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Thank you so much for your lovely support and reviews! It makes me so very motivated to go on.

I'm really happy you seemed to like the last chapter with Pedro and a bit of Emma's backstory.
There's more of that to come but first things first...
This chapter might contain a pivoting moment for the girls. :)
What I mean by that?

Read ahead and find out ;)

CHAPTER 9

Without putting much thought into it, slim hands reach for pink cheeks. She pulls Emma against her lips before they've even made it inside.

The older woman is leaning heavily against the outside of her own front door as her right hand slides towards the back of Emma's neck,
keeping the girl firmly into place as Regina is skillfully sucking on her tongue.

Emma moans and then tries to take control of the kiss.
Although, the intensity of Regina's movements seems like this is more than just a friendly goodnight kiss.
The blonde knows she's in trouble when she hears Regina sigh sexily … To the brunette, this is foreplay.
Emma's wide eyes see how Regina reaches towards the doorknob and she realizes what the brunette obviously is expecting to happen.
Of course she is. It's only fucking normal.

Emma groans and then slowly draws back from their wet lip action. Well, lip, tongue, nearly tonsil action.
She wills herself to smile as she sighs and softly tells Regina.

"I should be going."

The brunette's eyes go wide, instant disappointment fills her browns.

"What? Please don't go." Regina's voice is thick with emotion and want for her girlfriend.

"I have to baby." Emma kisses her swollen lips gently and sucks onto Regina's lowerlip a little while humming lowly.

"Why?" Regina whispers with closed eyes. So desperately wishing they could get naked already.

"I need to return the Vespa." Emma smiles cutely and apologetic.

"Fuck." Regina curls up her nose en pouts annoyed. "Can't you come back afterwards?"
She raises an eye brow high while breathing heavily in and out, obviously aroused and expectant of something to finally happen.

Emma shakes her head from side to side. "I'm sorry, I'm late with my administration and I really need to get it done." She quickly lies.
It's shameful really the speed at which she can come up with a false excuse.

The blonde's heart breaks when she sees Regina's shoulders drop and her face fall.
Regina waves a hand through her shoulder length stresses and she clears her throat in an attempt to sober up from her aroused state.

"Okay." She murmurs in a clipped voice and nods, offering Emma a brief smile to tell the girl she understands.

"Soon though." Emma suddenly tells and grabs Regina's face to re-connect their lips and kiss all of the older woman's worries away.

She wants for Regina to feel cherished and wanted and longed for and just… absolutely perfect. Just the way she is.

The way she kisses her girlfriend this time is absolutely the sweetest way the woman's ever been kissed before…
dozens of closed mouthed but urgent kisses are planted rapidly one after the other onto her plump lips until her frown turns upside down
and Emma's certain Regina's aware of how intense her feelings truly are.

"I wanna be with you so badly… I can't wait."
She softly rubs her nose against the older woman's and then less than a heartbeat later Regina's soulful brown eyes fly open
and she stares right into Emma's big green ones.

"Then why are you?"

"Circumstances, I swear… Regina, you're all I can think of…"
Emma tells her girlfriend while gently stroking Regina's cheeks and neck, reassuring her of how cared for she is.

"Soon, right?" She smiles a little and… damn blushes so cutely Emma's inwardly melting at the sight.

"So soon." She smiles wide and nods.
Although, she's painfully aware of the fact that their time together has an expiration date
and that particular date is coming so close Emma just feels her insides turn to dust.

"Okay. Well go return that stupid Vespa." Regina playfully groans and rolls her eyes before smirking shyly…

She's eeling more than just a little vulnerable after practically throwing herself at Emma once again and being instantly rejected… once again…

The next couple of days fly by in a haze of work and deadlines for Regina.

She has to attend several meetings and thus sees Emma a lot less than either of them likes.

When she is in fact working from home, Emma only ever sees her boss and girlfriend typing away on that laptop of hers, reading files.
Lots of them. Hears her make a couple of phone calls and once or twice sees some kind of assistant delivering a stack of new folders.

"What is it even that you do?"

Emma one day decides to ask.
She hadn't thought it was a funny question but the way Regina chuckles and looks at her in amusement makes her second guess herself.

"You don't know what I do?" A dark brown eye brow is arched. Silently turning Emma on as if she's the kind of light switch that works with a sensor.
In this scenario where she's the 'movement sensitive light sensor switch', Regina Mills obviously is the person that simply has to walk by for it to be triggered.

BOOM TURNED ON.

"I… you never told me…" She blushes, entirely in character and offers the brunette a little smile.

"Well, that's probably because you never asked." Regina then says.

"Okay… I'm asking now." The girl nods and takes a step forward. Hoping to come across as at least a little confident.
God this woman just turns her into a silly love sick schoolgirl in no time. That damned eye brow and that damned smirk.
That damned twinkle in those damned eyes and that damned tone that makes her so damned hot.

"I'm into real estate."

"Doesn't working in real estate, require you to be on the road all the time?"

Emma slowly asks. That's not a completely dumb thing to say, right?

"well, you're right of course… but I've got people doing that for me. Besides, our properties are mostly abroad… I prefer hiring local experts for the fieldwork."

Regina tells her logically while shrugging and as logic as it sounds it's actually confusing Emma even further. Kind of.

"So then what is it that you do?" She curiously asks.

"I'm in charge of the company. So what do I do? Basically everything I don't trust anyone else with.
It entails a lot of paperwork but I'm okay with that since I like to work from home out." And this time the woman smiles.
It's true. That's exactly why she doesn't mind all of the paperwork. She gets to be in charge but also… spend time with her biggest priority in life.
Her beautiful boy.

"What's the company called?" Emma tilts her head in question while grabbing herself a glass of water.

"Mills Estate." Regina casually says while taking it from the girl's hands and taking a sip of her own.

"Family business?" Emma asks, her eyes are focused solely onto the older woman's lips now as she seems to deliberately be keeping them wet.

"No." They sensually tell her.

Emma's eyes flicker upwards towards the brunette's dark eyes.

"Regina did you found the company?" She asks, in a serious tone this time.

A light blush starts to subtly spread across Regina's olive toned skin now as she smiles a little and pulls up her shoulders.
Emma's big eyes and the way her voice is laced with wonder and awe is making her feel so warm inside.

"I started small of course." She offers truthfully… but of course… there's no downplaying what she's accomplished.

"Well…" Emma swallows and opens her mouth a little, uncertain of how to express how she feels about having such a powerful business woman as her girlfriend. Which, for the record, is pretty fucking amazing.

How to properly express that though… right?

"What?" Regina narrows her eyes and smirks. "Oh darling, don't tell me you're intimidated." She chuckles hoarsely. Turning Emma on further.
And oh so effortlessly.

"What… me?" The younger woman rolls her eyes and shakes her head.

"Hmm."

"Okay maybe I am a little intimidated…" She murmurs.

"I can't say I'm not enjoying that at least a little bit." Regina reaches for the side of Emma's head and puts a stray blonde hair behind her blushy ear.

"You love it too much when I get all shy." Emma snorts and looks down at the ground.

"You get so flustered and turned on." The older woman slowly leans forward and whispers softly, now getting dangerously close to the girl's desperate lips.

"I… How would you know?" Greens look up and straight into dark brown eyes.

"Your breathing's deeper and you look so cute and red all over… The green of your eyes darkens as you can't keep them off of me."

Emma looks away quickly. Back down.

"No, look at me." Regina insists.

"Hey." Emma whispers as their eyes reconnect.

"Do you know why I love it when you go all shy on me?"

The girl then slowly shakes her head from side to side.

"It's because that's when I know you want me too." Regina tells her softly while taking Emma's hands into her own. Wanting so much more.
Right now in this moment and always.

"I always want you too. So badly."

And Emma actually believes that if Henry hadn't been playing upstairs right now,
she wouldn't have been able to keep herself from initiating making love to Regina.

Penis or not. of course… the party would be interrupted as soon as the brunette would feel in what way it is exactly that she gets aroused.
But for a moment… Emma would actually let go and be real.

As real as Regina Mills is perfect.

When Friday comes along, Regina's had enough of it.

"Emma?"

The girl turns around and isn't entirely sure how but she's almost positive that she has died and gone to heaven.
Perhaps she's slipped and hit her head on the bathroom sink?
In front of her stands the most beautiful woman she's ever seen, Regina Mills… wearing a very revealing robe.
It's silver colored, looks like satin and stops mid thigh. The fabric is wrapped loosely around her figure.

The brunette looks at Emma and blushes while untying the nod at her waist.

Emma can't help herself as she feels her knees buckle and whimpers embarrassingly loud
as her eyes are glued onto the most perfect expanses of skin on the most gorgeous person ever.

"You're naked." Emma chokes out the moment the light piece of fabric slides off of Regina's smooth shoulders onto the ground.

And she is… entirely bare. Her nipples pert and standing present in position to be sucked, bitten, worshiped properly, thoroughly… by Emma Swan.

Whom really has a hard time registering what's happening at the moment.

Regina's stomach is perfectly flat and goes over so sinfully sexy into her lower region…
a small strip of beautifully trimmed dark hair is all that's covering her now.

Her thighs look the perfect combination of firm and soft. Overall she looks sooo welcoming and sexy… Emma's a lost cause.

She's nearly dying with want for this woman. Her cock is throbbing desperately against the seam of her jeans. Thank god she's wearing a long shirt.

Not that it matters, Regina's eyes are focused solely on Emma's face right now.

And when their eyes finally lock, Emma's breath hitches. Regina's look is so open and sweet. So inviting and warm.
She smiles softly, sweetly and also just a little… it's a kind of serious smile.

"Oh my god you're so fucking beautiful." Emma sighs without even thinking over the words. Thinking isn't even an option right now. Fuck thinking…

"I was working downstairs but I just kept thinking of being with you and I thought… fuck it… I'm done waiting… and I just…"

Emma doesn't even know how she's doing it.
Drop all of her defenses and precautions like this but she's closed the distance between them before either of them knows it
and takes Regina in her arms before kissing her hotly.

Both of their minds are fried for that one split second of bliss as they're in each other's arms.

THAT ONE SPLIT SECOND

"Mooooommy!" Henry yells for his mom from downstairs.

The ringing of his little voice is quickly followed by the click of Kathryn's heels.

"We're back early. It started raining and you know I don't do rain so…"

Regina pulls away from Emma's embrace quickly and grabs her robe from the ground.
She wraps it around her shivering frame and holds a finger in front of Emma's lips.

"Go downstairs, act normal, tell Kathryn I'm in the shower."

Seeing as Emma's lost the ability to speak she obediently nods and turns around to go and do as Regina's told her.

Now, out of Regina's personal space she's able to think again. A little. And realizes she has no idea of how she's going to be subtle about her ragging boner.
She really needs to get out of there.

"Hey Kathryn! Regina's taking a shower" She nervously smiles and quickly moves towards the fridge, then takes way too long searching for the water tumbler. All with good reason of course… to allow her package to cool off a bit. A lot.

"In the middle of the day?" Kathryn suspiciously says but Emma just shrugs and avoids any and all eye contact.

"Emma!" small arms encircle her legs and make her wince uncomfortably.

"Kid! How are you doing?" She chuckles, really trying to sound normal.

"Movie night tonight, right?" His big happy eyes shine up at her and help her relax.

"Of course! I wouldn't miss it for the world!"

Not much later, Emma'd left. Something about needing to do laundry and wanting to have it done in time before she could go back for movie night.

Regina's body was still on fire. Even though she'd actually taken a shower.
It wasn't the plan initially but seeing as she was practically burning up with want for her girlfriend… it had seemed like a good idea.
She wasn't about to get properly fucked, not with her friend and her son downstairs… so she felt a cool shower was, indeed, in order.

There's only so much some water can do of course. She was still a hot mess.
Regina'd seriously considered masturbating but maybe that would spoil her appetite.
Plus Henry'd made an entrance into the bathroom, wanting to share how his outing with auntie Kat had gone.
That had successfully made her forget about needing to get laid. If only for that moment.

But honestly... she actually wanted to stay horny for her girlfriend.

Because to Regina it's pretty clear… Emma's going to stay over tonight.

They both know and want it. And the anticipation itself is delicious already.

"Sooooo Regina's in the shower, really?" Kathryn snorts loudly and instantly challenges her friend to come clean and spill the truth.

She's still towel-drying brown stresses as she's descending the stairs and looks with narrowed, threatening eyes at her friend.

"God, you really chose the entire wrong day to come back early." Regina groans.

"It's fucking pouring outside. Have you looked out of a window lately?!"
The blonde exclaims and gestures towards the wet city on the other side of Regina's huge windows.

"I know! I just… I was this close Kat!" The woman then whines and rubs a hand over her forehead.

"You're actually telling me IT was finally happening?" Kathryn then gasps almost comically loud and gapes at her brunette friend

"IT was… about to happen." Regina's eyes go big as she snaps at the way Kathryn is looking at her in disbelief.

"That's about time. I was beginning to believe you guys were waiting until you were married." Kat chuckles, causing for Regina to click her tongue.

"I just… couldn't stand it anymore. I literally just took off my clothes and confronted her." She tells the blonde exactly how it had went down.

"Oh my god! Regina you're such a tiger! What did she do?" Kathryn laughs enthusiastically now.
Excited that her friend had actually finally taken the initiative to be bolt and sexy and just get down and dirty with the younger blonde.

"She… well she actually jumped me." Regina then smirks and grows a little pink.

"Words can not express how happy I am for you." Kathryn practically swoons. Thank god Emma hadn't rejected her.
She'd have hated to have to go liquidate such a young girl… but if she'd actually have the nerve to hurt Regina Mills… Swan'd have been dead meat.

"Yes only the moment she did…"

"Yeah yeah your son insisted we came back to your place. Something about wanting to prepare for movie night?"

"Oh my god. Kathryn I need you to do me a favor." Regina's eyes light up at the wonderful idea she's having…

Kathryn obviously is so very willing to step in and help her friend out…

Well, of course… "Only if it gets you laid."

"I'm not ready to lose her, Rubes… I just am not."

Emma's been panicking over the phone for the last 20 minutes.

And Ruby had been telling her the same thing over and over…

"She has the right to know though…"

"I know I know… I'm stupid. I never even deserved her!"

That's what makes her friend snap.

"Oh shut up. That's bullshit. You do deserve her. You make her happy. She makes you happy now fucking consummate your marriage already.
She's a grown woman, Emma not a dumb teenager who doesn't have their priorities straight. Besides… it's just a dick… not a knife, nobody's gonna die.

You know how you always said that one day you were going to stop being a fool and have things change for the better. One day is now Emma.
I gotta go but your next call better be to tell me she's pregnant or something!"

And just like that, Ruby ends the call.

A little over an hour later Emma finds herself entering the Mills' loft.

"Hey kid! Where's your pajama's? I thought we said only comfy clothing"
Emma smiles excitedly at the cutest boy of the universe, slightly confused why he's all dressed and seemingly ready to leave the house.

He smiles brightly back at her "Emma!" and yells for his mother.
"Mom, Emma is here!"

"I can see that honey, why don't you go get your stuff..."
Regina chuckles happily as she's already approaching the front door where her girlfriend seems to be fidgeting nervously, holding a big bag of potato chips.

"Okay mom!" The brown haired boy nods decidedly and does as he's told.

"We're not staying in?" Emma raises an eyebrow in confusion.
Not entirely sure of what to think of the situation.

"He isn't. We are." Regina smiles softly and locks her eyes onto uncertain green ones.
Desperately hoping for Emma to know what she's hinting at and for the girl to be as excited as she is. Emma doesn't really give her much to work with though.
Her face doesn't change into one of comprehension nor confusion.

She just nods and says "Oh okay. I brought salt and pepper baked chips. Every movie needs a snack."

Regina's brows furrow a little in worry... Is Emma really expecting for them to sit through a whole movie... when they're alone with each other...
free to do so much more interesting things...?

She's about to say something to clarify the situation without sounding crass but Henry already comes sprinting towards them again.

"Ready! Auntie Kat said I get to choose what movie we're going to."

"That's great."

"Will you take good care of my mom tonight?"

Emma gulps but then tries to smile as casual as possible.
Not wanting to alarm Henry of how she'd instantly misinterpreted that question.
All the while, she can actually see Regina smirking from the corner of her eye.

"I... Of course I'll ... take care of your mother, kid."

Henry nods gratefully and continues to talk.

"Because I promised auntie Kat a sleepover and I told mommy that you could have a sleepover here, so she doesn't have to be alone."

Emma's quite speechless.
She's entirely certain that Kathryn had made Henry believe that he was the one with the great idea of having a sleepover
in order for Regina to be able to have her all to herself.

It was very generous of her friend's boss and girlfriend's best friend but it was also making everything much -pun only slightly intended- harder
and all of this is kind of leading to a situation that will mean nothing but hurt and disappointment.

A situation and moment she's been trying to avoid and postpone for a long time now.

"Don't worry she won't be alone, baby." Emma softly tells him while crouching down in front of the boy.
She gently strokes his hair and looks at him.

Perhaps for the last time where all of them are so happy and together.
After what will probably be revealed tonight... all will be different... and not for the better.

She kisses his forehead and quickly catches him off guard as she tickles his sides.

Henry laughs, Emma chuckles, Regina smiles.

It's all so very honest and precious.

It's all so very temporary. Emma sadly realizes.

This was never the life she was supposed to live anyway...

She's not supposed to love this child as if it was her own

and she's not supposed to think of Regina as her future.

It was all good for as long as it lasted but it will soon all be nothing but a memory.

A precious memory to look back on and be grateful for. But most definitely ... in the past.

They're seated in the couch, Emma on one side, Regina the other. In front of the TV.
Emma's stuffing her face with potato chips and is working her third glass of wine down.

Who knows… maybe if she gets herself drunk enough she's not even able to get an erection anymore? One can only hope.

Emma's got her eyes set on the movie that's currently playing.
Something about people and situations, there's probably some heart ache that will end in a happy ending.

Regina really doesn't care. She just studies Emma's strange behavior… because this really isn't how she'd imagined tonight to be like.

Underneath her –very tight- outfit she'd put on her most mouthwatering set of lingerie for the younger woman to discover.
She'd actually hoped, expected even, they'd be past that already by now… preferably working their way towards their second or third orgasm.
But all Emma's got interest in is that rediculous rom com, her drink, those disgusting chips and that pillow she's gripping tightly in her lap.

Regina's been seductively rubbing one of her bare feet up and down Emma's calf but to be honest… her patience is beginning to grow rather thin.

Until Emma suddenly grabs the remote controller, puts the movie on pause, inhales sharply and turns her attention to Regina.

The older woman watches closely as Emma swallows thickly, offers her a blushy and nervous smile and her mouth opens to say something.

"I… Are you expecting for us to have sex tonight?"

During the first couple of seconds after she's asked that…
Regina just stares at her blankly. Her eyes narrow in honest confusion as she seems to be taking her time to figure out what to say…

She slowly exhales and shakes her head

"Actually, yes I do… I do expect to finally get laid tonight." She says…
and there's a kind of finality to her voice that tells Emma she's so fucking serious that if the girl doesn't put out tonight it's au revoir
and don't bother coming back.

Not that she can actually imagine Regina being that heartless but she does understand how it must suck to constantly be rejected…
especially by your own girlfriend.

Emma's not really sure what to answer though…

"Is that so surprising though? Am I such a freak for wanting sex?"
The brunette chuckles dryly and humorously while looking straight at Emma, searching the girl's face for answers.

"No, Regina… that's not … not at all. It's me."
And what a lame thing to say, isn't it? Emma really does hate herself for it.

"What is it Emma?" Regina sighs and schools her features.

Maybe the girl has some serious issue…? In which case... the last thing she can use is a judgy girlfriend that isn't willing to listen, right?
So the brunette really does her best to keep an open mind and especially… keep the conversation flowing…
let's get Emma out of her shell once and for all.

Please.

Fucking please

"I can't… I'm sorry. I'm so so so sorry. It's all my fault." But Emma's already starting to panic.
She shakes her head from side to side while rubbing her eyes, as if she's trying to wake up from some horrible nightmare.

"Emma talk to me, what's the matter that you can't tell me?" Regina reaches forward, grabs the girl's wrists and pulls them towards herself.
They sit closer now and when their eyes meet, they connect.

"I don't know how to tell you…" Emma whispers in a wavering tone.

"Are you…" Regina tilts her head a little, ready to discover the truth. Whatever it is.
"Emma, are you asexual?" And there is no judgment in her voice. None at all. Just an honest question.

"What? No… I'm not. that's not it." The blonde clears her throat and shakes her head.

"Okay… then what? Is it… you've had sex before, right?"

Regina then tentatively asks… Emma is a lot younger… maybe she's a late bloomer and is just incredibly inexperienced…
maybe she's just experiencing some stage fright…

But no, that's not it either.

"Of course… I'm not a virgin." Emma bites her lip and already dreads the fact that she knows that one way or another… the truth is gonna come out soon.

"But never with a woman?"
Regina digs further and of course Emma's not thinking when she just shrugs and breathes out "No, I've been with plenty of women."

She instantly regrets that though... and pinches her eyes closed tightly.

"Oh… well that's great. So, it's just me you don't want to sleep with."

Regina snaps. And with good reason. She pulls her hands away and shakes her head, feeling utterly rediculous for even trying anymore.

"No, Regina it's so complicated…"
Emma urgently sits up, leans closer towards her girlfriend again and silently pleads her to look at her so she can see the sincerity in her eyes.
Though when she does look up, her browns are cold and it's so painfully clear how hurt Regina's feeling.

"You know what? You've just managed to make me feel the least desirable that I've ever felt." She sneers.

"No please Regina, I do want to have sex with you. I really do. So badly. I wanted to from the first moment I saw you."
Emma shakes her head and is actually on the verge of crying by now. Her voice is raised as her hands are hovering over Regina's shoulders.
She's so uncertain if the woman would hate it if she'd try to touch her now. Comfort her. Physically reassure her.

"You can say what you want"
Regina bitterly chuckles and rolls her eyes in a very non-playful way.

"If you knew my secret, you would be the one who wouldn't want to have sex with me." Emma nearly chokes on her words.
She's really screwing this up, isn't she?

And in that moment Regina turns towards her again, locks her eyes onto big, emotional green ones.
She puts her hands onto Emma's shoulders to ground herself and articulates her next words loud and clearly.

"Give me some credit Emma! What secret?"

"I…" The blonde girl pales, shivers and can already see her relationship go up in flames.

"Fuck… Emma if you don't tell me I swear I'll"

"I have a penis."

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