It was less than a week before Henry said the contractors were starting work on the area Regina would be claiming as her own.

Everyday, Regina woke to the sound of them working, and it frustrated her to no end.

She hadn't tumbled back into her and Emma's dream world - she chalked it up to them not being asleep at the same time.

Regina stayed up most nights and hung out with Kathryn and slept through the day, the blondes parents not a huge part of their daughters life. Not that Regina or Kathryn mattered.

On days they wanted to be alone and be loud, they would go to Kathryn's if Regina's parents were home.

Regina was brought out of her thoughts by a knock on her bedroom door, making her sigh and pull herself out of bed. She slipped a bathrobe on that she kept by her bed for this reason, making sure Kat's body was covered completely before she went and pulled her door open.

"Regina, the contractor wanted to ask you a few questions," Henry said, making Regina nod and rub her eyes.

"Alright, Daddy. I'll be down in a moment, thank you."

Henry nodded, leaving his daughter once more, heading back downstairs while Regina slipped the robe off and set it beside her bed and changed into a dress that went down to her knees, too lazy to put a bra or panties on.

Kat rolled over, whining when she saw Regina dressed and running a hand through her hair to tidy it a little. "Why are you up, Ri?"

"Contractor had questions," Regina said, kneeling on the bed to kiss Kathryn gently. "I'll come back with coffee for you, go back to sleep."

Kathryn nodded with a sleepy smile before rolling back onto her stomach and falling back asleep as Regina left the room.

— — — — — — — —

Regina stepped outside and held the edge of her dress down as the wind picked up before she made her way across to the garage.

"You wanted to talk?" Regina asked, looking at Emma.

"Yeah, are these plans to scale?" Emma asked, pointing to the tablet in front of her.

"Yes, I measured everything twice and ran everything through a program. Why?"

"You really want a cube shelf taking up the whole wall?" Emma asked confused.

"Yes," Regina stepped into the garage, pointing to a wall. "That wall."

"Well, okay... Just double checking. Can't be too careful with these types of projects."

"It's for my sound system and tv- It'll cover the rest of the wall." Regina then pointed to the ceiling. "The Projector will hang here so I can hook it to the screen and watch movies on a bigger screen."

Emma nodded along with what Regina was saying, taking notes on her tablet.

"In the kitchen area," Regina said, moving through to the other end of the large garage, Emma following behind. "I want a small area here to fit a washer and dryer, stacked."

"And the bathroom, we're having trouble laying the piping at the moment, but it'll get done," one of the workers said, making Regina look over at him.

"Boss, we're out of the tiles, need to go pick up some more," another worker said and Emma sighed, scrubbing a hand over her face.

"Yeah, alright everyone, take a lunch break," the blonde called out and all the workers made a noise of happiness before Regina turned towards Emma.

"Large jacuzzi style tub, it's going in tomorrow, the piping will be done by this afternoon. I'll make sure of it," Emma told her, looking back down at the tablet.

"Is that all?" Regina asked, biting her lip.

"You left the other day," Emma whispered, looking Regina over.

"I got woken up and couldn't fall back asleep, since then, Kat and I have been hanging out at night and sleeping the day away," Regina said as she crossed her arms beneath her breasts, looking out the door. "How long do you think this project will take?"

"Two, maybe three weeks? It depends how long it'll take to order in the last of the sound-proofing tiles," Emma said and glanced at Regina's chest, noticing how her breasts barely managed to stay within the dress when the brunette folded her arms.

"I know a guy, I can get you their contact?"

"Sure, that'll rush things along." Emma nodded and Regina took the pen from Emma's pocket, writing the number down on her palm.

Emma looked at their hands as she felt sparks run up her arm at the simple touch and the blonde swallowed nervously.

If Regina felt the connection too, she didn't say anything or react before the pen was slipped back into the front pocket of Emma's jeans and Regina was making her way towards the door.

"Hey, wait," Emma said, moving over to the door quickly as Regina stopped and looked over at her. "You said you and your friend weren't dating, right?"

"Right," Regina said as she nodded, raising an eyebrow.

"Would that mean, hypothetically if someone were to ask you out, you'd be allowed to go out?"

"Hypothetically? What are you, fifty? Are you trying to ask me out on a date, Emma?"

"Yeah," Emma said, nodding.

"Well...?"

"Well, what?"

"Ask then," Regina huffed.

"Would you like to go on a date with me, Regina?"

"Wouldn't that be a breach of contract of some sort?" Regina asked, tilting her head.

Emma scrunched her face at the thought and sighed.

"Yeah, I guess so," Emma said, sounding defeated.

Regina nodded, walking away with a small smile.

She could easily wait till the job was done, but she guessed that Emma hadn't caught up to that thought process yet.

Regina made her way through the house, grabbing her car keys and wallet before she made her way up the stairs to grab her phone.

"Hey," Kat said, sitting up when she heard Regina come back into the room.

"Sorry, forgot my phone. I'm gonna go get the coffee's now."

"Yeah? Want me to come?"

"If you want, I'll go start the car. Oh, also, Emma asked me out?"

Kat stopped moving and looked at Regina, tilting her head. "What did you say?"

"I said that it would technically be a breach of contract- which, is true. Daddy hired her to work here, and I'm basically in charge of the project."

"So, she didn't say she'd ask at the end of the project?"

"No, weird right?" Regina huffed, watching as Kathryn pulled on some boxers and some jeans before searching for a shirt.

"Very weird," Kat said, shaking her head as she gave up looking for a shirt and pulled a hoodie on instead, pushing the sleeves up so she didn't over-heat too much.

Regina just shrugged and made sure she had everything she needed before pulling the door open and making her way back down the stairs with Kat trailing behind her.

"Daddy?" Regina called, listening out for where her father was.

"In the kitchen, Regina," Henry said, his voice carrying through the foyer to them.

Regina made her way through to the kitchen after handing Kathryn the keys to her car so she could get it started.

"Kat and I are just running down to get some coffee's, do you want anything?"

"Oh, would you pick me up an eclair, please?"

"Oh course, a custard tart for mum, too?" Regina asked, kissing her fathers cheek.

Henry reached into his pocket, handing Regina some money, but she refused, stepping back. "It's okay, daddy. I got it," she said, patting his shoulder before leaving the kitchen to go get her shoes on.

— — — — — — — —

Kat and Regina sat in the hot-tub, relaxing with their coffee and enjoying the sunshine when a shadow moved across their form, causing Regina to roll her head slightly and pull her sunglasses off, frowning at the intrusion.

"I get that it's your yard and everything, but you two are stopping my boys from working," Emma said, making Regina look over at Kat and then back at Emma.

"Really? Two teen girls in a hot-tub? Do I need to remind them we're not eighteen yet?"

"Speak for yourself," Kat said, making Regina laugh and shift in her spot, moving to sit on Kathryn's lap.

"I don't think they'd be able to handle you, Kat," Regina said, reaching for her drink.

"I'll be sure to let them know that you're underage, but I really think you should be covered more."

"In my own backyard?" Regina rose an eyebrow, shaking her head before lifting herself out of the hot-tub, the water rolling down her bikini-clad body making a few of the men drop their jaws at the sight. Regina smirked and winked at Kat before laying on her stomach on one of the outdoor lounge chairs.

Kat laughed, tossing some water at Regina.

"Cruel, woman."

"Wait, if Kat is eighteen, and you're not, isn't that technically rape?" Emma asked, raising a challenging eyebrow.

Regina lifted her head, glaring at Emma. "Is this your way of trying to blackmail me into that date?"

Emma smirked, making Regina look at Kathryn.

"Good thing my eighteenth is tomorrow, then?" Regina lied, giving Kat a look that made her know what was happening.

"Yeah, wouldn't want you to be in trouble, Ri," Kat said, shaking her head. "Come on, lets go inside. I'll show you just what I can do to that teen body," Kat said, making Regina sit up, grabbing both their coffees and head inside.

Kat and Regina made their way into the den, sitting on the floor on some towels as Regina pulled up her netflix cue, snuggling into Kats side happily.

"If she's going to be like that, I'm glad I didn't accept the date," Regina said as Kat wrapped an arm around Regina's shoulder.

"I'm glad you didn't accept it also, that's a really dick move."

"All good, girls?" Henry asked as he made his way by the den.

"Yeah, daddy, but gonna watch a movie before we go get some more sun," Regina said, smiling over at her father before turning her attention to the tv as she sipped on her drink.

"Alright, I've got to duck into work for a little bit to sort out a new client. Your mother should be home at five," Henry said, leaning down to press a kiss to Regina's head and pat Kathryn on the shoulder. "Be good, no big parties, no drugs or alcohol." He laughed, making Regina snort a laugh.

"Yeah, like that'll ever happen," Regina said, resting her head back on Kat's shoulder.

"Hey, he said no big parties," Kat teased, making Henry laugh as he left the room.

"Kat?" Regina asked softly when she heard the front door close behind her father.

"Yeah?"

"Do you regret only hanging out with me?"

"No, why? Am I boring you?"

"No! Fuck no, I love having you here, I just... I know you have other friends that probably want to see you over summer break," Regina said, looking up at Kathryn.

"Well, if they message me to ask if I wanna hang, I'll let you know," Kat said, sliding her arm around Regina's shoulders to pull her close once more as she pressed a kiss to the brunettes temple.

— — — — — — — —

Regina pulled the towel over her waist as she laid on the sun lounge, watching Kat search through the kitchen for the sun cream.

She chuckled lightly as she looked through the window, watching her friend climb onto the counter to reach a higher shelf.

A minute later, the blonde came back outside, holding the bottle with a grin of victory before twirling her hand to make Regina roll onto her stomach.

When Regina shifted, Kathryn straddled the back of her thighs, pouring a generous amount of the lotion into her hand before setting the bottle down and slowly massaging the cream into Regina's back and shoulders.

"Undo," Kat said, waiting a moment as she smoothed her hands across Regina's lower back while the brunette undid the ties to her bikini bra. "Thanks."

Regina only hummed lightly and sighed as she felt the hands work their way up her back, the cool cream hitting her sun-warmed skin, causing her to relax and allow her eyes to flutter shut.

After a while, it was more about a massage then applying sunscreen for both of them, lost in their own world as Kathryn worked out the knots in Regina's lower back, causing a low moan to bubble up her throat.

"That feels nice," Regina murmured.

"Yeah? You're so tense, babe," Kat said, sliding her hands up Regina's ribs, brushing the side of the brunettes breasts lightly which caused another noise to come out of her lips.

"Maybe you should fix it, then," Regina purred, holding her bra to her chest as she sat up, tying it quickly so her breasts wouldn't be seen by the workers that were across the yard.

Kat chuckled, kneeling over her as Regina rolled onto her back. "Here?" Kat asked, looking around.

"Please, like we haven't fucked by the pool a million times before."

"Yeah, when it was dark out or no one was around." Kat looked down at Regina as the brunette moved the towel for a moment, pulling Kat down on top of her before putting the towel over both their lower halves.

"There, now no one can see. Unless you want me on top?"

"I don't know, Regina," Kat whispered, looking at the brunettes face.

"Okay," Regina said, sensing the blonde really wasn't comfortable. "Cuddle instead?" She asked, opening her arms.

Kat nodded, kissing Regina's forehead as a silent thank you before laying her head on the brunettes chest, sighing happily as Regina's arms curled around her waist.

— — — — — — — —

Regina opened her eyes at the sound of someone clearing their throat and she smiled up at her mother. "Hi, all okay?"

"Yes, dear. You two, okay?"

Regina nodded, rubbing Kat's back beneath the towel shed shifted a while ago to stop the blonde getting too burnt.

"Kat, wake up," Regina said, slowly coaxing her to the land of the living.

"Mm, nope," Kat grunted, hiding her face against Regina's neck.

"Come on, mums home. Let's go get some ice cream," Regina said, causing Kat to sit up quickly and smile nervously at Cora.

"Hi."

Cora laughed softly and smiled at them.

"Hello, dear. Have a nice nap?" Cora asked, dipping her foot in the pool to get a feel for the water.

"I did, Regina's a great pillow," Kat said, smiling.

"How about I order us some food from the diner and we watch a movie?" Cora offered, looking towards the garage to see them all packing up to head home for the day.

"I like that idea, I can go pick it up if you want?" Regina asked, stretching her arms above her head when Kat moved off of her.

"Did your father say when he'd be home?"

"He didn't, just said he had a new client." Regina got up, making sure she'd picked up everything before heading inside with Kat and Cora.

"What would you like to eat?" Cora asked, making her way through to the kitchen.

"I'm in the mood for a burger," Regina said, looking towards Kat. "Wanna go halves?"

"Yeah, and fries?" Kat asked.

Regina nodded and looked towards Cora as Kat wrote the order down on her phone. "What about you?"

Cora thought for a moment before nodding. "That sounds good, I think I'll have that also," Cora said, smiling as she went to her bag, pulling her wallet out.

"Oh, I got this one, Cora," Kat said. "I always eat here, it's no trouble."

Cora frowned and shook her head. "Nonsense, dear. You're a guest."

Kat snorted and patted Cora on the shoulder lightly.

"If I were a guest, I wouldn't spend almost every night of the year, here."

Cora sighed, waving them off. "Fine, if you really want to pay."

"I do," Kathryn said, smiling.

"I'm just going to go get my dress back on," Regina said, heading upstairs.

"What about you?" Cora asked, looking at Kathryn who was only in a bikini bra and board-shorts.

"Eh, I'm fine," Kat said, shrugging.

Regina came back downstairs a moment later with a shirt in her hand, tossing it towards Kathryn as she looked at her mother.

"Can you make sure that Emma got the pipes fitted, please?" Regina asked and Cora waved her off with a nod, walking out to the backyard as they left through the front of the house.

"Miss Swan?" Cora called, looking at the progress of the whole garage.

"Through here, Mayor Mills," Emma called out, poking her head out of a doorway.

Cora made her way over, looking at the half-tiled walls and the countertops that were put in.

"How's everything going, dear?"

"Great, tomorrow I should have the rest of the soundproofing tiles put up, the speaker system will be finished by then also." Emma tied her hair up and looked at Cora.

"Is there anything else you need done?" Cora asked and Emma shook her head.

"I did have one question, when's Regina's birthday?"

"Oh, not till February, why?"

Emma smirked and shrugged. "Just making sure the whole thing will be finished in time, I thought it was sooner the way we were asked to rush this project.

"No, it's got to be finished by the end of Summer Break so that Regina has a place of her own to study and relax without her parents getting in the way."

"Her words or yours?"

"It's always been a topic in our home, she gets all A's in school, focus' on her work, piles that up with her part-time job, studies hard. A little independence isn't bad for her," Cora said, looking around.

"Besides, it'll finally give Henry and I a break from hearing her and Kathryn going at it at all hours of the night." Cora shrugged, smiling softly making Emma falter slightly.

"Yeah, isn't Kathryn in the year above her?"

"No, she repeated a grade because of a family issue when she was younger."

"Wait, so she's older than Regina, and you still allow them to sleep together?"

"Dear, if you're going to start saying that there's something wrong with two women sleeping together, especially if one of those females are my daughter and the other is her best friend..." Cora scowled, her eyes narrowing as she took a step forward, getting closer to the blonde.

"Considering one of those 'women'," Emma started, using her fingers to make air-quotes as she stood her ground. "Isn't even half woman at all..."

"Pack. Up." Cora said, her voice hauntingly calm. "Get everything out of her, now. If you so much as step foot back in this yard, near them girls, or anywhere near my family, I will press charges."

Emma rolled her eyes, shaking her head. "Whatever," The blonde sighed as she started picking her tools up.

Cora watched her closely as she pulled her phone out, calling Henry to let him know they'd no longer be using that company and to send out a check for the work that had barely been started.

Henry didn't argue, knowing something must have gone down for his wife to sound so angry despite the calmness in her voice.

"I'm on my way home now," Henry told her, making Cora feel a little more at ease with the situation.

As she ended the call and held her phone tight within her hand, she glared at the blonde who was taking her sweet time to pack her stuff up.

"What did you mean she wasn't fully a woman?" Cora asked, clenching her jaw.

"Oh please, the board shorts barely cover anything when they're soaked and clinging to skin. The way she gave Regina a massage earlier on the sun lounge while applying sunscreen also gave her a huge boner... Not easy to hide when it's that big even in cold water," Emma said, looking down the driveway as Regina and Kathryn pulled up with the food.

Cora cleared her throat, looking towards the girls before looking back to Emma.

"Stay away from here, away from them, and my family." She said with finality as she followed Emma down the driveway to the Ute she was using for work.

"Yeah, like I'd wanna come back and watch them two be sickeningly gross all the time. It's sick and disgusting." Emma slammed her door behind her as she started her Ute up and took off down the road without a care for safety.

"Everything okay, Cora?" Kathryn asked from the front step, waiting with the door open so she could come inside.

"How much did you hear?" Cora asked, looking at the blonde.

"Just the last bit and you telling her to stay away, is everything alright?"

"Did Regina hear?"

"No, she needed to go to the bathroom so she ran inside as soon as the door was open," Kat said, pushing her flip-flops off as she stepped inside with Cora and smiled at the woman. "Thank you for sticking up for me, though."

There was a sad smile on kathryn's lips, which made Cora step forward and hug the teen. "You're family, Kathryn. Don't ever think otherwise."

Kathryn smiles with tears welling up in her eyes, hugging Cora tight.

— — — — — — — —

Sitting around the dining room table while eating, Cora filled Regina in on the happenings of the fact Emma, and her crew, had been fired.

Regina nodded along, not really caring too much about what was being sad until the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it," Cora said as she stood and shoved one last fry into her mouth and made her way through to the door.

Pulling the door open, Cora rose an eyebrow at the delivery man standing there.

"Flowers for," he looked at the card on the bouquet. "Regina?"

"Regina, it's for you," her mother said, stepping away from the door as she waited for her daughter.

Regina stopped by her mother and looked at the flowers before hesitantly reaching for them.

"Have a good day, ladies," the man said after Cora signed for the flowers seeing as Regina was too preoccupied with them.

Regina carefully pulled the card from the middle of the roses and handed the bouquet to her mother in a stunned silence.

"What's it say?" Cora asked, following Regina back through the house to the dining room.

Regina opened the small envelope as she took her seat beside Kathryn once more, her hands shaking as she started to read aloud.

"I'd love to fill a room with just your smiles and the sparkles within your eyes. Love, your admirer."

Regina swallowed nervously and set the card on the table, staring at it.

"Still have an admirer, huh?" Kat asked, smiling.

"I don't understand, I keep to myself all the time. Who would even send me flowers anyway?"

"Whoever it is, knows you like Lilies and roses," Cora said, arranging the roses into the same vase as the lilies.

"Yeah, I guess. Or they're just picking random romantic flowers," Regina said before excusing herself.

Kat watched her leave the room, a helpless stare in the blondes eyes.

"It's me," Kat said, barely looking towards Cora.

"Why don't you tell her?"

"Because... she literally dreams of another person all the time."

"Yes, but she sleeps with you."

Cora stood, taking the trash through to the kitchen, smiling as she watched Kathryn sitting at the table still.

"Tell her."

Kathryn finished eating her food, looking over at the card Regina left sitting on the table before she scrunched her trash up into a ball and took it to the kitchen, tossing it into the rubbish bin.

She then grabbed two waters and made her way upstairs, trying to figure out the words to say to Regina, but by the time she got to the brunettes room, she was snoring lightly with her headphones in, the dull sound of a baseline filling the room.

Kathryn shifted awkwardly, setting the bottles on the bedside table as she sat on the edge of the bed and tried to keep herself calm enough to find a way to tell Regina about how she felt.

She was thankful that Regina was asleep, it gave her more time to think. But she also missed looking into Regina's eyes, she missed seeing her smile.

Laying down, Kat stared at the ceiling, watching the way the fan spun slowly above her.

She almost wished it would just drop onto her so she could avoid having the conversation all together.

— — — — — — — —

Regina waited, for what felt like hours for Emma to show up in her dream, prepared to confront her for what went down that afternoon.

Staring out the window over all the trees, Regina knew- she felt it -when Emma appeared in their dream world.

"Are you here to yell at me too?" Emma asked, making Regina turn and look at her.

"Depends. Do you deserve it?"

"Probably, I just can't stand the thought of you fucking that freak," Emma snapped, making Regina's eyebrows shoot up.

"Excuse me?"

"Yeah, you heard me," Emma said. "She's a freak. What kind of 'woman' has a dick anyway?"

"Does it matter? She's still a female, shes different, but perfect. I love her the way she is."

"Love?"

"She's been my best friend since we were children, of course I love her."

Regina tried to ignore the way her heart ached at the word, a frown marring her features as she turned to look back out the window.

"Oh, come on. We're clearly meant to be together, Regina. We both felt a spark when you wrote the number on my hand."

"No, I didn't," Regina lied, shaking her head.

Emma scoffed, making Regina turn and lean against the window, staring at the blonde.

"Emma Swan, you are so frustrating..."

"Whatever, Regina. You're just mad cause I fuck you better than she does."

"Uh, no, you really don't.. and like you said, this is only a dream, so technically, you haven't fucked me ever."

"You don't wake up horny?"

"Only when I see that Kat has morning wood or when I've dreamt about her," Regina said. Which wasn't a complete lie, there had only been a few times in all the years of them dreaming about each other that Regina really woke up horny because of what they'd done.

"Way to wound a girl," Emma said sarcastically, holding a hand over her heart.

"This isn't why I came here... I needed to ask you a question," Regina said, clearly getting frustrated.

"Well, ask."

"Did you send me flowers and write me poems?"

"No, I ain't romantic at all. I fucking hate the idea of flowers. They're such a waste of money. They're gonna die so you're stuck with them for like, two weeks tops before they start to brown off," Emma said, shaking her head.

Regina let out a sigh of relief before rubbing her arms, a cool breeze cocooning her.

Nodding to herself, she looked right up into Emma's eyes as she spoke.

"Emma Swan, you're dead to me. I never want to see you in my dreams or in real life again."

Regina woke, feeling like a weight had lifted off her shoulders.

She saw the shocked look on Emma's features, but didn't stop to pull herself out of that world.

She turned her head slightly and smiled seeing Kathryn there, eyes open and staring at the ceiling.

"Hey, how long was I out?"

"Bout an hour, all good?" Kat asked and Regina smiled as she nodded, curling into the blonde's side.

"All is good."

Kathryn pressed a kiss to the top of Regina's head as she held her close, her mind still rolling with ways to tell the brunette.

"Hey, Regina?"

"Yeah?"

"Can we go up to the lookout? I kinda want to talk to you about something."

Regina lifted her head and looking into the blonde's eyes, seeing the urgency there, Regina just nodded.

"Of course. I just need to use the bathroom, go start the car, I'll be down in a sec."

Kathryn nodded, slipping out of bed before making her way downstairs, she smiled as she saw Cora and Henry on the couch and let them know they'd be back soon.

Cora just waved a hand, always trusting Kathryn with her daughter as she told them to go and have fun.

Henry on the other hand, wanted to know where they were going.

"We're just going to go pick up some iced coffee and ice cream," Regina said as she caught up to Kathryn in the doorway of the living room.

Henry nodded and bid them a good night before the girls left.

— — — — — — — —

Regina sipped on her coffee as she sat on the hood of the car, watching the sunset.

She knew Kat wanted to talk, so she didn't put any pressure on the blonde, knowing she'd speak up in her own time.

They were silent for another few minutes before that time finally happened.

"It's me," Kat said, not lofting her head as she scratched at the label on her coffee bottle.

"What is?" Regina asked, looking towards the blonde.

"The flowers, the notes." Kat couldn't find the courage to look up, tears starting to burn her eyes as she heard Regina whisper.

"Oh," was all the brunette said, clearing her throat. "Why?"

— — — — — — — —

AN: Ive gone over this afew times, but my ipad (Where I write and upload everything from) was playing up and everything was getting repea tedasI tried to past something, so if theres a repeat of this, im sorry... Just let me know and i'll fix it asap.