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When Regina opened her eyes she felt a lot better. She was well rested and breathing was a lot easier. She sighed contently. The house was really quiet and the only source of light was the moon shining through the delicate curtains. Suddenly Regina got aware of light snoring next to her. Curiously she turned her head and had to suppress a laugh at the sight of the blonde sheriff sleeping in a chair next to her bed. Her head was bend backwards her mouth slightly open and she was drooling. She was still wearing the clothes she had worn when Neal had "visited" them.

'This can't be comfortable' Regina thought and reached out to the blonde. As soon as her hand touched Emma's arm she jumped.

" Shh, Emma! It' just me!" Regina whispered to not wake up Henry. Slowly Emma took in her surroundings and breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm not a very good watchdog, am I?" Emma laughed quietly and shifted in her seat.

"You don't have to be my watchdog, you know…but I'm thankful anyway." Regina answered. Then she petted the empty space next to her to signal Emma to join her in the more comfortable bed.

"You sure?"

"As long as you behave, yes. That by the way includes no shoes and no leather jacket in bed!" Emma laughed as Regina set up the rules.

"You are the boss."

"Indeed I am." Emma took off her shoes and her jacket and joined the brunette in bed.

"Are you feeling better?" Emma asked and shot a concerned glance at her love interest.

"Much better. That was pretty exiting earlier, huh?" Emma nodded and smiled.

"But you saved the day once again. Sometimes I think that you are a way better savior than I am." Regina chuckled quietly.

"I'm no savior if I save the day by stopping threats I caused, I mean look at the enabling of the trigger before we went to Neverland." Regina smiled tiredly and Emma put a reassuring hand on the older woman's shoulder.

"Today you saved Ruby and me from something you didn't cause. You should be proud of you."

"I'm not proud, I'm just thankful that you are fine. I couldn't do anything different than acting after I heard the sweet things you said about me." Regina said lifted her hand and stroked over Emma's cheek. Emma blushed to the point where her head looked like a giant tomato.

"So you are not angry for me for saying something like that? For my feelings?" Emma asked sounding unusually insecure and shy.

"Emma why should I be angry? You can't help your feelings and to be I honest I can't help my feelings either." Regina answered trying to sound as reassuring as possible. She looked Emma straight into the eyes where she suddenly saw…hope.

"Does that…does that mean that you, you know-" Emma rambled and was stopped by Regina's forefinger on her lips.

"…feel the same?" Regina completed Emma's sentence and Emma only nodded. Inside of her hope flamed up like a warming fire. On the one hand she felt like on cloud nine but on the other hand she had to fight against the urge to run to flee a possible rejection.

For a minute Regina didn't answer. She simply looked at Emma and with each passing second Emma felt more uncomfortable and insecure. She regretted having opened up like that and through that making herself vulnerable. She could just hope that Regina had enough decency to appreciate her honesty and to put her 'no' in the least hurtful way-if something like that even existed.

"You know Regina, you don't have to say anything right now you could just let me take you on a date and then you can decide, what do you think?" Emma offered and started fidgeting.

"Yes and yes" Emma raised a questioning eyebrow at the brunette's answer.

"Yes, I have feelings for you and yes you can take on a date." Regina explained. Emma grinned like a Cheshire cat.

"Oh, I will and it's going to be a night you'll never forget!" Emma promised.

"I sure hope so! I only expect the best!" Regina said but in a more playful than threatening way. Emma decided to play along.

"Only the best for my queen." Emma answered and bowed-at least as good as possible in her seating position.

In the hospital Neal was awake staring at the white ceiling. He was beyond furious. Physically he would be okay but mentally he was not. He couldn't wrap his mind around the fact that Emma preferred Regina-a woman-over him! He was the father of her son and now he was the enemy in the story! Neal just couldn't leave Emma behind she was his True Love, he just knew it! The feeling he had when he was near her was unique and he wouldn't just let her go. He couldn't.

Regina was a thorn in Neal's flesh. He just didn't understand what she had to offer that he couldn't give Emma! In his eyes he was the perfect man on Emma's side. Emma and Neal would also be the better parents than the evil witch Regina! He was the best father that a boy could have. And he would make sure that the boy knew that.

He would fight for his family no matter what the cost. He would make sure that they would realize that they couldn't live without him because he couldn't live without them.

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I wish you all a good week and please stick to the story. Because I'm on field excursion next week the next update will come hopefully next Sunday, Monday at the latest!