A/N: I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Emma groaned at the sound of her phone going off for the fourth time. She thought she had put it on silent last time but obviously not. She pulled the covers over her head, hoping the ringing would stop.
"Darling, if you don't stop that ringing once and for all, I'm going to light it on fire." Regina grumbled, cuddling closer to Emma.
Emma grunted and rolled over slightly to pick up the phone. She blinked several times before the screen came into focus and she could see who was calling. Ruby. What could Ruby possibly want at 9:43am on a Sunday morning? Emma half rolled her eyes as she answered the phone.
"What Ruby?" She answered, her voice thick with sleep and exhaustion.
"DON'T 'WHAT RUBY' ME! WHAT THE FUCK, EMMA?!" Ruby yelled through the phone, causing Emma to be slightly more attentive and pulling Regina from her drifting sleep.
Emma rubbed her hand over her face, trying to wake up a little more. "Number one, stop yelling. Number two, what the hell are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about the fact that your mother called me saying that you and Reggie called off the engagement! So I'll repeat myself, WHAT THE FUCK?!"
Emma grinned lazily, before responding with a big sigh. "Yeah, it's true, Rubes. Regina and I called off the wedding and we're not together anymore." Emma smirked when she heard Regina's throaty chuckle.
"What the hell, Em?! I thought things were good! Why didn't you tell me?! Are you okay? Where are you now? Are you still staying with Reggie or what?" Ruby fired off.
"Woah woah woah, one question at a time. We didn't tell anyone because it just…I don't know. You know me and Regina are pretty private people. Look, right now I just want to get some more sleep. Can we talk about this later?"
Emma heard Ruby let out a long sigh. "Yeah yeah, of course, sorry. Um, I'll talk to you later today?"
"Yeah Rubes. Talk to you later!" Emma placed the phone back on the nightstand and shook her head in amusement as she snuggled back into her giggling fiancée. "You're really enjoying this aren't you?"
Regina nodded into Emma's shoulder. "This may be the best idea you've ever had." Regina replied with another chuckle.
"Really? I thought the best idea I've ever had was deciding to spend the rest of my life with you…"
"Damn, you're right. Fine, second best idea. You know this town is about to be in an uproar over this, right?"
Emma shrugged. "At least we know they're for us and not against us."
Regina hummed in agreement.
"What's wrong?" Emma asked, noticing Regina's change in tone.
"I'm about to get sappy…"
Emma snorted and began rubbing circles on Regina's shoulders. "I love sappy Regina. Go for it."
Regina sighed and relaxed into Emma's tough. "As hilarious as I think this is, and trust me, I find it utterly hysterical, the thought of not being with you anymore almost kills me."
Emma pulled Regina closer and pressed a soft kiss to her forehead. "I guess we're both sappy then cause it kills me a little more every time I say it. I could never imagine being without you. You're my sun and my moon."
"My sunrise and my sunset." Regina said softly.
"My east and my west."
"My north and my south."
"My infinity."
"My eternity." Regina finished, pulling Emma impossibly closer while letting out a groan. "Can we just stay like this all day?"
Emma grinned at the thought of spending all day cuddled up with the love of her life. "I mean, I'm not opposed. I see no reason why we can't."
Their moment of bliss was cut by the sound of the doorbell ringing consistently.
"Who the hell could that be?" Regina grumbled.
"It better not be Ruby…" Emma said.
Both women continued to groan as the doorbell continued to ring. "Rock, paper, scissors? Loser gets up." Regina suggested.
"Or we can just wait for Henry to finally get up and get it." Emma countered.
"Dear, our son sleeps like a rock. I don't think he'll be getting up any time soon." Regina joked.
Just then the ringing stopped and they soon heard a familiar voice. "Regina?!"
"Belle?"
"Is that Belle?"
Regina hopped up and shoved Emma out of the bed.
"Wha-What the hell, Regina?" Emma shrieked from the floor.
"Shhhh! We're not supposed to be together anymore, remember?!" Regina reminded her.
"Oh hell, I forgot!" Emma said with wide eyes.
Their eyes widened when they heard a knock on the bedroom door. "Regina? I know you're here, your car is outside. I used my key to get in, come on and open the door."
"Uh-yeah, Belle give me a second." Regina called out. She made eye contact with Emma and frantically pointed to the closet. Emma scampered towards the closet, falling over the bed sheet on the way.
"Regina, are you okay?!" Belle asked through the door.
Regina rolled her eyes at Emma as the blonde closed the doors to the closet with a grimace. "Yes, I'm fine, Belle." Regina answered, finally opening the door.
As soon as the door opened, Belle engulfed her friend in a tight hug. "Oh Regina, I'm so sorry. Snow called and told me the news. I came right over."
Regina sank into the hug immediately. "Thank you, Belle. But I'm fine, I promise." She assured, pulling back from the hug and taking a seat on the bed.
Belle scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Mhmm, just like you said you were fine with serving bear claws at the wedding reception?"
Regina grimaced knowing Emma could hear their conversation. It's not that she wasn't okay with it, it was just…she didn't understand her fiancée's obsession with the sugary treat. "I am okay with it, Belle. I mean, I was. I just don't get what's so good about them."
Belle nodded in understanding. "I know what you mean. I mean, they're good, but not that good. But on to more important things, what happened? I thought everything was going great between you two?"
Regina sighed, putting on her best dejected face. "I honestly couldn't tell you, Belle. I mean, everything just became too much for both of us. It wasn't just one thing, it was multiple things. I suppose we just got tired of trying to pretend everything was okay."
Belle nodded slowly. "So it was mutual? The break up, I mean."
Regina nodded. "We were sitting in the bed one night and we decided that we would talk about everything that was bothering us. One thing led to another and the next thing you know we were screaming at each other and calling everything off." Regina hoped Emma would be okay with the small details she'd decided to add to their break-up story.
"Are you sure it's actually over? There's no way you two could fix everything? I really believe that you two belong together, Gi." Belle said, hope in her tone.
Regina shrugged. "I don't know, Belle. We said some things to each other that two people should never say to one another. I once believed that we belonged together as well, but things change."
"So, Emma is moving out soon?" Belle asked.
"Yes. I'm not sure where to though. She didn't come home last night so I guess she found somewhere else to stay. A lot of her stuff is still here so she'll be coming back to get it eventually." Regina said, piling on lie after lie. She really hoped Emma was keeping up with their storyline because they would definitely need to go over it when Belle left.
Belle looked at Regina sympathetically. "You're worried, aren't you?"
Regina let her shoulders sag and laid back on the bed. "Just because we're not together anymore doesn't mean I don't necessarily care about her well-being."
Belle nodded, knowing exactly how that felt. "And how is Henry dealing with all of this?" She asked.
"Well he definitely isn't happy with how things have played out. He hasn't really talked to either of us since we told him. That's the part that hurts the most, I guess. But he'll come around eventually." Regina shrugged again.
Belle fell back on the bed next to Regina and let out a long sigh. "How can you be so blasé about this? I mean from what Ruby told me, Emma was pretty blasé about it too."
"Belle, both Emma and I have learned that sometimes things don't last. Especially good things. We've both conditioned ourselves to withstand a lot and this is just another one of those things." Regina said, turning her head to look towards the closet doors. Saying these things was killing her and all she wanted was to be with Emma right now.
Belle grabbed Regina's hand, gaining the brunette's attention. "Do you need anything? Need me to go grocery shopping for you? Want me to step in for you as Mayor for a while?"
Regina shook her head. "No no, Belle, of course not!"
"Are you sure? No one is expecting you to be 100% okay after something like this. People will understand if you just want some time to yourself for a while." Belle assured.
Regina shook her head again. "No, I promise I'll be okay, Belle. And the minute I need a day off, you'll be the first one I call."
Belle nodded and slowly stood up. "Okay then. Well I'll leave you alone, give you some time to yourself. But please call me if you need anything. Maybe we can do a late lunch? Say around 2 o'clock?"
Regina smiled, reaching out for Belle to pull her up off of the bed. "Sounds perfect! Come on, I'll walk you downstairs."
After seeing Belle off, Regina returned upstairs to see Emma standing in front of their bed giving a slow clap.
"You, my lady, deserve an Oscar for that performance." Emma said, with a grin.
Regina rolled her eyes at her fiancée's antics. "Really? You don't think I went too far? I mean, I just sort of came up with minor details on the spot but-"
"Babe, you did awesome! You kept it simple and the details you gave were totally believable. And throwing in the fact that I didn't come home last night? Genius! Completely something I would do." Emma reassured, pulling Regina onto the bed. "But there's something more important we need to discuss." Emma said, face becoming serious.
Regina raised an eyebrow as she straddled Emma's lap. "Which is?"
"You 'don't get what's so good about bear claws'? What the hell, Regina?!"
Standing outside of Granny's, Emma took a deep breath as she put on her game face. It hadn't even been a full day since she and Regina had told her parents about the break up, and already the entire town knew. What was even worse was that she, Regina, and Henry were having a blast coming up with different reactions and fights to have when people asked them about the situation. Emma shook her head and opened the door to Granny's. As expected, everyone stopped and stared for a while. Some looked angry and some looked sad. It was a split down the middle. Emma rolled her eyes and headed to the counter to take a seat.
"So, what the hell happened?" Ruby asked, jumping right to the point and sitting a hot chocolate with cinnamon in front of the blonde.
Emma shrugged. "I don't know, Rubes. We just…didn't work."
Ruby rolled her eyes as she came around the counter to sit next to Emma. "Em…you know I don't believe that. Something must have happened. Did she do something? Did you do something? What happened?"
"I-I honestly don't know. We just couldn't do it anymore. We stopped talking, we haven't had sex in I don't know when, we argue about everything, I mean the list goes on and on, Rubes. One night we're sitting in bed and we decided to finally discuss everything, ya know finally get everything out in the open. One thing led to another and the next thing you know we're screaming at each other and calling off everything." Emma shrugged again. "And that was that."
Ruby let out a whistle at the information. "Wow. That's…wow. So what's the deal, now? Where are you staying?"
"Well, I'm moving out at some point. I just haven't found a place yet, and I don't really wanna go back to living with my parents."
Ruby frowned at this. "So where did you stay last night?"
"I just stayed in my car." Emma said with another shrug.
Ruby's mouth dropped open in shock. "Wha-Why?"
"Well, I didn't really have anywhere else to go. Technically I was gonna stay with Regina until I found a place, but I just…things were really tense last night after we told my parents so I wasn't really in the mood for going back to the mansion." Emma confided.
Ruby stared at Emma for a solid twenty-three seconds before slapping the blonde in the back of the head.
"Ow! What the heck, bro?!" Emma yelped.
"You're an idiot, dude! First of all, if things were tense between you and Reggie after telling your folks, it was probably because she was hurting. Ya know, dealing with the fact that things are over? You should have talked to her! Secondly, you know damn well you could have stayed with me and Z!" Ruby scolded.
Emma bit back a grin. Leave it to Ruby to dish out the touch love. "Rubes, I highly doubt Regina would have wanted to talk to me, and I definitely didn't want to talk to her. And I didn't want to bother you guys or anything."
Ruby shook her head vigorously. "Nope, you're staying with us now. Z will be on my side with this too so don't even try to fight it." Ruby argued.
"Wha-No no no, Ruby really, I don't need to stay with you guys! I'll be fine!"
"Nope nope nope! You're staying with us now and there's nothing you can do or say that'll change my mind. You've done so much for me and for Z and we owe you. Plus, you're family! Now bring it in, dude." Ruby leaned forward and wrapped Emma in a tight hug.
Emma let out a sigh as she hugged Ruby back. This was not a part of the plan. The plan was that she would tell everyone she moved out but never actually do it. I guess it would have eventually looked weird if she never actually had a place of her own, but they didn't get that far in the planning this morning because they ended up getting distracted. Ugh, damn us and our horniness. Regina is not gonna like this. Emma was pulled out of her thoughts when she heard the bell over the door ring and the diner went silent. She didn't even need to turn around to know that Regina, Zelena, and Belle had walked in. It was all a part of their plan. Belle and Regina had already made plans to meet for lunch, but then Zelena had called shortly after, demanding that she and Regina talk and get down to the bottom of what happened, so therefore all three of them were having lunch together. Henry would show up later with her parents, they'd make a scene, she and Regina would leave, and then Henry would meet them back at home later.
"Don't look now but Regina just walked in." Ruby whispered, pulling away from the hug.
Not taking Ruby's advice, Emma turned around and watched as Regina, Zelena, and Belle took a seat at a made eye contact with Zelena and watched as the redhead sat her purse down and made her way over towards them.
"Hello darling." Zelena greeted Ruby, placing a kiss on her lips.
"Hey babe. Where's Robyn?" Ruby asked.
"She's having a playdate with Neal." Zelena replied. She turned to Emma and looked at the blonde with a sympathetic sigh. "And how are you doing, Savior?" She asked sincerely.
Emma rolled her eyes and scoffed. "I'd be doing a lot better if you stopped calling me that." She said with a teasing smile.
Zelena grinned. "Ah, now you know that'll never happen." She retorted, her smile widening when Emma rolled her eyes again. "On to more pressing matters, Regina informed me that you didn't come home last night. Is that true?"
When Emma nodded, Zelena immediately slapped the blonde in the back of the head.
"Ow! Why do you guys keep doing that?! What the hell was that for?!" Emma yelled, rubbing the back of her head. She was gonna need to stop by the hospital if they kept this up.
"That, duckling, is for not calling Red and I last night. You know you could have stayed with us!" Zelena reprimanded.
Ruby smirked. "Don't worry, Green. I already told her she was staying with us. No questions asked." Ruby said, before giving Zelena a kiss on the cheek and heading over to talk to Belle and Regina.
"Still think it's weird that you guys call each other by colors." Emma grumbled.
"Nice to know." Zelena said, taking Ruby's seat next to Emma. "Now, tell me, how are you really doing?"
Emma rolled her eyes again. She was really going to get tired of hearing this question. "I'm fine, Zelena I promise."
"Duckling…tell me the truth."
"Lena, I promise I'm okay. Right now you need to be worried about Regina, alright? She needs you more than I do right now." Emma assured.
Zelena shook her head and grabbed Emma's hand gently. "Hear me, and hear me well when I say that I am not taking sides, okay? I understand that you and little one have called off your relationship, but under no circumstances does that mean that our relationship is anywhere near over. You are still one of my best friends and more importantly, whether you and Regina are together or not, You. Are. My. Sister. Is that understood?" Zelena asked softly.
Emma nodded, knowing she couldn't have answered without her voice wavering from emotions. Damn Zelena and her calling me her sister and her best friend. Where the hell does she get off?
"Good. Now, come here and give your big sis some good old fashioned love." Zelena said, holding her arms out for a hug which Emma readily accepted.
"Hey Swan, ease off my woman! You literally JUST got divorced, and I don't think Regina would be too pleased with you joining in on this Christmas party." Ruby sassed, approaching the two.
Emma frowned. "Okay first of all, Regina and I never even got married so it can't be called a divorce. Secondly, I don't get the Christmas reference."
Zelena rolled her eyes. "I guess that blonde stereotype is pretty accurate sometimes." Zelena said, pecking Ruby on the cheek and heading back to her table.
"Wow, your wife is rude." Emma said, shaking her head and turning back to her hot chocolate.
"Woah! Girlfriend, sweet cheeks, girlfriend. Unlike you and Reggie, some couples like to take their time." Ruby joked, wincing when she remembered Emma's current situation. "Dang it, I'm sorry Em. I didn't mean to hit a sore spot. I guess it's gonna take me some time to get used to the fact that you and Reggie aren't together anymore. I'm really sorry."
Emma shook her head, waving Ruby off. "Don't apologize, dude. I have to admit you're right though. Maybe if Regina and I would have taken our time and not skipped a lot of steps, things would have worked out better." Emma gritted her teeth and took a deep breath. Saying those words actually made her nauseous.
Ruby patted Emma on the back. "Maybe things can still work out. Just give it some time. Speaking of things working out, how the hell is my nephew handling all of this?"
"He's uh- not handling it too well. He hasn't spoken to me or Regina since we told Him."
Ruby let out a long breath. "Man that's tough. How are you feeling about that?"
Emma shrugged. "I'm obviously not ecstatic about it, but I also know he'll come around. Hopefully. He has every right to be upset and I'm going to give him time to be. I know Regina isn't handling it too well. You know she hates it when Henry is mad at her."
Ruby nodded. "Yeah, she mentioned it when I went over to talk to her. I hope he'll come around soon. Want another hot chocolate?"
Emma nodded. "Please."
"Anything else?"
A mischievous smirk spread across Emma's face. "Yeah actually. Give me a double-decker, bacon cheeseburger. Extra cheese and bacon. No onions or leaves or tomatoes or junk. Everything else though. French fries AND onion rings on the side. And a chocolate milkshake." Emma listed off. Regina was gonna kill her for this, but right now Regina couldn't yell at her. Therefore, she was gonna milk this opportunity. "Oh and can I have that to-go please?"
"Dude, you haven't ordered like this in a while." Ruby commented, still writing down the order.
"Yeah well, that's because her majesty was supervising my meals to make sure they were healthy. She was holding me back from my true potential, but I'm a free woman right now, Rubes, and this woman will eat what she pleases." Emma declared.
"Ruby!"
Ruby's eyes widened at the sound of Granny calling for her. "And that means I've been out here for too long. I'll be back with that."
Emma felt eyes burning into her back, so she turned her head slightly only to see Regina to be the one directing the glare at her. She bit back a grin and pulled out her phone.
Knight In Tight Pants: What?
Queen of S(ass): You know what.
Knight In Tight Pants: Humor me
Queen of S(ass): What did you just order?
Knight In Tight Pants: Food.
Queen of S(ass): If you don't want a fireball thrown at your head right now, you'll answer me correctly.
Knight In Tight Pants: Do it. You won't.
Queen of S(ass): Are you challenging me?
Knight In Tight Pants: Always baby
Knight In Tight Pants: And you know you like it
Queen of S(ass): Good luck paying for your meal without your wallet.
Emma's eyes widened as she felt around for her wallet. She knows she had it in her back pocket, which means…
Knight In Tight Pants: I can't believe you magically stole my wallet.
Knight In Tight Pants: I'm telling.
Emma scrolled through her messages finding the group chat she was looking for.
SaveThis: Henry! Your mother is being mean. Reprimand her.
RegalQueen: Surprising. I wasn't aware you knew that word. Someone's been looking at Henry's vocabulary words.
(Author)ized: Mom, why are you 'being mean'?
RegalQueen: Your other mother has taken it upon herself to order enough food for five people.
(Author)ized: Ma….
SaveThis: Pfft! What kind of dramatization?!
SaveThis: It's nowhere near that much food.
RegalQueen: On a roll with the big words.
SaveThis: Henry she stole my wallet!
SaveThis: STEALING IS WRONG!
RegalQueen: Says the woman who stole that yellow coffin on wheels.
(Author)ized: truuuuu
SaveThis: Kid!
(Author)ized: Love you Ma!
SaveThis: And that's a lotta lip coming from someone who basically stole hearts for a living. I guess I shouldn't be surprised by this behavior.
(Author)ized: truuuu
RegalQueen: Henry!
(Author)ized: Love you Mom!
RegalQueen: Can't believe you tattled on me to our son.
RegalQueen: Weak.
SaveThis: Fight me.
(Author)ized: Save it for the actual fight
(Author)ized: Speaking of, we're right outside Granny's
(Author)ized: Showtime! Love you guys!
RegalQueen: Love you too, my Prince!
SaveThis: Love you too, kid!
"Regina, are you okay?"
Regina looked up from her phone to see her sister and Belle looking at her with concerned eyes. "Yes, I'm fine. I was just…taking care of a few things for work. Replying to some emails." She lied.
All three woman looked towards the door when they heard the bell ring. Snow, David, and Henry entered the diner. Henry looked excited to be there, that is until he noticed that his mothers were in the diner, and his expression hardened instantly. Henry huffed and turned towards his grandparents.
"Can we leave? I don't want to be around them." He declared, loud enough to gain everyone's attention.
"Oh Henry, you don't mean that!" Snow said, placing a comforting hand on her grandson's shoulder.
"Yeah I do. I'll be around them when they can talk to each other like normal. Until then, I don't want any part of them." Henry challenged.
Everyone in the diner looked between Regina and Emma, waiting for one of them to make the first move. Finally David cleared his throat. "Well…?" He urged, motioning for Emma and Regina to get moving. Both women rolled their eyes as they got up slowly, avoiding eye contact with one another. They both met right in front of Henry, facing each other but still refusing to make eye contact.
"Sheriff Swan."
"Mayor Mills."
Henry, Emma, and Regina all swallowed a grin when the entire diner let out a collective groan. Emma rolled her eyes and continued on. "There, we talked. Now, can you cut the attitude? It's getting old, kid." Emma said, looking at Henry.
"Are you kidding me? You guys didn't even look at each other! And drop the titles, this isn't a business meeting." He said, gaining a lot of agreements from their audience.
Regina cleared her throat as she crossed her arms and fixed Emma with a blank stare. Emma did the same.
"Miss Swan."
"Miss Mills."
"I see you've gone back to your gluttonous ways. Eating yourself into an early grave." Regina quipped, gesturing to Emma's food that was now sitting on the counter.
"I see you're back to minding everyone's business but your own."
"That's pretty rich. Especially coming from someone whose mother is literally the town gossip."
Emma had to bite the inside of her cheek in order to keep herself from laughing at her mother's shocked facial expression.
"Wow that's pretty sad, Madam Mayor. Can't come after me without coming after my mom? Weak."
"Oh I have a plethora of things I could come after you for, Sheriff. A list of grievances that would take me weeks to get through." Regina snarled.
"Oh yeah? I guess it's too bad I don't care about your opinion huh Queenie? See that's your problem Regina, you think I'm scared of you, but I can assure you, I'm not." Emma said through gritted teeth, taking a step into Regina's personal space.
"Well that proves that you're a bigger idiot than I thought you were. You have no idea what I'm capable of, Miss Swan." Regina growled, getting into Emma personal space as well.
"I know exactly what you're capable of and that's exactly why I'm not afraid of you." Emma challenged.
"Okay enough!" Henry shouted. "You two sound like petulant children!"
"Says the child." Emma mumbled.
"I may be a child but I'm acting more adult than you two are right now." Henry argued.
"Oh really? Sulking around the house? Not talking to us ever since we told you about the break up? Being a little shit? Yeah real adult stuff, kid. So mature." Emma countered.
"Excuse you, you will not talk to my son like that!" Regina barked, both of her hands on her hips.
Emma's head whipped around quickly. "No, excuse you! He's my son too! Actually, he was my son first!"
"Say one more thing and I'll be sure to show you exactly what I'm capable of." Regina growled.
"Do it. You won't." Emma fumed, through gritted teeth.
"Are you challenging me, Sheriff?"
"Always, Madam Mayor." Emma said with a dangerous glint in her eyes.
"Well, challenge fucking accepted." Regina hissed, before disappearing in a cloud of purple smoke.
Emma let out an aggravated growl before heading to the counter to grab her food, ignoring all of the eyes that were on her. She summoned some money and left it on the counter before vanishing in a cloud of white smoke.
"Well," Henry said, letting out a loud sigh. "At least they're talking now."
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