The following morning, Regina sits within her office looking through paperwork but her mind drifts back to the previous evening. When her and Emma had embraced.
She then smiles to herself and thinks why does that woman, pop into my head at the most inconviniant of moments. However, she is brought out of her musings when her assistant knocks upon the open door.
"Miss Mills" her assistants voice then says from the doorway and Regina looks over to her with a slightly narrowed eyes.
"Yes?" Regina asks seriously.
"There is a man at the front desk, asking to see you" she swallows thickly "He says he is the new pawn shop owner and wants to meet with you"
Regina sighs.
"He can wait until the town meeting. Tell him a town meeting is sheduled for next wednesday at 11am"
"Yes, Miss Mills" the assisant replies and walks off, leaving Regina to think thank goodness that awful man that owned it has decided to sell up.
A long moment later however, Regina's assistant returns.
"I'm sorry to disturb you again Miss Mills but this man is rather insistant. He says he will wait all day if need be"
Regina takes a deep breath.
"Your just have to be more firm with him" she says seriously.
"I have tried Miss Mills but he is being very stubborn about it"
Regina rolls her eyes.
"Fine. I suppose I can spare five minutes but thats all his getting"
The assistant nods.
"I shall bring him to you" she then says and leaves, leaving Regina to gather up the paperwork that is sprayed out on the desk. She doesn't need this man to think shes unorganized.
And a long moment later, the new pawn shop owner walks into Regina office wearing an all black suit, loafer shoes and carrying his cane.
"I hope this is an important matter, as I have alot of important work to be getting on with" Regina tells him seriously, whilst glaring over at the man.
"Oh yes, this is very important to me" Gold replies and stands in front of Regina's desk with a smirk. Which Regina finds werid.
"It is always nice to make an impression...don't you agree?" he says whilst staring down at her.
"Well I can certainly say your making the wrong impression, by badgering my assistant into seeing me" Regina retorts.
Gold chuckles.
"Yes, I can be somewhat persistant"
Regina glares at him and think, this man is too cocky for his own good.
"What do you want Mr.." she then asks seriosuly and the man smiles at her.
"Oh, where are my manners? We haven't been properly introduced have we?..my name is Gold, Mr Gold"
Regina freezes.
"Have I said something wrong dearie?" he then asks, seeing that Regina is just staring at him with slightly wide eyes.
Regina then clears her thoat and her eyes dart left and right, as she thinks surely this can't be the Mr Gold. Who wants to hurt Emma.
"Madame Mayor, have you lost your tounge?" Gold then teases and Regina breaks out of her daze and snaps "What do you want?"
"Well..I want a lot of things but it doesn't mean I'm going to get it all my own way does it"
Regina rolls her eyes.
"Will you just get to the point already Mr Gold? Your five minutes are up" she then says, getting annoyed but Gold ignore hers and steps forward, picking up a photo frame upon Regina's desk.
"Don't touch that" Regina snaps and stands up, snatching the photo back.
"Why is that?" Gold asks. "Have you got yourself a family" he smirks.
"Its none of your business" Regina snaps and puts the photo within her desk drawer.
"Of course it is my business, I am invested in your future" he smiles at her.
"What future? what are you going on about?" Regina says baffled.
"Your see soon enough dearie, this meeting was just a curiousity I had" he steps back. "Anyway, I will see let you get on with whatever it is that you do" he smirks and turns and walks out leaving an even more baffled Regina behind.
Later that evening, Emma has dinner with her parents before heading back to her room at the b&b. Shes only there for ten minutes, when she gets restless and heads over to Regina's as superwoman.
She opens Regina's back door to find no one there and she frowns, before then making her way through the house and to the lounge, where Henry in his pyjamas watching a dvd and Regina is sitting next to him in her grey silk pyjamas and with a glass of wine within her hands.
She smiles at the sight before saying "Hey, is there room for me to join in this little pyjama party that you have going on here"
Both Henry and Regina snap there heads towards her.
"SUPERWOMAN" Henry then shouts and jumps off the sofa and runs over to hug Superwoman.
"Hey kid, what you up to?"
"Were watching a movie" he says proudly.
"Thats cool" she then looks to Regina, who is looking at her with soft eyes.
"You shouldn't sneak up on us like that, you could of made me spill my wine over my expensive grey night wear"
"Sorry" superwoman chuckles.
"This is not funny" Regina trys to say seriously but it falls flat, when she smiles.
"Are you going to watch the movie with us?" Henry then asks, with wide eyes looking up at superwoman.
"Well that depends if your mom wants me too kid"
Henry looks to Regina.
"Mom?" he says with hopeful eyes and Regina can't help but think, of how Henry has never taken to someone like he has with Superwoman or should she say Emma. It warms her heart.
"Of course"
"Cool" he grins and runs back to the sofa, leaving Emma to stand there awkwardly for a moment.
"Come sit down dear" Regina then says patting the spot in between her and Henry.
She really wants me to sit there..Superwoman thinks to herself with slight surprise and then quickly moves herself to sit there.
"Can I get you a drink dear?" Regina says a moment later, whilst looking sideways at Emma.
"No, I'm good" Emma replies easily and looks sideways at Regina. Boy she's close, Superwoman suddenly thinks , so close that she can smell apple. Oh god, she smells so good..and her eyes her are so warm and like hot chocolate, I could just get lost in those eyes..and she just stares doe-eyed at Regina who is looking back at her with love and adoration
"This part is really cool" Henry then says happily, breaking Regina and Superwoman out of their moment and they look around a little dazed.
"The genie is so funny" Henry then adds with a smile and he looks to Superwoman, who nods and clears her throat, whilst gripping her hands together in her lap.
"Yeah he has his moments but don't you like the monkey too?" she then says to Henry, who ponders for a brief moment.
"His alright..but doesn't beat the genie though"
Superwoman chuckles.
"And the princesses father doesn't beat the genie either, no matter how much mom says he does"
Superwoman raises an eyebrow at this and looks to Regina, who looks down at her wine glass and bites her lip. Superwoman swears she can see a blush upon the mayors cheeks.
"Care to explain that one?" Emma smirks at Regina, who now looks to her.
"He reminds me of my father" she says softly and then frowns. As whenever she thinks of her father she misses him terribly.
Emma's smirk falters upon hearing Regina's answer and she puts a hand upon Regina's leg.
"Hey..its okay" she whispers and Regina nods and looks back to the tv, whilst thinking of her father and Superwoman keeps her hand upon her leg and squeezes it in reasurence.
After the movie, Regina tucks Henry into bed and then comes back to find Superwoman sitting upon the sofa and looking straight ahead in thought.
"Is everything okay dear?" Regina asks, sitting herself next to Superwoman.
"Oh..yeah fine. I just kinda zoned out, while you were gone"
"I see"
"Henry all tucked up?"
"Yeah, although he kept asking me when you were going to come back again"
Superwoman chuckles.
"I don't know how he can still be so excited to see me, I am nothing special"
Regina shakes her head and puts her hand upon Superwomans
"Don't ever say that about yourself. You are special to alot of people, more so to your parents and us"
Superwoman melts.
"Really?"
"Yes"
They smile at one another and Regina squeezes Superwomans hand.
"How have you been since I last saw you?" Superwoman then asks.
"Fine" she answers easily but then suddenly remembers what happened in the morning and adds "Although, I had the strangest meeting this morning. Do you remember telling me about a Mr Gold?"
Superwoman stiffens at the mention of the name.
"Yeah..why? whats happened" Superwoman replies looking a little concerned.
"Nothing exactly happened, I just met the new pawn shop owner and his name is Gold"
Superwoman swallows thickly.
"Surely he can't be the Mr Gold you told me about, it has to be a coincidence" Regina then says, whilst gripping Superwomans hand tighter.
Superwoman's eyes dart left and right. "What did he want?" she asks.
"He just wanted to meet me apparantly but I couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable and pissed off with him, as he wasn't getting to the point of anything"
"What did he look like?"
"Shortish, short brown hair, brown eyes, wore a black suit and had a cane"
Emma's eyes widen.
"Oh my god, I know who your talking about" she says highly.
"You do?"
"Yeah, he was in the diner when I was there with my parents..Thats when I didnt feel right again and came here"
Regina's eyes widen. She now had a unsettling feeling in her stomach and needed to get answers.
"I think I need to do a little digging into this mans past, found out for sure that were not dealing with the guy that wants to hurt you"
"What if it is him?"
"Well if it is.." she takes a deep breath "We can deal with it...together but for now, lets not jump to the worst it could all be just a coincidence"
Emma then nods and takes some comfort in the fact that she doesn't have to deal with this alone, especially since she knows the man has a weapon that can hurt her.
She then sighs and they sit in silence for a long moment.
"I..I should go" Superwoman then says, feeling like she needs to fly the skies to clear her mind.
"Oh..you don't have too" Regina says a little sadly.
"I know, I just need to do the rounds, I've been slacking abit lately"
Regina frowns and watches at Superwoman stands up.
"I'll pop by tomorrow evening" she then says, whilst looking down at Regina. Who now motions to stand up.
"That would be nice"
They then smile at one another briefly and then walk out to the back door. Where Emma walks through it and then turns around, to see Regina with a frown upon her face.
"Your rocking the whole pyjama look by the way" Superwoman then says, wanting Regina to smile and she gets what she wants a moment later.
"Are you saying that I don't look good in anything else?" Regina says back with a smile and Superwomans eyes widen.
"No, of course you do..you look good in everything..I mean you look all the time..Ugh..I'll just shut up now and go, goodnight Regina" she steps back but Regina reaches out and touches Superwomans arm, which makes Superwoman stop and stare at Regina.
"I was only teasing deaer. Your so easy to whined up"
Superwoman the huffs and looks down to find that Regina has slid her hand into hers and is entwining their fingers together.
Superwoman gulps and looks back up and at Regina's lips, which suddenly makes her think of their stolen kiss. It makes her crave it again. So much so, that she unconciously steps forward, whilst looking at full red lips and she brings her free hand up to cup Regina cheek, leaning in she captures those lips with her own and she kisses Regina passionatly.
She wants to convay all the emotion she has for Regina in this kiss but she quickly realizes that Regina isn't kissing back and she pulls away and thinks, idiot, you idiot! she doesn't love me. Idiot!
However, what she doesn't see is that Regina is just stunned by the whole thing and is thinking that she must dreaming because there is no way she would be this lucky.
Superwoman then quickly steps back and quickly turns and flies off into the sky, leaving a stunned and amazed Regina behind...
A/N So, Gold is invested in Regina's future...could it be that he thinks she will lead him to Superwoman or could his plans be more sinister..your have to wait and see and I also don't think Regina is going to let Emma get away with brushing off that kiss without an explaination..
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