Part Twenty-Two: The One With The Diner
Emma was kissing Regina's back, bone knot to bone knot down her spine.
Regina was lying on her stomach, her head resting on top of her arms over the pillow moaning softly at each touch of Emma's lips on her skin.
Emma loved those noises.
They had been inside that pension room since three o'clock in the afternoon ravishing each other's bodies in hunger that made it nearly impossible for Emma to know where Regina ended and where she begin.
They moved in unison on top of each other, almost like a dance they had been dancing since before the world was forged.
Emma knew exactly how to touch Regina, her lips were hungry to run over every inch of exposed skin, her tongue desperate to taste her.
Emma had no idea what the time was.
All she knew was that the sunlight was entering through the window when they first kiss and now only the faint silver glow of the moon entered the dark room.
"This is nice," Regina moaned when Emma kissed another knot.
"I can't get enough of you," Emma said, kissing one more knot.
Regina purred under Emma, wiggling her body slightly.
"I can't get enough of you either," Regina said.
Emma smiled against Regina's back, tracing her lips lower and lower, and lower.
She paused on Regina's lower back, giving the area a long kiss before nuzzling her lips and cheeks on Regina's ass.
"I swear to God," Emma said, running her fingers above Regina's ass "Your ass is a work of art"
"Emma," Regina whispered.
Emma kissed Regina's ass, leaving a wet trace behind.
Regina moaned softly above Emma, her legs already parting for Emma to settle between them.
Emma licked the crease below Regina's ass, the tip of her tongue running smoothly all the way down to her thigh. Regina wiggled slightly and parted her legs even wider when Emma dropped a kiss on her inner thigh. The skin there was still sticky from her orgasm and the intoxicating scent of her pleasure was nearly making Emma dizzy.
Emma loved the smell of Regina's pleasure. She loved knowing she was responsible for them. She loved when Regina moved with her while her tongue was buried deep inside of her and she loved, even more, when Regina poured inside her mouth.
Emma bit Regina's flesh, close enough to her labia. Regina let out a desperate moan, a mix between a purr and a groan, and Emma smiled against her skin.
"Emma," Regina whispered "You are making me wet again"
Emma dropped a kiss slightly lower on Regina's inner thigh, alternating between running her lower lip and scratching her teeth over the skin.
"You are making me wet too," Emma said.
"I am not doing anything," Regina said.
"You don't have to," Emma said, licking her skin.
Emma kissed Regina's left thigh all the down to her knee before switching to her other leg, kissing her way up.
She sank her teeth into Regina's inner thigh and then ran her tongue flatly, licking the pain away.
"Oh, fuck, Emma," Regina moaned.
Emma continued to kiss up Regina's inner thigh, rubbing her nose on the flesh, biting, kissing, and licking.
The closer Emma got to that particular point just below Regina's ass, that perfect crease just between her ass and her thigh, the stronger Regina's pleasure scent intensified.
Emma closed her eyes and moaned against Regina's flesh, kissing another spot and another and another until she was running her tongue against Regina's ass crease again.
"Emma, please," Regina purred softly.
"I told you already," Emma said quickly dropping a kiss over Regina's ass "You don't have to beg"
Emma settled between Regina's legs, running her fingers over her ass and then letting them disappear between her legs.
"Oh, fuck, Regina," Emma bit her lower lip "You are so fucking wet"
"Enter me," Regina moaned.
Emma pushed two fingers inside Regina's cunt, her juices welcoming her inside. Emma pumped in and out of her faster and faster, watching Regina fist the sheets and bite the pillow, her body wiggling under Emma as her fingers build the pleasure inside of Regina.
Emma's breathing became heavier, her eyes burning with lust watching Regina squirm in bed. Emma felt her own juices run down her thighs, her clit aching, begging her to be touched.
Emma lowered her body on top of Regina's, licking her lower back slowly up to her neck while her fingers worked inside the brunette woman. She pumped easily in and out of Regina, her inner walls clenching around her fingers, her cum pouring out of her.
Emma sank her teeth into Regina's neck, sucking the flesh inside her mouth. Regina fisted the sheets harder, her knuckles turning white as lips parted, moaning Emma's name. Regina lifted her torso slightly, rubbing her ass on Emma's core as she moved with her fingers.
"Fuck," Emma gasped, nearly stopping moving inside Regina.
Emma positioned herself on Regina's right thigh, rubbing herself on the bare flesh. Her clit grind deliciously against Regina's thigh, matching the rhythm of her fingers pumping inside of her.
"Oh, God, Emma, you are so wet," Regina half said, half moaned.
Emma put her free hand on top of Regina's ass, sinking her fingers as she moved up and down over Regina's thigh.
Her stomach started to clench, that ecstasy feeling forming in the pit of her stomach going down and down and down to her cunt.
"Regina, I'm gonna come," Emma said out of breath.
"Oh, fuck, I'm close too," Regina moaned.
Emma rubbed herself faster, leaving a stick wet trace over Regina's leg. Regina moaned beneath her, her eyes close shut and heavy breathing.
She looked like fucking art.
Emma had never seen anyone so beautiful, have never felt anything so intense, growing stronger every day.
Regina was stunning while gasping for air, moaning her name, fisting the sheets, moving with Emma's fingers buried deep inside of her.
Emma rubbed herself more intensely, her toes curling and breath failing her at the intensity of her pleasure.
"Emma," Regina moaned "Oh fuck Emma, please don't stop, don't stop"
Emma kept pumping in and out of her and then in and out again until suddenly Regina screamed her name in a breath of air and her juices ran down her fingers. Emma closed her eyes, unable to hold herself any longer, she rubbed herself desperately against Regina's thigh, her clit twitching at every stroke sending waves of pleasure all over her body until the feeling was so strong that Emma held her breath and came beautifully on top of Regina's leg.
Emma blinked her eyes open, still struggling for air.
She looked down at Regina, her breathing just as uneven as hers, her hair was a disarray of black locks and her back was slightly sweaty.
Beautiful didn't seem to quite cover the sight.
Emma removed her fingers slowly from inside Regina, watching her grunt before falling completely spent beside her.
"That was amazing," Emma said looking at the ceiling, gasping for air.
She turned to Regina in bed, snuggling closer to her, their noses and tip of their lips touching
"Yes, it was," Regina smiled lazily at Emma.
"God, you are so beautiful," Emma whispered.
Regina pressed her lips tenderly against Emma's, before gently pushing her down back on the mattress, laying her head between her breast.
"So are you," Regina said, "I liked what you did, on top of my leg"
"You mean when I was humping you?" Emma laughed.
"Yes," Regina smiled kissing the shell of Emma's breast "It was… It was hot. You took pleasure for yourself while pleasuring me. I like that"
"Really?" Emma asked shyly "I should… I don't know, maybe I should have asked you first but I just… I couldn't control myself"
"No," Regina shook her head over Emma's skin "I liked that a lot,"
Emma smiled, wrapping her arms more firmly around Regina's body. She kissed the top of her head before lazily running her fingers up and down her spine.
"I could do this the whole day with you," Emma said.
Regina smiled against her breast, purring softly at Emma's touch on her back.
"Me too," Regina said "I can't get enough of you"
"Me neither," Emma said.
Regina shifted on top of Emma, lifting her gaze to the curtain blowing softly inside the room.
"Is it night already?" Regina asked.
"I think it's been night for a while," Emma answered.
"Shit!" Regina said, moving her body up.
Regina rose from the bed and walked to her purse on top of the chest of drawers taking her phone from inside.
"Damn it," Regina said "It's eight at night already"
"Seriously?" Emma asked, laying on her elbow and staring at Regina "What time was it when we arrived here?"
"Three in the afternoon," Regina sighed, "I told Henry I'd be home at five"
"I am sure he is okay," Emma said softly "Did he call you?"
"No, he didn't," Regina said putting the phone back inside her purse "But I have to go. He's been alone for too long"
Regina moved inside the bedroom, collecting her panties from the floor and pulling them up her legs.
Emma rose from the bed and stood behind Regina, bringing her hands to Regina's breast and squeezing them lightly while running her lips over her neck.
Regina melted on Emma's body, tilting her head to the side to give her more space.
"I hate this part," Emma said against her neck.
"I know," Regina said back.
"I wish I could ask you to stay," Emma kissed a spot just behind her earlobe.
"I wish I could stay, Emma," Regina said "But Henry…"
"I know," Emma nodded, kissing her neck one last time before giving a step back.
"What are you going to tell the kid?" Emma asked.
"About what?" Regina asked, picking up her bra from the floor.
"You think he isn't going to ask where you were until this hour?" Emma laughed softly.
"I'll just tell him that the meeting lasted longer than I have originally anticipated," Regina said, hooking her bra behind her back "And then I'll bribe him by taking him here to Granny's for dinner. He can order whatever he wants"
"Don't you think that is going to be suspicious?" Emma asked.
"Maybe," Regina smiled "But he won't miss the opportunity to have whatever he wants at the diner either"
Emma laughed feeling her heart warmed at the realization that she knew this about her son.
It was true.
As suspicious as Henry would be about the offering, he would never turn it down.
"If the meeting thing doesn't work I can always tell him I was with Katheryn," Regina smirked.
"Excuse me?" Emma asked, feeling slightly annoyed.
She hated how Katheryn freely wrapped her arms around Regina whenever she felt like it.
Or worse, when Emma couldn't do the same.
A mix of annoyance and jealousy barked inside Emma, making her feel ridiculously territorial.
She walked over to Regina, taking the dress away from her hands and throwing it on the floor before smashing their lips together, kissing Regina hard and hungry the desire already ravaging her completely, her skin aching for Regina's touch.
Regina moaned and ran her hands down Emma's back, squeezing her ass while pulling her closer to her body.
Like she wanted Emma to melt there.
Emma felt her whole body shiver, from head to toe, heat already pooling between her legs again without even letting the first one dry.
Emma wanted more.
Needed more.
Demanded more.
Regina broke the kiss, breathing heavily against Emma's lips still lightly pressed against hers.
"Emma," Regina whispered "We can't. I can't"
"I know," Emma nodded "I really hate this part"
Emma took a step away from Regina, feeling every inch of her very soul complain.
She walked to the dress she had thrown carelessly on the floor picking it up before giving it back to Regina.
"Why Katheryn?" Emma asked, trying not to show her annoyance at the name.
"Oh, ah," Regina said embarrassed her cheeks turning a shade pink "Katheryn she, well, she kind of knows about us"
"What?" Emma asked surprised.
"Remember that day she showed up at my office?" Regina asked, pulling the dress up her body.
"Yep," Emma said back.
"Apparently, you smudged my lipstick," Regina smirked "And she was suspicious since David's party. When she asked, I didn't… I didn't deny it"
Emma stared at Regina, lips lightly parted.
She was surprised, to say the least.
She honestly didn't expect Regina to tell anyone about them, Emma herself had never considered telling anyone about them because that was their deal, wasn't it?
To keep this between themselves until they figured out where this was going?
Yes, things were going well between them, but telling people would make everything so real and… and Emma wasn't exactly sure if she wanted that bubble to burst just yet.
"Did I do something wrong?" Regina asked, her voice unsure.
"What?" Emma shook her head, blinking her eyes as she stared at Regina.
"I'm sorry I told Katheryn without telling you first but it wasn't like I could hide it from her," Regina said "I tried to deny it but then she…"
"No, Regina," Emma took a step closer to her "I just... I just thought we were keeping this between ourselves"
"And we are," Regina said firmly "But as I said, I couldn't deny it. And I trust Katheryn. She won't tell anyone"
"Okay," Emma nodded, feeling something heavy settle in the pit of her stomach.
She walked to where her underwear was discarded by the foot of the bed and pulled her panties up her legs and then hooked her bra behind her back.
Emma tried to think of a reason why she was so bothered by the fact Regina told Katheryn about them.
Shouldn't that make her happy?
If Regina was telling her friends about them, it meant that they had something, that they were something for themselves and others too, right?
So why was Emma feeling uncomfortable about this?
"Emma?" Regina called her name.
"What?" Emma asked, without turning around.
"Why are you so uncomfortable that Katheryn knows about us?" Regina asked.
Emma swallowed dry before turning around to face Regina.
"Are we real?" Emma asked, in a small voice.
"What?" Regina asked, giving a step closer to Emma.
"Are we real, are we something?" Emma asked, looking into Regina's eyes.
"Of course we are real," Regina said "Aren't we?" Regina asked giving a step back.
Emma smiled at Regina feeling that weight in the pit of her stomach dissolved into smoke.
They were real.
Emma knew that what she was feeling for Regina was real, she have never doubted about that and she knew, deep inside she knew that Regina felt the same.
But hearing the words coming out of Regina's mouth was different, hearing them being spoken out loud, acknowledging them into the real world, the world that didn't exist only inside her mind and heart was different.
Something in her chest loosened when she heard that and it made Emma's heart dance inside.
She gave two steps in Regina's direction holding her face between her hands and brushing her lips against Regina's before pressing them together.
"I guess I don't have to be jealous of Katheryn anymore," Emma smiled against Regina's lips.
"Why were you even jealous of Katheryn?" Regina asked against Emma's lips.
"She has the annoying habit of having her claws all over you," Emma rolled her eyes.
Regina smiled and pressed her lips against Emma's kissing her lightly.
"She has nothing on you," Regina said, before giving a step away from Emma "Have you seen my shoes?" Regina asked, searching the floor.
"I think they might be under the bed," Emma said.
Regina knelled on the floor on all fours, looking under her bed.
And Emma swallowed audibly at the sight of her ass in the air, all kinds of impure thoughts already rushing behind her eyes.
Regina really did have a fantastic ass!
"Found them," Regina said, pulling something from under the bed.
Emma's toes curled on the floor when Regina pushed her body forward under the bed, her ass sticking up even higher in the air.
Suddenly, she wanted Regina naked again, on her hands and knees in the middle of the bed while Emma did shameful and yet pleasurable things to her body.
Regina rose from the ground and clicked her tongue at Emma, a knowing smile playing on her lips.
"Miss Swan," Regina arched an eyebrow "You are insatiable"
"Can you blame me?" Emma bit her lower lip "The bed is right there" Emma tilted her head to the bed.
"Tempting," Regina sighed putting one foot and then the other inside her heels "I wish I could stay and explore more of that sinful mind of yours"
"How do you know it was sinful?" Emma challenged her.
"Honey," Regina smirked. She walked to where Emma was standing still in her underwear and wrapped her arms around her waist "You were drooling"
"I was not," Emma said half-offended.
She totally was!
Regina smiled and pressed her lips against Emma, letting out a small moan when Emma's tongue invaded her.
"I have to go," Regina said lamely.
"No," Emma kissed her back.
"I'm sorry," Regina said, letting go of Emma.
She walked to the chest of drawers and picked up her purse, checking the time on her phone and sighing when she put it back inside.
"You are taking Henry here to Granny's right?" Emma asked.
"Yes, I am," Regina turned to her.
"I was thinking," Emma bit her lower lip "I could show up there"
"At Granny's?" Regina asked confused.
"Yeah," Emma nodded "The kid will probably ask me to join you guys when I stop at your booth to say hello"
"I don't know, Emma," Regina said unsure "I don't think it's time to let Henry know just yet"
"No, I mean, yes, I agree," Emma waved her hands in the hair "I don't think we should him yet either, that's not it"
Emma walked closer to Regina, wrapping her hands around her waist.
"But it could be a good test, you know?" Emma asked "Watch how he acts with the two of us together. Besides, it's not like we haven't done that before"
"But it's different now," Regina said.
"I know," Emma nodded "Which is why it's good to see how he acts when we are not barking at each other"
Regina smirked and then bit her lower lip, nodding slowly at Emma.
"Okay," Regina said.
"Okay?" Emma smiled.
"I supposed you are right," Regina said "Maybe we should start testing the waters and all that"
"Awesome!"
Emma leaned forward and pressed her lips against Regina's.
"I have to go," Regina sighed.
"I know," Emma nodded.
"You are not letting me go," Regina said, looking down at Emma's arms wrapped around her waist.
"I can't," Emma said.
Regina smiled softly at Emma and closed her eyes, capturing her lips in a gentle kiss.
"Walk me to the door?" Regina asked.
Emma sighed and grunted at the same time before letting go of Regina's waist and reaching for her hand.
She pulled Regina with her to the bedroom door and then turned back to her when they stopped right in front of it.
"I really hate this part," Emma said.
"Me too,"
Regina leaned forward and pressed her lips against Emma's one last time before opening the door and disappearing down the dark hallway.
Regina opened the door to her house, smiling softly when she pushed the door open.
The day she had spent with Emma had been so amazing, she could still feel her touch on her skin, her scent impregnated on her body.
It was amazing how time fly by when she was with Emma. Seconds simply turned into minutes, minutes into hours, day turned into night, and all of that in a blink of an eye.
It wasn't enough that they had spent an entire afternoon together inside that room devouring each other's bodies over and over and over again.
No time in the world would ever be enough to spend with Emma, to get to know her better, to run her tongue over her beautiful silky skin.
Regina closed the door behind her, smiling to herself as images of what they did together in that room rushed through her mind.
She had never been so free sexually the way she was with Emma. She had never truly had the desire to explore more, to learn new things to give pleasure and not just take.
When Regina was with Emma, it wasn't just about her. Not that she didn't enjoy every single thing she did to her body, because dear God, she did.
Emma knew exactly how to touch her.
But Regina wanted to give it back as much as she took. She longed to hear Emma moaning, writhing in pleasure, screaming her name.
She longed to touch her, to taste her, to feel her…
"Mom!"
Regina was startled by the sound of Henry's voice behind her, yelping lowly as she brought her hand to her racing heart.
"Henry!" Regina said turning around "You scared me"
"I scared you?" Henry said accusingly "I've been worried sick about you. Where the hell were you?"
Regina blinked her eyes a few times staring at her son's face.
Henry was standing by the staircase, gripping the handrail with force, his features slightly frightened.
Regina had never seen her son look scared in her whole life.
Something inside of her broke.
"Oh, honey," Regina said walking to the staircase "Why didn't you call me? I told you to call me if anything happened"
"I didn't want to worry you about me worrying about you," Henry said "And you said you would be home at five. You are always home at five"
"I know," Regina nodded "The meeting was…"
Regina bit her lower lip unable to tell any of the lies dancing on the tip of her tongue.
It would be so easy to lie, to tell him she got caught in the meeting or that she had met with Katheryn and lost track of time.
But Regina couldn't bare to lie to Henry.
Not when a soft silver line was glowing behind his beautiful eyes.
Regina crouched in front of Henry until she was eye level with him and held his face between her hands, looking sincerely into his eyes.
"I am so sorry that I wasn't here when I said I would," Regina said her voice slightly choked "It will never happen again, Henry. I promise you"
"I was scared you were hurt," Henry said in a small voice.
"Why would I be hurt?" Regina asked.
"I thought one of them remembered who they were," Henry said simply.
"Henry…"
"Please don't say I'm crazy," Henry said.
Regina looked at her son a wave of pain stabbing her heart as her stomach turned into a knot.
She nodded softly at Henry, the tears threatening to leave her eyes, and pulled her son inside her arms, hugging in tightly focusing on the weight of his body against hers to anchor her heart.
Regina closed her eyes and breathed in Henry's scent, kissing his cheek before pulling away and looking into his eyes again.
"I'm sorry," Regina whispered softly.
If she was apologizing for being home late, for leaving him alone the whole day, or for discrediting him about the curse, Regina wasn't sure.
"It's okay," Henry said "Just let me know next time"
"I will. I promise," Regina smiled softly at Henry "Are you hungry?"
"Of course I am," Henry said "I've been living out of chips and cookies the whole day"
"Chips and cookies?" Regina arched an eyebrow.
"Need I remind you I was home alone?" Henry said cheekily.
Regina clicked her tongue before smiling at her son.
She pulled him inside her arms again, holding him tightly, her heart lighter now that her son no longer carried any of the frightening features he had when she walked inside the house.
Happy that he was her cheeky little boy again.
"Mom," Herny said in a muffled voice "Mom, you are squeezing me"
"I don't care," Regina said against his hair when she turned her face to kiss him.
"I'm pretty sure I need my lungs, mom," Henry said coughing.
Regina smiled and kissed Henry one more time before letting go of him.
"How about we go to Granny's?" Regina asked.
"Really?" Henry asked excitedly.
"Yes," Regina smiled "And you can have anything you want"
"And you won't complain about what I order?" Henry asked.
"I won't say a peep" Regina said back.
Henry smiled beautifully at Regina, nodding his acceptance.
"I'll go get my shoes," Henry said.
"I need to take a quick shower first," Regina said, getting up.
"Okay, but hurry up," Henry said "I'm starved"
"Ten minutes," Regina smiled at Henry.
They walked up the staircase together, each one of them going to their respective room.
Regina undressed while she walked inside the suit, not caring about the trail of clothes she left on the floor, and hopped inside the shower.
The warm water kissed her sore body and Regina nearly moaned when her inner thighs muscle twitched.
She wished she was inside the bathtub instead, feeling the hot water undo every sore muscle of her body until Emma made them ache deliciously all over again.
But tonight, Regina couldn't do that.
Tonight Regina needed to focus on Henry and make sure he knew nothing would ever happen to her because her heart could not take seeing that look of despair on her son's face ever again.
She had no idea.
She didn't even know that Henry noticed her absence, and perhaps he didn't before when he first started reading that book.
Before he brought Emma here.
But things had changed between them now, that tension between them didn't exist anymore, and yes, Henry still insisted on knowing about the curse but at least he didn't see her as this big villain anymore.
He didn't see her as The Evil Queen.
And she knew that part of the reason for that was Emma.
Regina smiled softly, tracing her lips with her fingertips as she closed her eyes.
Emma had changed so many things in Regina's life in such a short period of time.
She had changed Regina.
For the first time, Regina was experiencing true happiness, so pure and full of life, that sometimes she didn't know what to do with all those feelings.
Everything in her was lighter.
Her body, her heart, and her very soul were lighter.
Regina was simply happy.
And devastatingly peaceful.
Regina reached for the soap, washing her body under the water nearly grunting in protest when Emma's scent was washed away from her body.
At least she could still feel her touch on every inch of her skin.
Regina finished the shower wrapping herself around a towel after she dried her body.
She walked back inside her bedroom, and walked straight into the closet, picking up a fresh pair of panties and pulling up her legs.
"Mom," Henry knocked on the door "Are you ready?"
"Just a second, honey," Regina shouted back.
No time for makeup then.
Regina hooked her bra behind her back and then put on a simple black dress over her body before slipping her feet inside a pair of heels.
She ran into the bathroom again, checking herself in the mirror both smiling and rolling her eyes at what she saw in the mirror.
Her features were less harsh.
She had a stupid smile playing on her lips.
Her eyes were glowing and her skin looked so much smoother.
And all because of that beautiful blonde woman she was falling hopelessly in love with.
Regina shook her head and pushed thoughts of Emma out of her mind as she reached for the concealer, rubbing her fingers over the creamy texture and then tapping it under her eyes.
Once the concealer was smoothed over her skin, Regina reached for a lipstick, applying it over her lips.
"Mom!" Henry shouted.
"Coming!" Regina shouted back.
She looked at herself in the mirror and sighed because that would have to do for the night.
Henry opened the door to her bedroom, just when Regina was leaving the suite.
"Why are you taking so long?" Henry asked.
"I was changing," Regina said back.
"You said ten minutes," Henry argued.
"I know," Regina smiled softly at the boy "Are you ready?"
"Yep!" Henry said "The deal includes dessert too, right?"
"Anything you want," Regina said back wondering if she was going to regret that decision tomorrow morning when Henry woke up with a stomach ache.
"Awesome!"
Regina walked closer to Henry and put her arm over his shoulder, both of them walking out of her room.
In the diner, Henry and Regina sat across from each other in the first booth closer to the door.
Henry scanned the menu, his eyes glowing at all the possibilities presented in front of him.
Regina smiled, watching Henry argue with himself about what to order, her heart warm inside her chest.
"Hi there," Ruby said beside Regina "Can I get your order?"
"Hi Ruby," Henry smiled at her "I want a double burger with bacon and extra cheese, fries and a soda"
Ruby tapped her pen on the notepad and looked down at Regina frowning.
"Is that order right?" Ruby asked Regina.
"Indeed it is," Regina said "In fact, make that two"
"What?" Ruby blinked her eyes.
"I'll have the same as Henry," Regina smiled politely at the waitress.
"You want a double burger with bacon and extra cheese, fries, and a soda?" Ruby asked suspiciously.
"Make that extra bacon for me," Regina said simply.
"O-kay," Ruby said slowly, looking between Henry and Regina as if one of them had grown a second head "Anything else?"
"Not now," Henry said "Mom?"
"Perhaps later," Regina said smiling at the confused expression on Ruby's face when she walked away from them.
Henry smiled at Regina, tapping his hands on top of the table.
"I missed this," Henry said "Hanging out with you"
"I miss it too," Regina said softly.
She reached over the table for Henry's hand and then leaned forward when she brought his hands to her lips, kissing them softly.
"I'm so sorry about today," Regina said apologetically.
"I know," Henry nodded "You would never let me have a double burger with extra cheese if you weren't"
Regina smiled at Henry and kissed his hand again.
Ruby arrived with their orders, putting the food in front of them, and Regina tilted her head to the side when she saw the size of her burger.
She would never be able to eat all of that.
Or Henry!
Regina reached for a fry, popping it inside her mouth as Henry tried to take a bite of his burger.
Tried being the main word.
"This is so good," Henry said between chews.
His mouth was all dirty with sauce and he had breadcrumbs in the corner of his mouth and his chin was slightly glistening.
Suddenly, Regina was reminded of him when he was just three and used to have chocolate sauce spread all over his face.
He loved her chocolate cake so much.
He even tried to climb on top of the island once to reach for the cake and Regina nearly had a heart attack when she saw his legs hanging out of the island because the chair he used to climb fell on the floor.
"You know, I was thinking," Regina said "Maybe I should make a chocolate cake one of these days"
"Really?" Henry asked "With chocolate sauce?"
"Why, of course," Regina smiled at him.
The bell above the door rang and Regina turned her attention to the door, watching Emma smile softly at her as she entered the diner.
"Hey," Emma said when she stopped in front of their booth.
"Miss Swan," Regina tried to sound indifferent.
But she knew she had failed, mostly because of the smile on her face.
"Hi, Emma," Henry smiled at her.
"You guys having dinner late, huh?" Emma said playfully.
"Yep," Henry nodded "And tonight I can have anything I want"
"Oh, really," Emma laughed "That's kinda cool"
"It is," Henry said before popping a fry inside his mouth "It was nice to see you, Emma"
Henry went back to eat his burger, and Regina looked at Emma slightly confused.
She was pretty sure this was the part where Henry invited Emma to eat with them.
Emma cleared her throat running her hands over her jeans.
"You know, I haven't had any dinner yet," Emma said lightly.
"Good thing you are at Granny's then," Henry said back lightly as well.
Regina blinked her eyes a few times, looking at Emma, her lips slightly parted.
Emma looked just as confused as Regina was and suddenly Regina felt a sadness rippling through her body and then settling in her heart.
Half of it was hers.
But the other half belonged to Emma.
Regina reached for Emma's hand discretely and squeezed her fingers before letting go.
Emma smiled down at Regina, looking slightly disappointed, and that sting rippled through her heart again.
She hated that.
Hated that Emma was hurt.
"Henry," Regina said lightly looking at her son "Aren't you going to invite Miss Swan to eat with us?"
"Oh!" Henry exclaimed before turning his head to look at Emma "You are not busy tonight?"
"No, I'm totally free," Emma smiled at him.
"And you don't mind Emma eating with us?" Henry frowned at Regina.
"No, I don't," Regina said softly.
"O-kay," Henry looked up at Emma "Emma, do you want to eat with us?"
"I would love to," Emma said happily.
Emma looked at Regina, tilting her head to the side, indicating for Regina to slide down.
Regina slid down on the leather seat and Emma sat down right next to her, reaching for her hand under the table and intertwining their fingers together.
Regina turned her head, smiling softly at Emma, squeezing her hand.
The sadness sting dissolved inside her heart.
And all Regina wanted to do was press her lips against Emma's.
"Hey, Emma," Ruby said nearly scaring Regina. She did not see the waitress approaching them "What can I get ya?"
Emma let go of Regina's hand, placing both of them on top of the table.
"I think I'll have the same as them," Emma said "But make mine with onion rings instead of fries"
"Got it," Ruby wrote it down.
"Actually, do you mind sharing mine?" Regina asked Emma "I don't think I can eat this whole thing"
"Sure," Emma smiled at Regina before looking at Ruby "I'll just have the onion rings and the soda then"
Ruby stood by their booth for a while, looking completely puzzled at the two women before murmuring something incomprehensible and walking away.
Emma reached for Regina's burger and took a bite, trying to control her laughter when Regina pulled on the bacon slice that was hanging out of her mouth.
"The bacon is mine," Regina said seriously before shoving the piece inside her mouth.
"Yes, ma'am," Emma smiled at Regina.
Henry laughed too and then reached inside his burger for a bacon slice and held it in front of Emma.
"Here," Henry laughed "Hurry, Emma"
Emma laughed and reached for the bacon slice Henry was giving her. But instead of eating, Emma offered the bacon to Regina who took it with her teeth from between Emma's fingers as if they had done that dance their whole life.