A/N- You just about all guessed it right, it was indeed Harry Potter (specifically the Chamber of Secrets) so cookies to you all. I'm glad you enjoyed a more aggressive Regina, for now we're shifting gears slightly to something adorable.

"Oh my goodness, you totally got some!"

"Ms. Bell!"

Tina ignored the admonishment as well as the glare her friend was shooting her as she made her way across the hall, "It's so true, though! Isn't it?"

The blonde perched on the edge of the folding table which had been set up in the main entrance of the school where Regina was seated. The table had a bright sign on the front (handmade by Mary Margaret) which read 'Canned Food Drive', and Regina had a cardboard box where she was collecting the cans. Thus far she had five.

"Whether it's true or not is irrelevant right now!" Regina shot a look around at the teachers milling about in the hallway and the kids still streaming in, "We'll talk later."

"Because you so got some!" Tina smirked, "You're practically glowing."

As much a Regina wanted to refute that comment, she felt pounds lighter since the kiss two nights ago. She didn't doubt that the difference was noticeable, the only slight damper was that Emma still hadn't called her back.

She chalked it up to a busy weekend, and hoped she would get a call tonight.

"I'm so not having this conversation with you right now!" Regina hissed, turning to a small girl with glasses placing a couple of cans on the table, "Thank you, sweetie."

Regina dropped the cans in the box at her feet, and when she sat up straight again, she was confronted with a thin brunette boy who put his own cardboard box down on the ground. He rolled the contents around carefully before he began setting cans out in front of her. The cans were covered in colorful paper and each one had a letter written on it.

Tina and Regina exchanged a look at the strange, silent actions, but remained quiet themselves to see where this was going.

The boy himself was scrawny with his jeans just barely hanging on his slight frame thanks to his belt cinched on a home-punched hole. His hair was floppy and in desperate need of a cut, though it must be the boy's prefered style as he had no problem with shaking it out of his eyes from time to time.

He didn't say a word until all the cans were lined up and Regina tried to read them, they spelled, 'etaddnoces'.

She looked questioningly up at the boy, only to find his back to her as a familiar blonde was whispering to him with her head just poking from the corner, "No, Henry, the numbers go the other way!"

Once Emma raised her gaze from her son, she blushed, realizing she had been spotted. Her blush only deepened as she came out from behind the corner, "Why don't you run along to class, kid?" She said, patting Henry on the back once she reached the table.

The scrawny boy shot a calculating look at Regina, as if making sure she was alright to leave with his mother, before dutifully trotting off along the hallway.

Regina waved a hand at the cans in front of her while Emma tucked her hands in the back pocket of her jeans, a nervous habit Regina was coming to find quite endearing, "A word puzzle?"

"It was supposed to spell 'second date' but he laid them out backwards."

"That's so adorable!" Tina half squealed, drawing both women out of their little staring contest. Regina had entirely forgotten the presence of her friend in the excitement of seeing Emma again.

"Yeah, well I tried." Emma smiled at Regina, "It's nice to see you again Ms. Bell." She nodded.

"Call me Tina." She insisted, "It's great to see you too."

The three hovered in awkward silence a moment, Tina's gaze darting between the two who couldn't seem to tear their eyes away from each other.

"Tina, should you be getting to your class? School starts soon." Regina suggested, sparing her friend only a quick glance.

"You're right." Tina said, reluctantly getting off the edge of the table and walking away, "Bye, Emma." The blonde smiled, she desperately wanted to see the end of whatever was going on with the two, but knew Regina would end her if she didn't take a hint.

"So he put the numbers out backwards?" Regina asked with a smile playing at the edges of her lips.

"Yeah." The blonde grabbed the first can with the 's' on it and spun it around so Regina could see the '1' markered on the back, "I thought it would be easier for him to lay out, but he got the one on the wrong end."

"It was a valiant effort." Regina commended. The bell rang signaling the start of the school day and the hall quickly emptied of the remaining students and teachers. The brunette stood to end her shift collecting cans.

Mary Margaret would be taking over as her class went to gym and she wasn't needed for that hour block. The younger brunette showed up just in time to cut off Emma's question, "You never did-"

"Good morning Emma, Ms. Mills." The teacher smiled, she had no idea what she just walked in on, or why Regina was staring daggers at her, but she just assumed it was nothing out of the ordinary.

"Hey M&M." Emma greeted, Regina's only acknowledgement was a stiff nod.

"What are these?" Mary Margaret asked, rounding the table to look at the jumble of letters decorating the cans.

Emma was quick to cover, though she had talked out her plans with David and he was quite excited for her, she knew that Mary Margaret was another beast entirely. She wasn't opposed to Emma's pursuing the administrator, she just wanted no part in it, convinced that it would end badly, "Cans, Henry and I raided the pantry last night for some to bring in for you."

"That's so great Emma!" The brunette smiled genuinely pleased at the effort.

Regina scoffed at the unbridled bubbly happiness rolling off Mary Margaret in waves as she turned to walk back towards the front office, hoping Emma would accompany her. She wasn't disappointed as the deputy sheriff fell into step beside her.

"So what do you say, will you go on another date with me?" Emma had her best unsure puppy dog face on with her hands still firmly shoved in her back pockets.

Regina never had the option to say no, "I would love to." She agreed, enjoying the smile that spread slowly across the blonde's features.

"Great, I'll call you later to figure out the details, I should probably let you get to work."

"Probably." Regina agreed reluctantly, stopping outside the office.

"I guess I'll see you later."

The administrator smiled at Emma's uncertainty, she shot a look down the hallway quickly to ensure it was deserted, save for Mary Margaret who seemed too busy adding Emma's cans to the box to notice anything, before Regina eliminated the space between them and pressed a quick kiss to Emma's lips.

"See you." Regina smiled, she left Emma standing, stunned in the middle of the hallway as she retreated to her office with an extra sway in her hips.

Mary Margaret was similarly stunned, though she seemed to get over herself quicker, "Emma Swan!" She angrily hissed, "This is an elementary school for christ's sake!"

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