#two cats running around being super fucking hectic and loud

[hungee-boy]

you know that scene in the first ep of smiling friends at pims parents' place with the gremlins running around the house at super sonic speeds getting louder and louder and the parents are screaming at each other until the bf throws up all over his plate

kind of had a moment like that just now

[vanillatwilight17]

A New Beginning (Chapter 5)

A/N: Sorry for the wait! I'm a teacher and we are entering our last week of school so things are getting hectic! But that does mean that once school is out I will have more time to devote to this story! I have lots of plans for it so I hope you guys are enjoying it!

Here are links to previous chapters:

Chapter 1: http://vanillatwilight17.tumblr.com/post/161335347638/a-new-beginning

Chapter 2: http://vanillatwilight17.tumblr.com/post/161365679723/a-new-beginning-chapter-2

Chapter 3: http://vanillatwilight17.tumblr.com/post/161412904808/a-new-beginning-chapter-3

Chapter 4: http://vanillatwilight17.tumblr.com/post/161625416503/a-new-beginning-chapter-4

Disclaimer: I own nothing, please do not sue me!

Chapter 5: Operation Firework

"If we pull this plan of yours off kid it's going to be a miracle!" Emma said as she walked with her husband and son to Granny's early Monday morning.

"It's going to be epic! Seriously this is going to be the Fourth of July celebration that goes down in town history!" Henry said getting excited.

"I still feel like someone is going to figure it out before the big reveal." Emma said.

"That's why we changed the name of the operation! To make it less obvious." Henry said.

Over the course of the weekend the three of them had finalized plans for Operation Grand Reveal to tell their family and friends about the baby. Since they had decided they were going to do it during the Fourth of July party they were hosting they had renamed it to Operation Firework, allowing them to talk more openly in public about it and not risk anyone catching on. To set the final part of the plan in action they needed to enlist the help of Granny. They walked into the diner and found her behind the counter serving coffee to her early morning guests.

"Good! Just the people I needed to talk to! I need you to get me a final head count for Saturday by the end of tomorrow so I can make sure I have enough ingredients!"

"We got you covered Granny! We actually came here to ask if you could make one more thing for the party." Emma asked trying to put on her best puppy dog eyes.

"I'm already catering the entire party! What more could you possibly need?" Granny asked throwing her hands up. Emma, Killian, and Henry all exchanged looks as one another and nodded and Henry ran behind the counter and whispered in Granny's ear. Emma didn't hear exactly what he said to her but she saw the old woman's face turn from hard and stubborn to soft and filled with excitement in over the course of thirty seconds followed by a loud "Ahhhh!" as Granny dropped the coffee pot and ran around the counter and pulled Emma and Killian in together for a hug.

"Granny you have to quiet down or people are gonna start to ask questions! The whole point of this is it being a giant reveal! You have to keep it secret! Nobody knows except us four and Ashley. Not even my parents know yet!"

"Alright, alright! I'm just so happy for you guys! You deserve this!"

"So you'll help us with the big announcement?" Killian asked.

"Of course! What do you need me to do?" The three of them sat down at a nearby table and discussed what they wanted Granny to do.

"We'll have you bring it over early, Mom will work some magic on it to make and viola!" Henry said excitedly.

"I can't wait! I just have one favor in return to ask."

"Anything Granny." Emma said as the old woman reached out to grab her hands.

"Many years ago, when it was announced to the entire kingdom that you would be making your grand appearance into the world, I made you something. Your mom even came to me in private and told me your name so I could embroider in on there for you." Granny said.

"My baby blanket." Emma said. She had never realized Granny had been the one who made it for her.

"You still have it?"

"It may still take up residence in my bed from time to time."

"Time to time? More like every night." Killian said, poking fun at his wife.

"Hey, it's all I had to give me any sort of clue as to who I was! It's special to me."

"I know love," Killian said wrapping his arm around his wife. "I was only giving you a hard time."

"Well, I was hoping you would give me the honor of making your baby's blanket." Granny said.

"Granny the honor would be all ours." Emma said hugging the old woman again.

"What honor would be all yours?" Emma jumped as the sound of her mother's voice snuck up behind her. She turned around coming face to face with both her parents.

"Mom….Dad…uhh…" Her eyes moved towards Killian but he looked just as caught of guard as she was.

"I'm trying out a new lasagna recipe and I have asked them to be the first to try it out." Granny said.

"But I love your lasagna! Why would you change it? I demand that this should go to vote at city council!" David said going on a rant to Granny but Snow eyed her daughter suspiciously.

"I didn't know you guys were going to be here this morning, why don't you guys come eat with us." Snow said them. They all turned to go to their usual table and Granny winked at Emma who mouthed thank you back. All throughout breakfast Emma caught her mother giving her side glances. It didn't help matters that when their food arrived Killian's bacon smelled a little too strongly and she had to push him off the bench seat and run to the bathroom.

"What was the doctor's diagnosis again?" Snow asked Emma as they were walking out of the diner to go their separate ways.

"Huh?" Emma asked her mother.

"You know a few weeks back when you went to the doctor because you weren't feeling well. What did he say it was? I'm assuming that's why you ran to the bathroom like a sprinter earlier. The…bug, is still bothering you." Snow said a little more suggestively than Emma would have liked.

"Oh, uh…yea it's still bothering me a bit. He said that it would take a few weeks to get out of my system though." Emma tried to be cool and play it off but she wasn't so certain she hadn't inherited her super power from her mother.

Forty five minutes later, after dropping Henry off at school Emma and Killian sat in the bug doing their morning patrol duties.

"She knows." Emma said.

"Who knows what?" Killian asked.

"My mother. She knows I'm pregnant."

"She doesn't know love."

"Did you see the way she looked at me? And what was with the third degree outside Granny's? She totally knows Killian!"

"Aye she probably suspects that Granny's whole lasagna story was total bullshit but I don't think she heard it and went oh my God you're pregnant!" Killian couldn't help but laugh.

"It's not funny! You don't understand that woman knows all and sees all. I'm surprised we have been able to keep it from her this long. She is catching on that a stomach bug shouldn't last for weeks on end."

"I just can't wait for Saturday. I hate keeping secrets, especially from your parents! Not to mention as fun as they are all these big reveals are extremely tiring. I just want to focus on us and this one." Killian said placing his hand on Emma's stomach. She turned to face him and leaned in for a kiss. They lost track of reality, becoming completely lost in each other when they heard a banging on the outside of the car causing Emma and Killian to jump.

"Hey! The townspeople don't pay you two to sit out here and suck face all day!" David said crossing his arms and giving his best disapproving dad face.

"Dad!" Emma said throwing her head back against the seat. Once they were in the station they went to their separate desks and started working on long over due paperwork. Emma wasn't at her desk thirty minutes when a wave of morning sickness hit her. She sprung from her chair and sprinted for the bathroom.

"Bloody hell. I sure hope this doesn't go on the entire time." Killian said getting up to go comfort her.

"Last the whole time of what? I thought she went to the doctor and he said everything was ok and it was just a bug?"

Fuck. Killian thought to himself. This was the second time today the cat had almost been let out of the bag.

"He said everything was ok but it might take a while to get out of her system. I only meant that I hoped she didn't throw up until it was…out of her system that is." Killian was careful in how he worded his statement so that he wouldn't technically be lying to her father in law. This seemed to appease David and he walked out into the lobby and into the restroom where he found his wife hugging the toilet. He began rubbing her back until she was done.

"It can't be February soon enough! It was never like this with Henry." Emma said reaching up to flush away her breakfast.

"All the books say every pregnancy is different love. I'm sure it will pass soon. If it helps I almost just let it slip to your father why you have seemingly moved your office to the restroom."

"What did you say?"

"Basically what you just said but don't worry I played it off. He seems a bit less suspicious than your mother." Emma threw her arms around her husband and buried her face in his neck.

"Ugh fuck it, want to just post the sonogram picture on Facebook or something?" She asked.

"I was all for that weeks ago!" Killian said kissing her forehead.

"Yea yea I know. It's only a few more days. Let's just hide out like hermits and not talk to anyone until Saturday and everything will be great!"

"I could get behind the idea of being locked up with you until Saturday." Killian said wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.

"Of could you now?" Emma said running her hands down his torso to tease him.

"What do you say we volunteer for afternoon patrol duty and sneak home for some alone time before Henry gets home?" Killian asked.

"I thought you didn't like lying to my parents?" Emma asked still teasing him with her hands.

"This isn't lying. We can take the long way home and make sure everything is in proper working order. Technically patrolling!" Killian said winking at her.

"Believe me mister, you won't want to take the long way home by this afternoon." Emma said.

When Saturday rolled around Emma felt like a chicken with her head cut off. Between getting everything set up and running in the house every half an hour to throw up she was already exhausted and the party didn't start for another three hours. When Killian and Henry returned from Granny's with the catered food, she was scolded by Killian for doing too much.

"You are to go in the house and relax. It's ninety degrees out here! You need to take it easy!"

"I'm pregnant Killian not broken." Emma argued with him but she could tell the heat was getting to her.

"Inside. Now. The lad and I got this covered. Granny said she would have the cake for the reveal here in an hour so go get the spell ready because we won't have much time before everyone gets here after that." Killian said kissing her cheek. Emma wanted to fight him and prove that pregnancy wasn't a handicap but this time between the heat and the anxiety of what was happening later she couldn't find it within herself to argue.

When Granny showed up with the cake, it took all four of them to get it into the backyard.

"How did you even get this thing in the truck Granny?" Henry asked her.

"I bribed the dwarfs with free lunch."

"You got the spell ready love?" Killian asked.

"I think so. I would have really liked to have had Regina to consult with for something this intricate." She said.

"Why? Do you think you messed it up?"

"I don't think so. I went through it about four times. I got most of the kinks worked out. It's either going to reveal the pregnancy or give everyone duck beaks and raccoon tails." Emma said, raising her hands to perform the spell.

"That's…. encouraging." Hook said.

"If this goes badly, the blame does not get placed on my food!" Granny said.

"Quack, Quack." Henry said as Emma performed the spell.

"Did it work?" Killian asked.

"It won't be set into motion until I perform the last bit of the spell later so I guess we will have to wait and see." Emma said.

"I have faith in you Mom!" Henry said.

"Glad he's got some confidence." Granny said.

Around three in the afternoon guests started showing up and the party was in full swing. It brought a smile to Emma's face to see everyone she cared about in one place, it reminded her of their wedding. Everyone was having a great time, there was music, a slip and slide and sprinkler for the kids, and as usual Granny's food was amazing. The plan was right before dark Operation Firework would be set into motion. It was a challenge to keep some people out of the cake, Leroy namely but so far everything had gone perfectly. Right as the sun was setting Henry called everyone together.

"Hey everyone! It's almost time for cake and fireworks! Come get a good spot!" Once everyone was standing around the cake Emma and Killian walked to the head of the table it was sitting on.

"We wanted to thank everyone for coming! We hope you had a great time and that you will all enjoy the fireworks that should be starting in half an hour or so…" Emma said checking her watch, getting more and more nervous as the moment drew closer.

"Before that though, we have one more treat for you guys!" Killian said wrapping his arm around his wife. Emma waved her hand under the table and the cake came to life. The cake itself was in the shape of a tree and as the spell worked different members from the family started to appear on the branches. Names of everyone in their family tree started to form on the branches in icing. It had taken some research in the library but they had been able to go back several generations. As the names got down to their own everyone started to get excited.

"Look! Even I'm on there!" Zelena yelled seeing her name appear.

"Of course you are! You're my step great aunt?" Emma said causing Killian to laugh at the outrageous connections they all shared. While everyone stood memorized by the enchanted cake Emma reached over and squeezed Killian's hand as the second to last branch was added. It was a branch that added Killian's name to the tree signifying his marriage to Emma. They gave each other sideways glances waiting to moment of truth. Everyone started to clap assuming this meant the show was over and they could dig in but just then one last branch started to form. It came down directly from Emma and Killian's names and the words Baby Jones appeared underneath. Just as everyone started to process the meaning of this the last phase of the spell went into place and on the trunk of the tree the picture they had taken a few weeks back with Ashley appeared, showing the parents to be announcing to Henry that he would be a big brother in February. Once the show was over Emma and Killian looked up at their guests.

"Surprise!" They said together anxiously awaiting everyone's reactions.

"Ahhh!"

"Congrats!"

"YES!"

Were some of the cheers that could be heard as everyone erupted into excitement at the announcement of the newest member of the family.

"I knew it!" Snow said running over to throw her arms around her daughter and pull her in close.

"Why didn't you say anything if you knew?"

"I wasn't one hundred percent but I had my suspicions. I wanted you to come to me in your own time and I'm glad I did this was a great idea! I also want copies of those photos you guys took!"

"Most definitely! We have a whole bunch I'll bring them over and let you show me which ones you want. Dad are you…crying?" Emma asked noticing her father wiping tears from his eyes.

"My baby is having a baby forgive me if I'm a little emotional about it." He said pulling his daughter into his arms and kissing the top of her head. "Congratulations sweetheart!" He said.

"Thanks Dad." Emma said resting her head against his shoulder.

They had barely served everyone a piece of family tree cake when fireworks started shooting off over the bay.

"OOOOOOOs" and "AHHHHHHs" could be heard throughout the crowd. Emma sat down next to her husband on their lawn, surrounded by their family and friends. He wrapped his arm around her and she leaned into him.

"So…Operation Firework a success?" He asked her.

"I would put this down as another successful operation and now everyone knows!" Emma replied.

"Thank the Gods! I can dote on you and touch your belly whenever I want!" Killian said rubbing her still flat stomach.

"Oh those are my favorites!" Emma said excitedly pointing up at a firework that looked like a willow tree as it exploded. Soon her parents, brother, Henry, Regina, Zelena and Robin came to join them and they all watched a spectacular firework show together, talking excitedly of the months to come.

A/N: Please Review/Comment and let me know what you guys think!