A/N: Starting this story I always had it in my head that everyone bar August, Killian and Lacey, were Mills', I've changed this around to make it that Zelena, Ruby and Regina are actually sisters and Henry and Cora are their parents, I'm not sure if I've managed to pull it off but it makes sense in my head at least.
"I mean finding out your girlfriend has something that shouldn't be there was not something I was expecting" red lips smiled, "Hell yeah I freaked out, but giving the circumstances I think it was allowed" White teeth sparkled in the moonlight as a grin formed on the pale face of the blonde, "I"m not gonna lie, at first, I was a little shocked, but I came to realise that it didn't change how I felt about her, I was in love with her, and I think that shocked me more than anything else"
"What the fuck Regina!" Emma said again pulling her off Regina's lap and looking wide-eyed at her girlfriend, Regina couldn't, wouldn't opened her eyes, they sat in silence for what seemed like forever, she didn't want to see the look of disgust in Emma's eyes, Emma glared at Regina when she finally opened her mouth and eyes,
"I...I" Regina couldn't actually speak, she glared at her reflection through the windscreen,
"I swear to God, if the next words out of your mouth Regina Mills are, 'I'll drive you home' I will smack you so hard" Emma huffed out, Regina did smile slightly at that but still couldn't look at Emma, a hand landing on her leg made her jump and she finally looked at Emma, she was more shocked to see worry and concern in them than disgust, of which she saw nothing, and she sighed internally, "talk me baby, please, help me understand" Emma said, her voice curious and concerned all in one, Regina smiled and closed her eyes when Emma's hand reached up and stroked her cheek, Regina leaned into the touch and moved her face so she could kiss the palm of her hand,
"I...I was going to tell you Emma, I swear" Regina said finally, her eyes locking with Emma's, Emma smiled,
"I know, human lie detector" Emma said with a chuckle, causing Regina to smile, Emma moved her hand down and gripped Regina's bringing them both into her own lap, her thumb stroking the back of Regina's hand, "I...I mean..how...what.." Emma huffed and rolled her eyes at herself,
"I was born with it" Regina said after a few minutes of silence, watching as Emma was preparing to ask the question, Emma smiled at Regina, as if thanking her for not having to ask, "noone is sure how, back then it wasn't common for a female to be born with male anatomy" Regina said, Emma smiled,
"They knew you were female from birth? Emmas asked, no disgust in her voice, just curiosity, Regina shook her head
"No, they thought I was a boy actually" Regina chuckled, "It was not until I was 4 years old did Mother actually question my sex" Regina said,
"So, you actually went by a different name?" Emma asked, Regina smiled.
"I went by Regan, after Mother's father" Regina said, "but the moment they realised that I was in fact a woman, I was sat down and told that, well, I don't actually remember what I was told" Regina said with a small laugh, "I don't remember being anyone but Regina, Zelena and Ruby have some memory as they were older but we've over one hundred years old, somethings really are a distant memory" Regina said, Emma looked at her, and smiled,
"So they really are your sisters?" Emma asked, Regina looked at her and Emma blushed, "I did some reading" Emma said, Regina's eyebrow shot up and Emma rolled her eyes, "It said that vampires can't actually pro-create and have kids, or well, unless you are secretly Count Dracula and have three wives and have demon babies I don't know about" Emma said seriously, this caused Regina to laugh, loudly, which at first Emma wasn't sure how to take but seeing the actual humor on her girlfriends face, she couldn't stop as she too joined in,
"Oh Emma, you truly are the most wonderful human I have ever met" Regina said, calming herself to lay her hand on Emma's cheek, Emma still giggled but couldn't help lean into the touch, "but to answer your question, yes, Ruby and Zelena are my sisters, just as Mother and Daddy are my parents"
"How though? I thought that biting humans was a death sentence?" Emma asked, remembering Regina explaining that her family and most vampires did not feed on humans, it was illegal if you had chosen not to and the punishment was death, but there was only one exception,
"It is true, any vampire that bites a human, after vowing to live without human blood and turns them or lose control and kills them, will die, however, before when there was more vampires than humans, sometimes that wasn't possible, as vampires, or Cold Ones, as some call us, we aren't made to love, we're made to be alone and wallow in self pity watching as everyone around us grows old, has children, and eventually moves on, but we are cursed" Regina paused, "something that is true Emma, don't start" Regina said, the last bit with a bit more bite, Emma closed her mouth a glare forming,
"So how come none of you paid that price?" Emma asked, Regina smiled,
"When Daddy was bitten, he went away for years, no one knew why, Mother thought he had died, then he showed up one day out of the blue, Zee and Rubes were finished college, it was 1920's New York, there was so much to see and do for two young women who were about to make it out on their own, then one day, Daddy shows up when everyone was home, I was in my final year of college, about to graduate, the youngest woman in my college to sit a law program with all male classmates, I was 18, Ruby was 26 a accountant, Zelena was 27 and one of the best female cops going" Emma was shocked, she knew that the 20's was the turn around for a lot of women, she liked history, but she was still shocked to learn that Ruby was once an accountant, and Zelena, a cop of all things, "Mother had arranged for us to come home one weekend, the same weekend Daddy had disappeared five years earlier, we would have a family dinner, Mother and her girls, we would toast to him, tell stories about him and just laugh, and cry" Regina said, "the door knocked and we couldn't figure out who it could have been, no one really bothered us, Mother went to the door and her scream will always be remembered, the bloodcurdling scream, we both ran to the door and almost passed out, Daddy was standing there, paler than we've ever seen him, Mother in his arms, he looked so lost, he looked to us and he smiled, but his eyes, his eyes were dangerous, they were still Red" Regina said, pausing,
"Red?" Emma asked, Regina nodded,
"When a human is first changed, their eyes are Red, the will remain Red if human blood is what they drink, however, if they chose to do it, and drink animal blood, their eyes will in fact turn Amber or Gold" Regina said, Emma looked at Regina's dark eyes, she would have always thought brown, but no, she can see they are in fact a darker shade of amber,
"So Henry was drinking human blood?" Emma asked, Regina sighed and ran her hand through her hair,
"It wasn't a choice, he had been changed and had been taken into the care of The Volturi, once or twice a month they got the taste of human blood, the taste once you have it, never truly goes away" Regina said, Emma was watching her, she wasn't lying, Emma could tell, but she wasn't telling her everything, "Daddy had begged and begged The Volturi to allow him to see his family once more, to allow him to say goodbye, and that's what he wanted to do, he was ready to leave us forever, but.." Regina trailed off, she shook her head, "perhaps, Daddy should be the one to finish this story Emma, he gets, worried that people will look at him differently" Regina said, Emma smiled,
"I understand...but I am getting kinda hungry" Emma said softly, Regina chuckled and started up her Mercedes,
"Then feed you I shall, although I will warn you, my parents are far too excited about this evening so I can only apologize for anything they say or do in advance" Regina said, Emma smiled, "and I promise you Emma, I will answer any questions you have about…" Regina said looking down at her lap, Emma nodded, glad that it wasn't going to be something that was just smoothed over briefly.
Regina drove them out of town, past the what Emma had actually assumed when first moving here was the Mayor's house, Regina had informed Emma that they did live there at the start, but with August they found being outside of town to work better for them, Emma understood, August being the newest member of the Mills' family meant that he was the most recent to have tasted human blood, Emma understood that the Mills' family choose to live their lives as normally as possible, they drank animal blood, which in human terms, technically made them vegetarians really when you thought about it, humans being the meat and animals being the, well, not meat, but with August, having being saved from a batch of Newborn vampires, vampires made just to kill, he was just getting use to not having human blood, it only took him fifty years, Regina had told Emma that even know August could control himself, he was still unpredictable if Emma was to say, get a papercut, there was no telling how August would react, but she was also reassured that while in the Mills' house, nothing would happen her.
Emma gasped when they finally arrived at Regina's home, Emma did NOT expect the house that was in front of her, the house had more windows than walls and Regina chuckled, having an idea of what exactly was going through ehr head,
"We don't sleep in coffins and have motes Emma" Regina said with a chuckle, taking Emma's hand when she got out of the car and leading her into the house, Emma was stunned, it was dark the last time she was at Regina's and she had more important things to worry about than looking at her house that night, Emma gripped Regina's hand tighter as Regina lead her upstairs, the small of, lasagne, hitting her sense,
"Oh wow, they made lasagne?" Emma asked, excitement clearly evident in her voice, Regina smiled and nodded,
"I'm not sure who was more excited Daddy about being able to cook, or mother about having something new for dinner" Regina said, they walked into the kitchen and Emma was immediately tackled by Ruby who squeezed her, Emma was sure her ribs would break if she squeezed her any tighter, " let her go Ruby" Regina said pulling the back of her sisters jumper, Ruby grinned and kissed Emma's cheek before pulling back,
"Welcome Emma, to our home" Cora said from behind Ruby when she finally pulled back, Emma smiled, at all of the Mills' family, Henry stood beside his wife his arms around her, in front of Emma, Zelena sat on the counter her arm leaning on Killian's shoulder who sat on the chair beside her, August beside them, who looked, relaxed, for the first time ever Emma thought, and Lacey who waved at Emma and wrapped her arms around Ruby when she joined her, Regina's hand on her waist brought her back,
"Sorry, Mrs Mills, thank you for having me for dinner" Emma said mentally shaking herself, she reached around and moved behind Regina to open her backpack, pulling out the bottle of wine, and taking the flower from Regina's hand, "for you" Emma said stepping towards Cora and Henry with a shy smile, the elder Mills' looked at each other and smiled,
"Oh Emma, you didn't have to" Cora said, taking both from Emma and handing them to Henry, "but please, call me Cora" Cora said walking over and pulling her arm around Emma's shoulders and all but taking her away from Regina who just glared at her mother causing her siblings to chuckle at the look on her face, "We've made Italiano for you" Cora said with glee,
"It smells truly amazing Mrs..eh..Cora" Emma said shyly once more, both Henry and Cora smiled widely, Henry proudly announced that he had made baked Ziti, from scratch, and smiled even proud when Emma looked like she was about to faint, "Wow, thank you sir! I haven't had Ziti since before...well in a long time" Emma said with a wide smile, Henry chuckled and Cora patted his shoulder, knowing how much he wanted to hug the young blonde that had stolen his daughters heart,
"Like my wife Emma, please, call me Henry, Sir is perhaps too formal for my home" he said with a chuckle, Regina rolled her eyes and pulled Emma back against her, "dinner shall be served in ten minutes, why don't you two go freshen up?" Henry said with a smile as he moved back around the counter and shooed away Lacey and Ruby much to Emma's amusement, when Regina pulled Emma from the room, everyone looked to Ruby with raised eyebrows, Ruby rolled her eyes at her family but smiled,
"She's overwhelmed, but she is actually happy" Ruby said, everyone smiled at the tall brunette and went back to helping prepare the last of tonight's meal, the first one they are all looking forward too.
"You're father seems even more excited than your mother" Emma said when Regina lead her into her bedroom, Regina chuckled,
"It gives both of them an excuse to use the kitchen for the first time, but Daddy has always loved to cook, you're the first person that he's wanted to cook for in a long time" Regina said pulling Emma close, Emma sighed and rested her head against Regina's chest, Regina wrapped her arms around Emma's shoulders and kissed the top of her head, if she had a beating heart, she was sure it would be trying to beat out of her chest, Emma wrapped her arms around Regina's waist and pulled back, she looked into the amber eyes of her girlfriend and smiled, leaning in and kissing her, Regina wasn't sure what or how it happened but no more than five minutes later, Regina had Emma pinned against her door and was kissing down her neck, Emma's moans where not making things easy for Regina and she had to control herself not to push against her, they still had to talk about Regina's 'friend' but right now, Regina wanted to be covered in the scent of her human, and Emma was in every way her human.
Dinner with the Mills' family had been something else, it was almost like Emma had known them all her life, August had even smiled more than once at Emma and Emma no longer felt like he wanted to do something horrible to her, he even offered her a game of UFC on his PlayStation must to Killian's dismay,
"Here, hang on one second, I offered first" Killian announcement when the Mills' siblings retreated into the game room, Emma chuckled as she watched Killian and August fight over the second remote, Zelena rolled her eyes and chucked a pillow at them, she had watched her sister and her girlfriend since Emma arrived, she wasn't sure what it was, but there was something different about them, Ruby couldn't get a clear read from Emma's feelings so she wasn't much help, as long as the blonde wasn't about to break her sisters heart, she would be ok with anything, and seeing opportunity to give them a moment alone Zelena pounced,
"Why don't you play that stupid fighting game and the winner plays Emma?" Zelena said looking at Emma whose legs where draped over the end of the sofa as she sat in Regina's lap, one hand playing with her hair, the other clutching a glass of the Mills' family famous apple cider, Emma smiled and nodded at Zelena who grinned,
"Two out of three matches boys, give yourself some time to practise" Emma said standing, placing the glass on the table in front of her and pulling Regina to her feet, Regina had no idea what's going on, but went willingly with the blonde who pulled her out of the room, leaving her grinning family behind.
"I think we've all found our match with Miss Swan" Cora said sipping a glass of cider herself causing everyone to chuckle
"I want to play with Emma" August said to Killian who knocked his shoulder,
"You have to beat me first, Auggie," Killian said, ruffling his brother's hair and pulling the remote from his brother's hand to choose his fighter.
Regina found herself pinned against her bedroom door and she was not complaining, Emma's hands were everywhere, on her hips, in her hair, on her breasts, Regina gripped Emma's hip and pushed her back, breaking the kiss,
"Emma.." Regina said, Emma growled and pushed herself back against Regina, who moaned and gripped Emma's hair pulling her as close as possible, Emma hadn't forgotten about the car or what Regina had, but didn't want to stop kissing Regina, Regina's brain finally caught up and she once again pushed against Emma's hips, Emma bit Regina's lip but eventually pulled back, "B..baby hang on a second" Regina said with a smile when Emma pouted and tried to lean in again but was refused, "lets just, calm down, and, talk first, before we do something we might regret, ok?" Regina asked, cupping Emma's cheek, Emma nodded if not reluctantly and pulled Regina over to the bed, Regina shook her head, and instead walked Emma out onto the balcony that Emma only realised was there,
"Wow" Emma said looking out, the Mills' family lived beside the lake, the moon was high in the sky casting it's reflection onto the water, Emma's eyes went wide the view, Regina smiled and wrapped her arms around Emma from behind, breathing in the scent that was truly Emma's, cinnamon, vanilla, and shea butter,
"I don't want to ruin your evening with us Emma, but I would like to finish our discussion from earlier" Regina said, her arms getting tighter around Emma, Emma placed her hands on Regina's arms and rubbed then up and down,
"Then talk to me Regina, I promise you, I won't run from you, I"m here aren't I?" Emma said with a small chuckle, Regina nodded and rested her chin on top of Emma's, she was taller than her but not by much, Regina had boots one while Emma wore well worn converse,
"Regina, it's a part of you right?" Emma said when a few minutes went by with nothing from Regina, Regina nodded, and Emma turned around, "It's apart of YOU, and, I...I think I'm falling in love with you" Emma said, Regina's eyes went wide as Emma leaned up and pressed her lips gently to Regian's.
I'm not sure how I feel about this chapter as a whole, the Regan thing happened as i was writing I don't really know where it came from, or if it would even make sense, but yeah, let me know your thoughts!