Four weeks later and Emma was twenty two weeks pregnant. Her bump was now impossible to hide and she had heard the rumours circulating around town. Her favourite rumour being that she had cheated on Hook got pregnant and got Regina to kill him when he'd confronted her about the child's parentage. Regina had been with her in the diner one day when they overheard a couple of the Dwarfs discussing it. Regina had offered to smash Happy's face in which had amused Emma but she declined the offer.
She had been back to work for four weeks and things were going ok. She had continued to work reduced hours and Regina and her father had insisted that she only work the day shift. Regina had tried to push for Emma to only work weekdays, for purely selfish reasons as she wanted to spend weekends with her and Henry. Unfortunately that hadn't been agreed but it was agreed that Emma would only have to work one day at the weekend. It had not worked out too bad because Regina and Henry had met up with her for lunch and she had gone straight to the mansion from work, where she had her nap and then dinner with her son and his other mother.
Emma sat on her chair in the station waiting impatiently for the clock to strike 3pm which meant home time. All paperwork was up to date and no dogs needed rescuing. Her father had noticed her yearning to leave and had offered her the chance to leave a few minutes early but as she was heading straight to the Town Hall she thought it better to just wait it out. 3pm had become her favourite time of day, because that was nap on Regina Mills sofa time. Her first day back at work she called by to see Regina on her way home to fill her in on her first day back at work. The second day Regina had been in a meeting when she arrived, the brunette returned to her office before heading home after a long and boring board meeting to find Emma asleep on her sofa. Regina didn't ask any questions which Emma took as a sign that she could continue her routine so every day after work she finished work and then napped the afternoon away on Regina's office sofa. On the days she wasn't working she still had lunch with Regina and hung around the office until it was time for her nap. Her afternoon nap was most definitely the highlight of her day.
Emma had noticed that Regina had been much more distant with her since the night she spent at the mansion. Breakfast the next morning had been a little awkward and Emma had made an excuse to leave, convinced that Regina must have had enough of her.
It wasn't that they were no longer friends or that they saw each other less it just felt a little different. Regina wasn't as touchy feely and Emma hadn't woken up snuggled against her since. She was confused as to how the last thing had happened because on numerous occasions she had fallen asleep next to the brunette but when she woke up she would always be on the sofa alone.
The problem that Emma had was that ever since that night her sex drive had increased dramatically. She had managed to ignore it prior to that night but since the incident she had found her sexual appetite reawakened and the only thing that seemed to bring her the release she needed involved thoughts of the brunette. She had felt guilty about it for the first week; she had been unable to make eye contact with the brunette without feeling guilty and turned on which made her feel even more confused. She had managed to get that under control by the second week. Regina was an attractive woman and fantasising about her was not going to cause anyone any harm, besides it was the crazy pregnancy hormones that where making her do such things.
Over the past four weeks Regina had touched her maybe twice and that was only to help her up after a nap and once she had given her a distant hug to comfort her after she had cried when she'd not been able to open a jar of pickles. She definitely missed the comfort Regina's touch brought her, but she thought maybe the woman had only offered the comfort in the first place had been because she had been a complete mess. Still the brunette offered friendship and she had been a great friend to Emma for the past couple of months.
The morning after Regina had brought herself to orgasm while replaying the images of the blonde touching herself the brunette woman had felt the guilt eating away at her. She had totally violated Emma's privacy. It had been totally unintentional but that didn't make the guilt feel any less real.
She felt terrible in the morning after she had been unable to look at the other woman and she had been relieved when Emma had left.
She was happy that they had managed to keep their friendship the same. They still saw each other daily and spent lots of time together, but Regina found she was unable to have any physical contact with the blonde without guilt taking over.
She sat at her desk preparing a piece of work when there was a knock at her door, she looked at the clock to see it was 2.45, she smiled brightly as she opened the door expecting it to be Emma who had escaped work a little earlier.
"You're early" The brunette said with a smile as she opened her office door. She was greeted by a confused looking Snow holding a smiley Neal. "Oh sorry, I thought you were someone else."
"Clearly" Snow replied with a small smile, trying to keep hold of the wriggling baby.
"To what do I owe the pleasure?" Regina asked immediately opening her arms to the excited boy.
"I just came to say hi"
"Oh well hi" Regina replied with a raised eyebrow before lifting the boy above her head and talking in her special Neal voice "Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi" she said playfully while kissing the babies t shirt covered belly.
She walked over to the couch and sat bouncing the baby on her knee, Snow followed and sat next to her; the women sat sideways facing one another.
"So what really brings you here?"
"I just came to see how you are." Snow lied, which Regina picked up on immediately.
"Has something happened that would mean I am less than ok?" Regina asked with a puzzled expression.
"No nothing new, just with Emma and the baby I thought maybe…"
"Spit it out"
"I thought it might have caused you some upset? And maybe you were overcompensating"
"What are you getting at?" Her voice rose slightly but not enough to alert the baby of her anger.
"That maybe you're too invested in Emma at the minute."
"What?" This time Regina's voice rose enough for the baby to look up at her. She kissed him gently on the cheek before she continued to bounce him on her knee.
"Well it just seems like you're always together. You see her more than I do and I'm her mother!" Snows voice was raised and her hands moved animatedly as she spoke.
"I'm her friend and right now she needs a friend."
"I can be her friend too" Snow bit back.
"You can, so what's the problem here?" Regina brow was raised. Had it not been for the baby she continued to bounce on her knee she would have already lost her cool with the other woman.
"Why is she choosing you over me?" Snows voice broke as she spoke. Tears were starting to build up behind her eyes in a mixture of anger and distress.
"She's not choosing me. We are friends and co parents. We spent time together with our son." Regina said calmly once she realised that Snow's issues weren't actually with her but more the rejection she was getting from her daughter.
"But she chooses to spend time with you over us."
"That's not my fault. What do you expect me to do?" Regina asked in astonishment.
Snow took a deep breath before speaking "I want you to back off" her voice sounding more calm.
"You can't be serious"
"I want you to give Emma some space. You're praying on her weakness and making her need you!" Snow's voice had risen again. So much so that Neal had at her with a confused face before laughing.
"Do you really think that?" Regina asked the sadness clear in her voice. She really thought that her and Snow had come a long way, she thought they were friends.
"I feel like you're trying to take my daughter away from me. I asked for your help to make sure she was ok and now all she wants is you."
"You're being ridiculous" Regina responded, her voice now much higher pitched that seemed to make Neal chuckle in delight.
"And you're being evil again. The Evil Queen is rearing her ugly head again and trying to ruin everything for me and my family" Snow screamed the words at Regina.
Regina just looked at the woman in shock. She felt her own lip begin to tremble and her heart tighten in her chest. She tried to answer back but the words didn't come, which was somewhat of a relief because Regina knew that if she tried to retaliate she would cry.
"Don't you dare speak to her like that" Both women and Neal looked up to see Emma stood by the door. Her teeth clenched in anger and her fists clenched at either side of her.
"Emma" Snow said breathlessly.
"Emma its fine" Regina tried to reassure the blonde but the words were not very convincing as she was still shocked by Snow's accusations.
"It's not fine." Emma bit back as she walked over to where the women stood.
"Emma I'm sorry I didn't mean it" Snow said desperately, standing up and placing her hands on her daughter's shoulders and looking at her with desperate pleading eyes.
"It's not me you need to apologise to." Emma responded coldly while shrugging off her mother's touch.
"Emma calm down, it's fine" Regina said as she stood up with the baby and put him on her hip while she offered Emma a reassuring squeeze on the shoulder her mother's hand had just vacated.
"Regina I'm sorry." Snow said sadly. Regret clear on her face.
"I think its best you leave now" Emma said coldly.
"No please, I'm sorry" Snow tried again.
"Snow please" Regina asked softly, her heart breaking for the other woman.
"This isn't how it was meant to be" she said through tears taking the baby from Regina's arms and leaving the room.
When Snow left Regina took Emma's hand and led her over to the sofa. The blonde was shaking in anger and looked ready blow something up.
"You can't let her speak to you like that!" Emma yelled anger clear in her voice.
"Emma really it's fine. She didn't mean anything by it. Please it's not good for you to get so worked up." Regina kept hold of the other woman's hand and stroked her hand soothingly without thinking. Her no touching rule completely forgotten.
"Part of it is true what she said" Emma said looking down at their joined hands.
"What?"
"No, shit sorry. She's right that I just want you. It's my fault that she's going all crazy on you. She keeps trying so hard to be there for me but I don't want her there. I keep pushing her away because I don't want her there I just want you." The blonde confessed honestly.
"Emma I'll be here for you… I want to be here for you" Regina reassured.
"I'm sorry that I keep being so needy. I don't know what's happening. But all I want is to be with you all the time. I can't sleep well at night. The only time I can relax is when I'm with you and I know it's getting too much for you. I know you're trying to distance yourself from me."
Regina's stomach dropped. She'd been trying to distance herself got her own selfish reasons not taking into consideration Emma's needs or feelings. "Emma no, that's not it. I love having you with me. I look forward to our lunches together. I like having you here in the afternoon even if you are asleep and snoring."
"I don't snore" the blonde said with a small smile.
"You do, but that's ok. Emma as needy as you think your being I need you just as much."
"Are you just saying this to keep crazy pregnant lady calm?"
"No I'm saying this because it's the truth. Come here" Regina said before opening her arms for the blonde.
Emma accepted the invitation happily "I've missed this. The hugs" she confessed sheepishly. Closing her eyes and enjoying the moment.
"Me too." Regina replied honestly.
Regina hugged the blonde tightly for a while, not wanting to let her go. Eventually she broke away. "You should get some sleep. It's past your nap time." she mocked playfully.
"I should... Do you think maybe..." Emma felt stupid for asking but she didn't want to sound too pathetic.
She didn't need to ask as Regina knew exactly what she needed "Take off your shoes" Regina asked before walking over to her desk and collecting some papers. She kicked off her heels before sitting at the end of the sofa and motioning for Emma to rest her head on her lap.
"Thank you" Emma responded with a smile as she settled her head into the brunette's lap.
Regina stroked the blonde hair until the Emma's breathing evened out. She whispered "Sweet dreams" before paying attention to the report she held in her hand.
She looked at the report blankly. The situation with Snow was a mess. She needed to try and build a bridge between the mother and daughter but for now they both needed to calm down. She held the report loosely in her hand but her attention was placed solely on the woman sleeping in her lap.
We are going away on Friday night until Sunday morning. I will try my best to update Sunday night.
Thanks for reading
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