A/N So the hiatus is finally over XD

Just so you guys know I've been working on three other fics, 'I Can't Lose You', 'We Need To Get Over It' and 'An (Un)welcome Surprise,' so I would appreciate it if you guys wanted to check them out XD

I've also been editing 'The Hatter' by PerditusFic, I am now officially the beta and co-author, so I would love if you guys would check it out. It's a very interesting story, I would definitely recommend i.

I'll try and update this every other day, anyway without any further ado, here's the chapter:

Chapter 43

-One week later-

"I have to go to work, Emma," Regina chuckled as she felt the blonde's strong arms pull her closer.

"Five more minutes, Gina," she mumbled against her back.

The brunette rolled her eyes, and turned to face her girlfriend, "I'm being serious."

"So am I," Emma said, her eyes were still closed, but the huge smirk on her face revealed that she was in fact awake.

"Don't you have work too? You're supposed to be finding a new deputy."

"David is the deputy, he just doesn't know yet," Emma finally opened her eyes, and just tightened her grip on her girlfriend's waist.

They stared at each other for a few seconds, before they both turned at the knock at the door.

"Come in," Regina called.

Once the handle turned Henry came in, covering both of his eyes, he said, "are you making breakfast?"

"Kid, you can uncover your eyes," Emma laughed, finally releasing Regina they both sat up. She knew that the ten year old was adverse to see them kissing, but he honestly had no idea what kind of thing he could walk in on, so she was somewhat happy that he insisted on covering his eyes.

Henry peeked through his fingers to find them looking perfectly innocent, and he asked again, "breakfast?"

Regina jumped out of bed, "go and get dressed and I'll get started."

Henry quickly hugged her, something he had been doing a lot over the past week, and Emma guessed it was because he had lost her about three times in a few weeks, so he was being understandably clingy of his mother.

Emma came and stood next to her, and circled her waist with her arms and rested her chin on her shoulder, "I thought you were meeting Graham for breakfast."

"I am, but that doesn't mean I can't make it for you and our son."

Emma smiled broadly, and twisted her arm for a not so sweet kiss.

Regina walked into the diner, and instantly raised an eyebrow at the former sheriff. She remembered his hesitation that day in her office, and she was now sure that she had missed something that he wanted to talk to her about; she also had a sneaking suspicion that it had something to do with a certain wolf.

"Good morning, madam mayor," he smiled; the man almost seemed relieved that she was there. He had wanted to talk to her for a while, but figured that he should wait and allow her to spend time with her family.

Regina slid easily into the booth, "I heard you and the wolf broke up."

Graham's eyebrows shot up, before he deflated, "I don't know why I thought a hunter and a wolf would be a good idea."

"You're not a hunter anymore, in fact as the leader of the animal shelter aren't you quite the opposite?" Regina laughed, and mouthed 'thank you' to the waitress who placed a coffee in front of her.

Graham nodded in agreement, "my past was a tense subject, besides we kind of mutually broke up. It wasn't working out."

"Why am I the only one you can talk about this with?"

"Well even though we didn't work out, we're friends, so I need your help to stop her from being an idiot," he explained.

"How so?" Regina asked with a furrowed brow.

"Her and Belle," Graham replied, "I've noticed them dancing around each other. Belle has officially broken up with Gold..."

Regina held up her hand, "did you call me here to gossip?"

Graham sighed dramatically and said, "you could look at it like that. A lot of things have happened in the weeks you were...not yourself," he gestured towards another booth where Mulan and Aurora were holding hands and laughing.

"Okay, so you want me to help you to get your ex-girlfriend with another woman?"

Graham shrugged with a wry grin, "I helped you and Emma get together."

Regina rolled her eyes, "we were hardly anything of note."

The man nodded in agreement and they both fell into silence as they each took a drink of their morning beverages.

"Fine I'll help," Regina finally relented, "but I would suggest talking to Henry about it, he could come up with some kind of operation and make everything easier."

Emma paced the apartment floor, her parents and Henry sat on the couch watching her move from side to side somewhat comically, until Henry put his hand up.

"Did you want something, Emma?"

The blonde finally stopped pacing and faced the three that she had called here, "I'm freaking out!"

"Why?" David chuckled.

"I'm supposed to be taking Regina on our first date tomorrow, and I've got nothing!" she said dramatically.

"You haven't been on a first date yet? But you've stopped over nearly every day," Henry said with a furrowed brow.

Emma's ears promptly turned pink and she shook her head, "I missed her for so long that I wanted spend as much time as possible with her," she said, before she added much to Henry's confusion, "we just slept."

David shifted uncomfortably in his sit at what she could have been implying, and coughed to move the conversation forward, "just take her to dinner."

"There's two restaurants in this town," Emma said with an exasperated sigh, before she noticed her mother biting her lip, "you have an idea, what is it?"

"You're not going to like it," Snow warned.

"I'm up for anything at this point," Emma said desperately.

"Well Storybrooke has stables..." she said slowly.

Emma paled and shook her head, "anything but that."

"Do you have any better ideas?" the other woman chuckled.

"But..."

Charming furrowed his brow as he watched the exchange, Mary Margaret had told him everything that had happened in the Enchanted Forest, but it was still rather strange that the fearless woman he had read about could be afraid of horses.

"You know that she would love it, sweetheart."

Emma sighed, and handed her mother the phone, "fine, but you book it, I'll probably chicken out."

A/N Reviews would be much appreciated XD feel free to pm with any ideas that you want to see in this fic