"Would you stop jumping up and down," Emma said.

Tink did so, but she couldn't keep the smile off of her face. "You and Regina shared true love's kiss."

She didn't ask, she merely made the statement.

"That's not what happened," Emma said quickly. "And why would you even think something like that?"

"The curse, the one Rumple and her mother put on her, it broke that night, didn't it?"

"I don't know what you are going on about," Emma said putting some distance between her and Tink. "I found Regina in the stables, I brought her to the hospital and that is it."

"So at no time have you kissed Regina?"

"Why would I do that?"

"That doesn't really answer the question."

Emma didn't respond.

"I am not going anywhere until you tell me the truth. Or maybe I should go talk to Regina about what I suspect and then she can ask you herself."

Emma sighed. "Regina kissed me, let's get that straight off the bat. She kissed me. She was in pain, she was feverish, she had no idea what was even going on. She kissed me."

"And what happened when she did?"

"There was … there was a pulse of magic."

"I knew it," Tink clapped again. "You two broke the curse that was placed on Regina. Oh my this means you and …"

"Stop right there," Emma interrupted. "It doesn't have to mean anything."

"How can you say that? You are the product of true love and now you've found your true love."

"No I haven't. You aren't the only one who has suspicions about what they think happened. You want to know what I think? I think Regina went to the stables that night because she was so out of her mind with the fever and hallucinations that she thought she was there to see Daniel. It's the only explanation that makes sense as to why she would go all the way out there. She thought she was there to see her true love and when I came around she kissed me thinking it was him. This magic whatever it was, it came from her belief that she was kissing Daniel, not me."

"I don't think it works like that," Tink said.

"Why doesn't it? Do you have a true love handbook that gives you all the answers as to how it's supposed to work because it seems plausible to me. Daniel was her true love. Ask you yourself if you want. Everything she did was because she lost him. If he were to magically appear right now, he is who she would want to be with."

Tink crossed her arms. Somehow she hadn't expected this much resistance on Emma's part. Sure she was curious as to why Emma would keep the kiss a secret, but she hadn't expected a flat out denial of what was clear to her.

"Are you saying your feelings for Regina haven't changed?"

"The only reason I may care more about Regina than say some other random person in this town I happen to know is because she is Henry's mother. That is it. And that doesn't equate to love."

"And you aren't planning on telling her about the kiss?"

"I don't see any reason to and I would appreciate it if you kept that to yourself as well. Doing so would only complicate things."

"For you, you mean. It would complicate things for you."

"And for her. She has enough on her mind without you putting ideas like this in it. You are her friend, aren't you the least bit concerned that she seems determined to find out about this curse – even putting herself in harm's way to do it. She was ready to have another MRI done just on the chance it would bring her another vision. Given how the last ones turned out, you can't stand there and tell me it's a good idea."

"I don't know. Dr. Whale seems eager to look after her in more ways than one," and Tink smiled as she saw Emma's jaw tighten just a little bit at the mention of Whale.

"You don't like him anymore than I do Tink, but hey if Regina trusts him then it's really none of mine, nor your business."

Damn it, Tink said in her mind. She thought she had Emma there with that one.

"Perhaps she wouldn't be worrying about finding out about a curse that is no longer even active if you told her that it wasn't."

"We have no proof that it isn't active."

"You are stubborn," Tink said. "You and Regina are perfect for each other. You are both stubborn mules. I don't get it. Why are you so against even the idea of this?"

Emma turned from her. "I am the Savior. Do you think I asked for that? Do you think I asked for some destiny to be laid out before me? I was destined to come here and break the curse that Regina cast on all the people here, and I did it. Does that mean every aspect of my life has to laid out in some order? I make my own choices," Emma said turning back toward her. "I certainly wouldn't choose Regina. Now unless you have some other things to discuss with me, I have things to do."

"No, I don't have anything else to discuss. And you are right, there is no reason for me to tell Regina about the kiss. Maybe you are right. Maybe it was her belief in Daniel that did it. He is certainly a better choice than you."

Tink stormed out and Emma slammed the door behind her. She went back and sat on the couch. "Fuck," she swore. She had been hoping this would all blow over without anyone finding out about that damn kiss. She had been hoping it would all stop.

It was like Regina had infected every part of her brain.

And if she was being honest with herself – something she had been trying to avoid – Regina had been there in the recesses of her brain before the kiss. When she drank that potion to get her memories back she remembered her life before Storybrooke, Henry showing up at her door on her birthday, coming here, meeting her parents and meeting Regina.

A lot of those memories were of Regina. It made sense she had told herself at the time, because she had many interactions with the other woman when she was in Storybrooke. Outside of her family, Regina was the person she had probably been around the most.

Then when they were working together against Zelena, there was a moment when she and Regina were alone and she was saying to Regina how she always knew when she was telling the truth, she recalled looking at the brunette, and her looking back and there was this moment – and then it was gone.

That was the first time she had the conscious thought that Regina was …

That was the question what was Regina to her? And if they really did share true love's kiss, what did that mean for her and Regina's future?

She knew she shouldn't have said those things to Tink about how she wouldn't have chosen Regina, but she didn't need anymore pressure than she already felt. She was still feeling anger over Dr. Whale. Whether she chose to do something about Regina or not, she wasn't going to let that man near Regina in that way.

She punched the couch.

"I have feelings for her," she said quietly. She knew saying it out loud would make it more real. "I have feelings for her and I have no idea what the hell to do about it."

She needed to clear her head, so she grabbed her jacket and walked out the door.

"Jesus," she swore. "You scared the shit out of me."

"I thought I might try again," Tink said shrugging.

Emma shook her head. "So how the hell is this true love thing supposed to work?"