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“Not really,” Henry shrugged, “she’s working a lot, but she was sad before then. Mary Margaret says she’s working some stuff out.”

“I see,” Regina said casually as she used her magic to check that Emma was not in the hallway, “well, I hope you are being well behaved for her?”

Henry nodded, “yeah, she tries to hide it from me but I can see when she’s been crying and stuff.”

Regina tensed, the thought of Emma crying and clearly on a regular basis had concerned her but she didn’t want to force any further information out of Henry as it was unfair and she didn’t want to worry him any more than he was already.

“Well,” she smiled, “I’m sure she’ll be feeling better soon.”

Henry nodded though he was clearly unconvinced, “can I call you Mom again?”

The smile vanished from Regina’s face and she hesitated, “er, Henry..”

“It’s just,” he continued, “called you Regina is weird. It’s like I suddenly asked you to call me.. Donkey.”

Regina laughed, “are you comparing my name to Donkey?”

Henry grinned at the teasing, “no, I’m just saying it’s weird, for me. To just suddenly call you something else.”

Regina nodded, “I understand but if you call me Mom then that might cause some confusion or some upset..”

“Who would it upset?” Henry frowned.

Regina hesitated as he wasn’t making this easy and she didn’t really know the right answer, there was no real protocol to be followed in this case.

Henry suddenly nodded with understanding and quickly ran from his room and Regina followed him in a panic but couldn’t stop him before he called out, “Emma, you don’t mind if I call Mom, Mom do you?”

Emma had been putting away items in the kitchen and slowly turned around to face them both, she smiled hesitantly at Henry and then shrugged, “sure, Kid..”

“See?” Henry said to Regina with a smile.

“Miss Swan,” Regina looked at Emma to explain the situation that she knew had upset the blonde but before she had a chance to say anything else there was a knock on the door and Henry ran to answer it. Emma simply stared at Regina with hurt and confusion and as Regina attempted to walk towards her she was thwarted by David and Mary Margaret entering the room.

David was the first to see Regina and smiled at her, “oh, good, we have some news and you should probably be here to hear it!”

Regina looked from Emma to David and then gave a polite smile and nodded.

“David, we said we’d wait,” Mary Margaret reminded him gently with a wide grin.

Emma leaned on the counter with a huge false smile and looked at her parents, “no, by all means, let’s have it,” she said with a gleam in her eye that frightened Regina.

“We’re having a baby!” David announced loudly.

To stunned silence.

Regina looked at Emma’s blank expression and knew she had to save the situation so she spoke up, “what wonderful news,” she smiled, “congratulations, Snow.”

Mary Margaret smiled shyly at Regina and Regina stepped forward and gave her a tentative hug and then did the same to David. Henry was buzzing around the three of them excitedly and asked immediately if it was a boy or a girl.

Mary Margaret smiled, “we won’t know for a while yet, Henry.”

“That’s really great news, guys,” Emma said as she walked around the kitchen island and hugged them both in one large embrace, “wow, you really floored me there,” she laughed, “how long have you been keeping that a secret?”

David laughed, “we only found out just now but we’ve been trying for a while.”

“Eww,” Henry wrinkled his nose and Regina gently slapped his shoulder with the back of her hand and a smile.

“That is such great news,” Emma beamed at them happily.

“We were on our way to Granny’s to tell the masses,” Mary Margaret said, “but we wanted to tell you first.”

“Do you want to come with us to Granny’s? Grab some lunch?” David offered to Emma.

Emma shook her head, “I’d love to but I need to get all of this sorted and then have a nap before I start the nightshift again..”

“Can I go?” Henry asked happily.

“Sure, Buddy,” David grinned, “in fact, if you grab a bag you can stay with us for the afternoon as you’re sleeping over anyway.”

“Great!” Henry said and ran back down the hallway towards his room to pick up some things.

“If that’s okay?” David belatedly said to Emma.

“Sure, why wouldn’t it be?” Emma replied softly.

“Regina,” Mary Margaret addressed the older woman bravely, “would you like to join us?”

“Unfortunately I have a prior engagement,” Regina said with a small smile, “another time though.”

Henry reappeared and before long Regina and Emma were standing alone in the apartment. Regina turned to Emma, “are you okay?”

“Why wouldn’t I be?” Emma tersely bit back and spun around towards the kitchen. As she moved she felt the room spin and she pitched forward and grabbed the kitchen island to prevent herself from falling. As she started to understand what was going on she realised that Regina was holding her arm and helping her to remain upright.

“I’m sorry,” Emma whispered, “I’m just hungry.. I haven’t eaten much,” she claimed as she shrugged off Regina’s arm and stood up straight.