A/N: This is it. We're officially at the end of the story. Thank you so much for sticking with me through it all. You guys have been amazing and I appreciate all your reviews, follows and favorites. I am truly honored and overwhelmed by the love you've given this story. Big hugs all around! I hope to see you again while writing Shadow Haven and I might have another story in the works as well. :) X
"Honestly Regina! Why am I carrying all the bags?" Emma groaned as she tried to keep her balance while walking towards the car.
"Because you're still young," Regina grinned. "Besides, I like seeing you struggle."
Emma huffed when she noticed the smirk on Regina's face and stubbornly took quick steps.
"Careful, Miss Swan," Regina drawled. "I remember what happened the last time you started running."
"Miss Swan," Emma mocked as she pulled a face. She growled when Henry repeated her words.
Regina doubled over with laughter, "Oh dear."
"Oh dear is right!" Emma tapped her shoe on the pavement as she waited for Regina to unlock the car. Once she had put the bags in the trunk she picked up Henry and poked him in his stomach. "Your mommy says I have to toughen up. So, consider this me being tough. You will not call me Miss Swan. Okay, kid?"
Henry grinned and shook his head, "Miss Swan." His eyebrows furrowed as he tried to give her a stern look and when Regina started snorting, he laughed loudly with her.
Emma's lips curled up as she tried with all her might not to laugh along with them. They had been doing groceries for Mary Margaret and David, she was still amazed how long it took to simply walk through a store with a three year old on your heels. Henry didn't want to sit in the shopping cart, but insisted on helping put the groceries in the cart instead. Emmy had growled when he had chucked a carton of eggs in the cart, thankfully they landed on something soft and none of the eggs had cracked.
She tickled Henry as she put him in his car seat, "Are you ready to go meet the baby?"
"Yeah," he whispered excitingly. "I play with baby!"
Emma shook her head, "I told you, kid. You can't play with the baby yet. All she does is sleep and poop and then sleep some more, only to poop again!"
Regina rolled her eyes, "A baby is not a sleeping and pooping machine, Emma."
"Oh really?" Emma said as she got behind the wheel and drove off. "Do share, oh mighty mama. What does a baby do aside from those things?"
"They cry," Regina smirked.
Emma laughed, "Oh well forgive me for forgetting that small detail."
Half an hour later they had unloaded the car and put away all the groceries. Emma was chasing after Henry for a diaper change when David walked in carrying a maxi-cosi.
"Baby!" Henry screamed and Emma winced as she picked him up and shushed him.
"Baby is sleeping, Henry, you have to be quiet."
He nodded and David laughed.
"I see someone is excited to meet the baby."
"He is," Emma smiled. "But before we do that, he needs a diaper change."
"Hey," Mary Margaret said as she shrugged out of her coat and lowered herself on the couch. "I would hug everyone, but I'm too tired."
Regina chuckled, "Welcome to motherhood. Just sit back and relax, we'll take care of you." She squeezed Mary Margaret's hand, "Do you want some tea?"
"Yes please," Mary Margaret sighed contently. She took Skyler from David when she had woken up and started crying. "Welcome home, baby girl. I'll give you the grand tour later." She gently rocked Skyler in her arms until she drifted off to sleep again.
Mary Margaret grinned when Henry walked up to her, "Hey, little guy. How are you doing?"
He stood shyly in front of her and crawled on top of the couch, "Hi. Baby?"
Mary Margaret wrapped an arm around Henry and pulled him closer, "Can you say hi to Skyler? She's your cousin."
"Hi," he whispered softly before looking back at Mary Margaret and her stomach and frowned. "Baby go in tummy?"
Mary Margaret chuckled, "No, she's not going back in there!"
"Oh," Henry pouted as he turned his attention to Skyler and watched her intently, clearly waiting for the little girl to make some grand gesture and when it didn't come he crawled off of the couch and walked over to David. "David play with me?"
"Not right now, buddy. Do you wanna help me put away some stuff though?" Henry nodded and followed David into the bedroom.
Emma let herself fall on Regina's lap and leaned backwards.
"What are you doing," Regina grunted as she wrapped her arms around Emma's waist.
"I heard that it's quite normal to get jealous of the attention that a baby gets. So, I'm obviously very jealous. You're gonna have to carry me from now on and feed me."
Regina snorted, "Would you like me to change your diaper as well?"
"Would you?"
"Sure, I'll buy you a pacifier and we'll put your hair in pigtails and you can call me 'mama'."
Mary Margaret laughed, "I'd be careful if I were you Regina, she might love that."
"I would not," Emma huffed. "Though I wouldn't mind the carrying around part. Why do parents ever stop doing that?"
"It's not the parents who stop carrying their children, it's the children that no longer want to be carried by their parents," Regina said matter-a-factly. "One day Henry's going to say 'no' when you want to pick him up and it will be the dawn of a new era!"
Emma grunted, "I am not ready for that yet." She looked over at Mary Margaret, "How are you feeling?"
"Tired, but doing okay. Still can't believe she's actually here."
Emma smiled when she noticed Mary Margaret's loving eyes that seemed fixated on her daughter. Something had changed about her the moment that had put Skyler in her arms. Her sister was now someone's mother and it showed. It baffled Emma, but she felt immensely proud of her sister. "You're a great mother," she said quietly as her eyes glossed over. "Skyler is a lucky girl."
"She is, she has you two as her aunties and a mom and dad who love her very much and a cousin who cannot wait for her to grow up so he can play with her," Mary Margaret chuckled.
"Sounds perfect to me," Emma said as she smiled brightly and covered Regina's hands with her own. "I think I'm done with the support group," she murmured soft enough so only Regina could hear her.
"Oh?"
"I'm happy and I feel good. I don't need it anymore. It has taught me a lot and it's been really helpful, but I'm ready to do it on my own now. I'm ready to move on."
Regina smiled, "Okay."
"Yeah? Do you still want to go?"
Regina shook her head and nuzzled Emma's neck, "I already have all I need. My son is healthy and happy. I have a new family whom I love dearly. I don't need anything else."
Emma huffed, "I think I'm offended."
"Oh, I forgot. I have this new person in my life as well. She's kinda cute and I sorta love her, a lot. She moved in with me a while back and I couldn't be happier."
"She sounds amazing," Emma drawled.
"She is. You are, Emma. You're my perfect unexpected thing and I love you dearly."
"I love you too," Emma smiled and turned her head to give Regina a soft kiss.
EPILOGUE
"Mom, David's here," Henry yelled as he came running into the living room.
Regina arched an eyebrow as she pulled her son closer, "Do you have everything?"
Henry rolled his eyes and Emma smiled, he was a spiting image of Regina with his eye rolls. "Yes, clean clothes, my toothbrush and socks."
"What about underwear?"
"Mom!" Henry whined as he shrugged out of her embrace, "I'm 8 years old. I'm a big boy now."
Emma snorted, "Sure, kid. Whatever you say. Give me a hug."
Henry hugged Emma and gave her a sloppy kiss before Regina pulled him to her once again, "Now, Henry. David's in charge. You are to listen to him. Do not give him any back talk. If he says it's bedtime you will do as you're told. Understood?"
"Yes mom," Henry nodded.
"Good boy. Give me a kiss," Regina said as she hugged him tight and kissed him before walking with him to the door. She waved to David, who was waiting in the car and sighed when Henry moved to get in on the passenger seat. With just a look from David he moved to the backseat and buckled up and waved to Regina as they drove off.
"I can't believe they're going to Disneyland and we weren't allowed to come," Emma sighed when Regina sat down next to her.
"Pff, I believe you were the one that was opposed to strolling through a park filled with screaming children dear."
"Well, it was a disaster last year. My ears are still ringing."
"So dramatic," Regina grinned before pulling Emma close to her. "Whatever are we going to do with our free time," she murmured against Emma's ear.
"I can think of a thing or two."
"Do share."
"Well, first of all, someone needs to vacuum. There's a load of laundry that needs to be done as well. Oh, and on top of that, someone has to put away the dishes from the dishwasher."
Regina laughed, "When did you turn into such a housewife?"
"Right about that time when you left for two weeks and let me fend for myself," Emma moaned when Regina's mouth nipped at her earlobe.
"That was three years ago and you're the one that told me to go."
"Moment of weakness," Emma murmured as Regina's hand disappeared under her shirt. "What do you think you're doing?"
"Making love to my wife."
"I'm not your wife."
"Not yet anyway."
"Are you proposing?"
"No," Regina said as she cupped Emma's breast and squeezed until the rigid peak hardened under her touch.
"Well, that's disappointing."
"You already proposed to me and I believe I already said yes."
Emma grinned, "Oh yeah, I did, didn't I?"
Emma's proposal hadn't been some kind of grand gesture. They were at the park and when she looked at Regina she had just popped the question - Emma style. There were no tears, no epic love confession, just Emma looking at Regina and asking her to marry her. A question that Regina had happily said yes to. They hadn't made any plans yet, both utterly comfortable with just the knowledge that one day they would get married.
"You did," Regina murmured before moving to straddle Emma. "Let's play a game."
"What kind of game," Emma said with squinted eyes.
"A game where I tell you what to do and you do it without complaining."
Emma chuckled, "That's not much of a game. That's like our every day life."
Regina swatted Emma's hand away when it moved beneath her shirt, "Then let's change the rules a bit. I will still tell you what to do, you still won't be doing any complaining, instead you'll be doing a lot of begging."
Emma moaned when Regina captured her mouth with her own and granted her access when her tongue demanded it. Their kiss was rough and when Regina's hips grind against her own, she nearly came undone. "I swear to god, I've never been more horny in my life," she murmured in between kisses.
"Being pregnant will do that to you," Regina smiled.
"It's been six weeks."
"Doesn't matter, your body is going through changes. You're glowing. I'm surprised Mary Margaret hasn't caught on to it yet, I thought for sure she'd see it right away."
"I don't think I can keep it from her much longer, every time she gives me a glare I want to blurt it out," Emma grinned.
"It's going to be so awkward, with the both of you pregnant at the same time for a few months. How did you manage to do that?"
Emma shrugged, "It's not like I knew they were planning on having another baby!"
"We should tell them when they get back from Disneyland," Regina said as she stood up from the couch and took Emma by the hand. "Come on, I can hardly devour you on the couch in your current state."
Emma huffed, "I'm pregnant, not immobile."
"I know, but the bed is more comfortable anyway and I plan on keeping you off your feet for quite some time."
Emma smiled as she followed Regina up to the bedroom and laid down on the bed, beckoning Regina closer with a finger. She looked down at her stomach where the slightest of bumps was visible, although perhaps she was just bloated, "Am I getting fat?"
"Oh god," Regina groaned. "You are not. You're not allowed to ask me that for at least another three months."
"What happens after three months?"
"You get chubby," Regina grinned as she crawled on top of Emma and kissed her neck. "It's okay though, you will still be beautiful and I will tell you that every day for as long as you need to hear it."
"I'm already dreading having to give birth."
Regina laughed, "You will do it like a true trooper, I'm sure. You can even squeeze my hand."
Emma shook her head, "I want to squeeze Snow's, payback for when she squeezed mine when she gave birth to Skyler, I swear to god it still hurts."
"Fine, you can squeeze hers. I'll bring a camera and tape you instead."
"You will not," Emma gasped. "No camera's allowed! You can sit behind me and help me through it."
Regina nodded, "Whatever you need, my love. But right now, you are nowhere near ready to give birth, but I do remember you telling me you were horny. Would you like to take care of that?"
Emma nodded, "Work your magic, babe."
"How seductive," Regina murmured as she pulled Emma up and took off her shirt and bra. "You know, these are going to get bigger." She wiggled her eyebrows.
"I shall smother you with them if you don't touch me right now," Emma growled.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you. Kathryn's coming for dinner tomorrow night."
"Is she bringing her boy toy?"
"Mhm, though I'd hardly call him her boy toy. They've been together for two years."
"I don't like him."
"You do like him, he makes her happy."
"Fine. Now," Emma growled as she wrapped her legs around Regina's, "time to make me happy."
"How about we make each other happy," Regina murmured before sucking Emma's nipple into her mouth while simultaneously taking off Emma's pants and then her own. Her hand slipped inside Emma's panties and she moaned at the wetness she found there.
Emma pulled Regina close to her and kissed her tenderly before letting her own hand explore the wetness between Regina's legs. Not another word was said as there hands moved together and when Emma climaxed, Regina followed suit.
"You're amazing," Emma murmured as her fingers moved to Regina's entrance. "I want more of that." She slipped two fingers inside and grinned when Regina bit her lip in response. "I honestly cannot get enough of you," she whispered as she curled up her fingers slightly as Regina trembled against her. "I think I'm gonna make love to you all day."
"No objections here, my love," Regina breathed out as she moved against Emma's fingers. She burrowed her head in Emma's neck when her thumb pressed against her clit slowly bringing her to another orgasm.
It wasn't until several hours later when Regina stilled Emma's wandering hands, "I'm getting old."
Emma chuckled, "I'll give you a few minutes to catch up granny."
Regina growled as she cuddled up against Emma, "Don't call me that. Now I feel really old."
"You're beautiful. Young. Vibrant. Perfect, brilliant and absolutely stunning."
"Hmm, feeling better now," Regina smiled as she pressed a kiss against the skin closest to her. "Have you thought about baby names?"
"Gertrude for a girl and Hendrick for a boy," Emma said as she tried to contain her laughter.
Regina snorted, "Poor child."
"I like Aubrey."
"That's a cute name. I like Camden for a boy."
"Did we just settle on the names?"
Regina shook her head, "Doubtful. We'll probably go back and forth. You'll think of some person you don't like who's named Aubrey and then you're not gonna want to name your baby after her."
"I don't think I've ever met anyone named Aubrey," Emma said as she thought about it. "Shit."
Regina laughed, "See. Told you."
"That's just not fair! I will find a way to make 'Camden' less appealing to you."
"I think, if our baby is a girl, I would like to name her after Kathryn."
Emma smiled, "She would love that."
"She's just done so much for me. I can't think of a greater way to say thank you."
"Aubrey Kathryn Mills," Emma mused.
"Oh heavens no," Regina laughed. "We have to think of something else."
"We have all the time in the world," Emma said as she drew lazy circles on Regina's back. She still got overwhelmed at times when she thought about how happy she was. Soon she would be able to call the most gorgeous woman on the planet her wife and she couldn't feel more proud.
"Regina?"
"Mhm."
"I want a quarter pounder with ice cream on the side, please."