A/N: Hey guys, I thought of this story after OUAT went on hiatus. It's a bit of a long chapter but once I started I couldn't stop writing. Emma makes a wish and she ends up at the end of Regina's bed. This story will be the start of their relationship. It will have smut, romance, angst and lots of cute family time. I really hope you like it. Leave a review, favorite it or do nothing. I will try update pretty regular.

Much Love :)

Chapter One

Regina felt as if someone or something was watching her sleep, since having Henry she had become a very light sleeper. With the Evil Queen being in town, she wasn't even sure if she wanted to open her eyes because it could be anything sitting at the end of her bed. After a couple more minutes of trying to ignore the feeling, she finally gave in and opened her eyes, she was extremely shocked to see who was standing in her bedroom. Clad in just a t-shirt and the smallest pair of shorts, Emma was stood at the bottom of her bed.

"Emma, I don't mean to sound at all rude but what the hell are you doing in my bedroom?"

Emma looked at Regina then down to the floor, she wasn't sure how she was meant to explain this.

"I'm not entirely sure."

With it being the middle of the night and neither woman turning a light on, Regina could just about make out Emma's face and it was filled with embarrassment. This expression was one that Regina was familiar with, more times than she would like to remember she has caught Emma kissing Captain Guy-Liner and each time Emma jumped away from Hook and often had a hint of embarrassment and shame plastered all over her face. Regina could never quite put her finger on the reason why but she knew that it was a good idea not to ask Emma about it.

"Emma, I don't believe that you've turned up in my bedroom in the middle of the night half naked and you have no idea how or why. So, I suggest you start explaining" Regina ordered.

She didn't mean to be so harsh with Emma but over the years their relationship had developed enough that she knew Emma wouldn't take what she said or how she said it to heart. Emma knew Regina wasn't going to let her off the hook and Regina would make her tell her one way or another. Emma started to giggle to herself, out of all the phrases there were to choose from she picked the one with Hook in it.

With Emma still stood at the end of her bed, Regina remembered she wasn't wearing any clothes. A couple of seconds later and a puff of purple smoke illuminated the room and Regina was dressed in a pair of purple silk Pajamas and a light dressing gown.

"Don't tell me that Mayor Mills sleeps naked?" Emma joked.

"I think that's rather an inappropriate question, don't you?"

"Sorry."

Emma started to feel very awkward standing at the end of Regina's bed. They had come a long way but Emma knew that they were never going to get to the sleepover part of a friendship and her being there was not a good idea but neither woman had mentioned her leaving.

Regina looked over to check the time and her alarm clock said it was 4:30am. She knew that this was starting to get rather strange but for some reason she liked having Emma in her bedroom.

"My alarm was due to go off in just over an hour so how about we go downstairs and I make us some breakfast. Henry won't be up for another couple of hours so we can discuss whatever it is in peace."

Emma knew it was the most logical thing to do but leaving Regina's bedroom meant telling Regina why she was there.

"You know I will never turn down a famous Regina Mills breakfast."

"You've been here for breakfast almost every day for six months that's a pretty big giveaway that you like my famous breakfasts. I'm sure my breakfast isn't nearly as good as granny's."

"The breakfast is really good and the company's better. Being here I only need to be Emma Swan and Henry's other mother. At Granny's I'm known as Snow and David's daughter, the savior, the sheriff and Hooks girlfriend. It's nice to be able to just be me" Emma admitted.

She wasn't sure why she felt the need to say all of that or where it came from but when the words left her mouth she knew it was how she really felt. Regina sat up in her bed and was rather shocked at hearing all that come pouring out of Emma's mouth but in a way, she understood what she was talking about, more than she cared to remember. For year Regina wished to just be Regina and not Leopold's wife, Snows Stepmother and eventually the Evil Queen. She never thought Emma would be that person for her, when she was spending time with Emma and Henry she didn't need to put on a facade, she could just be herself.

"Woah, that was a lot to admit at 4:30am, I guess being sleep deprived makes me honest."

"You never have to apologise for having feelings Emma and certainty not to me. Come on let's go downstairs and I will make you a large cup of decaf coffee and some food."

"That's a filthy word and I can't believe it just left your mouth."

"Emma what are you talking about, I didn't say any filthy word."

"You said DECAF, coffee should never be decaf."

Emma started to walk out of Regina's bedroom and without realising she was it Regina's eyes landed on Emma's barely covered bum.

Emma could feel Regina's eyes on her but didn't want to let Regina know. She stopped just shy of the bedroom door and turned around.

"There isn't any chance you got some trousers and maybe a hoody I could put on?" she asked.

"As a matter of fact, I have a pair of your joggers and hoody in my drawer. I keep meaning to give them back but with everything that's been happening I hadn't found the time."

Regina climbed out of bed, walked over to her chest of drawers and pulled out Emma's clothes. She walked back to the blonde and handed her the outfit.

"My lucky hoody I wondered where that disappeared to."

Emma pulled the hoody over her head and wasn't sure but she thought she could make out the slight smell of Regina's perfume on the hoody. She couldn't imagine Regina wearing the hoody but now the image was in her head, that's all she could imagine.

"I wore it a couple of times, I hope you don't mind."

"So, I was right."

"What do you mean, you were right? Regina questioned.

"Well when I pulled the hoody over my head I caught a whiff of your perfume but then when I thought about it I realised you wouldn't wear my ratty hoody because you have more class than that."

"There is nothing ratty about the hoody Emma, don't get me wrong it's got a few holes and it smelt like you hadn't washed it in a while but it's not so bad" Regina joked.

Emma rarely heard Regina laugh around anyone but Henry and she didn't know why because Regina had such a cute laugh.

"I can't believe you just insulted my favourite hoody. Can I ask why you wore it?"

"The day you left it here I needed to put the bins out and it was the closest thing to me, then I wore it a few nights when I was in my study because I was too tired to walk upstairs to get something else."

"So, you insulted my hoody but it's good enough for you to wear when your cold."

"I never insulted it, I just stated some facts about it. I didn't want to freeze so of course it was good enough to wear."

Emma didn't know where this flirty banter had come from and she wasn't sure Regina realised that's what they were doing. She knew it was a wise idea not to mention because Regina would likely brush it off and then bring her walls back up and they would be back to square one. Emma pulled the joggers on and made her way out of Regina's bedroom to the kitchen.

A couple of minutes later she was joined by Regina.

"What took you so long, I'm wasting away here" Emma huffed.

"Miss Swan I'm pretty sure it was only a couple of hours ago when you last ate so you're hardly wasting away."

"I had some leftover pizza about two hours ago."

"And?" Regina questioned.

She had come to know Emma quite well over the last couple of years and she knew it was never just leftover pizza when it came to a midnight feast.

"Fine. Leftover pizza, last night's Chinese and some of your lasagna from dinner last Thursday" Emma admitted.

"You're going to die at a very young age if you keep going the way you are and my lasagna from last Thursday, Emma that was nearly a week ago, that's not healthy. If you liked it that much I would have made you a fresh one, you only had to ask."

"I didn't want you to go to any trouble to just make it for me and you can't beat leftovers."

"I don't believe in eating leftovers, I prefer to make everything fresh."

"What type of woman doesn't like leftovers. I now know why the only leftovers Henry will eat is pizza."

"Miss Swan, that's because our son is smart and knows what's good for him."

Emma couldn't help but smile when she heard Regina call Henry their son. It's not the first time she's heard it and certainly won't be the last but each time it gave her a strange butterfly feeling and she could never pin point why.

"Yes, he is smart and that's because you raised him right and I never give you enough credit for doing something that I never could" Emma sighed.

Regina walked over to the kitchen counter where Emma was leaning and gently placed her hand on Emma's shoulder. For a few minutes neither woman said a word. After a minute or two more Regina knew she needed to say something.

"That was rather soppy Emma but I've never thanked you for giving me the best gift anyone has ever given me and even though you tried I'm glad you didn't take him away from me."

Emma was glad they were having this little heart to heart because it meant that she might just be able to get away with not telling Regina how she ended up in her bedroom.

"I'm not being soppy I'm being honest. When I realised you were only doing what was in Henry's best interest I knew it wouldn't be fair to take him away from you.

Regina gave Emma a weak smile and walked over to the coffee machine. She was just about to turn it on when a cloud of purple smoke appeared followed by an unwanted guest.

"I will have a coffee with two sugars if you're making one dear."

Regina turned around and made a fire ball appear but the Evil Queen made it disappear almost as quick.

"Now, now Regina there isn't any need for violence. I just popped by to see how everything was going and to make sure Emma arrived here safely."

Regina looked at Emma and then to the Evil Queen.

"Didn't anyone tell you it's rude to turn up somewhere you are not wanted and besides I thought you would have been asleep, you know with you needing your beauty sleep and all that."

Regina could sense Emma was hiding something because the moment she's caught out she goes straight on the defensive.

"Violence from Regina and harsh words from Emma, you're like a right little double act. So, Regina we're are we with this coffee?"

"We're nowhere on the coffee so how about you do us all a favor and leave" Regina ordered.

"Regina there isn't any need for you to be so hostile, I come in peace. Besides Henry is most likely in bed and we wouldn't want to disturb our son."

Regina went to lunge forward but Emma stepped in her way.

"Let's get one thing straight, you may have been a part of Regina but now you're your own bitter and twisted person. Henry is mine and Regina's son not YOURS."

"If you say so dear. Can you really call him your son though? It's not like you raised him. Dropping in almost a decade in doesn't really make you his mother."

Regina was starting to get very angry and she wasn't sure how well Emma was going to deal with hearing that. Regina placed her hand on the small of Emma's back ever so gently. She hoped this little gesture would let Emma know that she was on her side and didn't agree with anything the Evil Queen was saying.

"I might have only turned up a decade in but I gave him up so he could have the best possible life and that's what he got. He's as much my son as he is Regina's but he is not YOURS. We might be an unconventional family but we are still a family and one that doesn't involve you. So, I think it's a wise idea if you leave.

"I don't want to leave I'm here to watch the show, Regina do you still hide the popcorn in the back of the cereal cupboard because popcorn seems like a good fit right about now."

Regina was completely lost she had no idea what that evil woman was talking about and looking at Emma's rosy complexion it was clear she knew exactly what the Queen was referring to.

"Is someone going to tell me what's going on?" Regina questioned.

She really hated being left in the dark and if someone didn't tell her what was going on soon, fire balls would start flying.

The Evil Queen walked further into the kitchen, jumped up on the counter and crossed her legs.

"Emma, are you going to fill her in, or am I?"

"I don't feel comfortable discussing this right now especially with you here."

"Well I don't feel comfortable with making my way all the way over here for this and for you to back out" the Queen snapped.

"It's not like you walked, you used your magic and to be honest this is between me and Regina not me, you and Regina."

Regina started to get annoyed, they were talking about her like she wasn't stood a few inches away from them.

"Fine, I have somewhere more pressing to be anyways so I will come visit you both later and see how this went. And Emma dear, if you haven't told her by then I will be doing it for you."

The Evil Queen smirked as she disappeared in a cloud of purple smoke.

"Emma, are you going to tell me what the hell is going on?"

Emma knew she needed to come clean with Regina but all she could think about was why the Evil Queen felt the need to get a front row seat at this. Did she know something Emma didn't?

Emma walked over to the fridge and grabbed a bottle of water. She took a couple of sips before setting it down on the table.

"Okay. I think you better sit down for this."

Regina walked over to the kitchen table, sat down and Emma did the same. They were now sat either end of the table and Emma had started to rip the label off her water bottle.

"Sign of sexual frustration that is" Regina joked.

Emma looked at Regina, shot her a weak smile then carried on ripping off the label.

"Emma is everything okay you're starting to worry me."

Emma was just about to tell Regina everything when her phone started to vibrate. She answered it and Regina couldn't hear who was on the other end but she assumed it was Hook.

"I'm fine stop worrying. I couldn't sleep so I went for a walk and I'm going to stay at Ruby's so just go back to sleep."

A couple of minutes went by without Emma saying anything. Regina looked up at her and asked was everything okay and Emma nodded her head. Regina wasn't sure why Emma lied to Hook about where she was, it wasn't like they were doing anything wrong.

"Fine."

Emma huffed and slammed her phone down on the table.

"What did my table ever do to you?"

"Sorry, I'm just annoyed that's all."

"I can tell. You sure everything is okay?" Regina asked again.

"Yes. There is something really important I want to discuss with you but I've got to get home and sort something out first."

"So, you come all the way over here and then leave without even telling me why."

"I'm sorry. I had the words all worked out in my head but now they seem to have disappeared. When I talk to you about it, I want to get everything out in the open and make sure I explain it fully so no wires get crossed" Emma explained.

Regina was getting more and more annoyed with every word coming out of Emma's mouth. She took a deep breath in and counted to ten.

"Emma I wish you would stop beating around the bush and just tell me."

"I promise I will explain everything fully tomorrow. I want to do it right and I don't want you to hate me."

Before Regina could say anything else a puff of white smoke appeared and with it Emma left.

Regina knew it whatever was on Emma's mind it was something big because instead of leaving Regina's by using the conventional way of going out the front door, Emma used her magic. Emma's Magic had got exceptionally better but one thing Regina knew was that when Emma was upset or feeling any emotion her magic could be very unpredictable.