More Than She Wanted

A Date With A Dragon:

Regina has just spent a few hours in her vault cleaning it out and re-organizing her stuff. Now she's eager to head home to her wife and kids. It's their week with Henry, and the teenager should be home from school by now.

Regina walks through Storybrooke and notes that the weather finally is getting warmer. Maybe the leaves on the trees will turn green very soon.

The first thing she hears when she gets home is her wife and sons voice. And the first thing she finds after she has put her coat away, is her wife and teenage son on the living room floor with Amelia and Emerald. The babies are lying on their stomachs on a blanket and flaps their chubby legs in the air, and Henry and Maleficent is watching them like they are a very entertaining movie.

Emerald raises her head a little and babbles at the sight of Regina.

Maleficent turns her head, and when she spots Regina, she smiles broadly.

,,Who's that girls? Is that your mummy, hmm? Is it?" she asks the babies with over the top enthusiasm.

It works. Both Emerald and Amelia coos, and Amelia's face lights up in a big, toothless smile.

Regina's own face instantly lights up in a smile. ,,Hello my darlings. Did you miss your mummy?" she sits down next to Henry and Mal, and Amelia flaps her little hands about. Regina chuckles and picks her daughter up and scoops her into her arms. She presses a light kiss to her daughters' forehead.

Emerald begins fussing, but Regina can't very well hold both of them, the twins have just reached the five and a half months old mark, and they are getting somewhat heavy. So it's up to Maleficent to scoop Emerald into her arms and kiss her little nose.

,,I think Mia missed you, mom," Henry grins and gives Amelia's back a fond rub.

,,What did I tell you about that silly nickname?" Regina mock scolds. Henry has recently begun to call Amelia "Mia", which irritates Regina because Emma and Snow is doing the same.

,,It suits her," Henry shrugs.

,,But it's not her name," Regina rebukes. ,,If we're not careful, she'll think her name is Mia and not Amelia."

,,What's wrong with the name Mia?" Maleficent asks and waves a rattle in front of Emerald. The baby squeals and tries to grab the toy.

,,There's nothing wrong with it as such," Regina says. ,,I just don't like it that's all."

,,Why not… Gina?" Maleficent says innocently.

,,That's enough," Regina says sternly. ,,Don't call me Gina. It sounds absolutely horrible."

,,No it doesn't," Maleficent denies and rocks Emerald back and forward. ,,What do you say, pretty girl? Does it sound silly, hmm?"

Emerald coos.

,,Was that a yes or a no?" Henry sniggers.

,,That was a "please don't give my mother or sister silly nicknames", " Regina says flatly and causes Mal and Henry to chuckle.

,,I was thinking.." Maleficent says a bit later when they are still playing with the babies on the floor.

,,Of course you were," Regina half teases and tickles Emerald's foot.

,,Oh very funny," Mal says a bit sternly and shoots Regina a look.

,,What were you thinking about, my sweet?" Regina drawls and entertain Amelia with the rattle. Amelia coos and tries to grab it.

,,Would you like to go out tonight?"

,,Are you asking me on a date?" Regina teases lightly.

,,Yes. That's exactly what I'm doing," Mal says plainly.

,,Hmm. Sounds lovely, but I don't think that's possible with the little ones," Regina says and motions towards their little baby dragons.

,,Henry," Maleficent says sweetly to the teenage boy as he passes them with his cellphone in his hand.

,,Yeah?"

,,Do you have any plans tonight?"

,,Not really," the teenager shrugs. ,,Why?"

,,How would you feel about watching the little dragons for us?"

,,That would be awesome," the teenager grins and his eyes lights up at the mention of his sisters. ,,But why? Where are you going?"

,,I am taking your mother out on what young people would refer to as a date," Maleficent says and looks like she's tasting the word "date".

,,Oh," Henry chuckles. ,,Sure. I can watch Emerald and Mia."

,,Amelia!" Regina interjects sharply.

Henry completely ignores her. ,,But don't do anything stupid, alright?"

,,When have I ever done something stupid?" Regina asks and raises an eyebrow.

,,Not you. I was talking to Mal," Henry says and sniggers when the dragon narrows her blue eyes at him.

,,Are you calling me reckless?" Mal says a bit sullen.

,,Yes!" both Henry and Regina says, and Mal scowls at them.

Regina feeds the babies, and then she and Mal prepares for the date. Regina decides to make a big deal out of it. There hasn't been much time for courting and dressing up since the babies arrived, but tonight, when it's just her and Mal, she will dress up. Have already lost most of her pregnancy weight, so it's the perfect opportunity really.

She searches through their closet in the search for something that fits the occasion, and finally she settles on a black dress with a zipper that goes from the nape of her neck and all the way down past her backside. The front of the dress shows of a little bit of cleavage, nothing too outrageous, but nursing has changed her breasts quite a bit, so…

Regina runs a comb through her hair and decides to let it hang loosely around her face for once. Her hair is getting quite long, almost brushing against her lower back, maybe it's time for a haircut?

A light touch of makeup, and she's ready. Regina heads downstairs to wait for Mal who's still in the bathroom.

Regina taps her fingers against the kitchen table. What the hell is taking the dragon so long? Is she having a wardrobe malfunction or something like that? No, she probably just can't decide what to wear. Silly dragon. It's always the same with her.

Finally, footsteps on the stairs, and then Maleficent shows up in the kitchen. Regina stares an extra time, and her dark eyes widens at the sight before her eyes. Clearly, she's not the only one who made an extra effort tonight. Maleficent is wearing a red, sleeveless dress with a slit up her leg. Her golden hair is rolled into a low bun, and a couple of golden strands is hanging loosely around her face.

Maleficent's lips curls into a smirk at the way Regina is staring her down.

,,Perhaps you would prefer to stay here instead?" the sorceress purrs and motions towards their bedroom.

,,Keep your voice down," Regina warns despite the blush rising in her cheeks.

,,Henry is in the nursery with the little ones, my dear. He can't hear us." Maleficent points out and smirks at Regina. ,,I do believe Her Majesty is blushing."

,,No I'm not," Regina denies and folds her arms across her chest.

But it's a complete lie. It's not the first time she gets affected by Maleficent's beauty, and it certainly won't be the last time either.

,,You look beautiful, my sweet. I wouldn't mind having this date in the bedroom," Maleficent says and licks her lips.

,,Buy me a drink first," Regina teases.

,,Oh, making me work for it are you?"

,,Yes," Regina drawls. ,,You can't expect me to take my clothes off just like that."

,,Mom!" Henry protests as he passes them on the way to the fridge. ,,That's disgusting."

,,I disagree," Maleficent says quietly and immediately rewarded with a solid jab to the ribs by Regina.

,,Let's get going," Regina says before the situation gets more awkward.

Maleficent smirks as both women puts on their coats and wishes Henry a good night with the little dragons.

For once they don't go to Granny's Diner. Instead Maleficent surprises Regina by taking her to Tony's, the newly opened Italian place.

Regina has always had a soft spot for Italian food, and she has to admit that the place is very romantic, with dimmed light and candles on the tables. It's been a long time since they were out without Emerald and Amelia, and Regina relishes in it.

Regina chooses ravioli and Maleficent lands on risotto with spinach. Regina laughs and shakes her head when Mal says that she could probably have made the food better, considering how good a cook she is. Regina asks her if she's trying to flatter her, and Maleficent's cheeky answer is why yes, that's exactly what she's trying to do.

Halfway through the dinner, Regina suddenly feels Maleficent's foot brushing against her ankle, a maneuver the dragon has used a number of times. But for once, Regina goes along with it, and gives Mal's foot a little squeeze with her ankles. Maleficent slowly runs her foot up Regina's leg, brushes past her ankles and then rubs against her calf in slow motions.

Regina swallows a bit thickly at that. Because that might just feel a little too nice, and she has absolutely no interest in getting turned on in a public place. But on the other hand, telling Maleficent to stop what she's doing, seems almost inhuman, so Regina clears her throat quietly and continues to eat her ravioli.

Maleficent flashes her a toothy grin. The dragon is perfectly aware over what she's doing to her wife right now, and Regina both hate and love her for it.

,,Don't look now, but I think we're being watched," the dragon quietly tells Regina.

,,By who?" Regina asks and frowns.

Maleficent looks discreetly behind them. ,,It seems like your sweet stepdaughter and her charming husband is having a date night as well."

,,Oh." Regina says. ,,Well, let them look. As long as they don't come over here and start bothering us."

,,I don't think they would dare. Not tonight."

Regina flashes her wife a smile and then they continue the dinner. The food is really good, and so is the very small glass of white Regina has treated herself to for once.

Suddenly Mal reaches forward and takes her hand.

Regina let's go of the fork she's holding on to, and interlaces their fingers instead. Maleficent squeezes her fingers lightly.

,,Is everything alright?" Regina questions with a small smile.

,,Mmm. I'm just happy."

,,So am I," Regina nods and smiles again. ,,And I have been for a long time now. It's all very strange."

Maleficent chuckles at that. ,,This is how I pictured our first date. On a nice restaurant. With candles on the table and wine in our glasses. Not in some smoke filled bar with too much whiskey followed by a drunken stumble back to your house."

,,Do you qualify that as a date, my dear?" Regina sniggers.

,,An improvised one at least," Maleficent shrugs.

,,I'm not sure I would call that a date," Regina says and takes a sip of her wine. ,,But I did have a good time. At least until the next morning."

Mal chuckles. ,,Those were quite the hangovers."

,,Indeed."

They eat in silence for a while, but their eyes keep meeting over their wine glasses. The candles reflect in Maleficent's blue eyes, and Regina wonders how it's possible to be that beautiful. It's quite amazing really. This beautiful woman across the table is hers. This witty, sarcastic, stunning fire breathing creature loves her. After everything that's happened to her so far, Regina still finds it unbelievable sometimes. In the morning, when her eyes are still closed, she fears that she's gonna wake up from a really, really good dream. But then Mal slides closer to her and wraps and arm around her, or she hears her children coo from the nursery, and then she knows that it isn't a dream. This is, in fact her life now, and she couldn't be happier about it.