Meanwhile over at Regina's
Regina was cooking her famous lasagna. She had found herself inviting Robin and Roland over for dinner earlier that day and as she put the lasagna in the oven, and sighed. She wondered if she had truly invited Robin because he had been so nice to her over the recent weeks or was it was a result of Emma telling her that she's possibly going to dinner with Walsh again.
She was brought out of her musings when the doorbell rang and she went to open it.
"Hello," she said seeing Robin and Roland standing there.
"Hello Regina," Roland said happily.
"Come in," she replied and watched little Roland bounce in.
"You look beautiful," Robin said upon entering the house. Regina was wearing a grey sleeveless dress.
"Thank you," she replied.
"Come through to the kitchen," she added and led them into the kitchen, where Henry was standing.
"Hello Henry," Roland said walking over to him.
"Hi," he replied happily and then he looked to Robin and held a blank expression.
"How are you Henry?"
"Good," he replied. He wasn't sure how to feel about him, he didn't dislike Robin but he didn't overly like him either.
It was also obvious to Henry, that Robin liked his mom but he knew his mom liked this woman friend. And as he thought about this woman friend of his mom's, he remembered her name was Emma and then, he remembered the Emma from the Diner.
"Mom," he said casually and Regina, Robin and Roland all stared at him.
"Yes Henry?"
"I met this cool woman at the Diner earlier, she's David's daughter. Did you know he had a daughter?"
Regina narrowed her eyes, slightly confused to where this was going.
"No, I did not know that."
"Well, she seemed cool, she's a detective," he smiled.
"That's nice," she glanced to Robin who was smiling.
"Yeah...her name's..."
"Roland don't touch," Robin suddenly called out reaching for his son, who was about to knock one of Regina's glasses off the counter.
"So-rry," he mumbled.
Regina then took the glass. "It's okay Roland," she said sweetly to him and then she looked to Henry and asked. "What was your going to say?"
"Um, her name's Emma but people also call her savior, I don't know why."
Regina froze and gaped and before she knew it, the glass in her hand dropped and smashed on the floor, and she only realized when she heard the sounds of shattering glass and she immediately went to pick it up, while breathing erratically.
"Are you okay?" Robin asked confused and concerned.
"Yes, thank you," she replied calmly but all she could think was, she's here, she's in here in Storybrooke and David's her father which means Mary Margaret is her mother...oh my god!
Henry meanwhile stood watching his mother, surprised that she had such a reaction to what he had said and a couple of minutes later, Regina had composed herself and acted as if she hadn't just broke a glass at the mention of Emma's name and everything was normal.
Back at Emma's parent's apartment, Emma was still surprised and amazed.
"Regina lives here," She said out loud, smiling to herself.
"You know Regina?" Her father asked.
"Yeah...Well...Yeah," she smiled goofily.
"How is that possible, you have never been here before?" her mother asked.
"I..." Emma's eye's widened.
"We...we met in the Enchanted Forest."
Both her parent's gave a confused look.
"Is that a nightclub?" David asked.
Emma chuckled.
"Something like that, yeah," she shook her head amusedly and her thought's wondered off to Henry, Regina's son.
I have met her son...and she knows my parents! She smiled widely and then thought shit; she didn't say anything, why didn't she say anything! And this made her suddenly anxious.
"What's wrong?" Mary Margaret asked.
"Nothing, I was just thinking," she pulled her phone out and saw the time was 6.12.
She stood up.
"Um, what's her address?"
"108 Mifflin street why?" Mary Margaret asked.
"I need to see her about something," she motioned towards the door, grabbing her red jacket.
"That's not a good idea honey."
Emma frowned.
"Oh, well it won't take five minutes, I'll be back soon," and she walked out the door and jumped in her car and made her way to 108 Mifflin street, where she parked and stared up at the huge white house.
"She wasn't joking when she said she lived in a huge house," Emma said to herself and she didn't motion to move, she sat there staring at the house through her car window.
Meanwhile inside, Regina, Henry, Roland and Robin had just sat down at the table for Dinner.
"This smells good," Robin said, picking up his knife and folk.
Regina smiled smugly and a few minutes later, there was a knock on the door.
Regina rolled her eyes.
"I'm not expecting anyone, I will be right back," she stood and walked towards the door.
And on the other side, was a nervous looking Emma in her red leather jacket, skinny jeans and boots and she began to walk back to her car, after a minute had passed, but paused when she heard the door open.
She heard, "Hello, May I help you?"
Emma took a deep breath and began to turn, seeing a brunette woman with big brown beautiful eyes and an adorable confused expression on her face.
Emma stepped forward.
"Hey," she said with a sloppy smile, which Regina found strangely appealing.
"Hello, may I help you," she asked again, stepping slightly forward, crossing her arms.
"I…" she stared at Regina, finding it hard to find sentences and feeling butterflies within her stomach.
Regina tilted her head curiously, whilst staring back and then Henry suddenly appeared.
"EMMA," he shouted and both women turned there gaze to him.
"Hey kid," Emma said softly.
Regina then suddenly realized who this was and her eyes went side to side in panic and then she looked back to Emma and stared.
"Emma," she muttered in disbelief, never taking her eyes off the blonde.
Emma smiled widely and Regina's heart swelled.
"Are you my mom's friend Emma?" Henry asked stepping closer to the blonde.
"Yes," she replied as she continued to look at Regina, who was staring at her in awe while her heart was beating wildly within her chest.
"Cool," Henry replied.
Suddenly Robin appeared. "Is everything okay here? He asked moving to stand next to Regina, who was still staring at Emma.
"Yeah, this is my mom's friend, she hasn't seen her in a long time," Henry answered.
Robin looked to Emma.
"Hello," he said.
"Hi," she replied back hesitantly and she looked back to Regina.
My god, she's beautiful, Emma thought and she swallowed thickly.
"Can Emma join us for dinner mom?" Henry asked, as he noticed his mother was at a loss for words, which was strange to him.
"I...Okay," she turned round and walked in without saying another word and disappeared into the kitchen.
Minutes later, Emma was sat at the table, she had removed her coat, exposing a white tank top and jeans, she felt under dressed.
"So Emma, what do you do?" Robin asked politely.
"I am a police detective in Boston."
"That's impressive," he replied.
Regina then appeared with another plate, luckily she always made extra food. She placed it in front of Emma without looking at her and walked round to her seat, which was opposite Emma.
She took a deep breath and still didn't look at Emma, in fear of losing her composure again and just gawking at her.
Emma however, watched Regina. She couldn't take her eyes off her.
"Mom makes the best lasagna," Henry told everyone happily.
"It smells delicious," Emma replied softly, glancing over to him briefly before looking back to Regina.
And minutes later, Robin was blabbering on about his recent trip and Regina couldn't concentrate.
It took her another minute before she finally found herself glancing to Emma, taking in every detail of her face and reliving their many conversations.
A further twenty minutes later, Regina took her plate to the kitchen and she let out a long sigh, the whole dinner had been an experience of flip flopping emotions and how was she going to deal with this, she wondered.
Emma followed her into the kitchen a long moment later, with hers and the others plates.
"Re-gina," she said softly with a sweet smile.
Regina looked to her.
Oh my god, why does she have to give me that breathtaking smile, with her beautiful face...no, no I can't think like this, she thought.
Emma put the plates down and then crossed her arms, standing opposite Regina.
"I'm sorry for just turning up like this, my parents mentioned you and it all suddenly clicked, I had to see you."
Regina gaped.
"You had to see me?" she asked breathlessly.
Emma began to blush slightly and she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Yeah, but why didn't you say anything, when I said my parents lived here before?"
"I...I don't know," she looked down.
Emma frowned.
"Okay...well I am glad I have finally met you," she then chuckled nervously and then looked adoringly at Regina, who couldn't move. The woman that had made her life happier in the past few months, was standing in front of her and she was this amazing, beautiful woman and more than Regina had ever imagined.
They found themselves in a starring contest, for what seemed like minutes, when in fact, it was only ten seconds.
"You two okay in here?" Robin asked, appearing in the doorway.
It ruined the moment.
Regina ran her hand through her hair.
"Yes, everything is fine," she said seriously and turned away.
Emma frowned.
"So how long you here for Emma?" Regina asked.
"I'm here till tomorrow, not sure what time I'll be heading back yet."
Regina frowned and turned around, catching green eyes burning into her and she shivered pleasantly.
Emma then glanced to Robin and thought he was here for dinner, was this a date and she suddenly said "I should go, I interrupted your night and won't ruin it any longer," he stepped back.
Regina looked at her confused and Robin looked at her strangely.
"Thank you for the dinner Regina, maybe we can catch up tomorrow, I'll text you," she smiled weakly and suddenly looked as if everything was too much.
"I'll walk you to the door," Regina said concerned.
"Bye Robin," Emma said with a forced smile.
"Bye Emma, nice to meet you," he replied.
Moments later, Emma picked up her coat from the hallway and silently walked to the door, with Regina close behind.
Regina opened the door, she felt conflicted.
Emma walked through the door and turned round to face Regina.
"Um, sorry I kind of ruined your date," she said sadly.
Regina's eye's widened.
"You haven't ruined anything dear, this wasn't a date," she replied, fiddling with her hands in front of her anxiously and searching the blondes face, trying to read her.
"It's none of my business" Emma casually said and crossed her arms and stood rooted to the spot.
"Emma I...it is nice to finally put a face to the name," she smiled and rubbed her fingers over the other, in front of her.
Emma nodded.
"It is and Henry is a cute kid."
"Thank you, you're not so bad yourself," she joked, trying to lighten the tension that had surrounded them.
They stood in silence for a moment.
"I better go, my parents are probably wondering why I'm taking so long," Emma said.
"Yes, I cannot believe your parents are Mary Margaret and David Nolan," she smirked.
"You didn't guess?" Emma asked curiously.
"No, I did wonder who why could be, but It did take me a while to get over the fact, that your parents live here and I know them."
Emma nodded and they smiled at each other for another long moment.
"I better go then," Emma said.
Regina nodded but deep down, she didn't want Emma to go.
"I'll text you tomorrow," Emma shouted as she got to her car.
"I will look forward to it," Regina shouted back.
Emma smiled and took one last look at the brunette. She truly is beautiful, she thought. And she got into her car and drove off while Regina waited until she disappeared out of sight and she closed her eyes.
"Mom?" Henry said from the doorway.
She turned her eyes glistening.
"Has Emma gone now?"
"Yes Henry, but maybe were see her again tomorrow," she said hesitantly and walked back inside the house, where she saw Robin and Roland putting their coats on.
"You're leaving?" Regina asked confused.
"Yeah, it's getting late," he replied.
"Okay, well I will see you out."
Robin nodded with a blank expression and they walked silently to the car, where Roland got in and Robin closed the door before turning to Regina.
"I realized something tonight," he said.
Regina tilted her head.
"I realized you're in love with her."
Regina nearly had a heart attack and she shook her head.
"You can deny it all you want Regina, but I saw the way you were looking at her, you couldn't even speak when I came outside, you were looking at her with such...and then at dinner and in the kitchen."
He opened the car door, to get in.
"Goodnight Regina, I hope it all works out."
Regina crossed her arms and stared at him in surprise before saying "Goodnight" as she didn't know what else to say, and he then got in the car and left.
Yay they have finally met.