Hello everybody! Here's another update!
I know it has been a while and I am so sorry! And I am even more sorry to tell you that the next week (From Saturday to Sunday the following week), I will be going at Roskilde festival, if any of you knows what that is! If you do, text me and maybe we can meet up (like any of you wanted to xD)
But because I will be attending the festival, I won't get time to write because I'm working at the festival. And the Monday after I've come home, I will be traveling to Italy and later that week, Germany so for the next three weeks, form Saturday, I won't be able to post anything! But don't worry, I will be writing as much as possible on the vacation and hopefully give you a chapter or two.
But for now, enjoy the chapter here and let me know what you think!
Regina woke by a loud scream and groaned and moved to turn off her alarm. Once it was turned off, fell back asleep. But it didn't last long as she hears the door open and a yelling Henry runs inside.
"Santa has been here!", he says and Regina groans and Henry just laughs and runs back down. Regina sits up and all the memories from last night flows back into her mind. Telling Emma about their bond. Emma leaving. Or rather running away. She sighed and got out of bed. But before she reached the bathroom, she heard a phone and turned to see her a new message. She opened it and smiled at the text.
Good morning
Good morning
Regina wrote back and walked to the bathroom taking a shower. When she walked back out she noticed to messages.
Slept well?
Regina smiles at the text and quickly texts back.
I slept rather fine I guess. What about you?
She goes to the next text and her face immediately falls.
Hey
She smiles a little at the text. She's happy that Emma have decided to contact her.
Hey
She lays her phone down and finds some clothes to put on. Once on, the phone vibrates once more and she sees her secret admires text.
I have slept fine as well, thank you. Now go get your coffee
Regina smiles and quickly types a thank you and sends it before walking down the stairs and sees Henry sitting in the dining room at the table with his present.
"Good morning Henry", she says and walks over kissing his forehead. Henry smiles at her and shows her his present.
"Look mom. My secret Santa gave me the next Harry Potter book", he says and Regina smiled at him, happy to see him that happy.
"That's nice dear. Have you even started the first?"
Henry nodded eagerly and smiled wide.
"I'm almost done actually", he said and Regina eyed him suspicious.
"Henry, are you doing your homework or reading all day long?", she asked and Henry eyed her and rolled his eyes.
"Of course I'm doing my homework, mom"
Regina grinned and kissed him on the forehead before turning to her own present. She sat down beside him. She sighed and gently opened it. It wasn't very big and Regina figured it could be some kind of jewelry. But before she could open it fully, her phone vibrated and she looked down at it to see Emma's text.
Can we talk?
Regina smiles and text her back her time and place before turning back to her present.
"Was that ma?", he asked and Regina nodded.
"Are you guys fighting?", he asked a little sad and Regina turned to him with furrowed eyebrows.
"We're fine Henry. We just need to talk things through", she said and Henry nodded. He didn't want his parents to be tarred apart. He wanted them to be a family.
"I hope I goes okay", he said and Regina smiled at him. But she couldn't help but get curious.
"Henry, are you... Are you sure you're okay with me and Emma's relationship?", she asked and Henry could see the frightens in his mothers eyes. He smiled and nodded.
"Yeah. I'm happy that you guys have found your happy ending in each other", he said and Regina smiled at him.
"Thank you Henry", she said and Henry smiled at her before turning to her present.
"Go open it. Maybe there's a new lead in the card", he said and Regina chuckled and took the card which was attached to the gift and read it.
The key to my heart. Take good care of it
- O
"An O. That goes to my collection", Henry said and ran upstairs, Regina following him with her confused eyes. She turned back to the card and smiled at it. The man really was a charmer. Henry came running back down with a paper and a pen and 4 letters were already written on it.
"Alright so we have an S, an L, an A, a V and now an O", he said and Regina chuckled and shook her head at her sons excitement.
"Henry is this going to be some sort of operation?", she asked and Henry smiled wide.
"Maybe"
Emma had woken and she had texted Regina the second she found her phone. She felt bad as hell for leaving the woman like that. But she was just scared. They were true loves. They shared a damn bond. How was she supposed to deal with that?! But she was utterly grateful that the brunette wanted to give her a chance to explain herself. So now she was standing in the kitchen making herself a cup of coffee and saw her "son" jumping up on the barstool and taking his paws on the kitchen counter.
"Hey bud", she said smiling at him and he made his little noise he always did when he wanted food and Emma smiled and chuckled.
"You're hungry? What about I take you to Granny's huh? Trying something new?", she said and Crevan nodded, like he actually understood her.
"Great. Now we are meeting Regina in... Twenty minutes", she said looking at her watch and Crevan jumped down from the stool and walked to his empty food bowl taking it into his mouth before walking to the door and looking up at it impatiently. Emma chuckled and walked to him bending down.
"You've always been impatient sweetie", she said and scratched him behind his ear. She walked upstairs and got dressed. A couple of minutes later she came back down finding Crevan at the same place as when she left him and she smiled shaking her head.
"Her bud", she said making Crevan turn to her. She smiled and held up the leash.
"What do you say we walk over there?", she asked and Crevan ran to her and Emma smiled squatting down and putting the leash on the fox.
"Alright bud, let's go", she said and took the bowl in front of the door and walked out. They walked towards the diner, Crevan eagerly sniffing around trying to find a place to do his job. And soon Emma felt her pet stop and she turned around to see Crevan standing with his leg up in the air doing his thing against one of the neighbors fence.
"No no, bud, no you can't pee there!", she hissed and Crevan finished up and kept walking like he did nothing wrong. Emma groaned and rolled her eyes before continuing walking toward the diner. After a couple of minutes of walking she walked inside and the whole diner became absolutely silent. Emma suddenly wondered if this was even a good idea.
"Is that a fox?", Leroy asked and Emma nodded.
"Yeah. His name is Crevan", she said and all the guests in the diner looked around before looking back at the savior. A couple of seconds of tense silence later the whole diner bursted out in screams and running and Emma could see Crevan becoming very uncomfortable. So she quickly picked him up and walked out of the way for all the guests to run out of the diner. A couple of seconds later she was standing completely alone in the diner and she turned to see Granny standing at the door to the kitchen.
"Sorry?"
Before Granny could answer Regina bursted inside the diner.
"What the hell happened?", she asked as she saw the blonde and Emma flinched at the yell and she knew she was in trouble. She turned around and Regina's eyes widened so hard Emma actually feared that her eyes might pop out.
"You. You brought... Your fox... To the diner?"
Emma didn't know what to do or say. She was utterly embarrassed. Even Crevan looked guilty as he looked a the brunette with sad guilty eyes.
"For fuck sake miss Swan... Did you even listen to me when I told you about foxes in the enchanted forest?", Regina asked, but quickly stopped the blonde from answering.
"You know what, I don't wanna hear it. Let's just go back to my place and we can get some breakfast and talk there", she said and Emma looked guilty down at Crevan who looked up at her just as guilty. She sat him down and they all walked back in silence. That was until Emma couldn't take it anymore.
"I'm sorry", she muttered and Regina sighed and stopped before turning to her.
"Emma... I know you care about Crevan. And I know you want to keep him, but—"
"I'm not letting go of him, Regina. He's my everything, beside you and Henry. He's the only one I have at home. He's my rock...", she whispered the last part and Regina could see the tears in the woman's eyes. She stepped forward and placed her hand on the blondes cheek before leaning in kissing her gently. Emma immediately kissed her back and Regina was happy that the blonde returned it. But they were stopped as Regina felt a head bumping into her leg and she groaned into the kiss before pulling back and looking down to see Crevan looking up at her with eyes full of jealousy.
"I think someones jealous", she said smirking at the blonde and said blonde chuckled.
"Yeah. According to him, he's the only living creature I can love", she said and Regina furrowed her eyebrows at the woman.
"You love me?", she whispered and Emma smiled sadly at her.
"I'm sorry for running last night. It just scared me. And all I know is running. But I love you Regina. I always have and I alway will", she said and Regina smiled at her before kissing her once again.
"I love you too", she said and Emma smiled and kissed her. But of course they didn't get far this time either as Crevan again bumped his head into the brunette's leg.
"I really don't think that your little son here is very much fond of sharing", Regina said and Emma chuckled and looked down at Crevan.
"She's alright bud. Don't be jealous. You will always be my number one"
Regina turned to her with a look and Emma looked back at her silently asking the brunette.
Don't you dare
After breakfast and a very awkward explanation about the little encounter in the diner, Regina went to work and Emma and Henry stayed at home with Crevan, letting him get the feeling of the mansion. You could see how he took in the house with confused eyes. He was clearly used to Emma's house that it was just too wired for him to be in another house.
Regina walked inside her office and noticed another bouquet of roses. She smiled and walked to the flowers. But strangely, there weren't any card. She hummed in confusion and took the flowers and placed them on the floor, knowing very well, it wasn't from her secret admire.
She sat at her desk and started her paperwork. After an hour she heard a knock on the door and she turned to see Snow walking in.
"Hi Regina"
"Snow. Everything okay?", Regina asked. She knew Snow never visited for just a visit. There was always something she wanted or something that was wrong.
"Everything is fine. Except for the burst out that happened in the diner earlier this morning", she said and Regina groaned and shook her head.
"Granny called me and told me that Emma caused it"
"Then why are you coming to me Snow? You should be talking about it with her"
"Because I was told that she brought Crevan with her to the diner. I wanted to talk about what we do about him", she said and Regina furrowed her eyebrows at the woman.
"About what we do? What do you mean?", she asked and Snow sighed looking down.
"I just thought she knew how foxes was symbolized as in the enchanted forest. That Crevan would actually scare the citizens", she said and Regina sighed and leaned back in her chair.
"She's not loosing him Snow. I can't do that to her. She cares about him. Really really much, and I can't imagine what would happen if she lost him. He's her rock"
Snow smiled at the woman and looked down at her fingers playing with her wedding ring.
"I'm just scared... That something happens... You don't know if the citizens comes and takes Crevan away from her", she says and Regina looks down thinking about it.
"I think—", she started but stopped as she felt something in her stomach and she quickly stood and ran to the toilet and just reached it just in time before she threw up in the toilet and she could hear Snow coming towards her.
"Regina, are you okay?", she asked and Regina nodded once she was done and she looked up at Snow.
"Probably just ate something bad", she said and Snow looked worried at her.
"Are you sure? How long have you felt like this?", she asked and Regina looked away, obviously not wanting to tell the younger woman.
"Regina", Snow said and Regina sighed and turned to her.
"Since yesterday...", she said in defeat and Snow nodded knowingly. Regina noticed the look and sighed.
"No.. No absolutely not. It's not possible", she said walking back to the office and Snow sighed looking at the woman.
"Your spell can be broken Regina. Maybe it's already broken and you're—"
"Don't say it! I don't want to hear it. I can't be... I just can't", she said and sat down in the couch, on the verge of tears.
"Regina..."
Regina shook her head and Snow sighed sitting down beside her.
"Is it Emma's?", she asked gently and Regina turned to turned to the woman with wide eyes.
"You know?", she asked and Snow smiled at the woman.
"A mother always knows", she said and Regina eyed her knowingly.
"And... Emma might have slipped in one of our conversations", Snow said after and Regina nodded looking away. But she turned back to Snow and smiled weakly.
"I'm sorry... I just... I don't know what to do... I don't have the remotest idea of how it is to be pregnant... I can't...", she said and let her tears fall. Snow could see how scared the woman was and she desperately wanted to help the woman. This was her grandchild after all.
"I will help you Regina. Through all of it. And so will Emma. I can go with you to your first appointment with Whale if you want me to", she said and Regina turned to her and hesitated and shook her head in the end. Snow smiled and took her hand squeezing it tight.
"It's okay. But tell Emma. She deserves to know", she said and Regina nodded.
Later that day, Regina walked inside her house and she heard music coming from the kitchen. She narrowed her eyes and walked to the kitchen where Emma and Henry stood baking some muffins.
"Babe", Emma said as she saw Regina in the door and she smiled and walked out the woman kissing her gently on the lips and Regina smiled and kissed her back.
"I love you very much Swan, but what are you doing to my kitchen?", she asked and Emma laughed and kissed the woman's cheek.
"Go and get ready. The muffins is almost finished", she said and Regina nodded walking upstairs. She used the opportunity to take out the pregnancy test and walking to the bathroom using it. She waited for what seemed like forever until the time ran out and she walked to the bathroom seeing the test showing two lines. She felt air leaving her body and she sat down on the toilet trying to find some sort of stable breathing. After several minutes she heard footsteps and she knew she couldn't do anything.
"Gina?", she heard Emma call out and soon the blonde stood at the door to the bathroom and her eyes immediately landed on the pregnancy test in the woman's hand. Regina looked up at her love with scared eyes.
"Emma", she whispered and Emma walked forward gently taking the pregnancy test from the woman's hand and turned it around seeing the two lines. She turned to Regina and looked deeply into her eyes.
"You're pregnant?", she whispered and Regina nodded and stood from the toilet. She took Emma's hand and gently out it on her stomach.
"It's true love. We are true loves", she said and Emma furrowed eyebrows and Regina explained.
"Back in the enchanted forest before I casted the curse, I cursed myself with an infertility spell. It destroyed my ovaries. But apparently our true love broke the spell. I'm pregnant Emma", she said and Emma looked down at the woman's stomach.
"We are going to have a baby", she whispered now just realizing what was actually happening.
"We are going to have a baby", she said louder and Regina smiled wide and nodded.
"We are", she said and Emma laughed and smiled and brought the woman in for a long loving kiss. Regina kissed her back with much love and they both knew they couldn't be more happy.