Poison & Wine
Chapter 45
Killian and Tinkerbelle walked into Granny's hand in hand. They took an open booth and opened their menus. "So how long until Emma goes back to work?" The blonde asked.
Hook shrugged his shoulders. "I'm not sure. The queen seems to think Swan will wait the two weeks Whale requested, but I'm placing my bet that she'll be returning within four days."
"I'm sure that will go over well with Regina." The fairy said sarcastically.
The pirate laughed and nodded. "That's a bomb for Swan to diffuse."
The couple ordered their respective drinks and breakfast before the woman asked, "Are you going to see David after we eat?"
Killian swallowed the gulp of orange juice he had in his mouth. Earlier that morning, Regina called the man and told him that Charming was awake. She said she was going stop by there after she dropped Henry off at school and they made plans to meet there. "Yeah. I must say that being Sheriff is exhausting. I'm counting the days until I can nap at the station again." He smirked.
Green rolled her eyes with a smile. "You work so hard, babe."
Belle entered the diner and made a beeline for the couple in the booth. "I need to talk to you." She told the brunette.
Hook furrowed his dark eyebrows. "Okay…" He was confused.
"It's about Regina." The auburn haired woman clarified. "She killed that woman right in front of you."
Killian stood up from the booth and nodded. "Your point?"
The woman scoffed. "She murdered Zelena."
"I'm well aware of all of this, Belle." The pirate told her with a tired sigh. He reminded himself to never envy Emma's life if this was what it was like on a daily basis.
Belle looked at him like he was crazy. "She reverted back to The Evil Queen in a blink of an eye. We can't condone murder."
The man huffed. "Maybe you can't, but when it comes to protecting this town and the people I love, I find that I can condone it fairly easily."
"Of course." The librarian ran a hand through her hair in frustration. "Why am I even talking to you about this? You and Bae had Zelena in your custody and you just handed her over to get her heart crushed. You're just like Regina."
Hook scoffed a humorless laugh. "I'm like Regina? Who's your boyfriend again, love? I believe he goes by the name The Dark One? You were rather hell bent on getting him back at all costs and the moment you got him back, it was like nothing else mattered. Let me ask you this, if she shot The Dark One instead of Emma and David would you still be singing this tune? Would you be so anti-violence?"
"You had her in your mercy, Killian!" The woman argued, ignoring his question. "She was without magic and instead of locking her away safely, you sentenced her to death!"
The acting sheriff was about done with the argument. "And you think your precious Dark One would be on board with keeping that witch alive? If Regina didn't kill her, the crocodile would have!" He told her. "You have no right to judge what's good and evil when you're dating the most powerful sorcerer of dark magic that exists."
"I would have asked him to spare her." Belle revealed to the pirate. "It's called compassion!"
"It's called stupidity!" Killian growled. He cleared his throat and addressed the entire diner. "Everyone! Listen up! Regina killed the witched witch that tried to destroy everyone in this town! Anyone that believes the witch's life should have been spared, raise your hand!"
Everyone around the diner looked around for any raised hands, but there were none. "Zelena was no threat to us when Regina murdered her!" Belle informed the restaurant. "She was without magic and in police custody and Regina crushed her heart!"
"I say the bitch deserved it!" Leroy rose his flask from the bar. "That's one funeral I'll be smiling about."
"Regina murdered somebody! We're talking about the Evil Queen here, everyone!" The former maid reminded them.
Killian saw that no one's mind was changing. He gave a smug look to the woman. "Math was never my subject, but I believe you're standing alone in your crusade of justice, love."
Belle shook her head. "What Regina did was wrong, Hook."
The pirate shrugged. "Where I'm standing, you're the only one who sees it that way."
It was around 10:30am when Emma's eyes fluttered open. Her dogs were sleeping soundly on Regina's side of bed, happy to lounge next to their recovery owner. The blonde was a tad sore, but she wanted to wait as long as she could without taking her pain medicine. She knew that after she took it she'd become tired and eventually fall asleep.
Emma rolled on her side and started to softly stroke Chief's erect ears. "Morning, bubby boy." She cooed with a sleepy smile. The lighter colored dog next to him whined and pawed the bed to pull his body closer to his master. The savior switched dogs and started scratching Boss' chin. "I see you too, jealous." Chief yawned loudly and barked. A blonde eyebrow rose as she looked at the darker hybrid. "Outside?" She asked and laughed when the animals shot off of the bed and towards the closed bedroom door.
The sheriff grumbled as she sat up in the bed and tied her hair up in a messy bun. She looked around and saw a yellow post-it note stuck to her IPhone screen on the bed stand. She recognized the handwriting and grabbed her cell before standing up. She walked to the bedroom door and opened it, following the dogs down the stairs whilst she peeled the sticky note off her phone and read it.
Rise & shine, Dear.
I'm not sure what time you'll wake up, but call me once you do. I'm taking Henry to school and going by the hospital to check on your father before I go to work. Your pain medicine is on our bathroom vanity. Please don't forget to take it, honey. I love you.
-Regina
Emma crumbled up the yellow paper in her fist and opened the front door as she looked down at her phone. She jumped out of her skin when her dogs growled loudly. Her green eyes looked up and there was the Dark One dressed in his usually expensive suit as he leaned his weight against his cane. She shushed the dogs and told them to go potty.
They kept their eyes on the man the whole time as they passed him and starting running around the yard. "Is this a bad time?" The brunette man asked.
"No." Emma shook her head and opened the door a little wider. "Come in."
Gold limped past her and walked up entry stairs and into the foyer. "How is your recovery, Miss Swan?"
The savior shut the white door and walked towards the older man. "I'll be good."
"You know if you wish, I could heal you." Mr. Gold offered. "It's a simple spell."
A blonde eyebrow rose. "What's in it for you?" She questioned him.
The pawnbroker let out a raspy chuckle. He pointed at the woman. "You're a perceptive one, Sheriff."
Emma nodded and crossed her arms. "So what's your deal?"
Gold smirked. "A simple strand of your hair is all I ask for."
"Why do you want a piece of my hair?" The savior asked in confusion.
The man cleared his throat. "Nothing that concerns you, dearie."
Emma snorted a laugh. "Then I'm not interested."
"What if I was to heal your father as well?" The sorcerer added. "I hear his recovery will take some time. And with the new baby coming, it would be a shame if he was unable to support his wife during the early days of your sibling's life." Gold wasn't stupid. He knew the savior would only take a deal if it helped others around her not to suffer.
"Tell me what you want to do with it and if it's not something evil I'll take the deal." Emma told him with a shrug. "See it as your way to repay me for saving your ass from being Zelena's evil puppet."
The elder man laughed under his breath. "You drive quite the bargain, Miss Swan." He told her. "I'm planning an… experiment if you will. You see, long before you were born I managed to get a strand of hair from both of your parents."
"True love potion." Emma nodded. "You said anything was possible with it." She recalled.
Gold snapped his fingers. "Exactly!" He said a smile. "I created a true love potion from your parents and neither of them possess magic. Just imagine the things I could do with hair from you and Regina."
Blonde eyebrows furrowed together. "You want my hair to make a true love potion?"
The man nodded. "Precisely. You and Regina are both powerful; Regina with dark magic and you with light. The parallel between good and evil could do interesting things in this world."
Emma was intrigued. She crossed her arms and looked at the dark one. "Even if I do give you a strand of my hair, you'd have to get Regina's too."
Gold smirked. "Oh, I'm quite certain that won't be too difficult." He cleared his throat. "So do we have a deal, Savior?"
The sheriff chewed on her bottom lip as she thought about it. She thought about her pregnant mother and her badly injured father. The baby was due any day and she wanted her parents to have the birth of at least one of their children to be perfect. "Heal my dad and I'll give it to you."
"Consider it done, dearie." He said before he disappeared before the blonde's eyes.
Emma sighed and ran a hand through her thick locks. She looked down at her phone and dialed her girlfriend.
After two rings, the mayor picked up. "Wow. I'm surprised you're up so early."
"I'm not sure why you're surprised. I feel like I've done nothing but sleep since I got home." She chuckled.
"You're recovering, honey. Have you taken your pain medicine yet today?" Regina wondered.
The blonde walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge as she spoke, "No. I'm trying not to rely on them too much."
"Dr. Whale wouldn't have given them to you if he didn't think you needed them, Emma." The older woman scolded her lover slightly. "Please just follow the doctor's order for once, dear. I can't handle it if you hurt yourself further."
Green eyes rolled as she grabbed the fresh blackberries from the fridge and put them on the bar. "Baby, I'm not going to hurt myself. I promise." She assured the brunette. "Have you seen my dad yet?"
"Yes. He woke up shortly after I arrived."
That really got the blonde's attention. "How is he?" She was in the middle of chewing a berry when she asked.
"Good. He was in and out when I was there earlier so I left, but your mother hasn't left his side." The former queen revealed. "With time he'll be all healed."
Emma contemplated her next move, but she eventually decided to tell her girlfriend about the deal she made. "He may need less time then you think."
There was a pause on the line. "What did you do?" She accused.
"Gold stopped by-"
Regina cut her off. "Damn it, Swan! You made a deal with him. Didn't you?"
The savior sighed at her true love's tone. "It's a win-win deal pretty much."
"You're an idiot." The older woman scoffed. "There's no such thing as a win-win deal with the Dark One. The only way Gold makes deals is when he knows he's getting the better end of it." Emma heard the mayor grumble over the line. "What's the deal?"
The blonde popped another blackberry into her mouth. "He promised to heal me and my dad if I gave him a lock of my hair."
"Are you insane? You're going to give the most powerful wielder of dark magic a piece of your hair? Please tell me you at least asked why he wanted it."
Emma nodded even though the former queen couldn't see. "I did. He said he wanted it to make a true love potion."
"That doesn't make any sense. He would need my hair for that as well." The mayor was confused.
"I know. That's why I took the deal. I figured that you'd never do it, so what was the harm?" The sheriff shrugged and cringed when she felt a throbbing sensation in her neck.
"You're still an idiot for making a deal with him." Regina complained. She was only mildly concerned about Gold. He had his girlfriend and son in town so she knew whatever he wanted wouldn't harm Storybrooke in any way, plus she would never give him a lock of her hair, so the whole thing was moot.
A small grin spread over the blonde's face. "Yeah, but I'm your idiot, Madam Mayor."
"Take your medicine, dear. I'll be home in a couple of hours and after we pick up Henry we can go see your father."
Emma laughed. "Don't think I can't hear the smile in your voice, baby. When Gold heals me, we're so getting it on."
"I won't discuss this with you while I'm at work." The mayor held her ground, fighting her lips from curling upward.
"Mm. Bossy Regina. One of my favorites." She licked her lips and released a fake surprise gasp when the call disconnected.
It was nearly noon as Killian drove the cruiser to the hospital with his best friend sitting shotgun. "You know she's going to fire both of us when she finds out." He mused aloud.
"Nah, I'm safe." Emma corrected him as she finished chewing the bite of her cheeseburger and looked out the window. Given the fact that she was on pain medicine, she wasn't supposed to drive but she didn't want to wait three hours before seeing her dad so she called her favorite pirate and demanded- as his boss- to pick her up. After some back and forth, he finally agreed and got roped into picking her up lunch on the way. "I live with her. My income affects her."
The brunette laughed. "That's right. She pays you so since you're living together is she technically paying herself? I see a… uh… uh… what do you call it?" He was racking his brain, snapping his fingers as he drove with his hook.
"Conflict of interest." Emma supplied for him with an eye roll. "Don't make jokes unless you know what you're talking about."
Killian took the wheel back and waved his hook in his friend's face. "I'll say whatever jokes I damn well please, Swan." He grinned.
The savior let out a tiny giggle and shoved his arm away from her. "Seriously though, when you saw him earlier he looked good?"
Hook nodded his head. "Yeah, Swan. He's a little short winded when he talks, but he's good."
Emma's lips curled upward into a tiny smile. She was extremely relieved that her father finally woke up and she couldn't wait to see him. "Did Whale mention anything about when he's going to be discharged?"
"No. He may have talked about it with your mom, but not to me." The pirate informed her. "When do you need to be back at the mansion to not be caught by your future wife?" He smirked.
The sheriff huffed a laugh at his teasing tone. "Two-thirty." She answered as they pulled into the hospital parking lot and parked.
"Can you walk or do I need to get you a wheelchair?" He asked as they stepped out of the cruiser.
Green eyes rolled as she took slow but deliberate steps forward. "Fuck you." She gave him the finger and walked side by side with the man. When she felt herself start to sway, she linked arms with the pirate.
Killian raised a dark eyebrow as he looked around the fairly crowded hospital. "Keep clinging to me like such, Swan, and people will start talking."
The blonde scoffed. "I'm pretty positive the town knows I'm too gay for that."
"You're probably right about that." Hook chuckled and Emma laughed along with her best friend while they waited for the elevator to open. When it did, the pair stepped in and pressed the floor they wanted to get to.
They got lifted up and moved to the floor Charming was on. They walked out of the elevator and walked down the hall. Killian was looking into the rooms he was passing while the savior kept her eyes forward. When they past one room the pirate saw Regina talking to a nurse. His dark eyes widened when they looked at one another.
Emma was oblivious to the whole thing as she strutted to her father's room. "I hope he's awake." She commented.
Hook inwardly cringed as he saw the split second glare from the Evil Queen herself. Thankfully they passed the room quickly and found David's room. The pirate was quick to enter behind his boss and shut the door.
Mary Margaret was in midsentence when she saw her daughter. She smiled wide as she watched the two blondes' look at each other in relief.
"Dad." Emma greeted and walked over to him to wrap her arms around his neck gentle.
"Hey sweetie." The deputy said in a quiet and raspy voice.
The woman pulled away and stroked her father's hair. "Sleep good?" She humored him.
David chuckled. "I may have overslept just a tad."
Emma laughed with him. "Just a little huh?"
He nodded. "Yeah."
"How are you feeling?" The savior questioned him.
Mary Margaret smiled at the pair and spoke for her husband. "He's a little high on pain medicine right now." She informed her daughter.
The sheriff smirked at the other blonde. "Lucky."
As the Charming family reunited and talked, Killian's cellphone rang. When he looked to see who it was, he grumbled. "I'll be back." He told the clan and stepped out of the room. "Acting Sheriff at your service."
"Cut the crap, pirate." Regina hissed through the phone.
Killian rubbed his face. "She wanted to come see the prince. That's all. She's not working." He assured her.
"She's supposed to be resting not gallivanting around the hospital with an one handed sailor." The mayor rolled her eyes. She was in a hospital room, waiting on her test results.
"Quit with the dramatics. Swan is fine. And you told her that you were at your office!" He pointed out. "What are you doing here?"
The former queen groaned. "I had to tell her I was at my office because I'm getting a blood test done to either confirm or deny my pregnancy. I couldn't have told her."
Hook looked around him to make sure no one was listening in. "Well actually you could have told her. In fact, you should have." The man disagreed. "The longer you wait to tell her, the more pissed she'll be."
"Well I think I'll take my chances." Regina said to him. "But it's not as if I don't have a plan on telling Emma. I'm just-"
"Stalling." The pirate filled in for her. "You've convinced yourself that you know exactly how the savior will react and you're terrified that she'll actually react the way you're predicting."
The mayor huffed. "As her best friend, Killian, you should know how accurate my prediction of her reaction is. Let's not forget that Emma runs."
"She hasn't run in while, Regina." The man pointed out.
"This will be her second unplanned pregnancy." Regina revealed to the pirate. "Things between us are amazing right now. We finally defeated my evil sister and Emma can finally relax. Once I tell her about the baby she'll do nothing but worry."
Hook rolled his eyes. "You're making excuses, love." He told her. "Justified or not, it doesn't matter. Swan deserves to know you're pregnant."
Regina rubbed her forehead. Although she loathed admitting it, the pirate was right. She needed to tell her true love about her pregnancy. But before she knew that she needed to get the results of the blood test to confirm that was actually a baby to tell her girlfriend about. "I know." She groaned.
"So tell her." Killian shrugged simply. "It will never be a good time to do it-"
"I have to go. The doctor is here." Regina said quickly before hanging up the phone.
The acting sheriff tsked before shoving his phone into his jean pocket and walking back into the hospital room. To his surprise, Gold was there with his hand waving over Charming's chest. "What's going on?" He asked the room, eying the Dark One carefully.
Snow smiled wide. "Gold is healing them."
Hook made eye contact with his boss and raised an eyebrow at her. "Oh really?"
Emma licked her lips. "Yeah. I'm next."
"I can't have the only good police in this town injured." The pawnbroker said.
The pirate walked over to where the blonde was and whispered in her ear. "Please tell me you didn't make a deal with the Dark one." When he pulled away and looked into his eyes, he knew she had.
Regina shoved her phone back in her purse and smiled politely at Victor. "Sorry. Just… work." She told him.
Dr. Whale waved it off with a small smile of his own. "No worries. I'm sure they had you waiting in here for a long time. I apologize for that."
The mayor shook her head. "No need. I know I'm putting stress on the lab with the same day results and all."
"Obviously you don't know how boring it is in the lab." The doctor laughed before he handed the former queen an envelope. "The results are here and everyone who handled it are aware of the… delicate situation. They'll keep quiet about it."
Regina smiled. "Thank you, Victor. I appreciate it." She told him sincerely as she took the sealed letter.
"Consider it a thank you for your service." Whale said. "I know Miss French doesn't agree with your actions about the witch, but-"
Brown eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "Wait, what?" She asked.
The doctor cleared his throat. "I thought you knew." He confessed.
"Knew what?" The woman demanded to know.
"She's going around the town telling everyone about you killing the witch." Whale informed her. "Hardly anyone agrees with, if it makes you feel any better."
"Oh." Regina just rolled her eyes at that and waved it off. "I'm sure she'll find a new crusade after a while." She told the man.
Dr. Whale smiled before his pager went off. "I'm sorry I have to go." He apologized.
"No worries. Thank you so much for this." She lifted up the envelope.
Victor opened the door. "I hope the results are what you want."
When the man left the room, Regina looked down in her lap. She swallowed thickly before tearing open the letter and pulling the results out. It was very formal and it had various amounts of pointless stuff, but she was just focused on her hCG levels.
It read, '222,000ml.' 7 weeks pregnant.
She took a deep breath. Well, it was officially official. She was pregnant and she needed to tell Emma.
It's confirmed! :D I'm super excited to write out Regina telling Emma about the baby! That's coming soon! What do you think Gold is up to? If anything? & how annoying is Belle being? Lol. Let me know how you liked it! Next chapter will be Monday! Baby preparation will happen & possibly a baby will come into the world. We'll see!
I'll try to post earlier in the day next time but my work schedule just changed & I'm trying to adjust my sleeping.
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