With half an hour to go before Emma was due to pick her up, Regina was standing at her closet, frantically looking through her clothes.

Suddenly a flash of inspiration shot through her mind. She knew exactly what she should wear.

At Snow's apartment Henry watched his mother with great amusement as Emma picked up and them discarded each and every piece of clothing in her closet.

"Ma, ma...MA!" She whirled around to look at him and he almost laughed at the panic on her face.

"Will you cut it out ma? And by the way your so not subtle." He grinned at her, "I know your using me to get my mum to go out with you."

Emma just gaped at him.

"Please, I was raised by the Evil Queen, you have to be a lot more clever to fool me ma."

Emma laughed sheepishly and sat down on the edge of her bed. "And if I was looking to date your mother how would you feel about that?"

Henry smiled at her and sat down beside her, "I think it's the best idea ever. I get to spend time with both of you together! And, you've both had it kind of rough up till now, you both deserve to be happy."

"How'd you get so wise kid?"

Henry just pointed to his book which was across the room, "I read a lot. Anyway you need to stop worrying, you know what you should wear."

Looking at what he was nodding towards Emma smiled at him fondly, "And he gives fashion advice as well."

Awkwardly, he shrugged it off, "Whatever ma, just get ready, I'll wait downstairs."

Emma was changed in record time and flew down the stairs, grabbing Henry on the way out of the door.

"Come on kid, let's go get your mum!"

Snow just watched from the kitchen bewildered as the door swung shut behind her daughter and grandson. With a sigh she set aside the ingredients she was planning to use to make dinner with and just grabbed an banana for herself before heading to her room.

At 7 o'clock exactly, Emma nervously tapped on the door of 108 Mifflin Street.

Regina's head shot up at the knock on her front door, nervously she brushed invisible flecks of her shirt and crossed over to open the door.

When Regina pulled the door open Emma's eyes were immediately drawn to the shirt she was wearing.

"Is that-?"

Regina laughed, "Yeah, I may have used some magic to steal it back."

Comparing how Regina wore the shirt to Emma after Henry stole it for her, Emma had to admit that Regina looked far better.

Regina took the brief pause in conversation to check out what Emma had chosen to wear, she laughed aloud as she realised that Emma had decided to wear jeans and a white shirt, complete with her signature leather jacket.

"Am I correct in assuming that those are the clothes that you wore on the night you arrived in Storybrooke."

Emma grinned at her, "Yeah, Henry said I should wear the jacket and then the rest just kinda made sense, it's what I was wearing when we first met."

"Well then Miss, sorry, Emma. How about we actually go on this wonderful date you have planned with our son?"

Emma suddenly frowned and for a moment Regina was concerned whether she was doubting the wisdom about asking her out. "Yeah, about that, Henry kind of figured it out."

Sighing in relief, Regina laughed at Emma's expression, "Well what did you expect? He figured out that this whole town was full of fairy tale characters, and your not exactly subtle. I'm assuming that he's ok with it considering you didn't call me to cancel."

Emma laughed at the unknowing echo of what Henry had said to her earlier, "Yeah, he said he thought it was a great idea."

"Well ok then."

After locking Regina's door, the Queen and the Saviour walked down the path to Emma's car in a comfortable silence. Regina smiled fondly as she saw Henry grinning at them through the window in the backseat.

"Understand this Emma, you will not be getting me in this death trap on a regular basis, this is a one off."

Rolling her eyes Emma opened the door to the passenger side of the bug and motioned for Regina to climb in, "Don't worry, next time we'll take your car."

"Assuming there will be a next time are we? My, you're confident tonight."

At the tone in Regina's voice Emma hastily started to apologize before she noticed the grin spreading across both Henry and Regina's faces.

"You think your so funny don't you, Your Majesty!" She said teasingly.

"I don't think, I know dear."

Henry just listened silently from that backseat smiling to himself, his mothers were meant for each other, he could just tell.

As they pulled up to the diner, Emma noticed Regina tense up just ever so slightly and she was suddenly glad she hadn't decided to dress in anything fancy.

"Right, as hard as I know it will be to resist, you can't be all over me. To everyone else we're just two women who share a son indulging him by eating together." Emma laughed jokily.

Regina shot her a grateful look, understanding what Emma was saying, it was a date only to them.

Emma had apparently not inherited Snow's inability to understand when to keep a secret.

"Ok kid come on, after me forgetting to feed you today you must be starving!" Emma called as she got out the car.

At Regina's stern disbelieving look she cracked up, "Kidding, you really forget I could forget to feed a kid?"

Regina just glared as she stormed up the steps to the door.

"Wait," Emma caught her arm, "You don't really think I'd-?"

Emma stopped as Regina turned around and smirked at her, "What? You think your the only one who can make jokes Emma?"

Laughing she turned around and pushed open the door, ushering in Henry ahead of her. Leaving Emma to shake her head in mock before following.