"Could you stop pacing?" Snow asked.

"How can you sit there so calmly? They should have been back by now," Regina replied.

She wasn't sure how she let Emma talk her into staying over at her parent's house with Snow as the raid against the street racers went down. She had been on edge all day and night sure something was going to go wrong.

The fact Snow as being so calm about it wasn't helping her mood. It was her husband and daughter out there yet Snow hadn't gotten worked up all night.

"There is no way of knowing when they will get here, they both made that clear. This is a big operation," Snow said.

Regina knew she was right but couldn't they at least take the time to text and say they were alright. It was late – well past midnight.

Henry was asleep in the guest room. He knew Emma and his grandfather were out arresting the street racers but he didn't have the nervousness about it that his other mother did. Regina was fairly sure he was asleep within minutes of lying down. She didn't want him to worry though, not like she was worrying.

Emma had assured her that it would be fine – that she would be fine. She even went as far as promising not to do anything that could be construed as idiotic. It didn't make Regina feel better.

Snow watched as Regina continued to pace, or go to the window and look out or glance at her phone. She wasn't sure the woman had sat down for a solid five minutes since she got there.

She still had to wonder how it was that her daughter and Regina had managed to get together.

Yet when she saw the two of them together she could see it. They were both in love. And as strange as it seemed to her (and probably a significant portion of the town); Snow wasn't going to stand in the way of it. Regina made Emma happy and that is all Snow really needed to know about it.

Plus seeing Regina squirm a little with Snow being in the role of the mother was a small perk for her.

About 45 minutes later Regina was ready to leave and go find Emma. She had lost the ability to think rationally about the situation.

That is when she got a text.

"Back at station. Processing arrests. Told u not to worry. Luv u."

She felt relief sweep over her. She wasn't sure what she would have done if something had gone wrong and that is what scared her. She had stopped Emma from getting revenge on those racers who hurt her, had convinced her to do the legal and the right thing in order to get them off the streets. Regina was worried that if something had happened to Emma she would not be as rational in that moment.

She may have put being the Evil Queen behind her, but she also knew how easy it was to give into her emotions and act out of anger.

Snow, who also got a text from Charming decided to head to bed. There was no way Regina was going to be able to sleep so she asked Snow if it would be ok if Henry continued to sleep there. Snow said it would be fine, and Regina left.

When she got into her car she fully intended on going home. Instead she drove to the sheriff's office. She walked in and immediately saw it was fuller than she had ever seen before. There were men and women sitting on chairs and benches with their hands cuffed. Officers were moving around taking mugshots, filling out paperwork or escorting people to and from interrogation rooms or holding cells.

Regina neared Emma's office when she saw him – Derek, one of those responsible for her crash. She had seen his mugshot in the newspaper, but had never seen him in person. Due to the plea deal she hadn't gone to court to see him sentenced because it wasn't necessary for her to be there. He was in the holding cell and she bypassed Emma's office entirely and walked over to it. She was several feet from it when she stopped.

He wasn't looking at her. He was sitting on a bench and was looking up at the ceiling. He didn't seem to be concerned about the fact he was in jail. He wasn't tense like the other people were.

She continued to stare but her mind wasn't processing any of it. Her mind was back in that night – the night she was in her car when this man hit her. His car had bared down on her so fast there was nothing she could have done. She remembered the initial collision now, the loss of control she felt as the other car hit her and her car spun. She had been so scared in those brief seconds –scared like she couldn't remember ever being scared before. But it wasn't the cars hitting her that had done the most damage as in her mind she relived the moment of hitting that electric pole.

She had felt pain instantly upon impact as if her entire body had been punched. Then nothing as her head had hit something – steering wheel or maybe it was what left of her driver's side door and window. She wasn't sure.

A hand on her shoulder practically made her jump.

"Hey," Emma said. "Are you ok? What are you doing here?"

It took a second for Regina's mind to catch up to what Emma had asked, but all of it went away again when she saw Emma.

"What happened?" Regina said, seeing the bruise beside Emma's right eye and cheek.

"I took an elbow running down one of the suspects. It's fine," Emma assured her. She was more worried about seeing Regina there staring at Derek. She wasn't even about to mention that it was Derek who gave her the elbow. "What are you doing here?"

Emma began guiding Regina back to her office.

"I don't know. I just couldn't sleep. I've been on edge all night and I thought I would come see you in person then I … I saw him. Why doesn't he seem concerned that he is in jail?"

Emma shrugged, "hard to say. It could be that he thinks he is going to get out of this one too. It could be that he is career criminal. He may not have an established record but that doesn't mean anything really. There are some people for whom this is a life. For all I know he finds this all as an exciting extension of his street racing. What about you though, are you ok?"

"Yes," she said. "When I was looking at him I … I remembered more of the crash."

She got her into the office and had her sit. She closed the door to give them a little privacy and scooted her chair up to Regina's, holding her hand.

"There was nothing I could have done," Regina said. "Even with magic there was nothing I could have done to avoid it. It all happened so fast. I could have died."

"You didn't though. You didn't die. You were hurt and you recovered. It's been a struggle I know but you made it through. And now that we have arrested all of these guys other people are save. I'm not going to let what happened to you happen to others in this town. I promise."

Regina was comforted by being there with Emma. She knew she should let Emma get back to work but she wanted to be selfish for a little bit as she hugged her. She wanted to feel Emma's arms around her – had wanted it all night. She was reluctant to let go, but finally did.

"I'm going to go home," Regina said. "How much longer are you going to be?"

"An hour at least, but probably more."

Regina nodded and stood. "I love you," she said kissing Emma.

"I love you too. Now go home and get some sleep. You have to be exhausted."

Emma knew Regina had been up all day and night, unlike Emma who had prepared for a late night by getting up early and then sleeping for four hours in the late afternoon and evening so she would be more awake.

Regina was up for only a short time upon arriving home. Now that she had seen Emma and knew she was alright, the tension from earlier disappeared. She laid down and quickly fell asleep. She was still asleep when Emma got home – not waking until she felt the bed shift as Emma got into it.

She moved closer and put her arm over Emma's midsection. She felt Emma give her a kiss on the top of the head.

"Sorry to wake you," Emma said quietly.

"It's ok," Regina said although she was barely awake.

"I love you so much Regina, I hope you believe that."

"I do," Regina said. Her eyes were closed and she felt sleep pulling her back under.

"I know we've only been officially going out for a short time, but you and I have been together for much longer than that. I know we have had our share of struggles and misunderstandings and all out fights, but I love you," she said. "I have no more doubts. They are gone and no longer a concern. You Regina Mills are the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with. Will you marry me?"

"Ok," Regina mumbled. Emma smiled as she knew Regina was completely asleep. She would ask her again the morning, she thought, but still she moved to get something from her bedside table. She opened up the small box and slipped the ring on Regina's finger.