Hey guys! Thank you for everything you have done once more! I absolutely love you all and you have no idea how much confidence you are actually giving me by just following the story or just give it a glance. So thank you.

I know it has been a long time since we last "spoke", but it has just been so though with the last days of school before Christmas. We had a project going on, and I had to dedicate myself to the fullest, so I didn't get time at all to write.

But now it's vacation and Christmas, I'm going to write as much as I can! I'm not going to work so much either so that's good.

Again. Thank you for everything and thank you for understanding.

When Emma woke she groaned as she felt her head hurt like hell. She rose from the couch she apparently had been sleeping on. She blinked her eyes and looked around to see Regina laying in the other couch, still sleeping. Emma smiled at the sight and just laid and stared at the brunette for a couple of minutes until she heard a voice.

"Stop staring at me", Regina said sternly but still soft in some way.

"Two things. One, can't help it. You're beautiful when you sleep. Two. Your morning voice is sexy as hell"

Regina opened her eyes and raised both eyebrows in surprise. She turned to the blonde who laid in the couch staring back at her while smiling.

"What? Lost for words?"

Regina frowned as she heard the blonde. Said blonde was never like this. And probably never will, even if her life depended on it. But here she was. Completely ignoring the blonde she rose from the couch and looked around desperately trying to find a clock.

"It's almost 11 am", Emma said as she noticed the brunette's search.

"WHAT?!"

Emma furrowed her eyebrows a as she saw the brunette jump up from her couch.

"Mom?"

Regina and Emma stiffened as they heard Henry yell and walking down the stairs. They shared a look for a couple of seconds and then quickly went to get ready. Emma fell out of the couch because she was in such a hurry.

"Shit!"

"Emma for god sake!"

Regina helped Emma up from the floor and they hurried out of the room and was met by Henry in the dining room.

"Henry. Good morning sweetie", Regina said smiling at her son before giving him a kiss on the cheek. Henry smiled and saw Emma standing beside his other mother.

"Did you sleep over?"

Emma chuckled kind of embarrassed.

"Uh yeah kid, Ruby and Mulan kind of took over my house, so"

Henry nodded and smiled.

"Alright. Well I'll go make some breakfast while you guys get ready", he said and walked to the kitchen before any of them could complain. For once Regina accepted her sons choice of action and quickly went to her bedroom, while Emma just stood awkwardly and walked to one of the guest rooms.

When Emma walked through her front door she was stunned as she to her own huge surprise saw her house like she left it. Even cleaner.

Is that flowers on my kitchen island?

Emma walked to the flowers and saw a tiny card on the flowers. She took it and read it.

Thank you for letting us borrow the house. I'll tell you everything later.

PS. You're dead.

- Kisses Ruby

Emma furrowed her eyebrows in confusion but let it slide and decided to look around the house to see if the waitress really had surprised her and kept her end of the deal. The living room was fine. Perfect even. She walked upstairs and found her bedroom exactly like she left it. She smiled and nodded pleased with her houses condition. She decided to go to granny's to thank the waitress personally. She walked down stairs and was about to leave when she head a tiny whimper coming from her kitchen. She furrowed her eyebrows and gulped before slowly walking towards her kitchen. She immediately saw the fox standing in front of her closets looking between Emma and the closet. She furrowed her eyebrows.

You must have gotten in when I walked in myself

She noticed the staring and smiled.

"Are you hungry little one?"

She walked to the top closet and took out the crushed meat and poured it in a bowl before taking it to the ground where the fox immediately began to eat. She smiled and walked out and drove to granny's. As she walked inside the diner, she immediately saw Granny standing alone behind the desk. Said woman and Emma shared a looked and Emma immediately knew.

"Toilet?"

"30 minutes break and that's how she spends it. The girl doesn't even eat"

"Oh I think she eats enough", Emma said with a smirk and Granny rolled her eyes in answer and went for the orders. Emma kept smirking but sat at the counter not wanting to repeat the situation that happened last time. Her eyes burned at the sight. She scrunched her face in disgust at the thought and shook her head deciding to order instead. She opened her mouth and lifted her finger, but was immediately interrupted.

"A hot cocoa with cinnamon and a grilled cheese coming up"

Emma opened and closed her mouth several times stunned by the action. She shook her head confused and looked towards the toilet and saw Ruby and Mulan walking out both with sex hair on top of them. Emma chuckled and looked away. Ruby came over to her and sat beside her.

"Hey lovebird", Emma said as she felt the wolf's presence. Ruby immediately punched her arm hard and Emma cried out in pain.

"Fuck Ruby, what the fuck?!"

"Oh I'm sorry Emma. Did I forgot to warn you?", Ruby said sarcastically before sitting next to the blonde. Emma furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. Ruby just rolled her eyes and Emma couldn't help but think of Granny in that moment.

"Why the fuck didn't you tell me, that you had a freaking fox as a pet?!"

Realization hit Emma and she suddenly started to laugh hard. It was Ruby's turn to furrow her eyebrows in confusion.

"Oh my god, I so wanted to see you and Mulan's faces when you saw him!", Emma said through her laughs as she now held her hands to her stomach.

"What do you mean?"

Emma wiped away her tears as she began to calm down.

"Wow. I needed that. Thanks Rubes. Alright. Sorry. Uhm, the fox came to my house yesterday morning and I totally forgot to let it out when I left the house and went to Regina's"

Ruby gave Emma a look that clearly said 'are you fucking kidding me right now?' Emma laughed again and Ruby just rolled her eyes at her friend. After a couple of seconds of laughing, Emma calmed down once more and cleared her throat.

"So how was your night anyway?", she decided to ask. Ruby smirked at her and smiled.

"Well despite your little surprise, we had an amazing date. She cooked this amazing salad and this amazing pizza with cheese and salad, because she knows I don't eat meat. It was the best pizza ever. And then for dessert she made this amazing chocolate cake with Oreos inside and on top", Ruby finished off with a proud wide smile on her face, while Emma sat with a watery mouth as she listened to all the good food.

"That's basically food porn"

"I know!", Ruby exclaimed and smiled widely. Emma chuckled and took a bite of her grilled cheese, that Granny had given her while Ruby had explained their dinner.

"And then after dinner we went to see a movie. And... Wait for it... Imagine you and me!"

Emma chocked on her cocoa as she heard the name of the movie. She looked almost betrayed at the brunette.

"What?! That's my movie!"

Ruby furrowed her eyebrows in confusion.

"Your movie?"

"Yes! That's my movie!"

"Wow Ems, relax. Mulan just wanted to find a movie for us to watch and she chose that one. I'm sorry, I thought we could use your movie collection"

Emma groaned and leaned on her elbows.

"No Ruby, I mean it's my movie, my trick! That's the movie I wanted to watch with Regina on our first date" Realization now hit Ruby and she immediately smirked.

"Find another movie"

Emma groaned and Ruby laughed and pulled the blonde into a hug. Emma smiled and hugged her back. After a couple of seconds in silence, Emma broke the silence.

"Where did you do it?"

"The guest room"

Emma chuckled and hugged her friend even tighter.

"Apropos Regina, how is it going with the secret admire thing?", Ruby asked as she pulled away from the hug. Emma suddenly blushed at the change of subject. She took a sip of her cocoa and cleared her throat.

"It's going great. She likes the gifts I give her"

"That's good. And you still haven't given her a clue?"

"Actually I did. I have given her a letter the last two days and today as well"

Ruby's eyes widened in surprise and suddenly became exited.

"Uuuhhhh, a letter. Which one? No wait, please don't say it's an S?"

Emma furrowed her eyebrows.

"What's wrongs with an S?"

Ruby groaned in frustration and put her arms in the air.

"And S Emma? Really? Isn't that a little too obvious?"

When Emma didn't say anything, Ruby groaned and continued.

"Swan? Savior?"

"It's meant to be obvious?" Ruby eyed her in disbelief. She couldn't believe how stupid the blonde actually was at romance sometimes.

"God Emma, you gotta give her another clue. It's way to easy"

"But if I change it, she will think it was a mistake and then she would consider it to be even more obvious"

Ruby groaned and was about to answer when she heard Granny call her out.

"Ruby! Your break is over! Get back to work!"

Ruby groaned once more and got to Work.

"Mom?"

Regina's head snapped up as she heard her sons call for her. He stood at the study's entrance looking expectantly at her.

"Yes Henry?", Regina said letting her papers aside giving her son her full attention. Henry, knowing he got his mothers attention, walked inside and sat in the chair in front of his mothers desk.

"What did you find? In the vault. A-about you and ma's connection"

Regina sighed. She knew he would come to her for answers at some point. He was her and Emma's son after all. A comparison of the crave of control and knowledge. She smiles at him and sighs. Henry knows something's not right as he immediately sees the discomfort in his mothers eyes.

"What it is mom? What's wrong?"

Regina smiled wide at her sons concern.

"I'm fine Henry. I just... I found something that just... Took me by surprise I guess"

"What was it?", Henry asked hesitatingly. Regina noticed and took out her hand for Henry to give her his. He gladly gave it to her and she smiled as she creased his hand softly.

"You were right Henry. The cause of Emma hearing my scream, was because of the true loves bond"

"So she's your true love?"

Regina chuckled at her sons eagerness. She knew how much he loved being with her and Emma just the three of them.

"I guess she is"

Henry smiled as he stood and walked around the desk hugging his mother with all his power. Regina smiled at her sons happiness. She wanted nothing more than to see her son happy.

"Ask her out!"

At that Regina pulled back and looked up at her son with a confused look.

"Why?"

"Duh? She's your true love. You better get started!"

Henry didn't waste any time and before Regina could even register anything, her son had left her in the study and she heard his footsteps in the stairs. She stared into thin air where Henry had stood just seconds ago.

I can't ask her out now, can I? What about him? He made the first step after all. What has Emma done to try this out? Nothing

When Emma walked back inside her house she saw the fox sleeping on her carpet in her living room. She smiled and walked to the kitchen seeing the bowl completely empty. Not a single little piece was left.

He must be really hungry. And now thirsty

She took out another bowl and put some cold water in it and walked to the sleeping fox, placing the bowl against the nearest wall to the fox. Emma smiled and gently caressed the foxes head, before going back to the kitchen starting on dinner.

After almost 30 minutes of dinner making, there was a knock on the door and an exited Henry ran inside.

"Ma! Where's the fox!?"

"Henry! Would you please be quit? The fox is sleeping in the living room, and I would appreciate if you let him sleep through", Emma said as she glared quite disappointed on her son.

"Right. Sorry ma. I was getting a little to exited I guess", he said now slightly embarrassed by his behavior. Emma smiled and nodded.

"It's okay. So what's up? What are you guys doing here?", Emma asked as she noticed the brunette mother standing behind their son.

"Henry has been talking non stop about this fox and he eagerly wants to see it, as it is very rare to see one in this realm"

Emma smiled and laughed a little.

"Yeah well he's right. You are lucky if you ever see one. But I guess it's quite the opposite in your realm when you say it like that?"

Regina chuckled.

"You can say that"

"Alright. Well I was just working on dinner. Wanna stay and eat with me? The fox may wake up while we eat"

Regina doesn't even get to answer before Henry already had taken off his jacket and shoes and went to sit at the kitchen island. Regina blushed lightly and nodded.

"Well I guess the author has spoken"

Emma chuckled and walked back to the kitchen to continue making dinner.

"Ma? Can I play video games if it's with no sound?"

"Sure. You can use headphones if you want. But be careful with him"

Henry smiled and nodded before going to the living room. Regina smiled at him and sat in the chair Henry just sat in seconds ago.

"Need a light?"

Emma chuckled at the question. She thought back to Camelot and their adventures back then. She suddenly came to stop when Killian got into her mind. Regina noticed the blondes body stiffening and she immediately saw her mistake.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean—"

"I know. It's not your fault. You did what you could"

"Emma I—"

"Regina please. Don't apologize. It's fine. I have to move on at some point"

Regina sighed and stood from the chair walking to the blonde. Emma noticed the closeness and turned to the brunette.

"Emma. I'm truly sorry. I truly wish that I could have done more than I did"

Emma looked down and sighed. She didn't want to have this conversation. She removed a tear that apparently had found its way down and she cleared her throat.

"Dinners ready Henry", she said and began to place the food on the table. Regina sighed and began to help.

As Emma had said, the fox did indeed wake up while they ate and Henry became ridiculously exited. The fox obviously became a little frightened for starters but learned to trust Henry with a sniff on the boys hand. The fox had also immediately reacted as it noticed Regina at the other side of the table and it had slowly walked towards her and sat and stared at her. Regina had eyed it with confusion and maybe a little wonder of how beautiful it actually was, but like she was going to tell anyone that. After a couple of seconds she noticed that the fox was staring at her food and expected her to give in and give him a piece. And of course as a person who craves for control and and once power, she never declined a challenge. After several minutes, almost 30 minutes of eating and talking, Regina had noticed that the fox still stood and stared at her plate that now had a single piece left and Regina somehow just couldn't let herself eat it. She rolled her eyes and gave the last piece to the fox that eagerly opened its mouth and ate the meat in one piece. Regina smiled at it but her thoughts were interrupted.

"He's hard to resist right?"

Regina turned to the blonde and smiled.

"Yeah, I guess you can say that"

After dinner Henry went to play video games in his room while Emma and Regina sat in the living room drinking some wine. They both sat in the couch and talked for a couple f moments before the fox jumped onto the bed and laid down beside them. Emma immediately chuckled and rubbed the fox behind its ear while Regina just eyed the fox like it was a total stranger that had just invaded her privacy.

"What? What is it?", Emma said smiling as she looked at the sleeping fox.

"You're going to keep it aren't you?"

Emma smiled and looked down at the fox. She thought about it for a moment. She didn't really have anyone else. Sometimes Henry in the weekends and sometimes not. She always wanted a dog. This not exactly a dog, but it was close enough. She wants to keep it.

"It has no home Regina. He's probably a left fox for slaughtering"

Regina nodded, already knowing the answer.

"Alright. If you need any help with it, just call"

Emma smiled and Regina smiled back.

When Regina and Henry came home they was met by a huge gift on the dining table. Henry smiled and walked to it and smiled even wider as he saw his name on the card.

"It's for me"

"Well open it then", Regina said and smiled at her son as she now stood beside him. Henry smiled back and opened the gift. It took a little while as it was kind of huge.

"Omg mom look!", Henry exclaimed as he showed his mother the gift. It was a car game for his PlayStation and a steering wheel and its foot switches.

"Wow. I must admit I'm impressed", Regina said as she looked at the gift. Henry laughed lightly and took the box and ran inside the living room, before Regina could stop him. She rolled her eyes and went after him.

"Henry, no more playing. It's late and you—"

Regina stopped mid sentence as she saw another, but smaller gift on the coffee table. Henry smiled at her knowing how much his mother was starting to like this secret admire. He knew she didn't want to say anything about her feelings for this guy, but oh he could just tell by the look in her eyes every time she got a gift. He noticed how quiet his mother was now and. Came closer to her.

"Mom? Are you going to open it?"

Regina blinked a few times and turned to her son.

"Y-yes of course. She cleared her throat and sat in the couch and took the present and opened it, revealing another perfume.

"Ralph Lauren", she stated as she saw the pink glass in her hands. Henry took the flask and his mothers arm and sprayed on her wrist and smelled to it.

"It's good"

Regina smelled as well and instantly fell in love.

"What does the card say?", Henry asked. Regina took the card and read it.

Another smell for you to wear. Another smell for me to swear.

- S

"Wow", she whispered as she looked at the card and back at the flask.

"Mom? Can I ask you a question?", Henry suddenly asked, as he couldn't keep it in any longer.

"Of course sweetheart", Regina answers turning to him and caressing his cheek.

"Is it... Possible that you... Somehow have gained... Feelings for this guy?"

Regina looked at her son for a couple of seconds and sighed in the end, whispering.

"I don't know"