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You know what people say about the new year? A new year is a new chapter in your life. You can do whatever you want to make that year special to you. Well, as it so happened, the New Year at Sapphire Lakes General Hospital was starting off with a bang and it was undoubtedly going to be anything but a smooth year.

January 26th 9:00pm

Dear journal,

It's me again! Well, who else would it be? It's my journal,but that's beside the point. So, today has been maybe the most eventful day of my life. I haven't updated you since Christmas so let me catch you up to date before I lay it all on you. Okay, so Emma and I are officially together. Yes, that's my girlfriend! Neal and Jefferson are trying to "make things work" between the two of them which I think just means they're having sex. Graham has a daughter, Schuyler, and she is the cutest thing ever!. Kathryn and Lacey are on speaking terms again (which I think means they'll be back together soon enough). Oh and I'm pregnant. Yes, I know that's not something to casually mention but I kinda didn't mean to find out.

Well okay, so here's what happened. Lacey had a night in with a guy and she hadn't been feeling well and she had been throwing up a lot so just to be safe, and out of the kindness of my heart, we both took pregnancy tests. I only took one to make her feel a little less scared about the possibility of being pregnant. Of course hers came back negative and we just brushed it off as her being sick. I wasn't so lucky. Mine came back positive.

No, I haven't told Emma or Kathryn or my parents yet. I just don't know how. I also don't know how long I've been pregnant or anything! I've been reckless these past few weeks with Emma and I'm terrified that this might end my relationship before it really has a chance. I'm just nervous. I guess I have to go see Ruby and pray she can keep a secret.

If I'm pregnant, I'll give my baby everything in the world and if I'm not then Emma and I will be investing in some high grade condoms in the very near future!

Stressed Out,

- Regina Mills

The weeks after Christmas and New Years seemed to fly by seamlessly. Between everyone latching onto each other for a date on Valentine's Day and the couples who had already been making over the top plans for the anticipated date, the hospital has been buzzing with romance. Case wise, though,nothing had really gone on.

Regina woke up feeling a heavy weight on top of her. She opened her eyes and look the big dog directly in the face.

"Apollo, you can't do that. I might die." she chuckled and pulled her bottom half from under the dog. She stood in front of the mirror for a second and looked at herself. She studied her figure and thought about how much it would possibly change over the next few months. She shook her head and looked over to the lump buried beneath the covers.

"It's too early. Why do you wake up at the ass crack of dawn?" Emma groaned and pulled the covers from her face, scowling incredulously at her girlfriend.

"I do not, it's eight in the morning. You're just lazy." Regina turned towards her and watched as the blonde slowly emerged, raising an eyebrow in amusement.

"That's too early." She groaned and flopped back onto the bed.

"You're such a baby" Regina smirked to herself at the double entendre.

Emma got up with a grumble, dropping a kiss to the brunette's cheek as she made her way out of the bedroom and into the kitchen. She proceeded with her usual morning routine on auto pilot: start coffee, feed Apollo,feed Sophie,check the weather, check the weather again because she didn't pay attention the first time, pour coffee.

Regina got into the shower and began washing her hair. She had been extremely observant with the way she did things since she found out there was a possibility she might be in charge of someone else's life. In the morning, when Emma made her coffee, she would sit in front of Emma instead of next to her. Just because she wouldn't actually drink her coffee. She would play it off until Emma finished. Things like showering. She would always wake up a few minutes before the blonde did so that Emma wouldn't pull the "saving water" trick and decided to get in with her. Little things to make sure she had covered her ground.

"Just a few more days." She murmured to herself, running her hand slowly over her stomach. "Then I'll tell her. Once I know for sure."

Regina stepped out of the shower and went over to the closet where her she had her scrubs hanging up. She wasn't sure that there was really anything different about herself yet, but she had opted to take precautions and change at Emma's instead of the hospital.

"Hurry up, we are going to be late." Regina called to her girlfriend as she made her way through the kitchen to the living room where Emma was sat sipping her coffee, her feet propped up on the coffee table.

"I don't start until ten today." The blonde looked up at the younger woman and smirked before standing up. "You look good, babe. What are you doing different? You're glowing, You smell good. I could just eat you up right here." Emma murmured and ran her hands over Regina's hips, dipping her fingers beneath the hem to feel the warm skin hidden away from her.

"Emma, I have to go to work." She chuckled and pushed the affectionate surgeon back lightly,unwilling to be sucked into the vortex that would inevitably make her late.

"You can take a few minutes off. I miss you." Emma kissed her neck, brushing her nose against the smooth skin in an attempt to persuade her lover against leaving.

"Emma, I have to go." The brunette pecked her on the lips before making her way to the door and heading out. Once the door had closed behind her she let herself sink against it. That was too close for comfort. She needed to speak with Ruby sooner rather than later.

With the extra time she had before Emma got to work she figured it would be best to go see Ruby now just so it was out of the way, and so she wouldn't make too big of a scene since Ruby wasn't normally busy in the morning. Regina made her way downstairs to the parking garage and got into her car, driving to the hospital,

Today must have been her lucky day as the parking lot appeared to be empty of any Interns aside from Killian and Dorothy who both worked the graveyard shift, but she wasn't too worried about them. She made her way into the scrub room to put her things down before she very nearly bolted from the room in search of the leggy gyno professional.

She knocked on Ruby's door lightly, chewing her lip until she heard approval to enter the office. "Good morning, Dr. Lucas, I was hoping that I might be able to talk to you?"

"Regina, I've seen you half naked and you're fucking my best friend. I think you can call me Ruby at this point." The older brunette removed her glasses and set aside the papers she had been reading. "What can I do for you?"

"Well, actually this is about your best friend." Regina began, crossing the room to close the curtains to avoid any prying eyes from bearing witness to their meeting.

"Go on" Ruby implored, leaning back in her chair as she watched the younger woman, seeing no reason to stop the extra precaution.

Regina pulled a positive pregnancy test out of her scrubs pocket and placed it on the desk in front of the gynocologist. "That." She stated simply, fidgeting with her hands.

"She knocked you up?" Ruby raised an eyebrow in surprise, picking up the test to see the results more clearly.

"I think so." Regina nodded in the affirmative, beginning to chew her lip nervously again.

"You think so? Do you not know who's been putting it in you?" Ruby looked kind of offended at the idea that the younger woman might have been sleeping around.

"No. that's not what I mean." The young intern sighed and sat down in front of Ruby. "I mean that I'm not sure of how pregnant I am or if I really am pregnant at all."

"Oh and that's where I come in? I see." The leggy brunette nodded a bit, setting the test aside and focusing her attention on the woman in front of her.

"Hopefully. I just need you to keep it a secret. I haven't told anyone but you. Not Kathryn or Emma or my parents. I didn't want to say anything until I knew for sure."

"Aw I'm the first to know." Ruby smiled brightly before standing up. "Alright, if we want to keep this a secret we need to do this now or after hours. Any other time will run too much of a risk of someone seeing you leaving my office."

"Well, Emma's not here yet and neither is Kathryn. So, now sounds great."

"Let's go" Ruby motioned to the door and led the way into one of the empty ultrasound rooms "Lay down for me and lift your shirt up to just below your breasts."

Ruby set the machine up and carefully applied the cool gel to the Latina's stomach before positioning the wand and beginning to move it carefully to search for signs of a pregnancy.

"Regina, I hate to tell you this but your womb looks pretty empty. I'm not seeing any signs of a baby." Ruby took one more look around but this time pushing a little harder with the wand. "I seem to be mistaken, there it is." She smiled a little at the image on the screen. She wasn't normally emotional about ultrasounds since they were a part of her everyday job but with Regina it was different. She knew Emma had always wanted kids even if the blonde wouldn't always admit it out loud.

"How far along am I?" Regina sat up on her elbows to get a better view of the screen, squinting at the fuzzy black and white image.

"About seven to eight weeks."

"Is that a lot?" Regina asked curiously, turning her attention towards the older woman.

"Not really. You won't start showing for a while, maybe a month or two, so you have time." She smiled kindly and handed the brunette a cloth to clean the goo off of her stomach.

"Whoa"

"What?"

"It all just hit me."

"Oh god, please don't cry. I know this is really exciting but I don't do well when women cry."

"I won't, I won't. It's just insane how fast things happen." Regina smiled and cleaned herself off "When do I need to come and see you again?"

"In two weeks, but you know the things you aren't allowed to have right? Coffee, fish, etcetera?"

"I do. I've done a lot of reading since I took the pregnancy test and I've been being careful just in case."

"Okay, great." Ruby put the machine back into the closet and smiled, squeezing the young intern's hand. "Our secret." Regina nodded before opening the door and walking out right into Emma.

"Oh! Hi babe!" Regina said, a little shocked "I didn't expect you to be here for a while." Regina smiled and leaned up to give the blonde a kiss, silently hoping there would be no questions as to why she was coming out of an exam room with Ruby in tow.

"Well, I noticed you didn't eat and I thought you'd be hungry so I brought you pancakes." The older woman smiled and motioned back towards her office.

Regina's eyes lit up at the mention of the fluffy treat. "Great, I'm starving!" she followed Emma to her office and without hesitation sat in the chair and crossed her legs, starting to devour the food in front of her.

"I've never seen you eat like that." Emma mused, taking her own seat across from her girlfriend.

"I'm just hungry" The brunette smiled,continuing to eat as she thought about what lay ahead for the pair of them.

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