A/N: Watsupp dorks! Here is the third chapter. I hope it won't dissapoint.

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Regina woke up with a yawn, rubbing a few times in her eyes and stretching her whole body before sitting at the edge of the bed. Then it suddenly occurred to her. "Emma!" She pushed herself up and ran over to the guest room, waiting a moment to gather herself before going in. She wanted to remind the blonde that this was a one-time thing but when Regina opened the door she discovered the sheriff wasn't there. The mayor gave a deep sigh as her eyes fell on the bed that had been left unattended. Typical Emma. But that did not matter. She was gone. On that thought, a sigh of relieve left the mayor's lips.

She wanted to return to her room to get a quick shower when she heard noises from downstairs. At first she thought it'd be Henry since he was the only one who had a key. "Henry?" She called out, walking down the stairs in her blue silken pyjamas. She gasped at the sight of Emma making pancakes. In HER kitchen. "MISS SWAN!" The mayor angrily lifted her voice that scared the blonde, making her throw one of the pancakes into Regina's direction. Regina lifted one finger that froze the pancake while still in the air. "What do you think you're doing?!" She snarled.

"Hey!" Emma spat out as Regina waved with her hand that simply erased the pancake from existence. "I was making that." She pointed out.

"Why are you making pancakes? In MY kitchen?" Putting emphasis on 'my'.

"I thought we could have breakfast together."

"Together?!" Regina sneered in offense.

"With Henry I mean. I just called him, he is on his way here." Emma explained. "Pyjamas look good on you." She added a wink to the comment which only put more fuel to Regina's hate fire.

"I'm going to take a quick shower." Regina said. To cool down.

"Don't take too long or they'll get cold!" Emma called after the brunette.


"So me and gramps watched a movie yesterday about vampires."

"Vampires? Like as in R movie rated vampires?" Regina asked, she had always been very strict when it came to such topics. She wanted to protect her son from any repulsive images and if he did watch them, then he did it under supervision of her so she could skip the inappropriate parts.

"Uhm…" Henry gulped, looking at Emma with puppy dog eyes to save him.

"But he did it under supervision of David right?" Emma said to which Henry nodded.

"Fine… Emma could you pass me down the syrup?" Regina asked.

"Sure."

Henry closely watched his two mother's exchange then frowned. "Did something happen when I was gone?" He asked.

"No, what should have happened Henry?" Regina said, avoiding eye contact since Henry could easily see when she was lying.

"As much as I love spending some time with both of you. We have never eaten breakfast together before."

"Well then it was about time." Emma gave her son a wink then glanced to the side to see Regina put up a disapproval frown.

"So does this mean we'll do this more often from now on?" Henry asked his two moms, waiting with eyes full expectation.

"Only if your mother agrees to it kid." Emma said, now both were looking at Regina.

Regina could smother Emma for putting her at this spot. "Sure, we can." She said with a weak smile.

"Awesome!" Henry fist bumped with Emma.

"Well let's get this all cleaned up."


Regina had to admit that it was pretty great having the two around. She was cleaning up the countertop from all the foam after Emma and Henry's foam fight during the wash-up. They were upstairs doing some kind of alien game. Regina could hear them cheer from downstairs. She first wanted Emma to leave, to tell her that whatever happened tonight would never happen again, but now she was hesitant to even bring it up. After Emma's visit to her the other night, Regina was able to sleep peaceful again unlike the other nights where she'd just fall back into the same nightmare again. It was just probably a coincidence, Regina thought but was doubting that theory.

"Well, I guess I am off to work." The sheriff said as she put on her famous red leather jacket and attached the badge to her pants.

"Good luck finding criminals in this sainted town." Regina grinned.

"Thanks, I'll see you around." Emma walked out onto the street when Regina paced after her.

"On second thought Emma, would you like to have dinner with me? I could make us lasagne?" Regina asked, mentally hitting herself on how desperate she made that sound.

"Really? Could you bear to spend more time with me?" Emma teased.

"Well unless you don't want to-" Regina murmured when she was suddenly cut off by the saviour.

"I'd love to." Emma smiled widely. Then stepped into her yellow bug and drove off.

Regina leaned against the door to close it, processing what had just happened. She closed her eyes a moment, crossing her arms across her stomach in attempt to stop the butterflies.

Night '2

"I have to say I'm surprised you'd asked me to stay for dinner." Emma said as the conversation turned still.

"I came to the conclusion it isn't actually torture to have you here." Regina admitted.

"Glad to know having me here isn't torture." Emma scoffed.

"I didn't mean it like that." Regina shook her head, realising now how that must have sounded. "It's actually nice having you around…" The brunette looked away, trying to hide her blushing by eating a piece of lasagne.

"You're flattering me." Emma smirked.

"I am not!" Regina heavily protested, still with lasagne in her mouth.

Emma laughed. "Regina I knew you were just too proud to admit it." She said.

Regina let out a sigh, thinking less flattering things about the saviour now.

"Hey… I'm glad you let me stay." Emma told her before she took a sip of her red wine.

"Sleep here?" It didn't sound much like a question but more that of a plead.

Emma almost choked on her wine. "W-what?"

"Don't make me repeat myself Emma. It's embarrassing enough." Regina gnashed her teeth.

"You were pretty clear about me staying here. You literally said 'never again'." Emma said.

"Well I changed my mind." Regina muttered under her breath.

There was a moment of silent before Emma answered. "Alright Regina. I'll stay."

Regina's eyes glistered in the dim light of the candle that stood in the middle of the table. "Really?"

Emma nodded to confirm.

"What about the pirate?" She asked, her nose wrinkled on the thought of him.

"He's not the boss of me." Emma snorted. "I want to help Regina." She said sincerely.

"Thank you." Regina smiled faintly.


Regina was laying in her comfy bed. Thinking back about today. It was nice having Henry home again. They didn't get to spend much time together now that he lived with the Charmings. Regina looked to the left to see a photo of her and Robin. That's odd. She hadn't been thinking of him the whole time. He had not even returned her calls, or voicemails. Maybe he was still upset about what has happened. Who am I even kidding. She thought. His pride is just damaged.

It took a while before Regina finally let herself surrender to the call of sleep. And closed her eyes.

And once again she was experiencing the nightmare. She found herself standing in the middle of the infamous red room, fire blazing up higher and higher around her. Regina told herself it wasn't real and tried to pinch herself awake. Sadly, without luck. "It's not real… It's not real… AAH!" She jolted back at the feeling of fire biting into her skin. There were curtains but no windows. No openings. No escape. Regina began to feel desperate as the sea of fire threatened to consume her. "NOOO!" Regina screamed.

Regina! Regina!

Who was that? Whose voice was that. The voice sounded distorted, with a metal-like effect to it.

Regina you have to wake up!

The flames seemed to be shrinking. Was this Emma's doing?