A/N: This story is silly, but that is intentional. I just wanted to have a little fun
Will looked at Emma and then started to laugh. "I didn't know you were a joker sheriff," he said.
She smiled at him coolly. "I wasn't joking. There is no way I am letting this date happen."
Will leaned back in his chair and considered Emma more carefully. "Dare I ask why you have a problem with me going on a date with Regina?"
"She isn't supposed to be with you, that is why."
"What do you mean?"
"I know for a fact that Regina has a soul mate, one she hasn't come to realize yet, and you Will Scarlet are not that person. So you see if you date Regina you will only be holding her back from who she should be with."
"And you know this for a fact?" Will smiled.
"I do."
"Then who is this soul mate?"
"That hardly matters. The only thing that matters is that it is not you."
"Let me get this straight. You expect me to just step aside and not pursue anything with Regina because she has a soul mate that apparently doesn't have the guts to come forward themselves and instead sends the sheriff to do their dirty work. Well sheriff, you can go back to this supposed soul mate and tell them until they decide to man up, I will be dating Regina."
He got up and walked away. Emma also stood and walked out without giving him another look. She gave him the chance to get out of this the easy way.
On Thursday night Emma went over to Regina's to pick up Henry. She waited at the door after ringing the bell and Henry answered it.
"Hey kid, is your mom here?"
"Yeah, she's upstairs. I was going to grab my stuff and say goodbye to her so we can go."
Emma stepped inside and closed the door behind her. "I am in no hurry; in fact I have something I want to talk to Regina about. You said she was upstairs?"
"In her room."
"Show me the way."
She followed Henry up the stairs and as they got to the top Regina was coming out of her room. "Miss Swan, what are you doing up here?"
"You know I prefer it when you call me Emma," she responded. "And I was hoping I could speak to you a moment, in private."
"Sure, we can go down to the den and speak."
"Oh, no need to go all the way down when we are up here already," she said walking toward the bedroom. "Here is fine."
She edged past the brunette who looked more than a little stunned. Regina recovered quickly and followed her into the room where Emma was looking around.
Regina cleared her throat, choosing not to comment on Emma looking around her room. "You wished to speak to me."
"Close the door."
Regina hesitated before shutting the door. "Is there something wrong concerning Henry?" she asked. She couldn't think of any other reason why Emma Swan would be in her room to speak to her.
"No," Emma said quickly. "You have a nice room."
"Thank you, but I hardly expect that is the reason you are here."
"It's not. Look, I wanted to apologize about the other day and my reaction to your date with Will. I can see where it may have given you the wrong impression. I think it's great that you are opening yourself up in that way."
"Is there a point to this?" Regina asked. The last person she wanted to discuss her dating life with was Emma.
"Just that I am sorry if you were offended by my reaction the other day. I don't want there to be ill will between us. I think you and I have finally reached a place where we can have a good relationship, a great relationship."
Regina crossed her arms, unsure as to what angle Emma was working here, but she was sure there was one.
"Have you decided what you are going to wear on your date?" Emma asked.
The question caught Regina off guard completely and she didn't answer as Emma walked toward her closet and opened it. Emma entered it and Regina was about to ask her what the hell she thought she was doing when Emma walked back out of it holding a red dress. "I think you should wear this," Emma said. "Red looks good on you."
"Miss Swan …"
"Emma."
"Emma, I agree that you and I have come a long way since we first met, but I don't think we are quite to the point where I will be asking you for fashion tips."
"Fair enough," Emma said putting the dress down on the bed. "But I think in this case you should take my advice. You will look amazing in red."
Emma went past her, opened the door as she called out to Henry. "Come on kid, let's roll."
Regina was still standing there in disbelief when Henry came up to her and gave her a hug before leaving. She heard the front door shut when they were gone and she turned back to the bed where the red dress lay. She went over and picked it up, intent on putting it back in the closet and forgetting all about the rather odd episode that just happened. As she walked by her full length mirror, she stopped and raised the dress up against her body considering it.
Emma waited until she got Henry to her place before telling him that on Friday night he would be staying with her parents.
"Do you have to work or something?"
"No, I have the night off, but I have something I need to do, and actually I want to talk to you about it." She sat down on the couch next to him. "What do you think about this date your mom has with Will Scarlet?"
"As long as she is happy that is all that matters."
"I agree. But you see Will isn't the one who is going to make her happy."
"How do you know that?"
"Because Will isn't her soul mate."
"Yeah, but Robin is with Marian."
"About that. I think we can all agree that I messed up a little bit with that bringing Marian here thing. Like I said before, I am not going to apologize for saving a life, but I am sorry for its affect on your mom. However, from what I understand Regina had her chance with Robin back in the Enchanted Forest when she was younger but she didn't take the opportunity then and with me changing things with bringing Marian here, well I don't think Robin is Regina's soul mate anymore."
"How do you know that?"
"That is where things get a little complicated. You see I went to Tink to see about getting some fairy dust from her. Ruby told me how it can be used to help someone find their soul mate."
"Are you going to help mom find hers?" Henry asked excitedly.
"Yes, although technically I have already found out who it is. It's getting Regina to see it and to accept that is going to be the difficult part."
"Who is it?"
"It's me."
"What?"
"I am your mom's soul mate. I used the fairy dust on myself and it led me to Regina."
"Does that mean you are in love with mom?"
"I like your mom. I think the whole love thing comes later, maybe after we actually go on a date. I tried to get Will to back out of the date, but he wasn't going for it, so I had to come up with another plan."
"What kind of plan?"
"I am going to hijack Will's date with Regina. The only person she is going to be going out with tomorrow night is me, which is why I need you to stay at your grandparents."
He considered this a moment. "What are you going to call your plan?"
She smiled, "I don't know. I hadn't given it any thought. What do you think I should call it?"
He thought about it a moment, "Operation Hawk because you are going to like swoop in like a hawk."
She laughed, "You are right, I am going to so that is perfect."
Emma was waiting in her patrol car outside of The Knave. Will stayed in a loft apartment above it and she waited for him to leave to go pick up Regina. When she saw him walk out she had to admit he was dressed rather nicely for the date. Too bad he would never make it there, she thought.
He got into his car and began to drive. "Time to start Operation Hawk," Emma said as she waited for him to turn down the next street before she pulled out and followed him. Once she got on the same street as him, she turned on her cruiser lights. He pulled off to the side and she did the same. She couldn't keep the smile off of her face as she approached his driver's side window.
"Good evening sheriff," he said.
"Good evening Will. I am going to need your license and registration."
"Is something wrong?"
"You did notice you have a headlight out right?"
"I did," he said. "Funny how it was find yesterday."
"Well these things do happen. You also didn't use a turn signal back there and you have a tail light out."
"Sheriff if this is some last-ditch effort to stop my date with Regina, I have to say it's kind of weak," he said handing over the documents.
"I will be right back, I just need to run these and make sure you everything is in order before I give you a ticket."
She walked back to her car and got in and took her time writing out a ticket. She returned to the window and handed him back his license and registration.
"I suggest you get your lights fixed," she said handing him the ticket before walking away.
Will raised his window back up, shaking his head and wondering what the point of that was as he threw the ticket onto the passenger side seat. He turned the key but the car didn't start. He tried it again and again, but nothing was working.
"Damn it," he cursed and he tried opening the door to get out and check but it wouldn't open. He pushed against it but it wasn't budging. He turned the key part way to get his electric windows to go down so he could climb out but even those weren't working.
"What the hell?" he said. He pulled his phone out to call for help, but even it was working now.
He looked out his window where Emma had pulled up along side of him. She was holding up her ticket book and pointing at it. He turned back to his passenger seat and picked up the ticket she had given him but he hadn't looked at.
It wasn't actually a citation he saw. He read the message she had written. "Sorry Will, but number one, don't mess with someone who has more knowledge of this world and cars than you do, not to mention someone who also knows magic. Not to worry, the magic will wear off in about five hours. Number two, this is me manning up. Now if you'll excuse me I have a date with my soul mate."
He could only look at her in disbelief as she pulled away.
Regina looked at herself in the mirror one last time before answering the door for her date. As she opened it she was met with a surprise.
"I told you that you would look amazing in red," Emma said.
