A/N- Since the chapters are so short I guess you all deserve a couple to get this story started ;)
"I'm not kidding, I knocked on this guy's door and heard some scuffling around back. So I go around to check it out, and I see him shuffling down the fire escape in a wife beater and his boxer shorts."
"So what did you do?"
"Went after him of course! Chased him two blocks before I caught up to him, tackled him, and brought him in." Emma smiled, "When I got to the police station a cop that I normally went through asked if I was so desperate for money that I had stolen the guy's pants to sell off."
Regina laughed, genuinely and truly laughed. It wasn't necesarily at the blonde's story, but more at the mirth which danced in Emma's eyes as she told it. Emma was so proud of herself, and a wide grin overtook her face as she reveled in the fact that she had coaxed such a reaction out of the normally uptight mayor.
"That's ridiculous."
"Hey, being a bail bonds person is no easy job, but someone's got to do it."
"Thankfully for all of us, you no longer have to."
Emma sipped her hot chocolate thoughtfully, "I do sometimes miss it. Not the chasing half naked men, but the tracking people down."
Regina nodded in understanding. Her eyes caught the clock above the door of the diner and they suddenly widened in a way that was almost comical, "Oh crap." She stood, shouldering her purse, "I'm afraid I have a meeting in a few minutes."
"Well, I guess I'll see you later." Emma said, standing to say goodbye to the brunette.
The two looked at each other awkwardly for a moment, neither knowing how to proceed. Regina made the first step, and stuck her hand out for Emma to shake.
The blonde looked at it skeptically a moment before taking the perfectly manicured hand in her own, "Goodbye, Emma."
The way that the mayor said her name, quietly, with a small smile, it made Emma feel warm, safe. Regina said her name like a promise, like a secret.
Before she could return the sentiment, Regina had swept from the diner. The blonde grabbed her half gone hot chocolate and situated herself at the counter across from Ruby who was doing a half hearted job of cleaning the coffee machine.
"You and the mayor seemed awfully cozy there." Ruby observed with a leading tilt to her voice.
"She's actually nice when you get to know her." The blonde found herself defending Regina.
"That just means that she's a bitch but you get used to her."
"She's not a bitch."
Ruby put her hands up to signal her surrender, "Alright, I just meant that you seemed to be getting on pretty well."
"We're friends."
The waitress got a sneaky smirk as she cocked an eyebrow at her friend, "With benefits?"
"No, Rubes. Friends, we are just friends."
