AN: Thank you all so much for the new follows and likes on this fic! I'm not sure how many more chapters there will be. This was going to be a one-shot but didn't want to rush it hence the short chapters. Enjoy the next instalment.

Emma waked into her home after unlocking the front door. She removed her key and shut the door behind her. The house was quiet, except for the soft noises coming from the kitchen. Cupboard doors opening and closing and a couple of draws sliding on their runners.

Emma smiled as she unzipped her statement red leather jacket and hung it up in the cupboard. She hadn't been entirely sure if Regina had been home as her car wasn't parked on the drive. Knowing that she was meant her classic black Mercedes was in the garage and that Regina wasn't planning on driving anywhere soon.

Emma bent down and unzipped her boots tucking them into the bottom of the closet and then closing the door. She unclipped her Sheriff badge and placed it along with her keys into a small glass dish set upon a small hand carved wooden table. This had been brought after Emma moved in because she could never find her keys when she needed them…

Emma flew back into the bedroom after only leaving it two minutes previously, shuffling everything that sat upon her bedside table. Not finding what she needed she then began rummaging through the draws. She let out a huff as she shut the last draw and stormed into the en suite bathroom.

Regina rolled over from her position in their bed and propped herself up on her elbow, waiting for the whirlwind blonde to come back in and start looking under the bed, just as she did every morning.

When the noise in the bathroom stopped and Emma appeared in the doorway Regina couldn't help but smile at her. Emma eyed her she stalked across the bedroom and knelt on the floor at the edge of the bed and Regina followed her every moved.

"What?" Emma question as she duck her head to look into the gloomy darkness. Emma could never remember where she left her keys, her phone or her Sheriff badge but as much as it annoyed the blonde, Regina couldn't help but love it because it meant a few more minutes in Emma's company.

"You won't find them under there dear." Regina reply sweetly and Emma's head popped back up. She didn't move to stand up though, instead rested her head on the mattress and looked at Regina.

"Okay… so where are they this time?" Emma questioned tilting her head to one side slightly and looking utterly adorable to the brunette. Regina reached out her hand towards Emma who reached her own out as well. Their finger intertwined, fitting together like they had always meant too. Regina tugged on her hand slightly signalling that she wanted her girlfriend to move closer.

Emma used her other hand to push herself up and off the floor and then sat back down on the bed facing towards the headboard and twisted to face Regina. Regina released Emma's hand and pushed herself up so she was upright.

She lifted her hand, placing it on the soft fair skin of Emma's cheek before sliding it through the long golden locks to the back of her head and then gently pulled her girlfriend forward. Emma's breath hitched just before their lips touched and it was something Regina loved, knowing she had that affect on Emma.

Their kiss was long, unhurried and utterly sweet. Emma's hand lifted from the bed and settled on Reginas thigh before sliding higher and then moving up, over her night dress to settle on the curve of her waist.

This in turn made Reginas own breath stopped and she smiled into the kiss. Regina pulled back knowing that if this continued she wouldn't let Emma go to work and she wouldn't want to go either, but rested her forehead against her partners.

"Downstairs, coffee table, by the small chair" Regina told her slightly breathless, always knowing exactly where Emma had left her belongings. Emma raised an eyebrow but smiled at the same time. Emma lent back in and placed a short but gentle kiss on Reginas lips lingering only a few seconds.

"Your amazing and I love you Regina" Emma confessed to her. It was the first time she had ever said it. Regina had felt it for a while but hadn't wanted to scare Emma away and so had waited until she had been ready.

Now hearing the words Regina couldn't believe that the feeling was returned, she had never loved well and had very rarely been shown love in her life. But with Emma she believed every word the other woman uttered to her.

"I love you too Emma" Regina said as the most sincere, heart warming smile gracing her face. Emma left another kiss on her lips, this one lingering, soft but full of passion. Emma suddenly stood up and walked to the bedroom door, turning back at the to wink at the brunette. This made her shake her head and let out a small giggle at how Emma could change the situation at the drop of a hat.

That evening when Emma came home the small hand carved wooden table with the glass dish had been waiting for her in the entrance hall. A note written in Reginas elegant script that read

So you never lose anything again

All my love

Regina

Emma smiled at the memory, the first of a thousand more I love yous that were shared between them and are continually shared everyday. Neither taking for granted what they had finally found in each other.

TBC...