A Particular kind of cake

Chapter 3: The Chest

Neither of them knew how long they stood there holding each other, but they were both startled out of their daze when they noticed a certain Pixie haired woman stand in the doorway.

"Emma?" She couldn't believe what she was seeing. There was her daughter, embracing her former nemesis. She could see that Regina had been crying and hoped that Emma was only trying to comfort her.

Emma and Regina quickly realized what had made the woman so shocked and let go of each other as fast as they could. Neither of them wanted to be the first to speak as neither of them knew what they needed to say. They both ran with options through their head.

"We have been looking for you. Even your father is out there looking. I saw your car in the driveway and ..."

"Emma came to show me the cake that you made." Emma realized that Regina had settled on the lying option and Emma was definitely relieved.

"And you were so enthralled by its beauty that it brought you to tears." the teacher said almost as sarcastically as the mayor ever could.

"She wasn't invited to the wedding." Emma quickly added and this earned her a scorn from the Mayor. She knew that she will be hearing about this a little later when they were both alone.

This comment however actually made sense to Mary-Margaret and she accepted it as fact. "I thought I said no pit stops."

"I just wanted her to see the cake. I thought she deserved at least that." Emma said which earned her another scornful look from the Mayor.

Emma walked to the cake and started lifting it. "I'll get it to granny's as soon as possible." She was about to completely pick it up when Mary-Margaret stopped her.

"Don't bother. I'll have your father take it. At least he won't keep me waiting." If Regina wasn't in such a sour mood she might have actually laughed at that comment. But she just rolled her eyes and watched as the pixie haired woman got her phone and walked out of the kitchen.

"What are we going to do?" Emma whispered to Regina and the mayor could see that she was freaking out.

"I don't know." Regina whispered back a little firmer than the blonde.

Emma took another look at the cake and realized that she couldn't leave the cake topper as is. She doubted that Ashley or her husband would be content with a wooden version of Henry on their cake. She looked at Regina, back at the cake topper and back at Regina. The mayor knew what Emma was asking and nodded in agreement. Emma took a peak to see if Mary-Margaret could see her and then quickly grabbed the decoration off the cake. She held it in her hands but couldn't get Henry separated from the couple.

"What now? He's stuck on there."

"Give him here." Regina commanded in a whisper. She noticed that he was indeed stuck but luckily it was just glue. The same glue that held the carved couple together. Regina got out a knife which made Emma freak out even more.

"What are you doing?" She still whispered but her voice hitched as she said it.

"Getting him off." The mayor proceeded to shove the knife into the glue and Emma was still shaking but calmed when Regina actually succeeded without damaging the wooden boy. They heard Mary-Margaret return and Emma quickly placed back the topper, now Henry-less.

Mary-Margaret noticed how much they looked like they were hiding something but attributed that to them still being embarrassed.

"Where is Henry?" The teacher asked. Both women were startled by the question. "His bag is outside so where is he?" Emma came to the realization that the kid was probably struggling with the bag and came running in to ask Regina for help.