More Than She Wanted

-Flutter:

Regina first feels it one morning when she's half asleep and still in bed. At first she dismisses it as nothing. Just a strange feeling and nothing else. But then she feels it again. A strange feeling. A slight fluttering from inside her. And then she realizes that the babies are kicking for the very first time.

Regina barely dares to breathe in fear that the feeling will stop. But the fluttering continues and grows stronger when she places a hand on her stomach. It's like the babies are reaching out to her. What an incredible feeling. It feels absolutely amazing, and Regina relishes in the feeling and presses her palms flat against her stomach. It's not so much kicking as it is popping. It literally feels like popcorn popping inside her. How incredible.

Maleficent is stirring beside her, and then the dragon turns around in the bed and gives Regina a sleepy look.

,,Is something wrong?"

,,No, not at all."

Maleficent props herself up on her elbows and brushes her golden hair out of her eyes. ,,Then why are you clutching your stomach? Are you in pain?"

,,No. But I think… I think the babies are kicking."

Maleficent instantly presses a hand against Regina's stomach.

Regina feels the strange, yet familiar fluttering coming from inside her, and grins widely at Maleficent.

,,So they are," Mal grins and presses a kiss to Regina's stomach. ,,What a most welcome morning surprise."

,,Indeed," Regina agrees with her wife.

Maleficent continues to sit and watch with her hands on Regina's stomach, and Regina scoffs.

,,I think they've stopped, my darling," she says dryly.

,,How long did they do it before I woke up? Mal asks and narrows her blue eyes. ,,Don't tell me they did it for several minutes. I don't want to miss anything."

,,You probably scared them," Regina sniggers but then shakes her head. ,,No, you didn't miss anything. They didn't do it for very long before you woke up."

,,Define "very long"," Maleficent says sternly.

,,Two and a half second."

,,That is definitely too long. Next time they kick you yell at me immediately, understood?"

,,Yes, Mistress," Regina quips and chuckles.

Maleficent just gapes at her, and her eyes look like they are about to pop out of her head. ,,Now that was a new one."

,,I know."

,,I could think of several situations where I would like you to call me that," Maleficent purrs dangerously.

Regina scoffs, unimpressed. ,,Don't get any ideas, dragon. I am never gonna call you that in bed."

,,You've just called me that in bed," Maleficent points out with a smirk.

Regina sighs and rolls her eyes. ,,That doesn't count. We're not doing anything."

,,We could be doing something."

,,Keep dreaming," Regina sniffs and stands from the bed. ,,I have better things to do."

,,Is that so, my darling?"

,,Very much so," Regina says and grabs her robe and heads into the bathroom to take a shower.

Maleficent sighs heavily behind her, and Regina chuckles quietly. That dragon is insatiable.

After a shower and several minutes of Regina's complaining about the maternity clothing not fitting her properly, the two sorceresses agree on breakfast at Granny's.

Regina and Maleficent quickly arrives at the not quite full diner. It's still a little early. Regina finds that the pancakes tastes absolutely delicious, but she's still a little jealous about Maleficent having coffee when she can't. She really misses drinking coffee.

Regina digs into her pile of pancakes, and Maleficent watches her intensely. Well, watches her stomach that is. In fact, she can't keep her eyes off her stomach. Or her hands for that matter.

Regina sighs deeply and ignores her "more than usual" annoying wife. Instead she concentrates on the pancakes. They taste very good. If she's not careful, she will end up looking like a whale by the end of this pregnancy.

Their little breakfast séance is interrupted by Emma, Snow, Henry David and Zelena. All five of them sits down at Regina and Mal's table, and they chat pleasantly.

Until Regina grows annoyed with Maleficent's behavior that is. The brunette sighs deeply once more.

,,Maleficent, I love you, but touch my stomach one more time and I will kill you."

Henry chuckles quietly into his cocoa.

,,Well excuse me for keeping an eye on things."

,,Right now you're keeping your hands on things, and I don't like it. I'm trying to eat."

,,I just don't want to miss anything else!"

,,What did you miss?" David asks and looks at Mal.

,,The babies kicked for the first time this morning and I missed it," Maleficent half groans.

,,You did not miss it!" Regina rebuts. ,,You felt it too!"

,,Yes, but they kicked before I woke up."

,,For two seconds," Regina says resignedly and shakes her head.

,,Did they really kick, mom?" Henry asks with twinkling eyes.

,,They sure did," Regina tells her son.

,,And I missed it," Maleficent complains.

,,Nonsense."

,,How did it feel?" Snow questions and looks at Regina's "four months pregnant" stomach.

,,You've had two children, Mary Margaret. I'm sure you know how it feels."

Zelena chuckles and shoots Regina an amused glance.

,,That's not what I meant!" Snow says aggravated. ,,I meant how did it feel for you?"

,,Well," Regina pauses. She isn't quite sure how to explain the feeling. ,,Like.. popcorn popping."

That comment elicits a snigger from Emma. ,,Yeah, that's exactly how Henry's first kick felt."

,,Really?" Regina asks interested.

But Maleficent looks extremely dissatisfied. ,,I can't believe I missed it."

,,For the last time, you did not miss it. You felt them kicking too."

,,But not for very long!" Maleficent retorts and then pauses. ,,Maybe… Maybe they don't like me."

Regina stops with a piece of pancake on her fork. She promptly puts the fork down. ,,That's the most ridiculous thing I ever heard. You're their mother, of course they like you."

Maleficent doesn't look convinced, and it's so unlike her to be insecure about anything, so Regina feels like she has to calm her fears or something like that.

,,It was just a coincidence they kicked when you were asleep. You'll get plenty of opportunities to feel them kick, alright?"

,,Fine," Maleficent sneers. ,,But next time they kick, you better wake me up!"

,,Even if it's in the middle of the night?" Regina jokes.

,,Yes!"

,,Very well. But please don't flambé me for waking you."

,,When have I ever done that?"

,,Oh, there's a first time for everything, my dear," Regina quips.

David seems rather amused by their little friendly slanging match. ,,Don't you two ever stop arguing?" he questions.

,,No," Mal says and shrugs. ,,What would be the fun in that?"

Maleficent engages in a conversation with Charming, so Regina turns her attention back to her pancakes. Her appetite seems completely out of control these days, and Regina tries her best to control it and stay healthy. But it's awfully hard to do so when your body suddenly craves pancakes.

,,How are things at school, Henry?" she questions in between bites.

Henry quickly begins to explain everything about his school and the project he scored highest grades in, and Regina feels quite proud of her son. Her almost seventeen year old son.

,,And guess what, mom?" the teenager grins.

,,What?"

,,Grandpa is teaching me to drive," he says and nods towards David.

Regina nearly chokes on a bite of pancake. ,,He's teaching you to what?" she glares at Charming who holds up his hands.

,,Relax, Regina," he scoffs. ,,It's perfectly safe. It's only on the quiet roads."

,,But he isn't old enough to drive! You aren't old enough to drive," she tells Henry.

,,I'm almost seventeen," he shrugs.

,,Well, in that case, you should be taught by a professional!"

,,Hey!" David protests indignantly.

,,You may be a prince, but you are not a driving teacher," Regina snips.

,,Mom, relax. Grandpa is right. It's perfectly safe. I'm not hurting anybody."

,,It's not you I don't trust, it's- oh!" Regina pauses midsentence.

,,What is it?" Emma asks and raises an eyebrow.

Maleficent pops her head up and quickly forgets the conversation she had with Zelena. ,,What is it, Regina? What's going on?"

,,I think.." Regina pauses again and waits.

There it is again. That strange, fluttery feeling.

,,What?" Mal asks and looks concerned at her.

,,I think the babies are kicking again," Regina says. The fluttering feeling grows stronger. Yep. Definitely kicking.

Mal's hand instantly flies to her stomach, and this time there's no doubt that the dragon feels the kicking.

,,Most certainly kicking." Maleficent says and gives Regina a completely goofy smile.

,,Can I feel, mom?" Henry asks and grins.

,,Of course honey. Just place your hand," Regina guides her son's hand to the middle of her stomach where the kicking is strongest. ,,Right here."

Henry waits with his hand on his mother's stomach. Then, the teenagers face lights up in a smile.

,,Wow." He says and grins at Regina.

,,Definitely wow," Maleficent agrees and copies her stepsons words.

Snow on the other hand, looks like she's dying to ask a question, and after a nod from Emma, the pixie haired woman swallows and asks:

,,Can I feel, Regina?"

Regina chuckles quietly. Snow White looks like she's terribly embarrassed to ask, maybe even a little afraid, and they can't have that.

,,Of course you can, Snow," Regina says and flashes the princess a beaming smile. She tells Henry and Maleficent to make room, and Maleficent only reluctantly removes her hand from Regina's stomach.

Snow shyly places her hand on Regina's stomach. At first, she frowns, but then her face lights up in a smile exactly like Henry's and Maleficent's.

,,That's incredible," she whispers.

,,Agreed," Regina says.

Snow reluctantly removes her hand from Regina's stomach, and then she gives Charming a look. And it isn't hard for Regina to figure out what the princess is thinking right now. There's no doubt that feeling the babies kicking has made Snow baby crazy.

Maleficent's hand is still placed firmly on Regina's stomach, and after a while, the brunette grows annoyed.

,,Get your scaly hands off me, dragon!"

Killian sniggers.

,,My hands are not scaly," Maleficent protests with a frown.

,,Said the dragon," Emma comments flatly.

,,Just stop touching me," Regina says and brushes Mal's hand away from her stomach.

,,They are my children too," Maleficent deadpans.

,,But right now they are in my body, and I don't appreciate to be touched all the time!."

,,Since when?" Mal says teasingly and smirks a little.

,,Since you so kindly blessed me with twins," Regina deadpans, and Zelena chuckles.

Regina ignores her wife's indignant face and rummages through her purse instead. She may just have had pancakes, but she desperately craves dark chocolate right now, and she searches through her purse in the search for one of the chocolate bars she always brings with her.

Damn it. It's not there. Did she really forget it when she left this morning? Yes. Yes, she did. The chocolate bar is still lying on the counter at home. Perfect. Just great. Now she has to buy a chocolate bar. Which is incredible stupid. What a way to let the whole diner know that the pregnant woman wants chocolate.

She's considering to wave her hand and transport the stupid chocolate bar to Granny's Diner, when Maleficent searches through her own purse and promptly shoves a chocolate bar into Regina's hand.

Regina is slightly taken aback by the little, silent form of attention. ,,I… Thank you."

,,You are most welcome my dear," Maleficent drawls. ,,God forbid you leave the house without a chocolate bar."

That's actually a fairly sensible statement, and Regina doesn't comment on it when she tears the paper off and takes a bite of the chocolate.

,,I have never seen you eat chocolate," Snow observes with a smile.

,,It's dark chocolate." Regina defends and takes another bite. It tastes so good.

,,I don't think anybody asked you to defend your actions my dear," Maleficent chuckles.

,,I really shouldn't be eating this stuff," Regina says and sighs deeply.

,,Why not?" Emma scoffs. ,,When I was pregnant with Henry, I ate buckets of ice cream."

,,Please stop me if I ever attempt that," Regina tells Maleficent.

,,Never," Maleficent says firmly. ,,Doctor Whale said you should eat whatever you desired."

,,That's not the same as eating uncontrollably," Regina snips. Sadly, she's already done with the chocolate bar. She probably shouldn't have eaten it so fast.

,,Do you want another one?" Maleficent casually offers.

,,No thank you," Regina says. She has to hold back somehow. She can't just keep eating.

,,You sure?"

,,Yes."

Regina takes a sip of her tea and notices the pleasant flutter from inside her again. It seems like a couple of very active babies.

She gently grabs Mal's hand and places it on her stomach again. Maleficent first frowns, but then her lips curls into a smile instead when she feels the babies kick again.

,,I thought you didn't want me to touch you?" the dragon chuckles.

,,I think I snapped at you for absolutely no reason. Sorry," Regina says embarrassed.

David puts a hand over his heart in mock surprise. ,,Are you apologizing, Regina?!"

,,Happens on rare occasions," Regina bites back, and then turns to her wife: ,,I'm sorry. I shouldn't have snapped like that."

,,It's alright," Maleficent assures and gives her stomach a light caress. ,,I forgive you. This time."

,,Very funny."