The Dancer

Chapter 27

Regina's POV

It's been about a week now. I'm home and Emma put me on bed rest. I haven't moved much unless to shower, and pee and Emma is bathing me like a child. It's cute how much she cares. Emma has been cooking and we've been ordering food. My parents bring us food and Emma's do as well. They support us 100% and I love them. We are having a small get together to tell everyone our baby's name. I'm so excited. I can't wait.

"Morning my sexy baby mama." Emma says kissing my shoulder and I smile.

"Morning my sexy baby daddy." I say and she laughs.

"Where's our son?" She asks.

"He was crying so I breast fed him and he is in the crib." We both look over and he's still sleeping. The crib is in our room for now. I can't move much because of Emma so she brought it in here.

"Can I get up and make us all some decent breakfast?" I ask.

"Yes after we shower."

"You know what he said no sex for a few months." I tell her and she laughs.

"Not for sex. Just to shower together. Come on we will be quick and keep the door open for the baby." She picks me up and we go shower quickly. About 15 minutes or so and we are out. I blow dry my hair and curl it. I blow dry Emma's and pull hers into a braid. It makes her look so feminine and I love it. She kisses me and I smile. I kiss the top of her head and we move into the closet. She puts on some black sweats and a big shirt. I put on a cute flowy dress. It's plain red and kind of long. It's nice and easy for me to breast feed in it. Emma got me a few. One in red, blue, black, yellow, a light green, a light pink, and some patterned ones. They're lovely. I love it. I feel like a hippie. I put on my Emma bracelet. My wrists have been swollen. So I take it off when it feels too tight. I slip on my promise ring from Emma because the swelling is finally going down and I can wear it again. I go into the kitchen and I make some pancakes. I make bacon and sausage as well as some scrambled eggs. Put some croissants in the oven. For some reason Emma has gotten all of us hooked on tater tots for breakfast because she said they're like hash-browns and now I make them all the time with eggs. I put them in the air fryer and let them cook. The whole family loves it. Emma comes into the kitchen holding an awake baby boy. I smile and kiss his cheek. He moves a bit. He can't do much now. He smiled maybe twice in a week when Emma was stroking his cheeks. He's already gotten used to our voices a bit. He knows us and gets scared and cries when he doesn't know the voice or face. He's so smart already. There's a knock on the door and our parents are here first. They all take their turns saying hello to the baby. David holding him in his arms. Then Ruby and Belle come. Granny with them and I smile. Zelena comes in last with Arthur her boyfriend. Everyone is soon eating and chatting. He starts to whine and I take him from Belle.

"Sorry he must be hungry." I say and I walk away to breast feed him. I don't know how people react to babies being breast-fed. I read that some people don't like it so I don't even let Emma watch me do it. There's a knock on the door and I see Emma. I grab the small blanket to cover up and she shakes her head moving towards me.

"Stop... I'm your girlfriend. I don't care if you're breastfeeding our son. It's beautiful. It's natural. Please don't walk away when he needs to eat. I understand baby. I want to see it. It's okay." She says and I nod she kisses me and looks down at him. His little mouth around my nipple.

"Does it hurt?"

"No not really. Just feels like someone is sucking on your nipple I guess. But it's weird cause it's milk. I tap him when he's being too greedy and he relaxes a bit. I'm sure once he gets teeth it will get worse. He'll start biting me." Emma laughs and sits down. Her hands caressing the top of his head and he looks like he's falling asleep.

"You're an amazing mother." She says which makes me smiles.

"So are you. I think so far and it's only been a week but we are doing good. We've got a good support team. We've gotten into a routine. And soon we both go back to work and I've got school. Right now it's online but I'm not ready to leave our baby anyway."

"Me either. I didn't even know they give out maternal leave to the fathers. That's awesome." I nod and we kiss. He stopped sucking and I move him away wiping his mouth. I put my breast back into my dress covering up and I wrap him in his blanket.

"Thank you." Emma says kissing the top of my breast softly. I look at her confused.

"For what?"

"For carrying my baby. For breast feeding him. For having to go through all of it while I just sat back. Thank you." I smile and kiss her cheek.

"My pleasure." Emma picks him out my arms and wraps her arm around my waist. I smile. I love when she holds me. We walk out there and I cuddle into Emma. My hand on her lower stomach. My thumb caressing her skin. She loves it.

"Ahem!" Emma says dramatically even though everyone is already looking at us.

"You're finally telling us the name?" My mom asks and I nod.

"Finally!" Zelena says.

"Welcome to our family... Henry David Swan-Mills." Emma says and they aww. My dad and David both very happy looking like they are going to cry.

"That's so cute." Mary says.

"You put my name as your baby's middle name?" David asks and I nod smiling.

"It took us a while to pick a name but my father is the most important man in my life. And now that I've met you I can call you dad as well. You treat me like your daughter already." I say and he hugs me. I smile hugging him back and he kisses the top of my head.

"You're like a daughter to me." He says and I smile a bit harder. Henry whines and Emma looks at him.

"What's up kid?" Emma asks making us laugh.

"Kid?" I ask and she nods.

"What dad calls me kid all the time. It's cute. He is my kid." She says and I nod. I move from David arms and I hug my father.

"So proud of you honey." Mom says and I smile.

"You're an amazing mother. We can already see that."