Both women woke to Henry walking in through the front door.
"Mom, Ma" What's going on?
"Hey, Kid." Emma released her grip on Regina and practically jumped off the couch. "Your Mom and I were up all last night with the baby. We must have fallen asleep on the couch."
Henry raised his eyebrows in question and Emma smiled, noticing not for the first time, how much he looked like his other mother sometimes. "Where is Neal, now?"
"You grandmother picked him up"
"Then why are you here?"
Emma paused trying to think of a response. Regina who had amusedly been watching the scene play out in front of her, decided that now was the right time to step in and save Emma from their son's accusatory glare. "I told Emma we were having pizza for dinner so she refused to leave."
"Pizza, awesome." Henry smiled at his mother.
"Can I get the one with everything on it?" Both Emma and Henry asked at the exact same time.
Regina laughed at how alike the two were. "Henry, why don't you order it and when it gets here we can re-watch the movie that your Mother and I fell asleep watching earlier."
Both Henry and Emma looked at each other, shocked at Regina's offer to eat dinner anywhere other than the dinner table.
"You better go do it now kid. Before your mom changes her mind."
Henry practically sprinted to the telephone.
An hour later and all three members of the Mills-Swan family were wrapped together under a blanket watching - not the movie that Regina had picked this morning - but Disney's version of Beauty and the Beast. Henry had found an old copy at the Zimmerman's and had borrowed it knowing that his mother had never watched it. Regina had always avoided the Disney 'classics' that were created during her curse, but now that life was good again, they made her laugh.
Henry had originally been sitting in-between his mothers but when he got up to go to the bathroom, Regina, without hesitation shuffled over to Emma's side. When Henry returned he noticed his two mothers side by side and thought that this was a good opportunity to give them a chance to bond. Life was just better when his mom's were 'team moms'.
"Hey Mom and Ma" Henry walked around to the side of the couch and both women turned to face him. "I didn't get much sleep last night, would you guys mind if I head up to bed?"
"That's fin Henry. Have sweet dreams" Regina answered her son and he reached down to kiss her on the cheek.
"Good night kid".
"Goodnight Ma."
Henry ran upstairs and Regina snuggled in closer to Emma. Under the safety of a blanket, Regina reached for Emma's hand, which she held onto for the rest of the film.
It was getting late, the film had ended at least an hour ago and the two women had been sitting together on the couch as Regina listed all the errors in the film and Emma laughed at how the concept of Disney movies made Regina's brain hurt.
"No, I do not want to watch Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs thank you very much."
"Oh, why not? It would be funny."
"Have you seen how I am depicted in that? An old hag!"
"Oh come on, everyone knows you're the most beautiful woman in Storybrooke, it doesn't matter how a silly cartoon depicts you."
Regina blushed, "Well we still don't need to watch it thank you very much."
"Okay, okay. As you wish, your majesty."
The two women sat in silence for a moment, both knowing that the weekend was coming to an end, and neither woman wanting it to.
"Thank you for helping me with the baby, Regina."
"Any time, Miss Swan."
The two women stared at each other until Emma eventually looked away. "Ok, It's getting late. I should go." Emma stood up, followed by Regina and together the two women walked to the front door.
Both women lingered in the doorway nervously. Emma fidgetingg with her hands and Regina struggling to control her breathing. "Text me when you get home safe."
"I will." Emma lingered in the doorway before reaching down and placing a slow kiss on Regina's cheek. "Ok, bye."
Regina was in bed when the text message from Emma came through.
I'm home safe. Thanks for having me
I am glad. Sleep well.
My bed isn't as comfy as your guest bed
I'll chat to Snow about that. I must admit the house feels quiet without you and Baby Neal here.
Much to your relieve! Haha
Good night Miss Swan
Good night Regina
And I was just kidding - I know you totally miss me and Neal.
Only somewhat
Liar
Maybe
We miss you too
The next morning was the usual rush around. Regina getting Henry to the bus for school and then herself into the office; Emma trying to dress herself after realizing she left her favorite jeans and jacket at Regina's house and then getting herself to the sheriff station. The morning was uneventful, as it often was without a super villain running around, and both ladies used to the opportunity to catch up on paperwork that, not coincidentally, fell by the wayside whenever there was a super villain in town.
Unfortunately for Emma, the blonde did not find paperwork overly entertaining and she could not focus on anything but the way Regina spent most of last night with her hand wrapped around Emma's own. The way the Regina stopped breathing when Emma went in to kiss her on the cheek. The way Regina smelt like vanilla and apples. The way Emma wished she had of been brave enough to kiss her on the lips. Emma shook herself out of her daydream. "Okay, that's it." Emma mumbled to herself, knowing that she needed to do something about the current situation that she had gotten herself into. "It's now or never."
Meanwhile over at the Mayor's office Regina had been grateful for the paperwork that she had to do. Anything to distract from the fact that she smelt like Emma Swan's body lotion and missed the Sheriff more than she could fathom. Today however, being focused and productive was the Mayor's downfall because she finished all her work before it even struck midday. And now all she could do was pace her office and think about the fact that Emma's red leather jacket and skinny jeans were in the back of her Mercedes and if she wanted to go drop them off with Emma at the station, well that would be a perfectly reasonable thing to do. Wouldn't it?
Just as Regina was about to relinquish her last ounce of self-control and go see Emma, the blonde in question threw open the office doors and appeared in the Mayor's office.
"Emma."
"Hey, what are doing?"
"Working, of course." Regina's lie was obvious, as she had been pacing up down her office floor when Emma had walked in, but neither woman mentioned it. "Regina, can we talk about something?"
Regina froze in her place, what ever Emma was going to say, Regina wasn't sure they could handle it. "Emma, I don't thinkā¦"
Emma took a step towards Regina, closing any space between them and cut of Regina mid sentence "This weekend" Emma gathered both of Regina's hands in her own and gently run her thumb over the backs of Regina's hands "when I was leaving" Regina could feel Emma's breath on lips "and we were in the doorway of your house" Emma pulled Regina towards her, their bodies practically touching "I really should have kissed you."
Regina couldn't look away from the blonde in front of her, and although she knew that this was going to change (and possibly ruin) everything the mayor couldn't help but be honest with the women standing in front of her. "Yes, you should have." And with that, Regina leaned in and kissed Emma Swan.