Chapter 10

Regina sat comfortably on Emma's couch watching the blonde's every move. After the short make out session, Emma was having difficulty processing what had just occurred. Regina watched her silently, obviously very not sorry for what happened. Emma however, appeared distressed but did not voice this. She paced around, with a drink in her hand, regularly taking sips out of it.

"Emma" Regina said gently. The blonde didn't respond, she was in her own world trying to make sense out of her feelings. There was the woman she's been scared to get near, look at or talk to since the incident, and she was taking advantage of her. "Emma". Regina is innocent, how can she take her memories and then make out with her, like nothing ever happened. "Emma!"

"What" Emma said suddenly, startled by hearing Regina's voice.

"Stop"

"Stop what?" Emma said, attempting to act like everything was fine and she wasn't in deep thought about what she had just done.

"Stop worrying" Regina said as she stood up and walked towards her. Emma stood still, and felt Regina's hands on her shoulders. "I'm not a lesbian" Regina blurted out, causing Emma's eye brow to arch. "I like both" she smiled. "and I've like both for as long as I can remember" Regina appeared very comfortable with her sexuality, trying to make Emma not feel as awkward. If only Emma had to worry about the awkwardness of kissing another woman, that would be fantastic.

"I didn't know that" Emma stated, bluntly.

"I guess one wouldn't unless that one is a woman I like" Regina smiled sexily. Emma blushed and smiled back. Emma raised her hand and stroked Regina's cheek, the mayor immediately leaned into her hand. Emma looked deeply into the dark brown eyes of the mayor, searching her soul. She leaned her forehead onto Regina's, taking her hand and kissing it. Regina smiled as she closed her eyes, before feeling soft lips on hers again. Emma broke the light kiss, enjoying being this close to Regina, trying to memorize every inch of her and feel of her.

"I want to take things slow" Emma quietly said, not removing herself from the closeness she has with Regina. Feeling a nod from the brunette, Emma sighed in relief, knowing that Regina won't expect too much out of her. Regina eventually pulled away, and picked up her purse to head out.

"How about dinner?" Regina asked, as Emma opened the door for her. Emma, couldn't help but smile at the brunette's eagerness. Regina had tucked her hair behind her ear again and looked shyly away, grinning.

"I'd like that, Regina"

"Good, I'll come by tomorrow at, how about we say six?"

"Sound like a plan" Emma gazed at the brunette in the moonlight, entranced by her beauty.

"Okay" Regina stepped closer, and gave Emma a light peck on the lips. She grinned at her before turning around and swiftly going down the stairs. Emma watched her disappear, walking towards her mansion. Emma began frowning, thought racing through her head about her behavior towards the mayor. She shouldn't be doing this. This is wrong. She scolded herself as she poured herself another drink.

Early the next morning, Emma sat her yellow bug staring at the box that she said she will deliver to Regina's office. She would have to go soon, in case Regina gets a desire to go to her office and see the disaster that was left behind. Emma shifted her car into gear and drove downtown to the mayor's office. She lugged the box up several flights of stairs, she entered the hallway that she was sitting in when Snow came and found her. She had an instant flashback which made her drop the box.

She was huddled in the corner, watching Regina's door, knowing full well that Regina was just behind that door, feeling betrayed, in pain, and terrified. Emma could do nothing but sit there, shivering, aware that she is the reason for the brunette's pain and fear.

Emma's eyes welled up with tears as she recalled the deep feeling of despair and helplessness as she sat outside the office away from Regina. Only thinking of the continued paint that she is causing the brunette by lying to her and having a relationship with her. Emma covered her face, trying to control her emotions in order to go back into the office and clean up the mess that was left behind. She tried to distract herself, tried to shake off the horrible feeling she had in her gut. She bent over and picked up the box, before opening the door to the office. Memories came flooding back, as she saw shreds of Regina's clothes from that night, a dried blood on the tile and rug. She saw a shattered picture frame that she hadn't noticed before next to the door. She picked it up and moved the broken glass off the picture. A picture of Henry stared back at her. She repaired the picture with magic, placing it gently back on the wall, before moving towards Regina's clothes. She picked them up and put them in a trash bag, disgusted with herself. She used magic to clean up the blood spills off the tile and rug. Regina had scooted to the wall, trailing some blood along with her. Emma winced remembering how the brunette couldn't even look at her, and how terrified she was. Emma's eyes formed tears again, she shook her head angrily trying to shake the thoughts and memories away. She looked around the office once more before leaving.

The rest of the day went pretty uneventful, to Emma's relief she could continue with her busy work at the sheriff's office, trying to think of a good excuse to not be able to go to dinner with Regina. Her heart was begging her to go, to be with the mayor and enjoy her company, but her mind was telling her that it was wrong to keep this going and it was unfair to both Emma and Regina, knowing they cannot have a true relationship. David walked into the room as Emma was shifting through pages and pages of documents that needed to be digitized.

"Hey, anything new?" he asked starting his task of organizing the busy work, Emma had created.

"Oh no, same old same old" Emma said smiling, trying to be as normal as she can be.

"Did you go through the security cameras yet? I haven't done those since last week" David said, pulling out a machine that contacted equipment attached to each security camera in Storybrook.

"No I haven't yet, I thought I'd do that later"

"It's piling up Emma, why don't you do that and I'll take over the paper documents?" David said, seeing that Emma was preoccupied and could use more of a distraction than scanning and uploading documents. Emma sighed and gave in, knowing that this would be a good use of time to see anything suspicious activity in Storybrook.

After several hours of watching and fast forwarding security images Emma was starting to get sleepy. David was packing up and getting ready to head home to wake his wife. He watched Emma's eyes flutter trying to keep them focused. David went to her, kissed her on the forehead and left for the rest of the day. Emma looked at her clock which said 4:45pm. An hour and 15 minutes before her date with Regina will begin. She turned her attention back to her screen and clicked on the next footage. Her eyes widened, and she became increasingly alert. She was looking at Mayor Mills, standing in her office staring at herself in the mirror with tears in her eyes. Emma's mind was racing, could this be the day of the incident, was it all filmed? Emma watched as Regina quickly wiped the tears from her eyes and opened the door to someone. Emma took in a sharp breath seeing herself standing at the door.

Dun dun duunn! Ohhhh dear. :) Tell me what you think? Any predictions? no characters are mine, but I love writing about them. See you guys next time!