Emma & Regina

DISCLAIMER: This is a fanfiction about Emma and Regina from the status of Season 3, so if you haven't seen that far, don't continue reading – this may contain spoilers!
Also it's obviously a gay fanfic, so if you don't like that, also don't continue reading ;)
This story is inspired and based on "Once Upon A Time", so it contains things from the series, but also things I have changed and made up.
Enjoy :)

Regina was about to teach Emma how you use magic, when Emma didn't seem to like the letters in Regina's book.
"When Rumpelstiltskin taught me magic, he wasn't very considerate. If he wanted to teach you how to swim and you couldn't, you'd drown.", said Regina.
Emma frowned, "drown?"
That gave Regina an idea. With a wave of her hand a purple cloud surrounded her and Emma and as it cleared they stood on a plank bridge over a wildly flowing river. Or to be more exact, only Emma was. Regina stood at one end of it on sturdy ground.
"Regina! What are you doing?", Emma cried, holding on to the thick rope the bridge was made of.
"Teaching you how to swim.", Regina replied with a smile and with another graceful wave of her hand the planks started to break through the rope one by one. "The last couple of times you used magic was because you followed your instincts – do that again. Let your instinct control your magic!"
Emma looked scared as the planks under her feet started to break away. She held on tightly to the rope as her legs now were dangling in mid air, the rapid river under her.
"Fix the bridge, Emma. Concentrate.", said Regina with a light concern, now that Emma was about to fall. But she didn't lose hope in her saving herself.
As the rope tore and Emma fell, out of Regina's sight, she lifted her hands and was about to use magic to break Emma's fall, there she stood on the broken planks that were lifting her back up.
"I did it!", Emma said with excitement while stepping of the floating planks and next to Regina, hugging her out of happiness. At first Regina was startled by their contact, they had never hugged before, but then she slowly lifted her arms and wrapped them around Emma's waist.
"Yes, you did. Well done.", Regina said as unimpressed as she could, so Emma wouldn't notice that she actually was impressed. Loosening her arms and taking a step back, Emma smiled at Regina and said "Come on. Teach me more! Please." and so she did. They practiced magic all day and evening and when they both were too tired to continue Regina said: "Ok, I think it's enough for today. You did well. By this time tomorrow you will be ready and strong enough to help me defeat Selina."
Emma smiled. "Thank you for teaching me. You know… we've never spent so much time together alone. I never realized how good you are as a teacher."
Regina couldn't help but smile and even blushed a bit. "Thanks. You have a gift, you just need to learn how to use it."
They looked at each other, noticing that is was the first time they have given each other honest compliments. After an awkward silence Emma said "eh well, I guess I'll go home now. See you tomorrow? Same time?"
"Yeah. Same time.", Regina replied whilst walking her to the door. As Emma walked through the door she felt as if Regina had placed a spell on her. Her stomach felt weird and she thought differently of Regina after that day. She had known her for a while now, but never had she felt this way.
"Must be because she really has changed", Emma thought.
Regina had felt the same way. Her explanation to herself was that she probably let herself get blinded by jealousy that Henry wanted to know his birth mother.

The next day they continued their lessons and both were doing their best.
"Ok – I think you are ready to learn something slightly more difficult." Regina said after Emma mastered every task she gave her.
"What is it?", Emma asked. Regina lifted her hand and a ball of fire emerged from it, holding itself in mid air, only inches away from her skin. Emma had seen her do that a couple of times, but never thought about the power she must have to perform it.
Emma lifted her hand and tried to concentrate, but nothing happened.
"Here, let me help.", Regina said as she stepped behind Emma and pushed up Emma's sleeve. "You are trying to hard and therefore making it more complicated than it is." She gently slid her fingertips over Emma's forearm. "Imagine the fire in your hand. Imagine the heat of it warming your skin. Whatever you can imagine and put true faith in, can happen!", she now said into Emma's ear, almost in a whisper.
Emma closed her eyes and started to imagine the heat of the fire, but then she feels Regina's hand on her arm and suddenly she has a different picture in her head. Not the heat of the fire in her hand, but the heat of Regina's hand in hers. When Emma opened her eyes, exactly that had happened. The power of her imagination combined with magic brought Regina from behind her to right in front of Emma's face, with her hand in Regina's. As they both realize what just happened they quickly let go and turn embarrassed to the side. Although it was quiet an awkward moment, they both can't help but smile.
"Sorry! I was… imagining the wrong thing. Somehow got the wrong picture in my head", Emma tried to explain full of embarrassment.
"Don't worry. That happens to everyone in the beginning. When you let yourself get distracted by other things, that's what happens. That is why I did that." Regina said, still with a blush on her cheeks. "I think we should have a break, so you can concentrate properly again. I'll get us some coffee from Granny's. Do you want anything else?"
Surprised by Regina's nice offer, Emma just says, "eh. No thanks. Just coffee is fine!" and smiles awkwardly as Regina walks out of the door.
Still perplexed by what just happened, Emma just stands there and looks at her hand. Running over her palm with her fingers where she felt the warmth and softness of Regina's skin.
She can't wrap her head around her feelings. "What was that? Why did I have that picture in my head? What am I feeling?" All these questions run through Emma's mind as she bites her lip in thought.
After Regina returned they sat down at the table and drank their coffee in awkward silence. Both didn't really know what to say without making it worse.

To be continued…

Thanks for reading! If you liked it and want to know how it continues leave a comment below :)
It might get steamy though, just so you know ;)