Chapter 25—Epilogue
"Scar! Eva! Get dressed or your mommy is going to kill me!" Emma yelled from the bottom of the mansion stairs. Giggles could be heard from the second floor and the blonde could not pinpoint when exactly her little girls became little demons but they loved to torture her. They were angels for Regina. They snuggled up to the brunette and fought to sit on her lap and gave her kisses. With Emma, they loved to make fun and tease and play pranks on her. Emma supposed it was payback for the original Henry debacle. Regina got all the love, Emma got all the teasing. But Emma could live with that because seeing Regina smile so brightly when she came from work was a blessing. Plus, the blonde secretly enjoyed the mischief, even when it was aimed at her. It gave life some flare.
"Coming!" She heard Eva reply. Eva was the sweeter one, couldn't hurt a fly unless Scar was coercing her to. Her hair was dark, black as night, and her eyes were a very light green. She loved to wear floral dresses, headbands, and sandals. She loved theatre and ballet. She was very intelligent, a genius some say, and logical. She loved classical music, which scared Emma. What seven-year-old loved Bach?
But Scar, she was something else. She had long beautiful blonde hair that she always kept in a ponytail. Her chocolate eyes always twinkled with mischief. She was a tomboy through and through. She loved t-shirts, basketball shorts, and beat up sneakers. She watched the Red Sox's play everyday and checked stats. She played softball and soccer and basketball. She loved mainstream pop music. She was an extremely streetwise sweet talker. But most importantly, she loved to bother Emma and make her look like a moron. Regina loved that.
"If you girls aren't down here in five seconds—"
"You're setting us up for failure!" Eva popped her head out from around the banister, "How am I supposed to get down there in five seconds if I have braided my hair yet?"
"You don't need a braid, E. Just come down. You look beautiful." Emma attempted to coerce to naïve child.
"You can't even see me! My body is behind this thing." Eva scrunched up her face. Damn, the girl was learning more and more everyday. The teenage years were going to kill the her.
"Please, sugar, come down. You don't want your mommy to be mad at your mama, do you?" Eva's eyes widened and she sprinted down the stairs. Emma smiled and caught the girl in mid-air. She slapped a slobbery kiss onto the girl's cheek.
"Mama! Ew!" The brunette girl shuffled out of her hold as Emma chuckled. As the girl walked away, Emma gave her a tap on the bum and laughed when Eva sent her a glare. That one had the Regina Mills glare down pat.
"Where's your sister?" Eva shrugged her little shoulders and Emma groaned, turning back to the stairs.
"Scarlett Swan-Mills! Get your JLO ass down here!" Emma shrieked, exasperated. Eva gasped.
"Mommy says that that word is inappropriate!" Eva whispered, as if Regina would swing down from the rafters and scold them. Emma couldn't help but smile at the thought of her wife. The blonde falls more and more in love with every breath she takes.
Emma sighs happily and thinks, "We're so sweet, it's gross."
The front door swings open and Regina strolls in casually. Emma had pretty much stayed the same over the years, except for the addition of a few wrinkles. Regina, though, looked sexier. Then again, she was biased. The brunette's hair had grown to touch the top of her breasts, framing her face perfectly. It had also changed style with age. Regina's hair was wavy but not dramatically so. Her breasts had stayed larger after the pregnancy but her waist had slimed down. The brunette had gone crazy with dieting after the birth of the twins, even though Emma constantly told her it was unnecessary. The blonde loved her wife whether she was 120 pounds or 320 pounds.
But, in all honesty, Regina had never looked better and Emma couldn't get enough. Luckily for them, they had always found ways to be intimate. Emma would sneak into the mayor's office and they would make love on the couch in front of the fire, or the sorceresses would freeze time so that they could have alone time without worrying about the children. The women had gotten creative.
"Mommy!" Eva shouted, running at full speed toward her brunette mother, who just opened her arms and took the brunt of the attack with grace. Emma chuckled as she watched Regina tickle the girl's sides and Eva giggle uncontrollably.
"Where's my Scar?" Regina shouted happily and Emma glared when the blonde girl came running down at the sound of her other mother's voice.
"Mommy!" The blonde girl yelled, her voice raspy. She blew right past Emma, who threw her arms up, and jumped onto Regina. The mayor cradled their heads and smiled at them.
"Henry's college graduation is today and we can't be late. Do you think you can be ready in," Regina checked her watch, "ten minutes?"
The girls nodded before running back up the stairs. Emma sighed and pulled the brunette in for a kiss. As usual, it got a bit passionate and Emma moaned quietly. Regina pulled back with a nip to the blonde's lips.
"You taste sweet," Regina quirked a brow, "Did you have a bear claw for lunch?"
"No!" Emma sputtered unconvincingly and Regina smirked. Emma stomped her foot and whined, "Gina, I hate granola bars."
"I know you do but the doctor said your cholesterol was a bit above normal." The brunette chuckled, knowing how much Emma hated eating healthier options.
"When I die, I want to go with a bear claw in my hand and your pussy in my mouth." Emma purred into the brunette's ear. Regina shivered and licked the skin below the blonde's left ear.
"You're incorrigible," Regina smiled sensuously as Emma kissed from her ear to her collarbone and nipped, "No marks! I'm wearing a dress and I do not want to walk around Henry's campus with an Emma sized hickey."
Emma pulled back, made eye contact with her wife, and sighed, "I love you, Baby. I'm so lucky."
"I love you too, Honey," Regina leaned their forehead's together and looked down, "You're not wearing those shoes to the ceremony, are you?"
Emma looked down at her black and white sneakers, "What? They match the outfit… right?"
"Emma, you're wearing professional slacks and white button up shirt. You can't wear Converse sneakers with that."
"I can and I will… and I look fabulous. You're just jealous." Regina lifted her hands in surrender.
"Honey, as you once said to me before our first date, you could wear a garbage bag and I'd swoon." Emma chuckled and wrapped her arms around her wife tightly.
"Can you believe Henry is graduating from college? He's a man now. It's crazy." The blonde shook her head and Regina sighed.
"I know. My little prince isn't so little anymore." Regina joked, turning to the stairs, "Girls! It's been ten minutes!"
The two women could hear the desperate pitter-patter of little feet as they sprinted down the stairs. The family made their way to the black mini-van (they sold the Mercedes after the twin's arrived) and the girls automatically took the third row seats because they were going to pick up Snow, Charming, and Neal.
"Is aunt Ruby and aunt Hades coming?" Scar asked from across the car. Regina looked back at the girls, checking to see if they had their seatbelts and nodded internally when she saw that they had, as Emma put the car in drive.
"Yes but they're taking their own car. We all won't fit in here." Regina smiled at the girls before turning back to look at the road.
"Did you girl's bring your DS's? It's a two hour trip to Northeastern U." Emma questioned, looking at the twin's through the rearview mirror. Regina affirmed, saying that she packed the devices in the travel bags. The girl's lifted their respective bags so that Emma could see them.
The car pulled up to the curb outside of Snow and Charming's home. They had moved out of the apartment after Emma and Regina's wedding, in hopes that they could babysit the babies whenever the couple needed alone time. The house was a beautiful cottage style home with six bedrooms, enough space for the grandbabies and the daughter-in-law. Regina chuckled as she watched Charming wrangle his family's travel bags and Snow walk empty handed behind him. Nine-year old Neal trailed in the back, too busy aggressively pounding on his PSP buttons.
Emma hopped out of the car to help her father as Snow jumped into the second row's left seat and ordered Neal into the third row. The boy rolled his eyes and threw a happy smirk at Regina before sitting next to Scar. The two immediately began talking excitedly about a video game that was to be released in a week.
"So, Regina, nervous for Henry?" Snow leaned forward in her seat, and stuck her head in between the two front seats to get a better look at her daughter-in-law's face.
"No. Years ago, I thought I'd be a wreck but I'm just excited for him." Regina smiled brightly, twisting her body to face Snow.
"Oh, we'll see. You'll probably bawl your eyes out when his name get's called." Regina chuckled and agreed as Emma and Charming returned to their seats.
"Everybody ready?" Emma asked, throwing a large grin at her wife before looking in the rearview mirror to take in the sight of her family. Family. Something she thought she'd never have. The blonde felt her eyes tear up and cleared her throat as she reached to clasp Regina's hand with her free one.
"Let's go, Honey. I'd like to get there before I'm a hundred." Regina teased.
"Technically, aren't you pretty close?"
"Charming!" Snow shrieked.
"I wouldn't talk shepherd. You're not far off either." Regina chuckled as Snow smacked her husband's bicep.
"So rude." Snow mumbled.
"It's the truth! Embrace it Snow!" The man yelped and the kids in the back cheered as the car moved forward.
Oh, yeah. Life was really, really, really great.
A/N: Oh, I've got the sniffles! It's over. I really want to thank everyone that followed, favorited, and reviewed! I'm so appreciative and I'm glad you stuck around to see it through. Thank you!