Chapter 6: Breakfast of Champions and Laughter
When Emma walked into the diner, Regina and Henry were already there. Of course.
"Good morning dear." Regina said as she looked over her menu and smiled.
Emma slid in the booth across from the two. "Ouch." Emma mumbled. "Good Morning beautiful! Morning kid!"
"Morning Ma! What's wrong? Why'd you say "ouch"?"
Regina and Henry looked at Emma with tilted heads and looks of concern. God they look alike. Emma picked up her menu and responded. "Fun fact: I woke up this morning in a super good mood. So good of a mood that I was singing and dancing in the shower after my run. Unfun fact: During the guitar solo of John Mayer's "Your Body Is a Wonderland" I slipped and fell in said shower." Emma winced as she recalled the fall. A couple of seconds passed and there was no response from the two sitting across from her. She looked up from behind her menu and narrowed her eyes.
Both brunettes were hiding behind their menus. If Emma had not seen Henry's shoulders shaking uncontrollably, she would have thought they were just looking at their menus.
"Are you two laughing at me?!" Emma exclaimed.
At that, Henry's laugh escaped and he put his menu down. "Sorry Ma, but that's hilarious! How many times did you slip trying to get up?" Henry asked.
Emma fixed him with a glare and then sat back in defeat. "Three." At that confession she heard a snicker come from the other brunette.
"Regina!" Emma looked at the menu blocking the older woman.
Regina put down her menu and schooled her facial expressions. However, Emma knew better and could tell she was biting back a smile.
"Yes dear?" Regina said innocently.
Emma narrowed her eyes. "You're supposed to be the adult, AND my girlfriend. You should be making sure I'm okay!"
Regina rolled her eyes. "Dear, of course I was going to ask you if you were okay. But you surely couldn't have expected me to not laugh at such a thing. However, now that we're on the topic, are you okay?" Regina asked seriously.
Before the blonde could answer, Ruby strutted up to the table.
"Ah, the Swan-Mills Family. My favorite family. What can I get for you?"
Henry piped up first. "Swan Mills… I like that. I'll have 2 pancakes, scrambled eggs, and bacon."
"I'll have a bowl of oatmeal, a pancake, and a banana." Regina said.
"Alright! Got both of the Mills, now for the Swan." Ruby smirked.
"Hmmm, give me an order of French toast with whipped cream on it, hash browns, 3 egg whites scrambled, bacon…like two servings of bacon, annnnnd grits." Emma continued looking at her menu, "I'm forgetting something but I can't remember what. Ruby can you read that back to me?" Emma said still concentrating on her menu, not noticing the 3 sets of wide eyes staring at her.
"French toast with whipped cream, hash browns, 3 egg whites scrambled, 2 servings of bacon, and grits." Ruby read off.
Emma snapped her fingers. "Ah! A side of strawberries please. Oh and pack up two bear claws for me." Emma closed her menu and handed it to Ruby.
"Oookay. It'll be right out." Ruby headed back to the kitchen, shaking her head.
Emma turned to see two sets of eyes basically out of their sockets. "What? I'm hungry."
"Emma…no one is that hungry." Regina said, still shocked that someone could order that much food.
Henry spoke up next. "Yeah Ma. I wasn't even that hungry when I got over the flu and could eat regular food again."
Emma rolled her eyes. "Look, I don't need the judgment from you two. I'm super nervous about telling my parents today, plus I had an hour long workout this morning so I think I deserve it. Plus I'm a long ways away from getting a gut. I'll be fine."
Regina took Emma's hands in hers. "It'll be fine dear. I'm sure. You're their daughter, they'll love you regardless." Regina offered with a smile.
"Yeah, as long as you're with me, everything will be more than fine." Emma returned a smile to her girlfriend.
Henry faked a gagging noise. "Alright alright, enough of the love fest. So what are we gonna do today? I mean after you guys tell Gran and Gramps the news."
"Hmmm, well what do you two want to do?" Emma asked.
"How about we have a movie day. Movies inside with popcorn, and we can bake cookies." Regina suggested.
Emma and Henry grinned widely. "Sounds good Mom." Henry said.
"Can we build a fort?!" Emma asked looking like a hopeful child.
Regina rolled eyes at her girlfriend's childishness and Henry snickered.
"Honestly Emma, you're a child. But sure, that sounds fun."
Ruby arrived minutes later with their food.
"Okay! Two pancakes, eggs, and bacon for little Mills, pancake, oatmeal, and banana for lady Mills, and everything on the menu for the Swan. Anything else I can get you?"
Everyone shook their heads and thanked Ruby. The table was pretty quiet for a while with everyone eating. That is until Ruby came back to the table doubled over in laughter.
"Emma! What did you do to Snow? She just called me in hysterics screaming, "My arms don't work! My arms don't work!" What did you do?!"
Emma grinned and Regina laughed, while henry sat utterly confused.
"Oh my gosh! She's still crying and screaming?! When I left David was calming her down. Look!" Emma pulled out her phone and played the video.
(Mary Margaret is sitting at the table.)
"What's happening Emma?! I can't pick up anything! I can't even brush my teeth! How are you dressed? I couldn't even put on my slippers! David!"
David comes into frame with two cups of coffee and sits one in front of his wife. "Here honey, it's okay. Just drink some coffee." David says.
The short haired brunette attempts to pick up the coffee mug and fails. "David why would you sit it down?! I just said I can't pick anything up! You think this is a game?! Do you hate me?! What's happening?!"
The video shuts off as you hear Emma giggling in the background.
Everyone at the table is laughing including Ruby. "Dude, that's hilarious! But did you have to make it to where she couldn't pick up Neal?!" Ruby asks between laughs.
Emma's eyes widen in confusion. "Wait, what? I didn't-" Emma stops to look at her girlfriend across the table, who is sipping her coffee innocently. "Really Regina? You put Neal in the prank?" Emma deadpanned.
Regina shrugged. "Once again, the rules weren't specific. She's not dead or in the hospital so technically I did nothing wrong. I just believe in being thorough." The brunette giggled behind her cup.
Ruby shook her head and smiled at the Mayor. "Classic Regina, man, classic. Well I advise you to fix it before Snow loses her mind altogether." Ruby said walking away chuckling.
Henry and Emma look at the older brunette expectedly. Regina rolled her eyes. "Very well, I'll change it back." Regina waved her hand and went back to her coffee. "There, it's fixed. Happy now?" Her son and girlfriend nodded. "You two are no fun." Regina mumbled with a pout.
For the rest of breakfast, the three talked until they were finished eating. Of course, they were actually waiting on Emma to finish.
"Ma, I can't believe you actually ate all of that!" Henry said as they walked out of the diner.
Regina spoke up before Emma could respond. "Well rest assured that was her last time eating like that. And hand over the bear claws, honestly Emma you're eating yourself into an early grave." Regina reached for the bag of bear claws only for Emma to hold them above her head.
"What?! Regina that was the breakfast of champions! I have a high metabolism so I HAVE to eat a lot. And there's no way you're taking my bear claws away without a fight." Emma said.
Both Henry and Emma watched Regina fix the blonde with a glare and a challenge. "Miss Swan…"
"Uh, Ma, maybe you should just hand them over. She went all the way back to "Miss Swan."" Henry warned.
"Alright Regina, I'll give you the bear claws, if you let me drive the Mercedes the rest of the month." Emma suggested with a smirk.
"Absolutely not." Regina said sternly.
"Then no deal." Emma shrugged.
Henry rolled his eyes. ''And I thought I was the kid. Ma just hand over the bear claws."
"Why should I have to? She should let me eat them! I paid for them." Emma said.
Henry turned to his other mother. "Mom, if you let Emma keep the bear claws, she'll do the dishes for the next week."
"Works for me. Let's go." Regina went around the car with a smile and got in the driver's seat.
"Kid!" Emma shoved her son on the shoulder. "I don't want to do dishes. I hate doing dishes! I'll just give her the bear claws."
Henry laughed and shook his head. "Oh, Ma. She hates doing dishes even more than you do. She's not gonna let you out of this one. Sorry, I just wanted to hurry up and get to Gran and Gramps' place. You should have just given her the bear claws." Henry turned and got in the car, followed by a sulking Emma.
A/N: Hey guys! i hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Please review it and let me know!:) In the next chapter we tell the parents! Fingers crossed it goes well!;)