"We don't have to do this," Emma said, putting on her jacket. "We could just say that one of us suddenly got sick or something."

"Emma," Regina said.

"What would they know?" Emma asked. "For all they know, one of us really is sick. Or, if you want to make it really believable, make Henry the one who's sick."

Regina sighed before turning to face Emma completely. "I don't want to go to this dinner any more than you do. But we promised your parents that we would, and so we are."

"What if we 'accidentally' crashed the car on the way there?" Emma asked. "It's starting to snow. That would be believable."

Regina chuckled before walking over and grabbing Emma's hands. "Why are you so determined not to go? It's not like you haven't had dinner with them before."

"This time it's with you and we're a couple," Emma said. "Give me a list of things that could actually go right tonight."

"Nothing with an attitude like that," Regina teased. "I'm sure that everything will go fine."

Emma sighed before allowing herself to be dragged downstairs. "I hope so."

It had been the most awkward dinner of Emma and Regina's entire life. Snow and David spent most of the time talking about anything and everything that Neal had done the past week. Including using the toilet all by himself.

"And then I just had to send a photo to David because he's just getting so big!" Snow exclaimed. "Can you believe it?"

"I can't believe that you are actually talking about it," Emma mumbled. Regina kicked her lightly under the table.

"So, how have things been going with you two?" David asked. "Everything as wonderful as you thought it would be?"

Emma nodded. "Better actually. I haven't been this happy in a long time."

"So, you two have discussed the whole cursing and wardrobe incident?" Snow asked. "I mean, it was Regina's curse after all."

Emma coughed as she choked on the water she had just taken a sip of. "What?"

"Well I was just wondering if you two had discussed the curse," Snow said. "I mean, it was her curse after all that forced us to put you in the wardrobe."

Regina quickly reached over and grabbed Emma's hand, squeezing it gently. This wasn't the time for an argument.

But Emma wasn't going to let anyone get away with talking like that. Even if it was her mother. "Yes, we've discussed the wardrobe."

"So you two have moved past the whole curse thing?" Snow asked.

"The curse, yes," Emma said. "You two sticking me in a wardrobe, no. I am very much not over that."

Regina squeezed Emma's hand again, hoping to get her to stop. But it was no use. When Emma was mad and on a roll, there was no stopping her.

"But we were doing it to protect you from the curse," Snow said. "If we had kept you, Regina surely would have killed you."

Regina shrugged. It was true.

"That's not the point," Emma said. "The point of tonight was to have a nice dinner with you and David, and now you've ruined it."

"I've ruined it?" Snow asked. "How is you dating the Evil Queen not ruining it?"

"I knew it," Emma said, standing up. "I knew that you weren't really going to try and be nice tonight. You know, Regina was actually the one who made us come tonight? I didn't even want to! But she insisted that things could go well."

Snow and David looked at Regina in surprise. "You did?"

"I had been hopeful," Regina said. "Now I'm not so sure I should have been."

Emma squeezed her hand and pulled her to her feet. They both started walking to the door, but stopped at Snow's call of "Wait!"

They both turned around, each of them hurt and guarded. "I'm sorry," Snow said, walking over to them. "I guess I just still hate the fact that I missed out on getting to raise my daughter. But I should move on, and I really am happy that the two of you are happy together."

"Thank you," Emma said.

"Please come sit down," David said. "We can finish dinner together and then just act like a normal family for once. No fighting or accusing anyone of anything."

"I don't know if you've noticed," Regina said. "But our family is far from normal."

"It is," Snow agreed. "And that's why we love it."

Emma and Regina shared a glance. Snow and David saw them having a conversation just with their eyes, and realized that they did the same thing.

"Okay," Emma said. "We'll stay and continue dinner."

Snow and David smiled and led the way back to the table. They all sat down and resumed eating. As a family.