A/N: I'm so sorry. *Kneels on ground and clasps hands* please forgive me for this late update. Who knew Grade 10 could be so difficult. These teachers give us homework like its going out of fashion. Okay so I said the date was in this chapter yes? Okay... Let's go spy on our leading ladies' date shall we? *James Bond music plays in the background* XD I think I need help XD haha.
Disclaimer in Chapter 1
Enjoy!
Emma and Regina didn't notice all the attention they were getting, Emma's hands around Regina's waist and Regina's fingers tangled in Emma's blonde curls. It was as if the world ceased to exist in that moment and it was just them. It was absolutely perfect.
The blonde bit her lip nervously as she walked out of her bathroom. "How do I look kid? Do I look okay?" she asked her four year old son sitting on her bed, currently engrossed in one of his many fairy-tale books. Henry's jaw dropped when he saw his mother walk out the bathroom. She was wearing a figure-hugging red dress, black heels and her hair fell in soft curls around her face. "Wow Momma! You look so pretty!" the small brunette said, completely forgetting his book and rushing over to his mother. He held up his arms, wanting to be picked up. Emma complied and sat her son on her hip, the little four year old immediately stretched out his hand and touched on of the blonde curls, "Momma your hair is so curly. It so soft." the brunette said.
Emma smiled and kissed her son on his cheek, the four year old pulled a face and wiped his face, "Gwoss Momma! My face awl wet now." he complained. His blonde mother chuckled at his expression. The doorbell rang, interrupting the cute moment between mother and son. "Momma down pwease." Henry said, kicking his legs. Emma set him down, before his feet even touched the ground he was running off the see who was at the door. "Henry slow down!" Emma called after him before she followed him to the door.
"AUNTY RUBES! AUNTY BELLE!" Henry shouted when he saw who was at the door. "HENRY!" Ruby shouted back at him with just as much enthusiasm. The little brunette then jumped up into Ruby's arms giggling all the time. Emma just stood back and watched all of this with a smile on her face. Ruby and Belle then caught sight of their best friend, as Henry did a few minutes before, both of their jaws dropped. "Momma's pretty hey?" Henry says excitedly. All the other two brunettes can do is nod in agreement, as they only ever saw the blonde in her jeans, tank top and leather jacket, never had they seen her in a dress. Emma laughed at their expressions, "Guys come on! It's still me." she said.
Ruby walked forward, Henry in her arms, she shook her head, "Who are you and what have you done with my jeans and jacket wearing best friend?" Emma laughed in answer. "No seriously. Where's Emma?" Ruby said, her face straight.
Henry laughed, "Aunty Rubes! It is Momma! Can't you see?" he said in between giggles.
Ruby squinted her eyes, playing along, "Wait, wait. Now I see it!" she said out loud before pulling her tongue out childishly at Emma who was playfully glaring at her."
"Haham very funny Rubes." Emma said before glancing at the clock, "Shi...take mushrooms I'm gonna be late. Okay you guys know how to take care of him and please Rubes don't let him con you into staying up late." Emma said, "Belle can you make sure that Ruby doesn't fall for the puppy eyes?" Belle nodded with a smile, "Thanks guys, I'll see you guys later." the blonde said before grabbing her purse and running out the door.
"Stay out as late as you want. Actually stay out late." Ruby shouted after the blonde, "That gives us more time to play and... stay up late." the brunette told the young boy in her arms, who smiled and cheered.
Five minutes later Emma pulled up outside Regina's, house would be an understatement, mansion was the right word to use for this building. "Shitshitshit! Stupid idiot!" Emma said, when she realised she forgot the roses in the kitchen. Emma sighed at her forgetfulness before she shook her head and gave herself a quick pep talk as she walked up to the door. She knocked on the door and didn't have to wait very long for the keyboardist to answer. Emma's jaw hit the ground when she saw what Regina was wearing. Emma was blown away, the brunette looked beautiful, classy, elegant, every word that was similar to those three and then some. She wore a dress that wasn't quite white but not quite cream, off-white maybe? Emma didn't know. It clung to the top half of her body, before flaring out at curvy hips, to stop just above the knee. With a small black belt tied around her waist and black six-inch heels, Regina looked breath-taking. Her make-up wasn't soft but not heavy, with her lips painted a natural looking pink shade.
"Wow." was all Emma could say. Regina smiled before turning, grabbing her purse and locking the door. Putting her finger under Emma's chin she gently pushed it closed with a chuckle, "You'll catch flies dear." she whispered before brushing past her to walk towards the 'Yellow Death trap' as she liked to call it. Emma rushed after her, opening the passenger door to allow Regina to get in. Emma walked around quickly and got in after the brunette.
Before she started the car she looked at the brunette, "You look beautiful tonight." she said with a smile, which the keyboardist returned.
"As do you. I thought you were going to arrive in your usual jeans and leather jacket." Regina said with a chuckle.
Emma put her hand to her chest and acted hurt, "Why I'll let you know that I had to buy a dress for this." which was a lie but Regina knew it was when the blonde smiled afterwards. "But seriously, you thought I'd wear that for our date?" the drummer asked seriously. Regina smiled before shaking her head, no. Emma smiled before leaning over to give the brunette a chaste peck on the lips and starting the car.
"Where are we going?" Regina asked as Emma pulled out of her the driveway.
"Well if you don't mind taking a bit of a drive I know of this great little Italian restaurant, just outside of town." Emma said glancing quickly at Regina, who was gazing at the blonde.
"I don't mind." the brunette said, a smile gracing her face for the umpteenth time that day. Emma smiled back before she drove out of the small town she called home.
For the first ten minutes there was silence, not uncomfortable or awkward silence, but rather comfortable and giddy silence. It was a heady mixture of the two and Emma couldn't help but smile constantly. Regina too was excited but she managed to suppress it a bit. Halfway through the drive Regina spoke up. "How did you, Ruby and Belle come up with the idea of forming a band?" the brunette asked.
"Now that's a long story. It actually started out as a bet between Ruby and some guy she used to date, he was in a band at the time. Basically he bet that Ruby wouldn't have been able to win a battle of the bands our school held every year. Ruby being Ruby, bet that she could beat his band. The terms were if she won they would break up, Ruby was actually cheating on the guy with Belle at the time, and if he won she'd, you know, give it to him whenever."
"I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about."
"Uhhh... Dammit, she'd have sex with him whenever he wanted it. Stupid on Ruby's part if she had lost, that guy was a real perv and was constantly horny, it was really gross actually 'cause he hit on every girl, me included. Anyway, that's besides the point. So those were the terms. Ruby, Belle and I had been friends for quite a long time, so we were her first choice to be in a band with her, that and we could play a variety of instruments. We practiced everyday and wrote songs together. It was like that until the day of the battle. We were the last band up and the perv's band was before us and I have to admit they were good. We went on and people started laughing when Belle walked on with her bass guitar in her hands, she constantly had her nose in a book, still does, so no one thought she could actually play well. Same happened for Ruby and I when we walked on, her with her guitar and me with my drum sticks. Everyone shut up once we started playing though, we showed them that we weren't what they saw us as. We won the battle and Ruby won the bet. After that we decided to keep the band going. Haven't regretted a thing." Emma said.
"So what started off as a bet turned into this... band?" Regina asked looking at Emma as they stopped outside a building. Emma nodded with a smile, "Yeah." she said before she got out. She quickly ran to the brunette's side of the car to open her door, "It's nice to see chivalry still survives." Regina said, taking Emma's outstretched hand as she got out.
Emma held her arm out, "Shall we m'lady?" the blonde said with a playful smile on her face. Regina played along and took the offered arm, "Thank you, fair lady." she said a playful smile on her face too. With that they walked into the building.
They stopped just inside the door where a woman was standing behind a counter with an open book in front of her. "Name?" the woman asked without looking up at them. "Just tell Kat that Emma Swan is here." the blonde told the woman. She looked up, "Emma? Emma Swan? You? You're the great Emma Swan?" the woman said. Emma frowned, confused as to what was going on. Regina looked at Emma questioningly, Emma answered with a shrug. "Can you just tell Kat I'm here." the blonde said. The woman nodded before walking off to find Kat.
"Who's Kat?" Regina asked. Emma looked at Regina, astounded, "Are you jealous? Do I hear jealousy in your voice?" the blonde asked.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Regina said, lifting her head high and putting on a neutral mask.
"You are! You're jealous! Ha, I made Regina Mills jealous." Emma said proudly.
"I am not jealous, simply curious."
"Okay whatever you say, but just to be clear, Kat is one of my friends, we met when I was passed around from house to house in the system, she's like my sister." Emma said, "Anyways, I only have eyes for you tonight." she continued, taking the brunette's hand and placing a soft kiss on it, holding her chocolate eyes the whole time.
"Emma?" a woman's voice said, close to the drummer and keyboardist. Emma tore her eyes away from Regina's to look for Kat's familiar voice. She found the source, Kat was standing just outside the archway leading into the actual restaurant, her curly brown hair tied back in a ponytail and her white chefs shirt littered with food stains. "Kat!" Emma said before walking to the other brunette to give her a hug, "How you been?" she asked after she pulled away.
"I should be asking you that question. But first are you going to introduce me to this gorgeous woman you're here with?"
"Kat this is Regina Mills. Regina this is Kat." Emma said, gesturing between the two. Regina held out her hand to shake but Kat pulled her in for a hug, she'd always been like that, since the day Emma first met her. "So what brings you here?" Kat asked when she stepped out of Regina's space.
"We came here to eat, I heard from someone that this is the best Italian restaurant for miles around." Emma said with a smile.
"Really? Did this person happen to have wild blonde hair and a four year old son?" Kat asked teasingly.
"YES! Oh my word! How'd you know?!" Emma said back with a laugh.
"Just a guess. So you guys want a table?"
"Yeah, that would be awesome." Emma smiled.
"This way then." Kat said, taking two menu's and leading them to a table with a reservation sign on it. She took it off, "If they're late they lose their table." she said when Emma raised an eyebrow.
Emma pulled out Regina's chair and waited for her to sit down before pushing it in behind her. She took her seat soon afterwards. Kat gave them their menu's, "Welcome to Al Firenze. I'll be sending you my best bottle of wine, on me." she said before walking away, her place being taken by a waiter. They opened their menu's, Emma glancing at it for a second before ordering the al fredo. Regina took a bit more time, "What do you recommend?" she asked. The waiter rattled off a few of the dishes her thought were good. Regina took this all in, "I'll have your-"
"Don't order a salad." Emma interrupted. The brunette promptly closed her mouth, "How'd you know?" she then asked.
"You ordered a salad when you ate at Granny's." Emma said, as if this was reason enough.
Regina looked at the menu again before ordering the Langoustine pasta. Emma looked satisfied that she didn't order salad. The waiter took their menu's and walked away, returning a few seconds later with a bottle of wine. After pouring out glasses for the two women he walked away once more.
Regina and Emma talked about everything, there was never a lull in the conversation save for when they just stared at each other before their food came, snapping them both out of their trance. They ate their food, Regina moaning when she took her first bite and Emma laughing at how the brunette tucked in with gusto after that. They finished their meals and sat and spoke again. Unfortunately Kat didn't serve dessert. Emma paid for their meals and they left.
Emma decided to take Regina to her favourite spot near the restaurant. It wasn't much, just an open field filled with closed flowers and a solitary weeping willow in the middle of the field. Kicking off her shoes and urging Regina to do the same, she took her hand and led her to the willow. Emma had a blanket with her and laid it on the ground before taking a seat on it. Regina sat next to the blonde, trying to look as ladylike as possible. "Relax." Emma said, wrapping her arms around the brunette's middle. Regina's shoulders dropped and the woman relaxed. Emma smiled silently to herself before lying down on on the blanket. Regina soon followed at the blonde's assistance. They just stared up into the tree and into the patches of sky they could see through the branches, both of them never wanting this moment to ever end.
A/N: And? I've decided to split this chapter into 2 parts, as it was becoming a bit too long and what I have planned to happen next requires its own chapter. The restaurant I used does in fact exist but not in America. As for the owner, they're not called Kat, I should know the person who owns it is a family friend. Anyways... until the next chapter? Yes, until the next chapter. :)