"Right, I need the bathroom" Emma shuffled across, so Hook had to get up, she smiled and walked off, towards the bathroom

10 minutes later...

Emma was still in the bathroom and Henry had got up and wandered off towards the food tables.

Regina sighed and slid herself across the chair

she needed to get some fresh air, since Emma left, she had sat there, thinking about the alluring blonde and she had become a bit hot and bothered by completely innocent thoughts.

she made her way outside, which Robin saw and he followed her

A minute later, Emma came out of the bathroom, she went to go back to the table, but she found only Hook there. She looked around, she saw Henry but she couldn't see Regina

"You took your time" Hook joked

"where's Regina?" she looked to him

"I saw her go outside, Robin's with her"

"Oh" she sat down opposite with a frown, before looking to the door

Ruby and Belle came over to them

"Are you alright Emma?" Belle asked noticing the blondes dampened mood

"I'm fine don't worry about me, its your day" she suddenly noticed the door open and Regina walked in looking flustered, Emma thought, she must have had a make out session outside with Robin, which made her cringe, it felt like a slap in the face, at the thought of it. but she couldn't have been more wrong.


The party was now in full swing, everyone was in cheerful spirits and it was now dark outside, making everything seem louder and brighter

Some of the guests were a bit tipsy and Emma didn't realize, she had hit the booze heavily, since seeing Regina come back in all flustered

"Emma, how much have you had to drink, honey?" her concerned mother asked sitting with her at one of the tables

"Dunno, don't care"

"I think were going to take you home soon" she told the blonde

"I'm just going to go to the bathroom" she snapped and wondered off, taking no notice of her mothers disapproving and concerned looks

while she was washing her hands in the sink, of the empty diner toilet, Regina walked in, both momentarily paused and just looked at one another

"Ha, looks like this was always meant... to be too" she smirked while slightly losing her footing and grabbing onto the sink

"Your drunk Emma" the brunette said as she walked into the cubical, trying to mask her concern

"You've told me that before too" she muttered but Regina still heard it

"you were intoxicated in a previous loop, dear?"

"maybe..."

a sudden silence filled the room and Emma pouted thinking of what to say, while looking at the cubical door

the toilet flushed and the cubical door opened, the blonde quickly turned back to the mirror, while Regina washed her hands and slightly fixed her hair

"Has something happened, you were fine earlier" the brunette seemed concerned

"nothing has happened" she just stared into the mirror

"this is not like you. I thought we were going to try to find a way to stop the day repeating?" the brunette was now facing Emma, arms crossed

"that's pretty hard...when we keep getting interrupted" she now turned to face Regina

"Well were alone now...you know, when I was outside earlier I was thinking, that maybe the night before this started, you may have done something to start it?"

Emma was just staring at the brunettes lips, trying to concentrate

"oh, when you was outside with Robin!" she spat

Regina gave her a confused look

"you looked well flustered. when you came back in...and...and so im surprised that you was doing anything else, but making out with him" she looked down frowning

"Excuse me! I'm trying to help you and anyway so what if I was making out, which by the way I wasn't...why am I even trying to justify myself" she sighed throwing her hands down to her sides

"you wasn't?" the blonde asked, raising her head wide-eyed, taking in the deep brown chocolate eyes

"No miss swan, why are you so bothered anyway?"

Emma could tell the brunette now looked slightly nervous, for some reason

"I'm not it's just...just you looked flustered and I assumed..." she tilted her head

"well okay"

"so why was you flustered?"

"EMMA!...we need to stop these loops, so what was you doing the evening before this started?"

The blonde took a few moments, thinking, staring at plump red lips, her eyes suddenly widening

"I was thinking of going back to New York"

"what?...Why! and no" she said first with surprise and then a firmly no

Emma laughed nervously

"you think all this is to stop me going back there?"

"maybe, but there must be something else to it"

"I can't remember anything else" she huffed

"you have too"

Emma's gaze was fixed once more to Regina's lips and she brought her eyes up to her dark brown chocolate eyes, she started to feel woozy

"my head feels fuzzy" she muttered

"let's get you to a table" the brunette took her arm and helped her out of the bathroom


On re-entering the main part of the diner, Ruby was standing there, she was about to ask Emma to dance with her but saw Regina holding her arm and Emma just gawking at the brunette, who was oblivious because she was busy concentrating on getting Emma to the table safely

"Is she alright?" Ruby asked

"Shes had a bit too much alcohol"

"Oh, let me help"

"NO, I am fully capable miss Lucas!" who then backed off and watched Regina, pull Emma across to the nearest empty table

Emma slumped down, while Regina rushed to get some water

"here drink this" she placed the glass in front of her and Emma leaned forward and started taking sips

"I guess your have to remember tomorrow" she said softly sitting opposite

Emma reached out and took the brunettes hands in her own, obviously she wasn't thinking straight and Regina froze

"I'm sorry"

"come on, where's your fighting spirit gone..and you will find a way to get us out of this" she squeezed Emma's hand

"I Think... we have had this conversation before, too"

Regina leaned slightly forward and in a slight evil queen tone

"you have just confirmed to me, that you have defiantly had too much alcohol in a previous loop" she flicked her eyes to Emma's lips and suggestively back up to meet doey eyes

"Mom, why are you holding Moms hand" Henry asked looking confused

They both separated from their still joined hands

"Oh, Emma's abit tipsy and I'm just reassuring her"

"Oh, can I have some more cake?" a big smile appearing on his face

"go on then" Emma grinned and he ran off while Robin came over

"can I speak with you?" he asked Regina, she looked to Emma, who was slightly shaking her head as if saying no but she didn't realise she was doing it

"Actually, I need to have a talk with Emma but il be over in a minute"

"Okay" he nodded and walked away

"Wait a minute" Emma muttered

"whats wrong?" the brunette asked concerned

"why didn't you go with him?"

"you seemed to not want me too, you shook your head"

"did I?" the blonde found herself just watching Regina, blinking her eyes, tiredness was setting in but she didn't want to sleep, she just wanted to keep taking in the beautiful woman, in front of her

Ruby suddenly plunked herself next to Emma and Regina leaned back, snapping out of her inner musings

"Em's, here come lean on me" the blonde leaned back and leaned her head on Ruby's shoulder

"Il be back in a minute" Regina muttered as she got up to go to the bar

"Ems..."

"umm"

"whats going on with you and Regina, from what I've seen today, it looks like you have a thing for her"

"don't be silly" Emma muttered as she closed her eyes starting to doze, not realizing Regina has sat back down opposite

"I don't have a thing for her...i...i love her"

Ruby and Regina just stared wide-eyed at one another, Regina though, wasn't 100% sure, if she was talking about her, but it was confirmed seconds later, when Ruby suddenly pointed at her and lip sank "you"

her mouth parted, as she glanced at the lightly sleeping blonde, her face lighting up in awe and internally, she was more than overwhelmed with emotion she had to fight the urge, to pull herself over the table and kiss the blonde but she might as well have, because Ruby could tell from the brunettes expression, that the feeling was mutual