Regina
I opened the door not in the mood to deal with people right now. I'm trying to figure this out. I never wanted a baby mama to support.
"The least you can do is answer" Robin came in looking pissed and I sighed. I got my phone out for the first time since before getting Emma pregnant and saw the multiple texts and calls from him and I sighed.
"I'm sorry something came up" he said and rolled his eyes.
"Something is always coming up, Regina" he said annoyed and I sighed.
"I'm the mayor of a town filled with a bunch of fairy tale characters, things tend to come up" I reasoned.
"What was it this time? There was no fire breathing dragon walking down the streets or dark curse sweeping down Storybrooke so what was it?" he asked and I sighed. This isn't going to go over well.
"I made a mistake last night and I don't think I can fix it" I said and he sighed.
"You made a mistake? Like what?" he asked and I looked down not ready for this conversation.
"I may have…" I started and took a deep breath before I breath it out. "Gotten the wrong person pregnant"
"What?" he asked completely shocked. "How does that…. what…?"
Probably should have started at the beginning.
"I had a pregnancy potion and Emma decided to drink it by accident" I said and I know he's going to have to ask why I had it.
"Why would you have that?" he asked giving me a one-eyebrow raised expression.
"I'm sorry but I have recently you know… wanted to have another kid" I said and he shook his head.
"That's something you run by someone before getting yourself knocked up!" he shouted and I took a deep breath trying to keep tears from my eyes.
"I know and i'm sorry, I went about this the wrong way but all I wanted was to make it a possibility because I can't get pregnant and Rumple had a spell that could guarantee it." I said awkwardly.
"So what you were going to get yourself pregnant and make it out to seem like I got you pregnant by accident?" he said and i know his anger is justified that wasn't right I'm just so used to taking matters into my own hands to get what I want.
"It would have been your kid, and I would have told you eventually" I said trying to defend myself.
"Please tell me my DNA wasn't in the drink you got the savior pregnant with!" he shouted.
"No just mine she drank it before I added yours." I said and he sighed.
"Well good luck with the fucked situation you just caused because I'm done" he said going to leave.
"Robin please listen to me!" I shouted after him.
"No i'm done listening to you, Regina. It's over" he said before turning to leave. I sat on the couch not sure what to do now. I sighed wiping away the tears in my eyes. I never thought about talking to Robin which is awful. I guess Rumple was right magic is never the correct way and there always is a price and unfortunately it's not just going to be me paying it.
Emma
The next morning I was at work doing boring paperwork when Regina walked in.
"Oh good I'm glad I caught you doing paperwork" she said and I sighed.
"I'm not, I hate paperwork" I said and she sighed.
"I figured you would say that which is why this is going to be a tough conversation…" she started and I sighed.
"That's not good…"
"I'm putting you as just paperwork for a bit, I will find someone to replace you on the streets for the mean time" she said and I shook my head.
"You have to be kidding me" I said annoyed.
"No I'm not this is no job for a pregnant woman to be working" she argued and I sighed.
"I'm not an invalid!" I yelled.
"No but the baby is! You need to be keeping yourself safe right now" she argued and I sighed.
"I can protect myself out there, thank you" I said and she sighed.
"I'm not saying you can't I'm saying it's not the best decision right now. If something were to happen to you it's not just your life you are risking" she said and despite being mad I couldn't help but know she is right.
"So you are just gonna replace me?" I asked.
"Temporarily yes. After that if they are good enough I will add them besides this station needs more help" she said and I sighed.
"I'm the deputy do I get a say in who it is?" I asked and she nodded.
"I select some people you interview and pick who is the best" she said and I sighed.
"Great" I said sarcastically.
"No one is taking the deputy job just the on the street part of it." she said and I sighed.
"Fine, I just hate paperwork it's so boring!" I complained and she laughed.
"But a stake out is so thrilling?" she asked sarcastically and I laughed.
"Better than this" I complained.
"Think on the bright side you will get done quicker" she said and I sighed.
"So I get less hours and therefore less money when I need it the most?" I asked annoyed and she sighed.
"Don't worry about money I will handle the financials" she said and I sighed.
"I'm not letting you buy me a house, Regina. I have money saved up I can buy one myself in like a month or so" I said not a great one but a place like mom's and dad's for myself.
"No you can afford an apartment" she argued and I sighed.
"How would you know how much money I have saved up? Besides nothing is wrong with an apartment for me and a baby, I don't need a mansion" I said and she sighed.
"I just want to help you out, that apartment is already reaching its capacity" she said and I nodded.
"Thank you but just because you accidentally got me pregnant doesn't mean that you have to buy me a house and cover my finances" I said and she nodded.
"If you insist anyways how did telling the parent's go?" she asked and I sighed.
"Not bad actually I heard a note I didn't think was humanly possible from my mom and a dumbfounded look from my dad but otherwise not too bad actually." I said.
"That's surprising. I thought for sure Snow White would be cursing my name and Prince Charming would be coming to have a 'nice' talk with me by now" she said and I laughed.
"May still happen but there isn't anything they can do about it. I don't know what i'm going to tell Hook" I said and she nodded sadly.
"Yeah Robin didn't take it to well… we kind of broke up this morning" she said and I sighed.
"I'm sorry…" I said awkwardly. I've never been good at this. I didn't grow up having a bunch of girlfriends to comfort when guys were dicks.
"Don't be it's my fault and definitely for the best. I hope Hook is a little more understanding though since it's not your fault it's mine" she said and gave her an awkward smile.
"You can make a mistake, Regina." she said.
"This is a pretty big one." she said.
"yeah well since when does a Queen do anything in normal amounts if you are going to mess up it should be royally." I said and she sighed a slight smile going to her face. I couldn't help but notice how beautiful her smile is.
"Yeah the Evil Queen would do something that screws over as many people as possible" she said bitterly.
"Past is just to help you move forward" I said and she laughed.
"I'm sorry…" she said and I shook my head.
"I shouldn't just come into your house at anytime and drink your stuff…" I started and she shook her head.
"No i'm sorry that because of a stupid grudge against your mom I tore apart your family and forced you to grow up in foster care" she said guiltily.
"I wouldn't have wanted to be a princess anyways. Can you imagine me in a gown and crown and an arrange marriage?" I asked and she laughed.
"When you went back in time you you were wearing that red gown" she pointed out and I'm surprised she remembered that for her it's been years.
"You were terrifying that day" I said and she laughed.
"That was nothing" she said and I rolled my eyes.
"I should be going" she said going to leave.
"How do you remember the color of my dress from over thirty years ago?" I asked and she stopped.
"Somethings just stick in your mind, Miss. Swan" she said leaving. Did she just flirt with me? No that's ridiculous.
Regina
Henry walked over to me putting the story book in front of me.
"What is it?" I asked and he opened the book up to a page. On the page was a picture of me and Emma kissing and Henry smiled. What is this book doing?
"Don't you see what's happening here?" he asked so full of excitement.
"The author got drunk?" I asked seriously. I mean stereotypically it makes sense but this is people's lives he's fucking with.
"No he ships you too, which means you get a happy ending" he said and I sighed.
"Henry, Emma isn't my happy ending and what does ship mean?" I asked confused at this generation's odd internet vocabulary.
"Yes she is! and like you want them to be together" he said and I sighed.
"Is this like when you tried to convince me wtf didn't say the F word to get yourself out of trouble?" I asked and he sighed.
"No that's what it means. It's normally when you want characters on shows to get together. You are going to get your happy ending." he said.
"Henry she isn't my happy ending" I said trying to make sure his words didn't get to me. I don't get a happy ending, the thing with Robin this morning proved that. I'm not supposed to be happy and I have no one to blame for that but me.
"Sure she is why else would you have accidentally gotten her pregnant?" he asked like this is so obvious.
"Uh because she likes to drink my apple cider and I was stupid enough to not see it coming…. Besides in what world is that romantic?" I asked trying to understand his logic.
"This generation moves away from prince charming and the damsel in distress love story a little bit. Don't tell them I said this but Snow White and Prince Charming are so out these days" he said and just had to laugh at this a little bit. I still couldn't help but find it funny that they are losing popularity.
"So the Evil Queen and the Savior is more in, I find that hard to believe" I said almost finding this humorous.
"There's entire fandoms based off relationships like that that go against past norms, times are changing" he said and I just looked at him confused.
"Cultures a little different on fanfiction. Anyways you will see eventually there is like ten pages before this kiss so you are supposed to still be in denial about how in love you two are" he said and I laughed.
"Henry honey where is this coming from?" I asked.
"The book" he said in an almost 'uh hello' kind of way.
"Where is this actually coming from?" I said and he sighed.
"You guys were flirting so hard the other day…" he said and I interrupted him.
"We weren't flirting!" I denied and he laughed.
"Oh please… 'I'll pull a Bell… what are you gonna do fall in love with me?' all the winks? Come on it was sickening to watch" he said and I sighed.
"That was all your mom" I defended and he laughed.
"What do you call racking your brain this morning to come up with an excuse to go see her at work? Or constantly checking your phone to see if she texted you, or I don't know 'Some things just stick in your mind, Miss Swan?" he said in a teasingly flirting kind of way.
"How do you know all this?" I asked confused since he wasn't there then to quote me.
"When she gets confused and frustrated she says a bunch of stuff really fast and doesn't catch what she says... You're flirting with my mom!" he said practically yelling the last part.
"I'm not flirting with her." I defended myself.
"I haven't seen you flirt with someone like this since Sarah" he said and I sighed.
"Maybe because my romance life is no place for my sons meddling" I said and he sighed.
"This involves both my moms and i'm older now, I think I should be kept into the loop… about appropriate things" he said and I groaned.
"Henry Daniel Mills, you shouldn't know about any inappropriate things of anyone" I said and he sighed rolling his eyes.
"I meant gross romantic scenes, don't think that way about my mom!" he said disgusted and I sighed.
"I wasn't" I lied ok so a brief scene played out at the words but that doesn't mean anything. I haven't acted on them before.
"Oh god I regret showing you this now" he said and I rolled my eyes.
"Dinner in a half hour" I said and he left. I looked at the picture for a minute before shaking my head and closing the book and pushing the thought away.
Snow
I sat down and sighed, this can't be happening.
"We can't let this happen!" I said and David sighed.
"Honey there is nothing we can do about it" he said and I shook my head.
"There is always something we can do about it! We have taken on worse" I said and he groaned.
"Snow what we have taken on in the past has never been like this. That baby that you talk about 'taking care' of is our grandchild" he said and I realize that that's not what I mean.
"I'm not talking about 'taking care' of our future grandkid I'm talking about taking care of Regina" I said and he looked like he didn't know who I was.
"What? Snow you can't kill Regina!" he shouted and I shook my head.
"I'm not talking about killing her. I'm talking about making sure she doesn't hurt Emma" I said defending myself getting his interest.
"How?" he asked.
"Same way my dad bonded her to him" I said and he gave me a concerned look.
"Uh marriage?" he asked confused.
"With a little magic" I said and he looked shocked.
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