Meanwhile in a time, Regina brought Emma back to the residence where the Nolans lived. Their banters got better when they learned few things about each other since their childhood. Some things that they knew was same but new things were different. For Emma, she felt like she reminisced their times with Regina back in high school and asked right away.
"So, what happened between you and Graham?"
"Well, we broke up right before graduation. After it happened, we barely spoke at all. You know what Graham was like."
"No, I haven't heard from him since last time, our graduation."
"Oh ok. The point is that Graham was not a faithful person as you thought he would. He was a player."
"Took your guts to be wrong, is it?" Emma said with a chuckle. Regina pursed her lips while playfully shoving the blonde actress' shoulder with a hard nudge. It left Emma laughing while they walked on the stone path which it was leading them to the hangout where the Nolans siblings stayed for their weekend camp.
"So, what about you? Anyone in your love interest?"
"Well, you knew who Neal Cassidy was?"
"Yes dear, I knew him and he was Mr. Gold's son?"
"That's him and we dated for few years back when I was in college. But in the end, he died on our 3rd anniversary. As you see, Neal was planning to propose me with the wedding bells and on his way to the restaurant where we firstly met in New York City. It was an odd time but good reunion with him since middle school. Anyway, he was on his way to see me there and went in a car accident on that night. He died on way to the hospital and I called Rumple to let him know that I was on my way to the hospital for seeing Neal there. When I arrived there, the doctors told me that he died on the impact."
She was almost engaged with Neal Cassidy! Regina thought with a sad smile and propped her hand on the golden-haired woman's forearm.
"I'm sorry."
"That's fine. The doctors brought the ring case to me and I opened it. It was a beautiful sight of a diamond 4k carat with a princess cut on the rose gold band. It was engraved, 'My love'. I kept it since his death." Emma showed her necklace with her engagement ring from Neal. Regina looked down at it and didn't show her anger.
"It's a beautiful ring." Regina nodded with a forced smile. Emma barely noticed it right away but kept nodding after tucking her necklace under her sweater. She looked at her and asked with a small smile.
"What about you, Regina?"
"You knew Daniel Stables. We were engaged for few months. I barely almost married him but withdrew myself from marrying him when we were in New York City. Afterwards with him, I had been dating some women from time to time. But one time that I never forgot in my whole life, her name was Maleficent Dragon. She was an amazing woman that showed me what love was about. Unfortunately, I lost her to battle with breast cancer few years ago before I moved back here."
Emma nearly tripped but kept her cool while avoiding herself in an accident with the stone pathway. Regina kept chattering about her first girlfriend right after her almost marriage with Daniel.
So, in her thoughts, Emma actually was clueless about Regina's love life after high school days. She kept nodding with her chattering but her mind reeled with the women that Regina dated from time to time.
When Emma heard her laughter and did miss her conversation. She was arriving near her hangout with her siblings. Neal, Everett and Amy were there in the tree house and chattering on their life to catch up. It left her parents alone to spend their time with her son, well technically, hers and Regina's son.
It caused her to be relieved that Henry was with his newly grandparents. Emma mentally shrugged and asked.
"When were you starting to like the women?"
"When I was in my junior year of high school. Did I tell you before that I was bisexual?" It caused Emma to shake her head with an affirmed word.
"No."
"Well, I am labeling myself as a human being and liking women more than I used to date men in my time."
Emma finally halted her steps and slowly looked at the brunette mayor with her raised eyebrows. Regina felt a bit little of uncomfortable but showed her a small smile.
"You? Lesbian?" The golden-haired woman mouthed every syllables in 'LESBIAN'. It caused Regina to chuckle and confirmed.
"Yes, LESBIAN."
"Ok..." Emma hesitantly nodded then walked away to the treehouse. Regina followed along until they reached the destination. It was not far away from the Nolans Residence.
"Yo!" The blond guy shouted from the balcony of the treehouse. The ladies looked up at him with their smiles. Emma chuckled and spoke lightly toward Regina.
"It is our weekend hangout. Wanna check it out?"
"Thank you for your offer but a raincheck?" Regina looked at Emma with a smile. The blonde superstar smiled at her with a nod then unconsciously kissed her cheek and climbed on the wooden ladder.
Everett saw the scene between them and nearly announced to Neal and Amy. Emma caught him quickly after climbing on the ladder. Regina shook her head and waved her hand to Emma then walked away to her parents' mansion that was not far away to Emma's home.
"Emma and Regina are kissing under the tr-!"
"Shut your crackhole up, Everett!" Emma scolded him with a glare. Amy and Neal spluttered their hideous alcoholic drinks when they heard him announcing on their oldest sister.
"You, I swear I will kill you when you go to sleep." Emma snarled.
"Why me!?" Everett whined. Neal couldn't stop laughing when it came to his oldest siblings beside Amy joining him to laugh together. The blonde actress whipped her head and screamed.
"You and Regina need a fuck." Amy drunk spoke with a smirk. It caused Emma to open her mouth but went slack-jawed.
"Yeah!" The boys chorused.
"Unbelievable! Y'all are ganging on me because of Regina! Ok, Fuck You, You and You! How am I unlucky to have y'all? Come on, you already are drunk."
"Hey! We just drank one bottle of Sweet Moscato and 5 beers bottles. Can you blame us?" Amy got up in a wobbly way with her index finger pointing at her oldest sister. Emma went slack-jawed and looked at her brothers who violently nodded with grins.
"Oh shit! You are overly drunk. My god, Mom will kill you when you come home."
"Don't care! It's our time to celebrate our first reunion since you are here." Everett said with a fist in the air. Amy and Neal clinked their beer bottles to be broken. The brown liquid splattered on the floor and the shards of the bottle were everywhere.
It caused a trio to laugh harder when it happened. Emma kept staring at them with her bewildered look. Amy twirled herself in a circle and grabbed a last one of a beer bottle then twisted a cap. She drank a whole of it and belched. Neal pointed at the red headed woman and spoke loudly.
"Whoo! Amy, you had your last one of beer! We should buy another one of the case! The liquor store is open, is it?"
"Yes! It is open until 3am!" Everett shouted loudly and it caused Emma to cover her ears and shut her eyes. Neal and Amy made the noise. They heard the neighbor that was very close to the treehouse. It was Mr. Gold.
"Shut up, motherfuckers!"
Emma nearly ran outside and looked down at Mr. Gold who was behind the fence. She swallowed a lump and spoke up.
"I'm sorry, Rumple! I'm trying to calm them down. Back to sleep. See you tomorrow."
"You better be or I'll shoot their asses." Mr. Gold informed her with a devilishly smile. Emma rolled her eyes and waved her hand in the air then returned to the treehouse. She found out that they left already to get another liquors and went down to catch them.
The blonde superstar used to run on the marathon when she was in New York City. Her legs stretched well and pressed herself to speed up. She finally caught up with her siblings. Neal wobbly went inside and grabbed whatever he liked. Amy and Everett laughed with their drunken jokes. Emma sighed and went inside to find her brother who held a lot of liquor in his arms.
"Oh shit."
"Hey! You, Emma?" Happy shouted. The short man with a curly hair in an overall suit was Mary Margaret's friend from her college. The blonde woman looked at him with a small nod.
"Neal over there, he seems to be drunk. I can't have him paying more liquor."
"No, it is for our parents. That's fine, I told him to pick whatever he likes and I am paying for it. Oh, hey! Do you have Gabrielè Sweet Moscato?"
"Yes. I have it."
"Get me two bottles of it, thanks!" Happy thumbed up before glancing at Neal who laughed at himself on the reflection of the glass wall. Emma tried to drag him outside after dumping the liquor on the cashier then finally kicked him out to tie all of three around the pole with a long rope she found near the door.
She returned with a smile and paid all of it in the box. Happy watched the scene between the Nolan siblings. Emma put the box on the ground and fixed the rope with the drunk trio's hands then picked the box again. They walked back to their house but the trio wobbly walked with their loud voices.
It interrupted few neighbors on the road. Emma sighed until they reached their door. She inserted a key inside before their father opened the door with high raised eyebrows. Emma tugged her siblings and David gathered the box to the kitchen.
Mary Margaret appeared out of the blue and looked shocked when Neal sang in a drunk song. David tried to hide his laugh when he heard it. Emma ran her hands across her face and shushed them then asked her mom to help the trio to tuck themselves.
The black-haired teacher nodded and shooed her children with Emma's help. Luckily for them, Henry Jr. was sleeping through the night without hearing the stomps on the second floor. David picked the liquors with a perplexed face and decided to leave them alone until the morning.
Emma and Mary Margaret finally put Neal to sleep in his bed right next to Henry's made up bed. The blonde superstar kissed her son's forehead and whispered three words. Mary Margaret smiled at the scene and gathered her oldest daughter out of the room then told her a good night greeting. David came up with a smile and tucked himself away in their bed.
Lastly, Emma sighed and walked to her childhood room then stripped her clothes and finally landed on her bed. Her phone beeped. She looked up at her phone and saw 'Regina Mills' text then opened a message.
"Got the news from Happy. Your three musketeers got drunk. You bought more liquors."
"Yep, I paid for them and Mom is pissed off at them. So, they will talk in the morning when they wake up with hangover. Thankful for Henry Jr. to sleep through the night without hearing loud noises."
"Yes, dear. We will discuss once more when we are alone. Interested to join me for a second date?"
"Sure! I'd love to but Henry?"
"No problem, dear. I would like to take you and our son to the picnic on the beach."
"Sounds great. Henry would love that. Thanks. So, I'm exhausted and goodnight."
"Good night, my love." Regina texted back with a smile. Emma grinned at herself and saved it on the note. They finally fell asleep with their smiles.
A/N: No shit around here. I was literally choking on myself when I worked with those sweet sickly students of mine. An Associate Teacher is just a teaching job that I am going to love for few months. THUMBS UP.