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Regina walked into his shopped madder than ever. She knew she needed his help, But she didn't ant it! She knew he was her only hope of adopting Emma and she hated it. All night she tossed and turned trying to figure out a way, some way to adopt Emma without Gold's help. But she kept coming up blank. Everything she thought up lead back to that cop, The cop who told her she would never have Emma. So the next day she went to Mr. Gold's shop angry. She got to the counter but he wasn't there, She rung the little bell out front. He headed towards the front and said "Well, Madam Mayor. What a lovely surprise."

Regina rolled her eyes and bit her cheek "I need your help, Gold" she told him, not pleasantly either. Mr. Gold waled around working as he talked "With?" Regina swallowed hard trying not to yell "I need your help adopting Emma." Mr. Gold smiled "Did we finally come to our senses?" Regina started to walk away, She would find another way. "Where are you going, Aren't we going to make a deal?" Mr. Gold laughed and Regina spun around "What?!" He walked out from behind his desk "Well that is what we do here, at Mr. Gold Pawnbroker & Antiquities Dealer" Mr. gold said smiling and Regina returned a fake one "Of course. Now, What do you want?" She asked, Mr. Gold simply turned around and walked back behind the counter and said "I would just like a favor. One i could call upon you at any time." She laughed "Appositely not!" "Well then i'm afraid Emma will be going to that foster home after all." Regina hated this man, But she needed his help "Fine!" she screamed "You have your favor!" she spoke threw her teeth "Then we have a deal." he said holding out his hand for her to shake "Yes." she said turning to walk away "Oh, and Mayor Mills" She turned around "Please do come back" and it hit her that compulsion. The compulsion of that word and she tried to fight it tried not to walk towards him.

She needed and excuse. Any excuse. and then it hit her, She would fix this the way she fixed everything. She lied "I will come back tomorrow, for paper work" and then she left.


"Mommy!" Emma screamed as Regina walked into the daycare "Hello, Emma" Regina said swooping Emma up into her arms. "Where you good?" She asked and Emma smiled "Very!" and looked at her teacher, When the teacher nodded Regina smiled "Well lets go home." Emma pouted "What is it?" Regina asked "I wanted to go play at the castle" Regina looked at the teacher "It's that old castle." the teacher answered "Isn't that dangerous?" Regina questioned "No not at all." the teacher answered Regina looked at her threw squinted eyes "Yes, well thank you for sharing this information with my child!" Regina walked away leaving the teacher to lick her wounds

Regina got out to the car and buckled Emma in "Hows about ice cream instead?" the Regina thought "Did you eat yet?" and when Emma shook her head Regina smiled "Well how about we go to grannies, then ice cream" and Emma bounced with excitement screaming 'yes' and Regina laughed a little, then got into the drivers seat and drove to the dinner.

About half way there Emma fell asleep and Regina looked at the clock, it was almost noon and Emma probably needed a nap so instead of grannies she went straight home to lay Emma down. Regina got to the door when it started to pour down rain, Regina holding little Emma and trying to unlock the door. Luckily they were already at her porch by the time it started raining but she couldn't get the damn key into the lock. then she heard a kind voice behind her "Madame Mayor?" and Regina cringed. She knew exactly who it was "Miss Blanchard" she said fake sweet and turned around "Do you need help?" Even though she wanted to say no she did in fact need help "Yes, i can't get the key in the damn lock!" the woman ran over and helped her in. Once inside Regina really didn't want to entertainer her so she said "Thank you, you may leave now."

The woman left and Regina carried a sleeping Emma to her room and tucked her in. Giving her a kiss on the head and then she left to go down stairs. Regina was looking at paper work she brought home from the office when she hears a knock at the door and she gets up to go see who it is.

She gets to the door and checks herself in the mirror taking her glasses off the reached for the door nob, Thinking it would be Graham she unbuttoned the top four buttons on her shirt and swung the door open. It was not Graham "Gold." she said slightly disappointed "What?" She asked forgetting about her shirt until she caught Gold staring and she grabbed her shirt "Expecting someone else, dear" he said smugly and walked in she rolled her eyes "What do you want, Gold?" Gold turned around and said "You, i need you to sign a few things and the adoption is done. I can send in the papers and wait to see if your approved." Regina looked at him "Approved?" she asked "Yes, Dear. You have to be approved." Regina just walked over to Gold and signed a 'few' papers. It wasn't a few.

"Is that it?" She asked and Gold responded with a yes "Great" She smiled "You can leave now." She said and he smiled "Now is that anyway to treat someone who is helping you?" "Your not helping me, we mad a deal." Gold turns on his heels "Yes, well. Maybe you could offer me some coffee, Please?" there it was again that damn compulsion! she bit her tongue and asked "Would you like some coffee?" Gold smiled "No, i really must get going." Regina got mad "Then why did you ask for some?!" Gold smiled "I just wanted the option" he laughed and walked out the door.


Regina had been working so hard on her stack of office paper work she never noticed the time then she glanced at the clock, it was almost 6pm she needed to waked Emma up or she would never get to sleep tonight! So Regina walked up to Emma's room and opened the door to find her playing with her toys "Emma, you hungry?" she asked and Emma's eyes shot up at her. This little girl was always hungry. "Would you like to go to grannies?" Emma nodded and Regina took her hand. They went down stair and grabbed their coats, then got in the car and drove to grannies.

This time Emma didn't fall asleep and the went in grannies for dinner Emma got a grilled cheese sandwich with fired, Regina got a burger with fries. After eating and Emma bragging about how awesome daycare was Regina and Emma went for ice cream, they both got chocolate. By the time they got hime it was Emma's bed time and she laid down easily she was tired. She must have not slept as long as Regina thought. After Emma went to sleep Regina wanted to finish up her last bit of paper work when there was another knock at the door she opened it up and asked "What?!" then noticed who it was "Oh, Graham. I'm sorry." he smiled "Did you think i was someone else?" walking in and taking his jacket off he asked "Emma asleep?" and Regina rolled her eyes "Not tonight,Graham!" and she waled away from him to go to her office "What's wrong?" Graham asked "Nothing, it's just Emma. I'm trying to adopt her and i'm worried they wont accept me" Graham walked over to Regina "They will." "How do you know?" she asked "Because your an amazing mother to Emma already!"

Regina was so touched my his words that she jumped out of her chair and kissed him. Graham was surprised she had never kissed hr like this before, out of the blue random. He liked it. and he kissed her back she wrapped her arms around his neck and his hand tangled in her hair while the other rested on her waist


Regina woke up late that morning, on count she was up late last night talking to Graham. Last night was the first night he stayed here and they just talked. Nothing more. Regina looked at the clock and it read 8am she got up and took a shower made breakfast. Droped Emma off at daycare then headed to Golds.

Regina arrived at Gold's shop at 10:30am she walked in and asked him if he had heard anything yet and he said he actually had he walked into the back then came back a few minutes later holding a piece of paper "Turns out that cop you had thrown in jail, got out. And now he is trying to stop you from adopting Emma."

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