As a pale, lightly calloused hand was running along her side, she sighed, thinking, 'Finally! Finally, she's touching me!' The faceless figure above her gradually became clearer. Jade green eyes and blonde corn silk hair came into view. As the woman propped herself on the one hand, holding her body weight, the other roamed, slowly mapping and memorizing the feel of her abdomen. It was taut yet soft, then the appendage traveled to her still-clothed ample breasts, tweaking the pinnacle of one, then the other, causing a throaty moan to escape her slender throat.

Regina awoke to an unexpected audible noise from her bed partner, who took on the role of the

big spoon as they slept, and a palm gently fondling her left breast. 'Well, that's interesting.' The

brunette thought to herself with a grin growing on her face. She gently places her darker-toned

hand on top of the milky white one and squeezes, a low groan escaping her plump lips as her

dark eyes shut, relishing the feeling. Her fair-haired bed partner awoke with a small jerk, not

used to being touched in her sleep.

A deep gasp escaped from Emma as her green eyes flew open. "Huh?"

Regina lay as still as possible, not wanting Emma to realize not only that she was awake but

what she was doing as well.

Emma attempted to slide her hand out from underneath the brunette's, but the latter decided the

game was up and held her hand firmly in place.

Swallowing roughly, "Uhhh R-Regina? You awake?" Emma questioned softly.

It was with a drawn out sigh that the mayor answered, "Yes, yes I am." Knowing that the

moment had passed.

Emma bolted up out of bed immediately and began panicking as she paced at the foot of the

bed. "Oh my god! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to practically molest you in your sleep!"

Regina sat up in bed gracefully, as usual, and scooted to the edge of the bed, grabbing Emma's

wrist causing her to stop her incessant back and forth across the floor. Green eyes met deep

brown, "Emma, you can't molest someone who wants you to do it."

Emma stared at the mayor, looking for any signs of dishonesty and finding none. "Really?"

"And I would love to see where this leads, but we have other priorities right now, and I want to be

able to focus all my attention on you when the time is right."

Just then, there were heavy, sleepy steps moving toward the closed bedroom door. "Moms? Are

you in there…and awake?"

Emma tore her vivid green eyes away from the deep brown ones of the woman she adored and

looked at her bedroom door, "Yeah, kid, we are."

As the women heard him shuffling around in the hallway, they also heard his pubescent voice

cracking, "Can I come in?"

Regina answered this time, "Absolutely, my prince." She said lovingly as a loving smile crossed

her lush lips.

The heavy door opened with a slight creak as the tawny-haired boy trudged into the room and

sat next to his adoptive mother. She wrapped one of her arms around his broadening shoulders

and gave him an affectionate squeeze. "Are you alright, my little prince?"

"Mom, I'm not little anymore, and yeah, I'm doing better. Still a little creeped out, but I'm okay."

Emma sat down on the other side of him and wrapped her arm around his other side, "Do you

want to tell us the rest of your little adventure?"

He quietly nodded and began his tale of his night out and capture.

It was 6:00pm, so after gathering the information about Henry's excursion, the group traveled to the sparsely decorated kitchen, where they agreed on what to eat for dinner. Henry sat at the

breakfast bar, watching his mothers flit around the room gathering ingredients, working in concert like a well-oiled machine. The trio decided on cacio e pepe, a seemingly simple dish; however, it was difficult to perfect, with a side salad and garlic bread with mozzarella cheese.

Regina dug a large serving bowl out of one of the cupboards placing the Italian dish in it directly

from the pan and grated some additional fresh parmigiano reggiano over the top as well as

some fresh herbs. Emma had removed the garlic bread from the oven, making sure the

mozzarella was melted copiously over the top. "Henry, would you please grab the salad and

take it to the dining room, then set places for dinner?" The brunette requested softly. The boy

merely nodded and went about doing his tasks.

After placing the cheesy bread on a large serving plate, Emma turned around and focused on

the mayor. "So, what do you think should be the next step in this mess?" She inquired softly so

Henry couldn't hear.

"Well, I expect we'll be getting another text or at least be contacted in some form by whoever

is blackmailing me. I say we wait." The raven-haired beauty said in a similar tone. "Oh, I'm going

to need you to pick up some more paperwork from my office tomorrow. As well as drop some off

with Sophie. I'll put a note on top for her so she'll know what I need her to do with them."

"No problem." The sheriff informed her with a soft smile.

Henry returned from the dining room, catching the end of the women's conversation. "What's no

problem?" The curious kid inquired, his eyes flitting between his mothers'.

Emma tore her eyes away from the stunning brunette and gave her son her attention. "Your

Mom just wanted me to pick up more paperwork for her." She answered with a caring smile.

His green eyes got wide as fear grew in them. "S-so you're gonna leave mom and I a-alone?"

The blonde stood silently for a moment, deep in thought, wondering what she could say to

comfort her son. "Okay, kid, how about your mom and I put a protection barrier around the place

until I get home? How does that sound?"

A head of chestnut hair nodded, barely discernible. "Okay, Ma, I'd feel better with that."

Emma exited the elevator and walked directly towards Regina's secretary, "Hey, Sophie. How's it

going?" She genuinely inquired.

The lithe woman yawned widely before answering, "I'm well, a bit tired, but it's okay."

"I'm so sorry you're so tired." Concern evident in forest green eyes. "Late night?"

"Thank you, Sheriff, it kind of was; I don't want to bother you with it. What can I do for you

today?"

The blonde let the conversation go, "I'm just here to pick up Regina's non-ending paperwork."

She answered with her signature lopsided smile.

"Oh, well, I can grab it for you if you want." The younger woman offered, nervously twiddling her

thumbs.

Emma being the observant sheriff she was, had noticed but once again let it go, "That'd be

great, thanks."

The blonde swung by the sheriff's office on her way home to check on Mulan and see if she had

any more leads. Swinging the glass door open, she heard two voices, one she recognized as

Mulan's, but she wasn't sure who the other person was, only that it was a male, or at least

sounded like it. She peeked around the corner and saw a familiar head of crazy brown hair.

'Ahhh, it's Jefferson. I wonder what he wants', she contemplated to herself.

As she struts confidently into the bullpen, Mulan sees her interrupting Jefferson as he was

talking, "Sheriff Sw-…..I mean, Emma, what are you doing here? Aren't you taking today off?"

The wild-haired man spun around, "Uh, well, I better go." He sped past the blonde, not wasting a

glance at her.

Emma looked at him as he hurried out of the door, 'I wonder what that was all about.'

Remembering Mulan's question, she answered, "Uhh, I was just checking to see how things are

going on the investigation. What was Jefferson doing here?"

"He was just asking how Regina and Henry were doing. As for the investigation, we haven't

really found anything new yet, but we're still digging. As you know, Regina has had quite a few

enemies over her reign as queen, as well as mayor, before she changed her ways, so it's taking

time to go through everything." The Asian woman explained, hoping to give her boss a

satisfactory response.

The blonde devoured the information and, with appreciation, said, "Thank you again for helping

with this and keeping things under wraps. By the way, what did you tell Jefferson?"

"Absolutely nothing, Emma; I simply told him that he would have to speak with you." The deputy

answered firmly and honestly with conviction in deep brown eyes.

"Thank you again….for everything." The sheriff sincerely said as she turned to leave. "Oh, Henry

is still waiting for you to come over and play video games with him again." She announced

playfully with a smirk. "Just tell me when and we'll arrange it."

It's no problem, and I look forward to it." Her subordinate confirmed with a grin of her own.