It was Friday morning and Regina was particularly chipper. It wasn't that the weekend was near or that she didn't have anything important to do at the office although both are true, it was that Emma told her a couple days ago that she was falling in love with her. This made her stop what she was doing for a bit and looked up to the slivers of sunshine coming in. The brunette quite literally had hearts on her eyes as she remembered what had happened that Sunday afternoon.

As soon as Emma said the words, Regina felt like she's been shot to the gut in shock. She knew that Emma was gonna say something along the lines but actually hearing the words was something else. After she got over the shock, it seemed like the world was much more beautiful, like she was looking at it from a filter. A smile slowly broke on her face and as her vision came to focus, she saw that Emma was doing the same.

'You don't have to say it back, Regina. Say it when you feel like it.'

Regina was a little upset that she couldn't mirror Emma's words just yet but she wouldn't say it just because. It will come however as she could feel it already. The only reply she could give was to kiss the blonde on the cheeks and it seemed like it was enough. Emma had on that dopey smile that she always has when kissed. They laid down after and held each others hands, watching the still waters gain movement.

Since, every day was as close to paradise as she can have. Emma made work a lot lighter and they would spend hours just talking and laughing. After office, they would pick up Henry from school and spend the rest of the day like a real family. Emma and Regina still retreated to their own bedrooms but more than once has Regina been tempted to ask. It was becoming increasingly difficult not to touch Emma so aside from that she doesn't stop herself. There was no point in it anyway, it was like the two were opposing sides of a magnet, always finding a way to be together.

The Mayor sighed before pouring the batter into the heated pan. She can genuinely say that she's never been happier.

'Do you know that in that light, you look like an angel?'

There, leaning her beautiful head on the door frame, was Emma Swan. Her eyes obviously leered and Regina could only roll hers. 'Really?'

Emma walked to the brunette and stood behind her. 'How are you this beautiful this early in the morning?'

'Pure dumb luck?'

'Oh, c'mon.' She wrapped her arms around the thin waist and laid her chin on the strong shoulder. 'You smell good too. I don't know what I did to deserve this. You in my arms, cooking me the best damn pancakes in all the lands...' She hummed near Regina's ear and took a small lick.

'Emma...' She whined pathetically. 'You're gonna make me burn these pancakes, honey.'

'Well, can you blame me? You're only wearing a robe. Are you naked underneath?'

Regina flipped the cakes and it was a little more brown that her usual. 'And if I am? What are you gonna do?'

'For starters, I will untie this knot...' Emma did as she narrated and the robe fell open. '...and I will touch your-oh. You're wearing a satin nightie underneath.' She said, disappointed when she felt the fabric.

'Do you honestly think I sleep naked?' The slightly burned pancakes were plated and the rest of the batter was poured.

'I always thought you slept naked. I guess that's just the fantasy running in my head for years now.' Her hands stayed on Regina's flat stomach.

'You seem to have a lot of fantasies about me, Miss Swan. Come tell me more.'

Emma grinned. 'Are you sure? They're really naughty.'

'Then you really don't know me if you think I would think your bubblegum fantasies are naughty.'

The blonde was somewhat insulted so she retaliated with her hands moving down to the hem of the silk. Her finger traced the line and felt Regina shudder against her. 'Bubble gum, huh? How about if I tell you that when I was new in this town, I dreamt of fucking you on the hood of my car with a big black strap on?' Nails first, she lifted her fingers and watched as goosebumps formed on Regina's nape.

'Not so bubblegum after all.' Before Emma could go and do what she wanted, Regina turned in her embrace, laying both arms on around her neck. Emma was looking smug and she wiped that off by kissing her cheek. 'You have quite the imagination, my dear. Have you masturbated with thoughts of me?'

'All the time.' She said confidently. She didn't need to hide anything from Regina anymore.

Regina smiled. 'That may be the sweetest thing I've ever heard.' She connected their foreheads softly before she chanced a kiss on the nose.

'Sweet?'

'We're going into dangerous territory, Emma and I want our first time to be special. Not a quick fuck because we're both horny. You're special, dear. You deserve more than that.'

Emma was touched. 'Is that your fancy way of saying that I just turned you on?'

Regina bit her lip before she nodded. 'We need to quit while we're ahead. I want to do this right.'

'Okay, I won't tell you my naughty fantasies anymore.'

'Thank you.' Regina turned back to her pancakes and saw that every single one had already burned. Usually, she would be annoyed but she was still on cloud 9 so it was merely ignored. 'Speaking of doing this right, I wanted to ask you something.'

Emma moved to the fridge and poured some orange juice. 'Shoot.'

'Do you want to.. um.. maybe.. go on a date with me?'

The glass Emma was holding almost dropped to the floor. She swung sharply at the adorable looking Regina, face looking like she was expecting a 'No' as a response. It was incredibly cute. 'Of course! I would love to go on a date with you, babe. I actually think we've been going on dates a couple times now but okay, let's make this official.'

Regina's shoulders shot up and she looked giddy. 'Really? That's-'

Emma approached her and quickly enveloped her in a hug. 'Babe, of course, I want to go on a date with you. I would love nothing more.' She kissed the raven locks before looking at her face. 'When do you want to do this? Cause I'm ready. I'm yours, 100%'

'I was thinking we both get off work and we have a movie marathon. I haven't watched the rest of the Scream movies.'

'If you wanted to sleep in my room tonight, you could've just asked.'

Regina gasped before slapping the blonde's shoulder. 'How dare you use my own words against me?'

'I'm just saying. You know it doesn't take much with me.'

'Had I known that I definitely would've kissed you a couple years ago.

'Yeah, you should have.' She said obnoxiously. 'In fact, why don't you do that right now?'

'I should, huh?' Her right hand drifted down and winded back, slapping Emma hard on the ass. The sheer force of it caused them both to almost topple on the floor. 'That's gonna leave a welt...'

'You dominatrix you.'

'Maybe I'll share with you some stories of my own. You know, back when I was the infamous Evil Queen. I had a lot of hot moments with my bed warmers-'

'Good morning, moms. Can I go in or are you both naked?' Henry peaked from the behind the wall with hands shielding his eyes.

At once, Emma and Regina separated, the brunette tying her silk robe back on. 'Of course not, sweetheart. C'mon, let's have breakfast. Emma set the table, will you?'

'Sure.'

They moved to their places quietly. Henry kept quiet while Emma glanced at him, trying to figure out a great ice breaker. She was a little annoyed that they got interrupted yet again but she understood. That one time they both caught Snow and Charming in flagrante delicto still haunts her even today.

The silence wasn't broken and finally Regina laid down the plate. Just a singular plate. With three mildly deformed pancakes.

'Needless to say, I was distracted by your mother so now we are going to Granny's.' Emma aimed to clap but Regina swiftly stopped her with a raised finger. 'No burgers for breakfast.'

Emma pouted and pushed her glass of juice like a child. 'No fair.'

[x]

As per usual, Granny's during lunch was incredibly busy. The three staff on the floor were going around, taking, delivering orders and bussing tables. Belle was at the bar, in deep thought about what she just saw. She has been at the diner since morning and couldn't leave after seeing Regina, Emma and Henry acting like a real family while having breakfast. The two women were incredibly sweet towards each other and it embarrassed the teenager to no end. They didn't feed each other with their arms crossed but still, it was obvious that things between them were different. Belle has always been there so she can tell and the civil smiles turned to sparkling eyes. Something happened.

As she sipped her milkshake, she tracked back to when this happened. A week back, two weeks back, a month back, two months back. She hummed. Could it be that... Ruby saw Emma change and the effect went away... Emma running to Regina at the beach...

Belle gasped.

The inebriation of that night was to be blamed of why she didn't come to it immediately but now that it clicked, she had to sit up.

'Oh my god...' She uttered softly. The final fact of the true loves dawned on her and she screamed. 'Oh my god!'

Ruby was on her way to deliver a milkshake when Belle's loud voice rang in the little space, startling her. She tripped on her high chunky heels and fell on the way to the exit. The noise of the diner dropped down to zero as Ruby slowly recovered. The ice cream was spilled on her chest and her hair, causing them to stick to her cleavage.

'Oh, shoot!' She jumped down of her chair and went to the wolf, helping her to get up. 'I'm so sorry, Rubes.'

'Why would you scare me like that, Belle?' She picked up the dirty utensils and saw that her knee was bleeding on her way up. 'Shit, I'm bleeding.'

'I'm so sorry, Rubes. I didn't mean to. C'mon let's get you cleaned up.'

Ruby glared. 'Oh, I didn't get that. Cause you know people just randomly scream 'oh my god' while drinking milkshakes in the middle of the day.'

The bustle slowly picked up and it was as if nothing happened. Granny came out from the kitchen and surveyed the situation. 'What the hell happened to you, child?'

'Belle scared the shit out of me and I skidded my knee.' She slung her arm around the tinier brunette. 'That milkshake is not coming out of my paycheck by the way.'

'Yes, yes, of course. I'll pay for it.'

Granny rolled her eyes and went to the floor, commanding one of the waitresses to clean up Ruby's mess. 'Go in the back and get that cleaned up.'

'Yes, Granny.'

'Yes, Granny.'

They answered in unison.

Belle held Ruby as she hobbled to the back room. Once inside, Belle deposited the lanky brunette to a chair before collecting some cloths and the first aid kit.

'Wait, can I get this shirt off first? It's getting incredibly sticky.' Ruby has already taken off the apron but felt it necessary to ask person for the top.

Belle swallowed. 'Sure. Do you want me to...?' She approached the chair and crouched down a bit. 'I can-' Her hands darted out and pushed the clustered hair behind her shoulder first. When she saw the chocolate splatters, she felt hypnotized. 'If-if... you want, I can-'

Ruby took Belle's hand and placed it in front of the top most button. 'Please?'

Her hands started to tremble but she masked it with a high pitched laugh. It took her a couple tries since her own fingers were slipping but she eventually popped the button out of the hole. Since it was already a bit low, a great deal of cleavage was shown even more.

Ruby saw the muscles in Belle's neck move. 'Do you need help?'

The second button was taken off. Now, Belle can see the hard rock abs. 'I can do it.' Ruby chuckled a bit and her confidence grew. Her movement picked up and soon enough, she was pulling the shirt out of being tucked in her skirt. Her hand moved up and she slowly peeled the fabric off the long arms. The black push up bra stood out from the creamy white skin and Belle found it difficult to look away.

'You okay over there, Belle?'

Belle blinked. 'Yeah, yes, I'm-' She grabbed the cloth and pressed it on the wound, stopping the bleeding. 'Can you hold this for a moment? I'll just prepare the rest of the kit.'

'Yeah.' To hold the cloth, Ruby has to bend at the waist and it put her breasts in clearer view of the other woman.

'Oh my god...' She said to herself as she poured some water on a dry cloth. Her eyes blinked fast, moving from what she was doing to looking at the show in front of her. The first aid kit box was opened and she looked for an antibiotic ointment, lining it up on the floor with the rest of the paraphernalia.

'Belle, you're shaking. Are you afraid of blood?'

No, I'm turned on. It was absolutely ridiculous. She caused her friend to injure herself and now she couldn't think of anything else but kissing the path where the chocolate has dripped. They were friends. Good friends. This sudden attraction scared Belle but she was finding herself helpless against it. She took some calming breaths before taking the cloth from Ruby's knee. 'I'm good. I'm just a little rattled with what's happened.'

'I'm sorry I made a big deal out of this, Belle. It's fine, really.'

She cleaned the wound before applying a thin layer of antibiotic cream. 'It's fine as well. I hope it doesn't turn out into anything more cause I don't want to see Dr. Whale more than necessary.'

Ruby jerked when Belle finished putting on the cream. 'You and me both.' The wound was covered and taped down. 'What happened, by the way? Why were you screaming?'

Belle cleaned up and put everything away before pulling up a chair. 'Because I figured something out.' Her eyes went to Ruby's chest again and she had to cringe.

'What?'

She shook her head as if doing it will erase the last half hour. 'Remember when Regina was sprayed with the dust?'

'Yeah.'

'Okay, then I remembered that you saw Emma turn into a ladybug. Do you remember?'

Ruby grinned. 'Oh yeah. Emma looked stupid.'

'Then the day after, Regina asked me if I told Emma that she got sprayed the dust.'

'….okay.'

'Do you get it now? You may have plied me with rum laced ice tea but I still remembered the name of the dust. It's lovebug! What it does is it turns your true love into a lady bug.'

Ruby's mouth fell wide open. 'Oh my god.'

'And the reason why Emma and Regina are together all the time is because you need to be together for the effects to fade. They have been together for months now. They're true loves!'

'Oh my god!' Ruby screamed just like how Belle had. 'That's why Emma was so jealous when I was kinda hitting on Regina at the beach. You should've seen her, she almost blew a gasket.'

'You were hitting on Regina?' The brunette asked with a somewhat edged tone.

'I was but it was just... I was kidding. Anyway, do we tell them that we know? Cause I wanna know what happened after they knew they were true loves. I mean Regina probably had a heart attack and Emma was probably like 'Holy shit! I won the jackpot!'. I just, I wanna know.'

Belle crossed her arms. 'No, it's none of our business... but it does feel weird knowing something so personal about them. It will feel like we're talking about them behind their backs.'

'So we should tell them?'

'I guess we should.' She sighed. 'I'm also curious of what happened.'

'Okay, okay, we're gonna tell them-'

'We should prepare a dinner and then tell them slowly so that they won't be spooked-'

'Or... we can not tell them that we know and have a little fun of our own!' Ruby turned to Belle with her brown eyes blown up in excitement. 'They haven't come out so that means they don't want anyone to know.'

'We should just tell them. They might get mad at us.'

The wolf chuckled. 'Emma probably but Regina will have a good laugh at this. C'mon, Belle. Our lives are pretty boring and it's not like we get to battle the occasional villains that come to this town because I'm always missing for some reason and the most hurt you can do against to a person is throwing a book. Come on...' She took Belle's hands and brought it close to her chest. 'Please? It's gonna be really fun! Do this for me, please? Just- if Regina throws a fireball, always remember to duck.'

Her hands being near to Ruby's breasts muddled her good sense. 'Okay, fine. What are we gonna do?'

'We're gonna use the strongest tool at our disposal, our sexuality.' Ruby wagged her eyebrows up and down. 'This is gonna be so much fun. Okay, I'm gonna need a bouquet of flowers. Can you have that prepared by like five o'clock?'

Belle was still wary. 'What are you gonna use it for?'

'You'll see.'

[x]

After they dropped off Henry at school, they went straight to the video store. Emma found it funny that the town still had one since Netflix already exists but Regina reminded her of their freeze in time that ran for decades. They went to the horror section and picked up the rest of the Scream movies and a few more. Regina reminded Emma that they should pick up 'The Breakfast Club' so she could finally understand the fist in the air move that the blonde did a couple weeks ago.

Regina prepared a lot of snacks for them and even threw in Emma's favorites, letting the blonde pig out at least for today. They changed into something more comfortable, lined up the snacks in front of the TV and queued the movies. Once under a very comfortable blanket, they clicked play.

They were connected in every part that when Regina surveyed their position, she couldn't tell where they started and ended. This made her smile as she sunk back to Emma's warm body. The movie playing was Scream Four and having been through the three ones earlier, it didn't seem as scary to the brunette anymore. Emma was as per usual mouthing the lines and acting with the actress, something she still found fascinating.

'Okay.. hang on. Uhm, are you familiar with the phrase, 'I wrote the book on this?' Bam!' Emma acted out Gail Riley shutting the door close and she chuckled.

Regina had to smile before leaning up and kissing her on the cheek.

Emma mirrored the smile. 'What was that for?'

'You look really cute.' Suddenly, Regina was 18 again and blushed.

'I don't think I've ever heard you say that word, Madame Mayor.'

'Of course, I've said it before Emma.'

'Not in that context.' Emma turned a little more to the brunette and cradled the gorgeous face with her left hand. She looked deep into the brown eyes. 'You're so beautiful.'

'So are you.' Her eyes flickered down to Emma's lips, sending a clear signal of what the woman above her should do next.

Emma picked up on it and moved forward slowly. With baited breaths, their faces got closer and both eyes closed.

'Regina?'

They both ignored it at first. Maybe it was just their hallucination or perhaps the TV but the call came again. This time with an accompanying knock on the ornate door.

'Do you think I can just lock you in a room, make out with you and not be bothered?!' Emma asked angrily. She glanced at the door and squinted to see who it was who that dared to interrupt them.

'Emma, please calm down. I'll see who it is and I'll send them away, okay? This day will not be ruined for us. We can still "make out" as you say later. Is that okay?' She consoled with couple caresses to the cheek.

'Regina, are you home?'

'Coming!' Regina surprisingly broke and the blonde was startled. 'I really wanted to kiss you, Emma. I'll be right back.' She pulled back the blanket and gestured to herself, engulfing her petite frame in purple smoke. The Regina that stood in front of Emma now was in usual Mayor Regina garb. She flicked her hair back before thundering to the door, ready for a fight.

The door swung back and Ruby jumped a little. 'Regina, hey.'

'Miss Lucas? What... what are you doing here?'

Ruby made a flower bouquet appear from her back. 'These are for you.'

'Flowers, Miss Lucas? I'm not sick, why would you give me flowers?' She took it nonetheless and inspected the beautiful arrangement.

'No, I know you're not sick. I just I wanted to ask you something. I know that this will come as a shock to you since I haven't been forthcoming with my emotions but I- I like you, Regina. I think you're stunningly beautiful, smart, a great mom and a great Mayor.' Ruby took pause and gauged the woman's reaction. When she didn't get anything, she continued. 'I've held these feelings for too long and I felt like now is the perfect time to let you know. That being said, would you like to go on a date with me?'

Emma popped out of her hiding place and screamed. 'What the fuck?'


Author's Notes: The second part was long so I had to cut it. And yes, we're getting to the M part soon.