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A/N: So I'm fairly certain that I will be posting every week now. I've got new classes coming up and I have my monologue program. It's a good thing I have most of this story planned, right?

Enjoy.

"I wasn't expecting you to call early," Regina spoke as soon as she answered the phone, having checked to make sure who was calling.

"What can I say, I'm full of surprises," Emma answered teasingly.

"That you are." Regina's mind flashed to the night before and couldn't help the underlying arousal that spiked into her voice.

Emma's brows raised a couple of inches at the woman's words. "Don't do that."

Regina bit her lip and tried to calm herself knowing she didn't want to start something she couldn't finish. "I have no idea what you are talking about. How was your night?"

Emma took a deep breath silently thanking the woman that she didn't continue. "It was great. Yours?"

"My mother asked me what my new soap was," Regina groaned when Emma began laughing hysterically.

"Oh, she's good!"

"Emma, this isn't funny! If you think me meeting Mary was bad just wait until you meet Cora Mills. I guarantee you won't be laughing then." Regina placed her bet and crossed one arm over her chest defiantly even though Emma couldn't see.

Emma sobered quickly when Regina commented on her actually meeting her family in the future. "Okay, okay. We'll see if she's as scary as she seems when the time comes. Speaking of families, what are you doing this Thursday?"

"I didn't have anything planned. Henry will be with my mother, but that's Sophia's birthday, right?"

"Yeah, you know she will be 'officially 9 years old' so I was gonna have a little get together. Nothing big, we don't have much family, and Soph isn't very social, but I was hoping you and Henry could come." Emma implied nervously and it wasn't even her birthday.

Regina smiled brightly at the prospect of being able to spend the day with her new favorite people again. "Well, like I said, Henry will be with my mother, but maybe they can switch days."

"N-no it's okay if she comes too!" Emma cleared her throat after the outburst before she began again. "I mean, if that's what you guys want, of course."

Regina smirked at Emma's nervous tone, and Emma could almost feel the teasing smirk against her ear when the brunette replied. "It seems like you want to prove my theories right even sooner."

"I uh... just want you there," Emma said truthfully as she tried to push the embarrassing moment to the back of her mind.

"Oh," Regina cleared her throat after Emma's confession. "I'll talk to them and see what I can do. Like I suggested earlier, Cora Mills is rather difficult."

Emma smiled softly and tried to answer as truthfully as she could without revealing too much. "Regina, I know it's kinda early in our relationship, but I want to meet her. I don't care if she the devil's sister, she's your mom and you mean a lot to me. I lo...like you a lot. Plus, it's a child's birthday so that has to be some sort of unspoken neutral meeting ground, right?" She cleared her throat and hoped her slip wasn't too noticeable.

Regina just laughed and said, "You had better make a sign than."

"For what?"

"So she knows that a child's birthday is not the place to question you to death. That wouldn't be to good for the children now would it?" Regina responded before laughing all over again.

Emma groaned and was about to say something before she heard a knock on her door. "Hey Regina, it was really good talking to you but someones at my door?"

"Okay, dear, that's fine. I talk to you soon?"

"Definitely."

Emma hung up and trudged down to the door, not too happy with the person on the other side for having interrupted her conversation.

"August?"

August smiled his dopey smile and ruffled Emma's hair as he walked in going straight to the fridge. "Hey, kid."

"August, what are you doing here, it's 9 o'clock at night?" Emma asked as she sat down on the sofa next to the man while he flipped through channels.

"Yeah I know. I had to get out for awhile. So what's up with you?" August asked as he gave up on trying to find something to watch and just turned to face Emma.

"Nothing."

"Really, Em? How was your date? Did you calm down enough to function? Come on give a guy something to work with here."

Emma slumped under the realization that he was just the person she needed to talk to. "It was amazing, Aug."

"Oooh, now we are getting somewhere. What happened?" He rubbing his hands together as if they were conspiring to kill.

"We talked, ate, talked some more, watched a little bit of a movie and...went to bed," Emma finished with a light dusting of pink appearing on her cheeks.

August gave her a look that said he didn't believe the end and that she had better clarify.

"Okay! We did it" Emma blushed hard when August chuckled.

"It, Emma? What are you, 10?"

"We had sex, okay?" Emma whispered and looked to the stairs making sure Sophia's door was still closed.

"Okay... " August trailed off still in search of information.

"I'm not telling you anything else, August. God, you're such a perv!" Emma crossed her arms and glared defiantly at the smirking man.

"Okay that's fine. So... Did you tell her?"

"Did I tell her what?" Emma narrowed her her eyes in warning.

"That you love her, dummy!" August smacked her in the back of the head as if trying to snap her back to reality.

"Ow! August, you're such an ass." Emma rubbed the back of her head making a mental note to get him back at some point in the future.

"Yeah, but at least I'm a smart ass and not a dumb ass like you." August shrugged and popped the top on his warming coke.

"It's too soon for that." Emma tried to be confident in her answer but it came out weak sounding.

August turned to find a vulnerable Emma, one that he hadn't seen in a long time, and he mentally scolded himself for being such a dick. "You think so?"

Emma shrugged and let her head fall to his shoulder, just like old times. "I don't know, Aug. I haven't felt this way in so long and I just don't know what to do."

August wrapped an arm around her and pet her arm as he spoke. "I don't know either, kid. I'll be here when you find out though."

Emma laughed even as a tear ran down her cheek. "Gee, thanks. How are we still friends and you can't even help me with my problems with love?"

"Because I'm awesome?"

Emma slapped his arm as she took a deep breath trying to calm her emotions. They sat like that watching a random chess match on some late night channel and Emma decided it was time to get to bed if she was finding it at all interesting.

"Night," Emma said when she came back with blankets throwing them at August's head.

"Night, kid. Don't think too much more tonight okay?"

Emma nodded and climbed up the stairs to her room. When Emma made it there she checked her phone to find a text message from Regina: the one person who hasn't left her mind in days.

R- I like you a lot too ;)

Emma giggled before sighing and laying down to stare at the ceiling. She knew it was too soon to say anything but if she didn't her mind and mouth would for her at some point. She figured the sooner she got it out, she wouldn't have to go through the embarrassing "Emma moment".

"The next time I see her I'm gonna do it..."

Emma groaned at herself because she knew the next time she saw the woman it wasn't going to happen because she was too scared.

"Yup, I'm crazy."

A/N:I hope you guys are ready for the next chapter. Review and tell me stuff guys :) . Untill next update. :)