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Chapter 6

The crashed wedding.

Regina turned into the community center's parking lot. Emma was in charge of Henry duty and kept the small box close to her. They both sat in the car for a few minutes as neither of them really wanted to be part of this gathering.

"Do you think they will even let me in?" Regina asked as she continued to stare out the windshield.

"No." Emma sighed. Regina swung her head to look at the blonde but Emma just started smiling. "But they have no choice because you are my...plus one."

Regina returned Emma's smile but a sudden knock at her window broke her thoughts. Mary-Margaret was waving and signaling for Regina to roll down the window. "Do I have to?" The mayor asked Emma, who was also not in the mood to deal with the teacher. She just shrugged and they both looked at the woman outside the car who was clearly getting frustrated. Regina rolled her eyes, and rolled down the window.

"What is she doing here? And where is Henry?" The pixie haired woman was clearly shocked to see Regina there. "She wasn't invited."

"I invited her. The invitation said I could bring a guest, and Henry...wasn't in the mood to come." Emma pretended as if it was no big deal but she knew very well how the rest of the guests were feeling and going to feel when the queen strutted into the hall.

"We expected you to bring a date, or someone else." The pixie haired woman crossed her arms and glared at both of them.

"I did bring a date." Emma smiled and the mayor let out a brief chuckle. She enjoyed watching Mary-Margaret in full parent mode with Emma being the sarcastic child.

"Shall we go in?" Regina asked Emma and pretended not to even notice Mary-Margaret.

"We probably should." the blonde smiled back and got out of the car.

Mary-Margaret followed a few steps behind them as they reached the front door. Leroy was on door man duty but before he could make any comment about the mayor, Ruby appeared and told him to take a break. Mary-Margaret brushed passed them and hurried to her husband. Emma could see her complaining and pointing to her and Regina.

"So you two again." Ruby said to gain their attention.

"Did you tell her?" Regina asked and Ruby shook her head.

"I didn't want her to worry. She has enough on her plate and the last thing Snow needs, is to worry about what the Evil Queen is doing with her daughter."

"Mostly just eating lasagna and sneaking into diners in the middle of the night." Emma threw into the conversation.

"I don't know what you two were up to last night..." Ruby started but Emma and Regina had already planned their story out.

"Granny still had her bowl." Emma cut her off.

"And you sneak in there in the middle of the night?" The waitress was clearly not buying their explanation. Emma was about to give a comment, but Regina held up her hand.

"Like you said, I am the Evil Queen, and you should be glad. Usually when someone has my property, they don't have the luxury of me 'sneaking' in."

"Alright, I'll buy it... for now." The waitress was still clearly 'not buying' it but Emma was relieved that she backed off. Ruby escorted them into the hall and showed them their seats, which happened to be right across the aisle from Mary-Margaret and David.

"Do we have to sit through all of this?" Emma whispered to Regina. The wedding couple were at the front and Archie was pretending to be an ordained minister. There was nothing fancy or fairytale about this wedding. It was more at a level of low budget shotgun wedding. There were decor but minimal and it reminded Emma more of a birthday party than a wedding. The silver and white were prominent in Ella's dress but the dress itself would probably be considered too plain to be worn to a prom. Emma was getting bored and her patience was wearing thin.

Regina was eyeing Mary-Margaret across the aisle. The teacher hadn't taken her eyes of the two since the wedding started. Regina got a playful smile and, in full view of the teacher, slipped her hand into Emma's.

The blonde gave out a small gasp and Regina grinned when she caught Mary-Margaret's face drop. The teacher gave her husband a nudge and whispered something to him.

Emma stayed silent for the rest of the ceremony and didn't complain again. She simply sat there speechless, with the mayor holding her hand. Once the 'I do's' were said and the couple were about to leave, Emma and Regina slipped out the back door.

They had successfully snuck into the reception area. The area was empty. Just tables and chairs with a few decorative flowers here and there.

"There it is." Emma said when she saw the giant cake sitting on one of the tables across the room. She and Regina rushed to it and the blonde handed Regina the fragile little boy. Regina gently placed Henry at the top of the cake, and started to recite the spell she had rehearsed. Emma could see the magic at Regina's fingertips

But when the mayor opened her eyes, nothing happened. "It didn't work. It should have worked." Regina was furious.

"Could you have said it wrong." Emma asked as she released a breath she didn't know she was holding.

"No, that's not it. I felt the magic, I felt it. Something is wrong."

"I'll tell you what's wrong." a voice came from behind them. Mother Superior and Nova were standing there and a mob of people quickly joined them.

"I should have known the moths were involved." Regina folded her arms and let out a hard breath.

"That's not the real cake!" A little too enthusiastic Nova screamed out.

"I sensed magic was cast on it, so we set up this little trap for you." Blue said. "Tell me why were you so interested in the cake?"

"She tried to poison us!" Leroy screamed out.

"No I didn't ..." Regina started but the voices of the mob over powered her.

"Poison!" "Curse!" "Throw her in jail!" Came the words.

Regina couldn't say anything. The people were still afraid of her but, when Regina was distracted by the approaching mob, Blue cast a binding spell on her. She felt how every one of her muscles contracted and it felt like her lungs were going to collapse.

"Regina!" Emma yelled but David and Thomas grabbed her and held her back. She fought and struggled but it was futile.

The mob ran towards Regina and every fear in Emma's mind ran through her head. She saw how everyone were trying to grab at the queen. Emma could feel the fear and anger rushing through her and, suddenly, a bright light enveloped the room.

When it disappeared everyone, except Emma and Regina were knocked back. The blonde recognized it. It was the same light that threw Cora back when she had her hand in Emma's chest. This was Emma's spell.

A shocked Regina looked at her. She could feel her muscles releasing and in a few moments she was able to move.

Everyone was speechless. They all climbed to their feet but Emma wasn't going to give them another chance at the Queen. She ran and took her place in front of Regina. "This was not Regina's fault!" She yelled out.

"Of... of course it's her fault." Mary-Margaret stuttered out.

"No It's mine! Regina was trying to help me." Everyone in the hall started whispering among each other. "We need the cake to save Henry." Emma finally let out and she tried her best to regain her breath.

"Henry?" David asked, still sitting on the floor.

Emma brushed passed Regina and took off the small carved boy from the decoy cake. "Henry." She turned back to the mob and showed them the small figure. "I destroyed the cake." Emma started.

This just added to the shock that Mary-Margaret was feeling. "What do you mean you destroyed it?"

"When I was taking it to granny's. I...accidentally destroyed it." Emma mumbled but everyone could hear it. Regina gave the blonde a gentle stroke on the arm, her way of letting Emma know that it is okay to continue. "I didn't want to disappoint you." She said to the teacher, who was helping her husband off the floor.

"She came to me and asked me to help her." Regina jumped in. They gave each other a look and gave an unspoken agreement to spill everything. "I did but there was... an accident."

The mob went silent.

"Henry was accidentally caught up in the spell and that's why we were trying to get to the cake." Emma continued.

"You weren't trying to poison us?" Leroy was actually a little disappointed.

"No. If I wanted you all dead I would have done it twenty eight years ago."

The crowd erupted in chatter and Blue signaled to Nova to get the cake. She did as she was told and left the mob to go and fetch it.

"So that's why you were crying?" Mary-Margaret asked and the question made Regina feel self conscious.

She lifted her head and fixed her dress. "Yes Mrs. Charming. If you want to get specific."

"Why didn't you two just tell us?" David, who was still in shock from the entire ordeal, asked.

"We would have helped you." Ruby chimed in and the entire mob whispered in agreement. But before either of the two could say anything, Nova wheeled in the cake, the real cake, and made her way to the centre of the room.

"Anyone order dessert?" Nova joked as she beckoned Regina and Emma to it. They looked at all the people in the room and everyone had smiles on their faces and nodded to them.

"Alright, here we go." Regina softly said to Emma. The blonde placed Henry at the top of the cake and backed away to let Regina do her thing. The mayor closed her eyes and felt the magic flow through her finger tips. She heard a gasp come from the audience and took a peak.

There was Henry. Perfectly fine. He ran to Regina and wrapped his arms around her waist. She couldn't help but fall to her knees and held the boy as tight as she could. Emma joined in the hug and suddenly cheers erupted from all over the room. Regina looked behind Henry and saw that the cake was destroyed. It looked exactly as it did when Emma first brought it to her.

Mary-Margaret walked over to them and, when they both stood up, she gave Emma a hug. "I would never have been disappointed in you." The teacher whispered to her daughter. Regina gave out a smile and so did Henry.

"I could see you guys you know." Henry decided to ruin the moment and gave a giggle when he saw both Emma and Regina's face drop.

"Really kid?" Emma smiled until she remembered the conversations they were having.

Henry got a knowing smile on his face and Regina knew exactly what that meant.

"Sorry about the cake." Emma said to Ashley who had decided to join in the festivities.

"It's alright. Luckily we have a spare." The bride gave a wide smile at the duo and pointed towards the decoy cake.

"I doubt it is going to taste as good as mine though." The teacher laughed.

The wedding was over. Guest were trying to figure out driving arrangements as most of them weren't competent drivers anymore. Even Mary-Margaret had to be held upright by her husband. Emma, Regina and Henry were still seated in the reception hall. Laughing whenever Leroy tried to do 'one last song' to a nearly empty room.

"So, where will I be sleeping tonight." Henry asked. Emma and Regina just gave each other a look and sighed.

"Regina's of course." The blonde said. "I told her you would stay over for one night and I don't think the wooden version of you counts.

"Are you going to sleep over too?" Henry smiled at Emma, who could do nothing but gawk at the boy. "I mean you two got along 'pretty well' last night." Henry grinned.

"What exactly does that mean." a confused Regina asked him. "We fought just as much as we usually do."

"Only when Emma was hungry." The boy laughed and the two woman joined in. The blonde gave Regina a questioning look. She actually wanted to spend more time with both Henry and the mayor, but didn't want to overstay her welcome.

"Then I don't see why not. Emma nearly cleared out the buffet so she should be reasonable." Regina started giggling and Emma blushed as she took the last sip of her champagne.

"Just as long as you two don't kiss in front of me."

Emma spit out the champagne and the act made Henry burst into laughter. The mayor soon joined him and, even though she was still shocked, Emma couldn't help but catch the contagious laughing.

Back at the mansion, Regina had listened to hours of 'the Henry special'. It was way past midnight but both women decided he had enough rest and it was after all a weekend. Emma had left the two alone to make herself and Regina some coffee. When she returned, she lingered in the doorway to eavesdrop on the conversation.

"Your mom isn't so bad once you get to know her." Regina said and the words gave both Emma and Henry a smile.

"So you are okay with her being my mom?" Henry asked.

"Yes. Just as long as I also get to be your mother."

Henry started laughing. "Just wait, I'm almost certain there will be another wedding cake to destroy soon. And then you never have to worry about that again"

Emma decided to make her presence known right that moment. The move made an already blushing mayor, turn a deeper shade of red.

"I think I should rather go to bed." Henry said as he packed away his report cards.

"Want me to tuck you in." Both women said collectively. Henry laughed and shook his head. He gave them both a hug.

"Night moms." He said and started rushing out the room before they could even say goodnight to him.

Once Henry was out of view. Emma sneaked her hand around Regina's waist. "Want to make me some lasagna tomorrow?" The blonde asked with a playful grin.

"You know what my lasagna does to you." Regina blushed.

Emma just pulled Regina in a little closer. "Oh I'm counting on it."

The End (Or is it?)