Regina pulled down the visor in front of her to check her lipstick once again. She was sitting the in parking lot of Bella's waiting for Mary to arrive. Her lipstick was perfectly applied, hell she had checked five times already, but she felt this constant need to check every few minutes. She wasn't sure what was causing her to be so anxious. She had already met Mary and enjoyed her company very much. Maybe it was because this was the first real step into opening her restaurant? Maybe it was because she was suddenly aware that the two of them were going to be alone for the entire lunch? Whatever the reason Regina's stomach was full of butterflies and she had found herself unable to sit still.

Before she could check her reflection again she saw Mary pull up next to her and took a deep breath. You can do this Regina. She walked out of her car and around to greet the woman who was grinning ear to ear.

"Regina, I am so happy we are doing this!" Mary wrapped Regina into a welcoming embrace.

Wow, this woman loves to hug. Regina thought as she returned the gesture.

"So am I! Have you eaten here before?" Regina asked as they began to walk inside.

"Oh all the time, Emma and her father cannot get enough of the spaghetti here!" Mary replied as they walked into the small but adorable restaurant.

Regina made a mental note to cook spaghetti for Emma.

"This way ladies," the host said as he walked them to a table in the corner. The women both took a seat and Regina's phone started to ring.

"Excuse me I am so sorry," Regina said shuffling through her purse for her phone.

"No problem dear," Mary smiled at her as she opened a menu.

"Oh, it's Emma, I forgot it was noon she always calls on her lunch break."

"Well don't mind me dear, please take it!" Mary's smile grew wider and then she told the waiter who greeted them that two waters were fine for now and that they would need a few moments.

"Emma, hi honey," Regina answered the phone right before it could go to voicemail.

"Hey gorgeous is everything okay?"

"Yeah, I'm um at lunch with your mom."

"You're at what with who now?" Emma replied thinking she obviously didn't hear correctly.

Regina laughed, "I am having lunch with your mother. She called this morning and asked if we could meet to begin discussing ideas for my restaurant."

"Oh my god!" Emma felt her heart warm over, "That is amazing! Okay, well I will let you get back to…lunch…with…my MOM! Yay! I'm so happy!"

Regina giggled, "You are so funny!" She caught a glimpse of Mary who was smiling into her menu at how obviously smitten Regina was with her daughter.

"It's just great babe. I'm so happy you guys get along. Okay, don't keep her waiting. Have fun! Love youuuuu"

"Love you too beautiful," Regina giggled and hung up the phone. She looked up and Mary wasn't able to contain her joy and began shaking her head at Regina.

"You keep treating my daughter like a princess and I will help get you anything you want," Mary said to the blushing woman.

"Well, she deserves nothing less."

….

The end of the school day had approached and as the other students were heading out of the classroom Emma walked over to Henry.

"Hey Henry, can you give this note to your sister please?" Emma handed the boy a sealed envelope.

"I guess…"

"Don't worry it's not anything bad. It's just that time of year where I speak to my student's caretakers about their progress. I tried to reach her by phone to schedule the meeting but it said the number we had on file had been disconnected. So if you could just give her this for me that would be great."

"Oh…yeah…sure," Henry said and shoved it into his coat pocket. He half smiled at Emma and then grabbed his book bag and headed for the classroom door.

"Henry, would you like a ride today?"

"No, it's okay it's a nice day out and I like to walk. Thanks though." And with that he was out of the classroom and into the hall.

Emma sighed. She was hoping that they would have gotten a chance to talk more but she didn't want to push it too much. Now all she could do was hope that his sister would show up for their meeting on Monday.

….

Emma walked in the door and smiled. She had sent Regina a text that she was stopping at the gym after work and would be home a little after five. Regina had decided to make spaghetti and the smell hit Emma as soon as she stepped in.

"Something smells wonderful," the blonde said as Skittles met her in the hallway. Emma set her briefcase down and pet her pup. She began wondering why her gorgeous girlfriend hadn't responded yet. After a few more tussles to the dog's fur she walked into the kitchen and was disappointed to not see Regina.

"Hmm…" Emma saw the pots on the stove and knew she was home. "Babe?" Emma called out and began walking back towards the bedroom. The blonde let out a coy smile when she approached and heard the shower running.

As she turned the corner her eyes were delighted with the sight of her sexy girlfriend through the shower glass. Regina had her eyes closed and didn't see the other woman enter the room. Emma didn't make another sound and started to strip herself out of her gym clothes. Emma slowly opened the door just as Regina turned off the faucet and spun around screaming knocking right into the blonde sending them both crashing to the floor.

"Holy shit!" Emma said as the wet naked woman fell on top of her and they hit the bathroom floor with a thud.

"Oh my god! Baby! I'm so sorry!" Regina said. "You scared the crap out of me!"

Emma started laughing, "I wasn't trying to scare you…"

Regina looked down at her now wet and naked girlfriend, "Why didn't you say something? You can't just creep up on me like that when I am in the shower! What if you were an axe murderer or something?"

Emma couldn't stop laughing, "Well I am obviously not an axe murderer! I came in the house and called out for you but you must not have heard me. Then I saw you in the shower and hello…if you were me and you saw you in the shower… I think you would have done the same thing!" Emma grabbed onto Regina's naked form and tried to lean up and kiss her.

"Oh no…I'm still angry at you!" Regina smiled and stood up grabbing a towel and wrapping herself in it.

Emma just lay on the floor laughing, "angry at me? You are the one who knocked me out!"

Regina looked down at the blonde and shook her head and then offered her hand to help her up, "Come here you."

Emma smiled and let the woman pull her up.

"Here I was trying to be all sexy and you have to go and knock me down…" Emma stuck her bottom lip.

"Aw I'm sorry baby…" Regina placed a kiss on her bottom lip. "How about you get in the shower while I finish up dinner and then I will make it up to you."

"Well that's a start I guess," Emma pouted.

"Oh my…what am I going to do with you?" Regina smiled.

"Mm…whatever you want."