Chapter 7

Regina woke with a start. Another intense dream. Damn! This was getting ridiculous. Body humming from a recent orgasm, she wanted another. She stretched and yawned, her mind filling with a few possible scenarios, and froze mid-stretch when something didn't seem right. Why was she naked except for her panties? And who was in bed with her? Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit!

As she scrambled into a sitting position, Regina held the covers to her body. That was when she noticed the long blonde hair, and the naked body, half covered by a sheet, sleeping next to her. Regina's stomach dropped as she recognized Emma.

Oh dear Lord! What had she done? It had been a dream, right? Thinking back to last night, Regina remembered everything that had happened up until the main course at dinner. After that, things were fuzzy. She'd consumed a lot of alcohol, more she had in a long while. Stupid! But was she upset because something may have happened, or because it did and she didn't remember it?

Then the bed moved, pulling Regina from her thoughts. She watched as Emma rolled over onto her back. When the sheet slipped, more of Emma's body was revealed to her. Pulse increasing, Regina licked her lips. She had an unobstructed view of Emma's breasts, and a scant glimpse of dark blonde pubic hair as it peaked out over the edge of the covers, resting across her hips.

A quick glance up to Emma's face, Regina discovered that her bedmate was still asleep. She felt relieved, and something more. Curious. Unable to stop herself, Regina let her gaze drift downward, taking in what she could see of Emma's body.

Erect pink nipples on full, firm breasts tempted Regina. She'd never been with a woman before, but the longer she stared, the more she wondered what it would be like to suck one of those luscious nipples up into her mouth. To nip it with her teeth, and tease it with her tongue. That's what she liked. Would Emma?

At the thought, a burst of arousal caused Regina to squeezed her thighs together as a gush of wetness coated her underwear. Hormones taking over, she found herself leaning toward Emma. One of her hands held the covers to her chest, while her other reached toward Emma's closest breast, hovering right above it. She wanted to touch and fondle it, but hesitated. What if they hadn't really done anything, and she started groping Emma now? Damn it! She'd never been this indecisive about anything. Why now? Was she afraid, like Emma accused her? No! Her hand began descending, her decision made. She needed to touch her.

Then Emma stirred, and started to wake up. Close to touching her, Regina snatched her hand back just as Emma's eyelids fluttered and opened.

Regina felt her cheeks heat. She'd nearly gotten caught. Eyes wide, she stared at Emma. Embarrassment transformed into irritation when she noticed the other woman smirking at her. Emma made no attempt to cover herself, appearing amused by Regina's reaction. Was she aware the whole time?

"Morning, Regina." She glanced at Regina's right hand, and then looked up at her face. "I must say, this is a comfy bed. Much nicer than mine."

"What are you doing here? Why are you in my bed?

Emma sat up and faced her. More of the sheet fell away. She seemed to be comfortable with her body clothed or not.

"You invited me."

Regina experienced a moment of panic, and then regained control. "I did no such thing."

"Oh yeah, you certainly did. I was nowhere near as drunk as you, but I do remember that."

Regina frowned, taking a few minutes to scan through her memories.

"Don't you remember?"

"No." Regina shook her head, clutching the covers tighter.

"Hmm, that's too bad," Emma teased.

"You took advantage of me?"

Emma laughed. "I didn't take advantage of you. More like the other way around"

"This isn't funny. I want an explanation Ms. Swan. What happened? I want the truth."

"Nothing, well, not really."

She sounded sincere, but Regina didn't quite believe her. "What do you mean by that? Nothing, not really. Then why are you naked in my bed? Why are we both naked if nothing happened?"

"You still have on your panties, so not technically naked," Emma pointed out, wearing a huge grin.

Growing frustrated, Regina shot her a threatening look. Impatient to know the answer, Regina pressed."Well?"

"Are you always so grumpy first thing in the morning?"

"Stop stalling and answer my question."

Emma bit her lip as she appeared to consider something. Her expression changed as she became more serious. "I had intended to deliver you home, and then head home to my apartment. You had other ideas. After talking me into joining you for a couple more drinks, you became determined to seduce me. You did a sexy dance, and stripped off most of your clothes. At one point, you helped me out of mine. Then you insisted on moving things to your bedroom. We were on your bed, kissing, when you passed out."

"You kissed me?"

Emma moved closer to Regina, her face a few inches from hers. "You kissed me first."

Regina struggled to remember. After last night's dream, she didn't know what was real and what was imagined.

"You really don't remember?"

Regina shook her head. My God! She was actually disappointed.

Emma's eyes darkened. "Would you like me to help jog your memory?"

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A/N: The next chapter will contain the good stuff. No more teasing you. I know this is a bit short, but the next one will be much longer.

I'm hoping while you wait for Chapter 8, you'll take the time to stop over at my blog and check out a new story a fellow author friend of mine has written. It's a sexy contemporary F/F novel. Go to my profile for the web address if you want to take a look. Her post will be on my blog page. You can also see what else I'm up to.

Thanks again to all of your who are following the story. I will try to have Chapter 8 up this weekend.