her perfection. Finding her feet very interesting, she mumbled "I'mjealousokay."

"I'm sorry, but I cannot understand you." She gestured toward her ear.

"I'm jealous okay? We don't bond over baseball games or baseball teams or even watch television together."

Regina couldn't believe her ears right now. She silently led Emma outside the apartment building and sat them down on a bench just outside the complex. "Emma, do you even like baseball?"

"No, but—"

Regina held up her hand to signal that she wasn't finished. "I do understand why you're jealous, but Emma you're my best friend. We may not watch television together but I do recall spending several weekends cuddling on my couch watching Orphan is the New Black."

Emma rolled her eyes at her girlfriend, "You mean Orange is the New Black?"

Regina waved her hand at Emma, silently telling her she didn't care. "My dad always wanted to be a baseball player, but he hurt his shoulder. We'd always watch the game together and cheer for the Phillies and make fun of the Padres. Now that I'm with you, your parents are kind of like a second set of parents to me. I'm sorry if I've upset you, but it was nice to share something with your dad that I shared with my father once upon a time." She cursed herself when she felt hot tears glide down her face which seemed to never cease.

Emma immediately grabbed Regina and emphatically pulled the small woman into her arms. "Regina, I love you. If you need that special time with my dad, I would love it if you had it. I'm so sorry I was being childish. My family is your family, okay?"

When she felt Regina nod into her shoulder, she pulled back and planted a kiss on her hairline. Looking down at the time, she realized it was time for her to go back inside and for Regina to go home. "Babe, I have to go back in the house."

Regina nodded. "I love you darling."

Emma beamed at Regina and gave her a passionate kiss on the lips. "I love you too."

Regina got up to walk to her car and Emma slowly walked back into the building, not daring take her eyes off Regina the entire time.

That next morning, Emma smiled when she realized it was going to be warm. April was her favorite month she'd decided and she wanted to wear something cute for Regina. She got up that morning at 5:30 so she could straighten her hair and do her makeup. When she was finished with that, she entered her walk-in closet and tried to find something suitable to wear.

Deciding on an outfit, she quickly got dressed and styled her hair. Grabbing her bag and car keys from by the door, she set them on the couch and quickly went into the kitchen to make her parents some breakfast. They'd never officially discussed it as a family, but David usually stayed the night at the apartment. Apparently the police station was closer to the apartment than his own place, but Emma knew it was about the same.

Once she finished making the eggs and toast, she put on some coffee and left a quick note telling her mom and dad that their lunches were in the fridge and that she loved them.

Getting into her car, she turned it on and waited for it to defrost. When it was finished, she switched gears and pulled out of the parking lot. The school was a ten minute drive from her house so she turned on the radio.

No no no no no, no place I'd rather be, she sang along. Her and Regina loved Jess Glynne's music and would often find themselves listening to her songs. When Regina found out that she was going to be coming to Boston that fall, she kept finding ways to randomly bring it up when she and Emma were talking. As a birthday gift to Regina, she purchased the tickets the day after Regina mentioned them to her.

Pulling into the school parking lot, she found her and Regina's usual parking spaces and pulled up next to the black Mercedes-Benz. Because she had first period free, she decided to go spend it with her friends. Lately she hadn't been able to spend much time with them, so she was trying to amend that.

Walking into the commons she saw her friends and smiled when she saw Belle getting up to run and hug her.

"Emma, it feels like forever! And you look so cute oh my gosh!" Belle wrapped her arms around her best friend and squeezed, nearly suffocating Emma to death.

Patting Belle on the back she smiled, "Thank you and I know, and I'm sorry. I've been busy lately with family but I promise we'll hang out more okay?"

Nodding into her best friend's neck, she finally pulled away and grabbed Emma's hand to lead her to their table. When Emma arrived everyone screamed "Emma!" and "Hey Emma"s to her. It was times like these that reminded her that people really did love and care for her.

"Hey guys."

Of course, Ruby was the first to pull Emma into their current conversation. "Emma, sit down! We're talking about prom. Do you have a date?"

To say Emma looked like a dear in headlights would be an understatement. She looked at Belle who just shrugged her shoulders and back at Ruby and the rest of her friends in the group. She could see they were practically on the edge of their chairs waiting on an answer from her, but she didn't know what to say. She had forgotten all about prom, and learned early on in her life that she wasn't a very good liar. Actually, she was an awful liar and anytime she tried, people would end up laughing at her for even attempting to lie.

"I…"

Before Emma could even spit out a lie, Belle grabbed her arm and pulled her closer, "She's going with me! We were going to surprise you guys, but Ruby you sure do know how to pry!" She flashed a fake smile at Ruby that wasn't nearly as friendly as it could've been which caused Ruby to grin sheepishly.

Everyone at the table cheered and seemed to buy Belle's story, all except Ruby herself. She decided she would get to the bottom of this and when she did, she wasn't going to stop until Emma told her the truth.

The day went by slowly for Emma. She hadn't been able to catch a glimpse of Regina all day, so when 6th period finally rolled around she was incredibly happy. Except now, she was running late. Ruby had chosen to question her about what happened at the table and she had been forced to have a conversation about it.

"Hey Emma," Ruby said. She leaned against a nearby locker and stared at her, not even waiting for Emma to acknowledge her presence. "I know you lied at the table."

Before Emma could respond she held up her hand, "Belle may be your date to the prom, but there's something you're not telling me. I just want you to know that whatever it is… I'll find out and soon."

Ruby looked at Emma, probably expecting Emma to come clean. Emma simply shrugged her shoulders and dared to look Ruby in the eye saying, "Go ahead, I haven't got anything to hide." Smiling at Ruby, she closed her locker and side stepped the brunette, quickly walking to English class, knowing that she was late.

When Emma got upstairs to the English room, she wanted to die inside because the door had already closed and Regina looked engrossed in her teaching lesson. Opening the door as quietly as possible, she slipped in the classroom and cursed herself for picking a seat across the room. All eyes were on her, and she fought back a smile when she saw Regina undressing her with her eyes.

"Miss Swan, do you have a pass?"

Emma's entire face turned red as she stopped in her tracks, shooting Regina a pleading look. When she saw that her girlfriend wasn't going to let up, she ignored the sniggers she heard coming from Killian Jones and looked at the ground and mumbled, "No."

She made her way over to her seat and sat down, beginning to pull out binder. She listened as Regina gave the instructions for the homework. Writing down what she needed to do, she watched Regina's back side as she bent down to retrieve the class' monthly book analysis. Just like before, they had to pick a book to study and relate it to themselves.

"Honestly people, I'm a bit disappointed. As many of you are seniors, I'm sure you think that its acceptable to hand in subpar work because of your 'senioritis'", she paused allowing everyone to get their giggles out at the term she had used, "A lot of you have so much potential and I'd hate to see you do poorly this last quarter because you think that now is the time to slack off. Emma Swan was my only 100, and before spring break I had about 10-11 100's. Do try harder."

When she passed back the papers, everyone groaned when they looked at their grades. Emma and the valedictorian from the class of 2015 seemed to be the only ones who got A's. Killian Jones groaned dramatically and glared at Regina who couldn't help but notice the scowl on his face.

"Mr. Jones, what seems to be the problem?" She dared him to disrespect her.

Boldly, he scoffed, "I think you know what the problem is, love. You didn't give me a good mark, a mark that I rightfully earned." He rolled his eyes at her for good measure.

Placing her hands on her hips, she rolled her eyes back. "I highly doubt relating James and the Giant Peach to your own life is substantial work for an AP class. We've discussed what it means to be enrolled in an Advanced Placement class before, Mr. Jones."

You'd think that this would deter him from continuing to argue, but it just spurred him on. "What book did Emma Swan pick, Ms. Mills?"

Regina saw where he was going with this and smirked. "The Grapes of Wrath, a phenomenal book and one of my favorites might I add. It is a college level book in comparison to a book I read to third graders whilst teaching at the elementary school."

Everyone in the class laughed, missing Killian when he mumbled, "Damn, what I would give to be shagging Ms. Mills…"

Regina however heard this and pulled the class out of their amusement with her voice. "Mr. Jones! You will see me after class!"

The whole class became silent and were attentive to Regina for the rest of the period. She continued to talk about the assignment and then gave them time to work on their homework. When the bell rang, she saw Emma trying to find a reason to stick around, so she called Killian over to her desk.

"Mr. Jones, I'll have you know that what you said today was not only disrespectful but completely out of line. Suggesting that I sleep with my student is a high accusation, and I do not appreciate them."

Killian hung his head, already regretting what he said. He didn't think she'd hear him and he didn't actually think they were sleeping together anyway. "I'm sorry Ms. Mills."

Regina shook her head, clearly not ready to accept his apology. Pulling out a white slip of paper, she wrote him a referral. "Please do take this to the assistant principal's office. Detention for the next week for half an hour each day. If you fail to give this to the office, I will notice and your punishment will be extended."

The boy reluctantly took the paper and stuck his tongue out at Emma who was now laughing at him. Walking out of the room, he decided to get it over with and bring the slip down to the office.

Emma got out of her seat and walked over to Regina. Regina took a minute to memorize Emma's outfit, loving every inch of it. The blonde had her hair straightened, and a brown owl necklace that Regina had given her on their 6 month anniversary. She wore a black crop top, high-waisted blue shorts, and white Birkenstocks. It gave Regina a glorious view of her long pale legs and the crop top showed off her flat, toned abs.

Emma smiled knowingly at Regina, "Like what you see?"

Regina nodded and brought the blonde in for a quick hug. They had to be careful because the door wasn't currently closed.

When Regina pulled away she noticed something in Emma's eyes that wasn't there before. "What's wrong, Emma?"

"What if we get caught?"

Regina shrugged her shoulders.

Emma's jaw dropped, she couldn't believe Regina was being so nonchalant about such a serious thing. She hit Regina on the arm, "I'm being serious. What are we going to do Gina?"

Ignoring the fact that Emma had just called her Gina, she chuckled. "Emma, my parents practically built this school. My father was also a philanthropist and put up more than half the money to build this school. They wouldn't fire me."

Emma nodded at this. She knew Regina's parents were wealthy, but moments like these really made it sink in. Not that she could forget it, because everything about Regina's clothes suggested that she was made of money. Today, Regina was wearing a Chanel chiffon blouse, a pair of black slacks that she was 100% sure were from banana republic, and a pair of black louboutins that Emma was sure could pay for her entire wardrobe.

"By the way Regina, there's something else I wanted to talk to you about. I have to go now so my friends don't get too suspicious, but can I come over tonight?"

Regina nodded and smiled at the thought of having a house guest that night. Although she had Emma over 3-4 times a week, she did get lonely and it was always nice to have someone there. "I'll see you afterschool.

Looking at her girlfriend, she smiled at planted a chaste kiss on the woman's forehead. When Regina asked her what it was for, Emma said "I just love you is all."

Regina hummed in response and smiled brightly at the blonde. Emma smiled back, both women unaware of the listener outside the door.