A/N: I am so sorry for making it so long before an update. Please forgive me. T.T I won't bore you with a lengthy note, just enjoy and review. Much love to my readers.

Chapter 13

Regina kissed along the underside of a breast before nuzzling up to capture a firm, pert nub, sucking on it and flicking her tongue gently over it. Emma moaned and arched into her, needing much more than what she was receiving. Regina just smirked against the woman's soft skin and moved off to kiss along the side of the blonde's breast as she slowly continued her descent, kissing and grazing her teeth feather light over Emma's rib cage on the side. Her hand was following a similar path along the younger woman's other side. Emma's toned stomach sucked in as she took in a deep breath and shuttered out it's release, Regina continuing her worship over the smooth curve of Emma's side, biting lightly.

"Regina please," Emma begged in a whisper. But the brunette ignored the plea as she kissed over and up the middle of the woman's stomach. "You've been torturing me for half an hour."

Regina placed a kiss between Emma's breasts before looking up through her lashes at Emma. "Actually, dear, it's only been 14 and a half minutes, but who's counting?" She questioned rhetorically, a devilish smirk playing upon her lips as she lifted her head and moved to claim the blonde's lips, her hand caressing along the same path she had taken with her mouth.

"I seriously hate you right now." Emma let out breathlessly as the kiss ended. She tried to glare at the brunette above her but it turned into a look of begging as Regina ran the back of two fingers straight down the blonde's middle. When she trailed even further down, Emma's breath hitched as she hoped, no, prayed that this time the other woman would stop the damn teasing.

Regina was captivated watching the blonde's continuous mixture and change of expressions, igniting the power hungry side of her. With a wicked gleam in her eyes, she began to trail her hand back up and watched the blonde's face change once more. Emma tried to let out a growl but it faltered into a whimper as Regina abruptly switched direction again.

"Such a fine line between love and hate, isn't it?" Regina purred as she slowly leaned back in and brushed her lips across the blonde's just as a moan slipped out from Emma. The brunette's fingers finally reached their destination; her middle finger finding that all too sensitive bundle of nerves as she made lazy circles around it. Emma's hip bucked sharply at the contact. After all the teasing, she felt she might explode just from the slightest pressure.

Regina smirked against the kiss and after a few more moments, moved her hand away, gliding it around to Emma's hip as she grabbed and squeezed lightly, getting a frustrated groan from the blonde. "I swear to God, Regina. If you don't do something, I am going to go into that bathroom, lock the door, and take care of it myself." Emma threatened.

Regina chuckled seductively as she regarded the other woman with a predatory look. "You would dare deny me the satisfaction of taking you?" She inquired, bringing her hand up and trailing her index finger along the blonde's neck as she spoke.

Emma squirmed slightly out of sexual frustration and growled. "You?! You're denying me."

"Quite the contrary, dear. I would never deny you." The brunette caressed the woman's cheek. "I'm simply prolonging the inevitable pleasure." She took Emma's chin between her fingers and brought their lips together for a deep sensual kiss.

"You don't think four years is long enough to wait?" Emma commented as she tried to catch her breathe.

Regina quirked her brow. "Are you admitting you've wanted me to claim you all this time?" She asked with amusement dancing in her eyes.

"I admit nothing." Emma retorted, with a flash of playful defiance in her own hazel orbs, which only caused Regina to want her that much more. What Emma didn't know is that it was just as difficult for the brunette to continue her teasing and not just have her, but she didn't wish to give up the game just yet.

"Well in that case…" Regina started, giving a noncommittal shrug of a shoulder and kissed the blonde's nose before moving away to get settled to sleep. "Goodnight, Emma." She laid on her back and went to grab the bedsheet.

Emma lay there and blinked rapidly, trying to understand what just happened, because surely Regina was joking. But when she felt the bed lightly shift next to her she looked over just as the brunette went to turn away from her. What the… If Regina was serious about this, she had another thing coming if she thought she could get away that easy.

"Oooh no you don't." Emma finally spoke, reaching across herself to grab the other woman's arm to stop her. Emma pulled the brunette's arm with enough force to roll her onto her back, and in one quick motion straddled Regina with her arms pinned above her head.

Regina was stunned at the sudden position she found herself in as she stared up into the aroused and darkened eyes of one Emma Swan. She was also well aware in that moment of just how aroused the blonde was by the evidence coating her skin where Emma was resting.

"What?" Regina questioned with feigned innocence, all the while trying to mask her own arousal. "Queens need their sleep." Her lip twitched up into an amused smirk. Normally being in such a position would send her into a panic. Being pinned and not in control usually brought fears from her past and memories she desperately wished to erase. But with Emma… dominating her in this small instance, challenging her, it thrilled her. Perhaps because behind the frustration she saw in the blonde's eyes, she saw something she hadn't seen with others… love. Regina never wanted someone who just rolled over, and certainly not someone who tried to control her. She wanted an equal. And she was starting to realize she had finally found that, in Emma.

"You're a bitch, you know that?" Emma stated, trying to hold back her own smile that was threatening to show itself.

"Yet here you are… wanting me."

Emma couldn't deny it as her eyes raked over the brunette's body, but there was more to it than that. She released her hold on Regina's hands and reached to caress her cheek. "Because deep down, you're also the most loving and amazing person I have come to know." Emma answered then leaned down to claim the woman's lips in an all encompassing kiss. Regina wrapped her arms around the blonde as they continued the passionate kiss and rolled them over to once more be the one on top, receiving a chuckle from Emma in the process.

"Then you must not know a lot of people." Regina stated as she pulled from the kiss.

"I know plenty. But if you don't finish what you started, I may be forced to take back what I just said."

Regina just gazed down into warm hazel eyes, getting lost in them a brief moment. "Do you really mean what you said? Even after all I have done and all that you know?" It was then Emma caught the momentary glimpse of fear in the woman's eyes; fear of abandonment, but also fear of truly letting go and trusting someone completely.

"Yes." Emma answered with confidence and without a second thought. She took her finger and drew lazy patterns over the skin of where Regina's heart would be, lifting her head off the pillow at one point to place a kiss there.

Regina ran her hand through Emma's golden locks and gently pulled her away so she could look back into her eyes. Emma just smiled up at her and took her own finger to run along the brunette's bottom lip. Regina kissed it before taking it into her mouth with the sexiest smirk Emma thought she'd ever seen.

Emma had a feeling this was going to be a very long night, but oh what a night it would be.

Emma was the first to wake, the slight soreness in all the right places a delightful reminder of their night's activities. Looking over she found Regina peacefully sleeping next to her, nestled against her with her arm draped across her stomach. Emma continued to lay there, memorizing every little detail of the slumbering woman's face as she smiled to herself, reaching out to move a few strands of hair from Regina's face.

She carefully lifted the brunette's arm so she could slip out of bed then pulled the covers back into place around the sleeping woman. Emma couldn't keep the smile off her face; the beautiful creature lying in the bed was, in a sense, her's, as she was Regina's. Leaning over she placed a feather light kiss upon the brunette's forehead before heading into the bathroom to take a nice hot shower.

The water felt delicious as she stepped underneath the shower head, relaxing her muscles as it pelted against her skin. She stood there, her eyes closed as it cascaded over her body, thinking of the woman in the next room. They had both wanted to take it slow but caution was quickly thrown to the wind after yesterday. A lot had happened emotion wise in 24 hours but she honestly couldn't say that she regretted it, any of it. She just hoped when Regina woke up she would feel the same.

After finishing up, Emma quickly dried off then wrapped a towel around her body and tucked in the corner, securing it before proceeding to try and dry her hair somewhat, at least to the point where it wouldn't drip. She didn't want to turn the hair dryer on and risk waking Regina with the sound. Satisfied that it was dry enough, she gave it a quick brush out then set about going through the motions of the rest of morning routines.

As she made her way back into the bedroom, she found Regina still sleeping soundly, though the woman had shifted at some point to her back, her hair spread out along the pillow. Approaching the bed, Emma sat on the edge and slowly reached out to caress the brunette's cheek. Regina made a slight noise as she stirred, her eyes trying to flutter open. "Hey, sleeping beauty." Emma commented with a smile.

"Very funny." Regina returned, her voice husky from sleep.

God her voice is even sexier in the morning, Emma thought as she just smiled back at her and leaned over to give her a chaste kiss. Emma continued to caress her cheek as she sat back and they regarded one another in silence.

"What is it?" Regina finally asked when the blonde wouldn't stop smiling.

"I just realized how happy I am when I am around you." Emma answered softly.

The feelings were overwhelming for Regina and before she could stop her mouth from saying something snappy she quipped back, "Must you be so mushy in the morning?"

Emma just laughed it off as she leaned in and got within inches from her face and whispered, "Must you be so grumpy in the morning?" Her lip curled into a half smile before descending upon the brunette for another kiss. "When your grumpiness allows, your majesty, get up and take a shower and I'll make breakfast for us," Emma offered as she patted her cheek then kissed her nose. The brunette scowled at the pat but Emma just chuckled and got up to go get dressed.

Regina's gaze never left the retreating blonde as Emma made her way out of the room, closing the door behind her. She then turned to stare at the ceiling, intense feelings washing over her as she lay there in thought. Things had moved much faster than both parties had planned for but she couldn't find an ounce of regret of what happened last night, especially after the ordeal from the previous day. The one thing that did scare her however was knowing that if Emma wouldn't have come out when she did, she would have killed the pirate without question. The only true thing that kept her from doing it was the thought of losing Emma from such a careless act.

While their feelings had just been discovered to one another, the blonde had already weaved her way in and around Regina's heart to the point Regina wasn't sure if given the loss, she would be able to survive.

Could she finally be able to have everything she wanted?