Again thank you all for the nice reviews! :-)
Hope you'll enjoy part 2 of their dinner/date.
After their rather successful fondue, well at least the food itself was, Emma took their plates back into the kitchen.
She quickly checked her phone, to see if she had any missed calls.
3 new messages?
She looked behind her to see if her company was still at the table, before she started reading them.
- How's it going? XXR
- Is it a good sign you're not answering?
- She didn't turn you into a frog did she?
It made Emma smile. How I wish I could talk to Ruby right now.
She just wants to be FRIENDS! :,-(
Behind the bar at Grannies diner, a very bored Ruby opened her new message.
Over my dead body does she only want your friendship!
- Leave this to aunty Ruby. Be there in 15.
Unfortunately Emma didn't read that last message, so the knock on her door came as a huge surprise.
"Who can that be?" She said to the equally surprised ex-mayor.
"EMMA HONEY!" An overly dressed Ruby stood on the other side, winking at the stunned woman in front of her.
"Hi...Ruby...what are you doing...here?"
"Phone!" Ruby whispered.
Emma lifted her shoulders while soundlessly replying "Did...not...read!"
Ruby rolled her eyes. "Just play along."
She walked passed Emma into the house and threw in her best acting skills.
"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't know you had company!" She gave an arrogant glance to the woman sitting at the table.
"I thought...you know...we could...hang. Or go clubbing. Remember those nice girls we saw the other day? They might be there again tonight."
Oh my god, she cannot be serious.
"Yeah well Ruby, as you can see, I can't." Afraid that Regina would make her exit to leave the two women alone, she quickly added. "And I really don't want to. Maybe some other time."
"Nice!" Ruby proudly whispered before raising her voice again.
"Yeah sure, I understand. Another time. No problem sweetie, enjoy your evening." She kissed Emma full on her mouth, which came as a complete surprise to her friend, and turned back towards her company. "Have a good evening Regina."
Emma closed the door behind her and made a mental note to kill Ruby with her father's sword first thing tomorrow.
"I am SO sorry about that." She told her guest.
She stared at Regina trying to read her mind, but unfortunately she still didn't seem to possess that specific power.
Regina was no idiot. She's recognized bad acting when she saw it. Unfortunately for them, she was a hell of a lot better at it.
"Listen, if you want to go with her, I can just leave."
"No no no, please don't leave. I don't want to go with her, I don't even know what she's talking about!"
Regina gave an amused smile. "Clearly about some girls you've met recently."
Shit!
"I honestly don't even remember. I think I wasn't even there. She probably was with Belle that night. You know, cocktails and stuff. Does weird things with your memory." She rambled on, clearly freaking out.
Regina was enjoying this immensely. So she decided to push this a bit further.
"Right...and what club was she talking about exactly?"
Emma thought for a moment, there was no club in this god forsaken town.
Why on earth did she say clubbing? Why not bowling? Or book-club?
"Grannies..Saturday…club-night?"
Regina couldn't hold in her laughter any longer.
"You know what, next time I will join you two for Grannies club-night."
Knowing she really had the woman's back against the wall.
At this point, Emma didn't see any reason to postpone Ruby's killing until tomorrow.
What the hell had she been thinking?
Luckily Emma got saved by Regina's phone.
Since there were only two people who would call her, and one was sitting right in front of her, she answered it.
"Hi Mom!" Emma could hear coming from the other side of the phone.
Regina's face always softened when she heard her son say those words.
"Hi honey. How is camping?"
While the two of them talked, she went over to her own phone to thank Ruby for her magnificent performance.
Before she had the chance to do so, she saw a text from her mother.
- How are you doing? I let Henry call Regina so you could check your own phone.
She knows me too well.
I'm fine. The fondue was a success. X
Emma threw her phone into a drawer so she wouldn't be disturbed again. Not that anyone was disturbing anything anyway...
When she re-appeared back into the living room, Regina was off the phone already and standing in front of the window. Staring outside.
It had given the woman some time to think about the recent events.
Why would Ruby put up that terrible performance? Maybe she still doesn't trust me around Emma?
But why that ridiculous story? She couldn't quite yet figure it out.
"So..." Emma carefully announced her presence. "Is he having fun?"
Regina confirmed this and repeated Henry's story to Emma, who wasn't really paying much attention to it.
An awkward silence followed, until Emma knew she had to do something to keep the evening going.
"Do you maybe want to watch a movie?"
Well this must be the greatest move ever!
To her surprise Regina agreed to the idea, and they made their way to the couch.
"What do you like?" She asked, hoping for a specific answer so it wouldn't be up to her to decide on a film.
"I don't know. I don't watch many movies."
Of course you don't. This is a date from hell. Oh no wait, it's not, because it's NOT a date.
Emma walked over to her movie collection and started picking out a few of her favorites, which resulted in a great variation of genres.
Her eye fell on Aimee & Jaguar. A lesbian drama…should I?
She considered it for a while and quickly put it at the bottom of the pile. She turned around and handed the DVDs to Regina.
"Here, just see if there's anything you like."
Regina took them, and looked at the covers.
"Is this an action movie?" She held up Saw.
"More like slaughter."
She received a questionable response.
"Lots of blood." Emma explained.
"Disgusting." She threw the DVD on the table.
Ok she's almost at the bottom of the pile. Come on, look at that last one…please please please.
As if she could read Emma's mind, Regina looked at the cover of Aimee & Jaguar.
Her eyebrows slightly rose as she turned it around to read the description. It didn't take long for her to connect the dots.
Ah...I think I might get the idea here. Tss tss tss...Miss Swan. I believe you are trying to tell me something.
She tried to hide her smirk. She was definitely flattered by this. More than she'd like to admit.
The queen cleared her throat and handed Emma the movie.
"Sounds interesting. I want to see this one."
Emma's mouth fell open. I can't believe that actually worked.
She threw in the DVD, and sat back on the couch.
During the movie Emma kept watching Regina from the corner of her eyes.
She seems intrigued. I think she likes the movie.
Oh no, the sex scene is coming up soon. I completely forgot about that. I can't watch this scene with her next to me!
Act normal, just focus on the lamp. She started to look upwards. No that's weird.
She looked around again. The plant, yes, plant is good.
Emma kept her eyes on the plant, afraid to turn bright red when the bedroom scene came up.
Here it comes. This is just so awkward. She quickly focused on the plant again, trying to keep her head cool.
It's an ugly plant. I wonder why Snow bought it. I think it needs water. I'm gonna give it water!
She shifted on the couch, almost made her move to stand up before sitting back again.
No I can't give it water now...I...
"Is this making you uncomfortable Emma?"
She turned around, looking like she got caught with her hand in the cookie jar.
"What? No, not at all. I just got distracted for a second. Do you happen to know what kind of plant that is?"
Regina raised an eyebrow. "You can watch slaughter movies, but no love scenes?"
Oh my god, she's so cute right now. Wait what?! Did I really just think that? It was in my head right?
She carefully eyed the blonde next to her, making sure she was still focused on her plant. Yes good, I didn't just say that out loud.
When the scene ended, both women were able to relax again.
"Lovely movie."
Regina was the first to speak when the end titles appeared on screen.
"I know, it's so sad." The blonde's eyes were all red.
"Have you been crying?"
"No!" Emma replied a bit too rapidly.
"Well maybe a little. But it was really sad."
"It was." Regina pushed away the memories of her own lost love. No time to get all emotional now.
She quickly emptied her glass and got up. "I really should get going. Henry might be home early tomorrow, so I shouldn't sleep in."
"Oh…of course." The blonde replied as if she didn't care.
She sounds disappointed. Why Emma…what did you have in store for me?
Regina pondered for a moment. I could stay and find out? No that would be too easy.
She dismissed the idea and walked towards the hallway.
Emma waited uncomfortably while Regina put on her coat.
This was not a date. You're not getting kissed. She is your 'friend'.
"I had a really nice time Emma. Thank you."
Regina stepped forwards and gave her a long hug. When they broke loose she stared into Emma's eyes for a while.
"I'm so happy to have you as a friend." She quickly turned around and left, so that the smirk on her face wouldn't be visible to the other woman.
Let's just see were this is going.
