"My lunch is over." Ruby pouted noticing the pointed yet soft glare her grandmother was sending her way.

"Mind if I stick around for a little while longer anyway?" Dorothy wondered brushing a stray lock of her wolf's hair back behind her ear as she leaned closer to her lover across the table.

"You better," Ruby answered leaning into the tender caressing touch "That way I have a reason to come back out of the back room." she joked dryly as she dragged herself up from her seat when she saw another of Granny's eyebrow raised glances out of the corner of her eye as Granny tapped a finger to her watch in an unneeded reminder.

Dorothy bit her lip to keep from laughing at the exchange turning in her seat to watch the two wolves bickered quietly to each other from across the half-full diner. "I thought you had to work now Wolfie?" the Emerald City hero pointed out when instead of going back to work like she was meant to her wolf sat back down defiantly in their booth again. Right on Dorothy's lap.

Neither woman really cared about the lovestruck spectacle they were making of themselves in plain view of the filled diner.

Not that any of the customers minded seeing as all of the loyal regulars enjoyed seeing their favorite waitress so genially happy and in love.

Those who did mind wisely kept their mouths shut for fear of upsetting the elderly woman who handles their food and who they all knew doesn't hesitate when it comes to using the loaded crossbow she keeps under the lunch counter.

"I'm on a break," Ruby answered childishly looking back into her girlfriend's eyes as she settled in comfortably with her back pressed against Dorothy's front as they sat together stretched out in the small corner booth.

"How about you stay here for five more minutes" Dorothy bargained softly pressing her lips against Ruby's ear as she caught Widow Lucas's eye as the diner owner took another lunch order. "then back to work so Granny doesn't think I'm a bad influence on you?" she finished in a stage whisper sending the motherly woman a teasing wink as she wrapped her arms around Red's waist from behind.

"twenty." Ruby prompted sharing a genuine smile with her grandmother when she noticed Granny rolling her eyes at their playful banter.

"You've got ten Red." Granny cut in from the other side of the diner talking louder so that Dorothy could hear has well "argue and its back to five." she added in feigned annoyance when Red gave her a pouting glare from the cocoon of her lover's arms.

"Say thanks, Ruby." Dorothy prompted softly biting down on the shell of Red's ear as she hugged her girlfriend tightly against her chest while their legs tangled together over the side of the booth.

"Thanks, Ruby." Red parroted obediently making a few of the diner patrons, Granny and Dorothy chuckle at the loud, distracted and breathy tone of the waitress's answer.

"Humm, stop now or I'm not going to be held responsible for my actions." Ruby whimpered tilting her head back against Dorothy's shoulder when her hero started scratching behind her ear like she does for the wolf during nights they snuggle together during a full moon.

The comment earned a challenging groan from the woman holding her as Red stole another French fry from her lover's lunch plate on the table beside them, so she could keep the low pleading moan from slipping out under Dorothy's affectionate attention.

"That's not what you were saying last night Wolfie." Dorothy reminded her coolly dropping her voice so any eavesdroppers (other than the older wolf busying herself behind the lunch counter) couldn't hear her. "Last night you weren't doing that there Kansas," Red answered hoarsely as her eyes glazed over at the memory. "We were alone and in bed then Wolfie." Dorothy smiled in agreement as her teasing fingers stopped massaging the known weak spot in the soft skin behind Ruby's ear causing her lover to let out a wonton squeak of annoyance at the loss.

The chiming bell above the door had just finished sounding before the quiet of the diner was split with a loud yelping bark startling most of the customers at his appearance while completely bursting Ruby and Dorothy's loving happy snuggle bubble at the same time.

"What the hell are you doing here you flea-ridden mutt?" an all too familiar voice groaned as the little terrier raced out from under their table barking angrily at the diner's newest customers.

"Sis come on." Regina sighed at the same time Dorothy and Ruby both stood up and slid out of the booth in the same fluid motion. One to come to the defense of her dog and the other wanting to protect the woman she loved.

"He's just being a good lookout as always." Dorothy snapped hotly ignoring Ruby's tightening grip on there still joined hands when she stepped around her wolf to get a better look at her former enemy.

Everyone in the diner stopped whatever they were doing turning as one to watch the unfolding scene with rapt attention as the former Wicked Witch's eyes slid from the dog quietly growling at her feet to his owner.

"You..." Zelena gasped when her eyes locked with Dorothy's hardened gaze.

"Surprised?" Dorothy laughed her eyebrow-raising in amusement as Toto returned to her side while her former nemesis continued to gape at her in stunned shock. "You..." Zelena repeated still blinking rapidly as if doing so would eventually make the hero disappear.

"Don't even think about it." Ruby snarled articulating each word as she pulled Dorothy behind her again when Zelena took a shaking step closer to them.

"Alright..." Regina offered forcing herself in between the pair still locked in their own quiet glaring match. "Let's all take a breath?" she suggested feeling a shiver of unease at being the peacemaker (again) as she looked between the angry werewolf and her equally annoyed half-sister.

"She's right." Dorothy piped up glancing around at the watching attention of the rest of the diner. "Besides we need to get back to work." she continued leaning into her wolf's shoulder bringing her lips to the growling wolf's ear without taking her eyes away from the witch still trying to intimidate the couple.

"You don t want to do this." Dorothy reminded her seething lover fighting down her own emotions at seeing the woman who made it her mission to destroy her life for years as she focused on calming the hot-blooded wolf that held her heart.

"Come on Wolfie." she beckoned wrapping her free arm around Ruby's waist still holding Red's hand tightly as she backed them up. Navigating them both blindly around tables and people as she dragged the waitress into the backroom.

Granny wasn't far behind them her eyes shining in prideful astonishment at the way her granddaughter's true love handled the delicate encounter.

"You know if you do want a job here all you had to do was ask." the elder woman chuckled as the door swung shut at her back.

Dorothy managed a weak smile in return loosening her hold on the young she-wolf. "I might take you up on that later, thank you," she answered shyly trying to get some feeling back into the hand that had been held in a vice by her girlfriend not minutes before.

"Nope. Wolfie stay." Dorothy ordered trying to keep her voice low as her free hand wrapped in restraint around her girlfriend's wrist when Ruby tried to slide past between her and Granny to go back into the front of the diner. "You're too upset to go out there and if you keep this up you're going to give yourself a stomach ache."


"Here you go," Granny told them with a low growl as she set their orders down in front of them.

"Thanks, Granny, " Regina smiled kindly earning the smallest hint of a smile from the restaurant owner in return. "You're wel..." Granny started to say but was cut off by a bitter "What is little miss slipper stealer so terrified of me she couldn't even find the courage to serve my lunch?" from Zelena.

"I didn't steal them," Dorothy answered curtly as she finished cleaning off another table on the other side of the diner. "You gave them to me." she sighed balancing the container of dirty dishes against her hip as she turned to face their table. "Well I would but your not in my section." she smiled cheekily.

"I'm the only one that can sit in your section Kansas." Ruby corrected pausing in the act of taking another order to its owner. "Your section is all mine," she added still talking just loud enough for only Dorothy to hear ending her flirtatious teasing with a sly wink when Dorothy's glassy eyes met hers.

"Enjoy your meal, Regina." Granny smiled purposely ignoring the double meaning of the whispered remarks now burning in her ears as she turned away from Zelena's bitter glare at being ignored to head back into the kitchen to get more lunch orders.