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Emma laid down in the guest room bed. The bed was soft and comfortable and it absolutely sucked. She couldn't fall asleep. She had images in her mind of Regina and David having sex, images that she never wanted and couldn't push away. Did Regina treat him the way she treated her? Did she moan his name when she had an orgasm? Did she kiss him the way she kissed her? She sighed and rolled over, tossing her arm across the bed. The side where Regina would have been if they were in bed together the way it should be. She couldn't really be mad about it, in one sense, because it wasn't like Regina had cheated on her and David didn't technically cheat on Snow. But in another sense, Regina hadn't told her. Could she be mad about that? Emma hadn't disclosed everyone she had slept with before Regina. But Emma hadn't slept with any of Regina's parents.

She kicked the covers off of her legs and sat up against the headboard. She pulled out her phone, tempted to call her dad and ask why the hell he never told Snow. She knew that would be a bad idea, Snow would overhear and it would hurt her. She really didn't want to cause anymore pain than had already been caused. Would Snow be mad at him if she knew? Maybe that he hadn't told her. She didn't realize she was crying until she felt the tears drop onto her arms that were crossed over her chest. She laid back down resting her head on one pillow while squeezing the other tight to her chest. It had been a long time since she slept alone.


Regina sat against the headboard of her bed wondering why she hadn't just let Emma tell her parents that they were having a baby. She had to say she'd been with someone other than Graham. She knew that part of the reason Emma was mad was because she had grown to trust Regina and she had let her down by keeping an important piece of information from her. She wouldn't take back her honesty; maybe she would take back the time and situation of her honesty.

She placed her hand on her slightly swollen stomach. She couldn't feel her baby kicking yet, it was too early, but she loved being able to believe she was holding her baby close and comfortably when she had her hands on her stomach. Ordinarily Emma would spoon her and hold her stomach through the night, or Emma would lay on her back with one arm around Regina's shoulders while Regina laid against Emma's side. She needed that touch tonight.

She couldn't sleep but that didn't mean she wasn't going to try. She lay down on their bed, the bed that felt far too cold for it's usual warmth and comfortable size. Tears filled her eyes and she couldn't stop herself from crying. She could tell herself it was the extra hormones from being pregnant, but she didn't believe that. Somewhere along the way of being friends with Emma she had fallen deeply in love. The women were next to inseparable for years, even before they got married. She had let herself feel again and now it was hurting her.

Her body wracked with uncontrollable sobs. She tried to stay quiet, she really did. But the feelings coursing through her were so painful and she had never experienced a worse pain than truly feeling like she had betrayed her wife. Her body shook. What if Emma never forgave her? What if she couldn't do anything to remind the blonde that they were together for better or for worse? She could feel the tug at Emma's heart. They had always been able to feel each other's strong emotions like an undercurrent ever since hey had shared True Love's kiss.

She tried to reign in her own emotions. She didn't want Emma to have to feel her sadness along with her own because that wouldn't be fair. She took deep breaths and counted to ten with each one. Somewhere between breaths she fell into a fitful sleep.


The next morning Emma was gone when Regina woke up. It was a strange thing not to hear the blonde's light snores while she got ready for work. She sent a text to David to meet her at her office in half an hour, before he went to the station. The least she could do was warn him that Emma knew and give him the ability to consider his options before going in to work with his daughter.

He was waiting in her office when she arrived. He looked at her with a pained expression.

"You told her, didn't you?"

"I didn't want to, David. She asked and while I'm occasionally fine with omission, I couldn't lie to her. There have been too many lies that have caused too much damage to my life and I couldn't let this be another one."

"I'm assuming she didn't take it well."

"That assumption would be correct. She slept in the guest room last night, and she was gone this morning before I even woke up. We both know how much Emma loves waking early." Her voice was colder than David had heard it in a long time. She had her arms wrapped around her front, holding her biceps; she looked almost as if she was physically trying to hold herself together.

"I guess it's time to tell Snow."

"I don't know, David. I figured I should tell you that she knows so that when she ambushes you at the station you had fair warning. I suppose it will be between you two whether you need to tell Snow or not. Personally, I think it will cause more damage than it will be worth, but I have no place to give my opinion here. Emma made that very clear."

"Do you think she'll bounce back?"

"I don't know, David. I mean, I didn't lie to her and I didn't cheat on her, but I did keep something very significant from her and that was my mistake. I just didn't think it would be necessary, as I never thought there would be a reason for her to know. Now I'm pregnant with her magically conceived baby and I don't know if I'm going to have a wife to go home to everyday."

David pulled Regina into his arms. She dropped her own arms from holding herself and let them wrap around David's back allowing herself to be comforted for the small moment.

"Regina, Emma loves you more than anyone she has ever loved, with the exception of Henry. She'll forgive you. You're her True Love...she has to forgive you."

"Are you saying that for my benefit or for yours?"

"I don't know. But for once in your life, I truly think you are enough for someone and I think that she'll come back to that. It may just take her some time."

Regina nodded and they parted.


The moment Emma heard David's footsteps in the station she stood ready for a fight. He walked to his desk and took his jacket off, hanging it around the back of his chair. Emma hurried up to him and slammed her hand onto the edge of his desk.

"Morning, Emma."

"I can't believe you slept with Regina and didn't think it was necessary to tell me or Snow!' She shouted it, she wanted to make sure he was perfectly clear on her feelings.

"Emma, do we have to do this right now? First thing in the morning?"

"Damn right we do," she growled. "You know, I can almost understand you not wanting to say anything. I can almost believe it was just because you didn't want to hurt mom. But what's the real excuse here?"

"Emma, there was no reason to tell you. When you and Snow were in the Enchanted Forest, Regina and I spoke about it. We agreed that there was no reason to cause more damage than necessary. Snow wouldn't have had the right to be mad at me, we were cursed, and she slept with Whale during that time. But, I knew she would be hurt about who I slept with and I just didn't see a reason to cause the issue. We had just gotten each other back, Emma. 28 years of being apart, well, almost 28 years and we had just found each other again. I didn't want to ruin the joy of being back together with the news that I had slept with our once sworn enemy."

"Ok, then fine. I'll give you that. But why was it still not necessary when you guys knew that I had started seeing Regina? My wife has bedded my father, do you understand how sick that sounds?"

"Well, it's certainly a unique circumstance. Come on, Emma, it's not like it happened after you started seeing each other. It was one time. Just once, and we were both, I don't know, lonely. Mary Margaret had rejected me, Kathryn and I had split up and I needed someone. She was getting over Graham, and we just were there."

"It's disgusting."

"Come on, Emma! Stop this! That is your wife! You need to stop your childish behavior!" David had lost his patience and was yelling at that point. "Frankly, I find the fact that she told you now to be commendable! I still haven't told your mother. Do you understand what it feels like to be so alone that you'll sleep with the first attractive person that comes your way?"

Emma felt defiant, "Of course I do! I've spent my entire adulthood that way! Neal ripped me to shreds when he got me locked up! After that I never trusted another person with my heart! Not until Regina, and look how that's turning out for me!"

"Emma! For gods sake! Do you not hear yourself? You just admitted that you've felt the same way, then you go right into making us sound like terrible people for what we did. Fine! Keeping it from you two was a bad idea, but she didn't cheat on you! I didn't knowingly cheat on your mom! We made a bad decision. Get over it!"

"Are you going to tell her?"

"Snow? I don't know. I guess at this point, I have to. Though it isn't going to make things any easier between her and Regina."

"I don't care. She deserves to know."

"You'll care when you come to your senses and go back to your pregnant wife, Emma. You just told us you guys are having a baby. A baby that somehow your True Love with each other created, regardless of the fact that you are both women. How are you going to sit there and tell me that you don't care about that? Regina may have kept something from you, but you are the one shutting out your pregnant wife, Emma. That's not adult behavior. She may have done a lot of bad things in the past, and she may have kept this one thing from you, but she doesn't deserve that. And I love you, Emma. I couldn't have asked for a stronger, braver, more beautiful daughter than I got in you, but you doing this to hurt her, being upset with her, it's not just going to hurt her, it will hurt you, and Henry, and Regina and your unborn child. So dammit, suck it up and go home to cool off. You need to be in better shape than this when your wife gets him. You need to think about the decisions you are going to make before she comes home to you tonight, and you need to be ready to communicate your decisions with her. If this was just some ordinary argument, or if it was the same argument and she wasn't pregnant, I would probably be understanding of you acting like this. But you made the choice to be with her, to keep this child, to love her against your mother's and my preferences. You've shoved Regina's good deeds down our throats to make us accept her. So you need to get your act together and keep your vows."