This chapter is for Lanafan7151977 with the prompt: "Ava's first heartbreak"

Regina and Emma were having a nice peaceful night when Ava came storming through the door and ran up to her room.

"One night," Emma groaned. "That's all I asked for. One night of peace and quiet."

Regina laughed before standing up, pulling Emma with her. "Come on. Something had to have happened for her to act like that."

Emma sighed. It was true. Out of the 3 kids, Ava was usually the one that remained calm at all times. Even Henry overreacted more than Ava did.

They got to Ava's room and heard nothing from inside. That was typical of Ava though, she would often read without any noise, leading everyone in the house to think she was dead until she came down for a meal.

Regina knocked gently on the door. "Ava? Is everything okay?"

"Yeah," Ava said. "I'm fine."

Regina looked at Emma. Emma shook her head. "Not fine," she whispered. "I've used that fine before. Something's up."

Regina nodded. "Are you sure? You came into the house quite quickly and ran up to your room."

"I said I'm fine," Ava said. "Now can you just leave me alone? I have some studying that I need to get done."

Emma reached out and tried the doorknob, nodding at Regina when it turned. Regina nodded back, and Emma opened the door.

"Hey!" Ava protested. "Who gave you guys the right to just barge into my room?"

"We're your mothers," Emma said. "That automatically gives us permission to violate any of our children's privacy."

Ava rolled her eyes. "Well you can go now. I'm fine."

"No, you're not," Emma said, walking over and sitting on the bed next to her. "Why don't you tell me what's really going on?"

"Nothing," Ava said.

"Even I could detect that lie," Regina said, sitting on the other side of Ava. "And I don't have the superpower."

Ava smiled. "That was a bad one. Didn't sound very convincing."

"So then spill it," Emma said, poking her.

Ava laughed. "Okay." Her smile suddenly disappeared, and tears started to gather in her eyes. "Julian and I broke up."

Emma and Regina shared a glance. They had both seen this coming. After all, Julian was the popular kid that everybody loved, and Ava was the bookworm that everyone knew of. They had suspected for a while that Julian didn't have the best motives when dating Ava, but they had hoped that they would have been proved wrong.

"Did he give you a reason why?" Regina asked.

Ava swiped angrily under her eyes to clear the tears away. "He told me that he had gained the popularity that he had hoped to while dating the daughter of the Savior and the Mayor. What a jerk. I can't believe I ever had feelings for him."

"I know," Emma said, reaching out to rub Ava's back soothingly. "But someday, you're going to find someone who loves you for you, not who your parents are."

"Yeah, I guess," Ava said.

"You're an amazing person," Regina said. "Anybody would be very lucky to date you. Trust me, Julian will soon see what he's missing out on."

"Very true," Emma said. "And if it makes you feel any better, I could also arrest him for some dumb reason just to scare him."

Ava laughed. "No, don't do that. He's not worth it."

"Tell you what," Regina said. "We'll leave you alone and let you read for the rest of the night. Not even Lola will bother you. How's that sound?"

Ava smiled. "Like the perfect heartbreak treatment."

"Deal," Emma said, pulling her in for a hug. "Have fun reading." She got up from the bed and quickly left the room, hoping to get a head start on Regina.

Regina quickly gave Ava a hug. "If I know your ma like I think I do, I need to go stop her before she looks up Julian's address and kills him."

"She wouldn't do that," Ava said. "Right?"

"Oh she would," Regina said. "Have fun reading. I'll check in on you later." She quickly walked out of the room and down the stairs in time to see Emma grabbing her badge and putting on her coat.

"What are you doing?" Regina asked, stepping in Emma's path.

"Going to show this kid what happens when you mess with our daughter," Emma said.

"Think about it before you just do something stupid," Regina said. "He broke up with her because he got the popularity that he wanted. If you go and threaten him, he'll just start talking about that and get even more attention. Do you want him to get even more attention?"

"No," Emma mumbled.

Regina chuckled. "Take your coat off and put your badge away. No sheriffing for you tonight."

"That's not even a word," Emma said, but obediently took off her coat.

Regina shrugged. "It is now."