Poison & Wine

Chapter 44

This time it wasn't Emma who cut the former queen off, it was the door opening. All eyes turned to see Neal standing there with a bouquet of flowers.

"Dad?"

Emma and Regina made eye contact. Both were saying the same thing. Shit.

After clearing her throat the mayor spoke up, "Killian, could you go tell Mary Margaret that Emma is awake?"

Hook nodded. "You got it." He told her and quickly exited the room, shutting the door behind him.

"What are you doing here?" Henry demanded to know, glaring at his father. "Nobody wants you here." He crawled out of the bed and stood protectively in front of his mothers.

"Honey, it's all right." Regina said and stood up as well, leaving the blonde alone in the hospital bed. "He helped us catch Zelena today."

The injured sheriff licked her lips as she watched the encounter. Neal reached over his son and handed the flowers to Regina before turning to his ex-girlfriend. "I just wanted to wish you a speedy recovery." He informed her.

"She doesn't want to date you!" Henry yelled at the man.

"Kid, he knows." Emma insured her son calmly. "He's been helping us."

The boy gave his birth mother a disapproving look. "He brought you flowers!"

"To wish her good health." The former queen stepped in, placing the flowers on the edge of her lover's bed and rubbing her preteen son's back. "Dear, he's the one who detained the witch."

Neal cleared his throat. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to cause all of this, especially now. I-"

Henry looked between the two brunettes with confusion. There seemed to be some kind of understanding between the two of them. "Are you okay with him bringing Ma flowers?"

"I'm not trying to steal Emma away." The man assured his son.

"Anymore." Henry argued with a grumble.

Neal nodded his head. "Anymore." He confessed. "I know I messed everything up-"

"You did!" The boy yelled. "And then you just left without even telling me!"

"I know. I'm a shitty father-"

Henry cut him off. "No! You're nowhere close to being my father." He growled. "I never had a dad and you'll never be that to me." He looked at both of his mothers as he said, "I'm going to go see Grandpa."

"Sweetheart-" The mayor began, but there was no room for rebuttal with the kid. All the adults just watched as he stormed out of the hospital room.

The savior licked her lips. "Well at least he has no fear of expressing himself.

Regina rubbed her forehead with a deep sigh as she turned to Neal. "I'm sorry about that, Mr. Cassidy."

"No. I deserved all of that… and more." The man said sadly with a shake of the head. "I really screwed things up on his front."

The mayor nodded her agreement. "You did." That was just a cold hard fact. "Either way though, we'll talk to him about how he addressed you. He knows better than to talk to adults that way."

"I appreciate that, Regina, and I know I don't have room to ask you not to, but-"

Emma cut off Neal. "You don't want us to get onto him." She finished up.

The man shoved his hands into his pockets and nodded slightly. "Yeah."

"Mr. Cassidy, I know you feel as if you deserve to be treated that way by him- and I must say that you very much do- but Emma and myself will discipline and raise our son the way we see fit." Regina crossed her arms as she spoke. She wasn't being rude, but she was being firm. Henry was her son. He was Emma's son as well, and while he was biologically Neal's son too, the man held no claim on him past genetics.

Neal looked between the two women momentarily. "You're right." He said and was about to leave before he thought better of it. He wanted them to understand. He put his hands in front of him in gesture as he spoke. "Look, I didn't come back here thinking that everything would be okay with Henry. I fucked up. I'll own that, but I'm not the same guy who left here all those months ago."

"It's the guy who cried wolf, dude." Emma told him. "I can't believe a damn thing you say."

The man sighed. "I know. I know. I'm not asking anyone to believe me right now. I'll show you. And I'm not asking to be Henry's dad again. I'm just hoping to someday be his friend."

Regina cleared her throat. "You have a lot of proving to do, Mr. Cassidy. We won't forbid you from spending time with Henry, but we also will not be forcing him to have a relationship with you either." She gazed at her true love in the hospital bed. She could tell the blonde was starting to fade in and out from her timed morphine drip. "Let's hit pause on this until my girlfriend has recovered. All right?"

Neal nodded. "Yeah. The plan was to wait until Emma was in better health, but I obviously have bad timing." He chuckled softly at his own joke. His brown eyes moved to the now sleeping sheriff in the bed. He leaned closer to the brunette woman. "I wanted to talk to you about yesterday and the whole…" He gestured to her stomach.

The mayor held up a finger to him. "Emma?" She called, looking over at her sleeping girlfriend. "Honey?" She tried again, just to make sure she was asleep. Once she was sure, she turned back to the former lost boy. "What about it?"

"I know it's none of my business, but you took a beating the other day with that witch." He reminded her.

Regina nodded. "Your point?"

The man ran a hand through his hair. "Don't you think you should make sure everything is still okay on that front while you're here? Maybe get a blood test or something?"

The former queen scoffed a laugh. "Your concern for me is just adorable, Mr. Cassidy, but I assure you that I don't need advice regarding this situation. "

"You announced your pregnancy to a room full of people in front of your evil sister. You don't think Mary Margaret is going to tell the whole town once Emma and David are released?"

Brown eyes widened with panic. Regina had completely forgotten about telling everyone to keep that information to themselves. "Oh God." She groaned. "I need to find Snow. Tell Belle to keep her mouth shut too!"

When Regina went to find the schoolteacher, she saw her outside of David's hospital room talking with Killian. The former queen glanced in the room through the window and saw Henry by the bed, reading to his grandfather. "I need to speak with both of you… privately." She told the pair.

"Is Emma okay?" Was Mary Margaret's first question. "I was just about to go see her."

The mayor shook her head. "Emma is asleep right now. This is a different matter... sort of."

Hook nodded and motioned to the janitor's closet. "Is this good enough for you?" He asked as he opened the door turned on the light. The two women followed him in and shut the door behind them.

"You're scaring me." Snow said honestly. "What's wrong?"

Regina cleared her throat, feeling nervous. "Do you remember what I told Zelena last night before I killed her?"

The pixie haired woman gasped slightly as she remembered. Her mind had completely blanked it out with all the things that had gone on since then. "You're pregnant." She breathed out.

With a nod, Regina said, "Apparently."

"Apparently?" The pirate raised an eyebrow. "You seemed pretty certain last night before you ripped the witch's heart out."

The mayor ran a hand anxiously through her hair. "I took a pregnancy test yesterday before the fight. It was positive. But it hasn't been confirmed by a doctor."

Snow beamed. "You're pregnant." She was sure of it.

Of course the former bandit would find the situation joyful. Regina was panicking about being with child, especially since she had yet to tell her lover and didn't know how she'd react. "I think so, but neither of you can tell anybody."

"You aren't thinking of abortion. Are you?" Killian asked. "Because I think you should at least let Emma have a say in the matter before you decide anything."

Mary Margaret's green eyes widened. "Regina, don't get an abortion. I know it's not the best time, but-"

The former queen shook her head and waved them off. "I'm not having an abortion." She whisper yelled. "But I haven't told Emma yet and I don't plan to until she's healed."

Hook raised an eyebrow. "You think she'll freak out?"

Regina scoffed. "I know she's going to freak out."

"I think you should give her more credit. She's been very helpful and supportive of my pregnancy." Snow defended her daughter.

The mayor rolled her eyes. "Well of course she's supportive of your pregnancy. She won't have to raise your baby." She pointed out. "Emma and David will have a speedy recovery if they're relaxed. So that's what we need to do. We need to keep things calm. Once Emma is better, I'll tell her about my pregnancy, but until then you're both sworn to secrecy. Belle is too, so make sure to pass the message on."

"What about Neal?" Killian questioned. "He knows too."

"I already spoke with him. He's not going to say anything." Regina revealed. "I don't want you hinting at a pregnancy in front of people- Henry included-, I don't want any baby advice, I don't want to talk about it at all until I tell Emma."

Mary Margaret and Hook both nodded. "We won't tell anybody." They promised.

Later that afternoon, Dr. Whale released Emma and she was sleeping soundly in the passenger seat of the Mercedes as Regina drove home.

The brunette looked in the rearview mirror and saw her son looking out of the window. "Are you upset with me and Emma, dear?" She questioned him. "For not telling you that Neal was in town?"

Henry shook his head. "No. Hook told me you and Ma were planning to tell me after you defeated the witch." He told her.

"We were." Regina nodded. "I don't want you to think that we were purposely keeping you from him."

"I get it mom." The boy in the back told her. "I'm not mad at you."

There was a small pause. "You're mad at Mr. Cassidy though."

Henry nodded. "Yeah, but I've been mad at him ever since he left."

"He's made some poor decisions." The mayor noted. "But he said he's a different man now."

The twelve year old rolled his brown eyes. "He's a liar. Why are you on his side?" He accused.

Regina sighed. "I'm not on his side, darling. I'll be the first to say that I don't trust his abilities as a father, but the longer he stays in town the more he'll want to be in your life."

"I don't want him in my life." Henry told her, crossing his arms in frustration.

The woman gave him a sad smile. She knew the only reason her son was so against spending time with Neal was because he was afraid to let the man back into his life. Henry was honestly hurt when his father skipped town without a note. "If that's what you want, I won't argue. But I also want you to know that if someday down the line you do want him in your life, I won't prevent that either."

"He won't stick around long enough." Henry muttered from the backseat as the black car pulled into the driveway and into the garage.

The second the car was turned off, Regina unbuckled herself. "Can you make sure the dogs don't jump on your mom when we get inside?" She asked the boy.

Her son nodded and scrambled out of the car. "I'll try." He called behind him.

Regina turned towards her sleeping girlfriend and smiled softly. She tucked a curling piece of blonde hair behind the woman's ear and lightly scraped her nails over the uninjured side of her neck. "We're home, honey."

"Mm." Emma mumbled and turned her head to the side, opening her heavy lids to look at the older woman. She grinned widely. Her body was warm with drugs and she didn't feel sore at all. "Baby." She slurred slightly. "I love you."

The mayor laughed. "Can you walk alone or do you need me help you?"

"Please." The savior scoffed and opened her car door. "I've been walking since I was one." She slowly made her way out of the vehicle and stood up by it. Regina got out of her side and was waiting for her true love. "I think I can handle-" She nearly fell down when she took a step and leaned against the car. She cleared her throat. "Maybe just hold my hand?"

Regina rolled her brown eyes playfully and walked around to the other side of the Mercedes before taking the blonde's hand. "Are you in any pain?"

The sheriff shook her head. "Nope. I feel great." She admitted. "Oh! I can't wait to see Boss and Chief! I miss them."

"I'm sure they miss you as well." The older woman agreed, laughing in her head at her very drugged up girlfriend.

The couple walked through the yard and into the house where they were greeted by their two large wolf hybrid dogs. Henry had them on leashes, but the two beasts were no match for the boy. They lunged for Emma and nearly tackled her to ground but thankfully the door caught her fall.

"Hey guys!" Emma sang cheerfully, kissing their snouts.

Regina swatted their behinds. "No. Bad boys!" She glared at them and the dogs quickly stepped away from their pack leader and whined. "Go outside." She pointed in the direction of the dining room where the back door was. "Henry go let them outside, please."

Henry did as he was told and Emma made her way up the stairs slowly. "Baby, do you have my medicine?" She asked her lover as she used the stair railing for support as she trucked up the steps.

"The bag is in the car. I'll go get it. You need to lie down. Dr. Whale said you need to rest as much as possible for the next couple of days." Regina told the blonde.

Emma nodded from halfway up the stairs. "Yeah, yeah."

Once the sheriff made it to the second story, she quickly went into her room and lied down with a happy grunt. The room was slightly spinning and her eyes felt heavy. "Hey ma!" Henry greeted loudly and entered the room. He saw his mother lying on her stomach in the bed. "Are you sleepy?"

The blonde nodded. "Yep." She told him and cracked one eye open when she felt the bed dip. "Shouldn't you be in school?"

"My mom was shot." He said as if that explained it all.

Emma huffed a laugh and reached out for her son. "Come cuddle with me." She demanded and the boy happily snuggled against his mom. "I love you, kid."

Henry smiled. "I love you too, ma." He assured her. There was a small pause before he asked, "Why are you so sleepy?"

"It's the drugs, dude." The savior informed him. "My body's gotta heal and in order to do that I need my sleep."

"Sounds boring." He chuckled.

The blonde laughed at him. "Yeah. It is."

Regina reached the top of the stairs when she heard the quiet conversation between her girlfriend and their son. She smiled softly and looked into her room to see the two cuddled up on the queen bed. She dug her phone out of her pocket and snapped a picture of the snuggle bugs.

The flash was on auto and it went off, catching the attention of her two loves. "Don't show that to any of my friends!" Henry pleaded.

Emma laughed. "Mine either! I have a reputation to uphold." She teased, playfully shoving her son away and laying on her back.

The mayor rolled her brown eyes. "You two are incorrigible." She told them. "Any request for dinner? I'll be making it soon."

"Shepherds pie!" Henry suggested.

The savior shook her head. "Lasagna!" She called out.

"The injured one gets to pick the meal." Regina waved her son off the bed. "Come on, dear. Emma needs her rest. You can go with me to the store."

Henry grumbled but hopped off the bed anyways. "Can we get some ice cream?"

"Oh! We need popsicles, baby." Emma said. "Not the gross sugar free kind either! I want the real shit!"

After picking up the ingredients for dinner and making it, Regina asked Henry to set the table while she went up to awaken her recovering girlfriend. When she entered the master bedroom she saw Emma sleeping in the dead center of it with Boss and Chief on either side of her. She huffed a laugh and crawled on the bed, disrupting the dogs and the drugged blonde. "Wake up, dear."

Emma grumbled a whine. "Why?"

"Because it's dinner time, and if you don't remember my heart is still very much in your possession." The mayor reminded her.

Green eyes widened awake. "You're so right!" She was starting to feel a little bit of the pain from her wound, which was an indication that it was nearly time to take her pain medicine. "Help me up and I'll get it."

Regina got off of her true love and stood. She held her hands out for the younger woman to help her up.

When the savior got to her feet she groaned. "I need to take my pain medicine soon." She noted as she slowly walked over to her closet.

"After we eat you can take it. Dr. Whale said no taking it on an empty stomach." Regina informed her.

Emma opened her closet and did the pin on her safe. She briefly thought about the diamond ring she had in there. It was hidden in a case of ammo, so it couldn't be seen. Her girlfriend's beating dark heart was resting safely inside of the bulletproof container. She grabbed it carefully and shut the safe before turning towards the brunette. "Safe and sound." She observed with a smug grin.

The mayor smiled and took a step towards her lover. "I knew you'd keep good care of it for me."

"Always, baby." The blonde assured her. "You want to do it?"

Regina shook her head. "You do it."

Nervously, Emma rose the beating muscle to the woman's chest and slowly pushed it in. The dark heart disappeared beneath Regina's skin with ease. "How's that?" She asked. "Baby?"

A strong wave of emotion flooded the mayor when her heart went back in place. It happened every time, but it always went away. "I'm fine, honey." The mayor assured her. "It's just… overwhelming to feel deeply again."

Emma nodded and cupped her girlfriend's cheek with a smirk. "You can feel me deeply inside of you later." She wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.

Brown eyes rolled well mannerly. "You know Whale said no sexual activity until your stitches are removed in a few days."

The sheriff scoffed. "Yeah, and I told him to fuck off."

"And I told you that you're going to listen to all of the doctor's orders." Regina said firmly. "Need I remind you what happened the last time you over exerted yourself, dear?"

Emma laughed. "I'm gonna need you to let that go." She teased and moved in for a kiss, but was rejected. She tsked. "Baby, loosen up. A kiss isn't sex. I just want to feel close to you." She pouted.

The brunette found the look completely adorable. She found herself wondering what their future child would be like, not just look wise but personality wise.

Henry was so much like the savior and she had no hand in raising him until he was ten. Would their next child have certain quirks that the blonde had? Regina sure hoped so. She leaned forward and captured plump lips between her own sweetly.

"I love you." She mumbled against her lover's lips. "Let's go eat."

I'M BACK! :D I'm super excited to get back to this story. I enjoyed my vacation, but I missed writing this story. This chapter was mostly Swan Queen fluff but next chapter picks up pretty quickly. David wakes up and starts to recover, Regina continues to hide her pregnancy, Belle will be annoying & a few other things. Coming up in the next few chapters is the Charming baby so be ready for that! I'm excited.

Let me know what you think & review! Next post will be Saturday! Love you all! :*