"Moms I sorta need to ask you to do something…" Henry rolled his eyes and his face scrunched in embarrassment over skype.
"What do you need, darling?" Regina lunged forward in alarm, and inadvertently crowded Emma's space as they both huddled around the ipad.
Henry let out a long sigh and his face went red. "So you're both coming to my graduation ceremony, right?"
"Of course, Henry, you know we wouldn't miss it," Emma sat up on Regina's couch and propped her head in her hands, leaning on her elbow.
"And you're coming to parent's day too, right?"
"Yes, we plan too. I thought we had already discussed the details. Has there been a change?" Regina's eyebrows knotted together in worry.
"Okay, so here's the thing…I want you both to come together and everything…just my friends and my girlfriend will be there."
"And we're very excited to meet her," Regina said through a press of gritted teeth and a fake grin. Emma nodded in solidarity.
"I might have told everyone who asked about you guys that you're like together in a relationship or whatever," Henry blushed and mumbled the last bit, while Emma and Regina turned to look at each other in surprise.
"Kid, why would you do that?" Emma bolted up and asked her 21 year old son, wondering why he lied.
"My friends just assumed whenever I talked about my wonderful, caring loving, plural moms…and I just sort of kept it going for the past 4 years," Henry admitted in shame.
"What are you asking us to do exactly?" Regina wondered in a near whisper.
"Just, like, pretend you're in a relationship while you visit for graduation weekend. Just around my friends and stuff," Henry hated to ask, but he couldn't go back and explain his lie now. He was too far into it.
Regina turned her head and winked at Henry's other mother. "Well, I don't know how you feel, Emma, but I say if our son felt the need to lie about the nature of our relationship we should honor his wish…."
Emma nodded slowly, realization dawning as a grin bloomed on her lips and mischief glinted in her eyes, "I think I know exactly what you mean, Regina."
That's when Henry knew he had made a huge mistake.
Regina grabbed Emma by the collar and pulled her close planting a strong and awkwardly angled kiss right on her pursed and waiting lips. They made some obnoxiously gross noise as Henry covered his eyes and begged for it to end.
When they pulled apart, they both chuckled softly and smirked into the camera. "How was that, Henry?"
Emma licked her lips, now smeared with Regina's lipstick. "I think our technique could use a bit of improvement, but we have some time to practice before our trip."
Regina nodded in agreement, "Yes, Henry don't worry, Emma and I will have perfected the art of lesbianism by graduation day. We wouldn't want to embarrass you, after all."
Henry shook his head and ended the call just as Regina and Emma were dipping in for another very gay kiss. Lies of convenience never work out long term.