After dropping Grace off at home, Henry pulls the car up to the mansion. He jumps out of the car and opens the back door where Regina is leaning against Emma.

"I can carry her in, kid," Emma tells him.

He shakes his head. "No, I can do it." He scoops her into his arms and struggles for a minute but finally lifts her out of the car.

Regina kisses his head when she sees him gritting his teeth and adjusting his grip, obviously never having carried someone this way. "I can walk, Henry."

"No." He stops walking and stares at the steps, unsure if he can make it. He tries one but fails and is back in the position he started.

Emma walks up next to him and takes Regina from his arms. "We'll get you a gym membership back at school. Don't worry." She lets Henry move past her to open the front door.

They take Regina up to her bed and lay her down. Henry quickly moves to cover her up. "I'm sorry this happened to you, Mom."

"Sweetie, I need you to do something for me," Regina says, laying a hand over his.

"Anything," he quickly nods.

"I need you to take a step back and evaluate yourself."

"What do you mean?"

She pats his hand. "You're being cruel, Henry. You're not a bad person. You're a very good person. Please remember that and start showing us the boy we love and miss."

Henry retracts his hand and stands up. "What am I doing?"

"Your mother did not cause what's happening right now. She had something very serious happen to her, and instead of respecting that, you are treating her like a perpetrator."

He turns his head to look at Emma who is silently listening. "But she hurt you."

Regina waits for him to return his attention to her. "She did not hurt me. A bad situation hurt her, and I got too close. Stop blaming her for so much. She loves you. She loves me. We are a good family, so let's start acting like it."

A tear falls down Henry's cheek. "I don't like seeing you get hurt."

"I don't like getting hurt either, Henry, but I'm not attacking my family for it."

"I'm sorry," Henry whispers before turning to Emma. He clenches his fists then relaxes his fingers and pulls her into a hug.

Emma wraps her arms around him as he tries to hide his tears.

"I'm scared," he whispers in Emma's ear.

Emma tightens her hug on him. She whispers back, "I'll protect her. I promise."

Henry nods. "I trust you." He pats her on the back twice then ducks his head and leaves the room before Regina can see his face.

Even after Henry leaves, Emma keeps her eyes on the door, trying to wrap her mind around everything. "Is anything ever easy?"

"That would make life rather dull," Regina responds, curling up on the bed.

Emma turns to her and smiles. "I could use a little dull."

"Well, crawl under the covers and let me bore you."

Stripping down to a tank top and underwear, Emma lifts the covers and scoots under to spoon Regina. She kisses the side of her head carefully, as far from the impact point as possible. "I love you."

Regina presses back into her as much as she can. "It's Saturday night."

"Yeah?"

Slowly, Regina turns in Emma's arms to face her. "You said I had until Saturday night. Here we are."

Emma watches her hand run over Regina's side. "Maybe I can make an exception."

With a hand to Emma's cheek, Regina waits to gain her attention. "I love you, Emma Swan. I want to be with you. In fact, there is nothing I want more than to be with you."

"But?" Emma offers.

Regina furrows her brow. "Is there supposed to be a but?"

"Isn't there one?"

"Not from me. Is there a but from you?"

Emma shakes her head quickly. "No, no, not at all."

"Good," Regina says, scooting forward to kiss Emma.

"But-"

"But?" Regina raises an eyebrow.

Emma smiles. "Poor word choice. How is this going to work? I leave tomorrow."

"Then we'll officially date for roughly 12 hours before I kick you out."

"Shut up. You know what I mean."

Regina plays with the neck line of Emma's tank top. "We have been through a lot recently. The idea of you leaving for a month makes me feel sick, but we could probably use the space."

Emma kisses her forehead. "I don't want space anymore."

"Doesn't mean we don't need it, my love."

Emma watches Regina stare at her fingers. "We only have a few hours left together, and I incapacitated you. What luck."

Regina smiles and pushes on her lightly. "At least I never have to worry about your libido." She glances up at Emma's face. "I don't have to worry about some other man or woman in Atlanta do I?"

Emma rolls her eyes. "Get off the jealousy, Regina."

Regina scoots back. "No, I'm being serious. What does this mean between us?"

Reaching her arms out, Emma pulls Regina closer again. "Regina, I would like for you to be my girlfriend, exclusively. Which means you are the only one that gets to touch all this." Emma gestures to herself with a smirk.

Regina kisses Emma hard, wrapping her arms around her and pulling their bodies flush.

Emma returns the kiss but leaves her hands firm on Regina's back to keep herself at bay. Her eyes shoot open when she feels Regina turn them to straddle her and run her hands across her chest. "Um, babe, this might be a bit much for you."

"I feel better," Regina says quickly between kisses.

Emma pulls back from her to argue but ends up moaning when Regina suddenly ducks her head to lick and bite at one of Emma's nipples through her shirt. Taking a deep breath and shaking her head quickly, Emma pulls Regina up to her face. "You are not well. This can wait."

Instead of answering, Regina attacks Emma's neck with her mouth, palming Emma's breast with one hand while the other hand runs across Emma's abs under her shirt.

Trying hard to resist, Emma grabs Regina's thighs and scoots her back. "Regina, this is not a good idea."

Not willing to give up, Regina bunches up Emma's shirt under her arms, giving her access to the skin she so badly wants to touch.

"I don't want to give you the impression that I don't want this, cause I really really do, but Whale said you need to rest."

"Whale's an idiot," Regina gets out just before taking one of Emma's nipples in her mouth.

Emma leans forward and kisses the top of her head. "Regina, stop."

"Emma, why won't you just let me touch you?" She sits up quickly to look at Emma. Her hand goes straight to her head as she groans.

"That's why," Emma responds, gently moving Regina off of her to lay her down. She fixes her shirt. "Let me get you some medicine."

Regina nods and huffs as she sinks into the pillow. "Stupid head," she grumbles.

Emma sits down next to her and laughs at her pout. "You must have really hit your head hard because you're starting to act like me." She kisses her then helps her sit up again to take medicine.

Regina kisses her and lays her head on Emma's shoulder. "I have never been in love with someone as much as I am with you."

Emma wraps her arms around Regina and tucks her head into her neck, peppering her with light kisses. "I feel the same way."

Regina smiles and returns the embrace.