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She laughed out loud and shook her head as she put the paper back on the bedside cabinet and got out of bed. Her leg began to give way after all the exhaustion of the say and she reached for her crutch and walked over to her dresser and picked out a pair of socks. Edging back to the bed she flopped down and started to put the socks on her feet before they got cold.

Regina opened the door and quickly stepped in with a look of apprehension on her face, “Emma?”

Emma looked up with a smile, “hmm?”

Regina looked relieved, “I heard a noise, I thought something might have happened.”

“Oh,” Emma laughed, “no I was just reading your beautiful love letter you left me, I laughed, not sure why, you’re mean.”

Emma focused on putting her other sock on and Regina grinned as she said, “well, it’s not snoring as such, more like a.. breathing sound.”

“Wow,” Emma looked up with humorous incredulity in her tone, “you don’t like the sound of me breathing?”

Regina shrugged, “I have telephone Henry and explained the situation to him, he is relieved.”

“I bet,” Emma said as she stood up and reached for her crutch, “I’m sure he’ll be glad to get home and sleep in his own bed.”

“Not.. exactly,” Regina said with a sigh.

Emma raised her eyebrow, “oh?”

“Apparently they, your parents and Henry, have plans tonight. Some series of films, apparently it’s very important and Henry has asked to stay there one more night,” Regina shrugged her shoulders, “Mary Margaret insisted that it was fine.”

“And Grace?” Emma asked with a frown.

“I spoke to Grace as well,” Regina nodded, “she’s looking forward to the pot roast and the films, apparently she’s never seen the second one.”

Emma made a face and Regina grinned, “Mary Margaret and I agreed there is no point in separating them, they can both stay there one more night and we’ll get them tomorrow.”

“Cool,” Emma said as she headed out of the room, “what time is it? I’m starving..”

“It’s half past one,” Regina said, “I prepared you some lunch.”

They walked along the hallway and Emma smiled, “you didn’t have to do that..”

“I wanted to,” Regina admitted as they got to the stairs. Emma struggled her way down the stairs slowly, one at a time and sighed heavily.

“Too much excitement today,” Emma muttered, “I think I’ve overdone it.”

Regina walked slowly behind her, “it would seem so, after lunch you should do your exercises.”

Emma moaned at the thought but nodded, “after that I want to go to the station and check in on Sidney.”

“Are you sure that’s a good idea?” Regina asked.

“I’m the Sheriff,” Emma said, “it’s my job.”

“Surely your father..” Regina started.

“Its fine,” Emma said as she reached the bottom stair, slightly out of breath, “it will help ease my mind to see him behind bars. Then we can figure out what to do with him.”

Regina nodded her agreement, “will you be home for dinner?”

“No,” Emma said bluntly.

“Oh,” Regina said quietly, clearly not expecting Emma’s negative answer.

“And neither will you,” Emma stated as she continued to walk to the kitchen without turning around to see Regina’s expression.

“Oh no?” Regina felt a smile starting to form on her face.

“Well, I can’t cook an amazing home cooked meal like you can but I can take you out to a nice restaurant, there’s a couple in town,” Emma said as she walked into the kitchen and turned to look at Regina with a smile.

“Shouldn’t you be inviting me out on a date rather than commanding me?” Regina asked with a grin.

Emma took a step forward and pressed her lips to Regina’s softly before pulling back, “consider it payment for saying I snore,” she laughed.

“Well, in that case,” Regina smiled as she closed the space between them and kissed Emma just as softly. As she pulled back Emma’s stomach loudly complained at the lack of nourishment and Regina laughed.

“Hey, I haven’t eaten all day,” Emma informed the brunette who opened up the fridge and started to remove some items.

“Sit down,” Regina nodded towards the dining room table in the kitchen, “I’ll take care of this meal and you can take care of the next one.”

Chapter 94

Emma had never been in the posh seafood restaurant in Storybrooke, mainly because she had never been on a hot date in Storybrooke. But tonight was different and they didn’t get much hotter than Regina Mills. Both women wore black cocktail dresses and both women had spent much longer than usual fixing their hair and makeup before they left. In the hallway at 108 Mifflin Street they both stared at each other hungrily and agreed that any kissing would end up in a making out session on the sofa in the living room and a missed reservation at the restaurant.

Regina drove the Mercedes to the restaurant and they decided to get a taxi home. Their waiter was a former butler of Regina’s and treated her like royalty which Emma was grateful for. She often worried that some of the people in Storybrooke would still hold an enormous, and well deserved, grudge against Regina and she was desperate for this night to be as perfect as it could be.