There the blonde haired beauty sat with her feet up on top of her desk, her favorite coffee mug in one hand and a new case file in her lap. Sighing softly and taking a sip of coffee she opened up the file and started shifting through the pages. It was late at night and it was long past the time she would have left the Sheriff's Department.

Everything had been hectic for her. She had a lot of things on her plate with the recent disappearance of Kathryn Nolan and only a small idea of where to start. Henry had been around too, which made Emma's work even more difficult because what if she found something that was too intense for his prying young eyes? But then there was also the altercation she had at the hospital with the Mayor of Storybrooke, Regina Mills, which made everything else seem even crazier. Why had Regina been so insistant that she continue on with the case rather than worry with David Nolan? Did she know anything?

Emma's train of thought was cut short by a sudden thud and a woman's voice behind her that made her jump, drop her feet off of the desk, and cause her file to fall to the floor.

"Shouldn't you be sleeping, Sheriff Swan?"

'Of course it's her.' Emma thought to herself. She would recognize the Mayor's voice anywhere. And she was right when she turned around. There stood Regina Mills, in her early thirties, wearing her usual business clothing of a business suit jacket and matching skirt. She had dropped her briefcase and her jacket carelessly on the nearby desk, and was now giving her a questioning look.

"Not when there's work to do..." Emma mumbled, moving to pick up the file that had dropped. "Shouldn't you be with Henry?"

"He is spending the night at a friend's house if you have to know." Regina retorted. She knew Emma was always trying to reveal something she suspected to be hidden in the Mayor's mind and would question her for every peice of information she could squeeze out of her. Taking off her jacket and setting it across her other possessions, Regina moved to lean against Emma's desk directly in front of her, blocking the computer screen so she was forced to pay attention to her.

"And you decided to come to the Sheriff's office," Emma said, looking up at her. "Why?" There was always some explanation to what Regina did and Emma wondered what it was this time. Sitting back in her chair and crossing her legs, Emma stared into the dark amber eyes of the Mayor.

"It's my weekly round to make sure everything is in order." Regina began, knowing that Emma was trying to catch her bluff. "I saw the lights in the office still on so I came in. And well, here we are." She stated, turning her attention beside her on the desk. "Which brings me to this..." She said, reaching over to grab the file that had previously fallen to the ground and opened it up. "Kathryn Nolan... Hmm" Her eyes flickered to Emma's. "It's about time you started working on this case, Sheriff." Regina said with a dark smirk, a hint of playfulness sparkling in her eyes.

Emma raised a brow, listening to her reasoning but quickly grew serious. "Excuse me Madame Mayor, I've been working on Kathryn's case since she went missing." The smirk that Regina held on her face made Emma relax her tensed shoulders for a slight second. Yes, Regina irked her, but there was more to it than that. Behind the conniving woman there was secrets, this was true. Secrets Emma would do anything to reach.

"And how much progress have you made?" Regina pried, tilting her head to the side slightly as if to mock her. She continued to flip through the pages but that was hardly keeping her attention as her eyes glanced up to meet Emma's every couple of seconds.

Emma reached forward and snatched the file folder out of Regina's hands. suddenly. "We still haven't found her if that's what you're asking." She answered, throwing the file back on the desk and crossing her arms across her chest.

"I didn't ask anything of you, Emma." Regina said, softer than her usual tone. "But I think, as mayor of this town, I have a right to stay aware of everything, including this case."

"Yes, well, considering that here is not much to be aware of with this case..." Emma began but stopped herself, still staring into those eyes.

"Fine, then Emma. I'll come off of it. But you should be farther along than you are now." Regina said rather sharply, not daring to break the eye contact.

Standing from her chair she placed both her hands on either side of the desk, making it impossible for Regina to move as Emma kept the tense eye contact. "Well if you would stop barging in while I'm working and maybe I'd get more done!"

"I'm just doing my job!" Regina yelled.

"You're not helping mine!" Emma yelled back.

Without a second thought then, their lips were pressed heatedly against one another's. Regina's hands found their way to either side of Emma's face.

It was as if lightning had struck Emma in that moment. She didn't know what to think. Sure she had strong feelings towards Regina but it never crossed her mind that those were feelings of attraction. At this point in time she thought what happened, happened.

The kiss intensified when Emma's hand moved to the back of Regina's head entangling her fingers in her hair. Regina pulled Emma's free arm around her waist and turned them so she now pressed Emma into the desk. Taking it a step further, Emma's hand trailed down to Regina's backside as the Mayor emitted a soft moan against Emma's lips.

Regina pulled away suddenly.

Emma had been lost in the moment, her eyes closed and her body relishing in the warmth that Regina's emitted against her own. This disappeared when Regina pulled away and she immediately sought it out again, leaning forward to reach the warmth Regina's lips, begging for more.

Regina placed her hands to Emma's shoulders keeping her at bay as her eyes opened and looked into Emma's. Those deep blue eyes... At this Regina smirked and dropped her hands. Collecting her possessions, she walked out of the Sheriff's office without another word, leaving Emma alone once more.