Hello everybody! Another update is up!
I know it has been a VERY long time since I last updated, but if it helps, it's not just with you guys who reads this story! I haven't updated at stories for a long time. And I am very ashamed of myself.
But if I have to come with some sort of apology, I just haven't had the best couple of weeks. So many things to think about and so many decisions to make. A depression I had to get out of. To say my life has been hard the last couple of weeks, will be a large understatement. So I think you guys need to accept that sometimes I will have moments and even periods where I just need to relax. And when those moments and periods arrive, I won't be able to write or read anything. I simply don't have the strength to do it.
But I am back once again with a new update for you guys, and I will also soon be posting my next update on my other story 'A Reason to Smile'. I am currently writing on 'Soldier of Love', and 'A Stranger in Storybrooke' is honestly currently dead at the moment. I have no ideas to the story and I simply don't know what to write into it. But yeah. I will soon come with lots of updates. And I hope of course that you like all of them.
So without further ado, lets get to the story!
"Emma I told you not to let him run inside without cleaning his feet first!", Regina yelled as she ran after Crevan into the living room with the towel in her hands. Emma and Henry stood back in the door way.
"I'm sorry Gina", she said and Henry gave her a sympathetic clap on her shoulder before walking upstairs. The family had gotten up early because of the newest family members eagerness to come outside and play in the snow.
"Ugh. Next time we go out and play in the snow, this little guy here is wearing his shoes", Regina said as she walked back inside the dining room with Crevan in her arms and the towel around him. Emma frowned looking at her girlfriend.
"What shoes?"
"These", the brunette said and flicked her wrist making four small baby shoes appear in her hand. Emma raised an eyebrows at the woman while said woman simply eyed her back.
"Anyways. I think our little guy here needs a bath", Emma said and Regina looked down at the fox in her arms quietly sniffing his fur. He did not smell very good.
"Alright. I'll go do some work in my study while you bathe him", she said handing Crevan over to the blondes arms before said blonde could stop her.
"Wha—"
"Please? I don't feel so good today. I just need to get some work done and then lay down", the brunette interrupted the blonde and said blonde nodded and leaned in giving the woman a soft kiss on her lips before walking upstairs to the bathroom.
"And please try not to ruin my bathroom as well! No peeing in any corners!", Regina called out at her wife and instantly received a smirk and shaking head before her wife disappeared upstairs.
"It's like taking care of a baby!", Regina said to herself as she walked to her study and sat down at her desk.
"Alright boy. Let's get you cleaned up", Emma said as she and Crevan entered the bathroom. She placed him in the tub and filled it with water. Crevan jumped in surprise as he heard the water hit the surface and turned to the water running down. Suddenly he looked curious and walked closer to the tab, sniffing with his nose. Emma looked at the whole scene with a smirking and hopeful face.
*Please don't be afraid of the water*, she kept repeating in her head as Crevan slowly walked closer to the tab with his nose. The fox felt the water meetings his paws and looked down for a moment only to lift his front paw and splashing it back down in the water, hitting Emma. Emma jumped back as she saw the water flying towards her, but of course she was hit and suddenly she was drenched from the chest and down to her stomach.
She eyed Crevan with a stern look, only to receive nothing in return since the fox had already gotten his head under the running water, obviously enjoying the feeling of hot water hitting his head.
"You love water, don't you?", she asked and Crevan laid down in the water in the tub rolling around. Emma chuckled and took the shower head slowly starting to wash her favourite pet.
A couple of hours into the day, Regina had decided to take a break from work and walked to the living room, deciding to lay down in the couch for a bit, only to have her dream crushed into pieces as she was met by Henry playing video games and Emma sitting in the couch watching Henry play, while Crevan was lying on his back on the couch beside the blonde, playing with said blondes hand. Emma turned and saw her girlfriend standing in the door.
"Hey. How is work going?", she asked smiling and Regina smiled tiredly back at her.
"It's going fine. Only a couple of papers more and I'm done. I just needed to lie down for a bit before continuing"
"Oh, are you okay? Do you want me to get you something?", Emma asked worried and at that Henry stopped his game and turned to his brunette mother.
"Hey mom. Are you okay?", he asked and Regina smiled at how worried her family was about her. She hadn't felt that in a long time.
"I just need to lie down. Probably just a headache", she said and turned to eye Emma with a 'don't-say-anything' look and Emma nodded understanding the silent request. Henry for his part looked suspicious at his two mothers, but decided to think about to later. Right now it seemed his brunette mother needed some quietness and closed down the game before walking out of the room, kissing both of his mothers cheeks before walking upstairs.
"We have the best son in the world", Emma said smiling at her girlfriend and Regina smiled nodding as she walked to the couch first then noticing Crevan.
"Emma", she said warningly and Emma rolled her eyes.
"Don't worry, I will clean up the hair"
Regina hummed before nodding and walking to the other couch and laying down.
"No no, get over here. You can lay with me and Crevan", Emma said but immediately received a look in exchange.
"I will not lie on that couch until you've cleaned it up, Swan", Regina said before closing her eyes trying to get some sleep.
*Why the hell did I choose the couch over my bed? It's absolutely mortifying*
"Alright, then I'll get over there. You're gonna break your neck with you lay there the all afternoon", Emma said putting Crevan back down onto the floor before standing and walking to the other couch, but a hand on her stomach stopped her from moving further.
"One. You're smelling like fox. Two. You have his hair absolutely everywhere. So unless you go take a shower, you will not be less than five feet away from me", Regina said with closed eyes and Emma couldn't stop herself from rolling her eyes at her girlfriend. She was way too delicate.
"Fine. I'll go take a shower, but please just go lie down in our bed then. It will be much more comfortable for you than that couch", Emma said before walking upstairs. Regina's eyes opened once the blonde was gone. Had the blonde not noticed it? 'Our bed'. Regina smiled and decided that it was probably best to go lie down in their bed. It was rather comfy, and definitely better than the couch. She walked upstairs and inside their bedroom already hearing the water running. She walked to the bed and sat down slowly. A second later a naked Emma walked out of the walk-in closet and Regina couldn't stop gawking at her girlfriends body. The toned arms, the toned legs, the very much toned stomach and the most filthiest breast. Emma Swan was absolutely gorgeous in the mayors eyes.
"Enjoying the view?", a deep voice said and Regina only now noticed that the blonde was standing right in front of her. Less than five feet away. But she didn't think about that right now. All she thought about was how amazing the blonde looked naked. So she didn't trust her voice at the moment and decided to just nod. It took all of her strength not to just take the woman on the spot. But the smell of the familiar fox smell stopped her naughty thoughts and she gently placed a hand on the blondes shoulder pushing her back.
"Five feet, Swan"
Emma laughed and blew her a kiss and a wink before walking to the bathroom swaying her hips a little more than usual, knowing the brunette would look. And look she did. A very small part of her regret pushing the blondes naked body away. But the smell won and it probably always would. But that would be the only smell. Sweat wouldn't be such of a big deal.
She took a deep breath and lied down on the bed closing her eyes. After while into her sleep she felt strong arms around her waist and a naked body against her back. She groaned before feeling a light kiss to her neck.
"Welcome back", Emma whispered in her ear and Regina smiled to herself. Emma somehow always made her smile.
"How is our little bump doing?", Emma whispered and the brunette couldn't help but chuckle. She brought her hand to Emma's and brought it to her belly.
"Our bump is doing fine. But he or she is making me sick"
Emma chuckled and kissed the brunette's cheek.
"I feel you my love. When I carried Henry in jail, I was literally taking over the bathrooms because of the morning sickness. Sometimes I didn't even make it to the bathrooms so I just did it on the floor"
"I'm sorry", Regina said surprising the blonde and said blonde furrowed her eyebrows.
"Why are you apologising?"
"Because I gave you that life Emma. I casted the curse. I forced you to—"
"Stop Regina. Stop that", Emma interrupted and Regina kept quiet looking down.
"Listen to me. Yes you casted the curse. But it wasn't your fault I didn't get adopted. It wasn't your fault I went to prison. And it wasn't your fault I became pregnant with Henry. What happened after my parents put me in the wardrobe, is not your fault", she said and Regina felt tears in her eyes and soon they were flowing down her cheeks.
"I don't regret it", she suddenly said and she could feel Emma smile against her neck.
"Me neither. I really should thank you. For doing it you know. If you hadn't done it—"
"We wouldn't have Henry", Regina finished and Emma smiled wide and hugged the woman from behind. They laid in silence for a couple of minutes before Emma could hear the slight snoring of her girlfriend. She chuckled and kissed the woman gently on her cheek. The hard work as a mayor and being pregnant must have worn out the woman. It probably will the next couple of months.
Emma stood from the bed and walked to the closed putting on a bathrobe before walking out of the bedroom towards her son's room. She knocked and opened the door seeing her son sitting in his bed reading the first Harry Potter book. Emma knew she had chosen the right decision when deciding to give the kid the book collection of the Harry Potter series.
"Hey kid. How's it going with the book?"
"Great. I have to keep it up you know. Now that I have five of the books, I have to get started", he said and Emma smiled at her son.
"Well I'm glad you like them. Make sure to thank this Santa when he reveals himself", she said joking with her son.
"Yeah. IF he reveals himself", Henry said shaking his head making his blonde mother furrow her eyebrows.
"Don't you think he will that?", she asked walking inside closing the door behind her.
"I don't know. What if he just wants to stay hidden? Then how can I thank him for all the stuffs he gives me?", Henry asked and Emma sighed before waking to the bed sitting down.
"If he wants to stay hidden, we have to give him that. But I think he already knows how grateful your are for your presents", she said and Henry nodded before closing his book.
"But I just came to tell you that your mom isn't feeling so well today, so dinner will be made on our own. Eat what you want kid. But it has to be healthy!", Emma stated and Henry nodded before climbing out of bed and walking down the stairs, deciding to make some dinner for her and Regina. About half through the dinner, she heard Regina's phone and walked to the study seeing it on the desk. The screen was flashing up and a text message was seen on the screen. But it wasn't from her.
Hello Savior
Emma widened her eyes and looked around, somehow desperately trying to find someone looking at her. The phone bussed again and the blonde turned to see another text message.
Did you really think it would be that easy? It takes more than looking out of the window to find me
What the hell?