Three days later, Regina heads over to her parents for Sunday dinner.
"Sorry I'm late" Regina says a little breathlessly, as Cora opens the door.
"Hello dear. This is so unlike you to be late, is everything okay?" Cora asks, as she steps sideways to allow Regina and Henry into the house.
"Yes. I just got delayed, by a phone call" Regina answers and smiles, because that person had been Emma.
"Oh..I see" Cora then says and wonders why her daughter, is suddenly smiling like a fool.
"Mommy was talking to Emma" Henry then blurts out, confirming Cora's suspicions and Regina thinks, thank you Henry, sarcastically in her head.
Cora raises an eyebrow and looks to Regina knowingly.
"What?" Regina then says, as she begins to take her coat off. She really hates when Cora gives her that look.
"Oh nothing. Its just nice, that you have a good friend other than Katheryn dear" Cora smirks.
Regina just nods and Henry takes his grandma's hand and mumbles "Emma's coming to my play on Friday, are you coming too?"
Regina closes her eyes briefly, thinking this is all I need..but if Henry wants her to be there then…
"This Friday?" Cora then says looking to Regina for confirmation.
"Yes this friday" Regina answers and smiles at her son.
"Well of course..what is your role in this play Henry?" Cora then says and looks to Henry, who is smiling up at her.
"I'm a star" he grins but this makes Cora frown.
"What kind of play is this?" she says a little sarcastically.
"Its a religious one" Regina then tells her seriously and Cora ponders for a moment.
"Well, it is coming to the time of year, I suppose" she then says and walks off to the kitchen, with Regina and Henry following.
A while later.
"So..how did your play date go last weekend?" Cora asks, as she moves around her prestine modern kitchen.
Well that didnt take long, Regina thinks, as she takes a sip of her wine.
"It was nice"
"And?"
"And what?" she looks strangely at her mother. Who rolls her eyes and opens the oven, whilst saying "Regina, you really need to elablborate. I didn't bring you up to have the vulcabulary of a teenager in your adult life"
Regina scoffed.
"Well, Henry enjoyed the day thats the main thing and it was nice for me too" More than nice actually, she added in her head.
"Speaking of Henry, where as he disapeared too?" Cora then asked, looking around.
"To see father. in the lounge"
"Oh" she smiles and carrys on making the dinner, unaware that Henry is telling Henry Sr all about last weekends trip to the museum and Emma playing helicopti with him.
The following days then pass quite quickly to Regina and Emma's surprise. They hadn't seen each other since the previous week but had sent the odd text and spoke on the sunday, before Regina went to her parents with Henry.
Now, Regina, Katheryn and Cora are standing near the double doors, of Henrys school assembly hall, watching the other adults and kids walking around, getting ready for the play.
"Are you sure you told Emma half four dear?" Cora asks, looking to the clock upon the wall.
"Yes mother" Regina replies seriously but she herself, was feeling a little anxious. As it had been a week since seeing Emma but also the fact, that Emma might not come, had her feeling anxious.
However, moments later, the blonde steps next to Regina and says "Hey"
Regina immediatly snaps her head to the right, seeing a slightly nervous looking Emma, looking at her.
"Hello" Regina beams, which doesn't go unnoticed by Cora.
"Hello Emma" Cora then says and looks between her daughter and Emma with interest.
"Hi, Ms Mills" Emma greets happily.
"You remember Katheryn?" Regina then says, gesturing to her other blonde friend.
"Yeah, hi" Emma says softly and Katheryn says "Hello"
They all then smile at one another, then look around at other families and teachers and Regina then sees Henry in his little costume and says "I'll be right back" and heads off towards him, leaving katheryn, Cora and Emma watching on.
Moments later, they see Regina pointing over to them and Henry waves his little hand and Emma waves back, whilst Cora and Katheryn just smile.
"I'll be right back" Katheryn then says and walks off, leaving Cora looking to Emma and saying "So how are you dear?"
"Good. I'm good" she swallows then says "And you?"
"I'm fine, thank you..shall we go get a seat before they are all taken?" she gestures to the rows of seats that are set out in the middle of the hall.
Emma nods and as they walk towards the seats, Emma is stopped by a dark haired man, in all black leather.
"I thought it was you" he says and Emma goes wide eyed.
"Surely you don't have a kid in this silly play do you?" he then says and Emma blinks and blinks, she can't believe the creepy guy that comes to her work is here.
"No I don't and it's not silly" she finally says, as she eyes him cautiously.
"That's good to know" he grins. "I mean a fine lass like you" he waggles his eyebrows, not seeing that Regina is now glaring daggers at him from across the room.
However she can only see Emma's back and doesn't see, that she is uncomfortable.
"And what are you doing here?" Emma then says, whilst wondering if this guy is stalkering her.
"I have a kid in the play but I'm not with the mother" he says casually and looks Emma over for the tenth time.
"Okay then" Emma mutters and motions to walk away but the man, grabs her arm.
"Ill speak to you after lass" he says firmly and Emma gives him a look of concern, not seeing that Regina is now walking over to where her mother is sat and saying "Who is that man, that's talking with Emma?"
Cora looks round.
"How am I supposed to know" she then says, as she eyes the man with a distasteful look.
"Talk about heavy on the eyeliner" Regina then snaps and Cora smirks. "Why is he even talking to her" she then says and glares over at the man.
"Why are you so bothered dear?" Cora then asks and Regina looks to her.
"I'm not" Regina huffs. "Emma can speak to however she wants" she then adds and pouts. Not seeing, that Emma has finally got away from the man and goes to sit next to Regina.
And when Regina finally see's this, she asks "Who was that man you were talking too?" whilst she fiddles with her hands in her lap.
"No one important" Emma mumbles and looks to the stage and see's a teacher with a clipboard, talking with another teacher.
Cora then leans forward and says "Regina seems to think, the man is interested in you, in more than in a friends way dear"
Emma scoffs, not seeing Regina suddenly glare at her mother.
"He wishes. His a total creep, I wouldn't go anywhere near him" Emma then says with a crunched up face, as the thought, disgusts her.
Regina however, spins her head back round to look at Emma and her jealousy suddenly fades into relief.
"Oh" she says and brings her hands together in her lap and then grips them together tightly, as it suddenly dawns on her, that her feelings run deeper than she thought.
It is then, that the play begins and they all look forward. Waiting to see Henry, whilst pondering on different thoughts...
Half an hour later, the play is over and everyone is standing up and making their way out.
However, while Regina goes to tell Henry how great he was and that Cora and Emma are waiting to see him. The leather clad man is making his way back over to Emma and Cora.
A further long moment later, Regina and Henry head towards Emma and Cora and Regina clenches her jaw, as she see's the man clearly flirting with Emma.
By the time she reaches them, she can't help herself and says "She's taken. So take the hint and leave her alone"
This makes Emma and Cora snap their heads towards her and gape at her. While the man scoffs.
"By who? She has not said she is taken" he says seriously.
"Well…that's..thats because we have just started dating" she looks flustered and she can't look at Emma, who is now wide eyed and dumbstruck.
"I don't believe you" he says unsurely, looking between the three women.
Cora then rolls her eyes and says "I'm her mother" gestures to Regina "and believe me, it's certainly true" she says seriously. Which makes Emma and Regina look at her in surprise.
The man then steps back and blinks a few times, clearly surprised and he walks away, shaking his head. Leaving Cora, looking between her daughter and Emma's dumbstuck expressions and rolling her eyes, before saying...
"Right, I'll take Henry to the car. You two need to talk" and she takes Henry's hand and starts walking away. knowing that if she had stayed standing there any longer, it would of been a hell lot of awkward...
A/N I'm thinking, theres going to be maybe another 2/3 chapters to go. Thanks for reading :)