A Particular kind of cake

Chapter 6: The crashed wedding.

Regina turned into the community center's parking lot. Emma was in charge of Henry duty and kept the small box close to her. They both sat in the car for a few minutes as neither of them really wanted to be part of this gathering.

"Do you think they will even let me in?" Regina asked as she continued to stare out the windshield.

"No." Emma sighed. Regina swung her head to look at the blonde but Emma just started smiling. "But they have no choice because you are my...plus one."

Regina returned Emma's smile but a sudden knock at her window broke her thoughts. Mary-Margaret was waving and signaling for Regina to roll down the window. "Do I have to?" The mayor asked Emma, who was also not in the mood to deal with the teacher. She just shrugged and they both looked at the woman outside the car who was clearly getting frustrated. Regina rolled her eyes, and rolled down the window.

"What is she doing here? And where is Henry?" The pixie haired woman was clearly shocked to see Regina there. "She wasn't invited."

"I invited her. The invitation said I could bring a guest, and Henry...wasn't in the mood to come." Emma pretended as if it was no big deal but she knew very well how the rest of the guests were feeling and going to feel when the queen strutted into the hall.

"We expected you to bring a date, or someone else." The pixie haired woman crossed her arms and glared at both of them.

"I did bring a date." Emma smiled and the mayor let out a brief chuckle. She enjoyed watching Mary-Margaret in full parent mode with Emma being the sarcastic child.

"Shall we go in?" Regina asked Emma and pretended not to even notice Mary-Margaret.

"We probably should." the blonde smiled back and got out of the car.

Mary-Margaret followed a few steps behind them as they reached the front door. Leroy was on door man duty but before he could make any comment about the mayor, Ruby appeared and told him to take a break. Mary-Margaret brushed passed them and hurried to her husband. Emma could see her complaining and pointing to her and Regina.

"So you two again." Ruby said to gain their attention.

"Did you tell her?" Regina asked and Ruby shook her head.

"I didn't want her to worry. She has enough on her plate and the last thing Snow needs, is to worry about what the Evil Queen is doing with her daughter."

"Mostly just eating lasagna and sneaking into diners in the middle of the night." Emma threw into the conversation.

"I don't know what you two were up to last night..." Ruby started but Emma and Regina had already planned their story out.

"Granny still had her bowl." Emma cut her off.

"And you sneak in there in the middle of the night?" The waitress was clearly not buying their explanation. Emma was about to give a comment, but Regina held up her hand.

"Like you said, I am the Evil Queen, and you should be glad. Usually when someone has my property, they don't have the luxury of me 'sneaking' in."

"Alright, I'll buy it... for now." The waitress was still clearly 'not buying' it but Emma was relieved that she backed off. Ruby escorted them into the hall and showed them their seats, which happened to be right across the aisle from Mary-Margaret and David.

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"Do we have to sit through all of this?" Emma whispered to Regina. The wedding couple were at the front and Archie was pretending to be an ordained minister. There was nothing fancy or fairytale about this wedding. It was more at a level of low budget shotgun wedding. There were decor but minimal and it reminded Emma more of a birthday party than a wedding. The silver and white were prominent in Ella's dress but the dress itself would probably be considered too plain to be worn to a prom. Emma was getting bored and her patience was wearing thin.