"Emma Swan," her name was called as she walked across the stage. She took her diploma, then shook hands with Principal Blue.

After everything, Emma had once again graduated high school.

Most of the time, she hated having to go through all this bullshit all over again. Especially when she had to start out as a freshman. But when she looked into the crowd and saw the eyes of her girlfriend staring back at her, Emma was never more grateful that she attended Storybrooke High this year.

Neal and Alice had decided to stick around for a bit, so they were sitting next to David and Mary Margaret in the crowd, clapping for Emma.

After everyone was called, Ruby was the first one to run up to her.

"It was worth it, wasn't it?" She asked, grinning.

Of course, Emma knew that she was talking about her girlfriend.

"It was." She agreed. "Not only 'cause of her, but also because I had my best friend with me this time,"

"Aw, I didn't know you would get all sentimental on me, Swan,"

The two friends shared a lengthy hug before their families started to walk up to them. As soon as Emma made eye contact with Granny, she bolted.

Just a little bit away, stood Emma's family waiting for her. She was honestly surprised they wanted to be here, considering how many times they had done this before, but they seemed enthusiastic for her.

Mary Margaret and David hugged her together, while Neal and Alice congratulated her. Neal had gone through high school a fair amount of times too, but he decided not to be with the Nolan's for this move to Storybrooke.

"You can go to her," David said, knowing that she wanted to talk to her girlfriend.

Emma smiled in response, then walked a ways down toward the teachers.

Regina was sitting with Robin, whom she had invited to watch graduation with her, then get ice cream to celebrate the end of the school year.

As soon as Regina saw her girlfriend walking over to her near the rest of the teachers, she stood up to give her a hug.

"Pretty soon, we won't have to hide our relationship," Emma whispered into her ear.

"Let's wait at least a week or two before any PDA's," Regina teased. "Also, I saw the way you ran as soon as you saw Ruby's grandmother. Is that a rival thing?"

Emma laughed, but stayed close so she could whisper.

"I mean there's always some sort of vampire and werewolf rivalry. Hardly anyone really cares about it now, which is why my family is such good friends with Ruby. But her Granny is probably at least 500 years old, and she's stuck with her vampire hate. She doesn't like us, but it's not like she can stop Ruby from being with us. She has a bunch of anti-vampire stuff at her house. According to Ruby, she made a bunch of deals with a few witches a couple hundred years ago and she has potions and stuff like that which can weaken us. So I try to steer clear of her,"

Before Regina could reply, her focus drifted over to her niece. She hadn't noticed, but Alice had followed Emma over. Instead of saying hi to Regina, she introduced herself to Robin.

Regina's eyes widened as she noticed Robin blush as they talked.

"Tell that witch to stay away from her. My niece is off-limits," Regina whisper-yelled. "If witches stay young forever too, I don't want some old-lady flirting with Robin,"

"But you're okay with a vampire old lady flirting with you?"

"That's different. I'm 22, if I want to date a vampire who's over 100 years older than me, I can do that. Robin isn't even 17 yet, I don't want her dating a witch decades older than her."

"You don't need to worry about it too much, Mills," Emma replied with a laugh. "Alice is actually pretty new to the family. She actually only turned 18 this year, so she's just a baby compared to the rest of us,"

"Oh," Regina was slightly relieved. "I still don't want a witch flirting with my niece,"

Emma scoffed, then rolled her eyes.

"Hey, Alice!" She called. "We should get going!"

Regina sent her a silent thank-you, but her gratitude didn't last long.

"Can Alice go with us for ice cream?" Robin asked her aunt with hopeful eyes.

Regina shook her head no immediately.

"No, I'm sure she wants to catch up with her family."

Sighing, Robin followed her aunt to her car.

As they got into the car, Robin let out a sigh. It was a hot day, and she was ready for her ice cream.

"So will you and Emma be able to be publicly together now that she graduated?" She asked.

"Funny, Emma asked me the exact same thing; and yes, I do plan on that. But I think it's best we wait a bit so everyone believes that our relationship started after she graduated,"

They sat in silence for a few minutes on the road. Robin looked at her phone occasionally, while Regina kept her eyes forward; however, their silence didn't last.

As soon as Regina was about to park outside the ice cream shop, Robin let out a scream as she saw something outside her window; a bat.

Really, Emma? Regina thought to herself. She was sure that her girlfriend just wanted to annoy her about calling her and Alice old ladies. But she still wished that she would stop turning into a bat while Robin was with her.

Robin screamed again, then leaned against her aunt as she looked away. Meanwhile Regina just rolled her eyes at her vampire girlfriend.

She stepped out of the car, then made a shoo-ing motion towards Emma. Robin was still in the car, looking outside wide-eyed. Of course, the bat decided to he stubborn and fly around Regina's head and land on her shoulder.

"Emma," Regina said in the quietest voice. "You're scaring Robin. I'll text you later tonight, but I need you to go now,"

When the bat finally flew off her shoulder, she made another shoo-ing motion. Luckily, Emma listened to her.

As soon as she flew out of sight, Robin got out of the car.

"Since when are there so many bats in Storybrooke?" She asked. "And in broad daylight?"

"I'm not sure," Regina replied. "My guess is that they simply like to be obnoxious,"

She hoped Emma heard that.

As the two of them made their way to the ice cream shop, Regina smiled as she sat with her niece. While they ate their ice cream, her mind was filled with fond memories of them together.

~2017~

"Aunty Gina," Robin began. "How did you know that you liked girls?"

"That's an interesting question, Robin," Regina replied, raising an eyebrow. "Well, I knew I liked girls when I started to develop a crush on Danielle. I wasn't sure if I was making it up or not, but she was my girlfriend for a long time, and I knew I loved her."

"How did you know that you liked girls different from boys though?"

"Simple; whenever I had a crush on a boy, it wasn't a real crush. I didn't realize it until much later, though. It was simply the heteronormativity everywhere, so I basically chose random boys and decided that they would be my crush. But I never truly felt anything for them. I didn't feel anything for anyone until Danielle,"

"Okay..."

Regina raised an eyebrow again as her niece started pacing around the room. Robin ran her hands through her own hair, and adjusted her glasses a few times. Regina opened her mouth to say something, but Robin stormed out of the room before she could.

From there, she made her way to her bedroom where she sat on her bed. Her eyes darted between the wall and her phone. She felt herself starting to hyperventilate as her heartrate increased.

When she turned on her phone, it didn't help that she had left off on a page with a bunch of sexuality quizzes. A tear rolled down her cheek as she let out a long sigh.

"Robin?" Regina asked, knocking at her door.

"Yeah?" She replied softly.

"Can I come in?"

"Sure,"

Regina opened the door, and immediately sat next to her niece on the bed. She wrapped her arm around her in a half hug.

"Aunty Gina," Robin started, looking Regina in the eyes.

"You can tell me anything, Robin,"

"I think I'm gay,"

A soft smile crept across Regina's face as she leaned over to wrap both her arms around her. Robin let out a sigh of relief as she felt her aunt's embrace. The two of them hugged for awhile until Robin leaned back.

"Don't tell Mom about this, okay?"

"Of course not. I would never out you. You get to come out whenever you're ready, and no one decides that but you,"

"Thanks,"

As they hugged again, Regina couldn't help but smile at how much she cared for her niece and wanted her to be happy.

"So..." Robin started as she took a bite into her ice cream. "Don't you think that Alice girl was kinda cute?"

"I wouldn't go after her if I were you,"

"Why's that?"

"Just a gut feeling,"

Letting out a sigh, Regina got her phone out to text her girlfriend.

Regina: Please tell me Alice is straight.

My Savior: nope she's a lesbian lmao. neal's gay too. i think my parents have a tendency to take in gay kids

Regina: Well damn then. I still want Robin and Alice to stay away from each other.

My Savior: lol ok

My Savior: so can we hang out in public this weekend now?

Regina: No...

My Savior: whyyyyyyy?

Regina: Because

My Savior: cuz why?

Regina: Because I have something else planned.

My Savior: ooh, what is it?

Regina: You'll have to wait and see.

My Savior: D:

Chuckling to herself, Regina was satisfied with how things were. She wanted the best for Robin, but she wasn't comfortable with the idea of her dating a witch.

But that was besides the point; for now, she was looking forward to her plans with Emma.