A/N New chapter guys :). Emma finally admits her feelings for Regina to herself and to her best friend. Lets see if she will finally admit her feelings to the woman herself :)

Chapter Two

"Bloody hell I can't get anything right."

Emma looked around the dark forest and knew it was her own fault. Using magic when her emotions were all over the place never ended well. She decided instead of trying to magic herself home, she would take a slow walk to clear her head. The forest was ever so peaceful at night and the walk would probably do her some good. Her head was all over the place but she couldn't even imagine how Regina must be feeling. She had invaded Regina's sleep, made her get up so they could talk but never actually discussed what she was there for and then to add fuel to the fire that evil woman turned up.

Emma really wanted to text Regina to apologise but she didn't know where to begin. After a couple of minutes, Emma decided to sit down for a little bit and work out what everything meant.

She placed her head in her hands and sighed "why is everything so complicated."

When Emma thought about it the whole situation wasn't as complicated as she thought, it was so much worse. If there was a better word than complicated she would use that but right now complicated was the only word she could think of.

"If I tell Regina it wouldn't only affect me and her it would affect Henry, my family and the town. Why is this such a mess" she sighed.

"Aren't you forgetting someone dear?"

The Evil Queen stepped out from behind a tree a few meters away from Emma.

"Why have you got to be everywhere."

"Is that anyway to talk to a queen?"

"You stopped being a queen the second Regina did" Emma spat.

"I disagree. I'm as much a queen now as I was back in the enchanted forest the only difference is I'm not ruling over peasants."

"The only reason you're still a Queen now is because your using it as a facade to hide who you really are."

"Is that so DR Swan. I didn't realise you got a psychology degree whist being in prison, I suppose you needed something to take your mind off giving up your son. As you seem to know everything let's hear who I really am."

The Evil Queen walked over to the tree trunk Emma was sat on and stood right in front of her.

"You're a lonely, bitter woman who Regina no longer needs. She threw you away like rubbish and you can't handle it. You need to be able to control everything and now Regina has escaped from under your spell, there's nothing left for you. You are irrelevant."

Emma closed her eyes and was ready to be struck by a fire ball, after a couple of seconds she opened her eyes and the Evil Queen was nowhere to be seen.

"I must have hit a nerve."

Emma really didn't know what to do. She hadn't been happy with Hook for a while and she wasn't sure why, but spending more and more time with Regina it became obvious to her. It didn't come as a surprise to Emma because she was bisexual, even though nobody in the town expect Ruby knew this. Emma knew she had no chance in hell with Regina. She wasn't sure how Snow and David would take it because she was sure there wasn't any bisexual princesses back in the enchanted forest. Emma was trying her hardest to pin point the exact moment she began having feelings for Regina, no matter how hard she tried she couldn't figure it out. It's not like she wanted this to happen but they say you can't help who you fall in love with.

"Shit, I can't really love Regina can I."

When she first got to town there wasn't a second went by that her and Regina weren't fighting or arguing and if it wasn't for Henry one of them would have ended up dead. When Emma and Henry lost their memory's, Emma knew something was missing in her life but she couldn't work out what. The day Hook came to find her and she got her memory back the first face she saw was Regina's. When she arrived back to town she really wanted to go over to Regina's and tell her how she felt but with Henry not yet having his memory back she decided it wasn't a good idea. Every time she thought she was ready to tell Regina something got in the way, first it was Henry's memory, then it was the Wicked Witch, Regina started seeing Robin and that's when Emma knew she should just give up. She could see how happy Regina was with Robin and how Regina had finally got the little family she had always wanted.

Emma decided that she should just move on with her life and try and be happy with Hook. That was easier said than done, whenever she saw Regina her heart ached. She tried to distance herself but when Robin died she knew Regina needed a friend and she decided that was more important than her feelings.

She spent almost every second over the last 6 months making sure Regina was okay but the more time she spent at Regina's, the more she fell in love with her.

Emma felt bad for Hook but all her life she put herself in boxes to please everyone else and she knew that it was about time she put herself first. She loved Hook but she wasn't in love with him and it wasn't fair on either of them for her to keep pretending she did. Emma knew that Hook wouldn't take the break up lightly and even though Snow and David didn't particularly like Hook, Emma was sure that they would much rather their daughter date a Captain and a man than her date an EX Evil Queen and a woman. She wasn't sure why she was even considering how her parents would take this because she was sure that Regina would never have feelings for her. She pushed herself up off the tree trunk and decided to take a slow walk home. After about 5 minutes Emma decided she would put some music on, she pulled out her phone and seen that she had 5 messages. Two messages were off Hook, one was off Snow, one was off David and the other was off Regina. She ignored all the other messages and opened Regina's.

Regina: Emma, I hope you made it home okay and didn't end up somewhere completely different, we both know how unreliable your magic can be. If I'm honest I'm rather confused by everything that happened earlier so if you would like to discuss it properly I will be in my office all day.

Emma wasn't sure how to respond to that message or even if she should. She knew she owed Regina an explanation but the thought of Regina rejecting her made her sick to her stomach. She continued the walk home and played out all the different scenarios in her head. Regina could reject her and laugh in her face, Regina could feel the same. Snow and David could either be pissed or happy. When she thought about it the only person's approval she really needed was Henry's. She had two options tell Henry before she told Regina or wait until she told Regina then they could tell him together, well that's if everything goes to plan. Emma looked at the time on her phone and it was almost 6:00 am, she had been walking around the forest for nearly an hour. Granny's had just opened for the day and the morning rush wouldn't hit until 8:00am so she could grab some breakfast and see what Ruby thought about the whole situation. After another ten minutes, she finally made it to Granny's. She pushed open the door and did not expect to be greeted by a certain beautiful brunette.

"Re.. Re.. Regina, what are you doing here. You hardly ever eat at Granny's and where's Henry?"

"This is a public cafe and I'm a paying customer so I'm here for breakfast and Henry's at home getting ready for school" Regina snapped.

"Regina I didn't mean it like that, it was just a surprise to see you here that's all" Emma sighed.

"Well these days I never know what you mean Emma. You turned up in my bedroom in the middle of the night and didn't even give me an explanation why. Ruby if you don't mind I would like to take my breakfast to go."

"That's not a problem Regina."

Ruby bagged up Regina's breakfast and placed it on the counter.

"I'm going to go out in the kitchen for a little bit, for no reason at all."

"Ruby, there's no need for you to do that. I'm going to head home, Emma you know where I am when your finally ready to talk to me."

Regina grabbed her breakfast, stormed out of Granny's and slammed the door.

Emma couldn't help but think how hot Regina looked when she was mad.

"What did you do to piss of Regina?" Ruby asked.

"Where do I start?"

Emma walked over to the counter, pulled out a stool and sat down.

"How about I pour you a coffee and then make you some breakfast and you can tell me all about it."

"That sounds perfect, oh Ruby if Hook asked I spent the night at yours."

"That's fine as long as you tell me what you were really doing."

Ruby walked to the kitchen leaving Emma to do some thinking. She pulled out her phone and sent a group message to Snow, David and Hook.

Emma: I'm fine. I'm at Granny's having breakfast, can you all just get off my case!

She turned her phone off and put it on the counter. Ruby walked out with a plate full of all Emma's favorite foods.

"Now that's why you're my best friend."

Ruby placed the plate in front of Emma and handed her a knife and fork.

"Now spill" Ruby ordered.

Emma took a bite of bacon and a mouthful of mushrooms and whilst she was chewing she tried to find the words to tell Ruby but couldn't find a single sentence and if it was this hard to tell Ruby she couldn't imagine how hard she will find it telling Regina.

Emma swallowed her mouthful of food and decided to just say it.

"I'm in love with Regina."

She went bright red and couldn't even look her best friend in the eye.

"Em, look at me."

Emma looked up at Ruby and wasn't ready for what her best friend had to say.

"I know."

"What do you mean you know?"

Emma hadn't told anyone and only recently had she really admitted it to herself so how the hell did Ruby know.

"Emma, I'm your best friend and I've been watching the pair of you for months and it's so obvious how you feel about her and how she feels about you."

"What do you mean how she feels about me?"

"Finish your breakfast while I make sure everything is up to Granny's standards then I will be free to talk to you."

Emma took a sip of her coffee and finished her breakfast while Ruby was out in the kitchen. About ten minutes later Ruby came back to join Emma, she jumped up on the counter and sat in front of Emma.

"Close your legs I can see right up your skirt" Emma joked.

"Shit sorry."

Ruby climbed off the counter and sat next to Emma.

"I can't believe it's taken you so long to admit how you feel about her. It was obvious to me nearly a year ago, when all the stuff was happening with Ursula, Maleficent and Cruella the way you protected her was more than you protecting a friend or the mother of your son. "

Emma started to worry, if it was obvious to Ruby was it obvious to everyone else.

"Nobody else knows don't worry. Everyone wants you and Hook to have the big romance and be a proper family with Henry."

"Henry already has a family, he has two mothers and a father. Neal might be dead but Hook will never replace him" she snapped.

"Emma, I know Hook will never replace Neal and as I'm your best friend I can be honest with you. It's obvious that you haven't been happy with Hook for a while and you shouldn't keep stuffing your feelings down to make everyone else happy."

Emma knew that Ruby was right and maybe it was time to finally tell everyone exactly how she felt. She didn't want to lose her family but if they couldn't be happy for her then maybe it was for the best.

"I know Ruby it's just hard that's all. Hook, my mum and dad all know something is up because they are constantly checking on me and texting me all the time, I feel like a child. I know I went a bit off the rails with the whole Dark Swan thing and looking back on all that, Regina was the only one who was there for me and really knew what I was going through. I sacrificed myself for Regina to have her happy ending and I still want that for her."

"Emma, what if you're Regina's happy ending. What if everything that has happened was fate?"

"Ruby, you know I don't believe in fate."

"You might not believe in fate, but I do. How else can you explain everything that happened? Regina casting the curse, you being sent here, meeting Neal, having Henry, Regina adopting Henry and then Henry coming to find you. It all adds up Emma and even if you don't think so, I do. "

Emma knew what Ruby was saying made perfect sense and the thought of her and Regina being meant to find each other gave her a case of butterflies.

"Maybe you're right, so you said it was obvious that I had feelings for Regina because you're my best friend but how do you know that Regina has feelings for me?"

"I see the way she watches you, the way she smiles when you're spending time with Henry and I see her face fill with disgust when you're with spending time with Hook. Every time you kiss him, she gets up and leaves the room. If that doesn't tell you what you need to know then I don't know what will."

"That doesn't really mean anything does it."

"Emma, you need to get your head out of your arse and find out whether Regina feels the same or not. Go fight for your woman" Ruby ordered.

"She's hardly my woman."

"Well if you don't tell her how you feel she will never be your woman."

As much as Emma hated to admit it, Ruby was right. If she didn't tell Regina how she felt she would never know how Regina felt about her. The worst that could happen was Regina didn't feel the same and Emma left with her tail between her legs.

Emma climbed off the stool, stood in front of Ruby and smiled.

"FINE, I'M GOING TO TELL REGINA" she shouted.

Emma didn't realise the door to Granny's had swung open and stood in the doorway was her parents and Hook.

"You're going to tell Regina what?" Snow asked.