The next few weeks went by as quickly as they came. Emma and Regina made it a habit to spend at least one night together per week. Emma had kept with her word, and they still hadn't done anything yet.

She had told Ruby about it the next day, and she was super supportive. Later, she ended up telling her parents. Mary Margaret was surprisingly overly enthusiastic, and made an effort to show her support. David winced at the idea of his daughter dating her teacher, but he did ease up a lot after he learned that they only had a three year biological age difference.

Regina talked to Zelena about it a few days after, and she was rather disappointed. She yelled at her for a bit, and told her that she was being incredibly stupid. However, Regina refused to stand there and let her sister talk to her like that. So she snapped back, and said that it was her life and that her and Emma would be incredibly careful. Zelena then told her that she doesn't agree with what they're doing, but she'll support her only because she loves her.

When Regina told Robin, she was thrilled for her. She also told her that she was happy she decided to go with her heart. She also demanded to meet Emma sometime soon, and give her the talk threatening her life if she ever hurt Regina. Of course, Regina said no. She also pointed out that the two had already met. Plus, she stated that she was not going to have her 16 year-old niece threatening the 18 year-old she was with.

It was now the very beginning of Winter Break, and Emma and Regina would be going out of town today. Emma was the one who suggested it, deciding that it would be fun for them to go out together in public, so long as it was far enough away. Regina agreed, so they set a date for tonight. The first Saturday of Winter Break, and it was still morning. So they would leave at 10:00AM drive for an hour, then probably get lunch. Emma had prepared for this., packing blood in an opaque cup with a matching straw, which she would claim was a simple smoothie. After that, Regina had something special planned for them. They would probably stay for an hour of two, and then drive back.

When Regina pulled her car up to Emma's house, she was already waiting for her. With a grin on her face, she opened the passenger door and slid in.

She placed a quick kiss against her lips, then buckled up.

"Hi," she said, still smiling.

"Hello," Regina replied, reflecting her grin.

She started the car, then headed for the town line. Soon, they would be able to be in public together.

"So," Regina began. "How has your break been so far?"

"Pretty good except for the fact that my English teacher gave me a big-ass pile of homework,"

"Hey!" She lightly tapped her arm in response. "I assigned a two page report, and I even said that you guys could use double-space. Besides, you're a writer. That's like child's play for you,"

"Well yeah, I am a writer. But it would be child's play if it was two pages of my own story, but now I have to give an analysis report, which is gonna be a pain,"

"Oh please, I gave you a lot of time to finish it in class on Thursday. It's not my fault you decided to procrastinate,"

Emma raised her eyebrows in response, then crossed her arms. She leaned back, then placed her feet on top of the dashboard.

"Emma," Regina scolded her.

Sighing, she pulled her feet down. Her arms were still crossed, but her gaze shifted towards Regina.

She knew that she had genuine feelings for her, which she hadn't had for anyone in a long time. Even though all she wanted to do since the start of the school year was to get on top of her, she knew that she couldn't do it. Even though she accepted her feelings, she didn't trust herself that she wouldn't leave right away. So instead, she was torturing the both of them by refraining from sex.

Regina wasn't quite sure why Emma was so hellbent on waiting for them to sleep together, but she respected her decision. After she lost her virginity to Danielle when she was 16, it took awhile before she wanted to be like that with anyone else. Her and her ex-Robin were together for three months before they did it.

Throughout the car ride, the two of them talked about many things; including school, family, and ex's. If she wasn't behind the wheel, Regina would've crashed their lips together several times. But alas, she had to keep her eyes on the road.

By the time they were almost to their destination, Regina pulled into the parking lot of a nearby restaurant. Emma let out a sigh as she pulled out her smoothie cup.

"This is gonna be my lunch, but I'll still go in with you," she stated.

"Why don't you want to eat at the restaurant?"

"I dunno, I tend to have bad luck with eating out. Plus, I like these smoothies,"

This time Regina let out a sigh, but she understood. So the two of them walked into the restaurant hand-in-hand.

It wasn't very busy, so a waiter came over right away. Regina ordered a kale salad along with a grilled cheese sandwich. Emma held her blood cup in the air to show that she was good. Of course Regina disapproved of this, but she decided not to say anything.

As the taste of blood touched her tongue, it took all of her willpower for her fangs not to come out. She really could not afford to go into hunter mode in the middle of a restaurant.

Luckily, she managed to contain herself whilst Regina ate her lunch. Emma got a few weird looks from several people, but she didn't care. If she didn't have feelings for Regina, she probably would have just flipped them all of then and there.

Once Regina finished eating, she paid the bill before the two of them made their way back to the car. After Emma crawled into the passenger seat, she felt Regina's lips slide across her own. She snaked her arm up her wrist and to her collarbone.

Emma was slightly taken aback, but she definitely wasn't complaining.

"I hate that all those people were looking at you like that. I hate that they were looking at my girlfriend like that," Regina said.

"Girlfriend?"

Regina opened her mouth to reply, but couldn't say anything. Was that a bad thing? She certainly wasn't planning on being with anyone besides Emma. She felt comfortable with the girlfriend label.

So instead of addressing this, she drove in awkward silence. Her stomach was a complete knot now. Of course she shouldn't have said that. Now Emma was probably pissed at her.

Once she pulled up to the place she had been planning for them to go to, she managed to break a smile.

"I do hope you like ice skating, Miss Swan," she said with a sly smile.

Emma raised an eyebrow, then shrugged. She linked her hand to Regina's, then walked with her until they reached the front desk.

From there, they handed in their shoes in replacement for ice skates. Emma hadn't been ice skating in at least a few decades, but she was still good at it thanks to her abilities. Meanwhile Regina didn't do it very often, but she always found it enjoyable.

Reconnecting their hands, the two of them made their way onto the frozen lake. Regina definitely felt awkward from earlier, but Emma seemed to be ignoring it.

She connecting both of their hands, then kissed her quickly. Emma decided to show of her skills a little bit, and started to skate backwards. She was still holding Regina's hands, then lead them all around the edge of the lake.

Regina's lips curled into a soft smile. Emma simply smirked in response.

After they had completed a few laps, Emma then brought her near the center of the lake. She held her arms over her head, then twirled her around.

That didn't quite go to plan, seeing as Regina ended up falling down.

"Oh shit," Emma said, bending down. "Are you okay?"

Chortling, Regina grabbed her jacket and pulled her down with her. Laughter escaped from both of their mouths as they lay on the ice together.

Of course, Emma took this as an opportunity to crash their lips together. She made a deep kiss, wrapping her arms underneath her.

At first, Regina got into the kiss too. She was more than willing to explore her mouth. But as soon as she thought about what she said in the car, she backed away.

"Emma... about what I said earlier-" she was cut off.

"I didn't know we were official, but I like it. So I guess you're my girlfriend, Mills."

"I guess so, Swan,"

Her red cheeks eventually started to hurt from how much she was smiling. Of course that didn't stop her. She gave her another kiss before they made their way up.

"C'mon, Emma, we should skate some more,"

"Well, if that's what my girlfriend wants then I guess that's what my girlfriend gets."

As the two of them continued to skate around the lake, they were both filled with joy. Of course, Regina knew that their relationship was even more dangerous now that Emma was her girlfriend. But just like before, she was willing to risk it all.