A/N- Five days in a row, I think we can make it a whole week! A huge thanks to everyone who has continued reading/ reviewing this story, those make my day and keep me chugging along on this :). Hope you enjoy!

Kathryn didn't have to wait too long for her fears to be settled as the next day she had literature with Professor Swan. Though the blonde avoided paying any sort of extra attention to Kathryn, she couldn't help but shoot her a small smile and thumbs up.

That was a week ago, now she was making her way up the steps of a beautiful little brownstone to the address Professor Swan had given her. Over the weekend she had been invited to the park with the family, it was a sort of supervised play date. Though awkward at first Kathryn had proven herself to be a qualified caregiver, and Henry was thrilled to drag her all over the play structure, insisting she watch him on the slide and push him on the swings and all number of other things until the boy was thoroughly tuckered out.

Now she was waiting on the doorstep for her first evening watching Henry while his mothers went out.

The door was opened by the grinning five year old, whose eyes lit up instantly upon seeing Kathryn.

"Hello!" He cried excitedly, grabbing her and and pulling her across the threshold. Within her first few minutes with him at the park over the weekend, Kathryn quickly learned a few things about the boy which were proving to be true, he had little stranger anxiety and loved greeting people, and he was incredibly strong despite his small size.

He managed to pull her along all the way into the brownstone before dropping her hand and sprinting off around the corner. Kathryn just stood where she'd been abandoned, looking around at the numerous photos decorating the hallway. There were photos from beachy vacations, snowy winters, baby pictures of Henry. Kathryn's eyes caught on two snapshots in particular, one was framed sitting on a side table just by the door and featured both women at what must have been their wedding. They both wore elegant white gowns and had elaborate updos, the photo itself was just in black and white, Emma was holding Regina from behind and they were gazing at each other lovingly, instead of at the camera.

The other one which caught Kathryn's attention was from much earlier. The blonde had to pause and inspect the photo closer to verify that indeed it was her professor and dean in it. Emma looked quite the same, but Regina seemed so much younger, her hair was longer and had a beautiful easy curl at the ends. Kathryn guessed it was from before they were married as neither woman wore rings, instead they had on matching t shirts that were the same as those worn by the members of the large crowd the two were with.

Everyone seemed to be college aged and Kathryn recognized them to be in front of the Washington Monument in DC. Instead of a cutesy pose or cheesy smiles, Regina was held on Emma's shoulders, the brunette was holding one of Emma's hands for balance, and the other was raised in a defiant fist. Both of their mouths were open in what must have been a chant echoed by the rest of the crowd. Behind them some people were carrying a banner which read 'America is ready for marriage equality- Repeal DOMA'. The same slogan printed on the t shirts adorning all the protestors.

Kathryn was alerted to a presence behind her when Emma spoke up, "That photo was on the cover of most university newspapers across the country and it nearly made the cover of Times. We got bumped by an international peace treaty, but we were centerfold instead." She said with a proud smile. Kathryn briefly wondered how nobody could know about their relationship after such a public event, but that question was lost as Emma continued with her story, "Gina and I had just started dating and she shows up at my dorm at four in the morning, gave me that shirt and said 'want to make history?'." Emma laughed at the memory as she clipped on a pair of earrings.

"Doctor Mills dragged you out to a rally?"

The blonde smiled, "She wasn't Doctor Mills then, trust me. She was such a rebel, still is." Emma's smile faded slightly as she continually failed in hooking her other earring on securely.

Kathryn didn't find that hard to believe, her dean had that look of fiery passion in her dark eyes.

"What was that, dear?" Regina asked, coming from around the hall with Henry held on her hip.

"Nothing." Emma smirked.

The boy had an assortment of race cars and plastic dinosaurs in his arms. He wiggled to be set down and once he was, he dropped all his toys expectantly at Kathryn's feet, "Play with me?"

"Of course, Henry."

Behind her, Regina had taken over fastening her wife's remaining earring and Kathryn just observed the couple for a moment. Regina wore a red dress that fell just above her knees, and Emma had a complimentary black one. They were both stunning, but what captured Kathryn more was the ease with which they worked around each other.

"What did you tell Kathryn?" Regina asked again when she had her wife captured by the ear.

"Just how much of a lawless rebel you once were."

"Liar." She admonished lightly, releasing the now pinned ear.

"I'm not the one who was arrested a dozen times in four years."

"Don't exaggerate, it wasn't that many."

Emma snaked her arms around Regina's waist, both temporarily forgetting about the babysitter and son just down the hall, "I would never exaggerate." The blonde smirked, leaning in to press a kiss just below her wife's ear, "Besides, jail always looked good on you."

For the first, but certainly not the last time, Kathryn watched the dean's cheeks darken with a slight blush before she remembered herself and stepped out of the blonde's embrace. She patted her hair down slightly and addressed Kathryn, "Henry's bedtime is seven thirty, he's had dinner but there's some snacks in the fridge if he gets hungry. Our cells and any emergency numbers are on the counter in the kitchen, you can help yourself to anything. We should be back by ten."

Kathryn nodded, absorbing the information as best she could, Emma was trying to corral the brunette out of the house.

"She's got it, everything will be fine come on, Gina."

"Alright, Henry say goodbye."

The boy obediently ran over and gave each woman a sloppy kiss on the cheek.

"And don't let him in the candy drawer." Regina said over her shoulder as Emma practically pulled her through the door.

"Good bye, Kathryn!" Emma called, eager to be on her way.

The student stood with Henry's hand in her own and waved at the couple until Emma ushered her wife into a surprisingly well restored yellow Volkswagen bug.

Once they were around the block and out of sight, Kathryn shut the door and let Henry lead her back to his collection of cars and dinosaurs, making a note to herself to find this candy drawer after she put Henry down for the night.

A/N- Coming up next, some adorable-ness and some answers, so stay tuned!

-Love, Ms. Informed