Poison & Wine

Chapter 49

The couple parked outside of the school and waited for their son to make his way to the bug. They had a good fifteen minutes to kill before the final bell would ring.

"You think we should buy a four door car before the baby is born?" Emma mused.

The mayor was a tad thrown off. She hadn't thought of that. "Uh… I suppose it's something we should consider."

"How'd you get Henry around town in your car when he was baby?" The blonde asked. "You don't even have back seats."

"I put him in the front seat." Regina said with a shrug.

Green eyes widened. "You can't do that!"

The former queen rolled her eyes. "Don't be dramatic, dear. I know it's not the safest but I followed all the laws-"

"Laws? Baby, that's illegal." Emma informed her.

Regina huffed a laugh. "No it's not." She insisted. "But it's good to know the Sheriff is so informed."

The blonde raised an eyebrow at her with wonder. "Seriously? It's legal to do that?"

"Yes." The older woman chuckled. "But you do bring up a good point though. Only two people are allowed in my car so I should look into purchasing a new vehicle." She agreed.

Emma gazed at her girlfriend with an affronted look. "I was suggesting we buy a new car together." She corrected her.

A small pause overwhelmed the yellow Volkswagen. The sheriff took a deep breath. "What sense would it make for just you to buy a car? Seriously, think about it. I drive ninety percent of the time wherever we go because of your horribly sexy road rage. Shouldn't my name be on the car too? Insurance wise."

Brown eyes rolled. "My insurance is fine. We are not buying a vehicle together, Miss Swan." Regina said before she reached for the savior's fingers and tangled them together.

The touch was meant to be comforting. Emma had learned that it was Regina's way wanting to end a conversation that could turn ugly. She decided to allow it and squeezed the warm hand in hers. They weren't married yet and as far as the brunette knew, that wasn't going to change anytime soon. "Okay. Fine."

"You and Henry can go looking for one with me if you'd like." The brunette smiled. "We can make a day of it. We can go to Castine and more than likely run into officer Collins."

Emma grinned at her. "Will we get a vote in the final decision?" She questioned her playfully.

"Sure. You and Henry can each get half a vote." The mayor said smugly.

The sheriff scoffed with an amused laugh. "That's not fair at all. We could end in a tie. What then?"

Regina shrugged. "Then I won't get it, but this way you two can't try and make me buy some hideous green van."

"Just because we said we wanted to have the Mystery Machine from Scooby-Doo doesn't mean we'd make you buy it!" The younger woman defended her and their boy in a playful tone.

The brunette laughed and basked in the grin on her lover's face. She cherished that smile. She was in love with the woman. "So… I called Dr. Whale at work this morning." She informed.

Green eyes sparkled. "Yeah? Did you ask him when we could hear the heartbeat?"

Regina nodded. "I did. He offered me an appointment tomorrow at nine. He said I'm far enough along where we could hear the heartbeat."

"No way!" Emma beamed and leaned over the console to kiss her true love. She felt the tingle of love spread throughout her veins as their lips connected. "Did you take the appointment?"

"Yes. I figured if you couldn't make it we could just cancel and reschedule." The mayor informed her. "Is your day clear enough to go tomorrow?"

Emma nodded eagerly. "Totally, yeah. We could go there together and Killian can just pick me up afterwards." She was excited.

The former queen smiled. "Sounds like a plan."

"Should we let the kid go?" The blonde wondered. "This is his little brother or sister we're talking about after all."

"Well that depends…" Regina trailed off. "We haven't really discussed when we're planning to tell Henry."

The sheriff shrugged. "We'll tell him tonight."

A dark eyebrow rose. "Now are you sure, dear? He's still riding high on getting an uncle." The older woman explained. "We could wait to tell him until the excitement of the most recent Charming baby wears off."

Emma shook her head. "Waiting isn't really an option, baby. You're already two months along-"

"Nearly two months." The brunette corrected her.

Green eyes rolled. "Semantics. We're less than a nine months away from having a baby and we need to tell our son."

"I'm not suggesting we wait a month or anything, honey, but I don't see the problem with waiting a day or two." Regina said.

The blonde's head shook even more vehemently. "No. Look, the kid hasn't had the easiest go these last couple of months and Neal coming back has made things even more difficult for him. He could use some good news."

"If he finds it good news." The mayor pointed out.

Light eyebrow creased together. "You think he'll be upset?"

Regina shrugged. "I'm not sure, but it's a possibility. He's been an only child for twelve years. And while he's excited that your parents had a baby, us having one could make him feel like he's being replaced."

The savior's happy mood deflated a little. She hadn't even thought about the possibility that Henry might not be excited for a sibling, but regardless of his reaction they needed to tell him. "Well we can't keep this from him for long just to spare his feelings. We're kinda crunched for time on this one. When we tell him we'll need to explain that he's not being replaced in any way whatsoever."

"So we're agreeing to wait a day or two?" The older woman wondered and she received a nod from her true love. "Well I hope you know that when we do tell him that about the baby that he'll ask us why we aren't married." Before the blonde could interrupt her, she put a hand up to stop her. "Now before you go on a ramble about timing and proposals I want to make it clear that I am not looking for an engagement just because we're having a baby. Marriage will come in time and I'm more than fine with waiting. It's just a question that our son will ask and we should have an answer for him."

The school bell rang, indicating that school was out of session. Emma looked at her girlfriend and she honestly couldn't find a way to answer that without damning herself and her upcoming plans to propose. She was planning to tell Henry about it and have him help out, but she'd have to do it after they told him about the baby, that way he wouldn't spoil the surprise when he reacted to the baby. Thankfully a rowdy crowd of kids made both women look out of the passenger car window. In the far distance in front of the school, two boys were brawling. Green eyes widened she caught a glimpse of a familiar scarf. "That's Henry." She told the mayor before fleeing from the car and running towards the swarm surrounding the fight.

Regina hastily removed herself from the yellow bug and followed the sheriff. She couldn't imagine her sweet little boy in a fight. She could barely see over all the people crowding around the alleged fight. She caught a glimpse of her son throw a punch and she gasped.

Henry had the other boy by his collar and reared back to throw another punch when he felt someone pull him back. "What the hell are you doing?" Emma hissed close to his ear and walked backwards while she held him against her. "Let him go."

Jim, who was ironically the gym teacher, grabbed the other boy and stepped back. "Show's over!" He told the looming crowd.

Emma was pissed. She clutched her son's shirt collar and led him back inside of the building, motioning her head for Jim to follow along with the other boy. "I didn't need this bullshit today, kid." She grumbled to her son as she walked him towards the principles office.

The former queen followed behind the two blondes. "Is he bleeding?" She questioned her girlfriend.

"Yep." The savior said sharply, glaring at her son as the blood surrounding his nose started to dry. "But that's the least of his problems."

"He made in fun of Grace!" Henry told his adoptive mother when she caught up to them.

"No I didn't! The other boy denied.

Regina gasped slightly at her bloody child and struggled to keep up with the hurried pace of the younger woman. "Can you feel you nose, honey?" She glared at the dirty blonde haired boy Jim was escorting. "If you broke his nose I will-"

"Baby, he's fine." Emma cut her off as she reached the principles office. She opened the door and dragged her son in.

Thankfully the principle was still in his office, clicking away on his computer. He eyed the women and their boy, casting a quick smirk Regina's way. "Oh God." The mayor grumbled her displeasure at the sight. "Since when are you the principle? What happened to Blue?"

The man laughed and leaned back in his chair. "It's a lovely to see you again as well, Your Majesty." He leered, eying her body from head to toe before he stood up.

Emma forced Henry to sit down in one of the two displayed chairs before she said, "Whatever the hell happened back in the Enchanted Forest, let's put that aside and deal with these two dumbasses." She requested as Jim brought in the other boy and sat him in the vacant seat. She made sure to thank him for helping out before he left the room and closed the door behind him.

"It's a pleasure to see you, Sheriff. I haven't formally introduced myself. I'm Keith Leary. Back before the curse I was a Sheriff myself." He bragged proudly as she extended his hand.

The savior shook it. "That's great." She said offhandedly. "But if we could get to the reason I'm here that would be great."

Keith nodded and observed the two frowning boys in front of his desk. "I bloody nose and a busted lips, along with what looks to be the making of a black eye." He huffed a laugh. "What's the problem here?"

"They were fist fighting in front of the building." Emma told the scruffy man. "Fighting on school property calls for some form of punishment."

Mr. Leary sat back down in his chair and looked between the pre-teens. "Tell me boys, what started this altercation?"

"He was-"

"He could-"

Keith shook his head to cut them off. "One at a time. Loser of the fight, you go first." He motioned to the dirty blonde haired boy who looked like he got the sharp end of the brawl.

The boy cleared his throat. "I was gonna Grace to go get ice cream with me but he was talking to her. When I was going to ask her he shoved me away-"

"That's a lie!" Henry cut him off. "He started picking on her! He told her that her braid was ugly and she got really sad."

Keith looked between the two boys before he looked at the savior and shrugged. "Well? Do you which version is true?"

"Obviously Henry is telling the truth." Regina said with a roll of her eyes.

"Do you have proof?" The principle asked the mayor.

Just as Regina opened her mouth the door slammed opened and all eyes saw as Jefferson stood in the doorway with a crazed look on his face, his daughter with red-rimmed eyes was behind him. "I demand to know who teased my daughter!"

The mayor turned back to Keith and pointed at the mad hatter. "Does that count as proof?"

All of the adults got kicked out of the office as Keith talked to the three children privately. Regina was pacing in front of the wooden bench that Emma and Jefferson were on.

"Baby, you're gonna burn a hole in the ground." The sheriff commented as she watched the older woman go back and forth.

Sharp nails scratched her scalp as she ran a hand through her thick dark hair. "I just don't see why we couldn't be in the room. We're the ones who brought the matter to his attention."

Emma shrugged. "Sometimes kids are more honest with people who aren't their parents."

The mayor rolled her eyes. "That's ridiculous. I'll have to seriously look into changing the principle position. Sheriff of Nottingham." She scoffed with irritation.

A blonde eyebrow rose. "Yeah, what happened between you two back in the Enchanted Forest? And if you slept together please lie to me and say you didn't."

Regina let out an amused laugh. "Trust me, he didn't even get close." She informed her girlfriend. "My mother tried to set us up under the false pretense that he was my true love. She wanted me to have a child with the sheriff."

"Why would she want that?" Emma questioned her.

The former queen let out a sigh. "For some twisted reason I'm sure."

Emma chuckled when she thought about it. "Well, in a way she got what she wanted. You've got a kid with the Sheriff." She pointed out with a smug look.

"I did." Regina laughed. "And it's proving to be a trying task."

No one spoke for a few minutes after that. Regina continued to pace as Emma answered text messages from her parents asking when she was going to arrive to Granny's.

Jefferson was staring forward until he turned to the blonde. "Grace, she told me that Henry stuck up for her." He told her.

Emma nodded. "He says he did." She still wasn't comfortable with the curly haired man since he drugged and captured her, but she knew his actions weren't a reflection on the kind of guy he was but more so a reflection of his desperation to get his daughter back.

The day the curse broke, Grace came back to him. She was one of the few in Storybrooke to drop their curse-given name, Belle being another example. Her cursed parents were actually a couple back in the Enchanted Forest who hated children. They never wanted any, so when Emma broke the dark curse, Jefferson never had to battle for custody because the couple willingly gave her back.

"I'd like to thank him." The mad hatter requested.

"You'd like to thank him for his violence?" Regina asked in a sharp tone.

Jefferson was amused. "I thought the Evil Queen would be proud of her first born. By the looks of the hoodlum he fought, it appears Henry won the battle."

Regina shook her head. "No. There no was battle. That was a street fight! One that my son will not partake in again if he wants to live to see his graduation."

"Honey, I love you, but let's cool it on the death threats, huh?" Emma pleaded. "Because- not to be rude but- you've made good on them before. Just, maybe don't involve our son in them. Yeah?"

"You were the one so outraged at him that you dragged him through the school!" The older woman pointed out.

The blonde nodded. "Yeah, but that was when I thought he was just being a stupid kid. He was sticking up for somebody though."

Regina scoffed. "So that makes it acceptable?"

"No, but it makes it more understandable." Emma corrected.

Brown eyes rolled before she pointed a finger at the sitting woman. "You know, I blame you for this."

Emma huffed. "You're blaming me?"

The mayor nodded. "I am because you went around town punching various people in the face. What kind of example do you think you set?" She challenged.

"Says the woman who got arrested for assault." Emma pointed out with a smug look on her face.

Regina glared at her. "That was partially your fault as well." She told her, recalling when she had to share a jail cell with one of Emma's old whores.

"Okay, well then this fight that Henry got in is that other boys fault." The savior informed.

The brunette nodded her agreement. "Yes and if that boy ever crosses our son again I will make sure he's homeschooled. But we can't belittle the role Henry played in the fight as well. He had the boy by his shirt!"

"Baby, I agree with you." Emma informed her. "He'll give him a stern talking to, and we'll accept whatever punishment the school gives him. I just think we'll be spending him the wrong message if we ground him for sticking up for his friend."

"So you want him to continue his barbaric behavior? That's what you're saying?" The former queen asked.

Emma huffed a laugh and rubbed her forehead. She stood up and grabbed her girlfriend's arm and pulling her out of earshot for Jefferson. "How old is our son?" She asked.

A dark eyebrow cocked up. "I hope that question is rhetorical."

Green eyes rolled. "Just answer."

"He's twelve." Regina revealed.

"Exactly." The blonde said surely. "He's twelve. The girl he has a crush on got picked on and he lost it. Sound familiar?"

Regina took a deep breath. "You think he likes Grace?"

With a scoff Emma said, "I know he likes her. And he stuck up for her. Let's just let him have this one. Okay? You can give him the speech on violence all night long, but let's be the cool parents and just let the school punish him."

The sound of shoes hitting the tile floor made the couple turn around and see whom they assumed were the other boy's parents walking towards them. Regina recognized the woman as a baker from back in the Enchanted Forest. "Are you waiting on the principle?" She asked them.

Emma nodded for them and extended her hand. "I'm Emma Swan. I don't think we've met."

The dark haired woman smiled politely and shook her hand. "Sheriff Swan. I'm Nina. This is my husband, Rick. It's lovely to meet your acquaintance. I'm sorry it had to be under these circumstances, but I suppose boys will be boys."

"Boys will be boys?" Regina yelled from beside the officer.

The blonde reached for her hand and shook her head. "Calm down. She had no more say in her son's part of the fight as you did." She reminded her hotheaded girlfriend. Between the two of them as parents, it was a miracle Henry lasted as long as he had without getting into a fight.

"And I assure you that Luke will be punished." Rick said from behind his wife.

Jefferson had stood up from the bench and walked over. He pointed a finger directly at the dirty blonde haired man. "Your son was picking on my daughter!" He screamed at the man.

"O-kay." Emma drawled out and made Jefferson take a couple steps back. "Let's all just relax and calmly talk about this." She offered.

When the boys exited the principles office they had pink slips with their punishments on them. Henry got a week of detention while Luke got suspended for two days and ISS for a week. It was a fair punishment on both sides.

Luke's parent's made him apologize to both Grace and Henry and in turn Regina and Emma made Henry apologize to Luke.

Grace being there helped lessen Henry's punishment and before the family left the school their son embraced with the blonde girl. Jefferson thanked Henry for sticking up for his daughter, but he made sure to tell him how violence could be avoided so he wouldn't piss off the Evil Queen.

As they were getting ready to leave the school, Henry's sniffled and his nose started bleeding like a faucet. They were already late for the Royal baby's coronation so Regina just crawled into the backseat with their son and started to doctor him up.

Emma parked the bug and turned the engine off before she glanced in the back where her girlfriend was plugging Henry's nose. "You ready to go in, Rocky?" She teased.

"Tilt your head back." Regina instructed her son and stroked his hair. "Think of this as a reminder of why fighting is a bad choice."

Henry groaned as he felt blood slip down his throat. "When will it stop?" He asked her.

"Soon." The mayor told him before looking at her amused true love. "You can go ahead in, dear. We'll be right behind you."

Emma looked at her phone, checking the time. "Yeah, we're already late thanks to mister iron fist over there." She laughed before exiting the car and walking towards the diner.

When she entered she saw various balloons scattered about, townspeople casually drinking or eating, and a banner that read, 'Welcome to your Coronation Royal baby and Emma.'

"Oh God." She muttered quietly.

"Emma!" Mary Margaret beamed when she saw her daughter and hugged her. "I'm so glad you're here. We've been waiting for you."

"Yeah. I got a little caught up picking up Henry." The blonde pointed to the hanging banner when they pulled out of their embrace. "What's that?" She questioned.

Charming walked up to his two favorite women with the baby in his arms and smiled at his daughter. "Well, you might not know this Emma but back in the Enchanted Forest coronation ceremonies are apart of all royal baby arrivals."

The savior nodded. "No, Regina explained that to me. It's when you announce the name to everybody and deem him a prince. Why is my name up there?" Although her and Regina knew the name, no one else was allowed to know.

Snow grabbed her daughter's hands and explained. "We never got the chance to have a coronation ceremony for you and it felt insensitive of us to have one for your little brother and not you."

Emma wanted to say things like, 'I'm not a newborn.' Or 'My name is already exposed.' But when she looked into the excited green eyes of her mother she just grinned and squeezed her hand. "Thanks. That's nice of you guys."

David smiled at her. "Would you like to hold your baby brother?" He questioned her.

"Of course." The blonde willingly opened her arms for her father to set the baby in. After they made the transfer, Emma looked at her sleeping sibling. She looked at the outfit he was in and scrunched his nose. "Do you want people to think he's a girl? Why's he in this?"

Mary Margaret gasped in offense. "It's a royal tradition. Ashley made it when I announced my pregnancy. It's cute."

Emma shook her head. "It's hideous." She corrected and heard the bell to the diner ding. She turned her head to see Regina and Henry enter.

When the former queen saw the banner hanging she busted out laughing. Henry was too excited to see his little nephew so he walked over to his birth mother and fawned over the baby. "Can I hold him?" He asked his blonde mother.

The sheriff glanced at her own mother for approval and when she nodded, Emma looked at her son. "Support his head, okay? He's tiny." She reminded him and carefully put the infant in her son's arms. She grinned softly when Henry looked down on the boy. She hoped he'd have the same reaction when his sibling was born. With a ruffle of Henry's hair she said, "Go sit down with him. I'll get you dinner."

Regina was still laughing her ass off at the banner when her girlfriend walked up to her. When green eyes glared at her she tried to stop her laughter. "I'm sorry." She chuckled. "But that's hilarious. I'm taking a picture before we leave."

"I'll kill you." Emma told her with hardly any seriousness in her tone.

The former queen was highly amused. She kissed her lover and smiled. "It's cute." She assured the younger woman. "You never got one, so you're getting one now."

Emma rolled her eyes and wiped the smudged lipstick off of her. "I'm hardly princess material." She commented.

"Now that's true." Regina agreed with a smirk. "You're much sexier as the Sheriff." Dark eyes gleamed with naughty thoughts.

A blonde eyebrow arched when she saw the look in the former queen's eyes. "Funny you should say that because this Sheriff has a thing for sexy mayor's." She licked her lips. "But it seems I'm not the only sheriff with a thing for you."

Regina's nose crinkled in disgust and it made the savior chuckle. "That's one way to ruin the moment, dear." She complained before she smashed their lips together in a deep kiss.

They were in public and in front of their son, so she kept it fairly innocent, but the way her nails raked down the fair neck of her lover caused a shiver to run down Emma's spine.

When she pulled away she wiped off the dark red lipstick that was smudged just under the blonde's natural lips. "Order me a chicken salad, please? I'm going to hold your brother." She smiled and walked away.

Emma watched with joy as Regina robbed the baby from their son and fawned all over him. 'She's such a great mom.' She thought to herself as she went to order.

The coronation ceremony went swimmingly and directly after it ended the couple raced home with their son. Both women were exhausted so it was all too easy to fall into their bed and pass out.

An alarm going off woke Regina the next day. She moaned her displeasure and removed her arm from the sleeping blonde to hit the clock. She rubbed her eyes and looked to the other side of the bed where Emma was.

The sight made Regina laugh. Both Chief and Boss were bordering the sheriff's body. Usually the wolves slept in their bed, only sleeping in Henry's room when the boy had a nightmare of the couple locked them out to have sex privately. It made things cramped in the queen bed, but since both women were cuddlers at night, they somehow had enough room for their spoiled pets.

It was 7:30 and the former queen had to make breakfast. She was surprised at how hungry she was and how much her mouth watered at the thought of bacon. She licked her dry lips and shook her lover's body. "Wake up, dear."

"Hm." Emma grumbled and went to move her feet. She was unable to do so and she didn't even have to look down to see why. "Outside." She said out loud and tensed her body as the dogs went on full alert and bolted off the bed. "Works every time." She smirked in the direction of her girlfriend.

Brown eyes rolled as she combed her fingers through unruly dark hair. "We have to get up."

The sheriff nodded and sat up, feeling her muscles protest. "I know. We have that appointment today."

"Exactly. Get up, honey. Get dressed. If Henry asks we're going grocery shopping because we have to do that anyways."

Emma laughed. "Of course we do." Because her life was nothing if not busy.

So I won't lie. This chapter got away from me. Lol. I feel like that happens a lot. I'm not sure if this is good or bad news for you guys, but I won't be able to sum this story up the way I want in one chapter so I've extended it to two more chapters.

Next post the Swan Queen pregnancy is revealed to everyone- Henry included, Gold's plans will be revealed as well and Emma will start to put her proposal plans into action.

I will update this story on Tuesday! Until then, guys! :* Review & let me know what you think!