Here it is the second chapter .. thank you for reading!

Sorry for any mistake but English is not my born-language, however I'm trying to do my best.

I don't own OUaT

Chapter 2 – "Step 2 - Emma"

Emma's POV

'I need to see her.. even just for a moment! It doesn't matter how much I try, I just can't stop thinking about her.. So please God just let me see her' Emma sighed at the thought that was haunting her every morning.. 'Truth be told, also every afternoon and every evening and every night.. Ok, ok I admit it.. every moment! I think about her every single damn moment of my life!'

For this reason Emma that morning decided to go and have breakfast at the diner, hoping with all her might that Henry and Regina would be there too.

It'd been quite some time that the blonde had come to terms with her feelings for the raven woman: she was totally head over heels in love with her. She knew that there was no possibility that Regina could feel the same way about her.. 'after all this is the Evil Queen we are talking about.. gorgeous, regal, sexy and of course absolutely not into girls in any way'.. so she decided a long time ago to just look after her from a far and try to be her guardian angel hidden in the shadows who would help her reaching her happy ending.

As soon as she entered the diner she spotted Regina immediately and their eyes locked for just a brief moment.. 'OMG how can she always be so damn breathtaking?! Ok Emma just calm down.. And act normally! In any case.. That's a start' She grinned 'seeing her is a very good way to start the day.. It'd be amazing to start every day like this.. Just wake up and see her beautiful brown eyes as the first thing of the day..'

At the beginning it was something hard to admit to herself but now she knew: she had always had a strong bond with 'Madam Mayor', actually she had felt this way since the very first time they met. It was something strange, something that happened only with the brunette: she could always detect immediately where she was or if she was in danger or pain and above all she felt warm.. complete. She realized a long time ago that when she was near her Queen she felt finally at home.. 'she is my home.. who would ever guessed the Savior finding her home in the Evil Queen..?' she chuckled.

Her legs were shaking.. 'Just as it happens every time!'.. and she wasn't feeling quite confident they would support her properly, so she decided to move as quickly as possible to go and sit at the counter.

"Hey Ems" Ruby greeted her immediately, being Emma's best-friend she knew exactly in what kind of state the blonde was just at the sight of Regina.
"Hi Rub"
"Since you got your new magic powers you are so stunning sexy, do you know that?" Ruby teased her winking. She said that aloud on purpose hoping Regina would hear her and maybe.. just maybe.. this would create some kind of reaction in the brunette.. a little bit of jealousy would be very welcome!
"Can you please give me a cappuccino?" Emma said nonchalantly.

'So at least I can focus my attention on something else and don't make a total fool of myself''.
Waiting for her cappuccino Emma kept stealing glances over her shoulders at the brunette sitting with their son.. 'Our son.. It just sounds so right..'. Regina was sipping her hot black coffee and she seemed to be lost in her own thoughts.. 'Sure idiot! She has just broken up with Robin and probably she is thinking about him right now.. Yeah that's for sure, there could be no other reason for her looking so sad and blushing' she sighed sadly.

Ruby headed her the cappuccino and slightly added "you can just go over there and say "Hi" you know?".

'She is right.. Don't be such a coward Swan! Fuck.. Just go over there and think about something to start a damn conversation'. She didn't even finish this thought that her legs had already brought her where she really wanted to be.

"Hey kid!" Emma smiled to Henry.
"Good morning Emma" Regina greeted her with that damn gorgeous smile of hers and Emma stomach flip flopped.
"Hi Regina.. Good morning."

'Hell.. I need to find a way to set the attention of something else but me, I know she can read me like an open book and I'm really not ready to make her know just how much she really means to me.. WAIT! Why is she still blushing so hard? Please let her not to be in pain..!'

"Are you feeling well? It seems you are all.. Erm.. flustered.." Emma asked concerned.

"I'm fine thank you. It's just the coffee that is too hot" she replied sternly giving her the don't-even-try-to-argue look that Emma loved so much.

'Oh Regina.. I know you.. I know that something is really bothering you! But it's clear that this is not something you wanna discuss about now.. So ok My Queen (I like so much to call you like that at least in my own thoughts!).. I'll drop the subject just as you wish..'

"Mmh.. Ok if you say so.. Hey kiddo are you ready for school? I can drive you there this morning" she smiled and then turned her full attention to Regina "only if this is ok for you of course.. maybe we can go there together?".. 'Please come along with us.. Please, please say something good so we can stay the three of us together!'

"Yes of course, I don't see any problem Miss Swan. Indeed I have a lot of work to do for the meeting planned in the afternoon. Maybe you two can finish your breakfast together before going to school". Saying that Regina stood up and just walked away and Emma ached at the use of her last name. 'Why are you always so cold with me Regina..? I know I ruined your life bringing Marion back but I just wanted to spend some time with you..' She sighed.

"Hey kid, I think we gonna go.. Don't wanna make you late for school".

They were in Emma's yellow bug talking about comics and other stuff regarding school when suddenly Henry asked her "why can't you simply ask her out?"

"Sorry kid?"

"I can see how much you care about mom.. So why don't you just ask her out for a date or something? So you can spend more time with her.."

'OMG have I really be so obvious about my feelings that even Henry notice?! I have to find some fucking excuse..'

"Henry.. Listen.."

"Don't!"

"What?"

"Don't even try and lie to me! You have the power you can always say when someone is lying.. well I have the super-power to sense people's feelings! Of course I can do that for everyone but the person I can be romantically interested in.." He added as an afterthought. "And with you it's even worse because sometimes I can even ear your thoughts! You are my birth-mother so I can sense.. I can EAR clearly how much you love mom.. So please don't lie!"

Emma was wide eyed.

"Henry.." She said worried "since when have you been feeling like that?".. She knew pretty well how difficult could be to deal with these kind of powers.

"Since we came back from Neverland.. You two fought so much to make me feel your love for me back then that when we came back I started to feel not only that but also your feelings towards each other.. I was able to sense all your feelings like love, sadness, caring, loneliness, anger, jealousy, everything.. And when we were in NY I was going to get crazy! Because I was sensing all your feelings but I was also feeling emotions that weren't yours or mine.. they were coming from someone else.. Someone I knew I love with all my heart.. Someone very important for me but that I couldn't remember for God-knows what reason! I was so confused and hard broken.. really.. But then I met mom again in Storybrook and I was so reviled because everything made sense again.. I had no memory of her but I knew that all those emotions I have been felling over the past year were hers! Without my memories I wasn't able to catch the meaning of those feelings coming from the two of you.. But then I remembered and I knew.. Those were your feelings towards each other!" he grinned after is rambling speech, he was relieved to finally tell his mom about all the thoughts he had been bottling up for the last months.

Emma was shocked. She really had no idea Henry had had that kind of power and moreover she never noticed in NY he was feeling that way. Feeling Regina's emotions during the "missing-year" would have broken a stone.. she knew how much the Queen was destroyed for her loss.. 'destroyed for Henry's loss..' she pointed out in her mind.

"Ok kiddo.. I'm not gonna lie to you".. She took a deep breath and whispered "yes.. I love her.."

"Sorry I didn't catch what you said.." Henry told her smiling broadly.

"Ok.. Ok.. I LOVE REGINA.. and also since a long time.. Happy..?"

"Yes.. Very happy indeed!"

"In any case kid there is no chance for me with her. I ruined her life.. at least twice.. maybe even three times already" she said sadly.

"Three times?" He said arching an eyebrow and crossing his arms.
"Yeah" she sighed "First.. I broke the curse. She was living here with you and she was happy.. and then I destroyed everything she cared for".
"She felt lonely back then" Harry interrupted "she felt like something important was missing.. She wanted to change her life because revenge didn't give her what she was searching for.. What she really needed", Emma stared at him dumbfounded.

"I really don't think so, but as if it wasn't enough after that I took you away in NY, she couldn't see you for over a year! And above all when we came back you had no memories of her.. And you know how hard all of that has been for her!"

"She was destroyed because she had had to give up her family.. Me and you! She had finally had some kind of family but had to give it up.. But that wasn't your fault and she knew that pretty well!"

"It wasn't.. But she took everything on her shoulders kid, she saved everyone and she gave us the best gift ever: good memories and a future together. She did all of this without asking for anything in return! That day when we were crossing the town line I looked in the rearview mirror and watching her fighting this new curse with her purple magic made me realize..

"I know Ma.. in that moment you realized your love for mom.." He interrupted her nodding knowingly.

"Yeah.. But then at the end of all this crap she was finally starting to be happy again and what did I do? I brought Marion back and destroyed her happy ending with Robin Hood!" She said with watery eyes.

"You didn't do that on purpose! And she knows that you didn't do that to hurt her.."

"But I did kid.. I deeply hurt her when she was just trying with all her might to be a better person.. She was having hope again and I destroyed everything!"

"She wasn't in love with him!" He yelled.. "She was feeling trapped, do you know that? She was feeling like she was supposed to want to stay with him.. like she was supposed to love him due to some pixie dust of ages ago.. But she didn't. For this reason she felt trapped.. She didn't know what to do. But at the end you gave her the best excuse ever: you brought his wife back! If she had really been mad at you for destroying her life she would have killed you.. And you know that!" he told her with a knowing smile.

"No Henry.. haven't you seen how just she always disappear every time I'm nearby? Even this morning.. I just wanted the three of us to spend some time together driving you school but she just walked away as soon as I showed up. There is only one explanation for this kid: she fucking hates me.. She can't even stand to stay in my presence.. And I can't blame her for that".

"Mom loves you too.." He whispered.

"Come on Henry this is not possible! This is Regina we are talking about! You know.. beautiful, sexy, totally straight.. Former Evil Queen who can have whoever she wants! She would never see anything interesting in me.. She is PERFECT and I'm an orphan with no regality and no proper manners!"

"You are the only one that sees her just as Regina the woman who adopted me.. loving me with all her heart and protecting me from anything and anyone.. you see her like that and not only as the Evil Queen! You are the only one that has always believed in her and trusted her.. And those things mean the world to her!" He yelled.

He really was exasperated.. his two moms were so stubborn.. So in love with each other and so clueless. He really hoped his plan was good enough to bring those two together.. He wanted his family together after all!

"Here we are kid.. You really gotcha go.. School is gonna start in a few minutes. I really don't want to make you late and piss Regina off even more" she smiled.

"See you later Ma.." He hugged her tightly and rush out the bug.

Finally in his classroom, Henry took out his parchment from his pocket and wrote down:

Step 2 - make Emma admit her love for mom accomplished