Having woken up first, Emma covers Regina's face in light kisses, holding her in the bed. She feels Regina stir then stiffen and smiles. "I know you're awake."
"No, I'm not," Regina replies, keeping her eyes shut.
"Henry's up already."
Regina curls into her further. "What time is it?"
Emma tries to roll over to retrieve her phone from the night stand, but Regina grabs onto her. She laughs and resorts to stretching her arm back as far as possible to pick it up between her fingers. When she gets her phone in front of her, she accidentally drops it on Regina's cheek.
"Ow," Regina whines, rubbing her cheek.
"I'm sorry," Emma quickly kisses her cheek.
"Why are you always trying to hurt me?" Regina teases, but quickly knows her mistake when Emma inhales sharply and pales. Regina sits up and grabs Emma's face. "No, Emma, I was only kidding. I'm sorry. That was a bad joke. You do not try to hurt me."
Emma drops her head. "I'm sorry."
"Hey, look at me." Regina lifts her head. "I was only teasing."
"I love you, and I just don't ever want to attribute to your pain in any way."
"I know." Regina kisses her then reaches down for her phone that fell between them. She checks the time. "You let me sleep until 10? I'm surprised you haven't shriveled up from starvation."
Emma laughs. "I am not that bad." Regina raises an eyebrow. "Okay, I may be that bad, but you were just so cute that I couldn't leave you."
"I still find it strange hearing that word in reference to me."
Emma kisses her. "It's true. So now that you're awake…"
Regina rolls her eyes. "Yes, let's go feed you."
Emma flings herself out of bed and moves over to the other side to help Regina sit up then to get dressed.
They find Henry on the couch playing video games. Regina leans down and kisses his cheek. "Are you hungry?"
He shakes his head. "I went to Granny's."
"Really?" Emma asks.
He looks up at her. "I do have a car."
"Yeah, but not any money." He grins at her and pulls her wallet out of his pocket, offering it back to her. She narrows her eyes, snatches the wallet, and lightly pops him on the back of the head. "Little thief."
Regina rubs Emma's arm. "Come on, I'll feed you."
"No," Emma responds, kissing Regina's cheek. "I'll feed you. Sit down with Henry, and I'll bring you some coffee to get started."
"Just water, please." She rolls her eyes when Emma gawks at her. "I am allowed to get dehydrated, dear."
Emma chuckles and leaves them.
Regina settles in the couch next to Henry and watches him set his controller on the table. "You can play, sweetie. It doesn't bother me."
Henry shakes his head and turns to her. "Do you really think I've been awful?"
Regina takes his hand. "I think we have all had some awful moments over the last month. These have been trying weeks between us. Your mom and I are working really hard at our relationship, and I need you to do the same with us as your parents."
He lowers his eyes and fiddles with his fingers under her hand. "I don't want you to hate me."
Regina pulls him forward and wraps her arms around him. "Henry, I could never hate you. I'm not even mad at you. I just want all of us to actively work on making this family whole. You are the cornerstone. You are what makes us a family."
He nods and returns the embrace. "I love you. Are you feeling any better?"
"Yes, I am. Much to your mother's dismay, I walked down here by myself." She smiles when she feels his short laugh.
"I was not dismayed," Emma says, returning with a bottle of water. "I just think it's too much too soon."
Regina accepts the water bottle and takes a few sips. "You just like any excuse to touch me."
Emma grins. "Yeah, that's true."
"You guys are so gross," Henry groans.
"Just wait until you have to hear our phone calls over the next month," Emma says with a wink.
He shakes his whole body and gags while Regina glares at Emma. "That may have been slightly unnecessary, my love."
Emma shrugs. "But it was funny." She turns and goes back to the kitchen to cook breakfast.
Once Emma is out of sight, Regina rubs Henry's back. "She's only being playful."
"I know." He smiles at her. "Honestly, although the notion of either of you having sex with anyone is gross based on principle alone, I'm happy you have each other. I certainly wouldn't want anyone else trying to infiltrate our family."
"Infiltrate is a strong term."
Henry shrugs. "That's what it would feel like. Anyone else could just be a threat to our family. You and Ma were obviously always meant to be together. Guess the stars and fates and shit finally aligned enough."
Regina rolls her eyes. "You are getting a thesaurus for your birthday." Before he can continue, she holds up her hand. "I understand what you are saying. Maybe we were meant to be together, maybe not, but we are, and I plan on keeping it that way."
Emma hands Regina a plate of pancakes. "That's good cause I'd hate to break up on day one." She kisses her cheek then moves around the couch to sit next to Henry with her own plate, one pancake already half eaten. "Let's play, kid." Henry smiles and lunges for his controller.
"Thank you for expanding your culinary horizons for me, dear." Regina smirks, taking a small bite of pancake.
Emma leans forward to look at her. "I'll take a cooking class for you, alright?"
"That would be such a nice event for you to do together."
Henry and Emma look at each other and sigh. "Fine," they say together before turning their attention to the game.
Regina leans back on the couch to watch them and winces when her head suddenly starts hurting. She bites her lip to stave off her whimper and clenches her fists. Not able to fight it anymore, she jolts off the couch.
Seeing Regina stumble out of the room quickly, Emma leaps over the couch to follow after her. She catches up to Regina leaning over the toilet, puking up what little contents she had in her stomach then dry heaving. Emma kneels at her side and rubs her back. "Whale said you might fight some nausea for a few days."
"I hate him," Regina grumbles before heaving again.
Emma laughs. "We probably shouldn't shoot the messenger, but I am sorry he was right." Once Regina calms, Emma helps her to her feet and to wash her hands and mouth. "Do you want to go back to bed?"
"Not at all. I want to be with you two. Let me just rest on the couch for a bit while you play." Regina clutches onto Emma's shirt and stares at her, hoping for no argument.
Emma nods and kisses her. "Okay, but if it becomes too much, you being healthy is more important than us being together."
"I beg to differ." Regina's eyes widen when Emma scoops her up to carry her. "Miss Swan, put me down. I can walk."
"You know I refuse to listen to you when you call me Miss Swan." Emma carries her to the living room.
"Fine. Emma, put me down."
"I will," Emma assures her. "On the couch." She smiles and takes Regina over to the couch and sets her in the corner. She pushes on Henry to scoot over and takes his seat.
Regina tucks her knees up to her stomach and lays her head in Emma's lap, facing Emma's stomach. She lifts Emma's shirt high enough so she can kiss her abs.
After a minute, Henry looks down at Regina still kissing all over Emma's stomach. "Gonna do that all game, Mom?"
Regina nods and wraps her arm around Emma's back to pull her closer.
Emma gives him a cocky grin. "See, kid, you need to work out so Grace can appreciate your abs too."
Henry rolls his eyes. "Thanks for the advice, Ma."
