It was a little later than five in the morning when Emma returned home. After what happened with Jane the energy was wiped clean out of her. Thankfully, however, she woke up and noticing the clock at the nightstand she got up, without waking up the other blonde and got dressed as quickly as she could. Looking once more towards the blonde's naked figure she left the room, grabbed her keys and left the apartment.

When she arrived at home she quickly discarded her shoes and moved towards the office room when she had been earlier that night. She couldn't quite climb the stairs and go to her room, since Regina would probably ask where she'd been, so she opted to sleep on the couch in the office. She walked into the room and lay on the couch along with a blanket, which Regina always had there. However, sleep wouldn't come. Instead images of the earlier activities where rushing through her mind.

Emma was on top of Jane's body,thrusting her fingers inside Jane at a vigorous pace. Jane's nails were scratching Emma's back as the blonde was hitting her g-spot, while groaning in pleasure.

''Faster Emma'' Jane implored and the other blonde complied.

Emma's lips had moved to her neck sucking her pulse point in which way that would definitely leave a mark tomorrow but neither woman had any capacity to care at that point.

After marking her presence, Emma continued further down until she reached the other's woman ample breasts. She sucked the right nipple while pinching the other one with her fingers. A few moments later an animalistic sound was heard indicating that Jane had reached her climax. Emma helped the other woman ride out her orgasm, while still nibbling Jane's nipple. After a while, when Jane's body had relaxed from the aftershocks, Emma extracted her fingers and looked at the woman beneath her. What have I done? Chests rising and falling, sweat dripping from both of their temples, Emma rolled over to the other side of the bed. Jane was quick to come up behind her and cradle the other woman, at which Emma flinched but didn't move. Jane raised her eyes to look at Emma who was staring at the ceiling.

''So…'' Jane began but Emma quickly cut her off.

''You should get some sleep. We have work tomorrow.''

''Okay.'' The blonde simply said then asked ''Are you leaving?''

''Not right now.'' Emma replied and closed her eyes.

''Goodnight Emma'' Jane said and with one bold move she approached Emma and pecked her lips. Emma didn't respond and didn't say anything. Instead she let sleep take away her feelings of exhaustion and guilt.


The next morning Regina woke up two minutes before her alarm went off, as she always did. She rolled to the other side, eyes still closed, to hug her wife. However when her arm hit the mattress and not another body she immediately snapped her eyes open, confusion and worry written across her face. She quickly got up, pulled her robe from the nearby chair and went out of her bedroom in search of her wife. It didn't take long as the minute she stepped off the final step to the ground floor she heard her wife's light snoring coming from their office. Approaching the slightly ajar door, she noticed her wife, sleeping on the couch, a blanket wrapped around her body. She opened the door wider and tip-toed inside so as not to wake up her wife. Once next to the couch, she sat at the coffee table as she pushed some strands out of her wife's sleepy face.

''Love?'' Regina whispered as she nudged Emma a little, but the blonde didn't stir. Regina bent down so as to meet her wife's lips for a small peck while saying Emma's name one more time. This time Emma started a little and her eyes slowly opened. Noticing her wife's face a few inches away from her own a bright smile appeared on her lips, which immediately vanished as she tried to get up.

''Emma?'' Regina asked worryingly when she noticed the pain flash across her wifes face.

''My back'' was all that Emma said before plopping back to the couch.

''What happened baby?''

''Ugh I don't know, I can't move.'' Emma winced in pain.

''Come on, let me take you upstairs. You can't stay here.'' Regina said as she got up and offered her hand to her wife in order to stand up. Seeing that Emma still didn't make a move to grab her hand, Regina bent over to scoop her up. However, Emma was much heavier than she had imagined thus letting her fall on the couch once more.

''I'm gonna get Henry. And no more fast food for you.'' Regina warned before going upstairs to wake up her son.

Waking Henry up, wasn't always an easy task. All the Swan kids had Emma's love for sleep thus Regina was always having a hard time to get them out of bed. However, today Regina nearly dragged Henry out of bed. Henry was ready to complain but when he saw Emma wincing and groaning he ran straight to his mother. With Regina's instructions the teen helped her scoop his mother up and between them guided her upstairs to her bedroom. Regina thanked god that Henry had an athletic body as she in no way would have managed to lift Emma alone. Thanking her son and directing him to get some breakfast she started pampering her wife.

''How did that happen?'' Regina asked as she was moving around the move to provide Emma with extra pillows and painkillers.

''I can't remember.'' Emma lied. Surely she remembered how she lifted Jane off the ground and took her against the wall. ''I must have over-did it yesterday at work, moving the files or something.''

''But you were fine yesterday evening.'' Regina said confused.

''Yeah well, I guess sleeping on the couch didn't help it any.''

Regina was ready to reply when her phone beeped indicating that she had a new message. Seeing that it was from Kathryn asking her to come urgently to the clinic, she sighed and pinched her bridge of her nose.

''What happened babe?'' Emma asked confused.

''I had to go to the clinic. Will you be okay for a few hours? I'll leave you with Ezra.''

''Yeah babe it's okay. Bring the boy here when he's finished with breakfast. Oh can you pass me the controller?''

Regina moved to take the controller, passing it to her wife. ''Do you want anything for breakfast?'' Regina asked as she was getting ready for the day.

''Nah, I'm okay.'' Emma replied while switching on the T.V.

''Okay. If you need anything call me or my mother.'' Regina approached Emma and kissed her lips sweetly.

''I love you.'' Regina simply said before taking her purse and leaving Emma alone. All colour drained from Emmas face in response, but Regina didn't notice as she turned to leave the room.


Thirty minutes after she left home, Regina arrived at the clinic. The place wasn't as packed as Kathryn had described it and Regina immediately cursed herself for letting Kathryn deceive her. Bidding a good morning to Jefferson and everyone who waited in the small hall,she moved further into the clinic. Leaving her belongings and grabbing her lab coat from the hook she approached Kathryn's office, ready to snap at her, but when she opened the door she was met with another familiar blonde.

''Mal!'' Regina exclaimed surprised. ''What are you doing here? Is Jack okay?'' Regina asked concerned.

''He's much better after the drugs you prescribed for him.''

''Ι'm glad to hear it'' Regina smiled genuinely.

''And to answer your first question I was in the neighborhood and wanted to see what my dog's savior was doing.'' She joked and Regina laughed.

''Well your savior'' she smirked as she said it ''is very busy. She has her wife seething in pain due to her back and my younger son is probably giving her a hard time for not being able to run around with him.''

''Oh poor her! How did that happen?''

''Well she generally has back problems and as she said she must have lifted something heavy at work. And if Kathryn hadn't dragged me here for nothing I would be helping her since she can be very grumpy when she's in pain. Anyway what about you?''

''Same ol' same ol'. My daughter just visited from college and she brought her boyfriend with her. We had dinner together and let me tell you it was a disaster.'' Mal said while laughing.

''That bad?'' Regina chuckled as she sat at Kathryn's office.

''He's a good guy, I can tell, but he was that intimidated by me that he didn't say a word. He was opening and closing his mouth like a fish the whole time! Then I asked him to pass me the salt and due to his eagerness he dropped the bottle of wine, spilling it on the whole table! He was apologising for twenty minutes it was hysterical!'' The other woman laughed louder making the other woman laugh too.

''He reminds me of my wife, Emma'' Regina said still laughing ''We were dating for almost a year when we decided to do the whole meet the parents thing. I had already visited hers and it had gone really well by the way, and it was time to come to my parent's house for dinner. From the moment I opened the door I could tell she was really nervous. She was rubbing her palms on her slacks all the time. Anyway, after the first introduction and the small talk we moved to the dining room. At first everything was going pretty smooth, I was confident that we could do this. And that's when it all began. I had told my wife that my parents where doctors but not their specialty. I don't know what came over her, but she started saying that she hates psychiatrists and that they're not real doctors and for choosing such a specialty they must be crazy themselves. I was trying to warn her but she wasn't even looking at me. My siblings were laughing at Emma's ranting and my mother's eyes were ready to snap out of her skull. Finally, Emma after having dissed my parent's job without knowing it, she asked what was their specialty. Her reaction, when my mother told her, with a smug smirk I may add, that she's a psychiatrist was hilarious! She was like a fish out of water. And my mother instead of putting her out of her misery, just rubbed it in for the rest of the evening, for her own entertainment of course. The rest of the diner went with my wife looking like a wounded puppy and my mother's smugness all over her face!''

''You're joking right?'' Mal asked, tears streaming down her face from laughing.

''I wish I was, but that's the truth." Regina laughed along.

"Do they get on now? Your mother and your wife?''

''Emma has a son from a previously relationship. He played a major role as my mother fell in love with him immediately. She could also see that I was madly in love with both Emma and her son so she gave us her blessings; despite Emma's big mouth.''

''She's something else huh?'' Mal asked as she smiled lightly.

''Indeed she is. She can be infuriating, loud mouth, grumpy but I love her no matter what.'' Regina's face lit up as she finished.

''I'm glad you have this lovely family.'' Mal genuinely said.'' Anyway I should get going. My daughter's dragging me for mani/pedi.'' Mal groaned.

''I don't know if I'm lucky or not for having only boys.'' Regina teased ''Have a nice day dear. I'm glad we could catch up, drop by anytime!''

''Thank you Regina and I hope your wife feels better soon.'' Mal said before leaving the clinic.


Emma was in her bedroom, lying on the bed while playing video games. Next to her was Ezra who was playing on his mother's tablet. When he heard Regina saying that he got to spend the day with Emma he had been ecstatic. He went to retrieve his ball from his room and was ready to drag Emma at the garden to play some football. However, Regina informed him that his mother wasn't feeling well and that she would rather he cuddle up with her in bed. He was a bit disappointed at first but nothing could truly spoil his mood, as he would spend more time with his mama. So here they were, snuggled under the thick duvet together, playing their respective games when Emma's phone rang. She quickly paused the game and picked her phone up.

''Hello?'' Emma asked as the caller I.D. came up blank.

''Hi Emma, it's Jane'' Jane replied.

Emma felt her pulse pick up speed, as a rush of feeling started to gather in her chest.

''Oh uhm, hi, what happened?''

''Nothing, you didn't show up at work and I was worried. Also, I uhm, I was still sleeping when you left, this morning.'' Jane admitted.

''Yes...uh...you were pretty tired and I didn't want to wake you up.'' Emma blushed remembering why Jane was tired.

''I see. And what about today? Is that why you didn't come in? Because of what happened?'' Jane faintly asked.

''What? No of course not. My back is killing me and I couldn't really move. It has nothing to do with what happened between us.''

''About that...''

''I can't talk about that right now. We'll discuss this when I'm back in work okay?''

''Yeah'' Jane sighed.

''Is that all?''

''No, I also called to tell you about the gala that the firm organizes; it's next Saturday. Gold told me it's an annual event.''

''Yeah,I know. Thanks for reminding me though. Is that all now?'' Emma said.

"Yeah. Talk to you later. Goodbye Emma.'' And with that Jane hang up.


Upon hanging up, a knock was heard at Jane's door who snapped her eyes from her phone and towards the door.

''Come in!'' She ordered and the door opened revealing Nate.

''Hey beautiful'' he said winking as he entered the blonde's office.

''Good morning Nate! How are you?'' She asked as she moved around the desk and sat in her chair.

''I'm fine. I just finished the case I was telling you about, and my 10 o'clock meeting has been cancelled so I'm kind of free for an hour, wanna go grab some coffee?'' He offered.

''I'd love too but I'm really busy. I had two cases for court tomorrow plus Emma's got a deadline and I promised Gold I'd fill in the blanks.'' Jane replied.

''Oh. Uhm what about we go for lunch later if you want to?'' Nate offered again and Jane sighed.

''Look, Nate you're a great guy really, but for one we're colleagues and I have a policy about never dating my co-workers.''

''And let me guess'' he said as he noticed the hickey on her neck ''You're seeing someone else.''

''What?'' she asked confused and he pointed her uncovered neck. Jane cursed herself for not putting on more make-up and Emma for being so reckless.

''That's nothing.'' She answered shrugging it off.

''It doesn't seem like nothing to me'' He pointed out.

''Nate'' she sighed ''Even if it is something, it's none of your business'' she said a bit harshly and he flinched.

''Look I'm sorry but it's a really complicated situation.'' Jane implored and he raised his hands in surrender.

'Okay, okay I get it, I won't push you any further. Anyway, did anyone fill you in about the gala?'' He asked, thankfully changing the subject.

''Yes Gold told me.'' Jane said nonchalantly

"Good, are you gonna come?'' He inquired

''I don't know. I'm not really into fancy, dressing-up dinners and dances to tell you the truth.'' She admitted.

''Neither is Emma. But Regina enjoys them and Emma loves to make her happy." Nate paused, "and she loves to show Regina off.'' Nate added smiling, remembering his sister-in-all stunningly dressed in a gorgeous sapphire blue dress last year; her dark hair glossy and tumbling effortlessly over her shoulder. He couldn't blame his sister wanting to show off that woman on her arm, Regina was the envy of every other female in the room.

''A bit possessive isn't she?'' Jane smirked remembering Emma's jealousy yesterday.

''Just a little! Anyway if you decide to come…" Nate teased, knowing he was about to push his luck, "…maybe we can go together.''

Jane rolled her eyes at him. ''We shall see.'' She responded with a smirk and Nate used it as his queue to leave.


Regina returned home from work a little later than she intended. The back log in the morning had thrown them way off schedule and the emergencies had just kept rolling in, never mind trying to keep their pre-booked appointments. Discarding her heels in the closet she climbed the stairs and approached the room at the end of the hallway; her and Emma's room. She opened the door and her heart melted at the sight. There she was, Emma sleeping soundlessly with Ezra on top of her, curled up like a baby koala with his thumb nestled in his mouth. She quickly snapped a picture with her phone and then she went to remove Ezra from Emma. The movement woke up the blonde who looked quizzically at her wife, her brain not fully awake to understand what was happening. Regina soothed her back to sleep by telling her that everything was okay before exiting their room with young Ezra in her arms.

An hour later Regina reentered the room along with a tray with Emma's favorite meal and a glass of wine. Thankfully Emma was awake scrolling through her phone, oblivious to Regina's entering.

''Hey Ems. I brought you some food'' Regina said as she left the tray on Emma's nightstand. The movement startled the blonde who snapped her head up meeting her wife's eyes.

'How are you?'' she continued.

''I'm actually better I think'' Emma replied, leaving her phone beside her to face her wife.

''I took some painkillers, played a little with Bubbah and before we knew it we were both asleep.'' Emma lifted her body a little to accommodate the tray in her lap. ''How was work?''

''Well the morning wasn't quite as hectic as Kathryn led me to believe but we were still off schedule all day and after lunch, well, all hell broke loose.'' She admitted.

''That's why you were so late?'' Emma asked.

''Yes and I'm sorry for leaving you alone for so many hours.'' Regina said apologetically.

''It's okay babe, the boys came earlier today so they kept me company for some time. And I had Bubbah'' Emma smiled making her wife do the same.

''Anyway do you want me to give you a massage?'' Regina asked and Emma was ready to say yes when she remembered the scratches that Jane had left on her skin last night

''You don't have to do that, I'm fine'' Emma declined.

''Come on, it'll sooth you and I'll do it just the way you like it.'' Regina offered suggestively.

''Nah, it's okay babe, I'm much better now. Go take a shower and then we'll watch a movie if you'd like.''

''Are you sure you don't want a massage?'' Regina asked in disbelief. Emma for as long as Regina could remember would never say no to a good massage especially from her wife's hands.

''Yes Regina, I'm sure'' Emma sighed exasperatingly and Regina stood up.

''Okay love, no need to be so defensive.'' She said and left for the bathroom.

Emma sighing in relief, picked her phone from where she'd left it earlier and read Jane's last message.

''I know what we did was wrong and it can't happen again, but why can't I get you out of my mind Emma?''