Curious

A guest asked for a oneshot of little Emma wanting her mother to join her during bath time to play together and she asks Snow many innocent questions about her body leaving Snow speechless but manages to answer her. Also as requested I shall include Charming in the chapter. So there will be mentions of various body parts and that kind of thing in this chapter, so if you're uncomfortable with it consider this your warning :P

"Mommy too!" Emma demanded as Snow lowered her into the bath.

"Ok, ok." Snow replied. "Mommy too."

"Yay!" Emma squealed enthusiastically, splashing about in the water. Snow chuckled as she took her clothes off to join Emma in the tub. It wasn't uncommon for Emma to request her mommy join her to play in the tub. It didn't bother Snow at all, she was still little, only three.

"Careful not to splash too much." Snow warned her gently. "Otherwise Johanna will have my head." Emma just giggled, happily pretending to sail her little toy boat along the water.

Snow did her best to actually wash Emma whilst she played, but Emma didn't always make it easier. She was far more interested in her toys than she was the cloth.

"Come on Emma, let me see your face just for a few seconds." Snow said, gently taking Emma's chin with her free hand and making her look up so she could gently wash her face. As she did, Snow noticed Emma seemed to be watching her rather curiously. "What?" Snow asked, amused.

"How comes you have boobies and I don't?" She asked her. Snow was a little taken aback. She had finally reached the curiosity stage.

"Um…well angel you'll get them when you're older." Snow told her.

"But why when I'm older?" Emma asked impatiently.

"Because you don't need them until you're older. Mommies need them to feed their babies." Snow tried her best to explain.

"But what if I want to have a baby now?" Emma asked. Snow bit her lip to hold back a chuckle. So innocent. Snow gently tapped Emma's nose.

"You can't have babies till you're a grown up." Snow told her.

"Why?" Emma asked again. Snow internally grimaced. That was a harder one to explain.

"Because mommy said so that's why."

"Alright." Emma sighed, excepting her mother's word as final. Her eyes started to move lower, and Snow suddenly felt slightly uncomfortable. She had a feeling this would be her last bath with Emma.

"How come your bu-gina no like mine?" Emma asked. "Yours is hairy." Snow felt her face going red and it wasn't from the heat of the bath.

"Again," Snow said. "When you're older."

"Everything happens when you're older." Emma grumbled. Snow chuckled, pulling her over to sit on her knee and kissing Emma's cheek.

"Just enjoy being little." She told her. Emma just sighed, not seeing what there was to enjoy.

"Snow! Emma!" Snow heard her husband calling into their bedroom.

"We're in here!" Snow called back. "Emma wanted me to join her in the tub!" She heard her husband walking over before he came into the room.

"Ahh." He said, bending down by the tub. "Having fun angel?" Emma nodded.

"When I'm a grown up I get boobies and a hair bu-gina." She stated simply. Charming was taken completely aback. And Snow had to fight very hard not to laugh.

"Uh…yeah…" Charming said, unsure how to answer. He gave Snow a questioning look.

"Curious." Snow mouthed back. Charming just nodded gravely. If Snow was getting asked these kind of questions it was only a matter of time before he did too.

"Daddy, where's your boobies if you're a grown up?" Emma asked. Ok, time was up. Snow couldn't help but laugh at that one. She only managed to stop herself so she could hear how Charming answered the question.

"I'm a boy, baby. Boys don't get boobies." He answered, going a little pink. This was Snow's territory with Emma, was it not?

"Why are boys different from girls?" She asked. Charming looked at Snow for help. Snow smiled, shaking her head at his silence.

"Because you need a boy and a girl to make a baby, sweetie…"

"No!" Charming called, covering Emma's ears. "No way, she is far too young for that conversation!" He told Snow.

"Charming, relax. I wasn't going to give her any details." Snow assured him. Mumbling under his breath, Charming released Emma's ears and she giggled.

"Daddy silly." She said happily. She reached her little arms up to him. "Out now!" She told him. Charming picked up Emma's fluffy white towel and picked her up, wrapping her in it. She giggled again as he set her down and began to dry her, shaking her a little bit.

By the time he'd finished getting Emma dried and changed into her nightgown Snow had got herself sorted.

"You go on into our room honey." Charming told her. "I'll get you through there in a second and take you through to your room." Emma nodded, happily skipping into her parents' room. When she was safely out of earshot Charming turned to Snow. "Um…what was that?" He asked, confused.

"She's getting older, Charming. Beginning to get curious about her body, that's all." Charming folded his arms defensively across his chest.

"As long as it stays with just her being curious about her body for a very long time." He grumbled. Snow rolled her eyes.

"Don't worry, I don't think you have any competition as number one man for quite some time yet." Snow assured him.

"Good." Charming huffed. "Now, if you'll excuse me number one man here has a little princess waiting next door ready for bed time." He said, going back through to their daughter. Snow couldn't help but laugh again…but then she grimaced. Emma wasn't just going to be asking them awkward questions. She'd be at it with everyone. And there was very little they'd be able to do to stop her…