Bam! On a roll! Lol! And Mich I hope all goes well with you. I'm happy to hear I'm making it a little easier for you. I will keep trying my best to do just that!

Now I have planned out the ending to this story and I am very sorry to say that it is not too far off. But I want to give this story the ending it deserves and end it before it starts to get dragged on or something along those lines. There is still quite a bit to happen though between now and the end so let's get going! Please leave a review and let me know what you think!

She was driving him crazy. She was right there sitting at a table in the centre of the diner with the queen conversing over coffee. He wanted nothing more than to join them, to sit with her and touch her and kiss her and simply be with her. But he sat in a booth across from Snow and tried not to let his wandering eyes linger too long on his mayor's strong slim legs. One leg crossed over the other, black pencil skirt, bright royal blue buttoned shirt of some variation of matte silk, polished black heels, dark red lips, bold eyes, flawless hair. She wasn't playing fair.

He was having a hard time keeping his eyes off her and it was absolutely impossible to keep his mind clear and focus on what Snow was talking about. Was she even talking anymore? He should probably be paying attention. What he was really quite grateful for was the fact that Snow was completely unaware that Regina was even in the diner for both the queen and the mayor had arrived after Snow and himself and Snow had her back to them.

The queen smirked in to her mug when the mayor's dark eyes flitted once again in David's direction. It only lasted a moment before the woman's eyes were back on her but the queen could tell she was getting antsy. It humoured her. "Well haven't you found yourself falling head over heels," she commented quietly with a playful smirk.

"What are you talking about?"

"Don't play the fool, it doesn't suit you," the queen chuckled lightly and the mayor cleared her throat and pointedly looked in the opposite direction of David as she sipped her coffee. The man was behind her right shoulder but the queen didn't need to twist her neck and look to know that that man was unable to keep his eyes off his pretty little mayor. "You two are hopeless," she laughed in to her mug and the mayor scowled at her.

"Shut up."

"Hopeless."

"Why are you even laughing?" Regina snapped quietly and the queen shrugged and swirled her wrist around to swirl the coffee in her mug.

"It is just amusing to be on the other side of this. It makes me wonder if this is what everyone in my world felt like while watching David and me," she smiled behind her mug with a small shrug. The mayor merely rolled her eyes and schooled her expression as she found something completely fascinating in the steam rising from her coffee. But her focus only lasted moments before her dark eyes flicked to David once again which simply had the queen grinning in delight.

"Stop it, Regina."

"And which Regina are you referring to, dear?" The queen chuckled and the mayor let her head fall straight with her lips pressed in a displeased line and her eyes gently narrowed. It only had her laughing a little more as she brought to rim of her mug to her lips and winked. The mayor simply rolled her eyes and glanced once more at David before focussing her attention on her coffee. "You know if you wish to simply go and get laid in a nearby dwelling all you need to do is tell me," she smirked and the mayor glowered. Then the queen's eyes flicked lazily up to the pretty werewolf who stopped dead in her tracks at the news of her mayor having a sexual partner. "I will simply take it upon myself to accompany dear Snow White," she smirked at the mayor with a shrug of her shoulder and the woman crossed her jaw irritably as the werewolf snapped out of her daze and continued walking past them.

"I will kill you," Regina snapped quietly and the queen merely hummed and playfully raised an eyebrow as she circled the rim of her mug with her fingertip. She tried not to, she really did, but her eyes fell back to David and he was looking right back at her with the same desire she was trying so hard not to give in to. But that momentary glance was the straw that broke her and when her eyes snapped back to the queen, the woman cocked her head to the side with a raise of her brow and a knowing smirk.

"Fine," Regina bit and the queen gave her a grin that was all teeth, "entertain yourself. I will meet up with you later," she told her irritably as she stood and the queen laughed quietly and low in her throat through her teeth.

"As you wish, your majesty," the queen teased and leaned back in her chair as the mayor turned and walked out of the diner. She waited a few seconds after the bell above the door had silenced and once she was content she stood and turned so she could walk to David and Snow. She smiled at David in greeting and then slid herself right in next to Snow which had the girl jumping and gasping a little, "hello," she greeted smoothly as she placed her mug on the table with great care.

"Your Majesty," David greeted in amusement as Snow tried to subtly slide away from the watching queen. He found this woman an absolute joy to be around. And yet she was still very much the Evil Queen. She wasn't any different aside from the fact that her temper was not as quick to light anymore. She still loved to toy with people, still found it amusing to make people's lives a living hell, she was still as quick tongued and sharp and dramatic, still loved to plot. She just wasn't as quick to anger because she was happy. He loved it.

"What brings you over here to our table?" He laughed lightly and pretended not to see Snow's look of disbelief that he wasn't about to get the woman to leave her alone.

"Well I have been here nearly two weeks now and I have spent the majority of my time with your dear mayor and have neglected to pay any mind to either of you."

"And what has sparked your interest in us all of a sudden?" Snow questioned quickly and anxiously, unsure of how much this queen wanted her Snow dead.

"Well actually it is more so yourself I am curious of rather than your pet of a husband," she elaborated smoothly and smirked a little at the tense woman beside her while David merely breathed a laugh and shook his head.

"And what exactly do you find so curious?" She questioned as the urge to slide away from her grew stronger and stronger. One Regina was hard enough for her to cope with and she knew her Regina. She did not know what the queen was like and that detail made her nervous.

"Funny how useful those cell phones are, don't you think, Charming?" She momentarily changed the subject with a smile in his direction and he cocked his head curiously, "I would love to have such technology for communication back in my realm. So convenient for getting a quick message across or keeping schedules. Quite clever," she nodded and then turned her attention back to a confused Snow, "sorry. He will catch on in a moment," she smiled with a quirk of her head and then looked Snow directly in the eye with a pleasant and innocent smile, "I would like to know why you are so terrified of me."

David cocked his head slowly as he pulled his phone out of his pocket and as soon as it was in front of him it vibrated with the delivery of two texts in sequence both from Regina.

"Library. Now."

"Blame Henry."

It had him biting the inside of his cheek to keep himself from grinning. As if for confirmation he glanced up at the queen sitting across from him and as Snow stumbled with her answer, the queen's lovely dark eyes moved to him and she gave the subtlest of smirks before blinking her eyes back to Snow. Who he now realized she had very purposely trapped in a corner. All he had to do was formulate an easy excuse.

"Shit," he hissed under his breath and both the queen and Snow looked in his direction. Snow confused and the queen playing oblivious, "I forgot I'd told Henry I'd spar with him."

"When?" Snow asked with a slight furrow of her brow.

"After school. I've got to see Gold about a sword for him," he improvised as he stood up and made sure Snow didn't get the chance to question him.

"W-"

"You take the keys to the truck," he told her as he dug them out of his pocket. He didn't need her seeing where he parked it, "I said I'd meet him at the park and it's less hassle to just walk."

"David-"

"You could have just said it flat out that I was late," he commented to the queen as he paused beside her and subtly pushed his phone toward her out of Snow's line of sight.

The queen took it with a smile and slipped it in to her blazer pocket without anyone seeing as she shrugged and her innocent smile pulled in to a playful smirk, "where would be the fun in that?" She teased and he barely held back his smile as he turned and continued on his way out of the diner.

"David!" Snow called after him in disbelief but he didn't say a word and she was left there alone with only the company of the queen. The queen, as Henry had assured them all, that was still very much capable of killing for pleasure.

"Well then," the queen smirked and settled herself in to the booth as she brought her coffee to her lips, "let's continue."

...

Subtly, David looked around him as he approached the library door and when he was satisfied there was no one watching he quickly slipped inside. The library was closed. He didn't know why exactly, only knew it was some sort of maintenance and therefore it was empty. Empty save for the stunning brunette standing off to his left by a section of bookshelves. The locking of the door was a distinct click after it closed behind him and he suspected a charm she had placed on it in his absence for she did not so much as flick a finger in its direction.

She was absolutely breathtaking. Powerful and strong and held a look of lust in her eyes that was so potent he couldn't cope. Neither of them said a word in greeting and he marched toward her and the lust and need only grew in her expression so that when he did reach her his kiss was rougher than he intended it to be. She didn't care. She didn't miss a beat and was immediately kissing him back with a matched ferocity that urged him to continue.

His hands were all over her and she was already losing control of her voice as little moans and whimpers sounded from her mouth as his need shook her to her core. His kiss made her knees weak but it didn't really matter for he suddenly had her stumbling backwards until her back collided with a bookcase and sent her arousal shooting through the roof. She already had her nails in him as she moaned and sharply nipped at his lips between deliciously needy and deep kisses.

She clawed at his chest as her other hand took a grip on his hair at the back of his head and he carelessly tugged the shirt from her skirt. The growl that rumbled in her throat was purely animalistic as his large, warm, and heavy hands slipped beneath her shirt and over her bare skin. Over her stomach, up her sides, around her back, and then one back around to knead at her breasts. She was going crazy and she didn't even care when he grew frustrated enough to pull her shirt apart and send buttons everywhere. With the added freedom his hands only grew heavier and more appreciative of her figure so she was a whimpering mess as she slowly hooked a leg around his so she could urge him closer and maybe grind away some of the building heat and ache between her legs.

She was panting and moaning when he broke their heated kiss to latch his teeth and lips to her neck. In return her teeth bit at his shoulder and her fingers raked through his hair while the others pulled at his belt. His breath was hot, his kisses were wet, and his bites gave the perfect amount of pain. He was learning. "David," she whimpered and moaned as her head lolled back against the bookshelf and he immediately moved his hungry mouth to her throat. She was dizzy and everything was hazy as she tried her best to rock her hips against his but her damn skirt was too tight.

"Yes?" He breathed and slowly scratched his nails down her side as he continued the assault on her neck. Her low and throaty moan vibrated against his lips and he swore he could live off of this. He found no greater pleasure than when she turned in to a wet and hot mess in his hands without so much as a lucid thought aside from...

"Fuck me," she whimpered and he growled and bit down on the side of her neck. He kissed her mouth again. Hard and deep and fast as his fingers clawed over the contours of her body and her fingers tugged open the buttons on his shirt so she could feel the warmth of his skin beneath her fingertips. His right hand pulled at her bra until he succeeded in releasing her breast and she whimpered and kissed him harder as he did as he wished with her. But what held the majority of her focus was his left hand sliding up her calf and over the side of her knee to push up the problematic skirt higher up her thigh. When it was high enough to permit it, David sharply tugged her forward by the bend in her knee so she could hook her leg around his hip and he could proceed to slip his fingers back under the bunched hem of her shirt and hook them in to her panties at her hip and pull.

Rumple had been looking for Belle. The library was closed but he wasn't surprised when his magic told him there was someone inside it. Belle loved her library. However when his cloud of smoke dissipated and he found himself standing in the library he was not greeted by the sight of his darling Belle. No what he saw was quite literally the last thing he expected to find in this library and did cause him to jump back in surprise.

Regina and David. It was his Regina, Storybrooke Regina, not the queen and of that he was certain but which David it was he couldn't say. Not yet anyway. But if he were to pick one he'd guess it to be the town's sheriff. He had her pinned to a bookshelf as he kissed her for all she was worth, the hand closest to Rumple pulling the woman's panties down her thigh while her leg hooked around his hip so her stiletto dug in to his thigh, and his right hand thumbing over her bare breast as her black lace bra cup had been pulled down. Her silk shirt hung from her shoulders to expose her slender frame and he could honestly say he had never seen the woman with so little clothing covering her. Nor David for that matter as Regina's nails scratched down the length of his muscled chest and abdomen and the other hand tugged at his open jeans.

What seemed like long minutes of staring in shock at the pairing was truly only a moment. Hardly a few seconds before Rumple found the sense to clear his throat. At the sound both David and Regina snapped out of it and swung their heads in his direction, a soft smacking sound when their kiss broke with the movement. Their eyes were wide and caught as they the three of them stared at one another in silence. It was of course Regina that regained a little bit of her composure first and looked away from Rumple for a moment and quickly pulled her shirt to cover her chest.

"Rumple," she greeted with a slight nod and made herself look at him. He looked just as startled to find her and David there as she was sure they looked to see him there.

"Regina," he greeted in return, unsure of really what else to say. He was not often lost for words but all the future seeing in the world hadn't hinted at such a curveball being thrown. Silence hung in the air between the three of them and David looked away from him to busy himself with better covering his parter. Silence. Awkward, tense, silence.

"I...don't suppose you've seen Belle around, have you?" He questioned in an attempt to just do something.

Regina shook her head and tried to make sense of what the hell was going on. It was difficult to focus with David so close and so hard for her. Even if Rumplestiltskin had just walked in on their affair. "No. We are very much alone in here," she nodded awkwardly and Rumple was in no better position.

"Right," he nodded and then took a step back, "well...carry on then," he told them without really knowing quite to say and then quickly disappeared in a plume of smoke. He was going to have to mull that one over.

Both David and Regina remained tense after her vanished and David only relaxed a little when Regina started laughing. It started out quiet and small but it grew a little freer and louder through her teeth as she rocked her head back against the bookcase and closed her eyes. "That was not funny, you little minx," he scolded but couldn't help but laugh with her.

Regina simply shook her head and continued to laugh, "we'll be fine, we'll be fine."

"That was Rumple-fucking-stiltskin! We are not fine!" He laughed and she placed a warm hand on his chest and tried to settle her laughter. It only worked a little bit.

"He won't say anything until I at least talk to him," she assured with a lighter laugh and shook her head again. She should not be laughing. But she couldn't help it. The look on that imp's face was one she was going to hold close to her heart until the day she died. "We'll be fine, now please continue what you were doing before that untimely interruption," she teased with a wide and playful grin that was all teeth.

David laughed and then shook his head as he leaned in closer, "as you wish, your majesty," he teased against her lips and she gave one more light laugh before he kissed her and slowly let his hands start roaming once more.

...

"So let me make sure I understand," the queen nodded and Snow sighed in to her hands. Much to the queen's amusement. She had been happily distracting the now frustrated Snow White with loopholes and misdirections and redirections for the past fifteen minutes and the girl's fear had grown in to frustration. "You believe I am more inclined to kill you on the spot than your lovely mayor, you believe I am urging your mayor to pursue an affair with your husband, you believe I am a loose cannon about to let loose on this quiet town of yours, and you believe I am either tricking my David by hiding my true colours from him or that he is playing me for a fool despite everything you've seen in our stay here. Correct?"

"Well when you say it all like that it makes me sound like-"

"Like a judgmental little wretch? Yes I thought so too," the queen sighed pleasantly with a mocking smile and Snow worked her jaw around irritably and focused her attention straight ahead of them. It only had the queen's smile growing as she turned her empty mug and subtly slid David's phone partially out of her pocket so she could glance at the screen after it vibrated. It was a message from the mayor.

"Thank you."

That was all it read and the queen simply smiled a little more as she let it slip back in to her pocket and shrugged for the sake of keeping conversation with Snow. "You've always been a prejudicial little brat though," she breathed out and smiled a little at Snow when the woman scowled at her, "I suppose there are some things you just can't grow out of," she shrugged a little and then let the corners of her mouth lift a little more with her smirk, "however at least one of your suspicions is true," she cocked her head and Snow watched her curiously but still with a scowl on her mouth.

Slowly Regina leaned toward Snow and the woman looked her up and down suspiciously and tried to lean away but the wall at her back kept her from going too far. The queen hummed softly as she sized up her prey and once she was satisfied that she had her full attention, she flipped the knife off the table and in to her hand so she could press its dull but still effective tip beneath Snow's jaw. All in one swift movement she had Snow's fear returning in full force and she couldn't help but grin at the girl's startled gasp. Then she hummed again, long and slow as Snow's hand gripped her wrist and unsuccessfully tried to pull the knife away, "I will kill you faster than your darling mayor," she smirked with a tilt of her head, "so let us play nice. Hmm?" She spoke smoothly and cheerfully and withdrew the knife, spinning it in her fingers so she could offer the handle to Snow.

Snow took it slowly and carefully as though she expected her to turn around and stab her anyway. But she didn't and simply smiled, "we should talk again," she nodded and Snow remained glued to her corner of the booth while she effortlessly slid out of her side and stood up tall, "see you around," she smiled and walked away with a smile at the unaware and cheerful werewolf as though she hadn't just threatened to kill Snow White. She never intended to anyway and she doubt she ever would in this land. Sure there were countless other methods of ending her conversation with Snow so she could leave. But none of them were nearly as fun as putting a blade to the girl's throat. Even if it was dull.

"You are very welcome, Madam Mayor."

...

Regina glanced at her phone when it vibrated on the table with the queen's reply. She rolled her eyes with a smile as she buttoned her shirt closed after having searched for all her scattered buttons amongst the floor. "I am never going to hear the end of this," she sighed with a light laugh.

"From who? Rumple?" He chuckled and she scoffed.

"The queen," she replied sharply but with a smile as David laughed quietly and buckled his belt.

"I think she's having too much fun with this affair. And she's not even part of it," he chuckled and Regina shook her head with a laugh as she finished her last button and began tucking her shirt back in to her skirt.

"What was your excuse to get out of the diner?"

"I had to get a sword for Henry from Rumple so that we could spar in the park after school," he answered with a smile as he lazily wrapped his arms around her waist and she stepped in to him with a bright smile.

"He will love that I'm sure," she grinned and let her relaxed muscles move her body with his pull in to him while her hands settled on his biceps, "I suppose I will have to go and tell him of his plans with you this afternoon."

"Yes that may be required," he nodded and she laughed quietly in her throat and through her teeth before it slowly faded with the beginning of his kiss. He was never going to get enough of her kiss. It was so easy and seamless and sparked a roaring hunger deep in his belly no matter how small the kiss. He hummed against her mouth and furrowed his brow as he simultaneously stepped in to her and pulled her closer to him.

She loved being trapped against him like this. Their whole fronts pressed tightly together so no air could ever pass through as he kissed her senseless. Her shirt was thin and his was not much better and she could feel every hard muscle in his body against hers. Tempting her, teasing her, coaxing her, and she was quickly falling, "David," she breathed out in protest and was answered with a shortly hummed question as he kissed her again in a nearly successful attempt to make her forget what she was protesting, "we don't have time."

"There is always time, my darling," he whispered against her full and parted lips before he stole her breath once more with another kiss. Slowly he pulled the zipper on the side of her skirt, giving her time to protest one more time. She thought about it, he waited for her to commit and tell him no more but she never did. So he kissed her neck and slowly made his way down until he was on his knees and had her leg over his shoulder and his mouth around her clit as she clawed at the table and his scalp and screamed his name.

...

"Henry."

Henry snapped his head to the sound of his name and was surprised to find it was in fact his mother approaching him as he walked away from the school, "mom? What are you doing here," he laughed with a shake of his head.

"I am here to tell you that you have plans to spar with David in the park right now and you have been looking forward to it for the past couple of days," she told him smoothly with a nod and he looked at her in confusion for a few seconds before he made sense of it and started laughing. Which had her pursing her lips and looking down at the ground between them.

"You guys are using me as an alibi now?" Henry laughed and she pointedly cleared her throat and clasped her hands behind her back.

"Yes I told David to use you as an excuse to get away from Snow."

"That is hilarious," he nodded with a smirk and she rolled her eyes.

"I will try not to do it again."

"I don't mind, mom," he laughed and started walking in the direction of the park instead of home and she pivoted and fell in step beside him, "so long as the excuses are awesome like sword fighting in the park," he grinned and she laughed with a long sigh and wrapped her arm around his shoulders so she could pull him in to her side.

"You are a good boy, Henry," she smiled and kissed the side of his head, "I love you."

"I love you too, mom," he smiled and leaned in to her side a little heavier, "I'm glad you're happy."

...

Rumple was at his till behind the counter when the bell above his door rang. He was not surprised to see Regina walking in. She looked around at the contents of his shop as she walked up to him, her eyes scrutinizing every detail as she kept her head high and level and her strides strong and regular. It was almost like he didn't poof in on her and the charming prince halfway to fucking one another in a public library. Neither one of them said a word. Not even when she stopped in front of him on the other side of the counter.

She stood there waiting for him to say something. Some arrogant string of words. But nothing left the imp's mouth so she glanced past his shoulder and looked back at him, "are we alone?"

"Just you and me, dearie," he confirmed with half a smile and she nodded.

"Did David stop by?"

"Yes. Something about covering his bases and needing a sword for Henry. Said nothing about the pair of you though," he raised his brow a little with a partial nod and she nodded in reply, "I assumed he was leaving it to the instigator of this...affair."

"Well if he had been doing that he would have spoken to you himself."

"Is that so?" He questioned in surprise and she nodded again, "how very interesting."

"Indeed."

"The image of the visiting royal couple too much for him to handle?"

"This was sparked long before them," she shook her head and she honestly didn't think his eyebrows could go any higher, "I think it goes without saying that we want this kept quiet for the time being."

"I would imagine so, yes."

"And I just don't believe that you will keep your mouth shut," she smiled a doubtful smile and he shook his head with a breath of laughter.

"Regina, I care not about who you entertain yourself with," he assured but the embittering edge now present in her smile led him to the belief that David was not simply a plaything to her. Another surprising piece of information. "It is not very often that I am blindsided and even more rare that I am blindsided by such trivial matters of the heart and the fact that you have managed to keep this so deeply buried," he laughed and shook his head and she watched him curiously and doubtfully with a frown and a creased brow, "I want no part of it."

"...I don't believe you. You are always dipping your fingers in people's secrets."

"Yes. Secrets that have the ability or hold the potential to be used to my benefit. A love affair between yourself and Prince Charming is a ticking time bomb I would very much prefer to steer clear of. I have no use in bringing this knowledge to the town or to Snow White. I know. And that gives me plenty of leverage against both you and David. Should I need anything from either of you, all I need to do is simply threaten the wellbeing of one of you. No need for me to get the melodramatic town involved."

Regina studied him through squinted eyes. He was telling the truth. Granted, she didn't always know if he was lying but this time she was really quite certain he was being completely honest. It went against every instinct and every habit but she nodded in acceptance, "alright."

He had been expecting a little more fight from her but really he was quite happy to leave it at that, "alright."

"You speak one word and I will make your life a living hell."

"Of course," he smiled in his amusement. There was the queen he knew. She gave him one last once over before she turned and walked away but he stopped her before she got to the door, "I actually do have one inquiry."

"Yes?" She raised her brow as she looked back at him.

"How serious is this affair between you two?" He questioned with a slight turn and dip of his head. She didn't answer him. Simply stood there for a moment and crossed her jaw with a scowl and looked away from him, dragging her eyes along the contents of his shop as she turned back to the door. That was plenty enough to for an answer though. "Careful, dearie," he called after her and she paused with a hand on the door. His warning was genuine and his heart went out to her just a little. She hadn't lived the most fair life and her struggle back to the light he deprived her of was painful to watch for he was trying now to do the same, "you and love have never gotten along well."

"I never said anything about love."

"Perhaps not aloud," he pressed and didn't need to finish the rest of his sentence. She heard it loud and clear and after a moment's pause she tugged open the door and left his shop without a word or a glance in his direction.