"Henry…" Regina started, but she didn't really know what to say.

Luckily, the shock had cleared Emma's tipsy mind a bit and she managed to finish Regina's sentence. "Henry, would you please go back to bed? We'll talk about this tomorrow, okay?"

After a grumbling Henry had gone back to his room, Emma turned to Regina. "Regina, I think it's best if you leave. We've clearly had a lot to drink, so maybe we should just sleep it off before we talk about this… if you ever want to talk about it," she said hesitantly. "Or we could just forget about it."

Regina thought for a moment, then shook her head. "Listen, Emma, I'm just going to say this now, because there's no way I'll be brave enough to do this once the alcohol has left my blood…" She took a deep breath and looked away from the woman in front of her. "Alright, here we go. I have feeling for you." There was a nervous tremble in her voice, and she started talking faster and faster as she went on. "Which explains why the evil queen did what she did, something I've been wanting to do for years. She wanted to prove to me that I need her to get my happiness, but honestly finding out that she had kissed you was torture. I know you're with Hook, and you were probably just experimenting, but I need you to know that this meant a great deal to me. So there. I'll leave you now." Regina had already turned her back to the flabbergasted other woman and started walking towards the door when Emma suddenly came to her senses.

"Regina, wait." She grabbed Regina's hand and made her turn back. "I wasn't just experimenting, okay? " Regina stared at their intertwined hands.

"You weren't?"

"No."

A hesitant smile spread across Regina's face. "So, what are you saying? Do you…"

"I don't know, Regina" Emma was suddenly aware that they were still holding hands, and for a moment considered pulling the other woman closer for another kiss, but then the thought of Hook came into her mind. She let go of the shaking hand and took a step back. "But you were right, I am engaged."

Regina's face dropped. "Right."

"Look, I need time to think. I'll call you, okay?"

"Fine."

"I know I'm hurting you, but please don't go all butthurt evil queen and start locking yourself away in your vault again, okay? I'll send Henry over in the morning."

For a moment she was afraid Regina would start snapping at her, but she simply nodded and said "I'll see you later, Swan."

Emma rolled her eyes. "It's painfully obvious now that you're using that to keep your distance."

"Well, until you figure out what you want from me, I don't see any reason why I shouldn't keep my distance." Her voice softened. "Look, if Hook is your true love, don't let me get in your way. My heart has been broken plenty of times, I know how to cope with it by now."

"Regina…"

"No, it's okay. Take some time to think."

Emma sighed. "Thank you."

"Sure. See you, Emma." Regina grabbed her coat from the coat rack and walked out of the door.

"Take care."

After closing the door, Emma sank to the ground and rested her head on her folded arms. She rocked back and forth in an attempt to calm the storm in her head, but her thoughts kept spinning and it made her dizzy. She had kissed Regina. That was after Hook had proposed. Regina had feelings for her… but she was engaged... but she had felt more than she'd ever felt with Hook in that one kiss. She hadn't even thought of him when kissing her son's other mom. Her son… Henry had dreamed about his two moms being together. And Regina had, too. Regina liked her. Regina fucking Mills had feelings for her. Suddenly everything was clear, everything she had been feeling for weeks, months, even years when she was near her son's other mother seemed to come together like an overwhelming blast of light in her mind. She was in love with Regina, and Regina was in love with her. She had to give this a chance. As soon as she realized this, she took off her engagement ring. She finally went to bed and set an early alarm. Now that she had made up her mind, she could barely wait until the morning to fix this mess.

Henry found Regina in her office with a glass of wine, even though it was only noon. When she saw him come in, however, she quickly made the glass and the bottle it accompanied vanish.

"Hi. Are you okay?" Henry asked as he sat down on the sofa, next to his mother.

"I suppose." Regina attempted to smile, but Henry could see the sadness in her eyes. "How much has Emma told you?"

"Nothing, she wasn't home this morning. She'd just left a note saying I should go see you, which is why I came here straight after breakfast."

"Breakfast? Henry, it's 12 o'clock. Does she seriously let you sleep in this late?"

Henry rolled his eyes. "So are you two in love?"

Regina snorted. "Someone's been spending a lot of time with the Charmings. One usually does not talk about being in love after just one kiss."

"Mom. Come on. Don't tell me you didn't have feelings for her before she kissed you."

"How do you know about that?" She thought she'd been hiding her feelings very well, but apparently she was not as tough to crack as she thought. Henry shrugged.

"I didn't. Lucky guess... Okay, and I might have heard bits and pieces of your conversation last night."

Regina gave her son a stern look "Of course you did. Well, do you have any lucky guesses concerning Emma's feelings? Do you think she's just having cold feet?"

"Maybe. Honestly, I don't know. She was up pretty late yesterday, I guess she was trying to figure it out herself." Henry put an arm around his mother. "But I really hope she chooses you"

His mother frowned. "Are you sure you would be okay with that? Relationships don't always work out..."

"Our family is one hell of a complicated mess already, I'm sure we could handle a little more messiness if necessary."

Regina chuckled and rested her head against her son's. "True."

"Now, want to go to Granny's? I could use a cocoa." When he saw the look on his mother's face, he added: "I know you don't do cocoa, but I'd rather have you go out and have a coffee with me than sit here drinking wine."

"I wasn't…Hey, I'm the one raising you, remember?"

"Right." Henry stood up and held out a hand to his mother. "You coming?"

"Seems like I've raised a gentleman," she said with a proud smile as she grabbed his hand and got up. "I guess I could use some distraction. Let's get you some cocoa."

They'd just entered the diner when suddenly Regina heard her name. When she turned her head towards the sound she saw Emma sitting in a booth, alone, sipping from a cappuccino. Regina immediately noticed that she looked tired, and her eyes were red as if she'd just cried. When Emma reached out to grab her coffee, she noticed something else, too: her engagement ring. It was gone. "Emma."

"I'll leave you two alone," said Henry, as he walked over to the counter to order his cocoa. Emma made an inviting gesture, and Regina obeyed. Now they were sitting in front of each other, quietly. "So…" Regina started.

"Yeah. I wasn't expecting to see you yet. I was just grabbing some coffee to build up the courage to tell you..." Emma shifted nervously in her seat. "I've talked to Hook this morning. I've returned his ring."

Regina gaped at her. "You have? How did he take it?"

"Not well" said Emma with a wry smile.

"Oh."

"Anyway, I was actually planning to come by your house with roses, do the whole romantic shebang, but now that you're here I might as well just tell you now. I wanted to let you know that I am open for anything." She saw that Regina's mouth fell open again, and with a shy smile she continued "With you, I mean. I want to give us a chance."

A childish grin spread across Regina's face, and she reached out to intertwine her fingers with those of the woman opposite from her.

"Does… does that mean you want that too?" asked Emma hesitantly.

Regina chuckled "Definitely."

Emma still didn't look convinced. "Really? Even if that means you're letting the evil queen win?"

Regina shook her head. "I've been thinking about that. I don't think it's a matter of letting her win. Actually, it has made me found a way to defeat her."

"Really? What is it?"

"Love."

Emma raised her eyebrows. "You've been talking to my mum."

"No! All of this has made me realize that she just needs a little love in her life. I have found love with Henry… and with you. Most importantly, I've learned to love myself. We're going to have to help her to do just that."

"What a wise and brave woman I'm dating," said Emma with a proud smile.

Before Regina could reply, Henry interrupted. "All right, I see you're holding hands and smiling… Are we going to be a family?" This made both of his moms laugh.

"We've always been a family, kid." said Emma.

"You're just going to be seeing a lot more of the two of us together now, I suppose," added Regina.

"Awesome. But I do get to keep my two separate rooms, right?"

Emma and Regina burst into laughter again.

"Of course, kid. For now. We're taking it easy," said Emma, while glancing at Regina to see if she agreed.

"Yes. One step at a time."

Both women got up and gave their son a tight hug, together.

"Now that all of this love is in the air, let's go find an evil queen that could use it," said Regina, and off they went onto their next adventure as a family.