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It had been Henry's fault that she had been running late this morning. He was the one that had insisted that he wasn't going to school so Emma had to spend the whole morning trying to get him out of his bed and into school. This then made her almost an hour late for work. Not that she particularly worried, she knew that Regina had lightened up since they rescued Henry from Never Land together. The only real downside to her being late was that she would not have enough time to enjoy her usual morning hot chocolate in granny's, she guessed that that would have to wait until later.
As soon as she walked into the sheriff's station her senses were overwhelmed by the strong smell of granny's hot chocolatpee with the faint smell of cinnamon. She turned the corner to find none other than Regina Mills, the woman she had just been thinking about a few moments ago leaning against her desk with two take away cups in hand.
"Morning sheriff, I thought you could use a hot drink on this cold morning." Regina said while Emma slowly walked over to the older woman.
"Thanks..." Emma said before slowly taking the cup off of her, there hands brush against each other's, making Regina smile shyly. "It's not laced in position again right?" Emma questioned before trustingly taking a small sip of the now coldish hot chocolate.
"That was one time Miss Swan, I've changed since then. If I wanted you dead I would do so, but not with position." Regina winked before taking a sip of her luke warm latte. "It has however cooled down seeing as you are late for work once again Miss Swan."
"You can blame your son for that! Has he always been this hard to get out of bed?" Emma asked before taking a large gulp of her luke warm hot chocolate, even if it wasn't piping hot like she usually get it.
"Why is he my son when he does something bad?" Regina said sternly to the blonde woman before throwing her half empty coffee cup into the bin.
"You know that's not what I meant Regina!" Emma joked with the older woman before setting her cold hot chocolate on top of the table.
"I know Miss Swan." She smiled wholeheartedly before looking down at the coffee cup on the sheriff's desk, 'Maybe bringing her hot chocolate in the morning knowing fine rightly that she has never been on time since she got the job was a bad idea...' Regina thought to herself before meeting Emma's gaze again.
"I'm sorry that your hot chocolate is cold, if I had of known that you were running late I would have waited." Regina said while smiling shyly at the blonde.
"You don't have to apologise, Regina. But if you are so upset about it then you can make it up to me by buying me another at lunch..." Emma suggested, she had been trying to spend as much time with Regina as she could, mostly for Henry's benefit. Both women knew that it annoyed him when the two women were at each other's throats about one thing or another.
The mayor stared at Emma unsure what her true intentions were about what she was proposing.
"We could even take that time to go over those budget reports you are always moaning about." Emma smiled the woman who still still staring at her.
"That sounds like a plan Miss Swan, I'll meet you at granny's around 1ish?" She questioned, while leaning over Emma's desk to grab her coat she had discarded when she first came into the sheriff's office.
"1ish it is then. Thanks again for the coffee Madam Mayor." Emma said as she walked Regain to the door of the sheriff's office.
"Try not to be late Miss Swan..." Regina said sternly before making her way out of the office.
Emma tried her best to keep an eye on the clock as she waited for 1 o'clock to come around so she could go and have lunch with Regina. Emma would never actually admit this to the older woman, but she actually enjoyed her company. When she wasn't trying to kill her of course and when it actually came down to it, Regina was kind of the only friend she had in Storybrooke that didn't speak to her just because she was Snow White's daughter.
It was quarter to one when Emma decided to leave her office, determined that she wasn't going to be late for her lunch with the Mayor. When she walked into Granny's diner she was surprised to find it almost empty, except for a few dwarfs sitting at the counter and Hook sitting in the booth furthest away from the door. 'Great' Emma thought as she went to take a seat with her back to Hook at the booth closest to the door. She had been doing everything in her power to avoid the pirate since they came back from Never Land, the man seriously didn't know how to take no for an answer. Even after brutality rejecting him in Never Land he still kept asking and asking.
"Morning Swan..." Emma rolled her eyes and looked up and the scruffy looking pirate staring down at her. "Mind if I take a seat?" He asked while pointing to the empty seat in front of her that was meant for Regina with his hook.
"Sorry it's taken, what do you want Hook?" Emma asked forcefully, she just wished that Regina would hurry up and get here so she didn't have to sit through one of his declarations of love again.
"Have your imaginary friends come to have lunch again Swan?" He joked but Emma simply rolled her eyes yet again at the man.
"What do you want Hook?" Emma asked again while smiling this time at the man.
"I want another chance to prove that I can be what you have been looking for all these years." Hook said sounding cheesy like always.
"Fine..." Emma said without changing her facial expression. Hook however having been used to Emma rejecting him so often started to go on a rant about why she should give him a chance.
"No! Not again Swan, I am a good man and that's what you and the boy need you need someone who is going to be there an..." Emma hit him on the stomach to finally shut him up.
"I said yes you idiot!" Emma said while laughing at the mumbling pirate.
"Are you serious Swan?" He asked while smiling at the blonde haired woman.
"I'm agreeing to one date! That's all! If and this is a big if, if it goes well I might consider a second. Do you understand?" She asked and all the love struck pirate could do was nod in agreement.
"Ahh Miss Swan I see that you are actually on time for once." Emma's head shot over to see Regina enter Granny's and effortlessly slide into the seat facing her. "Is there something we can help you with pirate?" Regina said acknowledging Hook's presence at the table.
"I was just confirming my date with Swan before you interrupted. How does 7 tomorrow night sound?" He turned his attention away from Regina, to face Emma once again.
"Sounds fine to me, now Hook if you don't mind Regina and I actually have a lot of work to get through..." Emma hinted at him that it was time to leave.
"Right sorry. See you around Swan...your Highness." He smirked at Regina before exiting Granny's.
"So you and the pirate?" Regina asked, trying to hide the hurt in her voice. If only she had of been able to ask Emma out earlier like she had planned.
"I don't know, he's been asking me out for a while now and I guess I just finally decided to give it. I doubt it will go anywhere to be honest." Emma smiled at the Mayor before lifting up the menu. This meant that she failed to notice the giant grin that was currently on the Mayor's face because of what she had just said. 'So I still have a chance then!' Regina internally screamed before picking up her own menu to hide the smirk.