"So somehow between tonight and tomorrow afternoon I have to figure out how to talk to Killian."

"Why? What is tomorrow afternoon?" Regina asked as she crawled into bed next to Emma.

"I just received an email from Diane that tomorrow afternoon we are meeting with her at my parent's house…well soon to be our house…to do the home inspection."

"And what does that have to do with Killian?" Regina asked as she began applying lotion to her arms.

"Nothing I guess except that I want to be able to enjoy every second of this experience and I won't be able to do that until Killian and I work this out."

"Understandable. I haven't spoken to Belle yet about it. Actually she called me earlier today but it was when we were um occupied," Regina laughed and winked at Emma, "and I missed the call. She didn't leave a message either…or a million texts…which is definitely unlike her…hmm now that I'm thinking about it I'm worried."

"Call her babe." Emma smiled at Regina before grabbing her own phone from the nightstand to text Killian.

"Yeah, I think I will do that." Regina climbed out of bed and left the room to retrieve her phone from the kitchen counter where she had left it.

Pick up Belle…Regina thought to herself as she twirled a pen in her fingers listening to the phone ring.

"Hello," the reassuring sound of her friend's voice came on the other end.

"Hey, sorry I missed your call earlier, Emma and I were…um…busy."

"Oh God," Belle laughed, "Well hey now isn't a really great time either so if it's okay if I come over in the morning?"

"Sure, that's fine. Emma has work so I will be here just head down whenever you want."

"Okay, bye," and just like that Regina was left with the signal of a disconnected phone. She set the pen down, grabbed a bottle of water and walked back to the bedroom where Emma was cuddled into Skittles.

"Killian won't text me back. It's been two weeks. We have to talk about this at some point."

"Yeah, well Belle wouldn't talk either. She said that now wasn't a good time. I hope that everything is okay over there."

"Me too," Emma sighed as Regina slid in the bed next to her.

"Come here beautiful," Regina smiled and Emma picked her head up from Skittles body to now lay across Regina's lap. Regina began running through Emma's long blonde locks. "You know everything is going to work out just fine right?"

"You don't know that for sure."

"Yes I do. I know that we are going to move into our home…we are going to adopt our son…and we are going to be happy…"

Emma sat up and looked into deep brown eyes, "How can you be so confident about that?"

"It's us Emma. There are a lot of things that I question. There are a lot of things in this world that I am unsure of, but there is one thing that I know will always work out and that is us."

Emma leaned in and kissed the woman she loved and then fell into her arms. Regina wrapped her arms around the blonde and held her close. She wasn't just trying to make Emma feel better when she spoke those words either. She truly believed them.

….

Regina was making herself a cup of coffee as she watched Skittles run through the back yard. She was working through paperwork for the restaurant and hoping that Emma was able to have a good day.

"Hey you," Belle said startling Regina out of her thoughts. "I knocked but I guess you didn't hear me. The door wasn't locked so I let myself in…"

"Oh goodness, I must have forgotten after I kissed Emma goodbye. No its okay, hey how are you?" Regina said setting her mug down and walking over to hug her friend.

"A mess," Belle replied falling into her friends embrace.

"Honey, what's wrong?" Regina asked as she led her to the table and pulled out a chair for her. "Want some coffee?"

"No thank you," Belle replied and sniffled. "Regina… I'm not ready to be a mom!"

"Oh no I was afraid of that. Babe you just have to tell Killian that you don't want to be a foster mom to Henry, hell that would help solve everyone's problems right now…"

"No…Regina, I'm not talking about Henry…."

"Then what are you talking about?"

"Regina…I'm pregnant…" Belle said looking at her friend with wide eyes.

Regina raised her eyebrows, "Oh my."

…..

Emma decided to have lunch in her Jeep that day because the lounge was far too crowded for her already racing mind. She grabbed an apple and a tea and began the trek across the parking lot.

"Swan," she heard a familiar voice call out for her.

She turned around to see Killian approaching her from the walkway heading into the building.

"Hey, I was just heading in to see you. I was going to see if you wanted to go to lunch with me."

"I'm not really that hungry." Emma said still angry about what he had said to Diane.

"Emma look I'm sorry about everything. I was upset. I reacted horribly and I know I owe you both an apology. Can we talk? Please?"

Emma stood there for a minute and took a deep breath. "Of course we can."

….

It was almost four o'clock and Emma was rushing across town to meet Regina at her parent's house. Diane would be there at 4:30 and that would give them time to shoo her parents out and get their nerves in order.

She pulled in the driveway and laughed when she saw Regina in the front yard with her Mom bending over a flower bed.

"Well hello my two favorite ladies!"

"Hello my beautiful daughter! I was just showing Regina where the sprinkler system is located."

"Oh I'm sure that is the highlight of her day Mom." Emma said as she kissed Regina on the cheek.

"Hey! If you are going to have the house she needs to know these things!"

"Okay well if you don't mind we can do that stuff another day Mom. Diane will be here soon and we would like to do this without you and Dad here asking a million questions."

"You are kicking us out?"

"Yep!"

"Emma! This is still our house for the time being!"

"Oh Mom come on it will only be for like an hour."

"Fine," Mary shook her head. "But you would think that she would want to meet the future grandparents too!"

"I'm sure she will but not today!" Emma yelled as Mary walked inside to get David.

Regina laughed; she was always entertained when those two were together.

"I talked to Killian today," Emma said as she eyeballed her girlfriend who was stunning in her pencil skirt and heels.

"Really? How did it go?"

"Good, he is happy for us. He said that he knows he owes you an apology too. He said he still wants to be foster parents though."

"Oh…did he mention anything else?"

"Nope. Why?"

"Just curious…."

"What are you hiding?" Emma cocked her head at Regina.

"Nothing…."

"Liar."

"Eh, I can't hide things from you. Belle's pregnant!"

"WHAT?" Emma shrieked and Regina just nodded her head. "I wonder why Killian didn't tell me?"

"I'm assuming because she hasn't told him yet. She told me that she wasn't sure if or when she was going to."

"What do you mean if? She has to!"

"She doesn't know if she is going to keep it."

"WHAT!"

"She's scared Emma."

"Well…okay…I understand that but she has to tell Killian or that will devastate him."

Regina took a deep breath, "I told her that she should talk to him and try to figure it all out but she is very overwhelmed right now and she doesn't want him pressuring her to keep it."

"I can't believe this is happening. He wants to be a father. He has a chance to be one and now he might not get to? It doesn't seem fair." Emma folded her arms across her chest and shook her head.

"Babe, please don't get all upset about this now. Just calm down and we can talk about it later…"

Mary and David walked out of the house to get ready to leave.

"Emma what's wrong?" Mary asked as soon as she saw Emma's body language.

"Nothing, I'm fine."

"No you're not. Are you still having the inspection?"

"Yes Mom." Emma snapped.

"Mary it's okay just some issues with our friends. It will be okay." Regina smiled at Mary knowing that the woman wasn't going to give up until she heard some kind of answer.

"Oh, okay then well we will be on our way. We're going to grab a bite to eat and go to the market so take your time." Mary hugged Regina. "Try to get her to enjoy this experience sweetie. This is supposed to be a happy time in your lives."

"I will. Thank you Mary." She waved bye to David and watched as the two of them climbed into their car and drove down the road. Regina turned to talk to Emma and realized that she had already walked into the house. The woman took a deep breath and prepared to head inside after her.