(warning) Drug Usage

Previously…

Emma smiled kissing her girlfriend once more before the doorbell rang through the house.

"Expecting someone?" Regina questioned.

"Not that I know of," Emma said, "I'll get it."

Emma walked to the front door unlocking the three locks before opening it slowly meeting a face she never thought she would have to see again.

"Lily."

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"Hey," Lily smiled nervously pushing her hair behind her ear.

"Want to tell me why you are at my house?" Emma said crossing her arms over her chest.

"Emma, you know why I'm here, it's Hadley's birthday," she said shifting feet.

"Yes Lily, I know that, but you gave her to me, she is mine and you can't just show up here and act like nothing happened, like you never left," Emma said angrily.

"I know but-," Lily started before she was interrupted.

"But nothing, Lily she is my daughter you gave her to me and that is how it should have ended," Emma said pissed beyond belief.

"Just let me have today," Lily said with pleading eyes, "Please."

"Today," Emma said begrudgingly as she stepped aside and allowed Lily to walk inside, "but you should know Hadley calls Regina mommy and she has not seen you in months so there isn't a guarantee that she will remember you."

"Hold on, you let our daughter call your girlfriend 'mommy'," Lily said stepping inside and slamming the door behind her.

"She is not ours, she's MINE!" Emma said invading the brunette's personal space, "and yes she does because Regina is more of her mother than you will ever be."

"That is not true," Lily said crossing her arms across her chest.

"It is and you know it," the blonde said standing her ground, "Lily, I am not trying to hurt your feelings but you gave Hadley to me, she is MY child legally and I will not have you trying to contradict my parenting choices." Emma stood watching Lily as she tried to calm down, "Hadley loves Regina and their relationship is amazing, do not mess with our daughter's happiness, you gave her, her best chance and that's what she has with us."

"Okay," Lily agreed keeping her head low, "can I please see her?" Emma nodded as they walked to the kitchen where her entire family stood in shock when the brunette entered behind the blonde.

"Momma?" Hadley said wiggling from her grandfather's hold to be set down.

"Hey baby," Emma smiled as she lifted the small girl and put her on her hip. "This is momma's friend can you say hi?"

"Hi," the small girl said hiding her face in her blonde mother's neck.

"Hi Hadley," Lily said letting a tear fall as she laid eyes on her daughter, "Happy Birthday."

"Say 'thank you' boog," Emma said tickling the small blonde.

"Thank you," Hadley smiled finally revealing her face from beneath her blonde mother's curls.

"You are very welcome," Lily said wiping the tear from her eyes.

"Baby, why don't you show Lily all of your toys," Emma smiled encouraging the girl who gladly went to her birthmother. The two went to the living room while Emma watched Hadley explain the names of all of her stuffed animals.

"So you want to explain to me why the hell that bitch is holding my daughter," Regina said coming up behind the blonde with her arms crossed over her large stomach.

"She came to see Hadley because it's her birthday," Emma said turning to meet scolding brown eyes, "baby, it's Hadley's birthday just give her today."

"I'll be upstairs," Regina said walking away from her girlfriend, "let me know when she leaves."

"Regina," Emma said but it was too late she was already halfway up the stairs and not willing to listen.

"Regina isn't taking this well is she?" Mary Margaret spoke coming up behind her daughter.

"You could say that," Emma huffed in frustration.

"Yeah, and how are you taking it?" her mother asked putting a hand on her daughter's shoulder.

"I don't know yet," Emma said keeping her head down as she leaned against the wall.

"Emma-," Mary said trying to get her daughter to open up.

"Can you just watch Hadley, please?" the blonde asked, her mother nodded and the blonde left the house to go sit in her jeep and calm down.

"Where's Emma?" David asked noticing his wife was now standing alone.

"She went outside, she needed to calm down," Mary shrugged with sadness in her voice.

"Are you alright?" David said wrapping an arm around his wife.

"I'm just worried about Emma," she said leaning into his embrace, "with everything she is already facing I just don't know what she is really feeling, she refuses to open up to anybody."

"I'll go and talk to her," He nodded as he kissed his wife's head before leaving through the front door. He walked across the driveway where his daughter's jeep was sitting and saw smoke escaping the blonde's mouth as he made his way to the driver's side. "Emma?" The blonde jumped at the sight of her father.

"Dad I can explain," she said dropping the lit joint that was in her hand.

"What the hell Emma?" He said looking his daughter up and down, "you were supposed to be done with the drugs a long time ago, you have a daughter and two kids on the way and you are sitting in our driveway smoking on your daughter's birthday!"

"I know," the blonde said her head in her hands.

"Why did you feel you had to do drugs today of all days," David said leaning against the open jeep door.

"Lily showed up and Regina got mad and I didn't want to care about anything for a couple hours so here I am," Emma smiled clearly feeling the high fast approaching.

"Emma the way to deal with your problems is not to smoke your problems away," David said rubbing his eyes in frustration, "next time call your therapist, but for now I suggest you sober up before your daughter and your girlfriend see you this way."

"I need food," Emma shrugged as she stepped out of her jeep and shut the door.

"Emma, grow the fuck up," David said sternly and if nothing could get past Emma before the disappointment in her father's voice made her feel like complete and utter shit.

"I'm sorry," Emma said pushing a hand through her hair.

"Don't say it Emma, show me," David said before walking ahead and going inside with the blonde following behind him.

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A couple hours later Regina emerged from the bedroom and walked down stairs to the festivities that were still taking place in the kitchen.

"Hey baby," Emma smiled going to her girlfriend, "are you ok?"

"I'm fine," Regina dismissed, "is she still here?"

"She is she is helping Hadley wash her hands for dinner," Emma shrugged tucking her hands into her back pockets. "Please, stay down here, you are the only anchor I have and I need you down here."

"I'll stay but only because your children are making me very hungry," she said running a protective hand over her belly. Emma hugged her girlfriend from behind, resting her head on the brunette's shoulder.

"I love you, my Queen." Emma smiled.

"I love you too, Swan," Regina putting her hands over Emma's. A few minutes later Lily came back from helping Hadley wash her hands.

"Mommy!" the toddler screamed seeing her brunette mother was now downstairs.

"Hey, sweetheart," Regina smiled picking up the small blonde as best she could. "Are you having fun?"

"Mhm," Hadley nodded her head quickly before she noticed her mother had let a few tears fall, "you ok mommy?"

"I'm okay, princess," Regina smiled kissing her daughter's cheek, "I love you."

"I love you too, mommy," Hadley said hugging her mother's neck.

"Why don't you help grandpa finish dinner?" Regina smiled kissing her daughter's cheek before setting her down.

"You know she idolizes you, right?" Emma chuckled taking her lover's hand.

"She does not," Regina scoffed.

"Regina, every time you walk into the room her eyes light up, when you are cooking or simply helping her play with her toys she is fascinated with every word," Emma smiled putting a hand over the brunette's shoulder, "It's adorable."

"She's adorable," Regina smiled leaning into her lover as they watched their daughter boss her grandfather around the kitchen.

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"HAPPY BIRHTDAY TO YOU!" Everyone sang while sitting around the large dining room table and the small blonde was having the time of her life, she loved the attention her birthday brought.

"Blow out your candles, boog," Emma smiled at her daughter who was sitting on her lap, Hadley quickly blew out the candles and smiled to everyone at the table. "I love you baby."

"I love you too, momma," Hadley said hugging her mother's neck. Emma kissed her daughter's cheek before getting her a slice of the large princess cake. The blonde watched her daughter devour the cake she had been given before noticing that her lover was nowhere to be seen.

"Hey baby, can you go get grandma to clean you up?" Emma laughed setting the small blonde down on the ground, "You have a little icing, everywhere." She giggled.

"Okay momma," Hadley laughed running off to find her short haired grandmother.

"Dad," Emma called seeing her father standing in the entryway of the dining room, "have you seen Regina?"

"I think I saw her go upstairs a few minutes ago," he nodded pointing to the stairs. Emma went up the stairs hoping to find her girlfriend in their room but the brunette was not in bed, so the blonde walked to the large bathroom where her girlfriend was sitting on the side of the tub.

"Baby?" Emma asked getting on her knees so she was eye to eye with her lover who was crying, "What's wrong, baby?"

"It hurts," Regina said gasping for air as if she had been holding it for an hour, "Emma please, it hurts."

"It's okay baby," Emma said looking into her girlfriend's red eyes, "We have to get you to the hospital can you walk." Regina nodded as Emma helped her to stand from the edge of the tub. They walked downstairs where Regina's cries were met with scared faces of their family.

"Regina honey, what's wrong?" Cora said coming to the young brunette's side.

"It hurts mommy," Regina said clutching her stomach, "Why does it hurt?"

"I don't know sweetheart but we will find out I promise." Cora said taking the girls hand as they walked out to Emma's car and helped her inside.

"Lily you need to leave," Emma said picking up Hadley and putting her into the car.

"Thank you for letting me see her," Lily smiled, "Happy birthday, Hadley."

"Thank you," the small girl waved before her blonde mother closed the car door.

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The family arrived at the hospital in under ten minutes due to the fact Emma was not obeying the speed limit by a good margin. Soon Regina was lying in a hospital bed still wincing in pain although it has subsided considerably.

"Emma?" Regina called eliciting her lover to stop pacing the room."

"Yeah, baby?" Emma smiled as she rushed to her bed.

"Can you just lay with me?" Regina said as a tear escaped. Emma nodded and got into the spacious hospital bed with her lover who curled into her arms.

"Are you alright?" Emma asked brushing the hair from the brunette's face.

"I'm better," Regina said closing her eyes, "it still hurts a little. Where is Hadley?"

"She is with our parents in the waiting room," Emma said stroking the girl's head, "They are only allowing one person in here right now, and well those babies are mine so I called first dibs." The blonde laughed which led to the brunette laughing as well.

"I hope they're alright," Regina said running a hand over her belly.

"They will be," Emma said leaning her head on the one below her. "We just have to believe they will be," the blonde kissed her lover's head as the door swung open and the doctor came in.

"Hello Regina," the doctor smiled at the young brunette who smiled back, "I have what I would perceive as good news but in some cases not so good. The pains you are experiencing are a sign of preeclampsia but the tests we ran concluded that it wasn't the case."

"So what does that mean?" Emma asked.

"It means that Regina is at risk of preeclampsia, the tests suggest her protein levels are elevated but not a dangerous level, so we will start an IV to help," The doctor said scanning her chart. "We will monitor you overnight and we should be able to discharge you tomorrow, after you leave you will be put on strict bed rest until the twins are born."

"Thank you doctor," Regina smiled, the doctor nodded as he made his exit.

"See baby they're fine," Emma said kissing her girlfriend who happily obliged, "I love you."

"I love you too, Swan." Regina smiled.

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