"Hey Em..." Ruby said to the blonde passing by.
"Hey Rubes" Emma smiled.
"I heard you and Regina have a date tonight. Got something special planned out?"
"Ugh, she really can't keep a secret, can she?." She said, blushing a little.
"Come on! Give her a break! It's her little girl's first date, well one she'll get to see. She missed all that. She's excited!"
"I'm not little and they'll get to be there for all that with the new baby" Emma said, failing to keep the sadness out of her voice.
"Does that bother you?"
"A little but I know they love me and if they could, they would have been there for me too. Enough of that! Will you do me a favour and check on Henry when I'm out later?"
"Of course! So what do you have planned?"
"Nothing big. Just dinning and conversation and wooing"
"I don't think Regina needs any more wooing. She's already whipped, you both are"
"You think so?"
"I know so. Everyone in Storybrooke does. After the cute little moment you guys displayed yesterday, people haven't stopped talking about it."
"What have they been saying? Not bad things I hope. Because I won't let anyone hurt Regina, in whichever way"
"No, no relax. Man, you've got it bad! They're just happy that you two have finally found happiness. You both deserve it. So if there's anything any of us can do to help out in any way, just let us know"
"Okay, in that case...You were offering, right?"
"Yeah, totally!" she jovial brunette replied.
About fifteen minutes later Emma had finished explaining things to Ruby. "You sure you can handle it?"
"Positive. I'll get Tink and some guys all over it right now."
"Okay, I'll be making a stop at my parent's first, then come back here to change before heading to pick Regina up so you guys should have plenty of time." The blonde gave her friend a grateful smile.
"Amazeballs. Now go, so you won't be late"
"Thanks Rubes. I owe you one"
"How does me helping you get dressed for the wedding sound for my payment?" the younger brunette grinned at her.
"We'll see" Emma replied standing from the stool and taking off towards the door.
"Do you need anything?" David asked his daughter.
"No dad, I'm fine. Its just a date." She said turning to her mother who gave her the 'If you say so' look.
"Okay honey. Goodluck" the pixie haired woman said as she pulled the blonde in a hug.
"Thanks. I better head off and get changed. Ruby will be watching Henry tonight." She said as she pulled out of her mother's embrace and walked to her father to kiss his cheek. "Bye" she said quietly then she left.
An hour later, Emma stood in front of 108 Mufflin street fidgeting after she knocked. Truth is she didn't know why she was so nervous. Her and Regina had been on a date before so it wasn't exactly a new experience. But with the way things had been between them, she needed things to go well tonight. She owed Regina that much. She needed to remind her how much she loved her even though she'd been acting like a brat. She wasn't sure how things would work out now but she was excited to find out with the woman she loved by her side. Suddenly her thoughts were interrupted when the door was pulled open and a beautiful vision that was Regina Mills, stood in front of her.
"Hi" the brunette smiled at her as she continued to hold the door open, and Emma's breath caught in her throat for a moment as she took in the site of her. Dressed in a stunning blue dress was her woman, her dress was low cut and a bit off her shoulders and dropped daringly down to show her gorgeous breasts. A thin gold chain surrounded her neck with a small 'E' encrusted with tiny diamonds hung down between her breasts. Her hair hung simply down, falling stunningly across her shoulders. Her make-up was flawlessly applied with jet black eye liner to emphasize her brown eyes. And when she smiled again, all the air left Emma's lungs that she almost fell over.
"You are breath taking!" she wheezed.
"Thank you" Regina blushed, she leaned down and kissed Emma gently on the cheek. "And you look absolutely stunning yourself!" she ran her fingers down the lapels of the red coat Emma was wearing. She took a step back and took in the other woman. Emma's red coat hung over a short black leather mini dress that fit her perfectly like it was made just for her and under it were black fully opaque tights. Her hair fell over her shoulders in a mass of blonde curls and on her feet she wore a pair of stunning black suede heels. Her beauty couldn't be described with words and Regina would have spent her entire evening staring at her had Emma not spoken.
"Ready to go?" the blonde asked,
"Yeah, I'll just grab my purse"
"Where are we going" Regina asked for the third time. They had been driving for a while and the blonde had refused to answer her in regard to their intended destination.
"You'll see."
"Please stop saying that. And we should have at least taken my car. You know I don't trust this death trap."
"But do you trust me?"
Regina sighed, "You know I do. More than anything or anyone" she smiled as she raised her hand and ran her fingers smoothly along the blonde's jaw.
"Then just wait and see. We're almost there" and that's when Regina returned her eyes back on the road only to notice that they were a few metres from reaching the town line.
"Are we going out of town?"
"No...we are not" Emma said, barely concealing her almost loss of patience with the other woman.
"But..."
"We're here." Emma said, stopped her bug and got out to go open Regina's side of the door.
They could see the town line from where they were standing, but that wasn't what caught Regina's attention. She'd spotted a tiny light in the distance before Emma pulled up and now that the two had started walking towards it, the tiny light came to full focus and she stumbled to a stop. The light had turned into what was at least fifty flickering candles dotting a little path to a beautifully set table by the further side of the road. Emma walked ahead and stood in the centre of the path her leather covered hands snuggled deeply into her coat pockets her gaze finding her heels suddenly interesting. Regina stood quietly, still not able to come up with anything to say. Her breath caught in her throat as she watched Emma fidgeting, her small movements creating a little breeze that made all the candles around her flicker. So beautiful. She thought.
Breaking out of her reverie, she began to make her way towards the other woman. Within seconds Emma heard her footsteps and looked up with a nervous smile.
"What's this?" Regina asked and returned her smile.
Emma bit her lip and couldn't help but notice how the candle light illuminated Regina's beautiful face and features. "I'm trying to be romantic" she said with a small shrug.
"Oh, really?" Regina said with a little laugh. She walked the remaining few steps and came to a stop directly in front of Emma. "Why out here?"
Emma took a deep breath and then looked into Regina's eyes. "Because this is where our happily ever after, began." Regina looked at her questioningly. "Remember over a year ago you held my hand right there and gave me your happy ending with Henry?" Regina nodded, finally realizing where they were. "I've been thinking and I realized that while that might have been true then, it's actually the complete opposite right now. What you gave me was just the beginning of our beautiful love story Regina. When you held my hand that day and said all those things, it broke my heart because it was then that I let myself accept how in love I was with you and then it was all being taken away in that very same moment. But in just that short moment you made me feel like I was worthy of something, even something as big as sacrificing your own happiness for mine, something I hadn't felt in my whole life. Then we met in New York and you brought something in my life and Henry's that I hadn't known before. Happiness and Contentment. Even without my memories you made me feel that I was enough and worthy. And then we came back here and I got my memories back and I acted the way I did and on the following morning I realized how horrible I'd been to the only person who ever deemed me deserving of something as beautiful as unconditional love and it almost killed me. I just couldn't come see you knowing what I'd done and I guess I got scared of us going back to the people we were before that day a year ago. But now am not scared anymore...well maybe a little bit" she smiled, "but I know the only person who can help me overcome that fear is you. Because losing you, Regina Mills is my deepest and worst fear. And I know I messed up but if you let me, I'm willing to spend the rest of my life making it up to you." She stopped and that's when she realized that tears were running down both their faces. "Regina..."
"It's beautiful" Regina said waving her hand at the whole setup because that was the only thing she could manage to say then.
Emma reached out and cupped Regina's face in her hand, using her thumb to brush away her tears. "You're beautiful." She said so softly her voice was almost a whisper. Regina leaned into Emma's hand and accepted the words with no protest. Not a lot of people had told her she was beautiful unless they wanted something in return and she never even believed it. But those words coming from Emma's mouth made her feel like beauty personified.
Emma leaned down and pressed their lips together. Regina reached up and buried her hands in Emma's curls. The kiss remained slow and gentle for a few minutes until Emma finally pulled away.
"Hi." Emma said softly and pushed a dark lock of hair from Regina's face.
"Hey." Regina replied with a smile and dropped her hands to the back of Emma's neck. She rubbed tiny circles with her thumb at the base of her hair line. "I think I like romantic Emma."
Emma laughed a little. "I just met her today. I'm glad you like."
"I love." Regina said, leaning in for a small kiss.
"We better eat before the food gets cold. A lot of people helped out on this, you know?" Emma said when they pulled apart.
"Really?"
"Yeah, really. Do you honestly think I'd have done all this on my own?"
"I have to admit, you're not that creative." Regina teased as Emma pulled out a chair for her to sit.
"Hey...I'm plenty creative."
"Have you seen your sense of style, Miss Swan!" Regina winked at the blonde who stuck out a tongue at her as she sat down opposite the brunette.
"You really look beautiful tonight, darling. Thank you for all of this" Regina said, suddenly growing serious.
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"Shouldn't we cleaned this up or something?" Regina asked as she followed Emma in standing up after they were done with their meal. They had eaten and talked about the year they'd been apart and neither woman could remember the last time they felt so free and content and happy.
"No, they'll take care of it" Emma smiled at her.
"This was amazing, Emma. Thank you!" Regina pulled the blonde closer to her and chastely but passionately kissed her.
"My pleasure. Now shall we go? I have to get you home, its freezing out here."
"Sure."
"Would you like to come in?"
"I don't think that's such a good idea. I have tried so hard to keep my hands off you the whole night. If I came in, I doubt I'll be able to stop myself from..you know."
"Who said I want you to?" Regina said, a blush creeping up her face.
"Huh?"
"Come on in" Regina said as she pushed the door open and stood aside to let Emma in. "Go on up. I'll be there in a bit, I'll just lock up" she didn't need to ask the blonde twice.
Ten minutes later Regina walked in her bedroom, she eased the door shut her purse still in hand.
"Hey" Emma said, standing from Regina's bed. The brunette smiled as she came to stand in front of the blonde.
"Hey." She blushed.
Emma took the final step and moved closer to her, plucking Regina's purse from her hand, put it down on the dresser and then took her hand in her own.
Regina walked Emma backwards towards her bed. She didn't stop until the blonde fell backwards and landed on the bed. Crawling on top of her, she looked down into the glimmering pools of green and she felt her insides melt. Emma reached up and ran her finger along Regina's lips; she traced her scar with her fingertip.
"You're so beautiful and I can't believe you keep choosing me. You could have anyone, yet you choose me." Emma said in wonder. She would never understand how she got so lucky as to have this amazing, beautiful woman for herself.
"Emma, you are a beautiful woman and I love you. I have loved you for so long now I don't remember a time when I didn't. Since I met you, you slowly became my beacon of light in the darkness that I was. You are my hope and dreams and like you said, my happily ever after." She leaned down, gently kissed Emma and then whispered. "I love you."
With tenderness Emma didn't know, Regina removed her clothes. She kissed her soft skin as she kept revealing it, until Emma lay before her completely naked and in all her glory. Peeling her own clothes off of herself slowly, she let them drop on the floor and stood before the woman she loved. When Emma reached a hand up to her, she took it, kneeled on the bed and crawled upward until she was hovering over her lover. They kissed for a while, with gentle brushes of their lips and tongues. Everything Regina did was slow and gentle, her every touch spoke of the love and devotion that she had for the other woman.
Emma's head fell back on her pillow when Regina kissed the tender area below her ear and nibbled at her neck. She could feel tingles race to the tip of her toes and back up to swirl around her centre. Juices flowed from between her legs to soak the covers of Regina's bed. Low moans rumbled in her chest when she felt moist lips make their way down her neck and stop at the top of her breasts. Arching her back, she offered herself to Regina.
"Regina...Oh dear god!...I..." she tangled her fingers into dark hair and pulled Regina's head to her hardened nipple. "Please." She gasped when her nipple was taken into a warm mouth and sucked gently. She whimpered when Regina pulled away and rose up to straddle her hips.
"You are the most beautiful woman I've ever seen." She trailed her fingers down across her firm breasts and stomach to stop at her hips. Leaning forward, she kissed her way down to the soft brown coloured curls and stopped when Emma's hips thrust upwards. She felt her own juices flowing and coating the insides of her thighs.
"Don't stop!" Emma panted and thrust her hips upward and moaned when she felt Regina's wetness mix with her own.
"Dear, I'm far from stopping." She purred and worked her way backwards on the bed to stop when she was lying between the blonde's muscular thighs. "I won't stop until we're both too tired to even move!" she licked at the soft curls and moaned when wetness touched her chin. Sliding her hands beneath Emma's hips, she lifted her up and held her. Taking her first taste, she moaned deeply against swollen lips and felt long fingers tangle in her hair. Never would she get tired of how Emma smelled, the way she tasted. Oh!, how she'd missed it. Slowly, she savoured the juices flowing from between Emma's nether lips and licked her deeper.
Emma threw her head back, clutched at the bedcovers and pumped her hips against Regina's mouth. Regina knew how to make her feel things she never dreamed of. Every nerve in her body sang, her muscles danced in her stomach and tensed in her thighs. She could feel liquid heat rushing through her body and then her ears rang with her screams. Before her body stopped pulsing, she felt two fingers slip inside her and pumped slowly while Regina's tongue licked her engorged clit.
"Regina!...Ohh Yes! Right there!" her back arched off the bed as another climax tore through her body followed by another one seconds later. Her legs shook and then fell limp to the bed as she gasped for air and reached for Regina. "I can't...again." she said between pants for air. Regina crawled up her body, lay beside her and pulled her into her arms to kiss away the tears running down her cheeks. Emma closed her eyes and pressed her ace into sweat-dampened neck, kissing the softness before her, she ran her hand up Regina's back.
Rolling them over so she was on top of Regina, Emma continued to kiss her until she felt her shiver beneath her. Trailing her lips and tongue down her chin, she stopped at the hollow of her throat. She licked the dampness from her skin and pulled it between her lips to suck. Fingernails dug into her back, scratched downwards to grip her ass and pull her into thrusting hips. Before she settled between strong thighs, she loved every single inch of Regina's body. She left several marks on the brunette, but only where she could see them.
Regina watched as Emma's tongue licked her centre, her eyes fluttered closed when she felt it slip inside her. She gripped the covers in clenched fists, pushed her heels into the mattress and raised her hips upward. Emma pushed her tongue into the brunette's warms centre and moaned deeply when she felt her muscles close around her. Pulling her tongue out, she licked at the juices flowing from her and the flicked the tip of her tongue against a pulsating clit. Wetting her middle finger, she circled around Regina's centre, slipped its part way in and stopped when Regina gasped.
"Please, Emma!" she begged at the blonde's pause. She sighed in relief when Emma thrust it all the way in. She slowly thrust one then two fingers until Regina's hips were thrusting against her. Every muscle in her body tensed when she felt warm lips pull on her clit and send her over the edge of the abyss. Emma's fingers tipping upward and sending her back over the edge before she could catch her breath made her cry out. Her body shook, trembled and tossed her when Emma groaned against her throbbing clit and sucked at her centre to draw out every drop she had to give. Weak and breathing heavily, she collapsed on the bed and felt Emma licking her way up her body. Snuggling against her, she felt Emma press herself into her body and groan when an orgasm racked her body.
After staring into the green eyes for a while, she brought their lips together and tasted herself on the blonde's lips and tongue. When they parted, Emma looked deeply into her eyes.
"I love you, Emma." Regina said softly, pulling her close. "I love you so much it scares me too sometimes."
Emma gave a hum of agreement and snuggled deep into her embrace feeling content and safe.
"Regina?"
"Mmm"
"Marry Me" Emma said.
TBC...
Hi guys. I'm so sorry for the late update. Work is really wearing me down. As you can probably tell, we're almost coming to the end of the story. What do you think? How many more chapters? Let me know what you'd want. Thanks so so much for the advice about the kind of date you wanted. I hope what I wrote is okay. Review and let me know what you think. Lots of love to you all.
-A.