Regina had transported herself and Emma to the mansion and the three women were sitting at the kitchen island on the stools, sipping their coffee's that Ruby had bought back from the diner, half strength for Emma, the blonde let out a soft groan before standing slowly, heading to the sink, tying her hair into a pony-tail as she went before she leant in, sticking her head under the tap, taking long gulps of water from the faucet to get rid of the sick taste from before.
"Are you okay, Dear?" Regina asked as she came over, rubbing Emma's lower back slowly and gently.
"Uh-huh." The blonde mumbled after washing her face with a few splashes of water before turning the tap back off, lifting the bottom of her shirt up to dry her face off.
"Hey, Em?" Ruby asked and looked at Emma's stomach when it was revealed.
"Yeah?" Came the murmured reply as Emma leant back over the sink, taking long deep breaths.
"How far along did you say you were?" The wolf asked carefully.
"Almost nineteen weeks, why?" Emma asked looking over her shoulder at her friend.
"Regina, I have an idea seeing as Emma doesn't want to tell anyone she's pregnant. But when she gets too big to hide it... Why don't you and I just say she's carrying for us?" Ruby shrugged. "I mean, if I were to get pregnant, it'd be like, a litter. And well, you told me you couldn't have children..."
Emma's head snapped up and she looked at both the brunette's. "You'd say that for me?" She asked hopefully.
"Well, I think that's a great idea, Ruby." Regina smiled, leaning over the island to kiss her partner.
"Yeah, I get those sometimes," Ruby smirked and looked over at Emma who was rubbing her stomach quietly.
"Em, you okay?" Ruby asked as she watched her friend.
"Yes, I- I'm just processing. Thank you for helping me." Emma smiled and moved closer to the couple, hugging them tight.
~Six Weeks Later ~ Twenty-Five Weeks Pregnant~
Emma crossed her arms, leaning back against the couch in her home with a pout on her lips, she just tried to eat her onion rings, and as soon as she was about to take every bite, the baby's magic had turned it into a salad, making Emma almost gag, she liked Salad, she did, but she REALLY wanted those onion rings.
She grabbed her phone and dialled Regina's number as she had memorised, biting her lip as the line rang.
"Emma, is everything okay?" Emma heard Regina ask as the call connected.
"Yes. Uh, well, no.." Emma sighed. "I'm bored, can I go to your place and play Henry's Xbox? He took it over last time he visited." Emma said.
"Of course, do you still have your emergency key?"
"Yeah," Pushing herself up off the couch, Emma continued to speak "The baby keeps changing my food into something else."
"What are you eating?"
"I was trying to eat onion rings, but the devil child kept changing it to salad, and not the good kind, like the kind with the Greek feta instead of the Danish one, and like, no olives, so it tastes gross, and I really just want onion rings," Emma whined as she made her way to the outside trash with her onion rings so they didn't stink the house up, she waved a hand, locking her home up before starting to walk towards the mayoral mansion.
"Maybe you should just try eating something the baby wants for once instead of fighting it, Emma?" Regina chuckled.
Emma groaned and looked around. "Regina, can I stay over tonight?" Emma asked almost desperately.
"Of course, Dear. I'll come home on my lunch break and set the guest room up for you,"
"No, I'll just stay on the couch in the den, it's comfy, I mean, I've slept there before that night I was drunk, Remember?" Emma shrugged.
"Yes, but, being pregnant, it won't be good for your back to stay on that for so long, I'll drop by the store on my way home this afternoon before getting Ruby from work and I'll cook something for dinner that we'll all enjoy, even the baby."
Emma beamed and quickened her steps when she turned onto Regina's street, she pulled her keys from her pocket and searched the keychain for Regina's key, which she painted red so she knew it was Regina's but the nail polish was starting to chip off from clanging against all the other keys, she let herself into the mansion, putting the keys back into her pocket as she made her way through to the kitchen, pulling the fridge open, she pouted at not seeing any juice.
"Hey, 'Gina?" Emma asked innocently.
"Yes, Emma?" Regina asked, and Emma heard the sound of something dropping on the phone.
"Can you please grab some of that juice I like when you go to the store?"
"Of course, Dear, I should get back to work, you relax, I'll let Ruby know you're staying over when she brings me my mid-morning coffee."
"Mmmmmm..." Emma mumbled. "Coffee sound's amazing right now, can you get her to bring me some?"
"I'll see how much time she can get off." Regina said before the office phone began ringing "I should get back to work, Emma, talk to you later."
"Okay, bye." Emma ended the all and slid her phone into her pocket, she grabbed a grape soda from the fridge and headed into the den, grabbing the TV and the Xbox controllers from their spot beside the TV, turning both devices on as she sat on the couch, folding her legs up against her, resting her soda in her lap, her legs crossed to keep the drink from falling when she opened it.
She winced, putting a hand on her stomach, rubbing the spot the baby was kicking, "Alright, kid, chill." Emma said and straightened her back, leaning half back against the sofa, relaxing slightly.
When the Xbox loaded, Emma signed into her profile and typed her code in before scrolling through to the games, starting up a game of 'Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3,' she settled in and started playing a solo match, working her level up to twenty-two from the seven it was on since she hadn't had the time to play it in quite some time, helping Henry with his homework whenever he stayed at her place, and the other half of the time, she'd be too exhausted to play whether it be from working too hard, or just the pregnancy.
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Emma woke to the smell of food cooking and she looked around, momentarily confused, her heart thudded at the different surrounding until she remembered she was at Regina's, she made her way downstairs to the kitchen, fixing her hair as best she could by running her fingers through it before stepping into the kitchen.
"Reg-" Emma's voice cracked and she cleared her throat before trying again. "Regina." She said, her voice coming out stronger now.
"Oh, Emma, you're awake." Regina smiled. "I came home for my lunch break and you were asleep in the den, so I made the bed up and well. You were transported by magic." Regina said, making Emma nod with her confused look going away as to how she had gotten upstairs.
"Regina, thank you for letting me crash here, I just, it's so lonely at my house, and, Henry likes it in this house better," Emma tucked her hands into her pockets, biting her lip, "I think he should stay here full time, he has all these tests coming up and will need to study and be in a quiet enviro, and I don't think if her were to be at my place will be good for him with a crying baby." She said as she looked at her son's other mother.
"That's silly, we're not going to leave you there alone," Ruby said as she walked into the kitchen, putting a milkshake in front of Emma. "Granny said to give this to you," Ruby explained and shrugged, walking around the counter to kiss Regina's cheek.
"But he-" Emma started but Regina held a hand up.
"Stay in the guest room here," Regina said without hesitation. "Ruby and I have discussed it, and if the town thinks you're doing this for us. Then it'll be better if you're staying here so we can help you if you need it, and you'll be better off here why you're having the dwarves work on your house for you, all that stuff in the air can't be good for you."
Emma looked at them shocked and nodded slowly. "Thank you, so much."
"You're welcome, Em, besides, it'll be better to have a good friend around to hang out with on my days off because Regina works so much." Ruby chuckled and threw her arm around Emma's shoulder.
Later that evening, Emma was cutting her food into tiny pieces instead of eating, making the three other occupants at the table watch her.
Henry excused himself once he'd finished his meal, saying he was going up to finish his homework before bed.
When Henry was clear of the room, Ruby stood up, grabbing Regina's and her own plate, taking them to the kitchen, giving Regina a gesture that motioned her to talk to Emma.
"Miss Swan," Regina said Sharply, gaining Emma's attention, the blonde sitting up straighter, looking around.
"Wh-Sorry, Regina. I was off in my own world." She scooped a pile of food onto her fork, it was all so small now that there was barely any chewing involved, she leant back against the chair and swallowed hard, looking at her plate. "What did I miss?" She asked looking back up to Regina.
"Henry got a girl pregnant, Ruby is leaving me and I'm leaving town," Regina said and watched Emma's reaction.
"I'm sorry, what?" Emma stood quickly. "Henry did what? Wait, Ruby can't leave you! And you can't leave me!"
Regina laughed softly and shook her head. "Sit down, Emma, I was just double checking you were listening to me this time. Henry has done nothing of a sort, Ruby and I are fine, and I'm not leaving town at all."
"That was mean," Emma pouted and sat back down, stroking her stomach, trying to calm the kicking baby.
"Ice-cream, anyone?" Ruby asked as she leant against the doorframe, watching the two women.
"No thank you, Dear." Regina smiled, looking up at her partner. "And Emma needs to finish her dinner before she can have any," Regina said playfully, but that made Emma realise she had a delicious home-cooked meal in front of her, with the promise of ice-cream at the end. She shovelled the food into her mouth quickly, feeling like she was back in the system once more, eating quickly before someone could steal the food from your plate.
The doorbell chimed through the house and Henry yelled out he'd get it as he was expecting a friend over to help with a group project.
"Uh, Mum," Henry called for the front door. "It's for you." He said hesitantly and Regina sniffed the air, growling lightly, heading towards the door.
"I'll handle this one," Ruby said, motioning Henry to go to his room when she got to the door, Henry was about to turn away when he saw Hansel coming up the path with a stack of books in his hand for their project, they both ran up to Henry's room out of the adults way.
Regina stuck her head out of the dining room to see why Ruby was so angry and she clenched her fists at the sight of the person standing at the door. "Come on, Emma, how about we go to the kitchen and get you some ice-cream?" Regina said as she took the blonde's half-empty plate.
"But you said-" Emma started and Regina chuckled.
"You're an adult you don't have to actually finish your meal to get ice-cream, Emma," Regina said and Emma stared at her dinner plate, making Regina realise she probably would like to finish her meal anyway. "You can eat in the kitchen, I'll make you a sundae, I'll need your help to tell me what to put on it," Regina said and headed towards the kitchen, Emma a few steps behind.