"Regina" Emma whispered to her wife. "You awake?"
She watched as the brunette moved around so she was facing her. "Now I am." She was tired, she wouldn't lie to her wife if the blonde asked. But she also knew that if the younger woman needed to talk in that very moment, then they would.
"I've been thinking." Emma stated, her arms moved down to Regina's waist.
"And…?" Regina urged her on.
"And I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I made you fall in love with me."
"Excuse me?" The confused expression in the brunette's face, made Emma break into laughter.
"Okay, nope. I'm not sorry about that. I was kidding. I'm rather proud of having wooed you." She smiled as her wife rolled her eyes at her idiocy. "What do you think of my mother?" She asked.
"Is this a trick question? Because if I woke up to answer that question, you better make it up to me." She deadpanned.
Emma reconsidered her question, if she wanted to remain living she needed to rephrase the question.
"Don't you get the sense that there's something wrong with her, like as of lately." She asked, she was curious as to what has gotten to her mother's head.
"Emma Swan-Mills I swear to you that if you don't let me sleep, I will make sure you have more paperwork for the next twenty-eight years." She rolled over, so her wife couldn't see the smirk. Unlucky fir her, her wife knew her even better than she knew herself.
"Was the pun intended?" She was met with silence. "It better have been. Taught you well, I have my young padawan." She smiled at her own joke.
"Dear God, Emma. Please stop talking." She huffed and took the hand resting on her waist. "I need to sleep if tomorrow morning you want me to behave properly." She could imagine the stupid grin in the blonde's face.
"I wouldn't be opposed to that idea; I rather enjoy your company when you aren't in your best behavior." Emma admitted.
"Emma Swan-Mills if you don't shut up, I'll ground you for two weeks." And that was the last sound heard in the house.
…
"Gina" Emma shook her wife awake. But the woman wasn't having any of it, she moved away from the Sheriff and took the rest of the blankets to her side. "Okay, I know you're awake" Emma took it upon herself to restore the equal sharing of the blankets.
"You don't get to take all the blankets" Regina warned her with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, I'm not giving this up, so you might as well come closer." She opened her arms, welcoming the brunette to lay with her.
"You expect me to cuddle up to you now?" She raised her eyebrow.
"Um… yes?" She grinned.
"But only if you promise you'll shut up and let me sleep" When the other woman nodded, she moved and rest her head on Emma's chest, hearing the heartbeat.
…..
It was 4:30 in the morning when Regina found out why the blonde had woken up twice during the night. She laid a hand across the blonde's belly and waited. She smiled when she felt a kick to her hand and looked up to her wife, who was sleeping soundly. Apparently Mason, how they had decided to name their child, had been kicking his mother since he had the ability to do so. Emma had already created a scale with Henry, scoring the strength of Mason's kicking: according to the pain, they would give the baby a number from 1 to 10. She was waiting for the event she knew was about to come.
A kick to her hand woke her up again, and this time she didn't open her eyes, she waited patiently. Another kick and she felt the other woman moved from underneath her.
"Gina" Emma whispered, a bit too loudly. "Wake up, please" She begged to the brunette.
"What is it this time?" She feigned annoyance, trying to get the blonde to say what she knew she was dying to say.
"I think we're gonna be famous" She literally scoffed. Even after all the years she had known the Sheriff, she sometimes was surprised with something new from the blonde.
"Explain" She pressed.
"We are going to be the parents of the next Karate Kid, not even Will Smith will get to our status." She smiled broadly, thinking of what to say next. "This kid is killing me from the inside. Like the alien thing on that movie." She looked at her wife, who was smiling, her gaze following her eyes.
"We'll make sure that Henry doesn't get thrown in this celebrity status Mason will achieve for us."
"I'm not kidding Regina; this kid will be the next Karate Wonder."
"That's not even a movie" She reasoned.
"Because they haven't met him yet. Just wait." She snored, and laid her head on the pillow. She sifted, so that her wife was now holding her.
And that was how the night ended for Regina. She fell asleep to be woken once again by her pregnant wife who made out of small talk her new goal.