"I'm your friend too." Those words kept echoing in his head as he walked away from the diner. Did she really mean it? He didn't know, but he wanted her to be his friend. He couldn't lie, he had fantasized about Regina Mills before. And suddenly, without realizing it, he was walking back to the diner to try and find her.
There she was with her hair dark as the night and her lips red as blood, getting into her car. For a second he felt paralyzed. Was he really trying to spend the night with Storybrooke's mayor when his wife had just died and his lover was being accused of doing it? He couldn't think about that, all he wanted was to be near the one woman that believed in him and made him feel better about himself.
"Regina!" He yelled from across the street.
"David?" She turned around and looked at him. "I thought you were going home."
"I thought so too, but I couldn't face the idea of being alone. I was wondering if you would like to stay with me for a little longer."
She looked at her watch pretending she had to be elsewhere. "To be honest, Henry is staying with Emma tonight and I don't want to be home alone either."
David smiled at her with that smile that had gained him the Charming nickname back in fairy tale land. It was a smile that made Regina's legs shake and go weak, although she would have never admitted it.
Once again inside the diner they sat on the table further away from the door. Like a gentlemen he waited for her to sit down and then sat in front of her. He felt so weird, but something inside kept telling him he was doing the right thing.
They stayed at the diner talking for almost two hours. They laughed and talked about not so personal topics. Something Regina had never done before with someone from Storybrooke.
"It's getting late and I wouldn't like to keep you from your sleeping hours." David said. "After all you are the mayor and we need you at your best." He held the door open for her.
She laughed. "Would you like me to drive you home? I know you walked here."
"The night is wonderful, so I would like to walk but thank you for the offer."
"Would you mind if I joined you?"
"Not at all, I could walk you home."
"I would love that." She smiled at him in a flirty way.
After a 10 minutes silent walk, they reached her house. He felt his hands sweating and his heart extremely accelerated. All David could think about was kissing her. He knew it wasn't the best thing to do but he didn't know she wanted him to kiss her.
"Here we are." Regina said as she walked to the door. "Thank you for walking me home, David."
"You're welcome. Call me in the morning and I'll drive you to pick up your car."
"That's really sweet of you."
She unlocked the door slowly and David knew it was his last chance. He pulled Regina into him and kissed her passionately. The kiss became a contest to see who could keep it going the longest. Their tongues fighting one against the other. Regina could savor the last traces of the whisky he had been drinking before and, not to his surprise, her lips tasted of apple.
She broke the kiss and walked inside the house. For a second David stood outside until she winked at him from inside letting him know it was okay to enter.
Regina kicked her high heels off and ran upstairs, immediately followed by him. She walked into her room already unzipping her dress as he took off his jacket and let it fall to the floor. Once Regina was completely out of her dress, he couldn't help but stare at her perfectly sculpted body. A rush of adrenaline took over David's body and he took off the rest of his clothes.
He helped her take her black sexy underwear off and a few seconds later they were having passionate sex. David kissed every inch of her body, leaving a tiny love bite between her breasts. With every touch, Regina felt more and more excited. Their hearts beating at the same rhythm as their bodies became one.
After a long session of hot steamy sex, David laid his sweating body on top of hers. He moved the hair from her face and kissed her slowly. Then he kissed up her neck to her ear. Softly, in a low whisper, he said "I know you are the Evil Queen", and he fell asleep.
It was in that moment, after hearing him say that and a tear rolled down her cheek, that Regina realized Daniel hadn't been her true love. The Evil Queen had fallen in love with Snow White's prince.