Still going, a bit of harmless flirting between out two favourite women!
Enjoy...
"I don't know what has gotten into you today." Mary Margaret laughed as Emma flipped a pancake in the frying pan.
"Well, David did all of the paperwork yesterday." Emma grinned, slipping a pancake onto Mary Margaret's plate.
"Oh, so you're just glad you get to go to the Mayor's office to drop it all off?" Mary Margaret wiggled her eyebrows, making Emma blush, but the blonde brushed it off.
Emma then went all serious, turning off the hob and leaning on the working surface in front of her friend.
"Baby?" Mary Margaret could see Emma thinking, not wanting Emma to run too far with her thoughts, as they usually ended up in a less than desirable place.
"Can I tell you something?" Emma asked.
"You know you can tell me anything Emma." Mary Margaret put down her knife and fork, giving her full attention to Emma.
Emma took a deep breath, not knowing what Mary Margaret was going to say to her.
"Yesterday, when I was in Granny's, I had a panic attack."
"Why didn't you call on us Emma? We would have come and got you." Mary Margaret stressed, knowing sometimes Emma could calm herself down, but it usually had to be in the calm of her own home and with either Mary Margaret or David there if she needed them.
"Regina was there." Emma smiled.
"She helped?" Mary Margaret looked happy, taking one of Emma's hands in both of her own.
"She calmed me down so easily, not even batting an eyelid. She makes me feel safe." Emma listened to herself, knowing she was being soppy, but she didn't care.
"Now, go drop that paperwork off, see what happens." Mary Margaret grinned, Emma nodding and dashing off, her new spurt of confidence working wonders on her body.
Emma entered the big Town Hall, she had only been in here a few times, usually David dropped off the paperwork after a long day, Emma going back home.
But Emma wanted to see Regina, she wanted to see her smile, hear her voice and feel her touch.
Emma knocked shakily on Regina's door, not sure if the Mayor was different when she was at work.
"Come in." A sharp voice sounded, Emma suddenly no so sure she should have come and seen Regina at work.
Emma opened the door, seeing Regina surrounded by paperwork, a pair of black glasses resting on her nose.
She looked up, sending a glare at Emma, but when she saw who it was her face softened instantly into a warm smile.
"Hello, dear." Regina stood slowly, walking around to the other side of the desk. "How are you?" Regina asked, taking the stack of paper from Emma and then gesturing towards a seat in front of her desk.
"I'm good actually, I'm really good." Emma smiled, every second she spent in Regina's presence was so healing to her soul.
She felt like a bit of her returned every time she saw Regina.
Every moment Regina let her gaze fall on the blonde was an inch more comfortable Emma felt around the brunette.
"I'm glad…" Regina smiled, placing the papers down and then perching on the edge of her desk so she could continue talking to Emma.
"I've washed your coat…" Emma started, Regina nodding and smiling.
"That's alright, dear, I've got plenty more where they came from." Regina smiled.
She suddenly crouched in front of Emma, taking Emma's hands into her own, rubbing the pads of her thumbs on the back of Emma's hands soothingly.
"Listen, I'm sure you have everything worked out, but if there was ever anything you didn't want to talk to Mary Margaret and David about, I'm more than willing to listen." Regina said seriously.
"Really?" Emma asked, shocked at how much they trusted on another already.
"Really." Regina reiterated, standing up and kissing Emma's forehead as she did so.
Emma blushed, watching Regina wander back around her desk and perch on her seat.
"I'm sure you have a lot to do." Emma rose from her seat.
"I'll see you around Emma…" Regina grinned, Emma turning around and going to leave.
As she reached the door she swivelled on her heels, catching Regina staring almost hungrily at her butt.
"Were you checking me out?" Emma asked, the question tumbling from her lips.
"Can you blame me?" Regina quipped back, Emma blushing before hopping out of the door and rushing back to the station.
A bit of tension and arguments next chapter, very upset Emma and grumpy Regina coming up!