Emma Swan paced back and forth in the open jail cell at the police station. Her head was spinning with a hundred different thoughts at once. She felt bad for letting Henry see how hurt she was by his mother's cold shoulder, at the same time she felt relieved to have finally told someone how the past few days have been weighing on her. At home, she had hidden her emotions about Regina and their date from her mother and father, afraid of any "I told you so's" that her mother would throw at her.

After pacing for a few minutes more, Emma sat down on the cellblock bed, placing her head in her hands. She had been rattling her brain for hours trying to figure out what to say to Regina. She didn't want to scare her away with any deep, emotional talk; but at the same time she felt that saying nothing would only continue to keep Regina away.

When Emma picked Henry up from school a few hours ago and expressed to him her concerns about Regina, Henry just said not to worry about it. But how could she not worry!? The other night with the beautifully dressed, brunette queen was all that Emma had ever dreamed of. Aside from putting her foot in her mouth a few times and almost blowing their goodnight kiss, Emma felt like the date went pretty well. So why was Regina ignoring her now? She hadn't texted Emma, called, or even sent any sort of message through Henry. Had Emma overestimated just how well the date went? Were these feelings one sided?

Emma was starting to get frustrated by her own thoughts and decided that she needed to do something. Well, not necessarily do anything yet, but she did need to talk to someone. As much as Emma hated the thought of telling someone in town about her date with Regina before it was time to tell people, she knew there was one person in town that she could talk to and trust that no one would find out.

Emma decided to go see Archie.

Walking downtown to Archie's office, Regina began to become increasingly nervous with every step. Her previous appointments with Archie were never really positive ones. Not only would this visit be hard due to the topic of discussion, but also because Regina and Archie's interpersonal relationship wasn't really on the best of terms. Archie had always tried to help Regina and Regina basically always pushed him away, like she did with everyone. This time had to be different. This time she was determined to listen to Archie's advice and leave things on a positive note with him.

When Regina finally arrived at Archie's building and went upstairs to his office, the door to his office was closed with a sign that read, "In Session". Regina, being who she was, went in regardless of the sign.

She instantly regretted this decision.

Regina opened the office door only to be immediately greeted by Ms. Swan's startled face. Emma had just walked into the office not five minutes before Regina arrived and was just about to sit down with Archie when Regina burst in.

Regina was in shock. She was there to talk about the very person she was starring at, and now the red-leathered beauty was starring back at her. Their eyes met for a long while, both very obviously in complete shock from seeing the other.

"I uhm," Regina began, "was just coming in to schedule Henry's next appointment. Is this a bad time Archie?"

Before Archie could even open his mouth, Emma cut him off.

"I'm here on official sheriff business, Madam Mayor, but I think I got what I came here for so I'll be leaving now." With that Emma motioned towards the door, only to be stopped when she heard an alarming loud voice.

"Stop!" Archie was yelling, neither one of the women could believe it. "Emma you just told me why you're here and judging by the look of surprise on your face Ms. Mayor, I'm guessing you're here for the same reason. Avoiding each other is pointless."

"I'm not avoiding her! Regina's the one who's basically cut me off for the past five days!" Regina could hear the pain in Emma's voice.

"Emma, I-" She stopped herself, getting these words out was harder than she expected it to be.

The room grew silent as both women starred at the floor. Finally the former cricket broke the silence.

"Well, it looks like my assumption was right. I don't think either of you talking to me is going to help the situation at all, you both need to talk to each other. So I'm going to step out and head over to Granny's for some coffee. You two should stay here and talk."

Archie grabbed his dog's leash and walked out, leaving the two women alone together.