12:30pm. It was 12:30pm on a Monday moring and Emma had already had enough. She was sat at her desk at the Sherriff's station, numerous paper balls laying around her, looking at the clock. She looked at her phone. Nothing. Not a call, not a text. What was she expecting. She picked up her phone and contemplated sending a text but quickly thought better of it. Instead she dropped her phone and picked up one of the paper balls. Tossing it from hand to hand she lined up the shot and sent it hurling through the air towards the trashcan in the corner of the room.

"Bullseye" she exclaimed when it went in on the first go. She occupied herself for the next half hour throwing makeshift paper basketballs into the overflowing trashcan.

The next time she looked at the clock it was 1pm. Time for a break she thought to herself. Standing up, she looked around the office. Satisfied that everything was acceptable she picked up her badge gun and phone and made a beeline for the door.

The weather outside was fairly warm so Emma favored walking to Granny's instead of driving. By passing her favorite yellow bug and the police cruiser she set off on the short 5-minute walk. Picking the phone out of her pocket, she was disappointed to again see that there was no call or text. Again she contemplated sending a quick text. The internal battle lasted the whole walk to Granny's and before Emma knew she was outside. Deciding that she could think better after a bite to eat, she pocketed the phone and made her way inside.

The bell above the door rang when Emma walked in. she headed towards the counter and was greeted by Ruby. Like usual Ruby lounged against the counter, the position did nothing to hide her assets. On Emma's approach she straightened up and with a cheery smile greeted her with "The Usual Em?". Emma Laughed. She had been having the same lunch every time she came to granny's and seeing no reason to change responded "yes please".

"One cheeseburger, fries and cocoa with cream and cinnamon coming right up. Take a seat and ill bring it over when it's done". With that she turned and headed towards the kitchen.

Emma turned around and surveyed the diner. It was the start of the lunch rush and seats were filling up quickly. Spying an empty booth in the corner she headed towards it and settled herself comfortably. Taking out her phone she saw one new text message. Straightening up she eagerly clicked on it.

"Hey ma, fancy Pizza and Xbox tonight?"

Emma sighed. The text wasn't from who she wanted. Shaking her head she sent of a quick reply saying that she would love pizza and xbox and that she would message him to arrange a time when she finished work.

Just as she sent send, ruby placed a plate of food in front of Emma then sat down on the other side of the table.

"granny is letting me have a break so I thought id spend it catching up on the latest gossip."

Emma simply rolled her eyes and began to eat her food. She listened to Ruby talk about all kinds of stuff from Ashley and how she was expecting another baby to how grumpy had ended up spending another night in the cells. Of course this wasn't news to Emma as she had been the one to put him there but she listened and gave her two cents all the same. It wasn't until Emma had finished her food and pushed away the plate that Ruby seemed to stop. Realizing the silence Emma looked up and saw that Ruby was looking at her intently.

"What's that look for?" she enquired.

Raising her eyebrows and folding her arms she asked with an air of uncertainty "Whats going on with you and Regina?".

Emma who was taking a sip of her cocoa, chocked on the drink at this question. Gasping for breath she choked out, "what do you mean?".

"I mean something must have happened between you and Regina because for the past couple of weeks you have both been in here for lunch at the same time and you both usually sit together but today out of the blue, Regina is ordering food to be delivered to her office and your sat here staring at your phone as if it's the most important thing in the world. I'm not stupid Emma. Something has happened. You were both fine with each other on Friday and now…." She paused "….What did you do? Did you forget to hand in some paperwork on time or something? Feed henry too much sugar? Im sure whatever it is, it can be sorted right?".

Emma swallowed, and placing her hands over her face replied with an air of despondency "I don't think it can."

A/N

Hey guys. this is my very first fanfic and if you have gotten this far then i hope you are enjoying it! if you did enjoy it please please review. if you have any pointers/questions/prediction please let me know :) thanks for reading!