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Regina woke up to see Emma sat beside her, her hand resting on her stomach. The clock next to her read 05:45 "What's wrong?" she asked groggily while pulling herself up into sitting position.

"She's kicking" Emma said with a smile. "Do you want to feel her?"

"If that's not weird for you?" Regina replied eagerly.

"Regina we are in bed together and I'm half naked. I think we are ok with you touching my stomach." Emma replied with a smile.

"Ok" Regina responded nervously. "I've never felt a baby kick before" she said timidly as she lifted her hands to the bump.

Emma took the brunette's hand and pushed it against her stomach before she poked her stomach harshly and pushed Regina's hand down harder.

"Why did you do that?" Regina looked alarmed and tried to remove her hand but Emma held it against her stomach firmly.

"It won't hurt her, she's in a sack of water this will just make her come say hello to you" Emma reassured her before she released Regina's hand and wobbling her tiny belly from side to side.

Regina just laughed and held her hand against the blonde's stomach. "Maybe she doesn't like me?" Regina said in a sad serious tone.

"Are you being serious?" Emma asked in amusement.

"There is no way she could not like you. I think you're probably her favourite person."

Regina just looked at Emma is disbelief, believing that Emma was simply humouring her.

"Seriously Regina, you make her yummy food that's even healthy and you make her mommy very happy. What's not to like?"

"Do I?" Regina asked in a serious tone.

"Do you what?" Emma asked confused by Regina's sudden seriousness.

"Make you happy" Regina clarified, she bit her lip nervously not sure what made her think asking the question was a good idea.

"Regina, these past few months have been some of the best ever. I thought I would never be happy again and then you came along. You called me out on my bullshit and made me man up"

"You would have done the same for me, you have done the same for me on multiple occasions" Regina answered honestly.

"That's what we do." Emma said with a warm smile.

Regina was just about to ask what that was but she was distracted by the small pressure against her palm. "Is that..?"

"Yep, she agrees with me, she just wanted to let you know." Emma said with a grin.

As if on cue the baby kicked against Regina's hand again. The tears built behind her eyes and before she had chance to hide them a stray lone tear fell down her face.

"What's wrong?" Emma spoke softly.

"Nothing, nothing's wrong" Regina responded while taking a deep breath and smiling at the blonde to reassure her.

"Regina?" Emma asked concerned by the other woman's behaviour the brunette's smile not fooling her.

"I'm fine really, it's silly." Regina said while pursing her lips together.

"It's not silly if it made you cry." Emma came back with softly but definitely.

"It was happy tears. I just felt a little overwhelmed by it all. I feel truly blessed that you chose to share this moment with me." Regina said as she lent down and placed a kiss on the blonde's bump without thinking.

Emma was shocked by the woman's unexpected gesture which led her to staying quiet for a little too long.

Regina stayed still not sure what came over her, when she realised that Emma still hadn't spoken she began to panic. "Emma I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking. I don't know why I did that." Regina said as she pulled away from the blonde.

"Hey it's fine, calm down." Emma snapped back to reality.

"I'm so sorry." Regina said as she started to cry bleakly.

"Regina, come here" Emma said opening her arm for Regina to come closer.

Regina fell into Emma's open arms reluctantly until contact was made and then she clung to the woman desperately. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry" she chanted urgently.

"Stop saying sorry, you've done nothing wrong." Emma was confused by the other woman's distress.

Regina just cried more, she didn't know how but she needed to confess her feelings to Emma, it felt so wrong to be so close to her without her knowing she had feelings for her. Regina was terrified that once she told Emma their friendship would be over, the inner turmoil was killing her. She didn't want Emma to be without her but she didn't think it acceptable to carry on without the blonde knowing what she meant to her.

Emma was completely confused by Regina's breakdown, thinking about it Regina had had quite a few break downs in the last few weeks. She worried that she was having a negative effect on Regina, but Regina had said that she enjoyed having her around so how was it that she often ended up in tears.

Regina sat back and crossed her legs sitting facing Emma but refusing to make eye contact.

"Regina what's going on?" Emma asked in confusion.

"I need to tell you something and when I do I'm not sure you're going to want to be in bed with me."

"Regina please, your scaring me." Emma responded

"Can we go downstairs?" Regina asked desperation and fear in her voice and on her face.

"Ok" Emma replied, before jumping out of bed and reaching for the trousers that she had disregarded in the night.

It wasn't until that point that Regina realised that Emma was only in the vest top and panties. She had missed the blondes strip in the night. She found herself looking at Emma for a second too long. She looked away and cursed herself mentally. This affirmed her decision to confess her feelings to the blonde.

Regina had asked Emma to take a seat in the living room while she had gone to the kitchen to make them both a drink.

When Regina entered the room she handed a sad and anxious looking Emma her drink before sitting on the opposite sofa.

"Why aren't you sitting next to me?" Emma asked not bothering to hide her annoyance.

"Do you want me to sit with you?" Regina inquired nervously.

"Regina what's going on here?"

"I need to tell you something and I feel that when I do you won't want to be near me."

"I'm not sure what you can possibly say that would make that statement true, but try your best." Emma responded flippantly, annoyed that Regina had turned a nice experience into something really not so nice.

"Emma these past few months have been some of the most precious moments for me"

"Ok…"

"I never meant for this to happen, I swear to you, but the more time we spent together the harder it is for me to deny it or ignore it."

"Are you saying what I think you saying?" Emma asked astonished by what she suspected what the brunette seemed to be confessing.

"That depends on what you think I'm saying." Regina responded before taking a deep breath and adding "I'm saying that I have feelings for you" she said quietly and fearfully.

"You… have feelings for me?" Emma asked shocked by the revelation.

"Yes that's what I just said"

"But how, I mean you're stunning, you're a fucking Queen for Christ sake"

"Was a Queen… and what does that have to do with anything?" Regina asked in confusion. Wondering if Emma actually heard what she had said.

"Because I've spent the last few months desperately trying to hide my feelings from you because I thought there wasn't even the slightest possibility that someone like you would ever have feelings for me,"

"You have feelings for me?" Regina asked in astonishment.

"I think we have established that we have feelings for one another" Emma confirmed for both of them.

"Ok, good." Regina said gobsmacked by the blondes counter confession.

"Regina…What does this mean?" Emma asked in a small voice, desperately praying that Regina would do something.

"I don't know" Regina confessed hopelessly, terrified of saying or doing the wrong thing. "What do you want it to mean?"

"I don't know." Emma lied.

"Oh well…" Regina answered despondently.

"I lied." Emma said bravely. "About not knowing what I want it to mean, but before I tell you I want to know what you want it to mean?"

"I want to kiss you…" Regina said without looking at the blonde.

"I'd like it if you kissed me…" Emma responded looking at Regina and hoping that she would look up at her.

Both women stood awkwardly and walked towards each other slowly, when Regina finally made eye contact with Emma a mixture of terror and desire mirroring each other's face.

When they were close enough to be breathing each other air Regina's breath hitched in her throat "I'm scared" she whispered nervously.

"Me too" Emma replied honestly.

"What if this ruins everything?"

"We won't let it."

"Once this happens I'm not sure I'll be able to go back to being friends" Regina confessed as their lips moved closer together.

"Me neither, maybe we should stop" Emma responded still moving closer.

"Maybe" Regina responded just before their lips met in a clumsy hard kiss. Teeth knocked against one another and both women laughed at the awkwardness.

"I'm going to kiss you properly now" Regina said as she brought her lips against the Emma's softly this time. Emma returned the kiss tentatively. Their lips moved together for a few seconds before Regina slipped her tongue slowly into the Emma's mouth.

Emma moaned when Regina's tongue moved against her own, she returned the kiss hungrily and deepened the kiss while wrapping her arms around Regina's waist, moving her hands lower as the kiss grew deeper.

When Regina felt Emma's hands on body she placed her own against Emma's face as she kissed her harder.

Emma broke the kiss reluctantly, resting her forehead against Emma's as the pair took deep breaths trying to regain composure.

"Can we move to the couch?" Emma asked not breaking contact.

Regina didn't respond vocally but ran her hands down from Regina's face to her wrists and pulled her over to the sofa.

When they got to the sofa Regina looked at Emma for direction.

Emma smiled at the brunette before pushing down on the sofa slowly and carefully.

Before Regina had a chance to ask what was happening Emma had straddled her thighs.

"Is this ok?" Emma asked shyly.

"More than ok, please continue" Regina responded before placing her hands against Emma's lower back, dangerously close to her bottom.

Emma pushed against Regina's chest carefully, pushing her back against the sofa, which meant that she could lean over the blonde and not squash her with her tiny yet solid bump.

Regina lay back and waited for Emma to kiss her. When Emma pushed her back she had moved her hands to Emma's ass and pulled her closer. When Emma's lips met her own again the kiss was instantly needy and desperate, moans could be heard throughout the room. The kisses continued for what felt like hours until they heard Henry's door close from upstairs.

Emma jumped up from Regina's lap and Regina grabbed her to steady her as she nearly fell of off her lap in her haste. Once she was steady and sat on the sofa next to Regina she straightened her clothes before running her fingers through her hair.

Regina stood up and straightened out her pyjamas before leaning down to give Emma a final kiss on the lips before heading to the kitchen "I'll start breakfast" she said with a flushed face.

"Why aren't you dressed?" Henry said as he sat at the kitchen counter.

"What?" Regina answered stupidly.

"It's almost 8am. You're gonna be late for work and I'm gonna be late for school."

"That's my fault. I wasn't feeling great so your mom was looking after me." Emma said as she entered the kitchen.

"Is that why you stayed over? You look like you got dragged through a hedge backwards and you look really flushed. "

"Gee thanks kid" Emma responded ignoring her sons question.

"Are you ok? Do you want me to stay home and look after you?" he asked with a hopeful smile.

"Thanks for the offer, but I'm fine now."

"Is Mom looking after you?"

"No she's going to work. I'm feeling fine now."

After a breakfast of stolen glances and shy smiles Regina went to get ready for her day at work. She'd told Emma to relax for a while.

Once she was fully dressed, hair perfect and make up immaculate, Regina instructed Henry to get in the car while she sneaked over to the blonde who was now sleeping on the couch. She knelt down and placed a soft kiss on the blonde's forehead.

Emma opened her sleepy eyes to see Regina leaning over her. She brought her hands up to pull Regina down and crushed her lips against the brunettes, smudging the brunette's neat lipstick.

"Emma" Regina laughed playfully "You ruined my make up."

"I think it was worth it, was it not?"

"I guess you're right." Regina smile grew bigger.

"Will I see you later?" Emma asked hopefully.

"I really hope so."

"Are coming by for lunch?"

"I was thinking of seeing my mother."

"If you're feeling up to it, I think that would be a good idea." Regina reassured.

"I want to get it over with, could I come by later?"

"You mean for your nap?" Regina smiled.

Emma blushed and smiled back.

"I'll see you this afternoon. Good luck with Snow."

"Thank you."

After one final peck on Emma's lips, Regina checked her make up in the mirror before heading out to the car.

"Finally" Henry huffed when she got into the car.

She was too happy to respond, just giving him a big smile that he returned with a raised eyebrow and wrinkled brow.

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Thank you so much for all the lovely comments, they really make my day and do encourage me to come home from work and write more instead of chilling out.

A special thanks to those of you who comment on most chapters. I'm glad you're enjoying the story and continue to read it.

I promise there will be explanation about the baby… eventually.

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