AN: Thank you all so much for reading this story. I can't believe I'm finally at the end of this tale. I'd like to take a moment to thank my friend Higgins who was essentially my beta reader, I'll never forget the "wtf Steve" message when I showed her that last cliffhanger. But now without further ado, here is the final installment in Please don't let go.

"Out! Get out of my kitchen Swan." Regina menacingly waved the knife in her hand toward Emma. Very carefully Emma raised her hands in surrender.

"I was just checking to see how everything is going in here. And checking in on you. Is my mother still alive?"

"Yes of course she's alive that insipid woman went to the bathroom she'll be right back to commence the destruction of my kitchen thanks to you."

"And how are you?" She was trying to keep as calm as possible because Regina looked like she was about to go full blown Evil Queen mode.

Regina stabbed the large knife in her hand down into the cutting board so that the knife was sticking straight up, she gritted her teeth as she replied, "I'm fine."

"Right, right okay well if you need to sit down or relax-"

"-Relax?" Regina let out a near maniacal chuckle, "How am I supposed to relax when I am a week overdue and you set your mother on my poor kitchen to cook a meal she has probably never made. There will be no relaxing from me today."

"I'm sorry. I know you were expecting our child to be here by now and when they didn't arrive I thought maybe you'd want help since you're very very pregnant. I think she can maybe handle it." Emma was trying to be supportive of her fiancé but she also didn't want her to over exert herself. She took a step closer to the fuming woman.

Regina pointed a finger aggressively at Emma poking her lightly in the chest, "this is all your fault, you are the one that is always late to everything. Our child is taking after you and I do not appreciate it one bit Miss Swan."

Emma very slowly placed her hands on Regina's hips. Her protruding belly was preventing Emma from getting any closer "I love you, I'm sorry. Please don't murder me, and please come sit down in the living room. I promise if dinner is not up to your standards you can poison me."

Regina snorted "Fine, I'll come sit down. Only because my lower back is killing me. I can't believe I'm leaving my kitchen in the hands of Snow White, mother of the woman who is notorious for destroying kitchens."

"Well thankfully for you I did not get my lack of cooking ability from her." Emma smirked as she slowly walked backward toward the living room leading a waddling Regina with her. The two sat down on the couch. Emma behind Regina so that she could massage her lower back to try to relieve some of her discomfort. The two through the window watched David and Henry throwing a football back and forth. Emma could feel the weight increasing as Regina slumped further back into her.

It didn't take her long to realize her fiancé had tired herself out worrying and was now sound asleep in her arms. She slowly and gently stroked her hair absentmindedly as her gaze was on her father and son now running around the yard. The smile on her face was undeniable, only a year ago she was in New York with only Henry thinking she had no family, how could she have wanted to run from this.

The past few months had been mostly drama free. Minus the hormone induced fights everyone was fine. They had found out that they were having a girl and as Henry had put it "of course you're having a girl, it would be genetically impossible for two genetic females to have anything other than a girl." Since he was the one still in school and she had just barely passed biology she took his word for it. They were all happy and healthy and no one was threatening them for once.

Minutes ticked by into an hour, her leg was so excessively asleep she could barely feel it but Regina was asleep and she hadn't been sleeping well in the past three weeks due to pregnancy discomfort and she wasn't going to be the one to wake her. She felt Regina shift under her and then let out a low groan.

It took her a few seconds to realize what was happening as Regina shifted onto her side one hand clenched onto her hip as the other propped her up. Regina was having a contraction.

"Breath, deep breath. In and out." She gently rubbed her back as Regina did as instructed. Emma could see the relief across Regina's face as the contraction began to end. "Alright you go to the car and I'll grab the bag and meet you there."

"No." Regina sighed as she moved farther away from Emma so that she was sitting up.

"No?"

"I'm not ruining the first family thanksgiving dinner."

Emma chuckled as she tried to move her leg wincing as it slowly woke up, "for one, you aren't ruining dinner, there is nothing better than thanksgiving leftovers, Henry and my parents can stay and eat while we go to the hospital. Secondly there's no stopping labor, this baby is coming." Emma managed to stand up without falling over and held her arm out to Regina.

"Tell the Charmings under no uncertain terms they are to remain here until our child is born." She used Emma's arm as leverage to pull herself up off the sofa.

"That can be arranged" Emma promised as Regina headed toward the door. She quickly ran upstairs grabbing the packed bag right inside their bedroom before heading back down into the kitchen. Her mother had her back to her as she was stirring something on the stove. "Hey mom we have to go, Regina is in labor."

Mary Margaret quickly turned around a giant smile on her face, "Congratulations! We will take care of Henry, go go we will meet you there soon."

"Well not soon," she paused a confused look crossing her mother's face, "stay here eat. Regina wanted me to make sure Henry has thanksgiving dinner and that she gives birth in peace. I'll let you know when she's born okay?"

Her mother gave her a quick kiss on her cheek, "Good luck." Emma smiled as she dashed out of the house. This was it.

Exactly three hours sixteen minutes, seven pushes, fourteen expletives from Regina, a bruised hand and many tears later their daughter was born. Tears were coming down both women's faces as the doctor handed a wailing baby wrapped snugly in a blanket to Regina. They sat their in silence watching their daughter's every move, it felt surreal.

"She's beautiful," Emma mused.

"She has your eyes." Regina looked up into Emma's deep green eyes, Emma nodded softly, "do you want to hold our daughter?"

Emma kept nodding as she wiped a tear from her eye, "yes, yes I would." Regina very carefully placed their child into Emma's outstretched arms. They heard a light knock at the door and they both looked up to see Henry peeking his head in the door. Regina waved him inside, he bounded over crawling onto the bed between his moms. Regina wrapped a protective arm around his shoulders as she kissed the side of his temple.

Emma repositioned herself so that Henry could have a better view, "This is your sister."

"She's so tiny," he held a hand out over his sister whose arm was now outstretched in front of her, her tiny fingers grabbed hold of his index finger. "Welcome to the family kid, it gets kinda crazy but don't worry I'll teach you everything you need to know."

"Are you sure about this Regina?" It was the middle of the day and Regina had pulled Emma away from work, it was the one year anniversary of their first kiss. Regina had never been more sure about anything in her life, today she wanted to marry Emma Swan and no one was going to stop her. A decision she had made at exactly 4:21am that morning as she had woken to an empty bed only to find Emma passed out in the nursery from trying to calm their crying child.

"Yes now come along dear our future awaits." She held out her hand to Emma which the other woman gladly accepted. She took in one last look at Emma before they were going to walk into city hall where Archie was waiting with Henry, Ruby and their daughter to marry them. She could feel the smile spreading across her face. "Now don't let go dear."

A giant smile crossed Emma's face, "Never."

AN: Thank you all so much again for reading and reviewing. I hope I did swanqueen proud. Currently working on a slow burn that I hope to share with you all soon. If you have any prompts you would like me to try to write please send them my way!