"I cannot believe you just did that!"
Emma groaned internally as she stepped into the foyer of the mansion, she and Regina had managed, slowly, to form a sort of steady friendship between them now. Sometimes the brunette would extend a dinner invitation to her son's birth mother and Emma would gratefully accept, she would have to be a complete fool to turn down Regina's cooking, the woman was a saint in the kitchen. Many a time, after she had helped clean after their meal and put Henry to bed, the two would talk over a glass…or ten, of wine and simply revel in the enjoyment they seemed to share in the other's company, it was a strange feeling though both welcomed it.

Today however, didn't look to be that kind of a day if Regina's cry of outrage was anything to go by. Henry had long since ceased referring to his adoptive mother as the Evil Queen for she was not that woman and hadn't been for a long time…yet sometimes, lack of tact being genetic apparently, he would make a comment or bad joke that would have Regina retreating behind her walls and hiding the woman both mother and son had come to enjoy seeing,

She stepped quietly throughout the foyer, cursing her heavyset boots as they echoed in the open space. That went unnoticed by the pair however as strange sounds could now be heard as well as her son's giggling…that was odd, hadn't Regina just shouted at him?
"Ha!" came the woman in question's shout of apparent triumph, "two can play at that game!"

Now Emma truly was confused as she neared the living room in which she had identified the two people to be. The first thing she noticed was the empty couch, accompanied with an abandoned pair of pumps and drinks glasses upon the table…normally the place was spotless, Regina run a tight ship. Before she could question anymore however, she noticed two pairs of feet in the air, sometimes moving back and forth and sometimes battling one another as laughter rang out.

Smiling herself, she moved around the coffee table and found the pair both lying on the ground next to each other on their stomachs, a Wii steering wheel in their hands and Mario Kart on the television.

Emma was stunned, the usually uptight Mayor was not dressed in one of her killer suits…she was wearing grey sweat pants and a black tank top, her hair, that she was currently growing out, was tied up into a loose ponytail and her feet were bare…had the blonde walked into the twilight zone? Regina knew she was coming, it was her night to have Henry and usually she would appear at the door before Emma even had the chance to get out of her car…what was happening?

"No, no, NO!" came Henry's cry of outrage as Regina managed to move past him, she had chosen to play as Peach…interesting choice, whilst Henry was Mario, no surprise there.
Regina's laugh of triumph was soon stopped however when the computer character in front let out a banana peel causing her kart to spin away from the road and allowing Henry to once again slip in front. Her gasp of outrage was hilarious and it took everything Emma had to keep quiet as she watched the pair before her. Both mother and son's shoulders were touching as they battled the game track, legs tangled as they both leaned to the right as if that move alone would aid their turn.

A warmth was quickly spreading through Emma as occasionally one player would nudge the other in an attempt of sabotage. As it came to the home stretch both seemed to jolt forwards in their positions, concentration etched on both faces though she could just make out a sneaky grin spreading across Regina's face as her pointer finger on her right hand arced over to the left…as did Henry's steering wheel.

"What the- HEY!" he cried as he watched his mother crossing the finish line as his car moved into the grass, "you cheated!"

Regina could only laugh into her hand at her son's accusation, "I did not!" she managed to get out.

"I think I'd have to agree with the kid," both startled at the sound of a new voice though couldn't help but smile upon finding the blonde perched on the arm of the couch.

"Ha! See?" he moved onto his knees and towered over Regina who had rolled onto her side in order to face her son, "and you know what happens to cheaters right?"

Her eyes narrowed in suspicion then as he looked over to Emma and back to her, dark eyes instantly moved to question those of the blonde now giggling.

"Oh man," she wheezed as she looked back at the woman on the ground, "you're in trouble now"

"What? Wh-"

"Emma grab her hands!"

One minute she was looking at the woman on the other side of the room and the next she was being straddled by her, blonde curls falling onto her chest as strong hands grasped her own and pulled her hands above her head. Instantly Henry was on her, his fingers tickling at every spot he knew would work.

Her laughter rang out as she thrashed beneath the pair, "Miss Swa- Emma!" she managed to get out between laughs, "if you do…do no- not get off" a loud laugh as Henry's fingers pressed harder into her sides, "so help me God I will-"

"You'll what Gina?" she asked with a smug grin as she held the woman easily, the nickname had been used on several occasions and both found they quite liked the sound of it. "Cheaters never prosper!"

"She's right!" Henry cried as he moved back to rest on the heels of his feet, "do you surrender?" he asked, an eyebrow raised in amused questioning as he watched his mother's inner battle with her dignity.

She chose no and merely remained stony faced as the blonde and the young boy looked at one another with feigned shock at her defiance, "get the sharpie kid"

Henry let out a laugh at the instant look of horror that crept into dark eyes before she tried to knock Emma from on top of her to no avail, the blonde only lifted the woman's arms and moved them further up and harder into the ground, it wasn't painful, just successfully restraining…the new position now meant that Emma's face was mere inches from Regina's though neither noticed the closeness until Henry had run from the room and the brunette had snapped her head back around to find Emma's eyes boring into her own.

"If he sharpies me, I will destroy you" her voice wasn't as firm as she hoped when she spoke to the woman above her, Emma's scent was filling her completely, she could feel every part of the woman pressing into her and taking her over as her eyes flickered around the blonde's face.

Emma only breathed out her own laugh as she continued to hold Regina down though she hadn't noticed her thumbs stroking small lines across the brunette's wrists. "I'd like to see you try Madame Mayor"

Was she flirting? Regina's heart rate had quickened and she could only hope to whatever higher power existed that Emma couldn't feel it. "You couldn't handle me Miss Swan" she retorted, her whole body on fire now.

"Try me…" Emma breathed as her hand trailed down from the hand that Regina didn't bother trying to move, she stroked down the smoothness that was the brunette's arm, her hand bypassing the woman's armpit and moving over her shoulder and to her neck instead, cupping her jaw only to trace her thumb over a full bottom lip. Her eyes followed the movement as Regina only watched. When green finally flickered back to brown both knew what was coming, it was inevitable, had been from the moment they had met…and now it was finally happening.

Regina could only hold her breath as Emma's face moved closer to her own, her hot breath caressing her skin as dark eyes flickered closed…

Tentatively, a pair of lips replaced the thumb on her own and captured her bottom lip in a soft kiss. Locked in the surprisingly innocent embrace, neither noticed the grinning boy standing in the doorway nor heard the only word possible to describe the situation.

"Finally!"