New chapter, this is a long one! Regina has arrived people, expect to see the two ladies getting close very soon :D
The following morning Emma woke up to find David had moved off the bed, but Mary Margaret was still pressed firmly against her back.
The brunette with the pixie hair cut was humming quietly, running her hand through Emma's long locks.
"Morning…" Emma grumbled, still wanting to sleep.
"It's almost afternoon, sleepy head." Mary Margaret chuckled, not stopping her soothing actions.
"Might as well go back to sleep then." Emma closed her eyes, but the brunette tapped her face, Emma groaning as she turned over to face her friend.
"I'm awake, I'm awake." Emma said unconvincingly.
"Well, me and David need your help. We've decided to have a party at Granny's tonight, to celebrate the baby…" Mary Margaret grinned as Emma smiled, her eyes till closed and her head against Mary Margaret's shoulder. "And we may have invited the whole town."
She bit her lip, knowing if Emma had the energy she would be rolling her eyes.
"Why?" Emma moaned, just wanting to be left alone so she could sleep again.
"Because... So I volunteered you to help Ruby decorate the diner." She said, Emma not thrilled about the job, but thinking of some of the other things Mary Margaret could have gotten her to do, she conceded and accepted the job semi-gratefully.
"Thanks." Emma grunted.
"Are you ok with this?" Mary Margaret asked tentatively, knowing it would be easier to have this conversation with Emma now rather than in a few month's time.
Letting Emma build up her feelings was a sure fire way of a completely uncontrolled emotional explosion.
"With the baby?" Mary Margaret looked at Emma who buried her face in the pillows.
"Of course I am." Emma mumbled, knowing Mary Margaret would never believe her, but it was worth a try.
"Emma Swan?" Mary Margaret rubbed Emma's cheek, waiting for the blonde to wake up some more and open her eyes before she continued the conversation.
"A baby is a lot of hard work." Emma finally said, her eyes now wide open and staring into Mary Margaret's brown orbs.
"I know." The brunette smiled back.
"And so am I…" Emma shook her head as the other woman went to talk. "Don't say I'm not, I know I am, and I'm so grateful you've stuck by me, I just don't want to stop you from spending time with your child because you're busy worrying about me."
Emma bit her lip, feeling the sad tears pricking in her eyes.
"Emma, me and David have promised we will always be here for you, and it will be more difficult if there's and baby and you… But you are not a problem Emma, you never have been, you're not an inconvenience and you never will be." Mary Margaret kissed Emma's forehead. "Don't ever let yourself feel like that, we love you."
Emma started to cry.
"Don't cry, baby…" Mary Margaret using her favourite term of endearment, only when Emma was in the presence of herself or David.
"I don't want to feel like this anymore." Emma sobbed, her words breaking Mary Margaret's heart.
"You won't feel like this forever, I know today feels like a bad day, but things will get better." The brunette rubbing Emma's back as she cried onto her chest.
"It just doesn't feel possible." Emma's voice was barely above a whisper.
"I know, but it is, I promise." Glad when she felt Emma nodding sadly into her chest.
It took a good two hours for Mary Margaret to coax Emma out of bed, phoning David to come back from the Station to lift the blonde out in the end.
"You'll miss out on the party if you stay in bed." David had kissed Emma's cheek before lifting her from the mattress.
Emma tried half-heartedly to scramble out of his arms and back onto the bed, but David held her firmly.
"Now…" David dropped his voice to a whisper. "Mary Margaret wants the whole place in pink frills, so I suggest you and Ruby get a wriggle on and decorate the place before she starts."
David walked into the kitchen, finally setting Emma on the floor.
"Shall I walk you over to Granny's?" David questioned, Emma nodded her head slowly. "Do you wanna go to the docks first?"
"No, I talk to Mary Margaret." She smiled, it was a pathetic drip of a smile, but David caught it, flashing her one back.
A further hour later and Emma was finally in Ruby's company, the excitable brunette nattering about all of the decorations she had found in Granny's attic.
Emma smiled and waved sadly at David.
"I'll see you soon." He kissed Emma's forehead, feeling the blonde's arms wrap around his waist.
He felt like a Father dropping his child off a pre-school for the first time.
Ruby saw this and grabbed a big pink feather boa, wrapping it neatly around Emma's waist.
"Come on, Miss Swan, you're mine for the afternoon. Let Mr Boring over their go and get his nails done or something." Ruby joked, Emma letting a chuckle roll from her lips.
David pretended to act very camp, strutting out of the door.
By the time Mary Margaret arrived she was pleasantly surprised to see the diner decorated.
She was even more shocked to see Emma and Ruby pretending to slow dance to a pop son around the floor.
"Oh my Lady…" Ruby suddenly bowed at Mary Margaret's entrance.
Emma blushed, biting her lip as she saw her friend smiling at the pair of them.
"That's, You Majesty to you." Mary Margaret quipped.
The three women laughed, Ruby releasing her grip on Emma who sunk into a booth.
"I actually like it…" Mary Margaret grinned at the décor.
There were blue and pink bows around the top of the wall, connected by hanging white ribbons.
There were also matching table clothes and napkins at each table and a big sign saying congratulations at the end of the shop.
"Took us forever." Ruby feigned being exhausted, plopping on the seat next to Emma and lying on top of the blonde who laughed at her.
"More like half an hour, then someone got bored." Emma drawled sarcastically, Mary Margaret stopping her tears from falling as she got a small glimpse at the old Emma, always so witty and quick to the mark.
Mary Margaret had organized the guests to arrive from 8:30pm onwards, Mary Margaret reminding Emma she couldn't forget to take her tablets at 10pm.
Emma had nodded, knowing that taking her tablets in public was never a pleasant experience.
Emma happily mingled with the few people she knew in the town, trying to stick as close to Ruby, Mary Margaret and David for the entirety of the evening.
All three knowing that social situations sometimes had Emma on edge and really wore her out.
Emma stood awkwardly against the counter, Mary Margaret had rushed to the toilet, and David was talking to someone called Aurora, who Emma swore she had never met.
Ruby, on the other hand, was busy drunkenly hugging everyone in the vicinity, acting as if it was her who was receiving all of the congratulations.
Emma could help but laugh lightly as her friend latched onto Mary Margaret who just emerged from the toilet.
Emma didn't want to interrupt, messing with the long sleeves of her long grey sleeves of her oversized cardigan, which hung to just above her knees.
The black turtle neck had been tucked into her tight black skinny jeans and Mary Margaret had insisted Emma had worn her hair down, with a few bobby pins in the back to keep it from her face.
Emma was suddenly called over by Doctor Hopper, Emma putting on a big smile as she walked over the bespectacled man.
"How are you Emma?" He asked, Emma knew he was the one person who would see past all of her lies, not matter how much she convinced him.
"Tired, but happy for Mary Margaret and David." She smiled, it was honest, not the whole truth but it was the truth.
"Did you talk about how it would affect you all as a unit?" He questioned, Emma liking the way her saw the three of them as a team, he never saw Emma as the one who needed the special attention.
"We talked, I want to talk some more but…" Emma jumped as the door to the diner behind her opened.
Her eyes grew wide and her mouth gaped a little as a brunette she had never seen before entered the room.
Everyone else continued to talk amongst themselves.
Her lips were plump and were a maroon red, perfectly shaped into a subtle pout which made Emma jealous, biting at her own thin lips.
The woman looked at Emma, smiling widely and giving Emma butterflies as her perfectly straight teeth came onto show.
Emma blushed, waving slightly and turning away to fine Mary Margaret, not before catching a glimpse of the woman's neatly coiffed hair and young son, who was clutching to her hand.
"Sorry I'm late." The woman didn't seem to bat an eye lid as Emma dashed over to Mary Margaret, who immediately broke off her conversation to speak to Emma.
A few people mumbled their greetings, Emma feeling Mary Margaret's hand in her own, leading her back to her 'perfect stool' at the counter.
"She's the new Mayor, I couldn't not invite her." Mary Margaret told her, hoping Emma didn't freak at the new woman's presence. "That's her son, Henry, he's a lovely boy."
"Hmmm…" Emma let her eyes wander to the pair, the older woman pouring all the care in the world into cutting her eager son a piece of her homemade lasagne, and dishing it to him on a plate.
"Kinda cute, huh?" Mary Margaret smiled at Emma, who blushed profusely, biting her lip and turning around.
Emma smiled, embarrassingly wide as Mary Margaret kissed Emma's cheek.
"I offered to take the kid home, she says she doesn't want to stop long." Mary Margaret told Emma, as if on cue the woman got up to leave. "Go after her."
Mary Margaret pushed Emma forward, Emma taking a very deep breath before following the new brunette out of the door.
Emma hopped down the stairs.
"Archie made a cake." She blurted out, the woman in the black coat turning around slowly.
A nervous smile plastered on Emma's face made the other woman grin back.
"You don't wanna stay for a piece?" Emma asked, her voice trembling as she did so, not quite believing Mary Margaret had gotten her into this mess.
"I'm fine, thank you." Emma was captured by the woman's voice, it was soft and kind, yet gruff and mysterious all at the same time.
Emma looked down at the floor, she hadn't expected there to be a conversation and now she was stuck for what to say.
"I'm Regina…" The Latina woman reached out her hand, waiting patiently for Emma to place her hand in hers. Emma looked up, letting a grin tug at her lips. "I'm the new Mayor."
Regina put her hand back in her pocket, not forcing her luck with someone who she assumed was slightly adverse to touch.
"Emma, Emma Swan." Emma laughed nervously.
"Well, Emma, this cake had better be good." Regina walked back towards Emma, indicating at the door which Emma jumped up to, opening it for the amazingly beautiful woman.
"See moments…" David whispered to Emma as she re-entered the shop, Regina in tow. "Hi…" David held out his hand to Regina, who shook it firmly. "I'm David."
"I hear a congratulations are in order." Regina smiled.
"Thank you, Emma here is all set to be the little one's Godmother." Emma blushed, pushing at David's chest, as if begging him to stop.
"That's lovely." Regina nodded.
David then looked at his watch, seeing it was 9:50pm, he looked at Emma who nodded.
"Do you have a surprise planned?" Regina asked, seeing the exchange between the two friends.
Emma just shook her head, Regina leaving the conversation to rest.
"What do you do around here then, Emma?" Regina asked, seeing the blonde was obviously uncomfortable and wasn't about to initiate any sort of talking.
"I'm the Sheriff, not that there's much crime around here." Emma laughed, cringing as she realised she had said exactly the same thing to Killian a few nights ago.
"I bet that's all down to you good Policing." Regina complemented, finding a cuteness in the blonde as she blushed. "You have the loveliest eyes I've ever seen." Regina smiled, watching Emma start to mess with her hair.
"Thank you…" Emma stumbled over her words.
"No problem, dear, now if you'll excuse me I need to visit the Ladies room." Regina excused herself, not really wanting to break the conversation with the gorgeous blonde.
Emma went to find Mary Margaret, realising she needed her pills sooner rather than later.
Mary Margaret took her to the back of the shop, handing them to Emma, along with a big glass of water.
Emma hiccupped as she took the first pill, it getting stuck in her throat and making her gag.
Mary Margaret didn't have a chance to react as Emma ran to the toilets and dashed into the first cubicle, sticking her head down the toilet as she violently threw up.
Regina who had just exited the cubicle didn't hesitate to run in after the blonde, crouching next to her dilapidated figure.
"Alright, dear…" Regina's voice soothed Emma's sobs, finding comfort in the brunette's hand which rubbed her back gently.
With her other hand Regina pulled Emma's hair from her face.
"It's ok… Let it all out…" Regina shushed Emma.
Mary Margaret quickly ran in after Emma, surprised to see the new Mayor kneeling protectively next to the blonde.
"Shh… It's ok…" Regina let her hand dance soothing patterns up and down Emma's back.
"I can take over." Mary Margaret called from behind Emma.
Emma suddenly grasped Regina's leg.
"I don't mind staying." Regina assured her.
"OK, Emma I'm going to get David, so he can carry you home." Mary Margaret called to Emma who half nodded, her head still in the toilet.
The sickness eventually passed, Emma collapsing backwards onto Regina.
"Hello, dear." Regina smiled, using a hankie from her pocket to wipe around Emma's mouth. "Are you going to be sick again?" She asked, Emma shook her head, before passing out on Regina.
Seconds later David arrived, kneeling next to Emma and Regina.
"I think she fainted." Regina said worriedly, wiping her hand across Emma's warm face.
"She'll be ok, thank you for looking after her." David lifted Emma from Regina's arms, Mary Margaret offering the other brunette a hand up.
"Oh baby." Mary Margaret let the pet name slip from her lips as she turned around to see Emma's head lolled back in David's arms. "Thank you, so much." She said, turning back to Regina who nodded, but her worried eyes still on Emma's unconscious body, not knowing if Emma was seriously ill, see the other too didn't seem overly panicked about the fact she was knocked out. "She'll be ok, I promise."
"Tell her I hope she's ok, and I'll see her around." Regina stepped gingerly forward, tucking Emma's fallen arm on top of her flat stomach.
"She trusts you, that's a big thing." Mary Margaret told Regina, who smiled. "I'll tell her what you said." Mary Margaret then waved, following David out of the diner.
They left the back way after informing Ruby what had happened and that they needed to go.
Regina watched sadly as the Husband and Wife carried Emma's limp body out of the door, hoping she would see the blonde again soon.
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