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The next morning Regina wakes up curled into Emma's side, the blondes arms wrapped around her. Her eyes widen in panic, she tries to remove herself from the other woman's grip but the blonde tightens her grip in her sleep. Regina struggles against the blondes arms before giving in and settling back down on the bed. She lays her head on her pillow and stares at Emma's sleeping face.
'She really is beautiful, wait what" Regina thinks to herself, eyes scrunched up in confusion. She hears Emma groaning, interrupting her internal battle. She closes her eyes pretending to be a sleep.
'Can't have Miss Swan thinking I wanted to stay in this position'. She feels the other woman shifting around waking up. Regina has to hold back her smile when she hears a faint, "Oh shit" come from the blonde. The mayor felt disappointment when the blonde's arms were removed from around her and the warmth beside her move of the bed. Her eyes open to the younger woman entering her bathroom. She rolls over onto her stomach to Emma's side of the bed, inhaling her scent. Regina shoots up and off the bed realizing what she's doing. She runs a hand through her hair, calming herself down.
She hears the bathroom door open; she turns around to face a smiling dressed Emma.
"Are you okay? You look a bit stressed?" Emma asks her concerned. Regina forces a smile onto her face.
"I'm alright, just wondering where we're going to take your parents today" Regina somewhat lies, she is curious where they're going. The blonde lets out a sigh, shrugs her shoulder then walks over to sit on the bed.
"I didn't really think about it, Storybrooke isn't really known for its tourist attractions." She shrugs again before standing up, "I'll go try make something for breakfast and think about it while you get yourself ready" Emma smiles at the older woman. Regina nods in return and turns around to take her turn in the bathroom.
Regina enters the kitchen wearing her black trousers and a white t-shirt. She walks over to an empty seat by Emma.
"I hope you don't mind Regina but when I came down Emma was making a mess and burning everything, we're having pancakes." Hayley says while placing pancakes on hers and Emma's plates.
"It's absolutely fine, I told Emma never to try cook again" Regina laughs.
"You never told" The blonde stops when Regina gives her a pointed look, "Oh yeah, I set fire to one of her pans" The blonde laughs at her fake story.
"Well then I'm glad I intervened before that happened again" The oldest woman in the room laughs.
Regina turns her head to the sound of her son entering the room.
"Good morning Henry" She smiles at the boy who sits opposite next to Matt.
"Morning mom, Emma, Grandparents. What's for breakfast?" Henry asks
"Pancakes" Hayley says once again placing some in front of the boy. His eyes lighten up.
"Yes I love pancakes" Henry quickly digs into his breakfast
"You eat like your mother", Matt comments. Regina turns her head to look at Emma who, sure enough, is mirroring Henry, stuffing as much as she can into her mouth. The brunette lets out a sigh.
"Emma, we have guests can you try and eat like a normal person" Emma slows down her chewing pretending to think before shoving another pancake in her mouth.
"Nope" The blonde says mouth full. Regina rolls her eyes and looks back over to her son, who stops eating to give Regina a toothy grin. The rest of the breakfast is spent talking of the days plan.
They decided to go take a walk through Storybrooke and then into the park. They're walking along a path in the park, the children who are playing screaming in joy around them. Henry pulls on Emma's hand making her stop walking and turns to her son. Henry whispers something in her ear. Emma stands back up straight and nods in agreement. She walks back over to Regina and her parents. She takes Regina's hand in hers and laces their fingers together. Neither of the two women acknowledges the way their hands tingle at the added pressure.
"Mom" Henry interrupts the adult's conversation "Paige is over their can I go play for a while"
"Sure thing kid" Henry runs off leaving the adults.
"Hey guys" A chipper voice call out
"Sn...Mary Margret, David how lovely to see you both" Regina says. The three couples stand in silence. Snow throws a look at the older couple.
"Oh right, Mary Margret, David these are my parents. Mom, dad this is Mary Margret and David." Emma introduces.
"Emma has talked about you" Hayley looks at Mary Margret, "Thank you for taking her in when she got here"
"It was my pleasure," Snow smiles at the older women
"So David" Matt chimes in, "What's it like working at the sheriff's office with Emma"
"Oh it's good; we don't really get bad crimes around. We occasionally get burglaries or assaults but it's mainly small things like drunk and disorderly" David tells him. They talk for a while longer before parting ways. The two couples continue the walk before deciding to go to the diner to eat. They grab Henry and head to Granny's.
They take a seat in a booth. Hayley and Matt on one side Regina, Emma and Henry on the other. Regina notices the loss of contact on her hand when she sits down, she finds she misses the warmth the blondes hand gave her. The group stare down at the menus deciding.
"They certainly couldn't care who's staring" Emma looks up at her mother only to see her smiling and staring past her. Emma turns her head to spot what her mother is looking at. She rolls her eyes at the couple kissing
"Yeah that's Ruby and Belle, they've recently got together always attached at the lips." She smirks at her mother who laughs in response
"Ruby" The group hears from across the diner, "Stop eating Belle's face and serve customers who also want to eat"
"Yes Granny" Ruby shouts back to her, she turn back to Belle and whispers, "Sorry". Ruby walks over to the group.
"Ruby got in trouble" Henry pokes fun at her, Ruby stick her tongue out playfully at him in response.
"So can I take your orders?" Ruby takes down their orders and head back into the kitchen
"So that's Ruby" Hayley motions to the waitress, "So that makes her Belle" She points to Belle, "What does she do?" The oldest woman asks.
"Belle is our librarian" Emma replies. Ruby returns with their food.
"Enjoy your meals" She turns to leave.
"Hey Rubes"
"Yeah Ems"
"Does Belle just wait around here now while you work?" She motions to the young woman now reading a book.
"She would normally be sorting out the library but Rum…Mr Gold has been giving her a hard time, always going around there or waiting in there for her to turn up"
"Doesn't she lock it up when she leaves?" Regina asks coming into the conversation. Ruby nods her head.
"That's the creepy part"
"Why didn't she come to me?"
"She didn't want to bother you" Emma raises her eyebrows
"I'm the sheriff you're meant to bother me with this" Ruby wave a hand at her
"We'll talk about it later, enjoy your meals." Ruby walks off to take another order. The group eat with a gentle flow of conversation.
Later on they're all watching a movie. Henry on the floor Matt on an armchair, Hayley on one end of the sofa and the couple cuddled on the other end. Regina has her head on Emma's chest with Emma's arm around her. Regina suddenly stands up.
"Where are you going?" Emma whispers to her.
"I need my phone I'm expecting a call"
"It's like six, who calls at this time?"
"It's Mayor business my dear, stuff you don't understand
"Because it bores me" Emma shoots back at her, Regina only laughs then exits the room. When she comes back into the room she putting on a pair of shoes,
"I'm going to the diner, I must of left my phone there" Emma instantly stands up.
"I'll come with you"
"There's no need I'll only be 15 minutes"
"I insist, besides it gives Henry some alone time with his Grandparents" Henry turn around and smiles at the couple mentioned.
"Very well then" Regina says, the couple then leave the house.
"This is going well don't you think?" Emma asks the brunette.
"Indeed it is"
"You ever think about being an actress, I mean I'm starting to believe that we're in love" Regina gives a small laugh at Emma's words.
"I think we should stick to being Mayor and sheriff for now Emma"
"Yeah" They walk the rest of the way in a comfortable silence.
When they enter the diner it's pretty much empty apart from a couple in a booth in the corner, Belle and Ruby at the counter and Dr Whale.
"Ruby" Regina call out to her, "Have you seen my mobile I can't find it?"
"Yeah I picked it up earlier" Bends down behind the counter to get the phone, "Here you go"
"Thank you"
"You know she doesn't mean it?" A drunken Dr Whale says
"Excuse me" Regina says to him
"You, You evil witch, you don't mean it, you're trying to get us all back on your side and then stab us all in the back."
"Dr Whale" Emma tries to interrupt
"Shut up Blondie, she has you fooled too, she's going to make everyone think she's changed then BAM, the Evil Queen is back and I can't wait to see the look on everyone's face when it happens"
Regina stands frozen
"What's going to cause the Evil Queens return, well, she's going to realize nobody wants her, her Mother didn't love her, her father didn't love her, her own son doesn't want her, hell I bet, just like everybody else, your son want you DEAD" Regina doesn't have a chance to respond because Emma has Whale by his collar and is pushing him against a wall.
"She is not evil anymore, and Henry does love her. She's redeeming herself and she's doing a good job so no one wants her dead"
"I should have killed her like I was going to when the curse first broke". Anger rises in Emma; she pulls Whale off the wall then pushes him onto the floor.
"You even touch her and there will be a bullet in your head before you know it" Emma threatens. Whale pushes himself off the floor and hurries out of the diner. Emma walks over to Regina to place a hand on her shoulder, "You okay?" Regina wipes some tears from her eyes.
"Yes uh thank you for the phone Ruby have a nice night both of you" She say to the waitress and Belle.
When walking home Emma can hear Regina sniffling, she wants to comfort the woman. She wraps her arm around Regina's shoulder and pulls her into her side while still walking. When they reach the front door Regina pulls out of Emma's hold.
"How do I look?" The brunette asks. Emma looks into her eyes and smiles.
"Beautiful" Emma opens the door announcing their arrival. Regina stands there; she can't stop the smile covering her face at Emma's compliment. She eventually follows in entering the house. They spend the rest of the night watching the television. Henry heads up to bed first followed by the older couple, Regina and Emma after them.
"Emma" Regina reaches out to grab said woman's hand to stop her from climbing up the stairs, "I just want to thank you for standing up for me against Whale" She smiles at the blonde. Emma reaches out to place her hand on Regina's shoulder.
"It's no problem, he was being a jerk. Besides I do owe you for doing all of this for me, defending you against that asshole was the least I could do". Emma smile at the older woman, squeezing her shoulder once before turning back around and heading up the stairs leaving Regina on her own, smiling.
'God that woman, she's making me feel all giddy inside, I haven't felt this way since Daniel' Regina's eyes widen at her thought, 'Oh shit'