It had been five days since Emma had taken Regina out on their date and Regina had been growing impatient waiting for Ms. Swan to call her. That's how these things worked right? Was she supposed to call Emma? Was she supposed to wait for Emma to call her? Regina had become confused, and slightly terrified, at the thought of what had to happen next in this situation so she decided to leave it up to Emma.
Thinking about Emma and their date sent Regina's thoughts spiraling into memories of that night. From the time Emma picked her up in her sexy, black denim jeans to the time she said goodnight, for the second time that evening, everything had been perfect. Regina was so caught up in her thoughts of Emma that she hardly noticed that Henry had walked into her office.
"How was school Henry", Regina said with a smile as she walked over to Henry and embraced him.
"It was fine, nothing really eventful happened…that is until Emma picked me up after the final bell." The look on Henry's face told Regina exactly what this was all about, their date.
"Oh?" Regina could feel the knot building up in her stomach.
"Yeah," Henry walked over and sat down on the small black love seat, "As soon as she picked me up I could tell there was something different than normal."
"Different how…?"
"Well usually when Emma picks me up she's her typical smiley self, but today she looked really worried or something."
"What's wrong with Emma?!" Regina found herself jumping to conclusions. It had been five days since she'd last seen Ms. Swan, anything could have happened in that time. Emma's feelings for Regina could have totally changed in that time! The wide-eyed brunette began kicking herself for not calling Emma in the past few days.
"Mom, nothing's wrong with Emma… She's worried you don't like her."
Regina stood dead still in the middle of her office, lost in thought. Could it be possible that Emma was just as confused about this whole thing as Regina was? Should Regina call Emma? Forget calling, Regina wanted to run over to the Sheriff's department right then and hold the gorgeous blonde woman in her arms and reassure her that of course she liked her, but then she remembered her son still sitting a few feet away from her.
"What did Emma say, Henry?" Regina walked over and sat next to him on the love seat.
"She didn't say much. I asked her why the long face and all she said was that she wasn't sure how you felt about your date. You did have a good time, right? I know I sort of ruined the moment by coming outside when you guys were on the porch, but besides that, did everything go okay?"
Regina smiled, remembering the night once more. Everything about their date was perfect. Emma was beautiful, the picnic in the woods was magical, and their goodnight kiss was all that Regina had hoped for.
"I enjoyed our date very much, Henry."
"Then you should probably let Emma know that!" Henry stood up and walked towards the door, "I wanted my moms to be happy together and now this whole thing is going nowhere! She asked you out, now it's your turn to keep the conversation going!"
With that, Henry left the office. Regina, still sitting on the couch, let her head fall into her hands. She couldn't believe that she'd let Emma suffer for five days like that. Now it was up to her to set the record straight that she did, in fact, have a good time with Emma; now the problem was finding the words to describe to Emma just how much she really liked her. Ever since Daniel's heart was ripped out, Regina had learned how to hide her emotions and keep her personal thoughts to herself. Trying to break that habit would be hard, but she knew in order to keep Emma she'd have to start opening up.
Regina sighed as she made this realization. She cared deeply for Emma, but mushy conversations were not really up her ally. She needed some serious help with what to say to Emma.
That's when it dawned on her; she'd go see Archie.