Author's note: Here you go, chapter 3 is up. So sorry for the delay. Let me know what you think ;)

P.S. I made some small improvements to previous chapters, nothing big, reread them if you want ;)

Regina couldn't help but be intrigued by the sudden shift in the blonde's demeanor. She wished more than anything to know what was she thinking about.

What are you up to? flew through Regina's head and Emma immediately tried to act more like her usual self.

"Everything is perfectly fine, Madame Mayor. Here's the paperwork you asked." Emma said as she sat in the chair in front of Regina's desk and plopped the folder down in front of her. "I hope you'll be satisfied, I did my best."

"Right, we'll see" I can see you doing your best in some other activities that would please me far more than this nonsense. I never had to relieve myself in my office before you came along.

Emma's eyes almost fell out of their sockets at the information. Thankfully, Regina's were on the papers in front of her.

"I would appreciate it if you'd stay until I review this. As you may remember, there were few irregularities the last time" she said in a tone that didn't leave much room for an argument, not that Emma wanted to. Seems that Regina's thoughts weren't exactly PG-13 and the younger woman delighted in it.

A few moments later and all she received was "It's descent enough" which she took as a compliment and went on to think of some way to spend more time with the other woman. For all she knew she'll never get an opportunity like this again and she'd better milk it for all it's worth. Think, Emma!

"That would be all, miss Swan." Regina announced as she stood up and began to call it a day, cleaning up her desk and getting ready to leave.

"So, I was wondering, are you busy tonight? I need to talk to you about something." Smooth she thought and cringed at her poor wording.

Regina looked at her with half annoyed and half worried look. "Is it Henry?"

"No, it has nothing to do with Henry" The annoyed look won over.

"Then what is it?" The brunette replied, making her way out of the office with blonde in tow.

"I wanted to talk about magic. Mine, to be exact." She remembered how interested Regina seemed about it in Neverland, it seemed like her best shot. And she was right, because not only the brunette stopped walking, she could also hear her inner wonder and excitment at the words.

Not letting ony of it to the surface, all that left her mouth was "Be at my house at 8 tonight." With that she turned and left, leaving Emma with a wolfish smile on her face.

When the clock struck 8, Emma was in front of the house, knocking at the big white door. Regina opened, a bit more casual looking, wearing nice grey dress and heels, apart from her usual power suits. Not that Emma minded any of them. "Hey" she greeted and got the same in return.

"Come in. Would you like anything to drink?" Why am I nervous about this? We're just going to talk about magic. Her magic.

"Whatever you will have" Why is she so interested in my magic?

"Cider it is." They ended up in her study, a seat away from each other.

Emma started "So, I was wondering, you seem very…interested in my magic. Why? Cos honestly, with your past, it's making me a little weary." She wanted to clear the air right from the start. And what better way to find if she can trust her than this?

Will I ever be anything else than the Evil Queen? At this, Emma felt sorry for bringing up her past. You idiot, wasn't there a nicer way to ask? Before she managed to say anything else, it was Regina's turn to talk.

"I'm not even sure how to explain, but the prospect of your magic and mine combined…" Is making me tingle and feel like a five year old in a candy store. She sighed. There must be a better way to put it. Words were always her strong suite but now she was having trouble finding them.

"You are the product of True love, Emma." The youger woman couldn't help but notice the use of her first name and the corners of her lips pulled up a little. „The result of the most powerful thing in our realm. The epitome of good. And I, well…my teacher was the Dark One himself. Just imagine, Light and Dark on the same side. Together. And not in the interest of ruling over anyone. I don't want that anymore."

"Then what do you want?" Emma asked softly. She knew Regina was telling the truth, but there was something more there.

You and Henry. "Safety. In the past, the more powerful I got, the safer I felt. And magic was the main reason for it. I simply want to be sure that I can protect Henry at all times." In the end all that matters is Henry.

That was it. Emma realized what she meant. "So let's say If Rumpelstiltskin went on a murderous rampage someday, you'd want to know I'd be in your corner."

"Yes" came the short reply. "I'm gonna need more cider" Emma replied, gesturing to her now empty glass "May I?"

"Sure" Regina smiled and sipped her own. The fact that I would see you and those jeans more often would be of great help, too.

Emma tried to contain a wolfish grin suddenly appearing on her face. Concentrate. She knew Regina was telling the truth and wasn't the same power-hungry person she used to be. Protecting their kid was in the first place. She turned towards her, sitting again on the couch.

She took off her red leather jacket, claiming to be hot, which Regina agreed with internally, and was left in her thin see through shirt on wich she spilled her coacoa once, courtesy of Regina.

"I believe you." She exclaimed. "And I'd like you to teach me some magic if you're willing."

"I'm glad to hear that, miss Swan. Well, then…cheers to our future colaboration." the older woman replied, happy with the answer.

"I think you can start calling me Emma now. And cheers" she smiled and drank. "So…when do we start?"

"Would tomorrow be okay?" Regina asked, doing her best to keep her eyes on Emma's face, rather than wander over her shirt.

"It would be great. Maybe you could schedule an exact time when you're done staring." Oh that look is so damn priceless.

Damn "I apologise, miss Swan, I didn't realise I was. I just wandered off for a moment there. Apparently, today has been overwhelming." Did that sound remotely believable? "I will text you the details few hours ahead of time." She sipped at her cider again. "It's late." She started, as her usual self and stood up, attempting to stop embarrassing herself further and walk her guest to the door.

"Back to miss Swan again, ha?" Emma also stood up. She was done with pretending. She liked Regina and for sure she knew that Regina liked her too. Now or never.

"I'm sorry. Emma then." She smiled and turned to walk away, expecting Emma to follow but was stopped by Emma's words.

"Regina, wait." Taking a deep breath, she continued "I…I like you. I have for a long time now."

She turned around. A bit strained "What?" came out. Is she serious?

"Please, don't think that I'm not serious cos I am. I keep thinking about you. A lot. And I can't stop. It began from the moment I saw you and it hasn't let up since. I see the way you look at me and I know it's not just me. I want you and you want me too, Regina." With each sentence she came closer until they were face to face in a doorway to the study. Regina was in shock at first, but with each moment passing she became more aware of the situation. Was I really that obvious? Gods, this is really happening.

Emma finally passed the little distance that was between them and kissed her. And Regina kissed back. God, her lips are so soft and just…perfect. I should have done this before.

Her arms settled in Regina's hair and on her waist, bringing her closer to herself and Regina deepened the kiss, her own arms settling on Emma's back, on that thin shirt she wanted to take off of her. Their tongues met over and over again, exploring and enjoying the feel of each other, not able to get enough. When they were both dizzy and lacking breath, they pulled away and with hazy eyes Regina suggested they take it into the bedroom. I want you, Emma. Emma agreed and Regina took her by the hand, leading the way.

Once inside the bedroom, they kissed again, this time with more purpose, both knowing what's ahead. With moments passing, clothes started to disappear until they were both on the bed, only in their underwear.

Regina's eyes passed over Emma's form with approval You are beautiful "You are beautiful" she spoke aloud.

"Thank you" Emma spoke sheepishly "You are too". She felt a bit weird, nobody talked to her like that since Neal and that was a long time ago, before Henry and the stretch marks. But she appreciated it none the less.

She leaned in, settling in between Regina's panty clad thighs and they kissed again. All that skin to skin contact caused both of them to moan into the kiss and damn was it hot to hear Regina moan. Regina thought the same hearing Emma. Her arms explored the smooth skin available to her, stopping on her lower back and pushing the blonde into herself. You feel so good Emma.

If her inner comments won't drive Emma wild, the wetness she could feel seeping through the brunette's black lace underwear will. She needed to feel more of her and it showed they were thinking the same cos seconds later deft fingers were unclasping and removing her own blue bra.

Before she could register Emma found herself on her back with Regina straddling her thighs and her lips were kissing and massaging her breasts. "Fuck" she groaned and arched into the touch. She was rewarded with lips around her nipple and incessant tongue flicking it repeatedly, first one then the other. She couldn't stop herself from whimpering and bucking her hips against Regina's unconsciously. The other woman did notice though and it took a lot of self control to move her lips over to Emma's neck instead going lower. She didn't want to rush any more than she already was, even though she couldn't wait to explore every single inch of her. You are driving me crazy.

While the brunette was busy laving her neck with attention, Emma was fumbling with her bra clasp until it finally came undone. Simple tasks proved rather difficult when she was distracted and the current situation certainly counted as a distraction. When the bra was tossed aside and two hard peaks connected with burning skin, Regina found herself on her back once again, Emma's lips latching on to her neck, undoubtedly leaving a mark or two and going lower. She had extremely sensitive nipples which Emma found out fairly quicly, and no doubt used her newfound knowledge to leave Regina a shivering mess. She was never kissed, sucked, licked and nipped on so thoroughly in her life, at least not there. Fuck! God yes, just like like that…Don't stop, oh yes lick me, like that...just like that… Almost every single curse word and exclamation of approval that flew through Regina's head was said aloud and Emma couldn't tell the difference anymore.

She made her way down her abdomen, over her ribs earning herself a few soul wrenching sighs, pulling the black garment as she went, until she came to her goal, pulling the panties all the way down and away.

"Regina…" She was just so beautifully wet, her center glistening, dripping…because of her. Emma smiled proudly of herself and Regina knew she liked what she saw. "You couldn't look more smug if you tried" she said, her voice laced with desire. "I've got a reason to" she returned and spread her legs open a bit further, moving her arms around her hips and taking a long lick from her opening, dipping her tongue just a little bit inside and continuing her way to the top of her clit.

"Oh.." and again began the groans, moans and whimpers interspersed with curse words and words of approval, similar to when her mouth were attatched to her chest, just a bit more frequent. And louder. And intense. Emma! Oh god! oh god oh god oh god…fuck yes! yes yes yes yes! Oh god right there! Yes! Oh yes! Emma! She enveloped her clit in her mouth sucking lightly on it and flicking it with her tongue then letting it go to give her attention to the right side of her clit that proved extremely sensitive, if the way Regina's hands were abusing Emma's hair was anything to go about. She had three fingers pumping in and out of her and she was flicking her clit both hearing and feeling how close the brunette was. And soon enough, all thoughts disappeared from Regina's head as she spasmed and screamed in pleasure. Emma slowly kissed her way up, covering her body with hers until she stopped shivering.

"That was…I mean, it was…" she kissed the blonde as passionately as she could, given her lack of breath. "It's like you just knew every soft spot and just how to…ugh...I can't explain it…" she grinned, her eyes closed, completely at peace and happy. And that's when Emma felt her conscience nagging at her and she felt guilty for not telling her.

"I can. Explain. I mean, not completely, but sort of." She sighed and prayed that she doesn't end up thrown out the window for what she's about to say. "For some reason, I could hear your thoughts today. I don't know why or how, but something must have happened because it wasn't like that yesterday. I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner, I was selfish, listening to your thought was all sorts of wrong but I couldn't stop myself." She couldn't read Regina's expression and somehow, she couldn't hear her thoughts anymore. Whatever it was, it stopped. "Wait, I can't do it anymore, I can't hear anything." She felt a bit more confused now.

"Emma…" A sigh. "I can't deny that it was wrong, yes. You couldn't control it, but you could've told me and I'd put an end to it." Another sigh. "But for some reason, I'm not angry. Tell me something. Did you find whatever it was you were looking for?"

"You really care about me. And Henry too, of course. You're really trying to be a better person and I trust you. So yes. I found what I was looking for. And again, I'm sorry for not telling you sooner."

"I forgive you. Just don't do it again." Emma noded. "You know, since you were reading my thoughts, it would be fair if you'd let me do the same to you. I've got some fairy dust in reserve." There was some devlish tone to her voice and Emma couldn't say no. It also made her realize something. Nova! She needs to talk to that damned fairy first thing tomorrow. But she'll let it go for tonight, cos tonight, her thoughts belong only to Regina.