A/N: Deepest apologies for the corrupt upload thats what I get for using the PC for the first time in forever instead of mobile hope you all enjoy this massive chapter.
Sorry if there's details that are wrong I have never been pregnant and I've tried to do research. In either past, current, or future chapters.
A couple months had passed since their honeymoon. They had a wonderful time and Henry really had the time of his life at working camp and was so grateful to his moms. It was September and Henry was back in school.
Regina was not feeling well this late morning it was the 3rd morning in a row she wasn't feeling well. She flushed her toilet to her office once more and rinsed out her mouth. She was also feeling more tired these days and it wasn't because someone was keeping her up late with passionate rendezvous. Not that there was a problem in that department. She decided to google all her symptoms and what she saw as a result was the least thing she could expected. Stomach flu yes, pregnancy no.
There was no way she could be pregnant. She took that potion all those years ago, she had even already told Emma before they got married. Also, to the fact that well Emma doesn't have the equipment to get her pregnant, sure they had toyed with a magic male piece here and there but that never resulted in anything before. She shook her head and her secretary notified her of her next appointment.
To say that she was distracted was an understatement. She apologized to the person she was talking with saying that she wasn't feeling well. After that appointment was over, she told her secretary to reschedule the rest of meetings as she was going home.
She went to the store and grabbed various pregnancy tests amongst some saltines, sports drinks, ginger ale, and lemon lime soda when she checked out when the store was empty except for her and Sneezy. He was looking at her. "I swear if this gets out to anyone I will have your tongue"
"I won't tell anyone" he sniffled and checked her out.
She headed home and munched on the saltines and drank the ginger ale. She thought she was safe, but she threw up again. She was glad this wasn't happening in the early morning she didn't want to worry her wife. Emma probably wouldn't have even let her go to work the last couple of days.
An hour and a half passed, and she was able to keep stuff down and finally use the bathroom. She used 3 out of the 6 tests she bought. She paced the floor, by the time her timer on her phone went of she was sure she would have worn a spot on the floor. She would take the other tests later. For now, it was time to find out what these first three said. To say she was nervous was an understatement. She went back into the ensuite and looked at the tests on the counter.
Test 1: Positive
Test 2: Positive
Test 3: Positive
Her hand immediately went to her stomach. This wasn't possible, but what were the odds of 3 tests being positive. She would take the other 3 tomorrow, if those were positive than she would go to the doctor. The hell would she go to Whale though. Was her dream coming true? She didn't want to get her hopes up. She grabbed the tests and took them to the main garbage and stuffed them down. She hid the 3 remaining unused tests in her underwear drawer. Emma never went in there… she much preferred looking at Regina's underwear while it was on her body. Which just made her smile at that moment.
Regina put away the drinks that she bought in the fridge and decided to take a nap in their bed. She woke up to gentle kisses being placed on her cheek and lips.
"Hey there sleepy head what are you doing home are you feeling okay?" Emma asked.
She caressed her wife's cheek. "I'm feeling a bit under the weather, so I came home early What time is it?" Regina asked
"Two Thirty babe" Emma said
"I slept longer than I thought I would" Regina said stretching. She then enveloped Emma in a hug. "I'll be fine, I rescheduled everything. I got everything I need especially now that you're here"
"As much as I want to stay babe, I got to go back on patrol, but I'll be home at 5" Emma moved some hair away from Regina's face and kissed her lips. "Don't get me sick, I'm just kidding babe, we're in this together"
'If you only knew why I was sick…' Regina thought to herself. "I'm sure it'll pass quickly" She said to Emma.
'Or not so quickly…9 months' Regina thought to herself again.
"I'll be back before you know it" Emma kissed Regina one more time before getting up from the bed. "I Love You Gina"
"I love you too Emma" Regina said resting her head on the pillow.
Emma left the bedroom. How could this be happening? She more than wanted to have more children with Emma. She felt bad keeping this from Emma but at the same time she wanted to be completely sure before telling her. What if Emma thought she cheated on her…? That she didn't think the baby wasn't hers? Regina would be devasted. She hasn't been with anyone else. How would she approach that?
Regina shook her head, she wanted to go have a glass of cider to clear her head but if she was pregnant, she didn't want to do anything to harm baby. She got up from the bed and picked up the giraffe Emma bought on the day that was just almost exactly like her dream she had. Emma kept it on her side of the bed. She's ready for kids she said so. That day Regina had so much deja vu but didn't think much of it as all her dreams coming true. Regina placed the giraffe back and headed downstairs and busied herself with working from her study.
Henry came home an hour and a half later he unlocked the front door and was surprised to see the door open to his mom's study and to see his mom in it. He knocked on the door as she looked concentrated on what she was working on. "Hey Mom, what are you doing home? "
"I'm feeling a bit under the weather, so I came home" Regina said.
"Is there anything I can do mom? How about Ma just gets takeout for dinner? Shouldn't you be resting?" Henry asked.
"No Henry there's nothing more you can do than just you being your perfect self. Why don't you text her about grabbing dinner? I rested earlier for three and a half hours. I need to get some of this work done but once I'm done I can join you on the couch for some TV or help you with your homework."
"I'll text Ma, I just have a bit of homework left, Love you Mom" Henry said before leaving the study.
Regina smiled and returned to her work and finished it up about a half hour later. She joined Henry on the couch.
"How was your day Henry?" Regina asked.
"It was good I was able to get most of my homework done before the day was over." Henry said and then went one about his entire day in further detail.
By 5:20 rolled around Emma unlocked the door with takeout in hand. "Hey Family I'm home with Chinese!"
Emma set it down the food on the dinner table. Henry had already set the table. He moved from the living room to the dinner table. He started plating as his parents greeted eachother with a hug and a few kisses. They joined Henry at the table.
"How are you feeling babe?" Emma took some food from the container and straight to her mouth.
"Emma you know better..." She raised an eyebrow. " I'm feeling much better thank you for getting dinner"
Regina said and took a bite from her plate. She prayed she wouldn't reject the and thankfully she didn't.
"Maybe you should stay home tomorrow just in case" Emma said worriedly.
"I think maybe you're right" Regina smiled at her wife she reached across and grabbed her hand and squeezed. "I can do some work from home"
"Thank you but don't overdo it babe" Emma kissed Regina's hand. "Henry how was your day?"
Henry went on about his day to Emma and Regina even though Regina had heard most of it.
They had good conversation during dinner.
They read comic books together until Henry went to bed.
Then Regina and Emma snuggled on the couch watching TV till Regina fell asleep.
"Babe?" Emma asked and looked at her wife who was sleeping soundly. She carefully removed herself from the couch and scooped Regina up and carried her to bed. She carefully changed Regina into her PJ's.
Regina stirred. "my love ..."
"Just go back to sleep babe I got you" Emma said and kissed Regina's forehead.
Emma then got herself ready for bed. She tucked herself under Regina having Regina rest her head on her chest and wrapped her arms around her.
When Regina woke up in Emma's arms she smiled. She kissed Emma on the cheek and slid out of bed. She felt fine it wasn't until later in the morning where she feels sick. She went to the bathroom and contemplated if she should take the tests now but she didn't want to ruin the surprise. If there was a surprise to be had. Once she was done she climbed back into bed. She was awfully tired still and fell asleep back in Emma's arms.
Later she felt a kiss to her lips. "Morning my gorgeous wife. I wasn't sure if I should wake you" Emma said.
"Of course you should wake me I'm not that sick" Regina smiled and kissed Emma. They undressed and got into the shower together. They washed eachother and kissed here and there. Regina heated things up in the shower she had libido that just came out of nowhere.
" -Millsare you trying to seduce me?" Emma asked.
"I just might be -Mills" and that's what Regina did. She gave her wife a quickie in the shower.
Emma quickly got ready for work and Regina watched with a grin.
"Go back to bed, I'll take care of Henry this morning. Just rest I don't want you working too much today" Emma said.
"Yes my love" Regina replied and gave one last kiss to Emma.
"Oh and babe?" Emma said.
"Yes dear?" Regina asked.
"Thanks for this morning" Emma smirked and left the room.
Emma got Henry up and they had cereal for breakfast. He didn't even ask where his mom was as he knew she was staying home. Emma dropped Henry off and headed off to work.
Regina got a couple more hours of sleep until she was abruptly awoken with the need to throw up. Afterwards she went downstairs and got the lemon lime soda and saltines. She felt so well rested but nauseous as hell. She couldn't remember if ever she slept so much but apparently maybe her body needed it
She kept drinking and did her best to keep what she could down when she felt better she switched to sports drinks. Till she had to go to the bathroom.
After this if they were positive again she would go to the hospital. That was the plan.
She pee'd on all three sticks that she pulled out of her underwear drawer. She set the timer and sat on the toilet instead od pacing the room.
Test 4: Positive
Test 5: Positive
Test 6: Positive
Tears streamed down her face and her hands went to her stomach. "Are you really there? I really hope you are. I love you so much please be there."
She got dressed and grabbed her purse. She headed to the hospital. She checked in for a non emergency. She waited for her turn nervously.
An hour passed by before her name was called. The nurse led her back to a room.
"Hello Ms. Swan-Mills I see you're here for a pregnancy test. I am nurse Madigan" Nurse Madigan said. I just need to draw some blood. It'll take a few hours for your result"
The nurse prepares the blood draw and took Regina's blood. "Would you like to wait in the waiting room or we can give you a call"
Regina wasn't sure which she wanted. A few hours she would still be home before Emma. Though if Emma came home and she wasn't home what excuse would she come up with?
"I'll...I'm sorry I don't know yet" Regina told Nurse Madigan.
"That's quite alright, you can wait in the waiting room and if you change your mind just tell the desk you want your results phoned to you" Nurse Madigan said.
An hour passed by and she received a text from Emma.
Emma: "Hey babe how are you feeling?"
Regina: Not so good as I was this morning.
Emma: I won't have time to come by today. I hope you feel better soon and I'll be home as soon as I can. I love you.
Regina: I'm taking it easy I haven't done any work so far today. It's okay you can't come home today. I love you too.
Emma: I'm glad you're taking it easy I gotta get back to work XOXOXO
Regina put her phone back in her purse and rested her hands on her stomach.
She waited and she waited. This was a short form of torture but hopefully the end result would pay off.
Nurse Madigan eventually called her back and led her to a different room.
"You're pregnancy test result is positive. Congratulations" nurse Madigan told Regina as she handed her the paper.
"Thank you so much Nurse Madigan." Regina said with the biggest smile. She tucked the paper in her purse.
Nurse Madigan led her out and she left the hospital thankfully not running into anyone.
As she sat in her Mercedes in the driveway she rubbed her belly. "Now how are we going to tell your Ma and brother?" She exited the car and entered the Mansion. She made it just before Henry got home. She entered her study and went on her computer to do research.
When Henry came home he walked into the study. "Hey Mom how are you feeling today?"
"A little bit better I'll be back at work tomorrow" She smiled at her son.
"Good you seem to be better you look happy .Could you help me with my math homework?" Henry asked .
"Of course" She walked out of her study and followed Henry to the dinner table. They shared laughs as they worked on his homework. They moved from math to history as Henry had a test coming up.
Once they were finished Henry went to play video games and caught Ruby online and they played together. Regina would never really understand the fascination with video games but it didn't stop her son or her wife from enjoying.
Regina returned to her study and to her computer while she helped with homework it gave her time to think how she was going to reveal the news.It was going to be a couple of days she would keep this pregnancy a secret and then her family would know. She just needed what she ordered online to arrive.
She left her study and entered the kitchen and started on dinner. She made Spaghetti Bolognese and a simple side salad.
Emma hadn't called yet nor had she texted. Regina was starting to worry at 5:45 PM
Henry was setting the table and could see the worry on his mothers face.
"I'm sure Ma is fine it's probably Pongo and she's busy chasing him" Henry said.
"You're probably right, go ahead and dish up. I know your hungry you're practically drooling" she said with a smile. Her Little Prince wasn't so little anymore he started a growth spurt.
She sat down and dished up herself. She started with her salad she needed to eat as she realized all she had was drinks and crackers then she moved on to a couple servings of spaghetti.
Henry grabbed Regina's dishes for her.
"Thank you Henry" Regina said.
"No problem Mom you're welcome. Try to get some rest you look awfully tired" Henry said. "I'll keep an eye out for Ma"
Truth was she was tired. She didn't even do much today. She kissed Henry on the head after she got up and headed upstairs. She decided to do her bedtime routine early.
When she was lotioning her stomach she thought to herself 'You're Ma is going to love you so much. I love you so much. So will your brother Henry. When she was all done and in hef pajamas she slipped in bed and grabbed Emma's pillow to snuggle with.
She closed her eyes and was soon asleep.
Four hours later Emma had come home to a quiet house. The lights were off and there was no sign of her family on the first floor. She quietly walked up the stairs after she toed off her boots. She checked on Henry and he was fast asleep. Emma closed his door and headed towards the master bedroom. The way the moonlight hit her wife just perfectly gave Emma a smile. She closed and locked the door and rid of her clothes. She'd be taking a shower tonight after her long day.
Emma walked in the bathroom and stepped into the shower and washed her long day away. She wasn't in there long and quickly dried her long golden locks. After putting on a fresh pair of boxer briefs and a black tank top she moved Regina's arms and claimed her pillow. She laid down and it wasn't long before Regina became the big spoon. Emma often was the big spoon but some nights she became the small spoon.
"You're late" Regina said sleepily
"Long day I'm sorry" Emma said
"No apologies needed for keeping our town safe" Regina said kissing Emma's shoulder
"Thanks Gina" Emma said with a yawn
"Get some sleep my love" Regina said
"Mmmkay" Emma said. It wasn't long before her breathing became slow and steady.
Regina laid there awake for a short while thinking about the baby growing inside her and smiled. She hoped her family would be just as happy about the news. Soon sleep captured her back and all the Swan-Mills were safe and sound asleep at 108 Mifflin Street.