The following weekend, Emma was having lunch at the Diner with her parents, however all she kept doing, was staring at her phone, she had also been doing that, a lot over the past week, thinking if she should message Regina and what to say, she didn't want to seem too desperate

"Is everything okay honey?, you have been quiet this week" Mary Margaret asked, taking her coffee cup into her hands

"Yeah, I'm fine" Emma shrugged

"Is this to do with a boy?" her father asked

"No, I think I am just tired"

He nodded slightly, with slight relief

Emma, then glanced down and picked up her phone, she went into her messages and began to write

Hi, its me Emma, you said to text sometime, so here it is :)

She then hovered her finger over the send button

For gods sakes Emma, its only Regina, she told herself and hit the send button, with more force than she intended

It wasn't even 3 minutes later, before her phone buzzed and she picked it up, eagerly

"Miss swan, did you fall under a sleeping curse? as it took you long enough to message me"

Emma chuckled to herself, she knew Regina was teasing

"whats so funny?"

Emma looked up, to see her mother staring curiously at her

"oh, nothing, my friend she's trying to be funny"

"i am glad your making friends" Mary Margaret said truthfully and looking to her husband, with a small smile

"yeah, so am i" Emma replied, before glancing back to her phone

"Really!, have you been waiting on me to message you, madame mayor?" she replied

"Ha, I have better things to do with my time" (she lied, she had checked her phone regularly, for a message or something from the blonde)

"Hmm, like what?"

"I have been horse riding and my mother has had me do things, I also think she is trying to set me up with her acquaintances son, she insists I spend time with him, I know we have our joke, about me being madame mayor, but I actually think she wants me to be a mayor, or be involved in the mayoral system of the town"

"Do you really think so? Do you like this boy?" Emma hoped not

she is my mother, i shouldn't bother you with this, how are you? And no, I do not like this boy

Emma let out a sigh of relief after reading the message, thank god she doesn't like him, she thought

"You can bother me about it all you want, maybe I can help even, though I don't know much about your relationship with you mother and I am okay I am at the Diner with my parents"

Two minutes later

"Thanks, I think I have to do this out on my own, I've gotta go out now, il speak to you later, enjoy your fries :)


August 12th

Regina was at her parents annual social gathering, at the holiday home

It had already been two hours since the party began, and Regina had enough, of all the"have you got a boyfriend?" conversations, so she had decided to hide out, just outside the main doors to the lounge, for a while.

She leaned up against the wall, looking towards the front door and sighed

A few moments later, the door opened, she looked to her right, to see who it was

"Joseph" she said in a slightly high-pitched tone

"Hi Regina" he smiled

"Did my mother send you to find me?" she huffed

"I'm afraid so" he crossed his arms

"Right" she rolled her eyes

"Have I done something wrong? because when I try to speak with you, you seem distant"

"No, it's just, my mother wants us to be more than friends and I just..."

"Can't?" he replied softly and she nodded

"That doesn't been we can't be friends" he smiled, stepping slightly closer to her

"I don't think it would be fair" she leaned off the hall, moving further away from him

"Why?" he snapped

"I heard you, the other day. telling your brother that you wanted to kiss me" she stared at him

"Oh okay, I um, okay, I am going to go back inside"

She nodded

And has he went to open the door, he paused and looked at her, she was looking down, sadly

"Can I ask you something?"

She looked to him, curiously and nodded

"Is there someone else?"

She immediately thought of Emma, but quickly pushed the thought away

"I don't know" she replied

Joseph didn't say anything, he just looked at her curiously, then he went back into the lounge, leaving Regina alone

She sighed once more, bringing a hand up to brush through her hair

I don't know! where did that come from! she thought to herself, before deciding, she better go back inside, where she came face to face, with her mother

"There you are, where have you been?" she snapped

"Um, no where"

"Well, I need you to take Zelena to her room and get her to bed" she snapped again

Regina looked round, looking for her sister, spotting her slumped on the floor

"Now please" Cora sighed

"Yes mother" she said, as she walked over to her sister

Just when i thought my night couldn't get any worse, she thought to herself, before dragging Zelena up from the floor

"Little Sis" Zelena muttered as she draped her arm over Regina, for support

"Mother asked me to help, get you to bed, because you've had to much to drink"

"Well, let's go then, we can't disappoint her, can we" she muttered again, but with a bit for bite in her tone


August 14th

Emma was on the sofa with her father, watching a cop drama, when her phone buzzed

"Emma, Zelena is driving me insane "

Emma laughed

"What is so funny?" her father asked

"Oh, my friend, she's having sister trouble"

He shook his head and looked back to the TV

"Well, that's what big sister's do, right?" she replied

"yes! anyway how are you?"

"I am good, i had a good day, was at the Diner with Ruby and August today and your never guess what happened"

"Something to do with Ruby?"

"Nope, Some boy tried it on with me and Ruby told him where to go, you should have been there"

Once Regina had finished reading the message, she saw red, she throw the phone down, on her bed

What am i doing! she muttered to herself, ignoring her emotions and picking up her phone and typing back

"If i was there i would of told him where to go too, i can't wait to come home, my mother and sister are insane"

Emma reread the message twice

"Ha" she smirked

"I think, i am beginning to find that out"

"Better late than never, dear" Regina teased

"Haha Regina, haha"


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