Dark 16

They were sitting on the couch in the study, musing about the hilarity of Mary Margaret and Whale hooking up during the curse. Regina of course found this absolutely hilarious while Emma quite frankly didn't want to think about her mother's sex life.

"Honestly, I'd rather not even go there. I mean, it was bad enough walking in on her and my dad once."

Regina nearly spat out her wine. "You what?!"

Emma smiled and nodded over her wine glass. "Yup. And get this. Henry was with me." Emma knew this would draw a reaction and laughed at the look of pure shook on Regina's face. "Relax, he was clueless. Thank God we didn't see anything, they were under the blankets."

Regina felt her face flush red with anger, but was startled when she felt a hand on her forearm. She looked up to see Emma smiling at her. Regina was immediately calmed.

"It's okay, Regina. No harm was done. Not to Henry, anyway, I'm the one that was mentally scarred because of that one."

Regina let her lips curve up slightly as she felt that familiar burning deep in her belly. Her skin was scorched where Emma's palm was on hers, and Regina felt her heart rate quicken. She was well aware of their proximity, and couldn't help but look at Emma's lips while simultaneously licking her own. She remembered what it was like in her dreams to have Emma's skin on her own and was desperate for it to happen for real.

Emma felt the electricity between them sparking. She couldn't stop her thumb from caressing back and forth across Regina's arm. She nearly got lost into Regina's plump red lips as she caught a glimpse of her pink tongue skirting it's way across them.

Regina saw Emma's eyes dilate and thought she saw the blonde lean in slightly. She was startled a bit at hearing Emma's voice. "I broke up with Hook."

Emma said it a bit louder than she intended, and was embarrassed at how she made Regina jump. She saw Regina's shock as she raised her eyebrows. Emma swallowed, not changing the closeness of their bodies or taking her hand off Regina's arm. In fact she gripped a little tighter. "He asked me if what the dark one had said...about me not loving him was true." She saw how Regina's eyes never left hers. "I almost lied. I almost fell back into the same pattern. But then I remembered what you said. So I told him the truth. He was angry. Very angry. But-in the end it was for the best." Regina nodded, but remained silent. "When I was leaving...he told me to make sure I never did that to anyone again. He said to go after what I want instead of what I think people want for me." Emma leaned forward and put her wine glass down on the coffee table. She leaned back and found Regina's eyes again. "When I left...I found myself parked in front of your house."

Regina knew Emma saw her nearly gasp, but quickly regained her composure, at least on the outside. Inside her organs were jumping for joy.

Emma saw what was not an unfavorable response to this news, and so felt brave enough to continue. "I...just kinda sat in my bug, not really sure what to do next. Then when you invited me to dinner, I just drove around town for ten minutes instead of just coming inside," she laughed at herself and how chicken she was.

Regina cocked her head to the side. "Wait, what?"

"I could have just gotten out and come in, but it's like I didn't want you to know I was already there, so I drove around aimlessly-" she stopped when she saw the confusion on Regina's face.

"No, the part about me inviting you to dinner."

"Your text. Inviting me over to have lasagna," Emma said flatly.

Regina shook her head. "I didn't text you. Henry said when you heard I was making lasagna that you asked if you could join us because Mary Margaret's cooking was atrocious."

Emma took her hand off Regina's arm and scratched her head. "While that does sound like something I'd say, Regina, that never happened. I got a text from you inviting me over. Check your phone!"

Regina reached over to the end table and picked up her phone. She made a disappointing face and looked up at Emma. "It seems someone has been texting you with my phone."

Emma raised her head in understanding. "No doubt the same someone who accidentally told me the wrong night to bring pizza over here."

"Seems our son has been scheming. So what, some operation of his, getting us to spend time together?"

Emma looked embarrassingly at Regina. "Regina, does Henry know any of the...things that transpired when the dark one was around? You know, any of THOSE things?"

Regina thought for a moment and shook her head. "No, none of it, as far as I know. I don't know why he's doing this all of a sudden. Pulling tricks to get us spending time alone together."

Emma smiled shyly through her eye lashes. She bit her bottom lip and put her arm on the back of the cushions so her fingertips were inches from Regina's shoulder. "Well, it's working."

Regina melted into Emma's adorable smile and felt her eyes flutter. "So it is."

Emma broke the heated gaze and looked at Regina's flowing hair. She took a thick lock and twirled it in her fingers. She looked back at Regina, whose eyes she swore were two shades darker than they had been before. "Regina," she whispered.

Regina's breathing was heavy as she looked expectantly at Emma. "Yes?" She whispered back, leaning slightly toward Emma.

Emma dropped Regina's hair and ran the back of her fingertips down Regina's cheek, feeling the gasp sneak between the woman's parted lips. Her body cried out as she felt her core twitching. "I'd really like to kiss you right now," she gasped out.

That was all Regina needed. She reached forward and pulled Emma in by the back of her neck. She took Emma's bottom lip between her own, and paused as her body exploded. They were so soft, perfectly moist, and met her own in a perfect amount of firmness and tenderness.

Emma felt like her body had imploded as Regina pulled her lips into her own. She felt the tender kiss on her lips, that pulled away only to repeat the motion a moment later. Her hand went up behind Regina's shoulder, pulling her closer. She pulled back to meet Regina's eyes, and her arousal deepened at the beautiful sight. Regina was looking at her with such desire and lust, Emma was sure the queen's gaze was about to light her on fire. With a few more raspy breaths from both women, Emma lunged her head back forward and crashed her lips fully into Regina's.

Regina moaned as she felt Emma's tongue enter her mouth, gently caressing her own in a sensuous dance. Both women had thrown their arms around each other, Regina weaving her hands through Emma's long locks. Emma gasped as the feeling of Regina's tongue pressing against hers had her losing herself, forgetting everything and everyone except this woman in her arms.

Regina felt herself being pushed backward onto the couch as hands wandered all over her body in a dizzying and extremely pleasurable exploration. Regina's head had almost hit the arm of the couch when suddenly she was able to regain a little composure and push Emma back up.

"Wait, wait, wait," she gasped, noticing how Emma threw herself off of her and to the other side of the couch.

Emma panicked. She pushed too hard. Regina didn't want this. Damn it, this thing was just starting and she already fucked it up. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have-" she was silenced by Regina's lips on hers, and stopped long enough to enjoy the taste again.

Regina smiled into Emma's lips as she pulled back and looked seductively into her eyes again. "No, don't apologize for that. Never THAT! That was...amazing!" She bit her lip as Emma smiled and looked down at her lips hungrily. "It's just that-Henry is upstairs and-I think if he walked in on THAT, well, he's a lot older now than he was with the whole Snow and Charming thing."

The thought of Henry walking in on them sobered Emma slightly and she sat up a little straighter. "Yeah, you're right that would be pretty-awful." Sh looked at Regina and realized they might have moved a little too fast too quickly. But damn, she was already pretty sure she wanted this woman for the rest of her life. "Plus I guess we should probably slow down a bit. Do this right."

Regina nodded, but couldn't stop herself from reaching out and touching Emma's bottom lip, which promptly fell open at the touch. "Yes, we should," she whispered.

Emma rolled her eyes and took a deep noisy breath as Regina's hand fell away. "If I don't go home right now, I'm going to do something completely contradictory to what we just said, so, I should probably call it a night." She saw how smug Regina was with affecting her in this way and narrowed her eyes in mock anger. "But before I do," she smiled again and felt her cheeks redden. "Would you like to go out on a date with me?"

Regina felt her own face flush as she bit her lip. "I would love to." Then a thought hit her. "We could just come here for dinner so we don't have to go out in public anywhere, I know you're uncomfortable with-"

"No," Emma dead panned. When Regina looked at her in surprise, Emma smiled. "I'm ready. No more hiding. You're worth it, Regina."

If Regina hadn't been head over heels before, this certainly put the nail in the coffin. She ran her hands down both sides of Emma's face and kissed her firmly. She then leaned her forehead against Emma's and she fought back tears. "You dear, sweet, wonderful woman," she whispered. "So are you."

They kissed passionately for a few more minutes before Emma reluctantly pushed herself off the couch and headed to the door, Regina in tow. Emma allowed Regina to help her into her jacket and the two found themselves on the porch.

Emma pressed Regina against the closed front door and laid her forehead against hers. She reached down and intertwined the fingers of both hands and sighed in happiness. "Thank you for dinner."

Reina smiled up at her. "You're welcome."

"So, I'll call you to set up that date?"

Regina squeezed her hands. "You'd better."

Emma smiled and leaned down, putting her very heart and soul into one of the most passionate kisses she had ever experienced. Hands moved around bodies to start exploring again, soft moans released, and bodies came alive. Regina ended the kiss by gently biting on Emma's bottom lip and smiling.

Emma pulled back, and could swear she saw stars. She sighed deeply and groaned at the fact she had to let this beauty go for the evening. She pulled her body back and reluctantly let go. "Good night, Regina."

Regina swallowed her heart back down. "Good night, Emma."

They shared another long gaze before Emma finally turned and sauntered down the walkway to her bug. She took one last look at the queen on the stoop before getting in and heading to an overcrowded loft and a cold shower.