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The next day she met her parents for breakfast, only they didn't know that she remembered that they were her parents. She couldn't tell them in front of Henry, but she took the opportunity when he went to the bathroom.

"I, uh…I kind of have to tell you guys something," she started. They looked at her attentively and she took a deep breath. "I got my memories back."

The look of joy that spread on both of their faces was incredible. She felt so light, weightless even, but she didn't know how they would take the bit of news pertaining to how she got her memories back. And of course, that was the first question that they both asked simultaneously. She laughed awkwardly.

"Actually…it's uh, quite a story. I got my memories back from True Love's kiss…" she trailed off, not wanting to blurt it out right away.

"Hook?" Snow asked.

"No, he uh, he tried that in New York."

"Then who?" David asked.

"Um…it's kind of a funny story, and I'm going to tell you, but then we can't really talk about it because Henry should be out of the bathroom soon and he doesn't remember anything yet. So…Regina."

"Regina?" Snow asked, shocked and shaking her head slowly.

"Sorry, guys, really can't talk about it right now. He should be back any second. And I know that was a cop out, you'll forgive me though." Sure enough only moments later, Henry sat back in the booth next to Emma. He looked at the three adults awkwardly and shook his head. They all had confused looks on their faces, but he tried to ignore it.

Regina walked into the diner and up to the register to order something from Ruby. She hadn't seen the group in the front corner booth, they were tucked in and she hadn't looked around. Emma asked Henry to let her out and she walked up behind Regina, placing an easy and soft touch on the small of her back. When the brunette turned and looked at her with a wide smile, she couldn't help but return it.

Henry watched his mom interact with the darker woman, he wondered what there was between them, there had to be history. He had never seen his mom touch someone like that before, like she was being cautious but couldn't resist the touch. He looked at her friends, Mary-Margaret and David and noticed that they were looking wide-eyed and curiously at the women standing against the counter. He'd have to ask his mom about it later, she rarely kept things from him, so he figured he would be able to get some semblance of a true answer out of her.

Meanwhile at the bar counter, Emma leaned into Regina and whispered into her ear, "It's good to see you. I didn't think I'd get to until later."

Regina couldn't help the smile that wouldn't fade from her face. "Good morning, dear. How did you sleep?"

"Really well, actually. You?"

"Same. Not as much as I'd have liked to, but better than I have for a little while."

"Good. Uh…Henry's here, and I told my parents. Do you want to officially have Henry meet you? I mean, since we're going to have dinner with you he should know you as something."

"I…yes, I would like that. What are you going to tell him, though?"

"For now I'll just say you're an old friend and we'll work out the details later, I guess." Regina nodded and Ruby brought her the coffee she ordered. Emma pulled out a few bills to pay for the coffee, despite Regina's protests, and she led the brunette over to the corner table where her family was.

Snow and David smiled at the women, slightly forced but the sentiment was there. Henry looked up at her curiously, a light smile on his mouth as well. He didn't know what this woman was to his mom, but he could tell that she already made his mom happier, so he would deal with whatever it was.

"Henry," Emma started. "This is an old friend of mine, Regina."

"It's nice to meet you," Henry offered, standing and reaching out his hand to shake hers. Regina wanted to hug him, but knew that would be too strange for her son, so she pulled her glove off to shake his hand. His skin felt warm and his hand felt so much larger than it had a year ago when they were torn apart from each other.

"It's wonderful to meet you, too, Henry. Your mom has told me so much about you."

"Has she?"

"She says you like video games, and that you're a smart boy."

He blushed at the woman's honesty and the things his mom told people about him. "Yeah, she brags too much." Regina smiled and breathed unevenly.

"Ok, well, it was very nice meeting you Henry. Emma, I'll see you at 2 in front of City Hall?"

"Yeah, that meeting should go well, I can hope anyway."

"Ok. And I'll see you both for dinner at 6:30?"

Emma smiled and nodded. She leaned into Regina for a kiss but recovered quickly but giving the other woman an awkward and distant hug. "I'll see you later," she whispered against dark hair and she felt a slight nod in response.

After Regina left and Emma sat back down, their food orders arrived and Emma hoped that the food would be enough to keep her three family members from staring at her with various emotions. Her hopes were not fulfilled.

"So mom, who is she to you?"

"What? She's an old friend, I told you that."

"Yeah and I don't believe you for a minute. You never hug people unless you really care about them. The only people you've ever hugged that I know about are me and Walsh…and you were almost engaged to him, so… wait a minute, is she an ex-girlfriend?"

"Not exactly, Henry. It's a really long story and I promise to explain it to you…soon, but not right now." He relented with a nod.

"You were almost engaged?" David asked in an overly protective tone.

"Uh…yeah. I sorta dated this guy for 8 months and he proposed shortly before we came here."

"Oh, well, we're sorry it didn't work out," Snow offered.

The group ate in an awkward silence and Emma told Henry that he would be hanging out with Mary-Margaret at her house while Emma went to City Hall to work with Regina on her case. He agreed and Emma headed out just before 2 to meet Regina. They ran their ruse of an accusation-fest before meeting in her office.

"Did they buy it?" Regina asked after Emma entered her office.

"I think they did," Emma answered as both women made their way closer to each other. They fell into each other in a hard embrace. Emma turned her face into dark tresses and breathed in Regina's scent, exhaling in a content sigh. "I don't know how I'm going to manage this dinner tonight."

"What do you mean?" Regina looked afraid, like Emma was going to cancel and the blonde shook her head.

"Henry is already suspicious of what we are to each other. Apparently I shouldn't have hugged you."

"Yes, I was wondering about that when I left the diner."

Emma shrugged. "It doesn't matter. He's going to see whatever he thinks he's seeing anyway. He's still basically the person you raised him to be, just maybe with a few different habits."

The smile that took over deep red lips was one that Emma wished she could see every day. It was wide and hopeful. Happy and sweet. Emma placed an easy kiss on those lips, receiving a little more force in return than she had given and soon she was consumed by a heady apple and vanilla scent, and the taste that was so purely and deliciously Regina that she wondered how she could have lived without it her entire life. She moaned into the kiss and whimpered slightly when Regina pulled away.

"We need a…plan," Regina stated. "Emma, I can't go forever with him not knowing who I am, and I really need to remember what happened in the last year so that I can figure out who created this curse."

"I know. I say that we just let Henry think what he wants to think about us, while I dodge his questions. As far as figuring out who cast this curse…should we check Gold's shop for a memory potion?"

"I don't know. Sure, we can try it, but he was a smart and secretive man, even if he kept his potions somewhere that we can find them I am certain they will not be labeled and I don't think that drinking anything in his shop without knowledge of what it is would be a good idea."

"Would he have a recipe or something in a book?"

"It's a possibility. The next problem with going to his shop is making sure no one knows what we're doing."

"Alright… maybe we can create some type of distraction." She looked around while she considered their options. Pulling out of Regina's embrace, she began pacing the room. "What if we had David call another town meeting? You could disguise two willing people as you and me so people wouldn't get suspicious that we weren't there. While he does that, we check the shop? I can have him text me when they're finished so we can get out in time."

"Who goes as us that wouldn't be missed at the meeting? They have to be people that aren't exactly verbal, but they have to be people we can trust."

"A couple of the dwarves? They would do anything for my mom."

"Possibly. Which two? Grumpy can't be one of them…he's far too vocal and his absence would definitely be noticed."

"What about Doc and Sniffles—"

"Sneezy, dear."

"Whatever, Doc and Sneezy. Doc can be you since he's pretty smart and wise…maybe if he needs to offer input he can manage something. Sneezy we can direct to just stand behind David and act all loyal or whatever."

"Alright. Let's get it set up. We'll tell them the plan and we'll do it tomorrow afternoon?"

"Tomorrow?"

"I want today to just be…something we can enjoy, Emma. Please?" Regina whispered, taking Emma back into her arms and nuzzling her nose against Emma's. The blonde wrapped her arms around Regina's neck and pulled her in for a kiss, her lips lingering, brushing lightly against plump red ones even when the kiss was finished.

"Ok. I'll see you at 6:30 for dinner. I've gotta go fill them in and have Snow talk to the dwarves. And I'm gonna, you know, get ready for our date."

"Date?"

"Oh yeah. This is a date. Unconventional, maybe, since the kid will be there. But I'm not sure either of us would want it any other way."

"No, I think you're right on that count."

"I love you, Regina."

"I love you as well, my dear. I'll see you later." With one last chaste kiss, Emma left the office.