Hey everyone, A few tidbits of information before we get started. This is a OUaT fanfic. This will bounce in and out of Emma and Regina's point of view. This is primarily based of Ed Sheeran's album Plus. So you can listen to the songs and see where we are pulling different things and ideas here and there and tying them all back into the original Story. Reviews and suggestions are welcome. This is a combined effort by saucystarz and myself.

Disclaimer: We do not own the rights to Ed Sheeran's album and OUaT or any of its character's. Much to our own dismay, as we would love to have Lana Parrilla and Jennifer Morrison apart of our lives. :)

Weeks pass in the blink of an eye,

And I'm still drunk at the end of the night

I don't drink like everybody else,

I do it to forget things about myself,

Stumble and fall with the head spin I got

My mind's with you but my heart's just not

Waking up, rolling outta bed Emma turned off her alarm. Remembering the reason why she was getting up an hour early. She had a meeting with Regina this morning, regarding the budget for the year. And something else... Regina didn't specifically mention it over the email, but she did mention that she needed some special investigative work done. Privately.

The idea that Regina wanted her to look into something left her curious. Regina hadn't wanted to spend any more time with her than was strictly needed to keep their relationship professional. To put it simply, Regina had been avoiding being alone with her. Emma understood but it still hurt.

Getting up, she starts to don on the normal, skin-tight jeans and her boots. She heads for her closet. What to wear... she hasn't seen Regina in almost a year, at least not alone, sure they had worked together but someone else had always been in the room. They hadn't truly spoken, not since... well since that night. As she pilfer's through her closet, she comes across the blouse, Regina's blouse. The one Henry gave her when she first came into Storybrooke. 'Enjoy my shirt, because that's all you're getting.' Unbeknownst to her, that wouldn't be 'all' she got. Man, what a night that was...

And I'm always saying everyday that it was worth it,

Pain is only relevant if it still hurts,

I forget like an elephant, or we can use a sedative and go back to the day we fell in love just on our first kiss

It was a cold night. but they weren't cold. well.. Emma wasn't. She was still in bed. Regina on the other hand, was pacing.

"We can't continue this... for Henry's sake." Regina said. Pacing in front of the bed, avoiding eye contact with Emma. Regina knowing that if she looked Emma in the eyes right then she would give into whatever the blond wanted. What they had just done felt so right to her that it had to be wrong, she couldn't understand why she had let it happen. Her head reeling she can barely focus on what Emma says next.

"Will you stop pacing for christ's sake? Sit." Emma gestured next to her. Sitting up in the bed. holding the sheet just above her bare chest. Regina, slowly and cautiously sat. Emma grabbed her arm and pulled her closer, pinning her to the bed.

"What are you doing?" Regina said, struggling against Emma. Fear and uncertainty showing clearly in her eyes.

"I want you to look at me." Emma states, looking into Regina's eyes, making sure she can't avoid her.

"I agree with you, for Henry's sake. He's had his heart broken by both of us on one to many occasions. It wouldn't right for us to get his hopes up. Even though I many not like it one bit."" Emma didn't like what she was agreeing too.

Regina took note of Emma's rather upset glance downward. They both knew that it wasn't the right time for them.

"Henry deserves the best, from both of us. Legally, you are his mother. However, he wants both of us in his life."

Emma let up on her grasp on Regina, and laid gently beside her, still pinning her arm beneath her so she couldn't leave the bed, while her other hand unbuttoned the two buttons on Regina's blouse that she had buttoned in her haste to get dressed. Emma let her hand slide to Regina's abdomen, the warm touch of her hand to Regina's skin felt right, affectionate, not meant to excite. Regina leaned into it, putting her free hand on Emma's, closing her eyes to take in the feeling. Memorizing the feel of Emma beside her.

"Split weekends and holidays? You can also pick him up from the bus till dinner each night, and you can have him for dinner on Wednesday nights?" Regina offered.

"Yeah, that's fine." Emma said, rolling away from Regina, getting up off the bed. She reached for her shirt that laid on the ground pulling it on effortlessly. Not noticing that she left her bra on Regina's floor, she felt kind of abandoned, lost, and confused. She knew she wanted more, but she had to agree with Regina, for now.

Regina didn't know why saying that hurt. Why pushing Emma away hurt. Was she protecting Henry? Or was she really protecting herself? Rolling off the bed, pulling on her skirt. She began to feel the sting of regret, what if being with Emma was the right things? Henry was an excuse she could hide behind for now, but later?

"Emma..." before she could finish... Emma interrupts her...

"Drop it Regina, we've talked about it, its done." It pained Emma to say that, as she pulled on her jeans. She dared to give Regina a side glance from the corner of her eye. Regina was playing with the blanket on the bed, head down. Clearly not liking the decision either. Emma stood up, buttoning her jeans, walked over, gave Regina one last kiss. "For Henry."

Never wanna turn into another like you,

Sleep with my thoughts, dance with my views,

Everything's great but not everything's sure,

But you live in your halls and I live in a tour bus,

Now I'm in a position to be another stalker like everything I say seems to always sound awkward,

Like our last kiss it was perfect, we were nervous

Emma dawned on the blouse, saddened by her memory of the ending of that night. She had continued to care for Regina, and so she had decided to give Regina hope. She began to leave notes and small gifts for her on a pretty regular basis. So far as Emma knew, Regina had no clue it was her. She would always leave it amongst her work mail, in hopes of not giving away her secret. Emma was always careful to make sure to drop them when no one was around or when she dropped stuff off from the Sheriffs Office. Emma may have given Regina hope, but she wasn't so sure about herself. Did she really think Regina cared for her? Or was she going to let herself get hurt like the first time...

Because if you want, I'll take you in my arms and keep you sheltered, from all that I've done wrong

And I'll know you'll say, that I'm the only one

But I know god made another one of me to love you better than I ever will

She waited patiently in the alley they had decided on earlier. Neal would come back for her soon, he had to. Then this life of running would be over. She checked the time on the 'borrowed' watch. Neal should be here soon. She heard footsteps coming her way. Looking, she see's a tall figure. Smiling, she thinks its Neal.

"Freeze! Hands in the air!"

No... it can't be. "What's going on?"

"You're under arrest, for the possession of stolen property."

"I don't understand..."

"Your boyfriend called you in sweetheart, told us to look at the Subway video camera." As he pulled out his handcuffs. "You know your rights?"

Emma remained silent... Neal left...Neal set me up... He abandoned me... Her thoughts of pain consumed her as the officer walked her to his car.

Because, if I was gonna go somewhere, I'd be there by now,

And maybe I can let myself down, wo-oahh

And I'm thinking that I'm unaware, I keep my feet on the ground and keep looking around, to make sure I'm not, the only one to feel low,

As Emma left her apartment that was one memory she particularly wished she could drown out. That will certainly not happen ever again, as much as she hoped it could have ended differently. The only good thing to come of Neal was Henry, the beautiful boy she gladly shared with Regina. As she climbed into the patrol car, she was certain today was going to be an interesting day. As that thought crossed her mind, her phone rang.

"Sheriff Swan... What happened?... Right, I'll be right there."

Yup. Interesting day, and its only just begun. Starting the cruiser, she puts on her lights and speeds off down the road the short distance to the town hall.

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