"Let's sit." She suggested and they went to sit at the last booth next to the window in the diner. When they sat down Ruby showed up with Granny's pancakes.

"Apple pancakes, thank you, Ruby."

"You're welcome." Ruby worriedly eyed Rumple than Regina. "We'll be fine." and when she heard it, she turned on her heels and left them alone.

"The reason I wanted to talk to you is because I am sorry... I am sorry for yesterday, for Neverland for everything I said to you that was... not nice." Regina said.

"So you'll give me a chance?" Rumple asked her with hope in his.

"I want to... But I can't..."

"Why not? Is it because you worry that you can't be good? Because you can, it doesn't matter who are your parents."

"Not that. I, just, can't ruin that."

"Ruin what? Regina, how could you ruin anything by giving me a chance?" He wanted a chance to be with his daughter, to talk to her like a father, to do the things that families do together.

"That." She said and pointed at Belle and Neal who were sitting on the other side of the diner. "You have a family, and who am I to ruin that? You have a True Love and a son... They both love you, and they could say that they accept me, but it wouldn't be the same, remember at all the things that you did with any of those two... And now remember what I did to them, I prisoned Belle for 28 years, do you really think that she would have dinners and family stuff with me? She wouldn't."

"I think you should give her a chance, she has a bigger heart then anyone I know. And why is this about Belle?"

"I don't know, I leave you with Belle and Neal to talk about things families talk about, and then maybe we can meet for lunch or something?"

"I'd like that very much."

"Can I ask you one more question?"

"Yes."

"With this new magic I have... Can I... Bring someone from the dead? Can I bring him from the dead?" She asked him, her eyes had hope in them.

"I am sorry. But, not even you can do that."

"I knew you were going to say that, but I hoped you wouldn't..." She paused for a moment, took a deep breath and continued "Anyway, can you give me a spell book, the one similar to Mother's, but not hers. I want to practice my new magic in case I need it."

"Yes, but the book I'm about to give you is dangerous, I learned everything I know from it, and now I'm giving it to you, and you will probably know more about magic than I ever will. Because this book, shows the spells at someone's magic level, you are the most powerful of them all and the book will show you everything." He said and the book appeared in his hands. "Take good care of this."

"I will, I promise... Thank you. I have to go now, see you soon."

"You are welcome... And, Regina?"

"Yes?" She turned on her heels and smiled at him.

"Don't forget the pancakes." He pointed at the plate of apple pancakes that were untouched.

"Thank you. I'll get Ruby to pack them up for me." She smiled to him, picked up her plate and went to find Ruby.

"That went well." Neal said as he sat opposite to his father, Belle joined him but she sat next to Rumple.

"Actually, it did."

"So, what did you talk about?"

"About you two, about family." Rumple said. "Are you okay with this? With Regina being mine? But don't tell me you are okay with it if you are not."

"I am okay with that." Belle told them.

"I am not okay with this..." Belle and Rumple's faces were half shocked, half worried "I am great with it! I have a little sister, it's all I ever wanted."

Regina was in the secret room in her vault, she ate the pancakes and went there. She wanted to practice her magic in case something happened to Henry, she opened the book and had a proof that Rumple didn't overreacted, the book showed her everything. First she started with simple spells so that she could worm up, she did few of them and went on harder ones, she found one she particularly liked - invisibility. The spell had power to make an object, or a person invisible. Regina wanted to try the spell on one of her mirrors and then on herself. She successfully turned mirror invisible and felt very confident and then without reading any further, she performed the spell. She went to the mirror and didn't see her reflection, she admired to her work when she realised something: she didn't know how to turn herself back. She picked up the book and it was empty.

"You have to be kidding me!" She furiously said, she disappeared in a cloud of purple smoke and reappeared in front of Gold's shop. She barged in, and saw him in the front of it, but he didn't seem to notice her. Of course he doesn't notice me, I am invisible, she thought. She needed to get his attention, so she throw the closest thing near her to him. It hit him in the head.

"Sorry." Regina said but didn't know if he heard her.

"Who is there?" Rumple asked and conjured a fireball just in case. Regina realised that he didn't heard her so she texted him, she had no other idea.

Regina: Whoa, you don't have to throw fireballs at me, make it gone!

Rumple: What?

Regina: I am at your shop, I made myself invisible and I don't know how to undo it.

"Regina?!" Rumple called "Is that you?"

"Yes!" Regina yelled.

"Okay, pick up a sword if that's you." Right, he couldn't hear her. She picked up a sword to show him it was her.

"I'm going to cast a spell so that I can hear you, so don't blow my shop up or something." She felt magic surrounding her and tried again.

"Rumple?" She asked in panicked voice.

"Regina... What did you do?"

"I cast an invisibility spell on myself."

"Did you read the description of the spell or a counter spell?"

"Uhm... No. But in my defence I did make a few objects invisible and turned them back."

"And you felt confident and decided to try the spell on you?"

"Yes! And now the book won't show me anything."

"About that, did I mention that if you make a mistake the book won't let you read it for 12 hours?"

"No! You did not!" Regina said "Do you have a way to turn me back?"

"I do, but I am not going to do it."

"Wha- why? I thought we were family."

"Don't play that card on me. We are family, but if I turn you back you won't learn anything from your mistakes and you will keep coming to me to fix it." He explained.

"I hate it when you are right." Regina was annoyed but knew that he meant what's best for her.

"And, plus, this could be fun. Isn't there something you wanted to do but were afraid of getting caught? Isn't there someone you always wanted to scare the hell out of them?" Rumple tried to cheer her up and hoped that she wouldn't kill anybody.

"You make a good point. Text me if you need anything. See you soon, Rumple, watch your back." And she disappeared in the could of purple smoke (that was not visible).

"I have a feeling this will not end good for me or anyone in Storybrooke for that matter." Rumple commented when he was sure she was gone.

Regina was in front of Granny's, the Charmings, Blue, Grumpy and Tinkerbell were all there. She got in and closed the door with a bang. All of them turned to see the door but no one came in.

"It was probably just wind." Snow said. Regina spotted were she was sitting and sat next to her, Charming and Emma were sitting opposite of her. Snow started to eat and Regina grabbed her meal and throw it at her blouse.

"Was that wind too?" Charming asked his wife while trying to hide his smile.

"That was an accident. I am clumsy." Charming and Emma knew that she didn't really believe it. Regina pulled out her lipstick out of the bag and draw hearts all over Charming's face. She acted childish and she knew it, but she didn't care. She cast a spell so that Charming wouldn't feel it when she drew hearts on his face, when she finished she added a small 'R' on his chin.

"What?" Charming asked because Emma and Snow looked at him and burst into laughing.

"I... Think... You... Should see yourself in a mirror." Emma said and continued laughing.

Regina was getting bored, so she went out of the diner and went to Gold's shop, very well aware that he could hear her when she talked, so, she didn't say a thing. She spotted a bucket of paint in the corner of the shop and picked it up.

"Pink, nice." She said, opened the bucket and throw the paint on Rumple but he saw it coming and made it disappear in a cloud of smoke.

"I know that you said you wouldn't help me, but I am begging you!" Regina said

"By throwing a pink paint on me?"

"I am sorry, but if you turned me back I wouldn't have done it... Call it revenge that failed."

"Well, at least you admitted you failed." He said and with a flick of his wrist Regina was visible once again.

"Rumple, there is something else I wanted to talk to you about."

"Continue, please."

"Christmas is in two days. I was wondering if you, Belle and Neal would like to come over for dinner... I... I don't want to be alone on Christmas... Miss Swan has Henry." Regina asked and fought back tears that threatened to fall.

"I give you one better. You come to us on Christmas morning and be with us whole day, you could also sleep there, you are going to spend this Christmas with a family in a home."

"I would like that very much."

And in that moment Regina knew that she will never have to spent another Christmas alone.