A/N: This chapter is my favorite one. So, enjoy it.
After the big fiasco with Mary Margaret, Regina tried to calm herself down when she came in her foyer. She shut her eyes for a while. Her thoughts went to the almost-sex on the couch. She bit her lips while trying to visualize the picture with her lover. But Mary Margaret cut them off by planning on the scissor position. Regina muttered under her breath.
"Asshole."
"Who are you talking to?" Cora said when she came in the foyer from the kitchen. It scared Regina out of the blue and her eyes opened immediately to link with her dark brown pupils of her mother.
"Oh shit! Mom! I meant, what are you doing here in my house?"
"Oh shit? That's all I got from you? All right." The oldest woman replied while rolling her eyes and walked back from the kitchen. Regina followed her along until she arrived to find Zelena there as well. She was slouched on the breakfast stool.
"Hello Zelena?" Regina mumbled with her confused expression toward her oldest sister. Zelena sent her a small smile with a wave of her hand. Cora scoffed when she turned around to the oven. The brown-haired mayor caught her mother by her expression and spoke aloud.
"So, what are you two doing in my house?"
"I'm here because of her annoyed nosy business on you." Zelena glared at her mother while pointing the facts. Regina narrowed her eyes at her mother when she heard the explanation.
"Can't I have my business meddling on my beautiful daughters' life? Since you left me with no business." The oldest matriarch of Mills family truthfully stated with a regal nod. It left the sisters to laugh harder when it came to their life.
"Oh no, you don't." Zelena blurted it out before getting louder on her laughter. Regina nodded at her sister and slammed her fist on the kitchen counter. Cora stared at her daughters with her hold on the hot pan from the oven and slammed on the kitchen counter. The little pieces came out from the hot pan spilled over on the counter. It caused the brunette mayor to startle a bit little and yelled after her mother.
"Hey! It's my kitchen counter you almost ruined."
"So?" The mother of two daughter shrugged with a sweep of a wet rag on the counter. Zelena became calmer but her snickers got louder when she saw the red-faced mayor of Storybrooke. It was a dramatic expression that Regina made in front of their mother. The matriarch of two daughters cleared her throat and continued.
"So, how is Emma and her son?"
"They've been good today and why are you asking me?" Regina asked with curiosity. Cora felt insulted toward her younger daughter and scoffed with a reply.
"Can't I be curious about them? Since you haven't informed me that I actually have a grandson. That's which is in your genes that caused the big issue."
"Stop it, Mother!" Zelena quirked with a mad expression on the oldest woman in front of the kitchen counter. Cora waved her hand dismissively with a nod.
"I know, it's a difficult situation where I am standing right now since Regina and Emma have their child. I'm still on the fence where I'm confused. I'm trying to be honest with my understanding on the situation. Come on, Zelena. You saw the name on the birth certificate. Regina Swan-Mills. Haven't they been married yet? NO!" The oldest matriarch explained with an understanding.
The sisters looked at each other in the understandings and back to their mother. They felt awkward to tell everything because Zelena was there for Regina's big day with genital surgery. Regina tucked her brown hair behind her ear while distracting herself in the kitchen. Zelena rubbed her hands like she wanted to warm herself up. Cora looked between her daughters and yelled.
"What's going on!?"
The ladies tried to cover up on that situation where Regina didn't tell her parents that she had a genital surgery in Spring 2008. Zelena shrugged herself with a tone.
"It's actually no big deal."
"Zelena Willow Mills!" Cora screamed. Zelena cowered from her full name. Regina burst into laughter when she heard her oldest sister's name. The oldest matriarch glared at her another daughter and screamed.
"Regina Maria Swan-Mills!"
"Mom!" Regina whined after hearing her full name. Cora shut her down with her mean glare. Zelena snickered behind her hand and watched between them. Regina scoffed and cleared her throat.
"Anyway, you both are here so I have a question for my dearly mother."
"What's it?" Cora answered while scooping up from the hot pan to the plates for her daughters. The brunette mayor glanced over at her sister and continued.
"I'm curious on the situation where Emma got her sponsor for college long time ago. It kept bothering me for years and I had no chance to ask you when I visited you. So, why were you her sponsor since our high school graduation? I mean, her parents can afford to help her out with financial."
"Are you serious?" Zelena was clueless about Emma's situation. The maternal of Mills family nodded with that question Regina was curious and it was coming up in her mind as she spoke.
"Well, you know that Emma's mother is a teacher of Storybrooke School but it won't afford an expensive school for her. So, Mary Margaret came up to me when you both were leaving for the ceremony that afternoon. Zelena was in somewhere I didn't know. Anyway, we sat down and she asked me if I know anything that I could help Emma to find a good loan or financial she could pay up. To be honest, I couldn't have a say to this discussion but I recalled that Mary Margaret was hoping if I'd be her sponsor since she can't afford the expensive school because of her teaching salary. Also, for David, I'm sure too."
"So, you took Emma under your wing since you helped her out with the sponsorship." Zelena answered. Cora nodded with a reply.
"Yes, I did. It ended up for three years I paid for her college until the dropout. I didn't know why Emma dropped everything in the middle of the semester in her fourth year and it was a deadline payment for me to pay it up. I found out from NYU that Emma withdrew every course she attended and didn't let me know why."
"Because of me." Regina muttered under her breath. Others didn't hear her very loudly. Cora sighed and asked Regina for anything.
"Any questions?"
"Nah, just got curious. Thanks mama." Regina concurred with her saying. Zelena shrugged and gathered herself to eat from her dinner. Cora smiled at her and gathered herself to the living room for watching tv. Regina just sat on the breakfast stool and glanced to her sister with reply.
"Do you have any ideas how to tell our mother that you paid my surgery?"
"Shut your mouth. I swear that they absolutely don't know that you changed your penis to pussy." Zelena almost choked up with her hushing. Regina surrendered her hands in the air and kept saying 'okay!' Zelena looked over her shoulder to watch on her mother who was paying attention to the television.
"Why are you worried?" Zelena asked again.
"Just wanted to know why we didn't tell her. So, I wanted to be the one who wanted to let them know that I'm a fully woman."
"Next time, give me a head up. We will do it together with them. I swear by our grandmother's grave, I will kill you if you tell them without me."
"Alright, Zelena!" Regina finally gave up and grabbed her plate toward the living room to join her mother. Zelena rolled her eyes and scooped another one. It went silent between the sisters and Cora was secretly listening to their conversation.
The oldest woman was surprised that her young daughter was a completely woman but didn't understand why Zelena paid her surgery. She knew that Regina had a lot of money from her work being a fancy lawyer. She wanted to ask her right away but preferred to be not it. Cora kept her silence to herself and waited until it was a right moment when Regina admitted herself.
For Regina, she felt anxious toward her mother because she wanted to blurt it out for being a woman. But she promised Zelena that they would do it together when it comes to the right moment. She sighed to her thoughts and kept eating. They watched television in the silence. Zelena finished hers and cleaned after the kitchen interrogation.
In few hours later, the matriarch finally left because her husband kept whining for food. Regina and Zelena laughed harder when it came to their father and sent their mother away to fetch something for him. Cora scolded them with a smirk and liked her playful daughters when it came to their father.
Zelena grabbed the good wine from the cold room between the kitchen and living room. Regina settled it up on the coffee table with the game of the cards. The redheaded woman came up to sit on the floor and poured the wine in the glasses for them. Regina thanked her and flashed the cards to set it up for Go Fish.
The sisters felt peaceful since their mother left. They could have their discussion toward the surgery story or something that covered Regina's thoughts into Emma's. Zelena flashed her five on the table and spoke in a soft tone.
"Do you think that you have a chance with Emma for being together?"
"Zelena, I honestly don't know if I can."
"Why not? Emma is gracefully hot."
"Zelena!" Regina slammed her words. The redheaded woman laughed and flashed her cards once again.
"I tell a truth. So, will Emma stay at this time?" Zelena asked with her curiosity. Regina sighed with a shrug of her right shoulder then flashed it.
"I don't know on her plans. I feel like I'm dragging something deathly on my hands. Zelena, I really like her. No, I meant, I really love her so much. She has brought me a son that I didn't know and I really wanted to get to know my son so much. This time, will Emma be grateful if she could stay longer than just on New Year's Day?"
"I hate to see you so broken since Emma left the college in New York City. I meant, you both lived in same city than just falling apart from each other. Ruby told me that you and Emma were not together at that time since you graduated from high school. So, what happened between you guys?"
"I don't know, Zelena. We were too focused on our careers or be clueless that we have a zero chance to be together."
"Oh no, you don't. You were insatiably falling in love with Daniel when you were in college. You blabbered all times when I called you."
"I know! I wish I can turn time and delete my existence into Daniel's eyes instead of being in Emma's eyes."
"Regina, don't stress yourself. It just happened. Shit happened."
"When Ruby told me that Emma left for California. I mean, I was clueless that she was pregnant that time since we saw each other on Neal's graduation day."
"After that." Zelena said with her rebuttal. Regina glared her down and continued to flash her cards on the table.
"Emma left. I was rooted to my career when I got a job in the law firm right after college. I was angry at Ruby because she didn't tell me that Emma decided to drop out and left. I wished Emma to tell me anything that I should know before her surprise departure. I wanted to know what's going in Emma's mind on that day. I meant, we had good time in New York City and hung out together during the free time or the break."
"Ah, how did you find out that Emma's sponsorship related to our mother?"
"Ruby told me everything. No missing details. I was clueless about that too. You heard me asking her. But I don't know about Emma. I doubt that she would tell me everything about her college years."
"I understand, sis. So, it's time for me to tuck myself in the bed. Good night."
"Wait! Do you think if Emma will tell me everything as I ask her?" Regina was curious but bit her lip. Zelena chuckled with a nod and a final answer.
"Yes, she will. I promise you."
"Ok, good night." Regina finally concluded that with a smile. She hoped that it would happen between them. The brunette mayor wished that they could be together long time ago but that ship drowned. But this time, they were slowly progressing on their dating life and Regina finally got a chance to know her son too.
A/N: Will Regina and Emma have a chance to be together? What will Cora react to Zelena's financial aid to pay up for Regina's surgery?
You will find it out soon. I hope so.