Since the mess at the Nolans residence, Emma saw the whole thing in the kitchen when Mary Margaret scolded those boys. Henry held his laughter while his hair was full of frosting from the cake. The young ladies tried to hold their laughter when it came to Everett and Neal fighting over the last piece of a cake.
Mary Margaret threw her hands in the air while her favorite blouse was smudged by the handprints from her young grandson. Amy and Julie were in awe when it came to the boys in the kitchen. Regina wailed with a laugh while clearing her tears from her eyes and fanned herself. Emma shook her head at her young brothers and asked her son right away.
"What's going on with you three boys? You all made mom really mad. Look at her." The mentioned boys looked over at the pixie cut woman who was red-faced and caused them to look down on the ground. Mary Margaret muttered under her breath, 'idiots' and left the room to get a shower. The blonde actress crossed her arms over her chest while waiting for one of the boys to answer her question. It was Neal.
"Well, we made the cake then it ended up in a food fight before Mom came home from babysitting a dog at our neighbor's house." The brown-haired boy looked up at his golden-haired mom and mumbled in a quiet breath. He really didn't want some troubles since he was a troublemaker like Everett and he was told by his young uncle, Neal. It caused the brown-haired man to grin at his oldest sisters and Regina.
"And, I was requested to have fun because of Everett." The blond man gave a glare at his nephew and continued.
"Hey!"
"Well, it's your baby brother's fault!" Amy mentioned while pointing at him. Neal held his hands in the air while gasping at his other sister. Julie laughed at them and snapped a video of their conversation while winking at Henry who caught her. Emma rolled her eyes and continued.
"Henry, go take a shower and you can spend your time with Regina for the rest of your afternoon together."
"Sweet! Give me ten minutes to get ready! Thank you, Ma!" Henry fisted in the air with a reply before leaving the kitchen. Regina slowly smiled at her mentioned son and looked at Emma while mouthing, 'thank you, Emma'. It caused her to nod back at her with a smile then looked back at her brothers with a finality.
"You both clean this kitchen up before Mom whip your ass."
"I heard that, Emma Charlotte Nolan!" Mary Margaret yelled through the house. Emma went startled by her voice and turned out in the hallway then yelped back.
"Sorry, Mom!"
It caused others to laugh harder at the blonde superstar who was coming back to the kitchen with her rolled eyes. Regina waved her hand at Neal and Everett with a response before the men searched in the cleaning supplies closet behind the kitchen.
"Good job for this kitchen. It looks awfully beautiful."
Everett flipped his middle finger at her while Neal slammed his head. Emma yelled his name. Julie gasped before warning him immediately. Regina just cackled at his finger and continued before winking at him.
"Oh, a nice finger." It caused him to blush harder and wiped the counter. Mary Margaret and Henry came in with a clean clothes. Emma kissed their cheek then gestured him to go with Regina. The brunette mayor smiled at them before leaving with her son outside. It left the golden-haired woman to stare at their back while they were walking to the front door.
Regina and Henry looked comfortable with each other. Mary Margaret nudged her oldest daughter with a reply. Julie decided to help her husband. Amy snapped some pictures of Neal and Everett's messy looks with the cake frosting. She decided to upload some ones on Instagram and caused the men to be pissed off at her.
"Emma, why is Regina here?"
"She is going to spend her time with Henry and get to know her son better. It was our deal to make it. I feel bad because Regina didn't see his first ten years since I left this town."
"Stop moping around and be grateful that they have a second chance to know each other better since you gave her that one too."
"I know, mom. I don't want Henry to feel hurt if Regina don't want him in the future." Emma whined before looking at her mom with a pout face. The black-haired teacher gazed at her with a confused look. Neal and Everett argued in the background. Julie and Amy betted their money on which brothers to win the bet. David came in the kitchen and found them in almost spotless way and continued.
"Good lads."
"Shut up, dad." Neal mumbled before getting a whack from his sister-in-law. Everett laughed at him before getting wet from the water spray on the sink. Mary Margaret went horrified when it came to her son being a wet puppy. Emma held her laughter before claiming to be enjoyed by the view of her brothers. David clapped with a shake of his head.
"Neal!"
"What? He deserved this one, mom."
"Stop it, you two. I think it's time to get you out and take a shower!" The mother of four children demanded while others looked at her with their bewildered looks except Emma who was smirking at her brothers with a wink. Everett and Neal dropped their things on the kitchen counter then walked out of the kitchen to take a bath. Julie and Amy shook their head then cleaned everything on their own.
It left Emma to wander through her childhood life with her siblings before Neal appeared in the world to be welcomed. She smiled at her brother, Everett when it came to both of them but remembered that moment where they stood in the front of the elementary school. Everett was in his rock-n-roll phase. For her, she was in her gothic phase and caused their parents for a heart attack.
Flashback – Summer 1993
It was their summer block party in their backyard. Mary Margaret was still pregnant with her fourth and last child, Neal. David was a boss of BBQ and cooked for each person's tastes on the grill. Emma was still 9 years old and going to be 10 in October but it was still in a hot month of June.
Everett gathered himself by having a music on the platform in front of the crowd. The pool was built-in-ground before Emma was born. Mary Margaret requested her husband to install it right before the hot months. They were lucky to save some money and built it right away after their move-in. It was the great-great grandfather of her mother's family side to build a beautiful mansion on the hill.
The people of Storybrooke knew the history of Storybrooke when it came to Mary Margaret's s two times of great grandfather who founded the town in 18th century and lived there for many years. He earned his pride to contribute his kindness to welcome new visitors and migrants to live in a beautiful place. Her great-great grandfather's name was Leopold Blanchard, an English settler from Great Britain.
His history was dated in almost 18th century but his birthdate was in 1690s. He grew up near the farmland but his life was very wealthy because of his parents' royal lineage. Leopold was named as the first heir of the Blanchard royal family but he decided to abdicate the throne after his father died from illness. His mother, a queen, has requested him to be a king on effective immediately because of the reasons. So, he turned it down and gave his sister, Victoria Blanchard to be a queen.
Leopold gathered his important things and left Europe to travel for America. He arrived there in New York and found himself to search for a job to save some money. His worthy friends came to help him out with financial life and earn a place to live and sleep.
He had his plans to be settled in somewhere north until he travelled by himself on foot. It took him months to arrive in a beautiful Maine coastline and decided to use his money to buy some tools to build himself a small cabin near the waters. Until, he worked himself to settle a small business and it expanded into a town to have many people to move in a countryside.
Many years later, Leopold Blanchard was named as the first pioneer of Storybrooke and also, it was a big celebration to honor him during the summer months. It was how the summer block party founded by Mary Margaret's parents, Leopold Jr. and Eva Blanchard and took the people to enjoy their time around on the hill to oversee the town of Storybrooke during the night time.
It was a beautiful night to see the lights over their town. It was their pride to honor the namesake of Leopold Blanchard. That's how the people of Storybrooke knew Mary Margaret very well.
In the beginning of the summer block party, Everett was still 6 years old and begged his dad to buy him a drum set. He loved the loud noise around in the house and it pestered his family over time of his childhood life. It's how he wanted to grow up when he wanted to be a rockstar in the future. Mary Margaret and David doubted it would be same until he was to his age of 12. Everett changed his mind about a profession and he decided to be a lawyer when it came to the television shows – Law and Order.
Emma grew up watching her favorite show, Full House and her favorite character was DJ Fuller. She was appealed to the character's black outfits and caused her to wear the black everyday. It caused her parents to scream through the mansion in the morning before their party at the evening. She has been wanting her outfits to be black but her mother has her pinned to the floral and cute tops back in early 90s.
She grew up in that way when it came to her mother's clothing style, stripes and florals. It couldn't force her to change what she really wanted but stuck with it for almost two years because she was too young to understand what the fashion was like in her mother's time.
So, Emma came with her best friend, Regina Mills who was in her expensive clothes. She didn't understand why Regina wore those clothes since her father's political business in DC. Her father was a senator and Cora was a Public Access TV crew in News Channel for almost two years before meeting Senator Henry Mills in a public announcement at Capitol Hill.
It's how Regina styled her clothes in an expensive way. She came from a wealthy family too because of Cora's family lineage from the Wall Street in New York City in 1730s. Her family handled the business in the stock market for the years and has increased their monetary. Emma didn't care if she came from a wealthy family or not and just enjoyed her life at the summer block party.
Some people greeted her as The Princess of Storybrooke because of her three time greats of grandfather founded a town on a coastal line in Maine. Emma rolled her eyes while chatting with her best friend who was already 11 years old because her birthday was in February. It continued to have a great time altogether in the summer block party at her mansion.
Flashback
Someone shook her shoulder when it came to halt her memory lane. It was her mother. Emma blinked several times before looking up at the schoolteacher. She heard her voice before replying to her question.
"Are you okay?"
"Um, yeah." Emma nodded.
"Others are in the living room, watching a movie and do you want to talk about it?"
"About what?" The blonde diva questioned her mother with her perplexed look. Mary Margaret shook her head and continued.
"Henry and Regina."
"Oh right. Well, she asked for it. I couldn't put her away from getting a full information. You know, Henry always begged me to find his biological mother for the years since he was completely four years old. I can't push him away from his curiosity about Regina's private life."
"What made you to decide that way, Em?"
"I couldn't shake that feeling when it comes to Regina. It's been a ten years since I left." The golden-haired actress muttered with a small chuckle. The mother of her raised her eyebrows at her and interrupted her with an annoyed look.
"Stop saying, 'you left.' I know that it was not my fault to make you leave this town because it's your home too." It caused Emma to be startled with her mother's voice and shook her feeling away but continued with her sad smile.
"I know, mom. But I feel like this is my not home anymore since Neal's graduation."
"I think you need to express your feelings when you have a chance to talk with Regina. I know, it's not my business to sniff your things." The pixie cut woman furrowed her eyebrows while nodding with a reply. The blonde diva tilted her head toward her mother with her raised eyebrows before whirling her neck to stretch and answered.
"Mom, it's Regina Mills, a mayor of Storybrooke. It's always her since I left."
"What do you mean by that statement?" Mary Margaret confounded her question. It left her oldest daughter to think about her final answer to her previous sentence. Emma was unbiased to answer that question and put her weight on the balance on her love life. She swayed her body while biting her lip before her finality.
"Because of Regina, I love her."
A/N: Yass, Emma finally confessed! Are my SQ writers/readers here at this moment? Please review. (Read over The Beauty of The Ballet: Chapter 14.) Thank you!