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Chapter Six
You Are Enough
"Hi mi amor," Regina said to Demi after she was fitted with her first hearing aid. Demi's face screwed up in total confusion. "I love you Darien Emma Mills." Darien lost it at that as she started crying. "Oh, I know you can hear me now, you can hear your mommy." Darien was so amazed, but she didn't start crying when Henry spoke to her. Emma was in absolute tears over her video call and refused to let the first time Darien heard her be through the phone. She would punch her parents for this one day. Emma had wanted to be there, but David was determined to keep her at work and tired. They had tried and tried to find time for Emma to go as well short of quitting which she wanted to do, but Regina told her it was better she didn't give up her position of power just yet.
As Sheriff she still had sway among the community and to avoid a complete all out revolt now that the charmings' had slashed pay for government employees, sent her former secretary screaming to her house begging her to kill them. The only reason she hadn't quit was to keep Regina informed. Plus putting people like King Stephen in charge of things and of course he made himself exempt from the laws, pried in people's personal lives the same way David did to Emma whenever she tried to get time off.
As much as it was heartwarming the first time she heard. She was crying once they were outside the quiet room. Everything was new to her and every sound made her jumpy, Regina or Henry would sooth her though, they would tell her it was okay and then talk about what that sound was. That seemed to do the trick, she soon found their voices calming. The drive back to Storybrooke was calming for her though as they drove without the radio, it had been decided that a special playlist had to be created to introduce her to music and the radio was not the place for that. So instead Henry read her the first story he had read to her. She was asleep in her car seat by the time they got home.
"He actually let you come home?" Regina asked carrying the car seat inside.
"Yeah, I took a hard hit from drunk Leroy on purpose and pretended the head injury was worse than it was. I needed to be here, and I wasn't."
"I wish you could have been there, her face when she first heard mom was just magical, it was as heartbreaking as those videos we watched."
"Aww," Emma cried.
"You're here now that's what counts, how about lunch?" Regina asked. "She'll still sleep a bit longer anyway." Emma nodded.
"I'll make us sandwiches it's the least I can do." She went to the kitchen after kissing Darien and Henry followed her. Regina took Darien upstairs to her nursery. At six months, she was growing big and strong, and Regina was finally putting her down to nap in her crib. She still co-slept at night though just simply because it made night time feedings much easier. And Darien refused to sleep in her nursery at night time anyway most nights. Once she was settled in bed with her hearing aid off to reduce feed back Regina went back downstairs with the baby monitor. They sat at the kitchen island enjoying sandwiches and sharing a bag of chips Emma had thought she'd snuck in.
"When are you going to finish the gazebo?" Regina asked. "Christmas is coming up and I bet it would make an awesome place for backyard decorations."
"After that idea, very soon!" Emma declared. "Since Henry is useless, I'll ask Marco to give me a hand. It just goes slowly as I either have to stay up later or get up earlier to get at least one piece of wood nailed on." Emma sighed. "I hope they finally agree to let me hire someone."
"Me too, I miss you Ma," Henry told her. Emma smiled at him and gave him a one-armed hug. She would never get tired of him calling her Ma, he said mama was for babies, and she would never get tired of Regina referring to her as Mama to Darien instead of Emma or Godmother or Godmama it was just Mama.
"Don't worry, Darien's old enough that I could take her to work for me, after last week's trash fiasco, I've decided to call for a special election. I was never formally voted out by the people, and as per my original plan minus the baby, I knew they would eventually be displeased." Emma just stared at her along with Henry.
"You really are like this amazing evil genius." Regina merely grinned and shrugged.
"So, I'm told."
"I hope you win, they changed stuff at school too, I haven't learned history and science in weeks," Henry commented.
"Yes, I know, I just went to a PTA meeting about that, the parents are furious and actually yelled at me to do something and asked if I was sure I couldn't take Darien to work with me now."
"Amazing how two horrible people can bring self-proclaimed enemies together. I swear after Neverland you couldn't find many people who thought they wanted you as Mayor at least vocal people though several people have told me I told you so, when they never did." Emma seemed outraged by this fact. "Not to mention I was totally against Mary Margaret taking over as Mayor from the start."
"Hey, I know what will cheer you up," Regina said as Emma just looked depressed and tired by her parental situation.
"I hope the next words out of your mouth is a huge bowl of homemade cookie dough to mix into some ice cream?" Emma asked and suddenly Regina was hit the puppy dog eyes. She laughed.
"You're as bad as henry, but I suppose you two have been eating quite healthy without too much scolding, I could allow the treat…." Henry and Emma erupted in cheers, Henry thought he might have to suffer watching Emma enjoy it all alone. "…after diner."
"Awww Reggie," Emma pouted.
"Awww Mom," Henry pouted in the same tone.
"What dinner is just a salad for you the rest is cookie dough ice cream." Henry and Emma both looked at one another in thought before nodding.
"We accept your compromise if there will be brownies as well." Regina frowned.
"But I don't wanna share my brownies, I just found out you can put cinnamon and cayenne pepper in there too and they're going to be amazing." Their only response was to widen their eyes and poke out their lips. "You two are getting the cookie dough, let me have this to myself." They just pressed on. "You two suck I hope you know that."
"Yay!" Henry cheered.
"Anyway, what I was really going to say though was that, now that Demi is six months old she's overdue I think for her first taste of solids. I was waiting for her to show interest and today she did, so I made my own baby food…." Emma put her sandwich down.
"Wait I'm sorry so between this morning's delicious breakfast of eggs benedict, getting yourself and Demi ready with bedazzled hat and sweater and tutu, which I'm pretty sure you had to do fresh this morning because last time that tutu had clear rhinestones and today it was purple the same with the hat and were star shaped unless you used magic, but I honestly didn't feel any magic surrounding the stones. You made your own baby food all before leaving on time to get to her doctor's appointment?"
"Yes," Regina answered. Emma just stared at her in total amazement.
"Did you shower too, you skipped your morning shower."
"Nope, just showered with Demi," Regina answered.
"I don't understand how you do this," Emma told her. "I would be such a mess right now, like such a mess, I know this."
"Oh well Henry cried all the time like all the time," Regina told her. "I mean I was banging my head against the wall. One time I had to leave him screaming in the house, so I could go scream in the forest. I couldn't sleep, I couldn't work, some days I couldn't shower, because he was so clingy at the same time. I thought he wanted me to leave him alone, and God I still think baby Henry was eviler than the Evil Queen."
"Oh, mom I wasn't that bad," Henry cried.
"You were," Regina told him. "Before we hit our turning point where you at least were not screaming twenty-four seven. I mean now I realize you were probably just getting colic around time I brought you home from whatever conditions they had you in before I brought you home and that shit milk. I noticed at our turning point, I had switched to organic goat's milk formula. And later when I gave you cow's milk again you literally projectile vomited into my face, that stain on Demi's high chair, it's you and cow milk. Lesson learned I had goat's milk delivered from the local farm in the area. It's not lactose free or anything, but you digested it a lot better. Eventually there was soy-based milk and you liked that even better."
"But the kid eats cheese," Emma pointed out.
"Hmmm…he seems to be okay with cheese, but usually it has to be Greek yoghurt, but straight up Cow's milk, gets him every time."
"Wait but I've been drinking cow's milk," Emma said.
"Not unless you brought it, I highly doubt that." Emma went to the refrigerator and stared at the box in disbelief.
"I've been here six months and I've been drinking soy milk."
"It's oddly sweet, how have you not noticed?" Henry asked as they laughed.
"Because either I drank it when my mouth was on fire because of your mother and her need to cook fire into her food or in my sugary cereal anyway." They laughed.
"What other weird healthy stuff have you put in my body woman?" Emma asked as if she were horrified. Regina shrugged.
"Don't you worry about that, the kitchen is my domain, I like to cook, and you like to eat that makes us perfect." Emma huffed as she sat back down.
"Well truer words were definitely never stated, now you were saying Henry was a demon baby, and what Darien isn't in comparison."
"Darien is deceptively easy, I believe moms call it the breeding trap. Your first is always so good, which means if I find myself deliberately trying to get pregnant the next one is going to drive me up the wall again, but the joke is on mother nature I am not going through that again." They laughed.
"Oh, I don't know I always wanted to adopt," Emma told her as she ate a chip then promptly didn't meet Regina's eyes.
"Great, Demi will be happy, and you can finally have equal custody to Henry," Regina told her. Emma suddenly looked at her.
"Wait you're going to give up your power and let me have official half of the decisions on Henry. AND you're actually going to let me co-parent Demi." Regina shrugged.
"I wouldn't say I had power, but we're making a go of this together, also I'm not sure what else you have been doing with Darien, so…." Regina trailed off.
"Great I totally have the papers upstairs," Emma grinned. "Or you found them in my drawer, didn't you?"
"No, I told you I don't go through your drawers, but you can only file those papers outside of storybrooke, I don't trust anyone here. I mean if that's okay with you Henry." She looked at him. Henry chuckled.
"Mom I think it's safe to say this is a life changing decision I am in favor of for Demi and me, to officially have you both." Emma was all tears and hugging them both.
"No more emotions today," Regina declared when it was too much. They laughed. Eventually Darien woke up and Regina prepared her first solids, Henry got the camera, and Regina was ready to snap pictures while Emma happily settled her in her high chair, and when she heard Emma's voice for the first time the smile that appeared on her face was magical in Emma's opinion.
"Are you hungry, love?" Regina asked signing to eat. To their joy Demi used the sign to eat. Emma produced the food it was tiny orange chunks.
"What is it?" Emma asked.
"Butternut squash, I didn't want to start her off with sweet less I get yet another child in this house complaining about their veggies," Regina told them. They laughed.
"I love how she acts like she's not scarfing down all the sweets with us, like seriously if we don't beg for the chocolate first, she eats it all," Emma complained to both Henry and Demi. Demi laughed along with Henry and stared at them and was puzzled by the sound of her own laugh. She signed again for food by bringing her open palm to her mouth, it wasn't exact but they understood. Emma signed back and spoke that she would feed her now. She had been determined and studying hard from Regina's flash cards at work or after bed time. They had also made it easier by Henry and Regina repeating any new signs together all day not only for Demi's benefit but for Emma's. She even managed to watch some youtube videos with Ruby and Granny during her dinner breaks when Henry and Regina were at class with Demi.
She offered Demi a half a spoonful from the little baby spoon she had bought at four months, but Regina had informed her Demi was not interested or ready for solids yet. Demi stared at the spoon confused as to what was happening and just laughed at Emma making faces to get her to open her mouth. She reached out eagerly for the spoon, but eventually as the spoon got closer she opened her mouth and accepted the butternut squash. They watched her working it around in her mouth as she managed to swallow half of it. The rest fell into the pocket of her bib.
"Do the sign for more," Regina told her.
"Demi would you like some more?" Emma asked signing the word for more. "More." She signed again. They waited. Demi looked confused. So, Henry made the sign for eat and Emma gave him some chips. Then he signed more all without speaking. So, Emma gave him some more.
"More?" Emma asked Darien again. She didn't sign, but she offered her another half spoonful. By the end she got the hang of more to their delight. Which was more clapping her hands together or at least the attempt, but close enough, it would get clearer when she had more control.
"I got some good shots," Regina grinned as Emma was cleaning her up. By the end Demi was determined to put her hands in it and got it all over her face and the table.
"Milk?" Regina asked signing later, she knew Darien was likely ready to nurse. Darien reached out for her and open and closed her hand.
"Good job baby," Regina told her. Soon she had her nursing as they sat in the living room trying to decide how to spend their Saturday afternoon.
"Well you are going to get some much-needed rest, I won't hear of anything else," Regina told Emma. Emma groaned.
"Oh, but Regina, this is the first time I've had any time to just sit and relax with you guys."
"You can still do that after your nap, you were out on a call last night because of that gang again." Emma huffed.
"You don't want me to go do you Demi, you need to spend time with your Mama right, you have to tell Mommy, so she'll let me stay."
"Or you can call in sick tomorrow and have your own little Demi and Emma day. Kathryn asked if I wanted to have a girl's day. I said yes and was going to leave her with Ruby, and you know Ruby will probably kill you over this, but you are legally entitled to two days off after forty hours. You have worked over that you're never off. So, if David is head of law enforcement and your boss now, he can feel free to take a shift."
"I think we already established that they don't care about the law."
"Then lie," Henry said with a shrug. "Tell them mom is out of town for the day, park the Mercedes in the garage. And I'll sacrifice my morning for a comic book to tell grandpa I wanted to spend time with him at the station being you know a real Prince and Officer of the law. I'll talk him up real good."
"You drive a hard bargain, but not anything limited addition, my pay has been slashed after all," Emma grumbled. Henry chuckled.
"Yeah I know which is why, I was hoping mom would offer to pay for the comic." They laughed, and Emma threw a pillow at him, which resulted in a pillow fight, but Demi didn't take so kindly now to their loud laughs and squeals of delight. She rubbed at her ear and cried. Regina turned it off.
"HEY CHILDREN!" Regina yelled. Demi jumped. Regina kissed her. "Sorry baby didn't realize you'd hear that still if I got louder." Emma paused in where she was now pining Henry down in their fight. "A little less loud now that the princess can hear, everything is new today, yeah?" They nodded and continued wrestling but at a more acceptable volume for Darien when Regina turned her hearing aid back on. Regina apologized again for yelling and Darien returned to nursing. Regina was just finishing up and closing her shirt when she suddenly frowned as the urge to vomit hit her.
"Emma take Demi," Regina said quickly already forcing Darien into her arms before she ran for the downstairs bathroom. They distinctly heard the door slam and Regina vomit. Henry and Emma quickly headed for the bathroom door.
"Reggie, you all right?" Regina just continued to vomit up lunch in response. When she was done she took a moment to get cleaned up.
'God what the fuck, I haven't felt like this since….' Regina stopped her thoughts as she gripped the sink so hard in rage that her magic ignited, and she broke the sink.
"Regina, Regina what's going on in there are you okay?"
"NO!" Regina yelled. "I think it's happened again!"
"What's happened again?" Emma asked.
"I think I'm pregnant!" Regina yelled through the door.
"The fuck how?" Emma asked.
"If I knew I wouldn't be raging right now!" Regina yelled. "Get me a pregnancy test please, I swear to God I better be getting super sick right now and not pregnant!"
"All right I'm going now don't worry." Emma turned to a wide-eyed Henry. "Here kid, take Demi, I should be fast." Henry nodded and took his sister. Emma rushed out of the house amid Regina crying and even vomiting again.
"Mom is Demi wearing a diaper?" Henry asked.
"No, she's wearing undies now, you should go sit her on the toilet, don't forget the sound."
"Will you be okay?" Henry asked concerned.
"I'll be more okay if there isn't pee on my floor," Regina told him.
"Got it," Henry said before taking Demi upstairs to pee.
Meanwhile Emma jumped in the Aston and drove to the pharmacy. She hated that she had to go to the pharmacy, but it had the largest selection, and something told her from her own experience of finding out about Henry that she would need to take quite a few, especially after how they had found out about Darien.
"Oh, fuck I hope we at least have some time to prepare," Emma murmured. She parked outside the pharmacy. She nodded to Doc, not even surprised he was already texting. The dwarves were always reporting her whereabouts to her parents if she was seen. She rolled her eyes as she went to the pregnancy tests, this was all going to blow up in her face one way or another anyway. Let them think she was pregnant might afford her some time to herself. Emma grabbed one of every brand, well two, because she knew you were supposed to take it in the morning, and Regina would likely need to take it all again in the morning to be absolutely sure, it was negative, or God forbid positive. First-time, fine there was clearly some magic, but now what this all meant, and a DNA test had proven that she was not Regina's exact clone. Darien had another parent the question was who. This could mean that Regina had been violated and the person had magic that was powerful enough to make Regina completely forget the entire thing. Emma let out a breath, and decided they best drive to a hospital outside of town, and just claim pregnancy symptoms while insisting it was some virus, so they would do a pregnancy test.
"You need all of those?" Doc asked.
"Yes, I do, I need to be sure," Emma told him annoyed. "I'd appreciate it if you didn't say anything to my parents."
"Yeah sure." He rung her up and bagged it all. She was just leaving when she ran into Mary Margaret who was all tears.
"What's wrong with you?" Emma asked. "Did something happen to David?" Mary Margaret just shook her head and engulfed Emma in a tight hug.
"Honey this is so great, you're pregnant and now we can be pregnant together," Mary Margaret cried.
"You're pregnant," Emma said her voice dropping. She was being replaced yet again, not that her parents ever wanted her for her.
"Yes, honey just two months, but I hope you're around the same time too, so the kids will be very close in age. This is going to amazing for us darling you'll see. You can move back into the loft with Henry, and your father will treat us like Princesses don't worry." Emma frowned. That was the last thing she wanted even if she was pregnant. She didn't want to be pregnant again and had specifically gotten an implant to avoid it again, not that she had been with many guys without condoms since Neal. "Come on, come to the loft you can take your pregnancy test there and we can find out as a family."
"I'm not feeling very well, I need to get home, Leroy really hurt me today, I don't…I don't think I will be in tomorrow. I'll call you okay when I get the courage to take the tests."
"Oh, honey this is a wonderful thing, you don't have to be afraid, you already had Henry. Now we'll get second chances, and we can raise these two right, and get rid of any bad habits Regina gave Henry you'll see it will all be okay." Emma just pushed Mary Margaret away as tears appeared in her eyes. She got in her car with a hasty goodbye and drove back to the mansion. Once again, she was thought of as not right, not good enough. Parents always found something wrong with her. She practically slammed the door when she entered, and Regina appeared as they both looked at each with tears in their eyes. They just hugged each other until Henry cleared his throat.
"So, you are pregnant?" Henry asked.
"Oh no we didn't take it yet," Emma told him wiping her eyes. "I just had a rough personal encounter with Mary Margaret."
"What happen now?" Regina asked.
"No, Regina, this is about you right now," Emma told her. Regina shook her head.
"My condition has implications I don't like yes, but it can in theory wait, it won't change in the next few minutes, you however will bury this." Emma sighed knowing Regina was right. She handed her the bag, and took Darien needing to snuggle something unbelievably cute. Well she could snuggle Regina too, but she didn't need Henry see her burying her face in Regina's boobs like Darien did. They sat in the living room again and Regina still pulled her close and Henry got on her other side, snuggling in close. Now she knew why the kid was such an attentive and master cuddler, he had learned from the best clearly. Darien also buried her face in Emma's neck and the feeling of her steady breathing on her neck added to her comfort. Here was a baby that would never be replaced and was not a replacement, but just added joy to a household.
"So, I went to the pharmacy because they have the largest selection, I thought you'd want to take them all. I even got them twice, so you can take it first thing in the morning like it recommends."
"You thought right," Regina told her. Emma nodded.
"Yeah so naturally Doc had already text Mary Margaret and she appears at the door just as I'm leaving, and she's crying and hugs me tightly. She thinks I'm pregnant so at least it won't get around town you are pregnant before you confirm. Apparently, she's pregnant too, she wanted me to move back with her and David, and he would treat us like the Princesses we are apparently. She wanted me to take the tests with her and David outside the door. And as sad as it is that she's finally replacing me after what she said in Neverland. It was what she said about us and by that I'm sure she meant her and David, raising both babies right and undoing any bad habits you taught Henry." Regina's face contorted in rage as did Henry.
"There is absolutely nothing wrong with you, and I can't say this enough, but I wouldn't change you for the world, and if your parents are too stupid to realize that than they never deserved you," Regina told her firmly. Emma sighed.
"What I wouldn't have given to be adopted by a woman like you as a kid," Emma sighed resting her head on Regina's shoulder and adjusting Darien. Henry hugged her tighter.
"Too bad grandpa made it to the wardrobe or you might have, instead she was saved for me," Henry smiled.
"And now I wouldn't change that for the world kid," Emma told him. "I am sad, but I will never regret you kid, and I will never regret that it led us to this, this family."
"Even if there's another mystery baby?" Henry asked wondering if another baby would ruin their family.
"Even if there's another baby," Regina told him firmly. "I'm feeling so many things right now, but if another baby brings me as much joy as you and Darien, then that's all that matters. We'll figure out what's going on and we'll be a family."
"Although I guess adopting is now definitely out," Emma huffed. "I was all prepared to beg." They chuckled. "This won't be nearly as devastating to me though as some kid like me whose been returned time and time again."
"Talk to me again after we figure out the how, why, and when of me mysteriously falling pregnant from Darien and hopefully not this time. I so hope I'm sick."
"But you don't get sick not really," Henry pointed out. Regina made a face.
"Come on let's just rip it off like a band aid," Emma told her. Regina sighed and nodded. She went to the bathroom where she had fixed the sink and peed on six different sticks using magic to set six timers. Before they all sat waiting for the tests to finish.
"Any indication that any one of these tests is a false positive?" Regina asked as they all looked at their two boxes to confirm that the test had been functioning correctly. Henry shook his head solemnly and Emma looked at her apologetically.
"Fuck my life," Regina muttered as she put a pillow over her face. Henry stood up and left before he came back with a note pad and a pencil.
"All right let's write down things that we know and think of when this could have occurred." They nodded.
"Let us start with time gaps," Henry said. "Any blanks in your memory?" Regina shook her head.
"Not that I can detect, the only time I remember being unconscious is when I was kidnapped by Greg and Tamara and passed out from the pain. I had considered that maybe more happened before Emma arrived, but again there was the curse, it should have been impossible. I don't think Greg would have used magic to impregnate me of all things."
"Maybe he didn't know it would do that?" Henry asked.
"But than he would have gotten the magic from Pan, and why would Pan want Greg to impregnate Regina. He was more interested in you. Now if Darien had the heart of the truest believer that would be different," Emma pointed out. They all frowned in thought. "Too bad we can't test him just to rule him out."
"No, I did to cover all bases, there was DNA under my fingernails that was taken by you, and it wasn't a match." Henry nodded. Crossing Greg off the list.
"Oh maybe it was Pan's DNA he impregnated you with. We could maybe get DNA from Grandpa Gold or use me, won't I be a match somehow?" Henry asked. Regina made a face.
"I'm not ready for that possibility but put it down." Henry nodded. Emma also made a face.
"Okay what if Sidney got his genie magic back and got to you, he's totally obsessed with you, he'd love to father your children and be your husband," Emma said, but she really meant rapist. Regina made a face.
"I suppose it would be very possible for genie magic to get over on me. It is very different. It could also mean that perhaps someone wished for him to help them do something to me," Regina pointed out.
"I'll put down Albert Spencer, he's cruel enough, I think he would hurt you mom," Henry told him.
"May as well move that jerk to the top of the list, compared to him, I'm inclined to believe Sidney would show restraint."
"Ouch that's high praise," Regina murmured. Emma nodded. "Put Whale on the list, he's still furious. He certainly has the knowledge to use magic to his advantage."
"Hook with the help of something from your mother?" Emma asked. Regina scoffed.
"I highly doubt that pirate would be able to hide his stench even if he managed to black out my memory. I wouldn't have put it past my mother to want me to have an heir and Hook was disposable to her as bloodlines would hardly matter in this world. Now whether that fool knew or not is up for debate, but he's also too into you Emma like a love-sick puppy drooling from across the street and sucking up to your parents at the diner the other day. So, I would rule him out based on that he wouldn't bother with me since Cora is gone and he is more interested in you and killing Rumple." Emma made a face. "Unless he doesn't know it's happening which would help explain the lack of gaps in memory. And he was there when I was kidnapped, and we don't really know how long Demi was in there before she was out."
"Eww god no, she can't belong to Hook, I am her Mama, and I refuse to have to admit he's the father, I am the father as far as I am concerned," Emma grumped.
"Agreed," Regina told her. "God Darien I'm so sorry if you do have that pirate's DNA inside of you." They all made a face.
"God, I hope not, I'd hate to have to walk her to his stinky ship," Henry said. "And he's a drunk, Darien deserves better."
"We'd move away from Storybrooke before I shared custody with that pirate," Regina grumbled.
"I'll already look up houses for our move just in case," Emma huffed.
"I think we need to get more information on this pregnancy first, I'm going to bet it started the same way Darien started. So, this time now that we know we'll track changes." They all nodded.
"So how long between symptoms appearing did you go before birth?" Emma asked.
"Hmm…I was feeling off after we stopped the trigger, but I thought that was normal we expended a lot of energy, and then we were on the boat. I remember being distinctly nauseous then, I would say it was a total of two weeks in all before I gave birth. The last three days were the worst because that's when I started vomiting and I couldn't really eat before that. I thought it was worry, but maybe it was Darien. They nodded as Henry wrote this down.
"So, we have three days to prepare for a new baby?" Henry asked suddenly pausing.
"Townline, it will pause whatever magic and give us a chance to do whatever," Regina said. They all stood up as one and rushed to pack a bag before Regina used magic to take them all plus the Aston to the town line. They strapped Darien inside and drove over the line.
"Phew, okay that huge knot is out of my chest now," Emma said. They nodded. "Where too?"
"Oooh Boston!" Henry exclaimed. "I never did get to sight see." So, they made the four-hour trip to Boston while Regina informed Granny and Ruby of the truth of the matter and found out Mary Margaret had already spread around that Emma was pregnant. And publicly gave Leroy a strong talking too for hitting her while drunk although he couldn't have known.
"I think we'll only be gone a few days pup just enough to get some medical attention I think this way the magic is paused."
"All right, but I expect my day with Demi, damn it," Ruby whined.
"I know Pup don't worry." Next Regina called Kathryn, and she agreed to go over and keep an eye on the house and dump all the food that would spoil in the next few days and properly lock up. They made it to Boston and Emma's old apartment which she had yet to get rid of.
"I should probably get rid of this place soon, with the pay cut it's actually draining on my resources," Emma grumbled.
"Very nice Ms. Swan though it doesn't seem you, seems more me," Regina chuckled.
"That's because I bought the place fully furnished, I don't stay anywhere long usually so never made it my own," She shrugged. "I told you my life fit into a duffle bag." She held up the duffle bag. "But don't worry I actually had to choose to leave somethings it was awful."
"Good then we're doing our job Henry," Regina told him. He grinned.
"I only have one bed, but you and Henry can take the bedroom, and I can sleep on the couch."
"Nonsense, we'll get an air mattress from Target, and I'll grab some groceries too," Regina told her.
"Actually, can we eat at my favorite hotdog place in Boston?" Emma asked. Regina nodded.
"Still need groceries for breakfast tomorrow." Emma nodded. She found an organic place she knew Regina would love before they got a single bed air mattress for Henry after he insisted on camping out in the living room. And a co-sleeper for Darien. Then they went to Emma's favorite hot dog place. Sunday was spent at a red sox game that Emma had snuck them into. Darien was not juiced about the crowds and enjoyed it more with her hearing aid off and noise canceling headphones on for her right ear mostly. For Sunday they just didn't worry, but Monday morning found them at a respected obstetrician's office.
"Father?" The nurse asked looking at Regina when she had filled everything out. Emma frowned.
"I go by mother these days," Emma told her. The woman glared at her sighed crossed out father and wrote mother.
"Please fill out the entire form, we don't have a lot of time, and we fit you in as it is." Emma glared at her, but filled it all in.
"You didn't have to do that," Regina commented when they sat again.
"She was looking at you, like you were a whore, I couldn't allow that," Emma insisted.
"Thank you," Regina said patting her hand. Regina read a book while Emma watched Henry entertaining Darien with some colored blocks. She had been a bit cranky since yesterday. They weren't at home, her routine was changed, and everything was new from sights, smells, sounds, and people.
"Do you already want to head back to storybrooke after this?" Emma asked. Regina grimaced.
"Yes, and no. No because it's nice to be away, but yes because I miss my home and Kathryn says I need to call a special election as soon as we are back. Plus, she thinks they'll try to take the house and they're stirring up shit about me doing something to you out here."
"Ugh great," Emma grumbled.
"Regina Mills." They stood up and indicated for Henry to follow them. They went inside, and Regina was asked to get changed.
"Hi, I'm Dr. Roberts, and you must be Mrs. Mills and Mrs. Swan?" She asked.
"Yeah," They said.
"And Mrs. Mills you are the one pregnant, correct?" Regina nodded. "Can I ask who your fertility specialist was?"
"Oh um…Emma's the father," Regina said.
"Oh, so you are…" She looked down at her file.
"Yeah," Emma answered and that was enough.
"Um… we were wondering if you could help us figure out how this happened so fast, I just gave birth to Darien here six months ago, and she was already quite the shock."
"Are you exclusively breastfeeding?" Dr. Roberts asked.
"Yes, we just gave her, her first taste of solids on Saturday," Regina answered.
"And this will make your third child together?" She asked. They nodded. "Can I ask what your contraceptive methods are I mean you did manage to put ten or eleven years between your son and daughter." They blushed.
"Oh, I adopted Henry as a baby before we were together," Regina told her. "Darien is the first child I gave birth too successfully. I had a previous pregnancy, but the baby didn't survive long after birth. But this was seven years ago now."
"Ah okay, and your current contraceptive methods?"
"None," Emma answered because they weren't having sex and she didn't have a penis like the doctor thought.
"Well then there's no doubt how this happened, most women breastfeeding exclusively are able to provide themselves with a natural contraceptive, but after six months this benefit wanes. So, my guess is that your body started ovulating again and well you know the rest from there."
"Right of course, could we do an ultrasound, I can hardly believe I think I need eyes on my little bundle of cells." Dr. Roberts nodded. She went through all her other checks though asking about symptoms, so far Regina had only been vomiting after waking up now. But she was always hungry since yesterday. Soon though Regina had an ultrasound wand inside of her.
"There's your baby, you look like you're a solid three months along, I'm surprise you're only now just experiencing some morning sickness, that's very lucky." Emma and Regina just looked horrified that the baby was three months along already.
"Oh, it's so tiny," Henry cried bringing them back to the moment.
'Tiny, yeah right my vagina won't think so in a few days,' Regina thought.
"Do you guys want pictures?" Dr. Roberts asked. Three sets of heads nodded immediately.
"Is everything developing okay?" Regina asked.
"Yes, so far so good, so I don't think I need to tell you what to do."
"Actually, Darien was a huge surprise I wasn't showing at all, so please tell me what to do," Regina told her.
"In that case I'll make a list of prenatal vitamins, get you a schedule for ultrasound appointments to set up with your regular doctor. And resources so you can have a solid birth plan this time." Regina nodded pleased with that. "My only recommendation is to put on more weight, you need to eat well for your baby's sake." Regina nodded.
"Believe me eating is going to be the least of my worries." They finished off the appointment, picked up prenatal vitamins, and packed the car. But not before getting Regina two Boston crème pies, because the baby was craving it she said.
"This one likes sweets, weren't you eating olives before," Emma asked. Regina made a face.
"Eww olives, and yes, this kid is probably why I've been scarfing down chocolate."
"So, mom did you come into contact with any of our suspects three months ago?" Regina shrugged.
"Not that I can remember off the top of my head, but we can go through my day planner and I can tell you where I was supposed to be, and we can decide how likely I was to meet our suspects."
"Sounds good," Henry said.
"But can we trust that time though, how do we know this didn't all occur on Saturday or one week ago?" Emma asked. Regina and Henry frowned.
"You're right on that, fuck," Regina said. "We'll do another check at the hospital with Whale as much as it pains me." They nodded. The drive back was fine as they played Demi their family playlist as they now called it. She seemed to really enjoy music, preferring the nursery rhymes to everyone's selections.
"She's still learning," Henry scoffed. They chuckled each had hoped to sway the child to their tastes, but Darien was her own person. They arrived late back into Storybrooke on purpose. Ruby, Granny, and Kathryn were already there sitting around the dining room table with weapons and wine.
"That bad?" Emma asked seeing Ruby's red cloak nearby, so she could easily change back, and Granny's crossbow on the table, she was surprised to see Kathryn with a mace. "And a mace Kathryn, I hadn't pegged for a mace kind of girl."
"What can I say, my favorite weapon is my golden mace daddy made for me," Kathryn grinned. They all hugged each other in greeting and Granny brought in dinner which Regina was happy to see was a crap ton of smoked white fish in mash potatoes.
"Oh my God yes," Regina said as she dumped a bottle of cayenne pepper over the entire thing.
"That was supposed to last you a meal or two," Granny told her as she finished it all. Regina burped in response and produced fire to Emma's utter amusement that it sent her and Ruby into tears. It was the most unladylike thing they had seen Regina ever do and it was accompanied by fire.
"This is by far the best dinner ever," Emma declared as Regina covered her mouth and blushed.
"I'm sorry," Regina said. "It's the baby."
"Yeah sure, sure Madam Mayor," Emma teased. Regina glared at her but said nothing.
"You're already showing?" Kathryn asked. Regina sighed and looked down her pants now felt too tight and she could now feel that she put on weight and it didn't feel like it was just because she had consumed probably two pounds of fish and potatoes.
"No, I wasn't, but I guess I am showing this go around," Regina sighed. "We really don't know how much time we have."
"Let's give you the week, and if you seem to be holding steady we'll oust those Charmings," Kathryn declared. "That I think that's about as long as your secretary can take anymore. She'd rather do all the work with you on maternity leave than stay another minute under them."
"That poor woman deserves a raise for her pain," Regina commented. They all nodded. Eventually it was time for Henry to get to bed, and Darien as well.
"Emma, I'm really sorry," Regina said.
"Why are you sorry?" Emma asked.
"You can't sleep in here tonight?" Regina told her. Emma looked hurt.
"What, what did I do?" Emma asked sadly.
"Nothing, but…" Regina bit her lip. "I'm…." She let out a breath. "You know what fine, I'm horny like really horny and if you stay in here I'm not going to be able to keep my hands off of you." Emma's eyes went wide. "I've only been good the last two nights because Henry was in the room. And I just don't think tonight I can control myself and our first time cannot be me jumping you in a hormonal rage."
"I wow okay, I can see that you rather don't want me to take advantage of your hormonal rage, so I'm going to slowly walk out."
"That would be great, because I am losing the battle as we speak." Emma nodded and just made it into the bathroom and closed the door. She heard Regina growl on the other side of the door and huff that it wasn't fair.
"Sorry Honey," Emma called through the door.
"I blame you for wearing that grey Henley with the top unbuttoned," Regina practically moaned into the door. "Fuck me thank God you didn't wear the suit, suits are banned until this is over."
"Noted," Emma called back through the door. She ran to her closet and put on a suit before going back to the door. "You know if you didn't wanna make it special, I'd totally sleep with you now in a heartbeat."
"Emma Swan you stop tempting me damn it," Regina growled. "I want it to be nice and special not like a random sexual encounter."
"It is nice and special, you want anyone else as much as you want me right now?" Emma asked. She opened the door, so Regina could see her in her suit. Her shirt was all tucked in with the tan belt, charcoal grey vest, and a matching tie. She was sure Regina bit her lip so hard she would draw blood. Emma had even put the shoes on and that seemed to be the right choice to match the shoes to the belt.
"Fuuuck me," Regina whispered as her panties were absolutely ruined. Emma shivered at the word nothing sounded so sexy as that word leaving Regina's lips and she could feel herself get more than wet.
"You can take me Regina," Emma told her. Regina approached her and ran her hands over Emma's body. She almost missed when Regina had her belt off with a snap. She threw the belt to the floor and grabbed Emma's tie out of her vest and rolling it in her fist as she pulled Emma into the room more, so the bathroom door shut and then she paused pulling Emma into a deep kiss. Emma moaned into her mouth as soon as their tongues met.
'Yes, take me now, Madam Mayor,' Emma thought.
"No, I want you because I want you, not because this kid is causing a spike in my hormones," Regina cried as she pulled away. Emma groaned.
"Can we at least still make out, I promise to leave if you get too frisky. Scout's honor." Regina nodded against her better judgement, and she took her time undressing Emma though. Regina ran her hands over Emma's shoulders and down her vest pinching the fabric between her thumb and index finger just grazing Emma through her shirt. Emma followed her hands the entire time as first one button was flicked open, then two, and then three. Before Regina grabbed either side and dragged it up and over her shoulders.
'Fuck can she make taking a vest off anymore sexy.' Emma thought. She met Regina's chocolate brown eyes and they seemed to be answering her thoughts with a yes. Next Regina took her time uncuffing each of her sleeves rolling each one back just a little, so she could bring each wrist up to her lips and kiss it even suck on it a little giving Emma a little prelude of what could be. If her wrist was sending shivers down her spine what was going to happen when Regina got near her neck, her breasts, her nipples, and her clit? Or anywhere else Emma hoped she sucked on her and marked her. God wouldn't she love to be marked by the Queen's lips. Suddenly she was pulled back to Regina folding up the collar of her shirt and undoing her tie, the way her hands slowly slid down the length. Emma wondered for a moment if Regina might want to explore bdsm with her and dominate her. Because fuck if just once she called her nothing but madam mayor or my queen and did exactly as she was told until she came all over wherever Regina decided to tie her up. Before she knew it even the way the tie slid off her neck was arousing. Regina pulled a certain way on her shirt and suddenly all the buttons snapped free on her shirt.
'Holy hell she didn't break one button, impressive!' Emma thought. Soon she was taking the shirt off in much the same way she took off the vest. Emma watched as she trailed her fingers down between her breasts and over her stomach unfortunately still covered with her tang top. Why hadn't she taken the damn thing off. Regina however didn't go for the edges of her tang top, instead she began to unbutton Emma's pants and Emma swore she had soaked through her panties right into her pants at that moment. Any moment now Regina was going to know it. Regina slowly lowered the zipper, her hands teasing the top of Emma's panties before she pulled them down. Emma kicked her shoes off and stepped out of the pants kicking them to the side. She moved to take her own tang top off feeling impatient.
"Ms. Swan you leave that on as much as it pains me and get into my bed," Regina growled. Emma shivered and gulped all at once, but she did as Regina said. Regina, she noted also was in her underwear because nothing fit at that moment.
"Oh, fuck Reggie, I can feel how wet you are," Emma moaned as a knee had slid up between Regina's legs making her whimper at the touch, she so wanted to be touched by Emma.
"Ms. Swan," Regina growled trying to distance herself and bring Emma back, she was the only thing keeping her behaving.
"Right, right sorry it's just God, I want to taste every bit of you." Emma pulled her knee back and Regina moaned at her words but whimpered at the loss of contact wishing she could grind into Emma. Neither of them got any sleep as they couldn't stop kissing or running their hands over each other's body. Emma was quickly losing her own resolve though in the morning as she sucked on Regina's collar bone making her moan under her, it was only the arrival of unwanted visitors at seven that morning that stopped Regina from finally hooking her fingers into Emma's panties and giving her every single orgasm, she had been thinking about giving her all night.
"I swear whoever is at that door has the worse timing," Emma growled. Regina was breathing hard under her; her hair was an absolute mess from Emma running her fingers through her curls. She didn't look pleased about their early morning visitors either. Darien started crying.
"Ugh I guess I left her hearing aid in," Regina grumped. "I was hoping you could get rid of them and I could get a little more attention."
"Mom?" Henry called. "Ma?"
"Time is up today," Emma pouted. They grudgingly straightened themselves out as Emma pulled out sweats from one of the drawers. Regina also grabbed a pair of sweats and Emma's favorite zip hoodie that she had taken from her after she wore it after a wash. She brushed her hair back into a ponytail and went to Darien in her nursery. Emma went downstairs hoping who ever it was wouldn't stay long. She was surprised to see her parents, her dad carrying his sword of all things, and Leroy dressed as an officer as well as Sleepy and Dopey.
"What the hell is going on?" Emma asked. They pushed in.
"Where were you Emma?" Mary Margaret demanded to know. "What did Regina do to you and the baby we were so worried."
"Boston, and Regina hasn't done anything to me, what the hell you need to calm down and why are they in police uniforms?"
"Because you are on maternity leave, you're a princess and you can't be pregnant and Sheriff. It's been decided you're no longer Sheriff."
"And who decided that?" Emma asked crossing her arms. No way her parents would just easily oust her when even Regina couldn't.
"We did for your greater good."
"You don't get to decide my life!" Emma yelled.
"Emma it's just the pregnancy hormones, you are not in your right mind, but don't worry we know you'll know we did what's best for you and the baby. Now we are going to finally expel Regina and her spawn from the mayoral mansion and we'll live in peace finally. We'll put her right over the town line."
"No, you are not going to kick my pregnant girlfriend and our baby out with just the clothes on their backs, you have absolutely no right!" Emma yelled. Regina who had come down with Darien and Henry to see the commotion froze on the stairs as the others froze in the foyer.
"I'm sorry what did you just say," David said darkly.
"I didn't stutter, I said you are not going to remove my pregnant girlfriend and our baby out onto the streets," Emma told them firmly.
"Pregnant girlfriend?" Mary Margaret asked.
"Yes, Regina is the one pregnant again, that's why I bought the tests, not because I was pregnant."
"She must have forced you to get an abortion, I know you had to have finally given Hook the time of day or Neal was back in town to see Gold and we didn't notice, we were so busy. I mean of course it was Neal, and you'll tell him, and he'll rush back to marry you, because there's no way you are with my archenemy the Evil Queen."
"No, I am not with the evil queen," Emma told her. Mary Margaret looked relieved. "I am dating Regina Mills." Mary Margaret went red in the face.
"What spell do you have our child under!" David yelled holding his sword up at Regina. Henry looked scared at their reaction as he hid behind Regina.
"No spell, I am me, I have always been me, just accept me," Emma told them upset stepping in front of David's sword. "Now get out of our house, you have no cause to be here, nor can you fire me from my job. So, I'll be in at nine in the evening today and not a moment sooner since I'm supposed to be on night shift tonight. And I expect my subordinates to be there, so I can brief them on how things work, and write up a new schedule as is under my domain not yours now that I'm not a one-person team." Regina helped push them out with magic.
"Oh, and Mary Margaret, I will be officially challenging you for the position of mayor in a special election. I was never technically voted out by the town," Regina told her before the door shut.
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