Regina stood up the whole night, thinking about what Emma had said.

"I love you too, Regina"

That was all that kept playing in Regina's head over, and over again, like an endless loop. She kept wondering if Emma actually meant that, or if she was just trying to be nice. Regina could count how many people ever told her that they loved her in her whole life. Her mother (which was a lie, she didn't even have a heart) her father, and…Daniel. Daniel said the same exact words to Regina right before her mother Cora ripped his heart out of his chest and killed him. Now here Emma was, laying on her chest, her arm over her stomach, and now one of her legs was over both of Regina's legs. Of course the teen would be a rough sleeper.

Regina smiled down at Emma. If Emma truly did love her, she was going to enjoy it, while it lasted.

In the morning, there was no school, so Regina let Emma sleep in. Regina got up early and decided to clean her house, she started in Emma's room. She had told the teen to keep her room clean, which she hadn't done. Emma's room looked just like it did back at Grannies. The idea should have angered Regina. It should have made her want to go and wake Emma up, scold her, punish her, something, but it didn't. Every since Emma made that confession that she loved Regina as well, and how genuine it sounded, Regina had been seeing things differently. She didn't know whether she should be worried or not. This feeling was new to her. For example, Emma's messy room, just made Regina feel as if Emma saw this as her home. She wanted Emma to feel like this was her home. But, at the same time she wanted control. She always had to have control. That came from the evil queen inside of her. She decided to leave Emma alone this time. Besides, Emma had a good excuse. She was sick yesterday.

Regina cleaned up the room, she striped the bed, made the bed with clean linen, washed Emma's clothes. All the while having an inner battle with herself.

"A queen is not supposed to wait on others Regina" She heard a mocking voice in her head that sounded a lot like her mothers. Didn't she kill that woman? Regina now stood in the laundry room waiting on the clothes to dry. "Regina" She heard a tired voice from behind her. She was startled. She turned to face Emma. She had on her robe and her hair was wet. Regina figured she must have showered in her shower, because Regina had just cleaned Emma's bathroom.

"Yes dear?" Regina asked.

"I'm hungry, would you like for me to cook something?" Emma asked.

Regina raised an eyebrow. "Do you even know how to cook?"

Emma thought about it for a moment before shaking her head. "No…I guess I don't" Emma shrugged. "But how hard could it be?"

"Emma, you are not going to burn my kitchen down. Go get dressed, and I'll fix you some breakfast"

"Yes ma'am" Emma smiled and turned around, but she stopped at the door entrance, "But I do mean what I said last night. I do love you" Emma turned back around and walked up to Regina. "You're the only person in my whole life who has ever loved me, and actually meant it. I could tell you wasn't lying. I know this might sound weird, but I have a superpower. I know when someone is lying" Emma confessed. "But you weren't lying, and neither was I" Emma added. She gave Regina a quick kiss on the cheek before walking to her room.

Regina stared opened mouth at Emma as she walked out the room. She placed her hand on her cheek and lightly traced her finger across the area Emma kissed. It kind of tingled. It was nice. Regina thought back to Emma mentioning her superpower.

"No…that don't sound weird at all Emma" Regina whispered even though she knew the teen couldn't hear her.