Admiration Part two

The formidable Mayor Mills was back, sat in her usual spot at the counter of Granny's, apple pancakes in front of her barely touched, second mug of black coffee just ordered. All eyes were on the former Queen's back, a back that was ram rod straight with tension, her eyes were on her newspaper, the same sentence for the last few minutes, ever since Robin and his reunited family walked into the diner. Conversations resumed but eyes remained curious, flickering between the family in the booth and the mayor. Regina had kept the biggest secret of all from the townspeople for almost thirty years but now hers were laid bare before them, so they gossiped and speculated like no bodys's business. Emma groaned inwardly as Robin approached the counter, he could have remained seated, the waitress would have taken his order but no he had walked to the counter, stood beside Regina to place his order. From her seat in front of the window, Emma had inadvertently given her self the best view in the diner, the former couple in her direct line of version, abet side on.
Emma watched Robin as he turned to greet Regina, she gave him a tight lipped smile and a small nod then immediately turned back to her newspaper, eyes fixed on the page. Granny approached to refresh Regina's coffee, Regina snapped her head up, catching Granny's eye, Emma heard her request the coffee to go. Granny gave her a nod and a tight lipped smile of her own, turning to Robin the older women took his order. He did not move away, Emma found herself clenching her fingers impatiently, "come on" she urged silently "your order is placed move away" but Robin remained, facing forward, mild smile on his face. "What does he hope to achieve?" Emma wondered "should I intervene?" If it had been anyone other than Regina, Emma would have been at that counter in seconds but with Regina, she didn't dare. They had barely spoken since that night Marian had been returned, fresh guilt swirled in Emma's stomach, why the hell did everything have to be so damn complicated here and why didn't Robin just piss off back to his booth and that's when she saw it, hidden from all eyes except hers, hers was the perfect angle. Robins right hand was curled around Regina's left wrist, his thumb caressing her skin. As Granny returned with Regina's coffee in a takeaway cup, Robin finally returned to his booth, leaving Regina to pay for her coffee and leave, which she did at a fast pace. Emma caught her eye as she walked towards the door but she could not read the expression on her face.