A/N: I want to thank you all for your unbelievable patience on updates for this story. I really appreciate it. I've been finishing up others that need updating and starting on new ones that I plan to post up soon, so stay tuned for those as well. :) I hope you enjoy this chapter. It's a bit shorter than the rest, as drinks happened, so if you experience any typos, forgive me.

Daniel looked up as a gun and a badge were placed on his desk one early morning.

"What the hell is this?" he asked Neal as he stood before him.

"I quit." Neal replied.

Daniel chuckled, "You quit?" he sat back in his chair, "You better have a good reason."

"I have a better offer down at another station. Plus, I no longer want to work under your orders." Neal's tone cold. He hated quitting, he knew Daniel was not well and he didn't want to leave him alone, but he didn't want to stick around to see him destroy his life either.

"Another station?" his eyes locked onto Neals, "This other job, wouldn't be in Storybrooke, would it?"

"I'm sorry, sir, but that really doesn't concern you."

"I have every right to know!" Daniel shouted as he stood up from his desk.

"Not when you are no longer my friend!" Neal shouted back, "But, if you must know- fine, yes. It's in Storybrooke."

Daniel's expression turned to anger, "Some friend you turned out to be. By going to work in Storybrooke, where Emma is, you are betraying me."

"Oh, you want to talk about betrayal? Be glad I didn't fill up a report stating your blackmailing against me, using my fucking family."

"Get out of here. You wanted to leave? Leave. I don't need you." Daniel sat back down.

Neal stared at him long and hard before turning away, "I really hope you get your shit together, and fast, before things get worse for you, Daniel."

"Get out." replied Daniel.

Neal walked towards the door as he slammed it shut, leaving for good from his friend's life. He knew Daniel was in serious in denial and was heading down a wrong path. He wasn't going to stick around to watch it happen.

It had been days without seeing anyone they needed to worry about. Days of happiness with her family. Emma had been spending the day with her family in town all morning. While Regina and Mary Margaret looked into buying some home decorations in preparation for their new home, Emma walked hand in hand with Henry as she showed him all there was to see of Storybrooke. Although it wasn't a big town at all, there was a lot to see for a small boy like Henry, and in the company of Emma, it was the best sightseeing he had ever done. It had been a happy couple of days, from time to time it still felt new being back after three years, but waking up to her wife every morning and the sound of her son's footsteps could top any other feeling she had. She was fulfilled, she was happy and she was working again alongside amazing friends like Graham and August, and David- whom the blonde saw more and more like the father she had always wanted.

"Can we get ice cream, mom?" asked Henry, his eyes lighting up as they walked by the ice cream stand, forcing his mother to stop.

Emma smiled down at Henry, moments like this with him was something she could never grow tired of. She had missed three years with him, that lately she has found it hard saying no to anything his little heart desired. Could you blame her?

"Should we get your mom and grandma one too, what do you think?" asked Emma as she walked up to the ice cream stand, smiling over at the blonde behind the counter, ready to serve them.

"Yeah!" Henry shouted as he jumped excitedly, already tasting the ice cream, "I want vanilla, mom likes strawberry and so does grandma."

Emma smiled at her son's excitement as she looked over at the blonde before them, "Did you get all that?"

The blonde nodded, smiling, "Two strawberry and one vanilla, coming up."

"Make that two strawberry and two vanilla, please." said Emma, releasing her son's hand for a moment while she took some money out of her wallet.

Emma placed the money on the counter, as she was handed two vanilla ice cream cones, keeping one for herself while the other was handed out to Henry. She took a lick of hers as Henry took many out of his, while the blonde behind the counter handed two strawberry ice cream cones over to Emma as she took one and handed it to Henry for him to hold.

"Hold this one. You can give it to your grandmother." said the blonde as she took the other strawberry cone in her grasp, smiling at the blonde behind the counter, "Thank you. Keep the change."

"Have a lovely day." said the blonde.

"Come on, kid, let's go find your mom and grandmother before these melt." Emma walked along with Henry, letting him walk in front of her.

"There they are!" Henry pointed out as he ran up to them. It hadn't taken them long to get to the two women, being a small town and all.

"Grandma, we got you an ice cream." the boy handed the cone to Mary Margaret who smiled down at him, as she accepted it from him.

"And a strawberry one. My favorite, thank you, Henry."

"Henry, what have I told you about running off on your own? You wait for your mom next time, please." said Regina.

"Sorry." the boy quietly licked on his ice cream.

"He's just excited." Emma replied as she finally caught up to them.

Regina looked over at her wife who was holding two ice cream cones, a smile on her lips, because of course now that Emma was back, her and Henry were thick as thieves, sticking together like white on rice.

Emma's eyes fell on a rectangular box her wife had been holding under her arm, "Is that gift for me?" she asked, which made Regina smirk.

"No." said Regina in a plain tone of voice.

Emma looked into the woman's eyes, challenging her, "You're lying."

Regina scoffed, "How could you possibly know that? I would never lie to you."

"You are so lying, that is for me, isn't it?" Emma asked, smirking, earning a hard glare from the brunette, "Alright. I'll hold it for you, in exchange for your ice cream." she offered her the strawberry ice cream.

"Tempting. But, I don't trust you with this." replied the brunette.

Emma raised a brow, as Regina laughed.

"You'll look! I know you."

"I won't, I promise." Emma laughed, "Cross my heart, I won't look."

"Honest." she said as Regina threw her another glare, handing her over the box as she took the strawberry ice cream in her grasp, both women exchanging a kiss in the process.

"You taste like vanilla ice cream." Regina smiled, the taste of vanilla still lingering in her mouth after their shared kiss.

Emma smiled, "Want to mix that in with some strawberry?" she teased, laughing as Regina pushed her back playfully. She wrapped an arm around the brunette's shoulders as they both walked back inside the store to join Mary Margaret and Henry.

What they were totally unaware of was that in the distance, Lily was already keeping a watchful eye on the pair. She was jealous to say the least, but also happy to see that Emma was indeed alive and as it seemed, well. Now, if only she could get her alone. She knew it would be challenging, but not impossible.

As both women along with Mary Margaret and Henry made their way out of a store in town, Emma looked over to her mother, "Mom, would you mind taking Henry with you? I want to take Regina somewhere in the city."

"I never mind having him around." she smiled as she took the boy's hand in her own, "Come on, Henry."

"Can't I come?" Henry asked as he looked at Emma.

"We'll be a while, kid. You'll get bored." replied the blonde.

Daniel sat in his office, it was a slow day, so he had enough time to think about what Lily told him the night she went over to his house. It would be easier if maybe they joined forces against the two women, but it was also crazy. He knew that. Plus, it was only a matter of time of getting Regina alone, as difficult as that was at times.

His cell phone rang, which interrupted his thoughts, he picked it up from where it was placed on his desk as he answered, "Hello?"

"It's me. Lily."

Daniel rolled his eyes, "What is it now, Lily?"

"Want to know where Regina is heading to right now?"

"Where are you?" he asked.

Lily kept her distance from the couple as they drove away in Emma's yellow bug, "Storybrooke. Do you want to know or not?"

"Are you following them?" he stood up from his desk as he walked around it, "Lily, if you get caught-"

"Just shut up and answer my question. I'm trying to help you here." said Lily.

Daniel thought about it for a second before answering, "Alright, I'll bite. Where is Regina?"

"She's heading your way, into the city with Emma right now. As to where, I'm not exactly sure."

"And, how is that supposed to help me if you aren't even sure of where they will be?" Daniel asked, highly annoyed.

Lily rolled her eyes, "You're the cop- figure it out. I did my part. If you're smart about it, you can get Regina alone to yourself."

Daniel hung up the call, thinking of what he could possibly do to make that happen. He soon grabbed his keys and headed out the door.

"Keep your eyes closed." said Emma as she helped Regina out of the passenger side of her car, quickly standing behind her after shutting the door, as she covered the brunette's eyes with her hands from behind.

"You are such a mystery today. Where on earth are you taking me?" the brunette asked her wife as she walked to where Emma was leading her.

"You'll see. We're almost there." Emma opened a big glass door for her as she helped her inside, "Just keep them closed." she was all smiles as she stopped in front of what she had in store for her wife.

"Alright." the blonde removed her hands from Regina's eyes, "Open."

Regina's eyes shined with what she saw before her. It was a brand new Mercedes, only this time it was an SUV with more space for her and Henry to enjoy, and so she could carry more materials she needed for work without having to go back and forth.

Her smile grew as she turned to face the blonde who stood behind her. She was out of words.

"Do you like it?" asked Emma, smiling from ear to ear.

"I love it! But, you didn't really need to buy me another car, I'm fine with the first one you gave me." replied Regina.

Emma shook her head, "You deserve it. Besides, this one has more room."

"When did you have time to buy this?"

Emma smirked, "The day I came with David to meet up with Graham about work."

A man approached them as he smiled over at Emma, "You must be Ms. Swan." he extended his hand in greeting towards her.

Emma shook his hand, "That's me. Mr. Robbins?"

The man nodded, "The very same. I have the paperwork for your wife to sign and if she'd like she can take it on home while you pay me the rest as you asked."

Emma smiled as she nodded at him, "Sounds perfect."

"Great. Follow me, please. We'll step into my office." the man walked away, feeling pretty great that he had made a sale as big as this one.

Emma stopped as she felt Regina tug on her jacket to keep her from taking another step, she smiled as she felt her wife's lips come in contact with hers in a quick but passionate kiss.

"Thank you." Regina murmured, smiling back happily at her wife as they then made their way into the man's office to close the deal.

As bad luck would have it, exactly when both women entered the small office of the car lot, Daniel made his way inside, as he kept a close watch on the happy couple.

Fortunately, by the time Regina came out of the office, she headed outside where her brand new car would be waiting for her to take on a test drive, while Emma stayed behind to finish making the payment. She didn't want Regina owing anymore money on that car, she wanted it payed off, so that she could fully enjoy it without having to stress over another bill to pay.

The drive was a smooth one. She didn't go far, but she was still enjoying the ride. The scent of a new car hitting her as she was all smiles, testing the A/C, radio along with other features the car came with. The brunette felt like a kid with a brand new toy, to say the least. She glanced up at her rearview mirror, as her right hand came up to adjust it to her eye level, when out of nowhere she noticed Daniel was suddenly sitting in the back after being hid in the very back of the vehicle.

"You look so beautiful when you smile." he said, as Regina gasped, not expecting at all to see him there. Her eyes looking at him through her rearview mirror.

"Daniel!" that was all she managed to say out loud before losing control of the brand new car, as it swerved from one side to the other, until the car impacted against a light post, causing Regina to hit her head on the steering wheel, losing consciousness.

Daniel, who didn't suffer one scratch, given that the impact wasn't big enough for him to get hurt, made his way quickly out of the car, "Regina?" there was worry in his voice now as he opened the driver's side door, leaning the brunette back in her seat as her body had been hunched over the steering wheel. He panicked as soon as he saw a bit of blood coming from her forehead.

"Regina?" he called out to her as she still remained unconscious. He quickly took out his cell phone, dialing 911 to get a hold of an ambulance. Of course, he thought it was a stupid thing to do, hiding in the back of her new car, but he wanted to see her. And, lately his obsession over her wasn't allowing him to think clearly.

After an hour had passed in the dealership, Emma was finally coming out of the place, when her cellphone rang. It was the hospital telling her about the incident her wife had suffered, which the blonde quickly hung up and headed on over there as fast as she could. Luckily for Regina, despite not being seriously injured, the hospital was not very far from the car lot.

Regina was sitting up in the ER section of the hospital, the cut above her forehead all patched up, her headache slightly gone.

Daniel pulled the curtain back as he walked into the small area the brunette had been resting in, Regina's eyes grew angry.

"Are you happy now?" she asked. She might've bumped her head, but she remembered well that he was in the back of her car when she crashed.

Daniel's brows furrowed, "What are you talking about, Regina? I just got here."

"Why do you insist in lying all of a sudden, Daniel? You were hiding in the back of my car before the crash, I saw you."

Daniel scoffed, "Regina…" he shook his head, "You hit your head pretty hard. I think you're confusing things."

"I know what I saw, don't treat me as if I'm going crazy." replied Regina, her head ache coming back as she grew angrier.

"I'm the one who called an ambulance to bring you to the hospital. Is that how you say thank you? I was driving by when I saw the black car, I wasn't expecting for it to be you." he chuckled, "Don't try to blame me for your accidents now, please. I had nothing to do with it."

Regina sighed, not in the mood to argue with him, "Can you just leave, please? Emma should be here any minute."

Daniel stared at the brunette for a minute as he smiled at her, "I'm glad you didn't injure yourself more. Feel better."

Regina sighed as the door closed, feeling relieved that she was finally left alone. She didn't stay alone for more than 20 minutes until Emma came rushing through the ER, pulling the curtain back.

"Regina." the blonde sighed as she was finally able to hold her wife in her embrace, her eyes filled with worry as she pulled back a little to be able to look into her brown eyes, "Are you alright?"

The brunette nodded, "I'm sorry about the car."

Emma shook her head, while she placed a kiss to her wife's forehead, "The car is the least of my worries. What matters to me is that you're fine."

"Emma." her eyes locked with Emma's as she continued, "Please, don't think I'm crazy, because I really need someone to believe me. But, Daniel was in the car when I was driving."

"What?"

"I swear to you, he was hiding in the back of my car. Somehow, he managed to sneak inside and caught me by surprise while I was driving. That's why I crashed. I confronted him about it, but of course he lied and said I'm only imagining things. That it wasn't true. Yet, he's the one who brought me to the hospital."

That drew the line for her. It was one thing to lie about her being alive for three years, but putting the woman she loves in danger… that she would not allow.

Regina looked at her wife with a puzzling look as to why they had pulled up to her parent's house and not gone home for the day. Then, again she knew how angry she had gotten, she knew what she was about to do.

"Emma, let's just go on home. I don't wish to worry my parents. My father." Regina pleaded.

Emma stepped out of the car as she walked around the other side, opening up the passenger door for Regina as she helped her out of the car. She knocked on the door once they reached it.

"Emma, please don't do anything crazy." said Regina, looking straight ahead as the door opened before them.

"Why sis, I leave you and you can't handle yourself without me around. What happened to you?" asked Jefferson as he stood by the door.

"Daniel." Emma said as they stepped inside.

"What?" Jefferson's brows furrowed as he shut the door.

"Regina, what on earth happened to you?" asked Cora as she walked into the entryway with Henry by her side.

"Are you alright, Regina?" asked Henry, hugging her daughter almost instantly.

"I'm fine. I just bumped my head." Regina replied.

"Will either of you explain to me, what this accident has to do with Daniel?" asked Jefferson, looking between Emma and Regina.

"It's not a big deal." replied Regina, her head ache coming back.

"It is a big deal." Jefferson grew angry, "If he was involved in this accident of yours, it's a very big deal."

"Someone please, explain." said Cora, her eyes wide with all the commotion going on around them.

Regina sighed, "Emma surprised me with a new car today, I left with it to take it home, and somehow Daniel was hiding inside of it. He surprised me while I was driving, so much that I lost control of the car, I crashed into a post."

"What?" Cora gasped.

"Yeah, only when I confronted him about it, he said it was just my imagination."

"Now, he's making you believe that you're going crazy?" Jefferson shook his head, as he left out the door without another word.

"Jefferson, where are you going?" Cora asked, looking back at Regina as she didn't get a response, "Come along, dear. Let's make you some tea."

"I have to call Mary Margaret, Henry is with her." Regina's voice sounded in the distance as Emma left outside, following Jefferson right to his car.

"I was told you punched him once." said Jefferson as he hoped into his car, as Emma climbed into the passenger side. She already knew where Jefferson was thinking about heading.

"I did. He said the next time I lay a hand on him, he would throw me in jail." replied Emma.

Jefferson chuckled, "Then, I'll be there to keep you company. I told him he'd be sorry if he ever hurt Regina. I got your back, Emma. Whatever you want to do." he started the ignition and drove off.

Daniel was back in his office, hanging up a call when suddenly, his head snaps up as he sees Emma and Jefferson bursting into his office. He didn't have a chance to say much of anything, as Emma grabbed him by the shirt and threw a punch directly at his face, followed by another. Unfortunately that's all she could throw at him, for two cops came rushing inside as they held the blonde off of him.

Daniel's lips was bleeding as he stood, smirking as he looked at his two fellow officers, "You saw what she did, didn't you?" his eyes met Emma's, "I told you, you lay a hand on me again, and you're locked up."

Emma's eyes were dark with anger, "And, I told you, if you came near my wife again-"

"Emma, don't bother explaining it to this asshole, it's not like he will listen to reason." said Jefferson, he threw a hard glare at Daniel's direction, "In fact, I told you myself that if you hurt my sister in any way-"

"Oh, take her away, please. Go." Daniel motioned towards Emma, as the two police officers began taking her out the door and into a cell.

"Jefferson." Emma struggled, "Tell Regina not to worry, okay? Stay with her, please."

"I have your back, Emma. Don't worry." Jefferson shouted as they forced the blonde out of Daniel's office.

Daniel scoffed as he wiped away the blood from his lip, "I remember you used to hate her. You couldn't of possibly changed that much, Jefferson."

Jefferson smiled a sarcastic smile, "Why don't you tell me how much is Emma's bail going to be? I'd like to get her out of here and go on home."

Daniel chuckled, "I'm sorry, but no. You saw what she did, she assaulted an officer, therefore she has to spend the night here. If I'm generous enough I may let her go tomorrow morning."

"You are abusing your position. This is wrong and you know it. Emma wouldn't be here in the first place if you just left my sister alone."

"Can you leave? I do have a lot of work to get done." replied Daniel, not caring to listen to him any longer.

"I'll be back tomorrow morning. Emma better be out, and I'm warning you for the last time, Daniel. Stay away from Regina.." Jefferson walked out the door. He knew there was no getting through to Daniel, he had definitely changed from how he remembered him.

"She's what?!" said Regina, not believing that Emma was now locked up and under Daniel's watchful eye. Jefferson had to tell her everything that had happened as soon as he arrived at his parent's house without Emma.

"Calm down, Regina-" Jefferson replied, only to be cut off by his sister.

"No, don't ask me to calm down!" she paused for a minute, as she paced back and forth across her bedroom, "I want to see her."

"Regina, Emma wouldn't want you going over there-"

"I don't care what Emma said, I want to see my wife, Jefferson." the brunette spoke in a more firm voice.

"Daniel is there, alright? Knowing him, he won't even let you see her." Jefferson argued, but even he knew that in the end, the brunette would get her way.

"You'll be with me." she continued as Jefferson shook his head, "I know Daniel, Jefferson. He won't keep me from seeing Emma- if anything, he will enjoy me seeing her behind bars."

Jefferson sighed as he rubbed his temples, "It should be me behind those bars. She asked me to keep you here, to look after you while she was locked up."

Regina took his hands into her own, looking right into his eyes, "This is me asking you now, I have to see her. I want to know that she will be okay. I'll stay here with, I'll do anything else you say, just please… take me to see her."

Emma sat on the hard surface bed in her cell, her jacket lying next to her on the bed as her cell was warm enough, she ran her hands through her hair in frustration as she released an exasperated sigh. She shot up from the bed as she began to pace around her cell. It had only been a few hours since she was away from Regina and already it was driving her crazy. And, what was more, she missed Henry.

"Enjoying your new home?"

Emma looked over at Daniel who was standing just outside her cell, a sarcastic smirk on his face. Her eyes going from green to dark green in a matter of seconds at the mere sight of him.

"I wouldn't of locked you up, you know. Honestly. If you hadn't attacked me the way you did."

Emma chuckled, "Yeah, sure. You've been dying to see me locked up here, I'm sure."

Daniel chuckled, "You know, you're right. Because at least, I know that for tonight, Regina won't be sleeping in your arms." he walked closer towards the cell, "Tonight, because of what you did, she will be all alone in an empty bed." Emma could see a look in his eye she did not like for the first time since she'd known him, "Who knows… maybe if I feel like it, I'll pay her a little visit."

Emma banged against the bars as she held on to them, feeling up with anger, "Then, you better keep me in here, because if I get my hands on you, you'll wish I hadn't."

"And, to think I was going to release you come tomorrow morning, but…" he shook his head, "You know what? I've changed my mind. You won't leave until I say so. Now, if I'm generous enough, it will be until the afternoon or could be until next morning. Let me sleep on it."

"This side doesn't suit you, you know." Daniel looked back at Emma as she spoke, "I know who you truly are, Daniel."

Daniel scoffed, "Don't pretend like you know me, now."

"No, I do." replied Emma, "You worked for me, remember? And, you were great, better than anyone I had under me. If there was one thing I always knew how to do was how to read people, and you aren't a bad guy, Daniel, you're just blinded by your own obsession towards Regina."

"Everything would have been fine, if you hadn't come into her life." Daniel replied in a cold tone.

"But, I did. It was inevitable us meeting the way we did that night on the beach. Had you showed up that night, maybe the story would have been different. Maybe you and Regina would have run away and lived happily ever after. But, you didn't show. Did you?"

Daniel grew angry, but he didn't want her to see that she had gotten the better of him, although Emma already knew she had. He left without another word towards her, locking himself in his office afterwards as it wasn't even time for him to go home.

Even after some protests of some fellow officers outside Daniel's office, Regina barged into Daniel's office.

"I'm sorry, sir. We couldn't stop them." said a fellow officer.

"It's alright. Go on home, I'll handle this." replied Daniel, as he chuckled as he spoke to Regina, "So, this is what it takes for you to pay me a visit."

"I want you to explain to me, why did you lock up my wife?" Regina stood before Daniel, hands placed on her hips.

"Isn't it obvious?" he motioned towards his face, "Look at my face. She assaulted an officer, that can't go unpunished. But, don't worry, you'll have her out by tomorrow afternoon."

"Tomorrow afternoon?" Jefferson stepped in, "You told me you would release her tomorrow morning. You can't just change your mind like that."

"I can, actually. But, don't worry, she's fine. I mean, sure she's a little eager to be home with you, but if I had live a longer time away from you, I'm sure she can stand the rest of today."

"I want to see her." Regina demanded.

"Regina, come on. Emma doesn't want you seeing her locked up in there." his tone of voice had a hint of sarcasm.

"Daniel, if you ever loved me, I am begging you- let me see me my wife. You're already enjoying the fact that you have her locked up in here. That's enough, don't you think?" replied Regina, she was still angry at him for doing this, but now a tear ran down her cheek.

Daniel stared at her in silence for a moment before he spoke, as fate would have it, he could never resist to Regina's demands either, "You can go in, but for just a moment."

"Regina?" Emma's eyes lid up as she saw Regina walking towards the bars of her cell, her hand reached out as did Regina's as they embraced each other through the cold, steel bars. "What are you doing here?"

"Jefferson told me what happened, I had to see you." an olive hand came up as she caressed the blonde's cheek, as if both women were studying each other's features for the last time.

"I'll be alright. It's just until tomorrow." the blonde sighed, "You do understand why I had to do it, don't you?"

Regina nodded, "I know. It was stupid of you to do, but I know."

Emma chuckled as she held her as close as she could through the cell bars, "Does my mother know?" she asked, feeling suddenly concerned.

Regina shook her head, "I only told her what happened with me and to keep Henry with her until we got back."

"Best not to alarm her, at least until we go home tomorrow."

Again, Regina nodded, "Just, don't get yourself locked up again."

Emma chuckled as she pressed her lips against the brunette's as they shared a few peppered kisses through the cell bars, "Go." she spoke, as their foreheads remained pressed together, "Tomorrow you can come with Jefferson to get me."

Regina hated leaving Emma here, especially when she knew that this is what Daniel wanted, but she also knew she had no other choice, "I love you."

Emma kissed the brunette's lips once again, both still remaining close to each other, "I love you too, my love." she gently gave her wife's hands a squeeze, "I'll be fine. I promise."

With that, even though Regina's heart ached for having to leave the blonde locked up for the rest of the day and entire night, she forced herself to leave. It was the only thing they could do for now, as she constantly had to remind herself that it was just for today. Come tomorrow afternoon, they would be together again and inseparable as always.