Officer Ruby had woken up bright and early with a smile on her face. She was looking forward to punishing her latest prisoner, the evil dog poisoner. This woman deserved to see just how carnal and vicious Ruby could be.

"Wake up inmate! Here's your breakfast. It's a bit cold but I'm sure you won't mind."

Lily looked at the tray in front of her with disgust.

"Dog food. Ha ha. Very funny." Lily snarled. "Not that I'd expect anything less from a dog like you."

Ruby smirked. Her play was working.
"I might be a dog but I recognise a bitch when I see one. Now then, eat up and be a good girl!"

Lily was fuming. Ruby could almost see steam puffing out of her nostrils. Oh it wouldn t take much at all to corner this bitch.

"When I get out of here, I swear to God, you are gonna pay for this! I'll eat this crap then I'll shit it out and feed it to you!" Lily screamed.

"Threatening a police officer are we? Hmmm, not a great move bitch. You really are fucking stupid aren't you!" Ruby laughed and walked away. Nope, didn't take much at all, she though proudly to herself and made notes on her file about the threats from her prisoner. This psycho was going down.

Regina felt like an idiot. She knew she had flirted with her client but hadn't expected the woman to pick up on it. It had always been her way of extracting information from her male clients so it was an automatic response. Most women hated her in divorce proceedings because of her seductive techniques but Emma Swan wasn't most women.

She loved the attention and the power that came along with seduction. She liked to be desired and made an art of it. She never allowed things to progress though and that kiss caught her off guard. Of course Ms. Swan just had to live in the same apartment block as her. She was infuriating. Why was this woman getting under her skin so much?

Regina distracted herself by making a huge batch of pancakes for her son. What the hell was Emma thinking? How could she assume Regina was gay? She certainly was not!

It had been so long since she had been kissed, and never had it been so soft or tentative. Regina shook her head trying to wipe the thought from her. She was going to cancel her morning appointments and get the paperwork done on this case so she could be done with this absurdity as quickly as possible.

Emma leant back against the door of her apartment sighing heavily. What had she been thinking? Obviously Ms. Mills hadnt wanted her to kiss her. Her own desire had simply caused her to see something with wishful thinking. Maybe it was because the lawyer was the first normal woman she had talked to in well over a year that wasn't related to her. Maybe it was the fact that she hadn't had sex for more than six months. Lesbian bed death had become reality well before Lily's shit had started.

Emma reached down and undid Pongo's leash, allowing him to run freely around the large apartment. She quickly made her way to the kitchen to make sure Lily hadn't left any more poison lying around and cleared out her boy's food bowl. She shoved it in the dishwasher and took a cereal bowl out from her cupboard, filling it with kibble.

She walked around the rest of the apartment to assess the damage done to her record collection. Lily had managed to replace all but 3 records. Emma was particularly upset about the Simon Garfunkel though. It was a painful reminder of her past, yet she found solace in it. It was her only connection to the one thing she regretted in life and only one other person knew what that was.

She decided to go for a run to clear her thoughts. Emma didn't currently have any clients and the only thing that she had to distract herself was exercise. She changed into sweats and ran down the eighteen flights of stairs and out onto the Boston streets.

Regina called the office and told her secretary to cancel the rest of her day. She had an urgent case to see to and would be working from home. She sat down at her computer and worked frantically, typing up all the notes she had made during her last two meetings with her client. Henry walked in around 10 rubbing sleep from his eyes and said, "Hey, home come you aren't at the office?"

"I have some urgent stuff to take care of so I'll be working from home today. Pancakes are in the kitchen ok." And she looked back to her computer screen.

Damn. Henry thought to himself. He was in the middle of researching something and he was hoping to spend the day on the computer while his mother was at work. It would have to wait for now.

It was midday exactly when Regina finished what needed to be done. She printed off the files, signed them and placed them in a manila envelope. She was still full from breakfast and last night's lasagne so decided to skip lunch. She made the necessary calls to apply for the hearing and hesitated before calling her client.

Maybe I will just text her. Regina thought, not sure she was ready to hear from the woman just yet.

Regina: 12:07Ms. Swan, your papers are ready. Where shall I have them delivered? Regards, Ms. Mills

Emma read the message and sighed. She could tell from the business like tone that her lawyer was making sure there was no misunderstanding and Emma blushed. She text back.

Emma: 12:09Thank you Ms. Mills. I am in apa

Emma: 12:09rtment 1832 if you would like to have

Emma: 12:10 them delivered there thanks.

Regina chuckled remembering the brick then she gasped as she read the message again. Apartment 1832. Regina was in 1732 so Ms. Swan was literally above her. She wondered how they had never bumped into each other before or exactly how long she had been living there. Of course, it was beginning to make sense, the yelling and banging Regina had often heard in the last few months. She huffed defeatedly knowing that it would be silly not to hand deliver the papers. She grabbed the envelope, slipped on her shoes and left the apartment to take the one flight of stairs.

Emma heard the door knock from the shower. She hadn't expected the lawyer would actually come up and deliver them. She thought she'd pop the in the mail box at reception. "Just a minute!" She screamed and grabbed a towel. Fuck! Where was her dressing gown! She plodded into the bedroom looking for something to shove on to answer the door in, grabbed her white tank top off the bed and a pair of soccer shorts. Her hair was soaking and dripping down her back with conditioner still present. She opened the door halfway and tried to hide her body behind it.

"Hey, thanks so much for dropping these off. Sorry, I would invite you in but I'm just," suddenly Pongo pushed past Emma and bound into Regina. The door flew open and Emma forgot herself as she tried to pull the dog off her startled lawyer.

Regina looked down at her shirt which was now covered in dog slobber and paw prints and huffed.

"Ms. Mills I am so sorry again! He's usually so timid. I think he likes you." Emma tried to explain with a toothy grin.

Regina was brushing herself down when she noticed Emma's attire. Her tanned and shapely legs were dripping wet. Her eyes moved further up, noticing the sobbing tank and unable to unsee the woman's pert nipples through the now transparent top. Regina felt that pang again and immediately looked away.

"I'm sorry to intrude Ms. Swan. I'll let you get back to your, erm, shower and just, bring me the papers as soon as you've signed them so we can get the ball rolling." Regina was extremely flustered and already waking away when Emma called,

"Bring them where?"

Regina paused mid step and without looking back replied, "1732." Then stepped into the stairwell.

Emma stood gazing at the spot where the lawyer had just been. So how weird was that! She thought, unable to understand why her lawyer had walked away so quickly and refused to turn around. She shrugged and closed the door of the apartment and walked back into the bathroom. When she saw her reflection her jaw dropped."Oh!" She exclaimed as she noted how transparent her wife beater had become. "So Ms. Mills likes what she sees, does she!" And she jumped back in the shower feeling a little less guilty about her earlier faux pas.