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Emma hadn't been able to sleep all night. She had been pacing the bed thinking about the kiss Regina had given her

If the first was not enough to convince herself that she was in love with her, the second was. That woman made her crazy and she didn't know what to do to get her out of her head.

She was so confused by Regina's attitude. Had it been an impulse? Or did she kiss her because she had feelings for her? She needed answers.

With a determined attitude she arrive at the hospital in search of Regina. She was going to face her and wouldn't let her go until she got every answer to her questions.

Emma walked over to Ruby and stood beside her.

"Have you seen Regina?"

"No ... no sign of her, Why?" Answered the brunette.

"I need to talk to her."

"I thought you weren't going to pressure her."

"Yes, that was before she kissed me last night before she left my aparment."

"What?!" Ruby's eyes widened. "I need details."

"She came to my apartment with a bottle of wine and cake. She said he wanted to talk but didn't want to mention the kiss. The atmosphere was so tense and she decided to leave..."

Emma's attention was drawn to Regina as she walked to her fiancé's room. The blonde ran after Regina leaving her friend with curiosity about what had happened.

"Regina."

The brunette stopped and turned slowly.

She was hopping Emma didn't realize she had arrived. She didn't want to have to explain what she had done the night before because she didn't even know it.

Regina gave Emma a small smile and put her hands in the pockets of her coat so that the blonde didn't realize that they were shaking.

"Hello, what's going on?"

"Regina ... We need to talk."

"Emma, I think it's not the time right now..."

"Emma!" At the sound of her name the blonde turned to the other side of the hall and saw the short, dark woman approaching her.

"Mary Margaret, what are you doing here?"

"I was here and I wanted to say hello" the woman replied with a smile. "Hello Regina" Regina greeted Mary Margaret with a hand shake and a smile." And I also came to invite you to dine with me and David in two nights... What do you think?"

"Of course, that's fine" Emma said hastily, trying to get her mother off.

"The invitation is also for you Regina."

"Thank you, but I have a show that night" Regina answered as politely as possible.

"Then we can change it for another day ... For David and for me it is important that Emma's couple get along with us."

Emma and Regina looked at each other, confused.

"No, we are not..." Emma could not respond and only felt her face begin to blush.

"We are not a couple" Regina replied.

"No, we're not ... She's engaged with a man.

"That's right, and I have to go see him." Regina walked as fast as she could away from Emma and her mother.

Mary Margaret looked curiously at her daughter and crossed her arms.

"I would have sworn you were a couple" she said.

"Well, you were wrong" Emma replied, trying not to sound dazed.

"And ... You don't feel anything for her?" Asked the brunette curiously.

Emma froze at her mother's question and Ruby came to her rescue.

"Emma. I need to discuss some things with you."

"Yes, of course ... Mary Margaret, she's Ruby my best friend" said the blonde, pointing to her friend who had a big smile on her face. "Ruby, she's my biological mother.

"Nice to meet you ma'am"

"Nice to meet you too"

"Then we'll see you in two nights" Emma said.

"Sure, we'll be waiting for you at home."

Mary Margaret said good-bye with a kiss from both girls and left the hospital.

"Thank you for that." Emma ran her hands over her face with a heavy sigh.

"You see?" Even your mom realizes that you're dying for Regina" Ruby couldn't contain her laughter and Emma glared at her.

"I can't believe it" the blonde whispered. "Regina ran away again."

"It seems like the never ending story."

"Every time I understand you lees, Regina" Tink said, crossing her arms.

"I swear it was an impulse ... I don't know what happened."

"It's just that if you keep going like this you're going to complicate everything."

"I know, you don't have to tell me." Regina squeezed her eyes shut. "I swear to you that the least I want is for this to be more complicated than it already is."

"What are you going to do now? Are you going to talk to Emma?"

Regina looked at Robin lying on the bed and then looked back at her friend.

"I know it's not the right thing to do but ... I think I need to get away from her."

Tink took her friend's hand and gave her a squeeze.

Regina knew that the closer she was to Emma, the more confused she would be. It wasn't the right thing to walk away without talking to her, but she couldn't look her in the eye and say Goodbye.

Ruby had convinced Emma to go to a bar after work. The brunette could see how distressed her friend was about Regina.

"She was avoiding me all day ... I couldn't even enter the room of her fiancé" Emma sipped her glass with Whiskey "And when she finally left the room didn't stop when I called her ... What happens to that woman?"

"I wouldn't know that ... I don't know her as much as you do."

"What do you think I should do?"

"I don't think I can give you a good advice" replied the brunette. "I've never been in a similar situation ..." Ruby called the waiter with her hand and made the sign to refill their glasses. "What I can do is invite you a few drinks for you to relax and forget a bit of all that."

"I don't think it's possible. I could not forget her even if I finished the full bar."

Emma took the Whiskey from her glass in a single sip and called the waiter to fill it.

"You can try" Ruby suggested with a smile. "I'm here to take care of you if you drink too much.

Emma smiled and chopped her glass with Ruby's.

"Cheers for that."

Regina had decided to have a glass of wine when she got home. The show tonight had exhausted her more than usual and she felt all the tension build up in her neck.

She filled her glass, telling herself that two glasses in one night wouldn't hurt.

The bell rang through the apartment and Regina checked the wall clock in front of her. It was midnight and she wasn't expecting anyone.

She got up from the sofa tying the ribbons of her robe and took a few seconds before opening the door.

Emma was leaning against the doorframe, her hair tousled, and her gaze wandering.

"Hello Regina" greet the blonde with a big smile.

"Emma, what are you doing here at this hour?" Regina asked confused, folding her arms.

"I was around here and I wanted to come and see how you were."

The way Emma dragged the words out and found herself unable to support herself was a better response than she had given. She was drunk, very drunk.

Emma stumbled into the apartment and tried not to bump into anything in front of her.

"Night is young," Emma said, walking toward the stereo. "And I thought I'd come here and have some fun."

"Emma, I think you need to go back to your apartment." Regina approached her. "I'll call you a cab."

Emma shook her head and turned the volume to the stereo.

"I love this song. Don't you love this song?" Emma began to move to the rhythm of the music and began to sing "This girl is on fire. She's walking on fire ..." the blonde pointed to Regina and putter her hand on the air "This girl is on fire."

"Emma, please ... You're going to wake the neighbors." Regina turned off the stereo. "I'll make you some coffee."

"No" the blonde took her hand again and made her walk beside her to the couch. "Sit here with me." He dropped onto the sofa and pulled Regina to sit in front of her. "I need to tell you something ... very important."

"What's up?" Regina asked curiously.

"Regina, I want you…"

The brunette's eyes widened and her pulse began to accelerate.

"I want you to know something" Emma continued, trying to downplay what she'd said before. "And it's very important."

Regina looked at her impatiently, and all Emma could think of was confessing to Regina her feelings, but apparently her body didn't agree.

Her eyes began to close slowly and her head fell back against the back of the sofa. Regina felt Emma's hand slip from hers and smiled as she watched as the blonde settled down to sleep.

She got up off the couch and settled Emma into a cushion under her head. She took off her shoes and put a blanket over her body. She looked at her for a few seconds and stroked her cheek, brushing away a strand of hair.

She was so beautiful.

Emma woke up feeling that her head was going to explode. She looked around the room, trying to guess where she was. She sat up slowly trying to contain the vomiting she had at that moment.

She blinked several times and she could see a figure going towards her. She blinked again and realized that it was Regina.

"Good morning." The brunette handed her the cup of coffee in her hands.

"Not a very good morning. I feel my head is going to explode." Emma took a sip of her coffee.

"It's the most logical thing after you got here pretty late in the middle of the night."

"Sorry about that."

Regina sat down next to Emma and clasped her hands trying to control her nerves.

"Emma, we need to talk."

The blonde put her coffee cup aside and looked at Regina with a worried face.

"What's up?"

"I think ... We need to stop seeing each other for a while." Regina stared at the floor. "I think it's best for us ... for me."

"Are you sure?" whispered Emma.

Regina nodded without looking at Emma and felt her eyes fill with tears.

The blonde put on her shoes and got up from the sofa, walked to the door as fast as she could and before leaving she stopped looking at Regina.

The brunette listened as the door opened and seconds later closed and let her tears come out.

The way Emma looked at her before she left, broke her heart and couldn't stand it.

The first thing Emma did upon arriving at the hospital was to find Ruby. She found her in one of the break rooms having a cup of coffee.

"Thanks for looking after me last night" Emma said sarcastically.

"It wasn't my fault" Ruby defended herself "I went to the bathroom for a moment, when I returned you weren't there... Where did you go?"

"Regina's department"

"This is getting interesting. What happened?"

"Luckily I fell asleep before I said or did something stupid."

"Did you slept in Regina's house?" The brunette smirked and raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, on the couch ... And my neck is paying for that." The blonde sat down next to her friend and massaged her neck with her hands. "She said she didn't want to see me anymore."

"Are you sure you did nothing?" I mean, something you should have done to make her react like that."

"Yes, I fell in love with her" Emma said, trying not to sound so sad.

"And what will happen now?"

"I'll respect her decision ... I can't force her to anything."

"And you're going to be able to force yourself to stop thinking about her?"

Emma looked at her friend with disfigured face and Ruby hugged her as hard as she could.

Emma had come to her parents' house with a bottle of wine in her hand.

Her mother welcomed her with a big smile and a hug. Her father hugged her and kissed her hair.

It was so strange those signs of affection of people he had known so little, but she understood. They had recovered their daughter after a long time. And at that moment, she was grateful that they would show her the affection he needed so badly.

"How was your day?" David asked sitting at the table.

"Normal, very agitated" Emma replied, helping her mother bring the drinks.

Both women sat at the table and Mary Margaret began to serve the salad.

"I guess that's a good day" her mother said, and Emma nodded.

"I hope you like the dinner ... I made my specialty" David boasted with a smile. "Pasta."

Emma couldn't help laughing and remembering Regina.

"What'?" Her mother asked curiously.

"I think my father and I have several things in common."

David smiled at the word "father." Mary Margaret looked at her tenderly and realized that her daughter was everything she had ever imagined in her dreams.

"I also make a very good pasta."

Everything went wonderfully. Dinner was very good and the conversation was actually interesting.

Emma told her parents about her college adventures. Mary Margaret told her how she and David met and everything they had faced to be together.

The blonde realized that she was lucky that those two wonderful people were her parents and that they wanted her in her life after so many years.

Emma's cell phone interrupted David's story about the first date he and Mary Margaret had.

Emma apologized and got up from the table to take the call. On the screen she could see the name of Ruby.

"Hello, what's going on?"

"Emma ... Something happened to Regina's fiancé and things are not right at the moment ... I think she needs you."