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Chapter 21
Giggling. That is what she hears first. Then she hears shuffling, and something being dragged. She shifts slightly in her position, not really registering the sounds. She feels something warm beside her. She shuffles again and then she hears a moan beside her and realises there is an arm left across the waist and she is holding hands with the mystery arm. She opens her eyes and realises she is not in her own house. She gasps and jumps up.
"Morning Gina," comes a chirpy little voice from near her.
She turns and sees Alex smiling at her.
"Morning Alex," Regina responds a little confused. Panicking as she remembers Henry.
"Shit," she says as she jumps and looks for her phone. Her jump wakes Emma.
"Regina!" Emma exclaims confused as to what is happening. She lifts up off the couch looking at a panicked Regina rifling through her purse.
"Morning Momma," Alex says as she clambers towards her mother.
"Morning Duck," Emma says still confused.
"Shit," Regina exclaims as she lets her bag fall.
"Momma Gina said a bad word," Alex says as she looks seriously at her mother.
"Regina are you ok?" Emma asks as she looks at Regina picking her bag off the floor.
"I have to find my phone," Regina says. Emma spots the phone on the coffee table.
"It's here," Emma says picking it up and handing it to Regina.
"Thanks," Regina says as she presses a few buttons and holds the phone to her ear.
"Hi mother, sorry I fell asleep," Regina says as she listens intently to the reply.
"Ok, I will be home soon I am sorry mother," Regina says again.
"Ok talk soon," Regina says and hangs up. She holds the phone looking at it disbelievingly.
"Everything ok?" Emma asks. Regina turns to look at the counch where her two favourite blondes are now looking at her with the same look on their face.
"Yes, it seems someone answered my phone last night," Regina says looking at Alex.
"Duck did you answer Regina's phone," Emma asks looking at her daughter not sure if Regina was annoyed or not.
"I gots up last night to go pee and I heard it ringing. I tried to wake Gina to answer it but I couldn't and then it stopped. I was going back to bed when it ringed again. So I answered and I talked to Gina's mom. Told her she was sleeping on the couch beside you momma," Alex explains looking scared at her mother thinking she was in trouble. Emma peers to her left at Regina who is trying to supress a laugh.
"Well thank you Alex for talking to my mom because she was worried about me," Regina says placing her hand out for Alex to take. Instead of taking it Alex jumps from Emma's lap into Regina causing the brunette to fall backwards into the couch laughing. Emma laughs along with them. She thinks this is perfect except Henry is missing. Wow Emma thinks where did that come from. Regina has now started tickling Alex.
"Momma, save me," Alex yells as Regina continues her assault. Emma pries Alex away and pins Regina to the couch. Alex runs away laughing into her room. Emma's attention now turns to the woman beneath her.
"Morning," Emma says as she leans slowly forward and connects her lips with Regina's.
"Morning," Regina whispers as Emma pulls back. The heat in both their eyes is not lost on the other. Pupils dilated and warm breath against each others lips.
"Momma I am hungry," Alex calls from her room.
"Ok baby, I will get breakfast," Emma says but she is yet to move away from Regina.
"I just want to thank you for everything yesterday and I would really like to take you out on our second date please?" Emma says with hope in her eyes.
"I would really enjoy that and there is no need to thank me," Regina says.
Emma goes to stand but before she does Regina pulls her back towards her.
"Need one more," Regina says as she places her lips on Emma's for one more quick kiss. They are broken a part when they hear giggling beside them. They pull apart and look at the giggling little girl beside them.
"Are you going to marry Gina momma?" Alex asks.
Both women become flustered and jump up.
"Breakfast baby?" Emma says looking at Alex.
"Yes please," Alex says as she leads the trio into the kitchen. Emma smiles a bit as she feels Regina's hand on the small of her back as they move causing the blonde to send a loving smile over her shoulder. This is something special she can feel it.
After breakfast Regina says that she needs to leave causing identical pouts on the two blondes. Regina laughs at the two. She gathers her things as Emma walks her to the door.
"Not quiet how I expected our first date to go but I enjoyed our evening together," Emma says as she helps Regina into her coat.
"I enjoyed it too. Can I call you later?" Regina asks.
"You better call me later," Emma says as she takes Regina's hand in hers and pulls her towards her. She puts a piece of hair that has fallen down behind Regina's ear and rubs her cheek with her knuckle.
"You are so beautiful," Emma whispers as she seals their lips together.
Regina moans which turns Emma on more than it should but right now with this woman in her arms she doesn't care. More giggling interrupts them as they break apart.
"Momma loves Gina," Alex taunts as Regina laughs.
"Duck I am going to tickle you so bad," Emma says as she turns to her daughter.
Alex takes off running.
"I will talk to you soon," Regina says as she pecks Emma once more.
Regina leaves with a smile on her face. Their date didn't go with what she had expected but she had spent a wonderful evening with Emma. They had spent hours talking and had evidently fallen asleep on the couch together. She hasn't slept so well in a long time and she hasn't felt so safe and warm in someone's arms in an even longer time. She thinks back over all they spoke about. Their pasts. Regina had listened as Emma told her that she was an orphan. That she had never been adopted and went from foster home to foster home. That is why Emma is so independent. Regina was in awe of the woman listening to her and what she went through in her youth. She admired Emma even more now and understands why adopting Alex meant so much despite Lily leaving her. They spoke about Lily and Daniel. They shared a lot for a first date, but it was nice. They were enjoying themselves. Then somewhere along the way they had fallen asleep.
Regina stepped into her new home and could hear the music coming from the kitchen. She smiles as she watches her parents dance with one another. Laughing and swirling around her kitchen. Henry is in his highchair clapping. She is so very lucky to have wonderful parents like this. She always knew she was lucky. Growing up she knew that her parents were so loving and supportive compared to other kids she grew up with and then hearing Emma's story last night made her luckier. She didn't pity Emma not at all. She was so in awe listening to her last night.
"Well hello dear," Cora says as she spots Regina at the door to the kitchen.
"Hi," Regina says moving into the kitchen and towards Henry.
"Hello baby," Regina says as she kisses his cheeks. She pulls a chair over beside him and starts to feed him his cooled food.
"How was your evening?" Henry Sr said with a small smirk on his face.
"Well giving that she just walked in the door I would say it was very good," Cora says with a smile.
"Is that good Henry?" Regina says concentrating on feeding her son.
"Oh I see she is ignoring us," Henry Sr says with a chuckle. Cora smiles at Henry Sr, but they are both so happy that Regina has found someone who makes her smile like she has been these past few weeks.
"Thank you two for babysitting," Regina says after a couple of moments.
"Ah she speaks," Cora says with a smirk, Regina responds by sticking her tongue out at her mother. This makes Cora's heart swell as her daughter's playful side was coming back. This was the Regina that had gone missing when she got married and this Emma Swan was bringing her back and Cora could not be happier.