GUYS IT'S DAY 100! I can't believe that this story has already been here for 100 days. Thank you so much to everyone who's been reading the story so far. I wouldn't even still be writing this story if I didn't have such awesome feedback and readers.

Anyway, this chapter is for amywood.581 with the prompt: "Maybe one where Emma is teaching Regina how to use a smartphone?" Just to let you all know, Regina does not already have a smartphone. I double-checked :)

"You need an upgrade," Emma said, picking up Regina's phone.

"A what?" Regina asked.

"Upgrade," Emma said. "This is an old phone. You should get a new one."

"My phone right now works well, thank you," Regina said, taking her phone from Emma. "It texts and calls. What else do I need?"

"You could have apps that would make your life a lot easier," Emma said. "There's even a flashlight."

"Why can't I just use a regular flashlight?" Regina asked.

Emma rolled her eyes. "What if you don't have a flashlight with you?"

"If it's dark I always have a flashlight with me," Regina argued. "Or I just use my magic. Fire creates light."

"You are so difficult," Emma groaned.

Regina laughed. "I'm just trying to understand why I need a new phone. So far you're not making a very good case."

"Let's just say that there are a lot of things on a smartphone that I think that you'll like," Emma said. "And you're just going to have to trust me."

"Let's make a deal," Regina said.

"What is with you people and deals?" Emma mumbled.

Regina laughed. "I'm not as bad as some."

"True," Emma agreed. "So what is this deal?"

Regina smiled. "We go and try out this smartphone thing. If I like it, I'll buy it. If not, you drop it."

"Okay," Emma said. "That doesn't sound too bad."

"I mean completely dropping it," Regina said, looking at Emma knowingly.

Emma laughed before extending her hand. "You have yourself a deal Madame Mayor."


"They have a whole store just for these phones?" Regina asked, staring at the large Apple logo.

"Not just phones," Emma said. "They also have computers and tablets."

"I see," Regina said. She walked into the store and began looking around, taking in the sight of a little girl playing on a tablet while her parents talked to a store clerk.

"Why doesn't she just stand there and wait instead of playing that game?" Regina asked.

Emma shrugged. "Modern era I guess. Kids need something to keep them busy all the time. Games on an iPad do that."

Regina shook her head. "I'm glad that I didn't raise Henry like that."

"Me too," Emma said. "Now come on, the phones are over here."

Regina took in the sight of all of the phones before turning to Emma helplessly. "I don't even know the first thing about how these work."

Emma chuckled before pointing to the nearest phone. "I'll show you. The power button is on the top here." She pushed it, turning the phone on and displaying the lock screen. "Then you swipe right, and you're taken to home screen." She swiped right, displaying all of the different apps.

"What are all those little things?" Regina asked, pointing at the apps displayed.

"Those are apps," Emma explained. "Let me show you."


After a couple of hours of explaining every single app and how it worked, Emma sincerely hoped that Regina would actually buy the phone in front of her.

"I don't know," Regina said. "A lot of those things seem unnecessary."

Emma groaned. "You couldn't have said that while I was explaining them all to you?"

Regina smiled sheepishly. "It was interesting."

Emma rolled her eyes before playfully pushing Regina away. "You are going to be the death of me."

"But what a way to go," Regina said, smirking.

Emma burst out laughing. "Okay, so are we getting the phone or not?"

Regina pursed her lips before nodding. "I might as well. Maybe if I get a smartphone, Henry will think I'm 'cool'."

"Henry's a teenager," Emma said. "He'll never think that you're cool."

Regina raised an eyebrow. "Is that a challenge?"

Emma laughed. "Okay. That's a challenge. See if you can make our son think that you're cool because you have a smartphone."

"And if I win this challenge?" Regina asked.

"If you win I'll do all of my paperwork by tomorrow," Emma said.

"You're on," Regina said, shaking Emma's hand. "Now let's go buy this phone."


"You just got your phone," Emma said. "Who are you texting already?"

"Henry," Regina said. "I'm letting him know that we're on our way home."

R: Want to make $10?

H: Duh. How am I earning this money?

R: It involves a little deceit...


"Where were you guys?" Henry asked, walking into the foyer.

"We went phone shopping," Emma said, walking past Henry to go into the kitchen with their bags. "And some other shopping."

"Phone shopping?" Henry asked, turning to Regina.

Regina shrugged. "Emma thought that I should get a smartphone."

"And you did?" Henry asked. "Way to join the cool kids, mom!"

"No!" Emma shouted, running back into the room. "Please tell me that you did not just call your mom cool."

"Um, yeah?" Henry said. "Why is that a bad thing? Is she not supposed to be cool?"

"Of course it's not a bad thing," Regina said, before turning smugly to Emma. "Now then, don't you have some paperwork to get done?"

Emma groaned before leaving the room. Once she was gone, Regina pulled $10 out of her pocket and handed it to Henry. "Pleasure doing business with you."

"Right back at you," Henry said, sticking the money into her pocket. "I wish her luck with all of that paperwork."