After the chat with Zelena, Mary Margaret left her house to deliver her bakery pastry for Regina. She found herself in the Town Hall as she knew that Regina was still working in her office. Mary Margaret greeted the secretary on her way and asked.
"Is Regina in her office?"
"Sure, I'll check in. Please sit down and wait here."
"No problem." Mary Margaret smiled at the secretary and took a seat near the flowers in the corner. She waited for few minutes until she eyed the secretary coming back from Regina's office.
"She is at the meeting right now but she could have you for few minutes, do you mind?"
"No problem. I can wait."
"Thank you for your patience." The secretary smiled happily before taking a call from the clients. Mary Margaret sighed to look over on the decors in the hallway. She liked the dark colors that merged well. It was dark red crimson on the wall and the bright white on the trims.
Few minutes later, the clients came out from Regina's office door and greeted the secretary on his way out. Mary Margaret waited and watched the scene between the secretary and the clients. She sighed until she heard Regina's voice.
"Mrs. Nolan, please come in." The brunette mayor eyed Emma's mother in the waiting room and gestured her in her office. Mary Margaret nodded happily and walked inside before Regina closed the door behind them.
"Do you want some drinks?"
"No, thank you, Madame Mayor. I came to give you some pastries from my home and wanted to discuss about the Christmas festival since Emma and Henry Jr. came home."
"Of course, I love your pastries. Is it Nutella with strawberries sauce pastries?"
"Yes, Madame Mayor." Mary Margaret answered before delivering it on Regina's desk. Regina uncovered the foil and took one as a bite. She hummed as the strawberry sauce came out with Nutella.
"Thank you so much. It tasted best than Mother's desserts. Don't tell my mother or she'll freak out."
They laughed. Regina gestured them to sit on the couch because it was comfortable for them to talk through. Mary Margaret took her coat off and put it on the arm of the couch then spoke lightly.
"So, some of the changes could be approved on your behalf, of course, it is. Since Zelena and my boys are building the Christmas Float as we discussed it before. But I wonder if I could have your permission to have Henry Jr. as the owner of the Christmas Float which Zelena, Everett and Neal are working. Is it alright with you?"
"Before we go on, did you discuss with Emma about it?"
"Of course, we will discuss on it tonight when she returns with your father, I believe so." The pixie cut woman nodded with a reply.
"For myself as a biological mother, I find it surprising as well and I approve of it but only one consequence on this term as we are speaking." Regina pointed out with a smile. Mary Margaret asked with her curiosity.
"What is it?"
"Do you think if we, I mean, The Mills family host the Christmas Ball in your grandpa's mansion? Of course, it's your inheritance from him and I just want your approval on this one since I wanted to celebrate Emma and Henry Jr's arrival for the Christmas Ball." It put Regina nervous to ask the matriarch of the Nolans family and knew that it was Leopold's inheritance to his daughter since he passed away. Mary Margaret clapped her hands when she was excited to hear that the Mills family wanted to use her father's mansion but it was technically her grandfather who passed the torch to her father to keep it as the retreat for the family. It ended up with a chirp tone Mary Margaret gave.
"Isn't it wonderful idea? I would love that idea. Did you run by your parents as we just spoke?"
"They agreed but they would like to pay everything on the Christmas Ball. But I agree to disagree with them because it is your grandpa's mansion to you. I wanted to run that idea by you. So, what do you think if your grandpa accepts that?" The brunette mayor clasped her hand on her knee with a nod before answering her question. Mary Margaret squealed before asking carefully. They knew that it was a touch and go based since they knew each other when Regina befriended Mary Margaret's oldest daughter, Emma.
"Oh Regina, if it's all right with you as I call you that?"
"Mary Margaret, it's fine and no one hears us. Just you and I in my office. So, what do you say?"
"Well, I hate to see that we didn't use my grandpa's mansion since he passed away a few years ago. But why not? Also, for your parents, they don't need to pay everything and I believe that Grandpa already has it as they wanted."
"Oh, thank you, Mary Margaret. I will tell them tonight." Regina hugged the pixie cut woman and kissed her cheek. Mary Margaret knew Regina since she was a little girl but this time, Regina grew up to be a beautiful woman and a mother to her grandson. What a moment for her.
"Regina, you are like a family to me since you were a little girl who befriended my oldest daughter. Also, don't forget that you are a mother to my grandson. So, I will talk with Emma and Henry Jr. about the Christmas Float. Anything you need to discuss on the Christmas Festival?" Mary Margaret asked.
"Oh yes, I want to run another idea by you and your husband. Can I use your cabin in the forest near the lake for Christmas Eve?"
"What's it for, Regina?" Mary Margaret smirked with a glint in her eyes. The brunette mayor blushed before speaking lightly.
"I want to take Emma for two of us to be alone on Christmas Eve. I believe that we have a lot of things to say before we are determined to have each other in our life before they leave after New Year's Day."
"I'm teasing you. Come to my house and take the keys. I believe that the cabin is equipped to be paid off from few months ago. It's our property to be owned. It's the debts off. You don't need to worry about the electricity, gas and water. It's already used up and ready. Your family and my family could use it anytime as if it is with my permission."
"Thank you. I appreciate it. I will come to your house tomorrow as I take Henry Jr. for the horse riding."
"Oh, I love to ride the horses!"
"Will you like to join us?"
"No, I don't want to bother you and your son for some bonding."
"We don't mind to have you on our ride. I'm sure that Henry Jr. would love to see you racing against me like those old times."
"Oh, bring it on, Regina!" It was a perfect time as the secretary knocked the door. Regina realized that her time was up with Mary Margaret and voiced.
The secretary came in with an apologetic smile and informed Regina that she had a conference in the conference room with the budget board. The brunette mayor groaned and asked her secretary for another coffee and files.
Mary Margaret got up after retrieving her coat on herself and walked to the door where the secretary nodded for the agenda from Regina. Regina took few treats with her and walked along with Mary Margaret out of her office. The secretary went on the agenda.
"Thank you for coming to see me and those tasty pastries." The brunette mayor replied before biting the Nutella pastries on her left hand.
"No problem, sweetie. I love you and see you tomorrow."
"I love you too. See you tomorrow!" Regina waved her hand at Mary Margaret retreating out of the town hall and turned around to take the files then entered the conference room to start up with a meeting. The secretary put the coffee on the table and took a notepad to write the notes for Regina after the meeting.
It left Regina to wonder why she told Mary Margaret that she loved her. She covered her 'holy shit' face before finding her paperwork for the budgets on the apartments that it was around in the corner of Main Street and the street to the Nolans' Residence. She assumed that Mary Margaret knew her very well since she was a little girl and befriended Emma on that day.
Regina always knew that it was true because she loved the Nolans family since she was the best friend of Emma Swan in all years since the preschool. It was no different than just getting to know each other in a short time since the surprise of Emma's arrival for the Holidays. It was just getting better every time when the Christmas came up in her eyes.
She smiled to herself when Sidney presented himself on the construction issues during the Winter break. Some of the men on the bench agreed to discuss the issues before moving on to another situation happening in the Storybrooke. Regina nearly spotted Robin Hood in the back of the corner and wondered why he was here in the board meeting but her focus was on the budget papers that she needed to know before her approval.
The secretary went out before coming in to inform Regina for a visitor in her office. It was a quick meeting after seeing Mary Margaret. Regina nodded and informed her secretary to tell her visitor to wait for few minutes before wrapping up with the meeting. The board was happy to close up before they were trapped with their families for help. Regina chuckled and sent them away for the rest of the day until few days later. Some nodded with thanks.
Regina finally returned back to her office and found her visitor sitting on the armchair. She nearly grinned when she saw the blonde hair coming out from the view. The brown-haired mayor sent her secretary for the break and closed the door with a lock. Regina walked to her desk and faced Emma there.
"Hello, Madame Mayor." Emma replied with a smirk.
"It's fancy seeing you here in my office. Well, it is ironic because your mother was here a few hours ago to discuss on the Christmas Festival this year. Oh, I forgot that your mother just informed me that she wanted our son to be on the Christmas Float this year with your permission. I already gave mine. So, what do you think, Em?"
"It sounds good. But we can ask him tonight. He was with Zelena today. I think he is back in the Nolans residence since Zelena just texted me. I guess that she is staying for dinner and I'm planning to ask you if you want to join us?"
"I'd love to." Regina purred with a wink before turning to get in her leather chair behind her desk. Emma hummed with a smile and tilted her head.
"I get no kiss from you. It's all right."
"You silly idiot. Come here and get your kiss." The brunette mayor beckoned the blonde actress to walk around the desk and receive their breathtaking kiss. Emma smiled into their kiss and broke apart.
"It's not bad at all."
"Emma!"
"What? I don't think that you really like this process of our relationship since I got here." Emma raised her eyebrow with a point. Regina rolled her eyes and chuckled then shoved Emma out of her space. Emma laughed and went back to her chair where she was before then crossed her arms on her chest.
"I have a question for you. If you don't mind."
"I don't mind at all. So, what's up?" Emma asked with her curiosity.
"Why did you leave New York City?" Regina slowly spoke up with a careful tone. She didn't want to scare her off for good. To herself, she actually wanted this relationship to work between them and crossed her fingers. Regina gave Emma a small smile. The blonde superstar sighed in a loud one and released her arms to rub her palms on the armchair.
The brunette mayor was observing on her for a while but just knew that Emma was nervous to answer her question so she wanted to interrupt herself to let Emma know that she didn't have to answer that question. But Emma answered anyways.
"I left New York City because I was raising Henry Jr. and I didn't want to show it in the public. It was a midseason of which I was nominated for the best supporting actress on Off-Broadway. I was like in the middle of everything with our son. So, I decided to wrap it up with my courses and left everything to Ruby like it always was before. When I came to Los Angeles and asked my agent to take off on the public relations based on my private life."
"What –" Regina responded but Emma's hand held up with her explanation. Regina went silent for a while with a nod.
"I was in Los Angeles, I changed my last name so you and others couldn't find me. I was panicking at that time. I was worried about Henry and didn't know what to do if I come to face you and others like that. But I didn't. So, I had to explain everything to Ruby and she was the one who knew everything from the start. I know that I was a selfish person and still is."
"Don't talk like that." Regina pointed out.
"I am! I meant, I kept that secret for ten years since Henry Jr was born in my arms. He was born in New York City and raised in a famous and no private life. When Ruby graduated from college and came in New York City then Los Angeles to help me out with our son to be taken care. So, I was moving up in the levels where the stardom came shiny and I made it through. To everyone, I was a well-known star as Emma Swan. It's not Nolan."
'Wow.' Regina thought with a frown. Emma nodded to herself and sighed deeply.
A/N: To be honest, I was just vomiting the idea in this chapter. Sorry?