Emma slowly made her way into the kitchen from Mary Margaret's bed. The two had cuddled last night after the mud mess was taken care of and fell asleep enjoying being close to the other woman. She was surprised to see Mary Margaret sitting at the table.
"It's almost 7:15. Shouldn't you be heading to Granny's for your coffee and book time?" Mary Margaret looked to the blonde and shook her head. She slowly got up and made her way to where Emma was making her own coffee.
"David apparently goes there to see me." To say Emma was confused was an understatement. The lack of coffee in her system wasn't helping. She could never figure out how to just make it start. It always wanted to be programmed.
"And that matters why?" Mary Margaret took over starting the coffee at seeing Emma fighting with the machine. Once the coffee began brewing she turned back to the blonde.
"I decided I am going to stop talking to David all together. He confessed yesterday at the cabin that he only goes there to see me. That's not healthy and a little nuts if you think about it." Emma immediately tried to memorize Mary Margaret looking like this. She was leaning against the counter, having wedged herself between it and Emma. The brunette was looking up at her with a serious, yet adorable expression.
"I mean the man was in a coma for how long. I think he was bound to have a few screws loose." As she thought about it, Emma had concerns about his affection toward her girl. Her girl. She liked the sound of that. Emma wrapped her arms around the other woman's waist. "Does he make you uncomfortable? I can talk to him if you want."
Mary Margaret just leaned up and pressed a quick kiss to the blonde's lips. "That's okay. I don't think he is an issue. I just don't want to be there this morning, not that I know now why he always is there."
Emma just nodded before an idea popped in her head. "Well if that's the case, we have some time before we both need to leave." She picked the brunette up quickly carrying her over to the sofa. Mary Margaret began giggling before the two found themselves enjoying a wonderful and not long enough make out session.
Mary Margaret was standing at the counter of Granny's waiting for her coffee almost 30 minutes later. Emma had gotten a call from Henry about needing to meet ASAP at the castle. The two went about their mornings and Mary Margaret deemed 7:45 an acceptable time to get her coffee.
David had an interesting conversation with Kathryn that very morning and decided to forgo coffee at 7:15. He figured that if Mary Margaret wanted to reach out to him, she would have done so after he dropped the scarf and flowers off.
David walked in and as Mary Margaret looked back at the door, both parties were surprised. Ruby handed the school teacher her coffee. She glanced at both David and Mary Margaret. They were both acting strange. David took off out the door and Mary Margaret was quick to follow him. Ruby quickly made her way to the back to tell Granny that she was taking her break. She didn't want to miss this.
Outside, David was quickly walking away from the diner.
"Hey! What are you doing here?" He turned when he heard Mary Margaret.
"I was trying not to see you." He tried not to stare at her lips when he saw her bite her bottom lip.
"I was trying not to see you. That's why I came late." David just sighed and went to take a step closer to Mary Margaret. The school teacher took a step back. "Emma gave me my scarf and flowers."
"And?" He couldn't help but be hopeful for the reason Mary Margaret followed him outside. "Did she give you my message?"
It was Mary Margaret's turn to sigh. She and Emma had decided that Ruby would have to be the only one to know about their relationship late last night. It was the only way to avoid Regina finding out. Ruby was a risk already but she already knew how the two women felt about each other.
"She did.. But David.. I told you. I am seeing someone." Ruby was standing by the side door of the diner. She would find out why later but there had to be a reason why Mary Margaret didn't just tell David that she was seeing Emma.
"There you are babe." Mary Margaret looked confused for a moment before she realized what the waitress was doing for her. "I took my break so I can walk you to school." Ruby slipped her arm around the school teacher's waist before acknowledging David's presence. "Oh hey David."
David for his part looked equal parts shocked and confused. Mary Margaret had seemed interested in him. He didn't know she was interested in women too. He was prepared to fight over her with another man, a woman though? He wasn't sure where to start.
"Uh.. Hi Ruby." Ruby just sent him a smile and began to push Mary Margaret in the direction of the school. The waitress would get the details on the way.
Regina sat in her car across the street. A part of her was wanting to see her step daughter and husband connect in some way she could use against the girl. The other part was happy they hadn't. She wasn't sure if the two realized how much they meant to each other if the curse would break or not.
Since finding out who Emma was that first week she was in Storybrooke, Regina had been on edge. The Evil Queen knew that Emma was supposed to break the curse. She could even feel it weakening. She was going to need to go see Rumple and find out what he knew about how the curse would break.
Regina needed to know if there was a chance it could break with Snow and Charming's true love kiss. If not, the shepherd may just be her way to ensure her step daughter doesn't defile her own daughter.
"Emma, there is something I need to talk to you about." Mary Margaret paused as she entered the loft. "Oh. Hi Sydney." She glanced between the reporter and Emma.
"Hey. We are just doing some work." Emma smiled over at the school teacher as she began to make her way to where the pair was at the table. "I think we may have found something on Regina." She sent a pointed look at Mary Margaret.
"Oh. Interesting work." Mary Margaret looked between the two, noticing that Sydney looked skeptical of her. "Oh I approve." She made her way over the kitchen, not paying much more attention to the two until a comment by the ex-reporter caught her attention.
"Sometimes doing a bad thing for a good reason is okay, right?"
"Yeah. I mean maybe you are not telling the whole truth but if it's for a good reason, does that make you a bad person?" The two at the table both turned confused gazes on the school teacher.
Emma was utterly confused by what Mary Margaret meant but she could only assume it had to do with what she wanted to tell her earlier. Once Sydney left, she would need to talk to her roommate and figure out what was going on with her.
The door above the sign to the shop chimed. Mr. Gold slowly made his way out of the backroom. He grinned when he saw his newest customer.
"What do I owe the pleasure of you stopping in here, Madam Mayor?" Regina didn't have the time to deal with the imps games.
"Cut the crap, Dark One. I need to know about the curse." Mr. Gold just chuckled deep in his chest and made his way over to the jewelry case. He pulled out a seemingly random necklace and began polishing it.
"You probably should have had all the details before casting it, dearie." Regina rolled her eyes.
"Look, I just need to know how it is going to break."
"Why you already know that. The Savior will break the curse." Regina wanted to burn that grin off the shop owner's face.
"I know that. What I need to know is will she do it or is she being here what does it? Do I need to ensure Snow and the prince stay apart?" Now Rumple was intrigued.
"Why would you want them together? Wasn't that the point of the coma?"
"That is not any of your concern." Gold simply replaced the necklace in the case before making his way back to the other room.
"Well then dearie, I don't believe it is your concern to have the information you want. Have a nice day." Regina groaned and made her way outside. As much as she didn't want to chance it, she couldn't let the imp know about the budding romance she was attempting to stop. That would just be another thing he could hold over her if her curse broke.
"I will give you a call tomorrow." Emma opened the door for the ex-reporter as he was bidding goodnight to Mary Margaret. Emma wanted to figure out what was going on with the brunette. All evening she had been acting strange.
"Goodnight you two." And with that he was gone. Mary Margaret barely waited for the door to be shut before she wrapped her arms around Emma's shoulders. Emma wound her arms around the other woman's waist and kissed her lightly.
"What did you want to talk to me about?" Emma asked as she pulled back slightly. Mary Margaret made her way to the kitchen with the empty glasses from the table.
"Well, about David actually." Emma was by her side in an instant.
"Is everything okay? He isn't still bothering you right?"
"Oh no!" Mary Margaret turned to Emma after placing the cups in the sink. "Not at all. I actually ran into him at the diner this morning."
"You went late though, was he waiting for you?" The pair began their night time routines side by side.
"No, he apparently went late to avoid me as well. I guess he figured I would reach out if I wanted to." Emma nodded as she handed Mary Margaret the tooth paste, her own mouth full of toothpaste already.
"But then he did take the chance to talk to me about wanting to see me.. You know romantically." Emma rinsed out her mouth before grabbing her brush and sitting on the toilet.
"Oh? What did you say about that?" Mary Margaret rinsed her own mouth before moving to take the brush from Emma, seeing the blonde rake it through her hair.
"How many times have I told you to brush it in one full stroke? You only damage your hair by brushing it in those small strokes." Emma playfully rolled her eyes but turned her back to the brunette anyway as Mary Margaret took over brushing Emma's hair.
Shortly after Emma moved in, Mary Margaret had given her the 'Hair Care 101' talk. Emma asked her what she knew about long hair given her pixie cut. Mary Margaret's eyes had gotten this distant look to them before the brunette responded she had long hair growing up. Since the two became more physical with their relationship, Mary Margaret had primarily taken over brushing the blonde's hair.
"I actually didn't have to. Ruby came to the rescue." That got Emma's attention.
"Ruby? What did she have to say?"
"Do you have a hair tie?" Emma raised her arm to indicate the one sitting on her wrist. "She played it off as though she was the person I was seeing when I didn't immediately tell him it was you." Mary Margaret began to braid the blonde's hair.
"At least she came to your rescue, did you tell her why you hesitated?"
"Afterwards, she walked me to the school. I explained Regina threatening us with taking Henry from you." Mary Margaret finished the braid and the two made their way back into the main floor of the loft. "She said that as far as David was concerned, we were seeing each other." Mary Margaret grabbed a glass of water for Emma as Emma grabbed Mary Margaret's book from the coffee table.
"I am glad she was there to take care of my girlfriend when I couldn't be." Emma didn't notice the way Mary Margaret was smiling at her until she went to slide into the bed. "What?"
Mary Margaret slid into the bed, handing Emma her water as she took the book from the blonde. "You called me your girlfriend." Mary Margaret settled back into her pillows as Emma laid her head in the brunette's lap.
"Oh. I'm so-" Mary Margaret just placed her hand on Emma's stomach.
"I never said I minded." The two shared a smile as Emma began to look over one of the files Sydney had brought and Mary Margaret began a new chapter in her book. It was a few minutes before Mary Margaret spoke.
"I want to be his friend." Emma looked up from her respective reading material.
"You want to be who's friend?" Mary Margaret never took the book from her face. She couldn't look at Emma, for some reason talking about the two conflicting blonde's in her life made her feel guilty.
"David's. I want to be friends. He doesn't have many and from our conversation the other day, I get the feeling that Kathryn isn't being faithful either. He should have someone to talk to."
Emma was silent for a few moments. She didn't really want Mary Margaret hanging with the guy who had obvious feelings for her. David is after all the guy who broke her heart.
"Nevermind. It was a stupid idea." Mary Margaret took the silence as Emma's hatred for the idea.
"No. No it wasn't." Emma sat up and gently took the book from Mary Margaret. "You have a big heart and I just don't want you getting hurt. You deserve to have a friend too though. Just be careful okay?"
Mary Margaret smiled and kissed Emma. The two pulled back smiling like fools and went back to their reading positions.
"Make sure he knows that if he touches you again, I know how to make someone disappear."
Up Next:::: VALENTINES DAY! What does that mean for our favorite couple? Will 'Girls Night' get in the way?
Question for you all! The next part is already written, however is extremely long. There is a nice cut off point prior to things… heating up. Would you like it in one very very long chapter or 2? It just needs edited. 2 chapters would mean a new chapter faster. 1 means you wouldn't have to wait for what we've been building to. Let me know!