A/N New chapter guys, i'm sorry it's been a while but I'm in lots of agony and haven't been in the mood to write but I've now finished this chapter and really hope you like it. Emma and Regina finally have their second date and it's not how either of them expect

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Chapter 14

It had been just over two weeks since Baileys party, just over two weeks since Regina had last seen Emma. They had exchanged text messages almost every other day but with them both being extremely busy they hadn't had chance to go on a second date.

Regina really enjoyed speaking to Emma and every message the blonde sent her gave her butterflies, the last text she had received was over three days ago and Regina was worried that she had done something wrong. She decided maybe it was time to cut ties with Miss Swan, after all she had revealed her deepest darkest secret and Emma had responded by going MIA. Regina thought back to the afternoon of Baileys party, she tried to remember EVERYTHING that had happened but all her brain would allow her to recall was her first real kiss with Emma. The kiss was like nothing she had ever experienced, it was passionate but gently at the same time, it made her knees weak and her head feel fuzzy. Regina tapped her fingers on the desk, looked at all the files sprawled all over the place then looked over to the clock. It was 1am and she hadn't been home in nearly a week. The police had a strong lead on who the Station Serial Killer was and that meant Regina's files on the case had to be perfect because her team would be called up to the stand to testify. Another hour went by and Regina decided it was a good idea to grab her stuff and head home. She packed up her stuff, turned the lights off and locked up her office. She turned the rest of the lights off in the lab and headed to the front door. She pulled the door open and was greeted by an unexpected guest, an unexpected guest that was holding Chinese food.

"Miss Swan, it's 2:00am what exactly are you doing here?"

Emma wasn't sure why they had gone back to using last names because the last time they spoke everything was fine between them.

"I was passing, seen your car outside and knew it was likely you would still be working so I thought you could do with some food."

"Well, as you can see I'm on my way home and not really in the mood for company" Regina sighed.

"Regina, what the fuck?"

"Excuse me?"

"I'm rather confused, have I done something wrong?"

"Dear, it's late and I'm in no mood to discuss this right now."

"Don't do that, don't shut me out. I thought we were finally getting somewhere so what the hell happened?"

"I thought that as well and then you went silent on me. I told you something very personal and you responded by ignoring my texts and then showing up at my work place at two in the morning. Talk about mixed signals" Regina snapped.

Emma was even more confused now.

"Regina, I didn't go silent on you. Did you not get my message?"

"Clearly not Miss Swan, I haven't had a single text message in three days."

"Not a text message, I dropped my phone in the bath and the moment I got out I called your lab and left a message with some guy."

"Emma, I didn't get no message. If you had called then I would have been given the message."
"Regina, are you calling me a liar?" Emma questioned.

Emma had been called a lot in her life but the one thing she hated was when people would call her a liar, because that was one thing Emma Swan wasn't.

"No, I'm just saying that my staff are very competent and if you left a message I would have been given it."

Emma didn't want to have to explain herself but she didn't want to lose Regina over a misunderstanding.

"I rang your office and spoke to some man, his name was something like Steven, Samuel…"

"Sydney?"

"Yes, that was it. His name was Sydney, I asked him to explain that my phone was broke and that I would text you as soon as it was back up and running. I also gave him Ruby's number so you could get hold of me if you needed to talk."

"Emma, he never gave me that message. I've spent the last three days worrying, I thought that you were done with me."

Regina felt like an idiot and she wasn't sure why Sydney didn't give her the message but she would find out first thing tomorrow.

Emma placed the Chinese food on the step, grabbed hold of Regina's hands and kissed them.

"Regina, how many times do I need to tell you, I'm here for as long as you want me."

Regina knew she had been stupid and she needed to let go of all her insecurities but it wasn't going to happen overnight.

Emma let go of Regina's hands, she pushed Regina up against the door. Emma brushed her fingertips over Regina's cheek and then ran her thumb across the brunette's lips. Regina's stomach did a flip and her heart felt as if it was going to jump out of her chest.

"Can I kiss you?" Emma asked.

She knew the brunette wouldn't object but she still felt like she should ask, after all Regina might not feel the same anymore.

Regina shivered and licked her suddenly dry lips.

"Yes."

The kiss wasn't what Regina expected, after their first kiss she expected something a bit harder and more demanding. What Regina got was the lightest touch of Emma's lips against hers, a light graze of teeth over her lower lip and she felt the tip of Emma's tongue sweeping across her mouth. Regina needed to feel more, she pushed her head forward and bit Emma's lower lip. Regina crushed their lips together, she moaned as Emma forced her mouth open. Regina closed her lips around Emma's tongue and ran her fingers through the blonde's hair. Regina wanted to carry on kissing Emma but the need for air was too great and she pulled back. She looked at Emma's swollen lips and pressed one more gently kiss to them.

"How about you grab the food and we head inside?"

Emma leaned down, grabbed the bag of food and kissed Regina's cheek.

"After you my lady."

Regina pushed open the door, walked back into her lab and Emma followed her. Regina got a few feet in front of Emma before she realised the blonde wasn't following her anymore.

"Is everything okay dear?"

"Yeah, everything is fine. Just this place is amazing, I didn't expect it to look like this."

"Thank you, I worked hard to make this the foremost Forensic Institute in the country."

Regina walked back to Emma, grabbed her hand and led her to her office.

"Come on or the food will get cold. I promise to give you a tour later."

Regina unlocked her office, pushed the door open and led Emma inside.

"Fuck, this is almost as big as my first apartment."

"I know, it is rather over the top. As I'm here pretty much all the time my mother wanted to make sure that my office was as homely as she could make it."

"It's really nice."

"Make yourself at home, I will head to the kitchen to grab us some cutlery and plates. Would you like a glass of wine?"

"This place has a kitchen?"

"Yes, I wanted to make sure that my employees were able to have home cooked meals and not live on junk food if their here all the time."

"You're full of surprises aren't you Miss Mills?"

"What do you mean?" Regina questioned.

"Well, when we first met, you weren't exactly the nicest of people. And your nickname is the Ice Queen, I just didn't expect you to be so caring when it came to people who work for you."

Regina looked down at the ground, she knew Emma was right. When they first met she was such a bitch but it was how she was with everyone, her walls are so high that she sometimes forgets that not everyone deserves to be treated badly.

"They are not just people that work for me Emma, they are more like my family. We spend more time together than any of us spend with our families."

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings."

"It's quite all right, you didn't hurt my feelings. Make yourself at home and I will be right back."

"If it's possible, can I have a can of coke or something fizzy. I haven't slept in almost 20 hours and I think a glass of wine probably wouldn't be a good idea."

"A can of coke it is."

Regina kissed Emma on the forehead and headed to the kitchen. On the way to the kitchen Regina passed Sydney's office. She stopped just shy of the door, she didn't want to be intrusive but she needed to check if he took a message off Emma and just forgot to give it to her. She placed a hand on the door and pushed. Sydney never locked his office, Regina pushed the door until it was fully open then walked into his office. She headed straight for his desk, it was a mess and Regina was surprised that he could ever find anything. She looked around for a notebook or post it notes but she couldn't find anything. She looked over to the overflowing bin, there was a piece of white paper folded up and she could just make out a name and a phone number, she grabbed the piece of paper and opened it. Just as she thought, Sydney took the message and threw it in the bin. Regina thought Sydney was over his little crush but clearly, he wasn't. She put everything back where it was or where she thought it was and left Sydney's office. She walked into the kitchen, grabbed two plates, two sets of cutlery, a glass for her wine and a can of coke from the fridge for Emma. She headed back to her office, there she found Emma sitting on the couch with her feet crossed, she had taken off her hoody and she was wearing a tight, white tank top and a black bra and Regina couldn't help but stare.

"See anything you like Miss Mills?"

"Yes, in fact I do. Prawn Crackers are my favourite."

Emma picked up a pillow and threw it at Regina.

"Very funny, now get your sexy butt over here, I'm starving."

Regina placed the plates, cutlery and Emma's can of coke on the table.

"You dish out the food while I pour myself a glass of wine."

Emma opened all the food and plated it up.

"I've given you a bit of everything because I wasn't sure what you liked."

"That's fine, Chinese is one of my favourite things to eat when I'm working late."

Regina picked up her glass of wine, walked over to the couch and sat next to the blonde.

"This looks delicious Emma, I really appreciate you bringing me food. You didn't have to but I'm glad you did. I want to apologise, I found this in Sydney's office and like you said he did take your message."

"It's understandable that he forgot to give you the message, it's probably hectic here when you're working on a high profiled case."

"He didn't forget Emma, he took your message, wrote it down on a piece of paper and threw it in the bin. He had no intention of giving me the message."

"Why would he do that?" she asked.

"He used to have feelings for me but I've always made it clear we were just friends."

"I think he might still have feelings for you."

Emma opened her can of coke and took a sip. Regina knew that Emma was probably right and she knew that she would have to talk to Sydney about this.

"Can we say this is our second date?" Emma asked.

"It is a very random date but yes I think we can say this is our second date."

After both woman had finished their food, Regina cleared the plates and took them to the kitchen. When she returned Emma was sprawled out on the couch and she could hear a faint snore coming from the blonde. Regina guessed that Emma's body had hit the wall and 20 hours with no sleep was hard on her. She grabbed a blanket from the cupboard and draped it over the blonde. She just stood there and watched Emma sleep for a few minutes. She realised that was rather creepy and started to walk away.

"Come lie down with me?" Emma mumbled.

"What?"

Emma patted the couch in front of her.

"There's plenty of room, I want to cuddle you for a little bit, unless you think that's inappropriate?"

Regina took her heels off and slowly walked over to the couch. All of a sudden, she felt extremely nervous, she knew it was just a cuddle but being that close to Emma gave her butterflies.

"It's just cuddling and there's nobody here so it's not inappropriate."

Emma moved over and made space for Regina. Regina sat on the edge of the couch and she wasn't sure what her next move was. Emma sat up and kissed Regina's shoulder.

"I can go if you want. I don't want to make you feel uncomfortable."

"You're not making me feel uncomfortable, I'm not used to being intimate with someone that's all. I know it's only a cuddle but it's a big step for me."

"I understand, we can take things real slow, this is only our second date after all and you are a woman worth waiting for. I'm willing to go at whatever pace you need. Now come be my little spoon."

Regina led down and Emma draped her arm over her waist. She loved how understanding Emma was, she hadn't met anyone like the blonde and she was going to do anything to make sure Emma stayed around.

Emma pressed a kiss to Regina's temple and pulled her in closer. Regina looked over at the clock and it was nearly 3:30am, she knew nobody would be in until 9:00am so she had plenty of time to just close her eyes for a little bit. She heard little snores coming from Emma again. She knew Emma was likely out for the count and she needed to try get some sleep too.

"Emma, I know you probably can't hear me but I just wanted to say thank you for one of the most random dates I've ever been on. I really like you and really enjoy spending time with you" she admitted.

Regina's eyes started to feel drowsy, she cuddled into Emma and closed her eyes.

"I really like you too."