A/N: This one gets a little interesting. Hope you like it! :D Thanks for your continued support. Mwah!

*Last Night*

"Victor...Come on in." Regina seemed off and Dr. Whale didn't understand why.

He knew that they hadn't spoken all day because of their fight at Granny's the night before, but he had a bad feeling when she called him so late at night. She'd sounded eerie on the other end, but he knew that she must've needed him when she said that Henry was sleeping over and they could talk now that he was asleep.

"What's going on, Reggi?" He asked as he stepped passed her and she closed the door. "I'm sorry about the other night. I just get so jealous around David. Especially when I know he's Olivia's real father, and-"

"I know, Victor. This is what we need to talk about...Come here." She gestured for him to follow her and they sat near the bottom of the staircase. They sat so close and each loved the warm contact. Regina held his left hand in both of hers on his knee, knowing that this was going to be even more difficult than she'd expected.

"I love you, Regina." He looked into her eyes.

"And I love you, very very much."

"But?" He knew there had to be a 'but' by the tone of her voice.

There was a pause. "I still love David." She answered slowly.

He pulled his hand out of hers and moved away from her so they were no longer touching. He chuckled and shook his head.

"What?" She didn't understand why he laughed.

"I just don't get you, Regina."

He stood up and she looked up to him, feeling some remorse and a sort of wonder for she had never met anyone who"got her" but had tried to. She was beginning to think that Victor was the only one who DID get her, and now she wondered why he hadn't.

"You've spent your whole adult life and the end of your teen life losing men and being betrayed by them. You finally found a man who you believed loved you and he left you for the girl who had your first True Love killed and-"

"David loves me." She said quietly.

Victor became more aggressive and passionate about his words as he began to talk with his hands and continually pointed to one side of the house as if he were pointing at David down the street.

"He loves you?! Regina, he's playing with you. He's had so many opportunities to be with you and sweep you off your feet like the 'charming' man he's supposed to be yet you're sitting here on the bottom steps of your house, a single mother after going through a tough adoption with Henry and a dangerous pregnancy where no one was there for you but me...And you still choose him?! Regina, you can't even be with him because of the Dark Curse that YOU casted so that HE wouldn't be happy."

"You keep your voice down!" She now stood. He had moved to the floor in front of the staircase sometime during his venting speech and she stood taller than him now as she stayed on the third step in her black heels.

"What are you gonna do?" He ignored her. "Are you gonna go on living alone? Because you can't be with him without killing everyone in town, but you can't be with me because you're always thinking about him!"

"Be quiet!" She whispered sharply. "Henry is upstairs sleeping and this may be my only night with him for a long time in the future." She said with frustration.

She wasn't frustrated with him for almost waking her son though. No. The truth was she was frustrated because he was right.

"See, that's the other thing." Victor continued his rant. "You raised Henry through the toughest years as a mother and all of a sudden here comes the 'Savior' who is, in fact, your 'Charming's' daughter and even after getting his memories back, he didn't help you out with the custody agreement. He just went along with taking him from you even though he KNEW you had nothing left. And STILL...You choose him over me!"

"Victor! Listen to me!"

"No! You listen to me!"

"No! I've heard enough!"

"There never is enough with you!"

"Oh, yeah?!"

"Yeah, because you're the still the stubborn Evil Queen that I know you to be."

"Really?!"

"And you don't listen to anyone and it's time you heard what you needed to hear!"

"Yeah?! And what's that?" She asked angrily, tears welling up in her dark eyes.

"That you deserve better than what you've got!"

Suddenly, all at once they slammed their lips together in a passionate kiss, she was still on the third step, taller than him as the tears fell down her cheeks and she wrapped her arms around him slowly and sensually. His hands moved down her body, making their way to her hips and he untucked her blouse from her straight, black dress pants. Her hands moved to his top button as she began to undo his shirt.

*Next Morning*

"Why, exactly, are we going to your office?" Victor asked as they left the mansion.

"Because, the lamp is there and we need to get it bef-" She halted her speech as they heard her phone ring.

She picked it up to answer.

"What? No! That's a suicidal plan! She-"

Regina paused to listen.

"You're using what?!" She listened again. There was a look of pure anger and fear on her face and it was almost as if the Evil Queen had come back one hundred percent.

"How can we be sure that it'll-" She was cut off and Victor moved closer to her from behind as if he were attempting to listen to the person on the other end.

"Fine." She hung up and placed the phone back in her coat pocket. "Gold."

"What did he want?" Victor asked.

She ignored him and continued to walk down her pathway to her black Mercedes Benz. He followed close next to her.

As soon as they got into the car and Regina had her keys in the ignition, Victor asked one more time.

"What did he want? Does he have a plan?"

"Yes, but it's not guaranteed to work." She pulled out of the driveway and headed toward the mayor's office as he sat in the passenger seat confused.

*Last Night*

Regina moaned softly as she made it to Victor's bottom button and he finally finished unbuttoning her blouse as well.

Keeping their eyes closed, Victor picked her up off of the top step and held her as if he were carrying her over the threshold after being just married.

He carried her into the living room and set her down on the couch, sitting beside her. They continued their kissing as he removed her shirt, revealing her dark purple bra and she felt his warm hands on her bare shoulders.

She rubbed her hands on his shoulders underneath his unbuttoned shirt before beginning to remove his as well.

Suddenly, she opened her eyes, realizing who he was and stopped, his shirt near to his forearms. She remembered that he was not David...who she had guiltily began thinking about as soon as Victor picked her up.

"Wait! We can't do th-I can't do this!" She moved away from him, grabbing her shirt from the floor and quickly putting it on, not even bothering to fasten more than one button. She sat in the corner of the couch, as far away from him as possible. Her hand covered her mouth while she fought back tears and looked away from him.

Only seeing the side of her head, he pulled his shirt back over his shoulders and buttoned it before moving closer to her.

"No." She took her hand off her mouth and put it in front of him. "Don't come any closer. It'll just make things more difficult."

"Reggi, I-"

"We can't be together, Victor. I'm sorry." She finally looked at him.

"But-"

"I know, I know. And you're right about everything you just said, but it's just that...I can't ever get David off my mind and being with you, while thinking of him...I don't wanna hurt you like that." She lowered her head and he just stared at her for a moment.

He finally broke the silence and moved back away from her. "But you're hurting me NOW." He replied softly and hurt.

She looked back up into his eyes apologetically. "I'm so sorry." Her voice cracked on 'so' as a tear left her eye and landed on her hand when she moved to wipe it away.

He wiped away his own tear and changed his position on the couch so he sat forward, facing the fireplace. Then he looked at the floor and couldn't help but smile.

She sniffled and looked at him. Finally seeing his small smile, she asked him. "Why are you smiling?"

His smile vanished when she spoke and he looked back over to her.

"I'm just thinking of all our good memories in this room." He smiled again and she did also. "Our first home checkup, the first time I stayed for dinner and we ate apple pie here with Jasmine, when you gave birth to Olivia." And he frowned once more, causing her to as well.

He looked down and it was silent for a very long time. "I'm sorry." He finally said. "I didn't mean to make you feel bad, I just-I'm gonna miss what we had...It was good for a while...Wasn't it?"

"Yeah." She lightly grinned at him. "Yeah, it was."

They both returned to looking at the empty fireplace, feeling empty themselves.

After a while, Regina fell asleep with her legs in Victor's lap and he slowly moved them to stand and take her up to her room. When he placed her in the bed, tucked her under her blankets, and kissed her on the forehead, she slowly opened her eyes as he began to leave.

She gently reached out and held his hand, causing him to turn and look back to her.

"Promise me one thing." She sleepily whispered.

He hesitated. "Yeah?"

"No more fighting over me with David. Okay?"

He thought about it and knew ahead of time that it sure as hell wouldn't be easy, but he wanted her to be happy and he knew that she wouldn't be unless he agreed.

"I promise." He turned to leave but she didn't let go of his hand.

"Stay here tonight." She said slowly, her eyes still closed.

He really didn't want to. Especially if she was thinking of David.

"Please, Victor. Stay."

He gave in when she said his name, her eyes still closed, making him realize that she knew exactly who he was and that comforted him. So he couldn't refuse and he crawled into the bed next to her.

That was the easiest he's fallen asleep sober in a long time.