Hey, sorry it took so long to post this chapter but I hope you guys enjoy it! (How good was the 100th episode of once? Best episode I've seen in ages.)
When Regina reluctantly pulled back from the passionate kiss for air, her hand lifted of its own accord, gently caressing the blonde's flushed cheek. Emma slowly opened her shining green eyes and smiled shyly, her heart was pounding erratically and her mind was swimming with a million thoughts. Holy fuck did that really just happen? It felt completely surreal that the moment she had fantasised about so many times and for so long had just happened, and it was everything she had hoped for and more. The brunette's full lips were soft but moved against her own firmly, and the kiss burned with all the passion of two people who had suppressed their desire for one another for far too long. The brunette smiled back at her warmly, the happiness in that beautiful smile making the saviour's stomach flip uncontrollably. Without hesitation, she leaned forward, her natural confidence kicking in as she brushed her bottom lip against the brunette's, sliding her arms around the woman who's eyes fluttered shut and began moving her lips fervidly with hers.
Regina was in ecstasy, she had fantasised about this moment from the time Emma and Snow had come back from the enchanted forest; but she had lived in a web of denial about her feelings, never allowing herself to believe anything could actually happen. She likes me, after everything that has happened, she really really does. The brunette slipped out of her seat with a predatory hunger in her eyes and climbed into the lap of the blonde, allowing her fingertips to roam through golden tresses as she parted her lips, allowing Emma's probing tongue the entryway it had been pressing for.
Emma stifled a moan as their tongues slid together in a heated battle for dominance and she felt the older woman's hips grind seductively against her own, nimble fingers working to undo the buttons of the blonde's white shirt. The saviour pulled away to regain her breath, before her lips connected with the brunette's neck, kissing and sucking at the sensitive skin; smiling triumphantly as she caused the woman to tilt her head back with a soft moan that sent shivers down Emma's body and straight to her heated core.
The sound of Emma's cellphone ringing jolted them both out of their intense bubble of passion. Regina removed her hands from the blonde's shirt, frowning irritably as only half the buttons has been undone and not enough of her creamy skin was exposed for the brunette's liking.
"Ignore it." She murmured the words softly, leaning in to press a chaste kiss to the blonde's downturned lips.
"It's my mom... She's gonna be worried about me because of last night. I should probably answer." The blonde answered the phone reluctantly and couldn't help but grin as the brunette leaned in to suck seductively on Emma's earlobe.
"Mom?" Emma's voice was strained and unsteady as she squirmed beneath the brunette, a soft gasp escaping her and arousal spreading through her body like wildfire as Regina began to fondle her breasts through the thin material of the hideous pink bra.
"Emma!" Came the panicked male voice from the other line.
"David? What's going on?" Regina pulled away quickly as she noted how the blonde's facial expression had morphed from thinly veiled excitement to grave concern.
"It's your mom she almost passed out and we think there may be something wrong with the baby. Can you get to the hospital?"
"Okay don't worry dad I'll be there soon." The blonde began to panic despite her reassuring words to her father and started buttoning up her shirt, worry causing her to mistakenly align the buttons. "Mary Margaret's in hospital, it's the baby." She explained anxiously to the brunette who was re-buttoning the blonde's shirt correctly, the most caring look in her dark eyes that would have taken Emma's breath away were she paying attention.
"I'm driving you." The brunette stood up quickly and grabbed Emma's hand, leading her out of the door. Half of her was hoping that Snow was okay whilst the other was cursing her for interrupting such a great moment. Dammit Snow White why do you always unintentionally ruin my love life?
After a mostly silent car journey in which Emma just stared into space and Regina gave up trying to comfort her after it was clear she wasn't listening; they reached the hospital where they were greeted by an open mouthed David.
"Em what are you wearing... And are you two holding hands?"
"Where's mom?" Emma gazed imploringly at her father, holding on tighter to Regina's hand after she sensed the woman was about to pull away.
"She's awake. Whale says it will all be okay, just a little high blood pressure." A grin broke out on David's face and both women smiled back with relief.
"Wanna tell me what's going on now?" He blinked between the two women, scratching his head in confusion.
"Erm... Let me go see mom." Emma averted her eyes from her father's piercing blue orbs and stepped into the hospital room, Regina hot on her trail.
"Are you two holding hands?" The pregnant woman sat up in her hospital bed, her eyes bulging as she echoed her husband's earlier question, but was so perturbed by the hand-holding, she remained unmindful to Emma's unusual choice of clothing.
This time, Regina succeeded in untangling their joint hands. Whilst giving Snow White a heart attack would usually be amusing, the woman was pregnant- Regina wasn't that heartless.
"Your daughter was worried; I was simply offering her comfort." The brunette explained haughtily, ignoring the side eye she received from the blonde.
"Since when do you care about Emma?" The pixie haired woman stared suspiciously at the brunette who suddenly appeared uncomfortable.
"Henry and Emma are my family. Of course I care." Emma beamed internally at Regina's words, her heart pounding erratically.
The pregnant brunette's eyes bulged once again at this. "Your family!? Um... It was nice of you to come and all Regina but I think maybe you should..."
"Moms!" The door burst open and the excited young boy ran in, followed by a smiling Dr Whale. Both women whipped around and Regina slipped her arms around her son while Emma lovingly ruffled his fluffy hair.
"Henry! I've missed you." Exclaimed the brunette, which was quickly followed by an enthusiastic "hey kid!"
"Missed you too moms! Grandpa let me get pop and I've missed almost 2 hours of school." He held up the can excitedly, oblivious to the disapproving glare his brunette mother aimed at his grandfather who lowered his eyes.
"Awesome kid!" Emma grabbed the can and took a sip, laughing at the pout on her sons face and Regina's dramatic eye roll. She is such a child, the brunette thought fondly letting out an insincere "tsk." Passing the can back to her sulking son, Emma wrapped her arms around both of them quickly, squeezing them tightly as they both made half-hearted attempts to escape her tight embrace, while both secretly enjoying it, laughing and poking at the blonde as they all completely forgot they had an audience.
Charming raised his eyebrow in surprise at the sight but couldn't help but smile at the cute little family before him. Dr Whale was occupying himself by staring in a transfixed manner at Emma's toned bare legs which were usually covered in denim. A loud, deliberate throat clearing made everyone turn to the pregnant woman on the bed who was looking on at the group hug with steel in her narrowed eyes.
"You really should be going Regina."
"Excuse me, why exactly is that, Snow?" The brunette broke away from the hug, rage in her darkening eyes.
"No!" Henry frowned at his grandmother, clutching his adoptive mother's coat tightly. He didn't understand what could possibly have had happened in the last two days that had made his two mothers get on so well and play with him together like this; and although it was weird he realised how much he wanted, and enjoyed it.
"Snow..." Charming looked conflicted but stood by his wife, stroking her cheek as he tried to soothe and constrain her simultaneously.
Through the babble of angry voices, Whale, whose eyes had been locked on Emma the entire time- was that top button purposefully undone? was the only one who noticed when her green eyes glazed over.
"What the hell?" He asked aloud, racking his brain full of medical knowledge for the cause of this sudden change. Everyone looked at him and then followed his gaze to Emma who grabbed Regina's arm for support.
"Oh God..." The brunette began to panic, a frown on her face. "We worked out how to fix this but came here before we had a chance. I completely forgot." Damn that woman and her perfect lips.
"Fix what?" Dr Whale looked around the room confusedly.
"Mom's gonna ask some rude questions!" Henry piped up with a childish giggle when everyone else failed to answer. He really didn't get what the big deal was- a lot worse stuff had happened to all of them.
"Whale get Henry out of here." Regina commanded, in her authoritative Mayor Mills voice. Whale looked disappointed but shrugged and took the pouting young boy out.
"Regina." Emma turned to the brunette, who had controlled her facial expression into an impassive mask in anticipation of whatever embarrassing secrets she would now have to spill in front of her enemies.
"What would you have done to me if dad hadn't have called when he did?"
The brunette froze, the tension in the small room was palpable as Regina opened her mouth and then closed it. Of all the questions to begin with...
"I would have made love to you." Regina's voice was weak but audible; she then turned to stare at the white wall of the hospital room.
"You wanted to do what to my daughter!?" Snow's voice roared through the room. David exhaled and squeezed his eyes shut, massaging his temples.
"It was fully reciprocated dear." Regina sneered at the pregnant woman, folding her arms defiantly.
"Mom if I told you I found someone that made me happy would you be happy for me?" Emma interrupted with her next question before Snow could scream at Regina.
"Of course honey... A nice guy like Neal or even Hook perhaps?" Snow's voice was strained as she internally prayed that whatever Regina felt for her daughter was unrequited.
Regina growled under her breath, her fist clenching.
"And if it was Regina?"
"Absolutely not." The short haired woman spat out the words furiously.
"And you dad?"
Charming frowned deeply as he appraised the two women. "If she has really changed... Really loved you and was good. I guess I would."
"David!" His wife snarled, gripping the edge of the bed for the support her husband clearly wasn't going to provide her with.
"Regina, do you just want to be friends with benefits?"
"No, that's not what I want Emma." Please don't ask what I do want. The brunette didn't think she could answer that right now.
"Mom what are you most afraid of?"
"Losing this baby like I've lost you." The pregnant woman burst into tears, swatting David away as her husband began to wipe her cheeks gently. Snow wanted Emma to see what she was doing was wrong, she needed her daughter to feel guilty.
"For goodness sakes." The sullen brunette rolled her eyes at Snow's dramatic behaviour. "Yes you lost her, but now you have her again so stop acting like an idiot or you'll push her away."
"It was your fault! All your fault. And now you wanna take her away from us again." The brunette buried her face in her hands and sobbed uncontrollably.
"Dad how do you like your eggs cooked?" Emma slowly moved closer to Regina, holding her arm tightly for support as she felt more and more uncomfortable.
"Fried…"
"What's your favourite part of mom's body?"
"Her beautiful smile." When an expensive looking machine exploded on the other side of the room, David quickly amended his answer with "or umm... her legs."
"Regina what's your favourite part of my body?"
"Your eyes." Regina answered honestly but then turned to look at the crying woman on the bed, a devilish smirk on her lips as her voice turned sultry. "But, there are still many parts I've yet to have seen. The answer may change; preferably sometime in the near future."
Emma's cheeks turned rosy as the woman on the bed began to hiccup with the momentum of her sobbing, David just sighed, wishing to be as far away from this room as possible.
"Regina please..." The frustrated man uttered the words with a pleading edge, trying desperately to comfort his wife.
Regina simply smirked, and turned to Emma who was looking sheepish, the glazed expression having disappeared from her face.
"So umm... I guess now is a good time to tell you guys, me and Regina are dating?"
"We are?" Regina arched a brow at the blonde. "Surely dating implies we have actually been on a date; which we have not."
"But we will." Emma pressed on, and despite her mothers distress she couldn't help the cocky grin spread across her face.
David said nothing, his face was crinkled with worry as he watched his pregnant wife. "Whale!" He called out.
Dr Whale strode back into the room immediately, leading its inhabitants to believe correctly that he had been right outside eavesdropping the entire time. Without speaking he strapped a piece of equipment to Snow's arm, frowning as his gaze flitted disapprovingly around the room. "Her blood pressure has sky-rocketed again."
Both Emma and Regina looked shifty, and when David looked up at them pointedly, the blonde took Regina's hand and began backing out of the room. "See you later mom, feel better!" She called as she departed, nudging Regina sharply as the brunette's mouth opened to say something Emma presumed would be unhelpful.
"You two are dating?" The young boy looked dumbfounded as he watched his two mothers exit the hospital room, exchanging a glance filled with worry.
"Henry, you weren't supposed to be listening." Regina rebuked the boy before taking his hand, he was seemingly too shocked to protest when he was led outside by his mothers. "Come on, we need to get you back to school, and we'll all have dinner and explain everything later." The blonde had bit her lip at this, they hadn't even discussed things between themselves so what on earth were they supposed to tell Henry? Still, the fact that Regina hadn't denied the 'dating' claim made her feel fuzzy and hopeful.
"So what are we gonna tell him?" Emma blurted out the question as soon as they reached the mansion after dropping Henry to school. They were both relieved to find out the boy wasn't horrified or disgusted, simply confused and brimming with questions. Regina glanced at her, looking thoughtful and unsure.
"Maybe we should sort out this curse first and then figure it out." The brunette avoided eye contact and Emma sighed as she realised the brunette still hadn't really expressed how she felt about the whole thing. She had been quite forthcoming in the hospital room but Emma was unsure how much of that was real and how much was just to annoy her mother.
"That sounds... Dandy." Emma trailed her fingers through her hair. "Alright, guide me through it."
Regina pursued her lips at Emma's odd turn of phrase but entwined her hand with the blonde's, enhancing her magic and beginning to talk in a soft, commanding voice. "Close your eyes Emma. Will your magic to the surface and control it, command it to do as you wish and break this curse saviour." Emma did as she was told this time, she felt the strong magic inside of her like a wave and she pushed it out of herself using her strength of will.
The brunette smirked when a jolt of magic emanated from the blonde, she felt a warm tingle of magic flow through her body and she squeezed the saviour's hand. This had definitely not happened the first time around which meant it probably worked. Emma's eyes snapped open and she smiled and wiggled her eyebrows, she had felt it too.
"I did it, didn't I?"
Regina's answering smile was radiant, and Emma beamed at the beauty in front of her, leaning in slowly to place a kiss on those plump, inviting lips. Halfway there, however, she paused, a funny, vacant expression was forming on Regina's face and her dark eyes had glazed over. Emma's eyes boggled and she froze in place.
Holy fucking shit no, Swan what have you done now you absolute fucktard?
"Emma are you falling in love with me?"
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