This chapter is for M E HC with the prompt: "M&M's" Some Swan-Mills family fluff for you :)
"Are you sure that her bag is fully packed?" Regina asked.
Emma chuckled. "Yes Regina. I packed it myself."
"That why I'm asking," Regina said, opening the bag to check it.
Emma rolled her eyes. "She's going to daycare, not a camping trip."
Regina glared at her. "I just want everything to be fine. I'm not even sure that she's going to like daycare. You know how she gets whenever we have someone else watch her."
"Daycare is totally different than being babysat by my parents," Emma said. "She'll get to play with other little kids."
Lola ran into the room, Ava hot on her trail. "I done getting dressed!"
"No you're not," Ava said, panting. "You don't have any pants on."
Lola looked down at her legs and giggled. "Whoopsie." Ava rolled her eyes affectionately before grabbing Lola's hand and leading her back to their bedroom.
Regina watched them both leave before turning to Emma. "What if she doesn't get along with the other kids? What if the adults treat her differently because she's the daughter of the Evil Queen?"
Emma grabbed both of her hands. "Calm down. You know how friendly that Lola is. I'm pretty sure she'll make friends right away. And she's the daughter of the former Evil Queen and the Savior. No one is going to be mean to her."
"You don't know that," Regina argued.
"And you don't know that people are going to be mean to her," Emma countered. "Just let her go for this first day, and we'll go from there."
Regina sighed as Lola ran back into the room, this time with pants on. "Now I ready!"
Regina chuckled before kneeling down to Lola's level. "We're going to do something different today."
Lola looked at her skeptically. "Different?"
"Good different," Regina said. "You're going to go play with other little boys and girls instead of going to work with me."
"But I wanna go with you," Lola pouted.
Regina smiled before tucking a piece of Lola's hair behind her ear. "I know. But you need to meet other kids your age and learn some stuff too."
"Do I have to?" Lola asked, using her puppy dog eyes.
"Yeah," Regina said. "You have to. But I'll come at the end of the day and pick you up just like I do with Henry and Ava from school."
Lola seemed to think about it before nodding. "Okay."
Regina stood outside of the daycare, fidgeting as she waited for Lola to come out of the doors. Emma joined her, leaning casually against the car. "You haven't stopped worrying all day, have you?"
"Nope," Regina admitted.
Emma chuckled before grabbing her hand and intertwining their fingers. "You worry way too much about her. She's so social, I'm sure she made friends with everyone in her class."
"Or she made no friends and hated it," Regina countered, earning an eye roll from Emma.
"Must you always look on the down side of things?" Emma asked.
Regina smiled sheepishly. "Sorry. Habit."
Both women looked towards the doors as little kids started running outside. The teachers looked frazzled as they tried to herd all of them back together, but to no avail. Little kids ran to their parents, most of who were already waiting.
Regina held her breath as Lola left the building. She looked like she had enjoyed the day, but Lola could have inherited Emma's and Regina's poker faces.
Upon seeing her mothers, Lola took off running towards them with a huge smile on her face. Regina scooped her up and gave her a big hug, happy to see her little girl smiling.
"So how was it?" Regina asked.
"Really good!" Lola said excitedly. "We played games, and practiced our letters, and got M&M's for a snack!"
Emma laughed. "See? She was totally fine. They had M&M's."
Regina rolled her eyes before nudging Emma playfully. "I can't help my worrying. She's my baby."
"No," Lola protested. "I'm a big girl!"
Regina and Emma laughed. Regina tickled her before kissing her on the cheek. "That's right. Big girls go to daycare."
I don't know about you guys, but I seriously love Lola. Not just because she's my creation (although that's part of it) but because she's so freaking adorable.