March 5

It's finally the day. I've been pregnant for about 13 weeks and I'm finally in a safe enough territory to start telling people. I can't wait to tell Emma. It took me a while to figure out what exactly I wanted to do to tell her, but. I was "sick" on my birthday. I mean, yeah I was sick as in I was throwing up alot but thats because of the little monster living inside of me. I've managed to convince my parents to come over this weekend for a dinner party to celebrate almost a month after my actual birthday, but my parents being who they are will take any chance they can to come out here and see me. So they agreed. I've managed to only snap on Emma a few times which is usually followed by some crying and Emma feeling super guilty. That's been the hardest part for us. Since she doesn't know I can't blame it on the baby, but I also can't blame it on myself because my hormones are out of whack. Anyway, today is Saturday, thank God. I've been dying for a day off and since Emma is working today it gives me all the time in the world to go and get things for my surprise. First things first I have to tell my intern family, but that will be easy enough.

Love

Me, of course

Regina smiled and put her purple pen down in the center of her journal placing it in the nightstand next to her. She got into the shower and took her time admiring her body. Her baby bump was only noticeable to her but it was there. Emma had only taken a notice to her changing body when her hips had gotten wider and her boobs nearly doubled in size. Regina had told her it was only her new diet and exercise. Since Emma was a doctor Regina had assumed that she would understand the changing body of a pregnant woman, but since Emma had been working extensive hours the last few weeks she hadn't been the most observant. Regina was excited to stop wearing so many layers of clothes around the house. She was ready to walk around practically naked.

She stepped out of the shower and wrapped herself in a towel before going to her closet to choose clothes for the day. The brunette had noticed how much longer her hair was getting. Just something else small tha was happening, she thought, as she ran a brush through her dark locks. Regina put on a pair of black yoga pants before sending out a text in the interns group chat.

'I'm buying you all lunch. Let me know what you want in 15." She sent in the group chat.

'Ohh free lunch! I'm down for burgers." Kathryn replied

'Sounds good to me" Lacey texted

'In all honesty, I just wants some chicken nuggets' Dorothy sent followed by two laughing emojis

'A burger sounds amazing right now. Dorothy, you call us the children.' Neal sent followed by the same number of laughing emojis

'I just want fries mate' Killian finally responded

'Jeff? Graham?' Regina texted getting herself together,, she had almost everyone's orders and was excited to get the day started.

'I just wanna salad but, I know you're going to a burger bar so if not I'm good babe.' Jeff responded.

'Nah, little sis, I'm not hungry. I'll be at lunch though.' Graham added

"I'll be there in an hour' Regina confirmed to her friends before pocketing her phone.

'Thanks Gina you're the best' Kathryn typed out.

It wasn't completely unusual for Regina to go out of her way and do small nice things for her friends. She was an only child and her family wasn't all that large so the interns at the hospital she worked at had truly became her family. She completely adored working so closely to her friends.

Regina got into the car and drove to the bakery and picked up a full pie, apple of course. Driving not to far from where the bakery was, she went to a little burger bar that she and Kathryn had found on accident. A drunk night of wandering the streets and trying to take a little edge off of the hard break up Lacey and Kathryn had just had led to one of the most decadent finds they could imagine. After she had picked up what everyone had wanted she drove herself and all of the food into the hospital with practiced balance though she knew she must have looked absolutely insane.

Regina walked into the scrub room and put the pie on the top shelf of her locker. She pulled the center button of her jean jacket closed so you couldn't see what the t-shirt under it said. She carried the bags to where the group usually met for lunch. Graham and Kathryn didn't hesitate to take them from her as they watched her carry them, setting them on the table and beginning to remove food from the bags.

Regina smiled and sat down next to Kathryn "So what's the occasion?" The blonde inquired, giving her friend a suspicious look.

"No occasion at all. I just wanted to treat you guys since I'm the only intern not on the clock today." Regina shrugged nonchalantly. She knew that testing was coming up so, technically, she should be on the clock until she passed the exams, but since she's pregnant Ruby made it so that she would only work five days out of the week instead of six like everyone else.

"Liar" Jeff sat next to her with a mouth full of leafy greens, eyeing her accusingly.

"Speaking of which, why aren't you on the clock?" Dorothy asked raising an eyebrow and drawing the attention of the rest of the interns.

"You guys made this so much harder for me than I wanted." Regina rolled her eyes and stood up, unbuttoning her jacket. Under the thick fabric that was guarding her from the cold outside was a grey shirt. In white bubble letters the phrase "dining for two" was written across her stomach.

"I'm confused." Lacey tilted her head to the side much like a curious dog might when viewing something new for the first time.

"You're pregnant, aren't you?" Dorothy stated as if it was the most logical answer.

"I am." Regina smiled and nodded, touching her stomach subconsciously.

"Baby Swan is coming! Y'all ain't ready!" Jefferson rubbed her tiny baby bump. The group of interns laughed as Dorothy and Lacey hugged Regina.

"I'm happy for you, Regina! I can't wait to be an auntie. I'm going to spoil this baby so rotten it won't even be funny!" Kathryn smiled hugging her best friend tight.

"Have you told Emma yet? It is hers right?" Killian asked, sitting on the table.

"No, I haven't told her yet, but yes. It's hers." Regina rolled her eyes. How many more people were going to suggest she'd been sleeping around?

"Aw, I can't believe you're the first of us all to get knocked up. It's quite riveting." Dorothy smiled, casting a glance at Lacey as if to indicate that she assumed the wild brunette was more likely to end up in the current situation.

"If I didn't know any better I would have thought that you knew before I told anyone. The only person who knew was Ruby."

"Good thing you know better." Dorothy said quickly shutting the conversation down.

In all actuality Ruby had told Dorothy what was going on. After the first few times Regina had come in early for ultrasounds Dorothy started to get suspicious of all the time they were spending together. One night, in a heated argument, Dorothy had accused the leggy brunette of cheating on her with the other intern behind closed doors. Ruby defended that she wasn't and would never cheat on her girlfriend, which was true, but Dorothy being the woman she was, she didn't believe one word that came out of Ruby's mouth. So Ruby showed her proof. She had been keeping squares of Regina's ultrasound pictures for their baby shower present. Ruby handed one to Dorothy which only made her more angry. Dorothy immediately thought that they were Ruby's. The OBGYN quickly explained that they were Regina's and she was the one pregnant, not Ruby's. Dorothy only half believed her so it had made the past few weeks very tense. Until now. Dorothy was feeling guilty for accusing Ruby of such a horrible thing and made a mental note to apologize to the older woman the next time she saw her,

"Down, doggie" Killian laughed and patted the top of Dorothy's head.

"Do you wanna lose another hand?" Dorothy threatened, but Killian wasn't scared, he had heard that line too many times.

"Alright, Gina. I've gotta get back. Thank you for lunch, beautiful. You too little Swan" Jefferson hugged Regina before rubbing her belly and going back to work.

"I'm off too, little sis" Graham hugged her and caught up with Jefferson before he could leave the canteen.

"You should probably go tell you're having her baby" Kathryn chuckled, waggling her eyebrows playfully.

"I'd do it quick before makes you scrub in on something." Dorothy pointed out, the woman was notorious for grabbing interns when they were least expecting it to partake in difficult, time consuming surgeries.

"You're probably right." Regina smiled and put her jacket back on before waving to then and going back to her locker. This is when the nerves really set in. It wasn't as important what her friends thought as it was what Emma thought. If she didn't want this baby then Regina would probably lose her girlfriend. She shook her head and grabbed the pie before walking quickly to Emma's office. She just wanted to get it over with, get everything out in the open.. She didn't want to keep secrets anymore.

She knocked on Emma's door three times and waited patiently for a response.

Show time. She thought to herself as she steeled her nerves and took a deep breath.

"Come in" Regina smiled and entered the office, closing the door behind her to give them some privacy for the coming conversation. She walked over to Emma's desk before putting the pie on top of the papers the blonde had been looking over.

"Hi." The brunette smiled, seating herself directly in Emma's line of vision.

"Hey, baby. Why are you here? Not that I'm complaining in the slightest. You brought me pie?" Emma pushed the papers to the side as she pulled out the fork she kept in her drawer for these specific moments.

"We need to talk." Regina said trying to sound as serious as she could though she could feel the butterflies erupting in her stomach again.

"Oh? And it couldn't wait until I got home?" Green eyes peered at her with concern.

"No, my parents are coming over, remember? I wanted to talk to you about this in private."

"Right, right. Go ahead, I'm listening" The blonde smiled, giving her lover her full and undivided attention.

"So, I know this is unexpected and we haven't talked about it ever because we have Sophie and Apollo and it's still really early in our relationship but I feel like it's my job as your girlfriend to tell you when things are happening with me that affect you." Regina began speaking quickly, her words coming out more coherent than one would expect.

"Regina, you're doing that thing where you ramble when you get nervous. Just tell me what's going on. I'm sure it's nothing we can't handle together."

"I'm pregnant." The brunette blurted,her cheeks tinting pink as she waited for the reaction to form on her girlfriend's face.

"You're what?" Emma stood up and smiled a little more aggressively than she intended to.

"I'm pregnant" Regina stood up and took off her jacket, showing Emma the same shirt she had showed the other interns.

"Regina, this isn't funny. Are you serious?" Emma's smile grew as she read the words over and over again emblazoned on the shirt.

"I'm not joking. I'm 13 weeks along." Regina smiled back, her nerves beginning to calm when no anger or disgust came her way. "We're having a baby!" Emma picked her up and spun her around, kissing her deeply "Is that why you wouldn't let me touch you and why you're getting all types of thick?"

"Yes, it's all baby weight." She laughed "I didn't want to tell you until I was sure."

"You got my daughter in there?" Emma got on her knees and lifted Regina's shirt "Hello, can you hear me? I'm your father." She spoke to the bump jovially.

"Daughter? How do you know it's a girl?"

"I just do. I'm good like that, baby. Are you trying to tell me you know the gender?" Greene eyes lit up at the prospect of finding out what gender her baby would be.

"No, I don't, but I think its a boy. I just have a feeling."