A/N: It's a Friday again! So, it's Lana Parrilla's first director debut today. No spoilers for me, please! I want to watch it tomorrow morning becaue I have no cable. It sucks. Also, I have only limited channels on my television like an old fashioned times... It sucks again. Yeah, this post makes up for my happy day. :D Enjoy. By the way, this chapter is having a laugh.
The snow was piling on the neighbor's yards as the children played. Mary Margaret kept complaining about the cold feet on her couch with her husband. David was having his day off from work and spent his time with his wife. It was a beautiful sight of him laughing at her. Henry Jr. played with Everett in the front yard for the snowball fight. Amy finally got back from New York City and continued to have her vacation in Storybrooke until after New Year's Day.
It left Julie to swing herself while she was reading her book with her hot chocolate. Neal was on his duty to help Marco to build the stage platform for the Annual Christmas Ball in his 3x great-grandfather's mansion which it was off road from the town of Storybrooke. It was a beautiful French Provincial mansion mixing with Renaissance style. The mansion has five floors from basement to the attic and about over 200 rooms. The acres were enormous enough to put the horse track in backyard. But it was for the special event where they tended to host for a big summer night like a Midsummer Night's Dream party.
In the front of the mansion, it has a long driveway with the circle around the water fountain with the cherubs in the middle. Everyone could park whether in the driveway because it was a long driveway to fit over 50 cars. The mansion was surrounding in the forest in the front but near its water of the bay on the right side of the front view. Mary Margaret's grandfather designed the mansion for his enormous family in the generations and kept its way to build more rooms. The bedrooms were large enough to fit six people in it.
Mary Margaret was thankful that her family was wealthy to own that mansion as their property and refused to sell it to everyone who would destroy her history. No one knew how her two-times great grandfather was rich because he was the one who founded the town of Storybrooke long time ago. Basically, it was Mary Margaret's Blanchard family were the royalty in the Europe. It's how it was explained that Mary Margaret was 'the princess'.
It was a magical place where the people of Storybrooke came over on the hill to see the beautiful architecture of the mansion in the French Provincial with Renaissance. Neal was inside the grand ballroom which it was over 19,000 sq. feet to fit all people of Storybrooke included the children. Marco was repairing the electrical things behind the stage because it was old. Neal was the construction man who replaced the old hardwood floor on the stage because it was rusty enough to cause the people to get injured.
That's why Mary Margaret sent her son to oversee the grand ballroom and made sure that everything is replaced. Luckily for her, she restored most of rooms that was still placed where it was in long time ago. Some changed in the rooms like the library because it was dust and unclean. So, the books were piled everywhere on the floor and Mary Margaret went there with Neal to clean every room when it came to their assignments to make sure that the mansion is running properly daily. Sometimes, David showed up to help them out with replacing every light, repairing something to wire in for kitchen and living room.
Now, the mansion was almost fully restored to today's modern times. The paintings were everywhere in the hallways to frame Mary Margaret's Blanchard family lineage from the beginning to the current ones. Neal gathered his friends to help him out to paint the interiors rooms which Mary Margaret specified the colors for each room but sometimes, it was double-coated for a specific color that matched from long time ago. For the grand ballroom, it was completely white with the gold everywhere. Mary Margaret did order the specific design of the logo for her family's last letter of their name, B on the ballroom floor but not on the stage floor.
Meanwhile, Neal was working in the mansion with Marco and ensured to oversee everything in each room to run properly. The water ran perfectly from the bay of the water and it was very fresh. The electricity was upgrading to the modern ones and gas was replaced to the new furnace for the modern times. Marco sent his crew to clean up in the indoor room which it was a pool that covered 15 acres in the backyard. Also, it connected through the grand ballroom. It was a big thanks to Mary Margaret's two-time greats of grandfather designed it in 15 acres for the swimming pool. It has a water bar that people could enjoy their drinks while swimming in the enormous pool or could be covered with the plexiglass on the surface of the pool for the dancing.
Back to the Nolans' residence, Emma hung out with Zelena since the redhead woman had nothing to do around in the town so they decided to catch up together on their life. Brad was stuck with his work in Portland since he jumped onto his two jobs everyday as the paramedic. It gave him extra money to save for his life with Amy in the future.
Mary Margaret's voice was heard throughout the mansion which Zelena and Emma preferred to stay inside the living room. The blonde woman rolled her eyes while drinking her hot chocolate. Zelena chuckled and looked at her with her raised eyebrow.
"Emma!"
"What, Mom!?" Emma replied back before sighing. It was a loud voice from her mother and caused Emma to complain. Zelena started to laugh when she heard the cute nickname for Emma.
"Duckling!"
"Mom! Don't call me that!"
"Sorry. Anyway, Regina is here."
"What?!" Zelena almost yelled at Emma about Regina's arrival. Emma raised her eyebrow with a smirk and explained.
"I invited Regina to join Henry Jr. and I for the seafood restaurant tonight. I actually planned it out to see Killian there."
"Oh, I thought he was traveling on his own world." Zelena was perplexed.
"He just got back last night. So, he found out throughout the news of townspeople that I returned. That's why he asked me when I was out on the running this morning." Emma got up after hearing Zelena's question about Killian. The redheaded woman hesitantly nodded before meeting her sister in the foyer. Emma followed her along until she saw her in her thick coat like a big panda.
They started to laugh when Regina struggled with her hood off. Emma made a fist in front of her mouth to cover her laughing. Zelena bawled with a loud chuckle. Mary Margaret came in immediately to see her daughter starting to wail in a good joy.
"Honestly, I never see Emma laughing like that." The pixie cut woman whispered to Regina while the brunette mayor pouted at her lover and Zelena. Emma saw the pout then laughed louder. Zelena joined in too.
"Seriously?" Regina baffled under her mask. Emma curled in a fetal position and her stomach was hurting from laughing. Zelena tried to stop her laughter but splat herself on to the wall then slid down to the floor. Their laughter got loud. Regina sighed louder and decided to go for bathroom. Mary Margaret blinked several times and walked toward them to slap their heads for torturing Regina with their laughter.
Emma and Zelena gripped their heads with saying 'Ow!' Henry Jr. and Everett appeared in the foyer and laughed at them. Mary Margaret rolled her eyes and walked away to the kitchen for more hot chocolate.
Regina returned back and looked at the pouting actress in front of her. Zelena rubbed her back of a head and mumbled, 'your mother has a good slap.'
"Indeed, Zelena. Honestly, you two were laughing at me and it's not appropriate."
"Well, you are so adorable when you are in a big panda." Emma grinned.
"I'm not adorable!" Regina whined. Zelena stifled her laughter by turning around. Emma leaned against Zelena's left side while laughing harder. Regina growled by stomping her feet on the ground then pouted.
The ladies kept laughing while Henry Jr. shook his head with a grin. Regina looked at her son and whined toward him. Everett stifled his laughter by hearing her response about his oldest sister. The brown-haired boy kept grinning at his biological mother.
"Make your mama stop laughing at me. It's rude!"
"Well, I know my Mama. You can't make her stop it. It's her natural way to mock you. Just enjoy it." Henry winked at Emma and walked away to the kitchen for helping his grandma. Everett clicked his tongue before following his nephew. Regina nearly stomped her feet on the floor while complaining about their laughing.
Few minutes later, Regina was still mad at her lover and sister but they didn't know that Cora just came in the front door and found them in the foyer. The oldest matriarch of Mills family was perplexed on her oldest daughter and Emma's laughter throughout her ears and spoke up.
"It is awful to hear your laughs. Please stop it."
Regina snapped her body to see her mother after stopping complaining. Zelena and Emma straightened their spines to quiet their laughter. The brown-haired mayor stuttered her mouth but blurted it out.
"Mom, Zelena and Emma are laughing at me because I was adorable like a panda. Please ground them."
"What? Adorable like a panda." Cora said with her eyebrows raising. Regina nodded while looking at her lover and Zelena with her smirk. The ladies behind Regina were baffling at the brunette woman in front of them. Cora tried to not laugh but already did in few seconds later with a statement.
"It's so funny! They called you a panda! Oh my god!"
"Mommy!" Regina whined. Zelena and Emma joined Cora into a big laughter. Regina growled at them and walked into the kitchen to see Mary Margaret there. They heard the laughter outside of the door. The pixie cut woman raised her eyebrow at the brunette mayor and asked.
"Are they still laughing because of your adorable panda?"
"Yes, Mary Margaret. It's not fair." Regina pouted. Henry Jr. grinned at them before placing his spoon in his mug. The hot chocolate mix was done on the stove and Mary Margaret shook her head while pouring it into the mugs. Everett stifled his laughter when he heard Emma's voice while they came in the kitchen from the foyer. Regina decided to ignore them and gathered herself for a mug of hot chocolate.
"Regina, I'm truly sorry about mocking at you because you are adorable like panda." Emma stifled her laughter while explaining at the brunette mayor. Zelena tried to calm herself down but covered her fist on her mouth before starting to bawl louder. Regina slowly raised her eyebrow at Emma and looked over her shoulder to Mary Margaret.
"Are you sure that you gave a birth to Emma?"
"Hey!" The blonde actress yelped with feeling offense from Regina. Zelena bent down to laugh harder. Henry grinned with his shaking head of negative way then replied.
"I believe that Ma is not funny as it was back in Los Angeles. She has failed the comedian's high exceptions to meet the requirements being a comedian."
It left Emma straight-faced before pouting at her son. Regina and Mary Margaret started to figure it out on Henry's reply and joined with Zelena's laughter. Emma pouted and spoke up.
"It's not fair, Henry."
"Well, you mocked Regina for being an adorable panda which I didn't think so. Though, you are not funny enough to throw an egg on Jim Carrey's bald head in the film of Ventura's last film." The brown-haired boy informed his blonde mother before leaving them with a grin. Emma walked to the round table and sat down like a pouty child. Zelena fisted her hands on the table while bawling louder.
Mary Margaret shook her head with a chuckle while putting the mugs on the tray before going out to the living room where Henry Jr. and her husband were chatting about Emma's childhood. Julie was there as well but sitting on the couch with her book. Everett comforted his wife while pointing out on the important parts in his life when Emma was there with them. Henry Jr. was enjoying his time while listening to his uncle and grandpa's stories.
Lastly, Zelena followed Mary Margaret into the living room and joined Everett and Julie on the couch. It left Regina to smirk at Emma in her seductive way. Emma still pouted while not laughing at herself because of their son's statement about the Los Angeles thing.
"Well, you had been failing on the comedian's high exceptions so what happened?"
"I accidentally threw an egg on Jim when I tripped over the wires on the floor while it was still filming. I was playing as the neighborly Anna Bateman who kept complaining on the pet's violation in the apartment. Then, the director immediately went horrified when it happened. Jim was out of his character and glared at me for a while before I was kicked out of the comedians' high exceptions. Because of that, I was not that kind of funny."
"Seriously?" Regina raised her eyebrows at the golden-haired diva who was melodramatically sighing. Emma got up and turned around to walk away for finding Henry Jr. for their dinner. Regina shook her head with a chuckle while following her into the living room.
A/N: Hey! Do you enjoy tonight's episode of Lana Parrilla's Director Debut? Hope you enjoy it! No spoilers!