This chapter is for KlaineLoverFan25 with the prompt: "Emma and Regina are dating but Regina wants to take their relationship to the next step and has a ring but is nervous. She asks Ruby if she can practice the proposal with her at the mansion, but Emma sees them and everything goes wrong."

"You want to tell me why I'm here?" Ruby asked, walking into the mansion. "I thought you didn't like me."

"You're a friend of Emma's, and therefore a friend of mine," Regina said, closing the door behind her. "But you have to be quiet. I don't want Henry to know that you're here."

Ruby looked at Regina skeptically. "What exactly are you planning to do with me?"

Regina rolled her eyes. "Not what you're thinking. I need your help with something, but you have to keep it a secret. I don't want the whole town knowing."

"Knowing about what?" Ruby asked.

Regina reached into her pocket and pulled out a ring. Ruby gasped, instantly clapping her hands and jumping up and down in glee. "You're going to propose to her!"

"Keep your voice down," Regina hissed. "Come on." She led the way to the living room; glancing upstairs to make sure that Henry was still in his room.

"What do you need my help with?" Ruby asked.

"I'm nervous about actually asking her," Regina admitted. "I know this might sound weird, but I was hoping that I could practice on you to get a feel for what I want to say."

Ruby smiled. "Gladly."

Emma hummed to herself as she walked up to the front door of the mansion. Her Princess Emma days had still left her with the desire to sing, but Regina had assured her that it would go away. Eventually.

David had showed up early for his shift, so Emma had decided to surprise Regina and Henry and come home early for lunch.

The first thing that Emma noticed as she walked in the house was that something was different. Something seemed off somehow. Then she noticed the voices. She recognized Regina's, but was that...Ruby?

Creeping closer, Emma walked towards where she heard the voices coming from. Why would Ruby be at the mansion? As far as Emma knew, Regina barely even talked to Ruby.

Reaching the end of the hallway, Emma peeked around the corner to see the living room. What Emma saw made her heart stop. Regina was kneeling on one knee in front of Ruby, and there was only one thing that could mean.

Emma tried to choke back the sob that threatened to escape her throat, but a strangled cry ended up getting out. Regina and Ruby both looked over in surprise.

"Oh crap," Ruby said.

Regina quickly got up from the floor and went to reach out to Emma, but Emma shook her head and ran out of the mansion. She quickly got in her bug and drove away, trying to drive through the tears that were blurring her vision.

If Regina was proposing to Ruby that meant they had been seeing each other behind Emma's back. Regina had cheated on her, and was now even marrying the woman she had cheated with.

Without even realizing it, Emma had ended up at the town line. She pulled off to the side of the road, getting out and walking towards the line. It would be so easy to just drive over and never come back. Because if she didn't have Regina, why would living in the town even be worth it?

"Emma!" Regina called, running towards her.

Emma spun to face her. Her tears were now a mixture of sad and angry tears, as if her mind couldn't decide which emotion was winning. "What do you want?"

"What you saw," Regina panted out. "It isn't what you think. I wasn't proposing to Ruby."

"You were on one knee and holding a ring out towards her," Emma said. "I would say that's proposing."

Regina shook her head frantically. "I wasn't. I was practicing on her."

"Practicing?" Emma asked. "That's the excuse that you're going to go with? You can do better than that."

"It's not an excuse," Regina said, a note of pleading slipping into her voice. "I was so nervous about how I was going to propose to you that I wanted to practice. Ruby seemed like the reasonable choice since you two are friends and she would know your reaction."

"So...you weren't proposing to Ruby?" Emma asked slowly.

"No," Regina said. "I promise you, I was not proposing to her. I just wanted to practice so that when the time came I wouldn't screw it up. But it looks like I already have."

Emma smiled. "I may have overreacted."

Regina chuckled. "No, I would have reacted the same if I had walked in on you proposing to someone else."

"So I guess I don't need to leave then," Emma said, gesturing towards the town line.

"Please don't," Regina said. She pulled the ring out of her pocket and knelt down in front of Emma. "I know that I screwed this whole entire thing up, but I do very much want to marry you. So, Emma Swan, will you do this royal screw-up the honor of becoming her wife?"

Emma laughed. "Of course."

Regina smiled and slid the ring onto Emma's finger before standing up and kissing her.

"And for the record," Emma said. "You're my royal screw-up."