"Will you relax?" Regina said, chuckling. "They just invited us over for dinner."

"Yeah and when do they ever do that?" Emma asked. "The answer is never. They don't invite us over for anything because it usually ends badly."

"They're your parents," Regina said. "Maybe they just want to see you."

"Then why tell me to bring you along?" Emma asked.

"To keep you calm," Regina said, grabbing Emma's hand and squeezing gently. "Stop always assuming the worst."

Emma rolled her eyes. "Oh yes, because the last time they invited us over for dinner they had fantastic news to tell us."

Regina winced. "Okay so inviting us over and then telling us that they're having a big birthday party for Neal was not the best news. But they just want you to be involved in his life."

Emma sighed as she parked the bug. "I know. But I just have a feeling that tonight is not going to go well."

Regina smiled before kissing her gently. "Then it's a good thing that we're here together."

Regina and Emma exchanged glances. So far dinner had gone smoothly, but Emma still had a bad feeling in her gut. But asking about Snow and David's real motives for the evening might not go over well.

"Perhaps we should move to a comfier spot," Snow said, standing up. "David and I have something to tell you."

"Knew it," Emma mumbled. Regina rolled her eyes affectionately before pulling Emma out of her chair and over to where Snow and David were sitting.

"So what's up?" Emma asked. "Everything okay?"

"Of course," David said. "More than okay actually. We have some very exciting news to share with you."

"Okay…" Emma said skeptically.

Snow and David smiled at each other. "We're having another baby!"

Emma froze and Regina mentally cursed. Emma was never going to step foot back in the apartment again.

"You're what?" Emma whispered. Her brain was still trying to process what was going on.

"Having another baby," Snow said excitedly. "Now Neal will also get to experience being an older sibling. Isn't that great?"

"Yeah," Emma mumbled. "Would you excuse me a moment?" She got up without waiting for a response and quickly left the room.

Regina sighed. "You two make family dinners very difficult."

"We thought that she would be happy," David said in confusion. "She was when Neal was born."

Regina rolled her eyes. "She acted happy for you two idiots."

Snow winced. "She did seem to shut down whenever we mentioned babysitting for us."

"I'm going to go persuade her to come back here," Regina said, standing up. "Think about what you want to say now."

Regina sat next to Emma on her old bed in the loft. "Penny for your thoughts."

Emma chuckled. "You don't want to know what I'm thinking right now."

"Of course I do," Regina said. "So what's going on?"

Emma sighed. "This is probably going to be their room. They'll argue over who gets what side of the room, and they'll get scolded by David for arguing too loudly while he and Snow make dinner. They'll have a family."

"The family that you never had," Regina said.

Emma nodded. "They get a normal childhood, where they'll get loved by a mom and dad. I'm the same age as my parents. It's like Neal and the new baby aren't even my actual siblings."

"You think that they'll get a normal childhood?" Regina asked. "They live in a town with fairytale characters. That's pretty far from normal."

Emma smiled. "Fair point."

"So let's go back downstairs, and I'm sure your parents have something they want to say to you," Regina said, pulling Emma gently to her feet.

"You yelled at them, didn't you?" Emma asked.

"Yell, no. Scold, of course," Regina said, smiling. "I'm always looking for a chance to scold your parents on their failed parenting."

Emma laughed and followed Regina downstairs, where Snow and David were waiting. As soon as Snow saw Emma, she quickly walked over and hugged her tightly.

"You will always be our daughter," Snow said. "No matter how many babies we have, you will always be our first baby."

Emma smiled and hugged Snow back. "I'm happy for you guys, really. Just a lot to take in."

"We know," David said. "It's a lot for us too. If it makes you feel any better, I still have no idea how to change a diaper without gagging."

Emma laughed. She may not have experienced being raised by her parents, but they were still her parents. No matter what.