A/N: I swear by goodness, this chapter is my best favorite.
In the midday, Emma strolled toward the Granny's diner and entered graciously. She waved her hand at Granny who manned the cashier. The oldest woman was counting the bills as she rang the bell for her customer who paid for the meal and saw the blonde superstar coming in her diner with a smile.
Granny held her finger to Emma as she gave him back the change. Emma nodded with a quick look on the menu. She found herself in a booth and waited for Granny to appear at her table.
"Sorry, it got busy around here." Granny said while getting her notepad and pen. Emma laughed and replied.
"It's always busy when Granny is a star in her diner."
"Aye!" The man from the stool nurses himself a rum. Granny rolled her eyes and asked.
"What do you have for breakfast?"
"I hope you have an old fashioned special one?"
"Yep! We have. It's always on the menu forever. Coming up. Coffee?"
"I'll stick to the vanilla milkshake. Thanks." Emma stated with a smile. Granny nodded before yelling at her chef for her special one. Emma rolled her eyes and laughed. She looked through the window for a while until hearing the oldest man's voice behind her.
"Is that Emma?"
Emma looked over her shoulder to see Henry Sr. in the warm coat and waved her hand above her head. The waitress nodded over her. Henry Sr. looked at her with a smile and sent his thanks to the waitress who manned the customer's table. He walked toward the blonde actress' table and finally sat down across from her.
"What do you get for breakfast?" Granny sent her voice toward Henry Sr. He heard her with a smile and replied.
"Same as Emma! And, coffee too."
"Got it, Hen!"
"Hen?" Emma asked with a giggle. The patriarch of the Mills family rolled his eyes at his nickname and mumbled.
"Always call me that way when I come here."
"Anyway, what are you doing here?" Emma asked with her curiosity.
"Of course, I come here to talk with you about Regina's future. I'm fully sure that she loves you so much."
"Whoa! I just got here like a week ago."
"Try two weeks and half." Henry said with a pointed finger toward her. Emma laughed with a nod. He joined her before their plates got served for them. Emma really liked Regina's father since she was a little girl to come over at their house every summer. It got her smile at that memory when Emma was scared to meet Henry Sr. until, he came to give her a present that she always wanted for her wishlist. It was a sneaky plan because Regina blubbered her secret to her father. It was no doubt between them.
"Anyway, you know that Cora and I got old so, I wanted to make sure that you and Regina are on the track to get together. I doubt that it is no big deal to me if you ask me for my blessing into the marriage. You always got Cora's and my approval."
Emma spilled her vanilla milkshake on her table before looking up at the old man across her. She looked around to ensure no one heard their conversation and whispered.
"Are you fucking crazy!? We just got together since I got here. It's still on the slow progress as I hoped."
"Hush!" Henry Sr. shut her down and explained.
"Cora and I hoped Regina and you would get married anytime soon than one of us get to die."
It quieted Emma for few minutes. She scratched her golden hair with a chuckle. Henry Sr. knifed his pancakes and ate it in a small bite while looking at Emma. She stared at him and found out that he was serious about the marriage to Regina.
"Are you fucking serious?" Emma low-whispered when she leaned forward to get closer. She didn't want everyone to be nosy into their conversation. Henry Sr. gazed into the emerald eyes and replied.
"Am I?"
"I thought you are joking with me. Since I knew you when I was a little girl. You always loved to prank me. But this time, you seem determined to have Regina marrying me."
"Emma, I knew you since I saw you from kindergarten. You quickly became friends with my daughter after all years. I have no doubts that you both love each other since that day. I swear I can see your eyes when Regina comes to you. It lit like a Christmas candle." The patriarch of Mills family slowly smiled at the golden-haired superstar with an explanation.
It pushed Emma to give her small smile and nodded. She felt a heartfelt blessing from him and sighed with a reply.
"Am I getting out of this crazy conversation, or can't I?"
"Big nope. Get a ring and propose her on Christmas Eve. You better make it a best one than Daniel." Henry mumbled after finishing his breakfast. Emma laughed so softly with a nod. She was curious about his reaction to Daniel's proposal and asked.
"How was your reaction to Daniel's proposal?"
"Lame proposal I have ever heard. Come on, he proposed her behind his father's shed. It was not enough romantic for the location to propose for the marriage. I meant, I proposed to my wife long time ago. It was in Paris, France. All the city of Love. We did have some things in the Eiffel Tower." He ruefully smirked.
"That's why Zelena came in." Emma nodded. Henry Sr. frowned and spoke softly.
"Well, Zelena was not my biological child. Regina was. Don't tell Cora that I said it."
"Wait a minute, Cora had her while you were married?"
"No. Before that. I know it's weird. But Cora had her when she was pregnant. She didn't know what happened and had no idea who the father of Zelena was. So, at that time, Cora and I were progressing to get a date together. It was our first date together and it grew out to be that moment when we fell in love with each other and she was clueless that she was pregnant with Zelena. When it came to my proposal, I asked her to marry me like six months after our dating. I know it was a quick one but I was in love with her."
"How many months was Cora pregnant with Zelena while you proposed to her for the marriage?"
"She was on two weeks pregnancy."
"That didn't make sense. Since you both dated for six months even though she was clueless on her pregnancy with Zelena."
"Alright, Cora and I were not dating while she was pregnant with Zelena until we 'concurred' to get married when she found out she was pregnant that day."
"How impossible was Cora pregnant with you even you were not Zelena's father?"
"Well, we kind of had an open relationship with other people we were interested. Cora chose her men for sex but didn't want to use me for the benefits. She was very interested in me when we decided to open our relationship to the people and we vowed that if she did get pregnant by whom then we would 'concur' to get married immediately. Then it did close our relationship to others and we kept it private for the reasons."
"What about you?"
"I was not interested in women and men either. I was determined to have Cora as mine but let her have an open relationship if I didn't like or not."
"Wow. It hit her when she was pregnant with a stranger and found out that it happened then you proposed her quickly. That's a whole story I have ever heard." Emma explained with her widened eyes. Granny was there as well. The oldest woman in the apron was slack-jawed at his story and didn't ask any questions if she had to.
Henry Sr. nodded with a smile and gave a final tone.
"Propose to Regina." He tilted his head to bow out then paid his meal and departed. It left Emma alone with her stuttering but shut her mouth for a while. Granny chuckled and told her that she agreed it was enough romance for her to see Emma and Regina playing around with their love for long time.
Emma held her finger to speak but Granny hushed her with a paid bill then went to the customer's table. The blonde superstar frowned at herself and gave some thoughts.
'Do I need a proposal to Regina for her hand in marriage? Since her father gave her the blessings to wed her. What the fuck am I doing? I need to tell mom. Shit! Henry Jr., what do I tell him? "Hello sweetie, I have to get married to your biological mom so do you like that idea?" That's fucking no. I need his opinions since I told him that he has Regina as his biological mom. Oh, shit shit motherfucker!'
A/N: This is so fucked up... For Emma. In a good way... But for Regina too... I don't care. If you haven't read The Tunnel of Darkness: Chapter 17, why are you here on this story?