She looked at the bundle of lavender and smiled.
Did Emma do that?, she thought. Regina picked it up and opened the door in hopes that Emma was still there, but she wasn't. Her walkway was empty, only the orange autumn leaves were scattered all over. Feeling a bit disappointed she slowly closed the door, in hopes of hearing Emma's voice saying: "Regina! Wait…", but she didn't…
Later that evening Regina paced up and down her office, passing her phone and giving it a look as if she was asking it: "should I call her?" After a few more laps of pacing, she picked up the phone and started dialing. Holding her finger over the green button she gave it another thought "what if she doesn't want to talk to me now after what happened last?"
She shook her head as if she wanted to shake away that thought so it wouldn't stand in her way and quickly pressed the button. Eagerly she listened to the beeps and hoped Emma would pick up.
"Regina?", Emma's gently voice said.
"Emma, hi… I was wondering if you…" ,she breathed deeply, "would be up to another training round in the forest when it's dark? I wanted for you to try to repair the bridge again, this time in the dark to make it a bit more challenging." ,she nervously waited for Emma's response, biting her nail.
There was a pause. On the other line Emma was thinking what to say.
"Uhm – sure! I think that would be good. A good training I mean.", she stuttered.
"Ok. Great. Meet you at mine around 8?", Regina asked with relief.
"Yeah. See you then.", Emma said and hung up. She held her phone to her chest, took a deep breath and smiled.
"Why am I so happy that Regina called? Why am I looking forward to see her later? And why am I wondering what to wear, it's just Regina and she's training me. Nothing special?!"
Emma put her phone on the table and walked to her closet.

Regina also smiled and walked to her closet. She saw her fire red underwear, just like the one Emma imagined on her earlier. She changed into them and picked out her favorite dress. More conscience than she thought, she wanted to impress Emma.

As Emma knocked on Regina's door, she checked her hair in her reflection of the window at the door.
Regina's heart raced as she walked to the door and as she opened it and saw Emma, it got worse.
"Hi. Are we walking to the forest?", Emma asked.
"Uhm – no. We are going to use magic. Come in.", Regina replied and stepped aside so Emma could walk past her.
Emma stepped in and Regina closed the door. She stepped beside her and said: "Give me your hand." and held own out towards her. Emma lifted her arm without thought and took Regina's hand.
They smiled and Regina closed her eyes and imagined the spot at the bridge where they wanted to go and they vanished from Regina's hall behind a purple cloud. When Emma looked up she saw the branches of the surrounding trees in the dark. They stood there for a while, admiring the beautiful scene they were standing in and they didn't even notice they were still holding hands. After realizing they let go and Regina said quickly, "Ok. Let's get started. Step on the bridge please."
Emma looked at her as she noticed that she had never heard Regina requesting something from her with the word "please" behind it.
She stepped on the bridge holding the ropes beside her tightly as she felt a bit scared of falling of that bridge again. But she trusted Regina, she knew that she wouldn't let her fall too deep if Emma couldn't help myself.
"Ready?", Regina asked.
"Ready!", Emma replied. She closed her eyes, holding the picture of the intact bridge in her mind. Regina lifted her hand and planks started to break off, the rope started to loosen and the poles started bending. Emma held out her hands in front of her and they started to glow. The ropes started to tighten again, the planks flew back to place and the poles straightened within seconds.
Emma looked at Regina with a big smile on her face, feeling pleased with herself.
Regina seemed to feel the same way because she also had a smile on her face. They walked towards each other and hugged. Standing in the middle of the bridge they looked up and they saw the most beautiful sky full of stars. They sat down and enjoyed the night sky.
"That's enough for today I think.", Regina said. "You are getting really good. You seem to be able to control your magic now. A few more practices and you will be ready."
"Yeah, I think so too. Thank you again Regina for helping me", Emma said.
"Of course. It's actually fun to teach." Regina replied with a smile.

Regina thought of bringing up the bundle of lavender from earlier, but she was pretty sure that Emma's magic back then wasn't intentional, so she decided to keep it to herself.
They sat next to each other on the bridge, looking up at the night sky. It was getting dark, but they didn't seem to mind. Emma started to shiver without noticing, but Regina did.
"Are you cold?", she asked in a caring voice.
"Hm? Oh, yeah a bit", Emma answered, after torn out of her sky gazing. "But it's not that bad. I don't want to leave yet."
"Who said anything about leaving?", Regina replied and waved her hand ever so gracefully. After the thick deep purple smoke cleared, a huge, fuzzy blanket appeared on Emma's shoulders. It was warm and smelled… of lavender.

Did she poof it here from her house? Is this her blanket? It smells like her… Emma thought.
"Thanks." Emma said with a light smile growing bigger of the thought that Regina was wrapped in this exact blanket.
"No problem." Regina said. She rolled down her sleeves. Emma reckoned she was cold too, so she lifted one side of the blanket of her shoulder holding it up and said, "Come here. You are cold too. This blanket is huge, we can totally share."
Regina smiled, she tried not to smile too big, but she didn't hide it very well. Emma knew she wanted that to happen. But she liked that.
They scooted together and Emma put the other end of the blanket on the Regina's shoulder. Gently. Stroking her back as she pulled her arm back to her own body. That gave Regina goose bumps.
They both felt something for the other. But they both didn't say anything…

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