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Emma turned to him to deny it but then closed her mouth again.

“Don’t be angry at her for wanting to help you,” David said as he walked over to Sidney’s body, “we all put ourselves in difficult situations for people we love.”

David hauled Sidney up and started to slap his face lightly to bring him around.

Emma stood still as she acknowledged that fact and a smile crept across her face, “yeah, that’s true..”

Sidney’s eyes started to open and he looked at David and then at Emma and started to struggle until he realised his arms were locked behind him. He closed his eyes as if attempting to summon magic and then opened them again and frowned when he realised nothing had changed.

“Welcome back to being boring,” David said as he lifted him to his feet.

“But..” Sidney started.

“I suggest you keep your mouth shut,” David told him as he roughly led him into the hallway, “I’ll speak to you later,” David told Emma as he walked Sidney down the stairs.

Emma stood at the top of the stairs and watched David drag Sidney away, she heard Regina’s voice call her from one of the rooms and she turned around to seek out the brunette. She poked her head into Grace’s room and then turned to look at the master bedroom and hesitantly opened the door.

Regina stood by the window with her arms folded watching Gold, David and Sidney leaving, when she realised that Emma had entered the room she spoke quietly, “I’m sorry if I upset you but I’d do it again.”

Emma nodded, “yeah, I know, it’s just hard to watch you put yourself in danger like that.”

Regina turned to face Emma, “but you were in danger..”

“I know and that’s why I understand what you did, I’m not happy about it but I understand it,” Emma explained.

“Now the danger has passed,” Regina started, “I am going to go to see the Grace and Henry.”

“Okay, I’ll just get some damn socks on,” Emma said.

“No,” Regina said and Emma looked at her with hurt on her face as she looked questioningly at Regina’s outburst.

“No,” Regina said in a softer tone, “you are exhausted, I can see it in your face. You were up most of last night and you only had a few hours’ of sleep, I think you should stay here and rest.”

Emma opened her mouth to argue but Regina had crossed the room and now turned the blonde around by her shoulders and directed her towards her own bedroom. Suddenly, Emma remembered the morning, “you put me to bed!”

Regina laughed as the entered Emma’s room, “I was up early and I noticed your light was on, when I knocked there was no answer so I came in and I saw you had practically passed out with exhaustion.”

Regina gently pushed Emma into sitting down on the edge of the bed and crossed the room to the window and closed the blinds, “I put your book on your table and got you into a more comfortable position.”

“You put me to bed,” Emma repeated with a smile.

“However you wish to phrase it,” Regina rolled her eyes as she pulled back the sheets and pointed for Emma to get into the bed, “I want you to catch up on some sleep so you don’t look like you’re about to pass out.”

Emma tucked her legs under the sheets and shifted herself down, “I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep after all that.”

“Well, unfortunately I can’t help you at the moment,” Regina said with regret, “you’ll just have to close your eyes and clear your mind.”

“You could join me,” Emma looked up at her, “not in.. that.. way,” she laughed at Regina’s scandalised look, “I.. would just like to hold you..”

Regina hesitated and Emma reiterated, “just hold you.”

Regina nodded and moved her hand before wincing and rolling her eyes in annoyance.

“What?” Emma asked.

“No magic,” Regina sighed as she kicked off her heels and pulled off her suit jacket and placed the jacket on the end of the bed.

“Yeah, welcome to the world of mortals where you have to undress yourself,” Emma laughed.

“Oh please, I had twenty-eight years of that,” Regina said as she made a spinning motion with her finger to get Emma to turn onto her side.

“Am I little spoon?” Emma asked as she turned.

“If you refer to me as a ladle you’ll be sleeping alone,” Regina promised as she got into the bed behind Emma and pulled the sheet up to cover them both.

“But I said I wanted to hold you,” Emma protested.

“You get handsy,” Regina commented as she pressed her front into Emma’s back.

Emma let out an involuntary gasp of pleasure at the sensation and didn’t speak as Regina wrapped her arm around Emma’s side and gently held her.

“Sleep,” Regina commanded.

Emma closed her eyes as she muttered, “bossy..”

Chapter 93

When Emma woke again she was alone. Disorientated she sat up and looked around the room with half-closed eyes until she noticed a piece of paper folded in half beside her mobile phone. She picked it up and unfolded it as she read what she thought would be a note of sweet nothings.

You snore.