A/N: Hey guys! Hope this wasn't too long of a wait. Here is chapter seven. Sorry if it's a little short but there's a lot of stable queen ahead as well as the plot progressing! Enjoy!


Regina awoke the next morning wrapped in the arms of a man she never thought she'd see again. She burrowed herself further into his arms and felt him tighten them around her. This is how it should have always been between them. She should have been waking up in his strong arms for many years now, but fate had other ideas. However, now, fate was kind to her and she had Daniel back.

The man next to her stirred and she looked up at him as his blue eyes blinked open. Daniel stroked her hair and kissed her forehead, "Well, good morning, Gina." Daniel was the only one to ever use that nickname with her and she always would let him. The nickname Gina gave her a sense of freedom, it sounded less formal, and she always felt more light and pure when she was called that.

"Good morning, Daniel. A very good morning it is." She grinned and kissed him. Regina tilted her head to the side and gave him a goofy smile that only further showed just how in love she was with him.

Daniel ceased the strokes to her hair and wrapped his arm around her waist. Daniel looked past her to look properly around her room, it seemed like her, in a way. "So, my love, what would you like to do today?"

"Well, for starters, I think you'd maybe like to see your brother again." Regina said and reached up to stroke his cheeks.

Daniel was flabbergasted, "I'm sorry, what? Ty... you know my little brother Tybalt?" He saw Regina nod, "but... but how?"

"A very dear friend of mine who was close to me for a short time before the curse... he is her husband. Your brother's a king."

"I'm sorry what?" He cocked his head to the side, "little Ty. A king?"

Regina nodded, "from what Sophia, my friend, has told me, Ty saved her father from an ambush and Sophia's father had him knighted and he and Sophia fell and love and were married shortly before their coronation as king and queen of their kingdom." Regina held his face in her hands so she could look at him, "Is something troubling you about this, love?" She leaned in and pressed her lips to his softly.

Daniel shook his head, "nah, I'm just really proud of him." Daniel ran his hands up and down Regina's back absently, "So. I'm hungry, what do you say to showing me the different kinds of food this world has while we eat." Daniel smirked and pecked her lips. "Because I could eat just about anything."

"You've been dead for quit some time of course you'd eat anything." She kissed him back, "But alright. Lets good." She said and grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the bed.

xxxx

Regina led Daniel down the stairs and into the kitchen. She quickly pulled out a skillet, carton of eggs, and a sald shaker. Regina sat the ingredients on the counter and looked up at her fiancé, who had a bemused expression on his face.

"Are you alright, dear?" She asked in a kind and sweet tone now only reserved for Henry. Although, if she were going by this very minute, that tone would be used for Daniel as well. It was her real voice to be honest. Not the upset tone she often had with her mother in her youth, not the commanding voice of a feared queen, and not the voice of a broken woman who just wanted to be happy. Regina's true voice was light, fun, and airy, because that's how she felt when she used it. She was free.

Daniel met her brown eyes and smiled, "Yes, I'm alright. You're just. All of this." He made a big motion to symbolize the situation, "We finally get to be together. This won't be the first morning we make breakfast together, last night won't be the only time we fall asleep in what's now our bed, and this morning won't be the only time we wake up in each other's arms. I'm so excited for our life together." Daniel explained. He was marveled by the potential their relationship now had.

Regina blushed profusely, "Daniel, you're too sweet." She said, "But, yes I'm excited for this life together as well." Regina replied, "We get our happy ending." She went to where he stood next to the kitchen island and kissed him. Regina's arms found their way around Daniel's neck and the kissed quickly grew passionate. She gasped against his lips; she had not been kissed like this in quite some time. Regina played with the hair at the nape of his neck and pressed her body impossibly closer to his. She backed up until her back hit the kitchen island and she felt Daniel pick her up by the thighs and place her on the island's tabletop. She wrapped her legs around his waist and began to run her hands up and down his back. Daniel broke their kiss and began to kiss down her neck and ravished her collarbone. Regina threw back her head in pleasure as he ravished her.

Regina was about to let him take her then and there. She didn't care how unromantic it was. She had waited so long for this man to re-enter her life. So she was damned determined to let him re-enter inside her after almost forty years.

Her thoughts were broken however, by the jingling of a key in the lock of her front too. She heard it swing open but the couple were too wrapped in each other to stop. She stroked his hair with one hand as Daniel kissed the swell of the top of her breasts that were exposed by the skimpy nightgown she wore. Footsteps made their way into the kitchen and a loud "OH MY GOD." Was heard.

This broke the couple apart. Well, not really, they simply just ceased what they were doing to looked at the five foot four brunette who now stood with her hand clamped over her eyes.

"Please tell me I did not just see that." Sophia said in a hopefully but not really kind of tone.

"See the love of my life ravishing me on the kitchen island? Yes I think you did see that." The cynical mask of Regina Mills had slipped on so one built of straight aggravation and anger did not take its place.

"So he's back." She said and still didn't take her hand away from her eyes.

"Yes. And Sophia we're not naked, you can take away the hand." Regina said with a smirk.

"Umm no thanks. I'll just ugh. Be on my way out. Meet ugh, Glinda and I out by the Toll Bridge at eleven so we can practice, alright?" She said without needing an answer from Regina and turned around. She nearly smakcked herself into a wall before she took the hand away and hurried out.

Daniel looked back at his now desheveled from their brief encounter fiancée and smirked, "So that's my sister in law?"

Regina laughed, "yes."

"My brother sure knows how to pick 'em, huh?" He asked and lowered his head to begin kissing her neck again.

"Oh you don't even know the half of it." She giggled and let him kiss her neck once more.

xxxx

On her way to meet Sophia and Glinda, Regina took Daniel with her to Granny's to pick up some coffee and snacks for the women. Magic was an exhausting art at time and practicing it in preparation for three evil witches was not a small feat. Regina simply had Daniel stay in the car and ran into Granny's to get her food and drinks and come straight back out. Regina dropped Daniel off at Sophia's house because she knew Ty was staying there and she'd let the brothers reconnect while the women were off doing their thing. Regina pulled up near the Toll Bridge and parked her Mercedes Benz. She got out of the car and sat the bag of snacks and the drinks on the hood so she could lock her car and spotted the two women down by the stream. Regina picked up what she had brought them and went over to the edge of the railing, "If you'd like to eat and drink what I brought you, I suggest you get up here."

Sophia heard her friend's voice from above her and looked up. She saw her best friend dangling a white paper bag over the railing to tempt them to come up. "If you know what's good for you, you'll instead come down here." She countered an raised an eyebrow.

Regina magicked down to where they were and laughed, "Here you are." She tossed the bag to Sophia and rolled her eyes.

"So how are things with you and Daniel?" Sophia asked with a knowing smirk on her lips.

Regina hid a blush, "They're just fine thanks for asking." She said.

"I don't really need to ask though. I see the hickey."

"Excuse me?" Regina asked.

"On your collarbone. There's a hickey that Daniel left?" Sophia countered.

"Oh umm that." She pulled at her coat, "Daniel and I have been apart for a very long time Sophia. We just want to know the other one is really there. That this is really happening." Regina crossed her arms over her chest.

During this conversation, Glinda looked between the women curiously. "Would you like for me to leave and come back?" She asked with a smirk.

"No no." Regina said with a wave. "Lets get on with this."

"Right." Glinda gave a curt nod and went over to the two women.

Sophia sat down the bag and concentrated, her hands began to glow in a purple aura. Regina's began to do the same and Glinda pulled her wand from her inside jacket pocket. She pointed it outwards towards them as they began to stand in a circle. Combining their magic would be the hardest part. Sophia concentrated and tried to find where her magic would harmonize with the other two women and they do the same. A unified light began to form in the middle and a large explosion occurred. Regina took the brunt of the magic expelled and was thrown back against the rocks. The other two simply staggered and bent over to catch their breath.

"Is everyone alright?" Glinda asked as she straightened up and dusted herself off.

"I'm okay!" Sophia said. She held out her index finger, "One minute. That took a bit out of me." She sucked in several deep breaths and quickly coughed them out after inhaling dust from the rocks.

Regina was quiet. Too quiet. Glinda and Sophia were now worried and Sophia rushed over to the dust cloud left over from the magical mishap and knelt down by Regina. Only when she got closer did she see something very off about her best friend.

"Regina?" She asked almost hesitantely.

Regina stirred from being thrown onto her side and remained there. "Mmm what?" She asked. Then she caught it. Her voice was higher than she last remembered. Her brow furrowed and she turned over onto her back.

Sophia screamed and jumped up from being at her friend's side. "Regina? Is that you?"

"Yes of course it's me!" She said. She gave Sophia a dirty look at looked down. Her clothes looked big on her and long black hair tumbled over her shoulders and onto her coat. She grabbed at the hair and studied it. "What?" She ran her fingers through it and tugged on it. Nope, it wasn't budging.

"You're... young." Sophia cocked her head to the side, "you're like my age." Sophia crouched down and reached out to touch Regina's youthful face. "Seriously you look eighteen, Regina."

Regina gave her another dirty look, "you're so funny. No really come on that's impossible."

Sophia went over to her purse and dug through it. She pulled out a silver compact and opened it for Regina. Sophia handed it to her and waited.

Regina's hand shook as she held the compact, she looked eighteen! This was impossible. Then again, with magic, anything could happen. She touched a hand to her cheek and looked from left to right. She studied her face and quickly shut the compact. "I can't believe this happened. All magic comes with a price I suppose." Regina stood up and smacked her hands against her sides in defeat. "Lets just get back in town and see if someone knows how to reverse this because I assume neither of you do, right?" She asked.

The two others both shook their head.

"Regina, do you want to borrow some of my clothes until we get this resolved?" Sophia asked.

"Yes, sure. Thank you. We'll head back to your house... Oh no! Daniel is there! He can't see me like this!" She grabbed both of her cheeks, "I'm so screwed."

"Hey Regina, look at the bright side." Sophia began.

"Which would be what?" She asked.

"You don't have the hickeys anymore." Sophia winked and magicked up to Regina's car.

xxxx

When they pulled into the driveway with their respective cars (Glinda and Sophia in Glinda's car and Regina in her Mercedes), the front door opened and Daniel and Ty stepped out laughing.

Regina suddenly felt nervous and slowly stepped out of the car. She braced herself for Daniel's reaction and closed the door back.

"Gina?" He blinked a couple of times to make sure he was seeing his fiancée like she looked when they first met.

"Daniel." Regina said with tension in her tone.

Daniel walked towards her, "you look damn good for your age." He said with a laughed and pulled her close.

"You're not upset or anything?"

"No. I'm assuming this is magic gone awry." He asked and kissed her hair.

"Yes." She said and snuggled into him. "Your comment about my age is not appreciated by the way." She said and smacked his arm.

"Sorry." He said and kissed her head.

Regina sighed, "I just want to know how to fix this."

Sophia bit her lip, "umm I want to know as well but maybe we should move this inside." She said and motioned them all in. She closed the door and went into the living room with them and sat next to Ty. She immediately snuggled into his side and looked at them.

"We need to talk to Gold." Regina said. She looked so small curled up next to Daniel with an apparent age difference showing, temporarily at least.

"I'll talk to him. He's my grandfather, it'll be neutral ground."

"I'm sorry he's your what?" Daniel asked.

"Rumplestilskin is my grandfather. My father is the whole reason he created the curse Regina cast." She sighed, "it's a very long story but I will talk to him and get this issue resolved soon." She said with a smile.

Regina merely nodded and snuggled further into Daniel's arms. "Can I borrow some of your clothes now?"

xxxx

The bell above the door at Mr. Gold's Pawn Shop jingled and Sophia walked in a strong stride through the door.

"Is anyone here?" She asked. She was really hoping for Belle again but she knew she would probably not be that lucky twice.

The curtain folded back and Rumple stepped out from behind it, cane first. "Can I help you, dearie?" He asked in his sickenly sweet Scottish accent.

"Do you know how to reverse an aging spell?" She asked and took a few steps toward him.

"You're going to have to be a little more specific."

"Something went wrong and now Regina is my age. Can you reverse it?" Sophia tucked her hair behind her ears and hoped for the best.

He opened a case in front of him and pulled out a vial of something. "Have her down this in one go and her majesty shall be back to normal."

"What do you want for this?" She asked in a suspicious tone.

"Lets just say, this is a welcome to the family gift." He replied.

Sophia shuddered at the reminder that they were family now. "Fine. Thanks... What do you want me to call you?"

"Grandfather is fine." He said and made a matter of fact motion with his hand.

"Okay. Thank you, grandfather." She couldn't honestly believe she managed to say that without vomiting.

"Oh Sophia. I've invited your parents to dinner tonight at my home. I do hope you can join." He said and leaned on his cane in front if him.

Sophia got that sick feeling in her stomach again, "I'll see." She replied and swiftly left.

xxxx

"Hey I'm back." She said and closed the door. She handed the vial to Regina and sighed, "He said if you down this you should be okay."

Regina took it quickly and a puff of smoke engulfed her. "I'm me. I think." She said and touched her sides. Her voice was back to normal and everything seem good.

"Aww I liked having someone my own age." Sophia said with a pout.

"I'm sorry dear." She said and hugged Sophia. "You're still my friend." She rubbed Sophia's back affectionately. "Now. I think maybe we should give combining our magic a rest for a couple days."

Sophia laughed and pulled back, "I think so too." Sophia smiled, "did Glinda go home?"

"Yeah. She said she and Oscar had quite the night in planned." Regina nodded.

"Ah I see. Well now that you're no longer jailbait I'm sure that you and Daniel have one planned too." Sophia smirked and looked past her friend to Daniel who was sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck.

Regina turned her head away and blushed, "Sophia!" She said and laughed, "I can't believe you said that." Regina pulled away, "But I think you have the same idea." She said.

"Alright fine." She laughed. Her mind went to the dinner invitation her grandfather had have and sighed quietly. She might as well. An alliance may come out of it. "Well I'll see you guys later then."

xxxx

When they arrived home Daniel sat Regina down on the couch and went back out to the car. He said that he had talked to Ty and now had a surprise for her. He passed by her once more when going up the stairs to their bedroom.

Daniel came back down minutes later and took Regina by the hands upstairs. When they entered, Regina gasped. The room was dimly lit with candles that smelled of lavender and vanilla, there was a trail of rose petals leading up to the bed, and soft music was playing.

"Oh Daniel... This is so romantic." She said and turned to him. "You stay right here." She gently kissed him and disappeared into her closet. She found a very sexy and revealing nightgown that she had never worn before. She bought it shortly after the curse was cast. It was an impulse but because she felt as though in it, she felt the kind of beautiful only Daniel made her feel.

She came out in a nightie that came to mid thigh. It was a deep plum purple with dark green lacing. It had a low v-neck that revealed the swell of her breasts. She sauntered towards Daniel and gently pressed him into the bed. "Are you sure your heart can handle this?"

Daniel was utterly hypnotized by this woman. He loved what she was wearing. It left him speechless. He let her push him wherever she pleased and nodded. "Yeah. I think so."

"Good." She said and pressed her lips to his, letting her impulses take over.


A/N: So I'm going to do a separate one shot of a continuation of stable queen's romantic evening. Be sure to look for that! I shall do the awkward dinner in the next chapter and maybe get some action going after that. Reviews are really appreciated. xoxoxoxo

Mari