Emma was glad that Regina had decided to stay with the group and come with them to Echo Cave. Regina had looked like she was ready to storm off, but Emma had begged her to stay.

"I'm just going to warn you, this is not going to be a pleasant experience," Hook said. "The cave requires you to tell your deepest secret."

The group all looked at each other uneasily. There were some things that should be kept secret. "Who wants to go first?" Hook asked. They all started at him, and he sighed. "Guess I'm going then."

Regina stood frozen as Hook admitted his love for Emma (which she didn't look pleased about), Snow admitted to wanting another child, David admitted to not being able to leave the island, and Emma admitted to hoping that Neal was dead.

The bridge stretched over to where Neal was in his cage, but the cage wouldn't budge. "It needs one more secret," Emma said. The group all turned to Regina.

Regina searched her brain for a secret that wouldn't completely change everything. She had so many secrets, but every one of them would result in pity. If Regina hated anything more than Snow, it was being pitied.

Suddenly she thought of one. It would change everything, but maybe for the better. Regina looked straight at Emma, and thought of how much closer they had gotten recently, and how much that she was starting to love the blonde.

"I'm in love," Regina said confidently. Emma smiled at her, while the rest of the group just looked shocked.

"I don't think that was strong enough!" Neal shouted. "I'm still in here!"

Regina mentally cursed. Emma walked closer to her. "Just pretend that it's just me and you," she said. "No one else is here."

Regina nodded. "Since the day that Daniel died, I vowed never to love another again. It hurt too much to finally be happy and then have it ripped away from me." She glanced at the cage, and saw that Neal was still trapped. Still not strong enough.

"Keep going," Emma encouraged. "Just say all that's on your mind and then we'll worry about the cage."

Regina took a deep breath. "After the curse succeeded, I thought that I would finally be happy. But it was just the same day over and over again. I needed love in my life. So I adopted Henry. I felt love again, so I remade my vow. I would never love another in the way that I had loved Daniel. And I followed that vow. Until recently." Emma smiled at her, and she couldn't help but smile back.

"I fell in love again. With you, Emma. At first it confused me, because I hadn't loved in so long. So why was I loving now?" Regina said. "And then the answer hit me. I fell in love with your stubbornness, your love for Henry, that stupid leather jacket you wear, and that death trap of a car that you drive. I fell in love with all of your little quirks. But mainly, I fell in love with just you."

Emma's smile widened even more. She pulled Regina to her and they shared a passionate first kiss. "I love you too," she said.

The women both jumped as a throat cleared. Looking up, they saw Neal standing awkwardly in front of them. "I got out," he said, awkwardly shuffling his feet. Regina smiled. Henry did the same thing when he was uncomfortable.

"Well then what are we waiting for?" Regina asked. "Let's go get Henry." She reached out and intertwined her fingers with Emma's. The two of them led the way out of the cave, the rest of the group following behind.

"Did you know about that?" Neal asked Hook. Hook just shook his head. The two of them turned to David and Snow.

"We didn't know either," Snow said. David guiltily looked at his feet.

"I kind of figured it out," he said. "They spend so much time together, and have lunch together every day."

Neal and Hook groaned. "Did we just lose our girl to the Evil Queen?" Neal asked.

Hook sighed. "I believe we did, mate. I believe we did."