A/N: Thank you for the reviews :) I'm glad that you're all enjoying still. The girls have a long way to go with their feelings now!
Emma leaned back in her chair at the Sheriff's station and tapped her pen against her lips. She had a few forms to fill in but she was thinking about lunch instead. After all she was eating for two now. Grabbing an early lunch wouldn't matter. She stood up from her desk and grabbed her jacket. She paused as she felt a flutter in her stomach. Emma dropped a hand to her stomach as she felt another, this one slightly stronger. A gasp left her lips as she realised she was feeling the baby move for the first time.
"Hey, baby." She grinned as she ran a hand over her bump. She was so happy. She need to share this moment with someone and she knew exactly who. Emma flicked her wrist and disappeared in a puff of white smoke.
xXx
A small sigh left Regina's lips as she read through an email. Her day had been filled with paperwork, paperwork and more paperwork. Henry was at Emma's tonight so she would be alone with Zelena that night. They still had a long way to go as sisters and sometimes it was hard living with the redhead but Regina couldn't bring herself to ask her sister and niece to move out. The mayor rested her chin on her fist as she tried to get through the long email. She jumped as a sudden puff of white smoke appeared in front of her desk and Emma appeared.
"Regina!"
"Emma, you scared me." She placed a hand on her chest to still her fast beating heart. "It's not like you to just poof in here. Is something wrong?" she frowned and all sorts of thoughts began to swirl through her head.
"The baby kicked!" Emma rushed around to Regina's side of the desk, grabbed her hands and placed them on her growing bump. "Can you feel that?" Regina's eyes widened as she felt the baby move against her hands. "The baby's moving!" Emma laughed with happiness and kept her hands on top of Regina's. "I'd forgotten how amazing it feels." The mayor was at a loss for words. She had never felt a baby move inside of someone before and it was truly magical.
Emma was reaching the twenty-week stage and was debating whether she wanted to know if she was having a girl or a boy. The whole town now knew about the pregnancy and most were excited. To them they were about to gain another prince or princess. That was always one thing that Emma struggled to wrap her head around, that she was a princess. Since the town had found out about her pregnancy, her bump had really grown. There was no hiding it now.
"This is amazing, Emma," Regina whispered and watched the blonde's stomach to see if she was able to see the movement as well as feel it.
"I know. I just felt it and I had to share the news with someone."
"Thank you for sharing it with me." The brunette smiled up at the other woman and felt her heart swell at the fact that Emma had come to her first. She hadn't gone to Snow or David, she had come to Regina to feel the baby's first movement. "Have you decided if you want to know what you're having?" Regina found she couldn't tear her gaze away from the blonde's stomach. She gently ran her thumbs back and forth as the movement from the baby stopped. Emma kept her hands on top of Regina's even after they couldn't feel anymore movement and neither woman wanted to pull their hands away.
A small sigh escaped Emma's lips. "I do and I don't. I really want to know but I also want it to be a surprise. Mum knew I was going to be a girl so she had a name picked out and everything but she didn't know with Neal. I didn't know with Henry. I don't know what to do. What do you think?" She looked down at her friend who looked back in surprise.
"Oh, Emma, this is your decision to make."
"Do you want to know?" Emma tilted her head and hoped that Regina would be able to help her make the decision. The brunette bit her bottom lip as she thought about it. Did she want to know? She had already begun to imagine what the baby would look like.
"I don't know," Regina eventually sighed. "It would be nice to know but then it would be a nice surprise."
"That didn't help." Emma frowned. She had another week to make a decision before she twenty-week scan. If she didn't find out then she would have to wait until the birth. Just then the door to Regina's office swung open and Zelena walked in with Robyn on her hip.
"Hello, lovebirds," she commented. Regina glared at her sister but didn't drop her hands. Surprisingly enough Emma didn't flinch at the comment or move her hands from Regina's either. Instead she just looked back at the redhead. "Am I interrupting? This looks very cosy." Zelena raised an eyebrow at her sister.
"The baby has started to move." Emma smiled still amazed.
"At least you get to experience the joys of pregnancy." The redhead glared at the blonde.
"I know. I'm sorry, Zelena, I really am. I never should have sped up your pregnancy."
Regina shot her sister warning looks but knew that she was only venting. Zelena had come a long way in accepting her new family and she wouldn't intentionally do something to hurt one of them. Zelena longed to be a part of a family just as much as Emma and Regina herself did.
"I suppose I got to meet my daughter quicker." Zelena smiled down at Robyn who was looking around at her surroundings.
"I should get back to work and leave you two alone." Emma reluctantly took a step back from the mayor and dropped her arms down to her side. "I'll see you later." She gave both women a smile before she left the office.
Zelena waited until Emma was out of earshot before she spoke again. "You do realise you are both acting like a couple, right?" She sat down in the chair opposite Regina and sat Robyn on her lap.
"It's just so easy to fall into that sort of rhythm with Emma," Regina admitted. Zelena was right, they were starting to act like a couple. They were eating together at least once a day. When it had started Regina told herself that she was just making sure that Emma was eating properly. Now it was because she enjoyed the blonde's company so much.
"You need to tell her how you feel."
The mayor balked at the idea. "No, I can't do that. That will ruin everything. She won't want to see me again. Things would be awkward. I'd no longer be part of the family."
"Regina, have you seen the way she looks at you? She was just stood holding your hands to her stomach and she didn't even flinch when I called you lovebirds. Sis, you need to tell her. This is more than a friendship to her too."
"No." Regina shook her head again. She couldn't take that chance. Emma might not feel the same and by telling her, Regina could ruin everything. The Charmings would exclude her from the family and if the town found out then what would Regina have left? "I'd rather have Emma as a friend than take the risk of losing her."
"You're being ridiculous. You're not going to lose Emma if you tell her that you love her. She could be waiting for you to say something. Have you ever thought that maybe she's your happy ending? You loved Robin but was he really your true love? I don't believe that he was. I believe Emma is."
"Zelena."
"No, Regina, I've been unhappy and alone my whole life. So have you. It's time that one of us got a family. You need to tell her. If you don't, I will," Zelena warned. "You need to tell Emma that you love her before the baby is here or I will tell her."
"You wouldn't." Regina glared at the redhead.
"I would," Zelena warned. "Tell her." With that she stood up and left her younger sister to think about her situation.
xXx
Emma leaned back on the sofa and propped her socked feet up on her parents' coffee table. Henry was at Regina's for the night so the blonde had decided to give her parents a visit for dinner. Even though Regina was giving her cooking lessons, her cooking never matched up to the brunette's or her mother's cooking. The blonde let her eyes close as she dropped her head back against the sofa. She found herself to be more tired these days being pregnant.
"This is for you," Snow announced as she plopped a bag at her daughter's feet and sat down next to her. Emma's eyes snapped open in curiosity and she dropped her feet from the table. "It's some of Neal's old baby things. I'm sorry I don't have any of your baby things to give you." A look of regret flashed across Snow's eyes and she glanced down at the floor.
"It's okay, mum." Emma reached out and gave Snow's hand a gentle squeeze. "Thank you." She reached down into the bag and pulled out a couple of baby-grows. She'd forgotten how small new borns were.
"Have you thought about any names yet?" Snow asked excitedly and her smile returned. "I have a few in mind seeing as this baby will be a Prince or a Princess. How about Catherine or Elizabeth for a girl? And maybe George, Andrew or Winston for a boy?"
Emma pulled a face. "You want me to call this baby Winston? Really? Win Swan." She shook her head. "Sorry, mum, not going to happen."
"Oh." Snow's face fell. "I just thought that…"
"I want something more modern…unique," Emma spoke gently, not wanting to hurt her mother's feelings.
"Do you have any names in mind?"
"Uh." Emma shifted her gaze. She had been thinking about names for months but she hadn't told anyone. She hadn't even said the names out loud. She was too scared in case something happened. "There are some I like," she admitted and Snow's eyes lit up again.
"Will you tell me?" She clasped her hands together in hope. Snow wanted to help Emma in whatever way she could. There was so much she had already missed out on she didn't want to miss anymore.
"I," Emma hesitated, "I don't know," she admitted. "I haven't told anyone."
"Not even Regina?" Snow asked in surprise. She was sure Emma would have talked to Regina about names for the baby.
"No." Emma shook her head. "I'm scared that if I tell someone then something bad will happen. I know that's a silly thought but I can't help it."
Snow smiled and gently reached for the blonde's hand. "I felt exactly the same with you. I was so scared something would happen and I would lose you." She let out a small breath and looked down at their hands. "I did in the end."
"Mum, it's okay, really." Emma squeezed her mother's hand. "You did what you had to do. If you hadn't put me in that wardrobe we wouldn't be here now. I wouldn't have had Henry, we wouldn't know the real Regina, you wouldn't have Neal and. I wouldn't be having this baby." She placed her free hand on the swell of her stomach. "What matters now is the future and that we now stay together." Snow found that her daughter's words soothed her and she leaned forward to hug her.
"Nothing is going to happen to this baby. No one will let it happen. And this time we have Regina on our side." Snow couldn't help but laugh as she pulled back from her daughter. "I wouldn't want to face Regina's motherly wrath." Emma laughed as well and began to look through the many baby-grows that Snow had found for her.