A/N: Happy Friday is snowing outside and I am so happy . Not because of the snow but because I finally got to talk to you readers about this story. Well here is the next installment. Enjoy

The Family

Regina

There was a Knock on the door Early Friday morning. I opened it and there Was Emma in what looked like work out Clothes. Well… Leggings and an over-sized sweatshirt. but she was wearing boots. Her hair was up in a messy bun and she held a coffee out to me. "You ready?"

I looked down at my robed body and quirked a brow. "Ill be ready shortly be a dear and take my bags down for me?" I asked.

She looked at the bags and folded her arms across her chest. "Where the hell do you think you are going with all of that? We're going for a weekend not a month."

"These are my essentials Dear." I answered.

"Well you're on my time sister you carry your own bags." She said and lifted a stack of papers from under her arm and started looking through it. "See you downstairs."

With that she left. I huffed and quickly changed into something comfortable enough to travel in. A pair of slacks and wrap sweater. Finished it up with my stilettos and I began to drag my two suitcases and shoulder bag toward the Car. I had to say she wasn't such a Cad she did help me lift the bags into the trunk of the car.

once we were settled in our seats, I reached into my shoulder bag and pulled out one of the Manuscripts Archie had been working on.

Emma sat still looking at the same stack of paper she had been looking at before and she said. "Well these are the questions INS will be likely to ask us. Good thing is I know everything about you. problem is you don't know anything about me."

I looked at her and pulled the stack from her fingers. "You know all the answers to these questions about me?"

"Scary isn't it?" she said looking out of the window.

"Hmmmm." I said and looked for a random question in the pages. "What am I allergic to?"

"Pine nuts." she said and then mumbled mainly to herself. "And the whole spectrum of human emotions."

"I heard that." I stated.

"I wanted you to." she intoned.

"Do I have any scars?" I said

"Well I'm pretty sure you have a Tattoo" Emma said

"Do I really? Pretty sure?" I asked. how did she know?

"A two years ago your dermatologist called to ask you something about a q-switch laser. not knowing what it was I googled it and i learned they are used to remove tattoos." She said at the window. when she paused she looked at me. "But you cancelled your appointment. So what is it? Is it a tramp stamp of barbed wire warning any lover you might have away from the area?"

I sneered, "you know it's exciting for me to experience you like this?" I said sarcastically.

"Thank you…" she said I looked back at the paper and I could feel her eyes still on me. "you're gonna have to tell me where it is though." she finally said.

"I'm not, because we're done with that question." I said moving on. "Oh here's one. which place would we stay at yours or mine… um mine of course."

"Why wouldn't we stay at mine?" she asked a bit perturbed.

"Because I live in Central Park West, and you probably live at some squalid little studio apartment in Brooklyn with stacks of yellow penguin glasses."

"There is nothing wrong with penguin glasses." Emma stated.

I looked at her with a furrowed brow. "What are you six?"

She glared at me, and buried her face in the manuscript I had pulled out to edit.

Emma

I rode in silence the rest of the six hours it took to get to Portland, then finally getting into town at around two in the afternoon. I had the driver pull up to Granny's where I knew everyone would be. I couldn't wait another second to see Henry. "What is this place?" Regina asked looking around.

"It's the inn we will be staying at." I said pulling my overnight bag out and bounding into the Restaurant.

He saw me first, "Mom!" Henry shouted and slid off his chair and leaped into my arms. He was really getting some air for his little four year old body.

"Hey kid!" I said holding him so tightly. one of these days he was coming with me. I don't care what Neal said. I had been waiting to make Editor, and now Regina had given her word, so I can take him with me now. "Ugh I missed you so much."

"Emma!" Mom said coming to me. she still looked so young I hoped I looked as young as she does when I am her age. She hugged me closer to her.

"How have you been?" I asked

"Great!"

"Well Look who's here!" Granny said and came closer to me and hugged me. "About time you made it home."

"Ugh Granny I missed you." I looked around the room and asked. "Where's Dad?"

"Oh you know him, he's always working." Mom said

I nodded. "Oh never mind him, Your mom said you were bringing home a special someone."

"Ugh yeah…" I said

"Well, where is your man?" She asked again.

I turned around and watched Regina struggling with her bags. "She's right over there." I said pointing her out.

"I guess… the word Man is inappropriate" Granny said, and mom's eyebrows went into her hair-line

Regina

I walked into the Diner and there Emma stood with two other women and a little boy perched on her hip. She looked at me and without preamble she said. "Uh this is my mom, Mary Margaret." Mary Margaret reached out as if she were going to hug me. I reached my had out to shake it so she shrunk back and took my hand instead and shook it. "This is Granny, and This… is Henry… My son." Her son? she has a kid? "Guys this is Regina, my boss who is also my girlfriend."

"My pleasure." I said shaking each woman's hand. When I reached out for Henry's hand I said. "Hello dear!"

"My Grammy says you're a wicked witch." Henry said

Emma's mother had the decency to blush. "That was before… He's kidding."

"Oh… Okay… Um Thank you for letting me be part of this weekend." I said graciously. I could already tell this was going to be interesting.

"Oh no problem," Granny said. "We're glad to have you. lets get you settled in." Granny said and she headed back toward the door.

"Wait I thought, this was where we were staying." I protested.

"Nonsense, you will stay at our home." Mary Margaret said. "We have plenty of room and that is where Henry's things are. He has missed his mother so much and we wouldn't dream of having him be separated from her a moment longer."

"I don't think she is letting go of him soon either." Granny said and soon we were all inside a pickup truck. Granny stayed behind at the Inn and it was just the four of us.

We drove through town and I noticed all of the stores in town bore one name. Swan… then I noticed the label on her overnight bag. E Swan... Really? I turned to her and tried to get her attention from Henry for just a second. "Emma… Emma!" she ignored me. I reached out and punched her arm.

"Ow!" She said looking over at me.

"You didn't tell me about all of the family businesses honey." I stated tersely.

"Oh she was probably just being modest," Mary Margaret said.

"Oh..." I stated and we pulled up to a house. It was immense. "This is your home? Who are you people?"

Mary Margaret and Henry went up ahead, and Emma came up to me. " I'll help you with that." She reached into the truck and picked up my big bag. I got momentarily distracted with the ease in which she did that. I got a peek at her rear perfectly rounded encased in those leggings and just a peek of flesh just under her swearshirt as she lifted her hand over her head. "Ugh, you're gonna want to use your legs with that one." She said interrupting my thoughts. Then turned to heft her own bags out from the truck bed and continued to walk ahead.

"Why did you tell me you were poor?" I asked her as I caught up with her.

"I didn't." she answered.

"Then why didn't you tell me you were rich?" I asked.

"I'm not, my parents are."

"Only rich people say that." Emma shrugged and smiled continuing up the drive.

Emma

Granny was soon pulling up the Drive behind us, and Ruby hung out in the front waving. "Uh.. .um Mom. What's going on?"

"It's just a little welcoming party that's all." Mom said. Regina froze in place. she looked at me then at my mother and then at the house in front of her.

"Go on inside, Everyone is excited to meet you." Granny said from behind Regina.

"Oh good… " she said she looked at me. "Good… Party?"

"Yeah I guess so." I answered. "Come on, Granny is moving faster than you."

She sighed and she followed Mom, Granny and Henry in.

A little later after the both of us freshening up a little in the guest bathroom, Regina and I meet and mingle the guests. I haven't seen her shake this many hands since the last book convention. When we finally got a moment alone she said, "why didn't you tell me you were some sort of small town Kennedy?"

"How could I? you were in the middle of talking about yourself for three years." I answered and turned to go in the opposite direction and she pulled at me.

"Wait time out… we have got to stop arguing how are they supposed to believe we are in love if we are always at each other's throats?"

"I can pretend Regina. That is easy. but for you, you'll have to stop snacking on children while they dream." I answered. ugh this woman was irritating. I could so pretend even if I am not Gay. sexuality is fluid.

"Fine, when are we gonna tell them we're engaged?" She asked

"I'll pick the right mome-"

"Hey Emma!" I heard from across the room.

"Mrs. McKintrick!" I said as that was the only thing about that woman I remembered. "This is my… Regina." I made the introduction.

"Pleasure to meet you." Regina stated

"So I always wanted to know," The woman asked me. "What does a book editor do?"

"That is a great Question." I heard from around the corner. It was my dad. "You must be Reggie." He said to my date.

"Regina," She corrected.

"David, pleasure to meet you" He said

"The pleasure is mine," The ever proper Regina stated.

"What does an editor do besides smooch with the authors and go out and get bombed.?"

"Sounds like fun." Mrs. McKintrick said. "No wonder you like being an editor."

"No you misunderstand. Emma is just an editor's assistant." Dad said taking a sip from his glass. "Reggie here is an editor."

"Regina" My boss said through gritted teeth a mix of annoyance and a little embarrassment.

"She's actually Emma's boss." My father finished. I seethed. He didn't have to do that and Regina looked a little embarrassed for me. "I'm gonna go get a refill." he said and walked off.

The McKintricks walked away and Regina turned to me. "Charming." she said placing a hand on my lower back.

I rolled my eyes and walked toward my father. He wanted to have it out… Fine. lets have this out. "That was an awesome first impression dad!"

"What the hell Emma?" He said turning back to me just as angry as I was at him. "You show up here after so much time with a woman you hated and now she is your girlfriend? Since when are you gay?"

"I just got here, how about Hi Emma how are you? I missed you."

"Just never figured you for a woman that would use her body just to get ahead."

"I will have you know that that woman in there is one of the most well respected editors in the industry." I stated.

"She's your meal ticket and you know it." Dad sighed. "And you brought her home to meet your mother and your son? Need I remind you, that you have never before shown any sign of liking girls?"

"No, no, no, no dad, she's not my meal ticket, she's my fiancee." I said quietly. He was infuriating lately. Yes I get that I probably shouldn't have left my child behind to work what seemed to be a dead end job. Dad had been supportive at first, but he mistakenly thought I'd come running back home because I couldn't make it out there.

"what did you just say?"

"You heard me." I answered. "I'm getting married." I said and walked away.

Regina

I stood off to the side. I'd had enough of these people. They were so… quaint. Then this tall woman came up to me carrying a tray. "Hi… hors d' oeuvre?"

I looked her over. she was gorgeous for sure, but she was no Emma Swan. I smiled and tried to walk around her. "No thank you."

"Oh do try!" She said taking one and putting it into my mouth. "Made them myself"

This thing had nuts in it… I kind of panicked. What if they were pine nuts? no... not pine nuts, pecans. I gave a sigh of relief but i still couldn't stand the texture. It made me nervous. From the distance, I heard. "Ladies and Gentleman, I have an announcement to make." I tried to chew what I had as to not to seem rude. "Regina and I are getting married!" I spit out the food in my mouth out of shock. What the hell…

"I'm so sorry." I apologized to the woman.

"Ruby... It's okay I get it." She said with a twitch to her lower lip. "You are one lucky girl."

I smiled at the stranger and walked toward the entrance of the Great room. "Where are you Honey?" Emma said.

I looked around the corner and walked gingerly up to her.

A/N:Thanks again for all the follows and favorites and REVIEWS! you are the best! till next time- S.K.