A/N - I know this chapter is dialogue heavy and I'm sorry, but I felt that was the way I needed to do this. Too much conversation needed to take place. This is it, guys! The final chapter! This has been a fun pic to write. The first pic I have ever actually finished, haha! As always, let me know what you think! And like I said before, I have a bunch more planned so be sure to follow me so you can be alerted when I post another. Thank you to everyone who read this to the end!

The two lay in bed after finally showering. Both women were spent from the vigorous sex that had occurred. So they lay silently, Regina curled up into Emma's side as the latter's arm rests around her. The feeling was serene. Regina was relaxed. Relaxed and happy. This is home she thought. Right here in these arms. She sighed contently.

"Emma?"

"Hmm?" The blonde responded. Was she close to sleep? It is believable. She did have quite a workout.

"I-I…" Regina couldn't force the words out. Emma turned to face her.

"What is it?" She sounded worried.

"I love you." The words were barely audible, but they were out there. She said it. And she did love Emma. She loved her a lot. It just took time for Regina to come to terms with loving and being loved by another. She didn't think it was possible, didn't think it was in the cards for her. But she loved Emma and she wanted only Emma.

"I love you too, Regina." Emma grinned, placing a soft passionate kiss on the other's lips.

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Emma was happy. Happier than she ever had been. Regina confessing her love was a big step for the brunette, and Emma knew that. She didn't want to ruin the moment or scare off the brunette so she let it be. Waiting until Regina spoke again.

"I love you and I want us to be a family. You, Henry, and I. I want us all to be a family. That is, if you will have us?" She could hear the nervousness in Regina's voice. How could she not want them?! They're all she's got, besides her pesky parents of course.

"Of course I want that! I've always wanted nothing but that!" She placed another chaste kiss on red lips. "Does this mean we can tell Henry now?" She asked, knowing she was skating on thin ice now.

"Yes. We can tell Henry." Emma sighed and lay back down from the propped position she was in. This is what true happiness feels like.

"And I want to tell my parents. They've been asking why I've been so distant lately." Emma confided.

"We can tell your parents too, though I'm not sure how they will take it. The Charmings haven't always been my biggest fan" Regina frowned, knowing her history with the Charmings.

"They'll want me happy, no matter who I'm with."

"And are you?" Regina looked at Emma.

"Am I what?"

"Are you happy?" Regina's bottom lip was caught between sharp white teeth.

"Of course I am! Aren't you?"

"I am." Regina sighed in response, smiling that beautiful smile that Emma absolutely adored. The two were silent once more. Both staring off, deep in thought. Emma was thinking about how they were going to start a life together and what that life might be like for all three of them. She knew Henry would accept their relationship. He was very open minded.

"There was one more thing I wanted to ask you…" Regina's voice almost startled Emma, as she was very deep in thought and not expecting it.

"What's that?" Emma asked. Regina was silent for some time, and Emma let her work it out in her head, as long as it would take.

"Move in with us?" Regina blurted out finally. Emma moved her arm from under Regina and propped herself on her elbow so she could look down on the brunette.

"What?"

"Move in with us. After we tell everyone, of course. I want you here with us. I want to wake up with you and go to sleep with you. Everyday. I want this-" she gestured to the two of them "-at all times. I'm happy. I love you. And I want you here. With me and with Henry." Regina finished. Emma did't know how she felt about it. Moving in was a big step. And was it too soon? They hadn't been dating long, true, but Emma couldn't imagine another moment of her life without their little family. She wanted this.

"What about my apartment?" She says finally.

"Well, I mean, what about it? You would move out, dear. And I mean no disrespect by this, but you don't have a whole ton of belongings. The place was fully furnished when you moved in, right? So that stuff stays." Emma was quiet, thoughtful for some time. She knew Regina was nervous but this was a big step for the two of them. But thinking about it, Emma knew she was ready.

"Ok."

"Ok?" Regina smiled.

"Ok, I'll move in with you!" Emma smiled back. Her life was changing before her eyes and she couldn't be more elated. A family, a home. Everything she had dreamed of growing up was now hers. Her life was everything she always wanted it to be.

"I love you, Emma. We will tell Henry tomorrow morning." And with that the two lay back down to fall asleep.

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Regina woke early the next morning, as usual. She could feel the heat radiating off of the blonde comfortably and fought the urge to snuggle up closer and fall back to sleep. She swung her legs off the large bed and pulled herself up, walking over to her closet to throw a robe on before taking to the bathroom and showering quickly.

"Morning." Emma said groggily when Regina walked out of the bathroom.

"Good morning, dear." She replied, placing a chaste kiss on the blonde's forehead and walking back to her closet to dress. "You need to get ready for the day, Emma. Henry will be awake soon and I want us to talk to him over breakfast." Regina called out from inside her walk-in closet that she was dressing in. When she didn't hear a response, she poked her head out to find the bed empty and the bathroom door closed. She smiled.

Regina was almost finished making breakfast when she heard two sets of feet come pounding down the stairs.

"I smell bacon!" Regina hears Emma sing.

"I smell pancakes!" She hears her son follow. Both come flying into the kitchen, jokingly pushing each other out of the way to get to the table first. Regina chuckled as she watched, her heart swelling with love.

Regina and Henry watched as Emma piled her plate with eggs, bacon, and pancakes.

"What?" the blonde asks, clearly able to feel the other two's eyes on her.

"Feeding an army, Miss Swan?" Regina asks.

"I'm famished! Leave me alone!" Emma shoves a forkful of eggs in her mouth with a grin. Henry and Regina laugh at the sight.

"Henry, Emma and I need to talk to you about something." Regina began cautiously as she watched her son put a piece of pancake in his mouth. He looked up at her. "You know how Emma and I have been spending a lot of time together?"

"Yeah?" Henry responded.

"Well, I don't really know how else to say this, and you are a big boy, Henry. You don't need us to sugar coat-"

"Regina you're rambling. Henry, your mom and I are dating. More than dating. We love each other, Henry."

Both women watched the boy intently. His face showed confusion. But then it formed into understanding. And finally, he began to smile, began to grin, and both women released the breath that they didn't know they had been holding.

"Are you ok with this Henry?" Regina asked him.

"Of course I am! I want to see you both happy, that's all I've ever wanted. And mom," he turned to Regina, "she has changed you. I've seen it. You're not the Evil Queen, she made you leave that part of you behind. You're happier than I have ever seen you. And mom," he turned to face Emma, "you've given me a family. Two moms, grandparents. You make my mom a better person. You make her happy. And I know she makes you happy too. I love our family." He finished.

Needless to say, both women were in tears by the end of Henry's little speech. Regina was especially touched by the boy's words. He was right, Emma has made her better, made her leave her past self behind. She was most definitely happy.

Henry ran over and hugged Regina tightly, and she hugged him back.

"I love you, mom."

"I love you too, Henry. And there's one more thing." Henry pulled back and looked at her. "If it's ok with you, Emma is going to move in with us."

Henry beamed back at her before running over and throwing his arms around the blonde.

"Well I guess that's a yes!" Emma laughed, hugging the boy back. She locked eyes with Regina and both women smiled wider.

A family. Regina finally had the family she had always wanted. She was ready to spend forever with them.

"Next we tell your parents, dear."

END