And as promised, chapter 2!

Sorry about the mini delay, I was just caught up reading a bunch of fics, my browser is saddled with some 15 odd fics open and waiting to be read. So much to read, so little time!

But anyway we continue at the party with our dynamic duo deep undercover!

Enjoy!

Regina cleared her throat, turning to look at where Robin was currently entertaining a group of young women. He hadn't seen her, and the brunette let out a sigh of relief.

"Sorry about it."

The older woman turned to look at her partner, brow furrowing. "For what?"

"The uh, the kiss..." Emma was now blushing, embarrassed at having to explain. "It was the first thing that came to my mind."

"Oh." It had been some good quick-thinking by the blonde, especially since she had been frozen on the spot, something which never happened to her. "It's fine, it did the job in our situation."

"Yeah..." Emma nodded, looking around. Then she froze, seeing something behind Regina, and quickly thought on her feet again. "We're going dancing."

"Wha-" Regina could barely react before the other woman grabbed her hand and dragged her to the dance floor, which currently held a mass of bodies grinding onto each other to some contemporary tune.

Somehow they managed to get deep into the group of dancers, and through the blaring music, Emma managed to say to Regina, "Your ex was walking towards us so we had to move."

"He is not my ex!" Regina was livid, glaring at Emma.

Said blonde was looking around her, trying to keep at bay the men that could blow this entire operation sky high. "Whatever you say, babe"

Regina rolled her eyes, willing her self-restraint to prevent her from choking her partner, and tried to at least move to the rhythm, people were starting to look at the two still women.

Next thing Emma knew, she felt someone grinding into her pelvis. She was about to tear someone a new one, as well as to spit out a few choice words about keeping it in their pants, until she saw who it was. Regina freaking Mills, frigid detective by day, and humourless brick wall by night, was grinding her ass into her. The brunette grabbed Emma's hands, that were still limp at her sides, and put the hands on her hips.

Holy shit. Emma was touching Regina's hips, swaying sensually. She was going to need a very cold bath after this. Regina suddenly leaned back a bit, her back resting against Emma's chest, and whispered, "People were starting to look. We were stiffer than mannequins."

"Right," was Emma's squeaky reply. Man she must look like a horny teenager who never got any action with her responses. Plus she practically had to be guided on what to do by Regina, since her body had decided to forget how to function right at that moment.

The brunette just chuckled. Clearly she must be having a riot seeing Emma flounder so pathetically.

After what felt like centuries dancing, Emma and Regina finally made their way out of the dance floor. They were both lacking air from the constricting space, and needing a good drink.

They settled once again in the bar, drinks in hand, looking around the scene.

"Well hello dears." Both women turned to see the infamous Gold strutting up to meet them, his shaggy hair and smirk making all of Emma's creeper alarms ring. "I don't believe I've had the chance to meet you two ladies."

Emma flashed a radiant smile, hoping to lay off suspicions. To be honest, she was internally panicking. "Oh are you the host of this party? My girlfriend and I were just saying how rad this party as, right babe?"

Regina made a mental note to herself to remind the blonde that the next time she called her 'babe' she would sorely regret it. But now appearances were appearances. "Oh yes, mind-blowing."

Thankfully Gold seemed pretty content with their responses, even puffing up a bit at the compliment. "Well thank you, but now I must go and attend to some private matters. If you'll excuse me."

As Gold left, both women let out a sigh of relief. Emma was the first to speak up. "Care to call it a night?"

Regina nodded. "I think we've done enough recon for the night."

The undercover detectives made their way to the door, relishing in the crisp winter air once they were outside. They were now bundled in their respective jackets, making their way to Emma's car. Thankfully, after years in the force, Emma was finally able to afford a good car, meaning that she could avoid the public transit, which always had a knack of making her late, however cliched that sounded. She tried to avoid it as much as she could, but with her old yellow bug that loved to break down one too many times, it was an inevitable consequence. And now the luxurious sports car was a more reliable upgrade, meaning she could avoid the transit.

"Well, that wasn't so bad," Emma broke the silence as she revved the engine, smiling a bit at her companion.

But it seems that Regina's niceness storage had run out. Either that or she had been ready to explode with anger for the past 3 hours, but had kept up the impressive facade. "Not so bad? You nearly exposed us at least 3 times, not to mention you forgot to establish our undercover roles, where I was supposed to take charge of the conversation with Gold and set myself up as a potential new partner. It was a disaster, but what can I expect from the Rookie?"

"Seriously? I'm sorry your Majesty, how exactly did I expose you 3 times? Was it my kissing you? Did you prefer to be discovered? Because if memory serves me right, you were the one that froze up the minute you saw Robin Hood waltz in. If it hadn't been for me we wouldn't even have been able to talk to Gold." Emma didn't even want to tackle the rest of what the brunette said. She shouldn't have to deal with this shit. They got the recon and they weren't outed as cops, what more could she want? It's not as if they were being graded on effectiveness.

The rest of the trip was saddled with awkward silence, both women were seething in anger for the other. By the time they arrived at Regina's apartment, the tension inside the car needed an industrial powered saw to cut through it.

"Good night, your Majesty." Without even looking at the passenger seat, Emma coolly let the brunette know it was her stop and to get out of the car.

Regina, for her part, didn't even bother to respond, wordlessly getting out of the car. She still created a ruckus, managing to make the seatbelt snap away, clanging around the interior - Emma just gripped the steering wheel tighter, repeating a mantra of 'just a few more seconds' in order to steel herself from blowing up at the insufferable woman - finally slamming the door closed with such a force Emma was sure her windows should've cracked.

As she peeled away from the curb, she turned her radio high up and let out a whoop. She was free. No more bitchy partner. Just hand in her report and be done with Regina Mills.

Oh how wrong she was.

"I'm impressed." James Nolan was rifling through both of their reports, said authors of the reports were sitting on the visitor chairs, doing everything possible to avoid looking at each other but still managing to glance around the room as they waited for their boss to finish.

At his voice, both women turned to face him. "I'll be passing this to the higher ups, they'll be glad to see all the names and get right on a tail to bring them in."

Both the brunette and the blonde flashed practised smiles, ones that didn't reach to their eyes, but to any unsuspecting viewer, looked genuine.

"You're dismissed." With that they were done and out of the office without another word.

Emma made her way to her desk, wanting to finish setting everything up.

"I think congratulations are in order, since you survived your first mission with Mills."

Emma turned around to see Sidney Glass standing at the entrance of her cubicle, a friendly smile on his face. "Thanks. I'm just glad to be done with her you know? There's only so much bitchiness I can take in one day."

Sidney chuckled in response. Due to his friendship with Ruby, Emma had gotten acquainted with the gossiper a number of years ago. Of course Emma was still careful with what she revealed to the man, Ruby's warning from her first days was still fresh in her mind.

"Completely understandable. Any idea who your long term partner is going to be?"

Emma shook her head. "None. As long as it's not her Royal Frosty Ass or Harold, I think I'm good."

"Oh trust me, Harold's a better pick than Jones."

Emma hadn't heard of this Jones before, though granted, she had yet to meet most of the detective department. She should probably get around doing that this afternoon. "How so?"

"Guy is an ass, the womanizing macho type."

The blonde cringed. "Fair point. He can move up the list, but still not above her Majesty."

Sidney grinned. "You really hate her don't you?"

"Not my fault she's a frigid bitch. She takes the lone wolf detective thing a little too far. Has she ever been kind to anyone?"

The man shook his head. "Not to my knowledge. Unless undercover. Then she becomes a whole other person."

"I can attest to that. You should've seen her after the party, she just blew up!"

The two continued to have a few laughs and got to know each other better. She could see why it was so simple for him to get the scoop on people, he was easy to talk to, and then eventually they'd say the wrong thing and he'd pocket the information for another time.

"Mills!"

Regina looked up to see James standing at the doorway of her office. After so many years on the force, she had been upgraded from a cubicle to her own office. It allowed her to avoid interacting with people, something she was thankful for on most days. "Yes?"

She had long forgone the need to be respectful to her superiors. Her mother had always told her that respect showed submission, and if she ever wanted to reach the top anywhere, she had to be assertive and show everyone that she wasn't someone to be trifled with. Due to that, James didn't even bat an eye at the harsh answer, and instead plowed on. "I'm making Swan your new permanent partner."

The brunette was sure she heard wrong. "Are you out of your mind? I'm not working with that incompetent dunce!"

"You two worked well together last night, and the higher ups think it's a wonderful idea."

"I refuse!"

James smirked. Although he had knew that Regina would never treat him with respect, he didn't accept it. To make up for that, he salivated the moments that he could anger her. Bonus points if he got to see her blow up like that. It was his personal revenge for having to deal with the condescending detective. "Not my call Mills. The boss said so. If you want to try and deal with Spencer personally, you know where his office is."

Regina grimaced. Albert Spencer, Captain of the Boston PD, was a hell of a man. He was worse than James, and that was saying something. It looked like she was going to be stuck with Swan.

Emma was in a frenzy. Just her luck to have to deal with an emergency like this. She made sure her papers were in order and everything was locked. Grabbing her jacket, the blonde was rushing out of the cubicle in seconds. Unfortunately, Emma's mind was on the fastest route she should take to get to the hospital, and she didn't see the path ahead of her.

In what felt like a repeat of five years ago, Emma Swan went crashing headfirst into Regina, and although thankfully Emma didn't have a cup of coffee, Regina did have a stack of papers. Well, it used to be a stack of papers. Now they were like overgrown rectangular confetti, floating around. The blonde's eyes widened. She didn't have time for this.

Picking herself up from the floor, she didn't even look back as she continued her sprint towards the elevators. "Sorry!" was the only thing Regina heard as a recognition that she had even crashed into her.

Oh Regina was pissed alright. She was going to make Emma Swan pay. No way was she letting the immature blonde get away with crashing into her twice without so much as a helpful consideration.

And that was this chapter!

Next up we'll see why Emma was running out to go to the hospital, plus more antics with these ladies.

In terms of my other fics, I'll be starting the Enchanted AU, so get ready for that! And then a new chapter of Such a Heavenly View.

Also, I'll be starting a one-shot collection, taking requests etc. so be on the lookout for that!

Thanks as always for the support!