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"Are you sure you want to do this Regina?"

Emma was almost amused by the stubborn look on the brunette's face as Emma arranged some empty cans on a fence post. Lily was kind enough to allow the pair to use her land for their lesson. They were not likely to be interrupted by anyone out this far.

"Yes, I don't have many other options now do I?"

"Regina, why the hell are you wearing that?" Emma hissed, gesturing disbelievingly to the recognizable leather cuff that was peeking out from the end of Regina's sleeves.

The two women had retreated to the study as soon as the boys were in bed. Emma agreeing to allow Peter to stay one more night so she could talk to Regina. She was worried about the other woman who had seemed withdrawn all through dinner.

The brunette covered the cuff with her other hand, walking further into the study towards the liquor cabinet.

"The council has decided to seal my magic."

"We could try again." Emma mused, gauging the distance between Regina and the cans. It wasn't an ideal distance, but it would work. For a beginner. "To remove it I mean."

Despite making the suggestion Emma knew what Regina's terse response would be. "I hardly think that trying in daylight will make any difference Miss Swan."

Emma grimaced as she saw pain flash in chocolate eyes before they fixed on the cans away from her. "Couldn't we ask Blue? She took it off last time."

The instant straightening of Regina's spine and shoulders told Emma right away that was the wrong suggestion. Blue must have been one of the council members who voted to suppress Regina's magic.

"We could ask Gold."

"No Emma."

"You can't take it off Emma. You don't have magic." Regina followed the blonde's gaze to the leather she was mindlessly picking at.

The blonde gently pried Regina's free hand away from the cuff, the skin around the leather was turning an angry red. Emma held each of Regina's hands in her own and rubbed soothing circles into the back of her hands with her thumbs.

"I'm the product of true love right? So that makes me the embodiment of the most powerful magic out there." Emma reasoned, "No matter what Gold did, he can't take that from me. Let me try."

"We could leave." Emma suggested, truly leaving might be the best option. "The cuff would become a simple piece of leather on the other side of the line wouldn't it?"

"Its magic will not cease on the other side of the line." Regina explained calmly, jumping when Emma took her hand and covered it with her own. Preventing her from scratching at the cuff. "It is like Gold's shawl, it's magic is inherent and will not stop working just because I cross the line."

"So we leave Storybrooke period, then it doesn't matter if you have magic or not."

Regina sighed heavily, the thought had occurred to her as she watched the sun rise that morning. "We cannot just leave Storybrooke."

The blonde frowned, "Why not?"

"Because Henry has friends and family here." Regina sighed, Henry would always come first.

"We are his family." Emma insisted, "We would be leaving with him. Together."

The snarl of frustration that escaped Emma's lips was more bestial than human. Short of cutting off Regina's hand the cuff wasn't going to come off. What good was being the child of true love without the magic?

"It's not your fault, take a deep breath dear." Regina sighed, resigned to her new fate without magic.

"How can't you be angry about this!"

"Oh I am furious." The fire flickering in chocolate eyes confirmed the statement.

"We are going to figure this out, I promise."

It warmed Regina's heart that Emma automatically assumed that they would do this together. She doubted that Emma had even considered that they would handle this situation any other way.

"Emma despite your determination to ignore your parents, Henry isn't ignoring his grandparents. He won't want to leave them, nor Miss Page." Regina explained patiently, resigning herself to her fate. "There is also Peter who doesn't know anything about the world outside of Storybrooke. He barely understands our little town as it is."

"Peter will learn, and Lily would come with us." Emma muttered, ignoring Regina's comments about her parents.

"And leave this red head she is raving about?" Regina raised an eyebrow curiously.

Emma sighed, "Her name is Zelena and she should. Zelena is currently seeing a turd, thus not interested in Lily at all. Not that anyone knows if Zelena even likes women that way."

"It wouldn't surprise me if she was. We weren't as prudish and insistent upon labels in the Enchanted Forest as people in this realm seem to be. If a woman loved a woman then that was that. There was nothing particularly special about it." Regina smiled slowly as emerald eyes widened. "What about you Em-ma?"

Emma couldn't stop the flush that was creeping up her neck no matter how hard she tried. Not when Regina was looking at her like that. "I- I'm sorry?"

"Do you like women that way?" Regina already knew the answer to that question, Lily had given it away when she was digging for information about Emma trying to find out what happened in Henry's made up scenario. But Emma's discomfort settled her, needling Emma was a familiar blanket that made her momentarily forget that she no longer had her magic.

"Uh- yeah I do." Regina's grin widened as Emma suddenly found the country side the most interesting thing to look at. "Is- is that a problem?"

"No dear, not at all." Regina soothed, "I'll let you in on a secret." She waited until Emma finally looked at her before continuing. "I prefer women myself."

The former queen chuckled as Emma gaped like a fish, unsure of how to respond.

"Now dear, let's get on with our lesson."

"You can't wander around Storybrooke without your magic Regina." Emma sighed, forcing herself to calm down and try to consider their options.

Regina clenched her jaw defiantly, "I am not helpless. You have no idea what I am capable of Miss Swan."

Emma couldn't help the chuckle that escaped her, "Oh I know how mean of a right hook you have Madam Mayor. But you unfortunately appear to have many enemies in Storybrooke." Emma pulled the reluctant Mayor into her arms and settled back onto the couch.

"It appears so. I will figure something out." Regina muttered, curling into Emma's warm embrace.

"Lily and I could teach you some self-defense. You know beyond punching people in the face." Emma mused, it would be great fun to watch Regina try grappling.

"I'd rather someone didn't get that close to me for me to need such techniques."

"I could teach you how to shoot a gun."

"Right- yeah- ok." Emma floundered trying to get her bearings. "So, Lily had a great handgun to start you out with. It's a semi-automatic so after you pull back the slide the first time and chamber the round, each time you fire it's gonna load the next bullet for you."

The blonde forced herself to focus on teaching Regina the basics of how to operate the pistol and basic shooter safety. Because thinking of Regina preferring other woman was definitely not appropriate right now. Nope not the time. Even if it was a confirmation that bolstered Emma's confidence that she had a real chance at winning over the brunette before Robin became an actual threat.

"This specific pistol is small and has a heavier slide then one would normally expect making it great for conceal carry," Emma rambled as she released the magazine and pulled back the slide to show Regina that it was empty. "The heavier slide is going to lessen the recoil and make it more comfortable for you to shoot."

The former queen looked rather uncomfortable as Emma handed her the empty gun. "I'd rather not have to shoot it at all."

"You and me both." Emma guided Regina's hands into proper holding position. "This is just a precaution. A last resort. Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot, even when it's empty. It's a good habit to get into starting now."

"Like this?" Regina asked, resting her index finger just below the slide.

"Yeah." Emma slid behind Regina and guided her left hand to cup her right. "Use both hands to support the gun and lean into it. I normally stand with my left foot forward a bit, yeah like that. Keep your feet shoulder width apart."

Being this close to Regina was beyond distracting now that she knew the brunette was interested in women as well. Emma pressed her chest into Regina's back and guided her hands and the gun up to the brunette's eye level. She was supposed to be teaching her how to shoot a gun, definitely not getting distracted by how perfect Regina seemed to fit in her arms.

"Alright so look at the sights, there are three dots, if you line them up then you are shooting straight. If the center dot it higher or lower than the other two then you are shooting too high or too low. If you are shooting an attacker accuracy isn't quite so important, you are just going to aim for center of mass and pull the trigger ok?" Emma pointed to the sights as she spoke, and Regina hummed in acknowledgement. "If you are forced to use a gun to defend yourself you are just trying to stop your attacker from hurting you. Don't worry about trying to get a kill shot like Henry does when he's playing Call of Duty."

"That game is much too violent for him. I cannot believe Mister Cassidy allowed him to play it." Regina muttered staring down the sights lining them up on a can Emma had placed on the fence.

Emma snorted, "Neal is an idiot and unfortunately a bunch of Henry's classmates also seem to play so he is encouraged to play at school too. Now I've got a single bullet in the magazine here. Why don't you load it like I showed you and take your first shot?"

Regina settled her ear protection on her head and took the magazine that Emma offered her. Copying the blonde's earlier movements, she loaded the magazine and pulled the slide back to chamber the round. Emma's comforting warmth was still at her back even though they were no longer touching. Oddly Regina found holding a loaded weapon nerve wracking. It was a vastly different experience from handling fireballs.

The former queen took a deep breath and lined up her shot. When she was confident that she would hit her target, she squeezed the trigger. The resulting jerk of the gun as it went off startled her so bad that she jumped.

Emma wrapped her arms around Regina in an instant, her hands covering Regina's forearms and pushing them down. Forcing the gun to face the ground even thought it was empty.

"Are you alright?" Emma asked, tone low enough that Regina could make out what she was saying despite the shooters muffs still covering her ears.

"Of course." Regina scowled as she took in the cans on the fence. They were all still standing, she had missed. "It just took me by surprise that's all."

"And that's why I only gave you one bullet." Emma offered Regina the spare magazine. "Do you want to try again now that you know how it feels?"

Regina nodded determinedly and took the magazine from Emma. The blonde smiled and took a step back to load the empty one that was handed to her and watch Regina try again. Watching Regina learn how to shoot was quickly becoming one of the sexiest things Emma had ever had the opportunity to witness. Two more magazines later Regina was far more comfortable with the weapon in her hands and was even starting to hit the cans despite her growing frustration.

"You rigged them to stay, up didn't you?" Regina huffed, eyeing the last four cans with immense displeasure.

"Nope." Emma grinned at her and offered the brunette another magazine with just enough bullets to knock over the last cans. "This is the last of the ammo. I'll bring more next time."

"Next time?" Regina waved off the offered rounds, she was quite done for the day.

"Yeah, Lily says you can keep that pistol until we can get the cuff off. If you are going to use it for self-defense its super important that you get comfortable with it." Emma gently took the pistol from Regina and loaded the magazine herself. "We'll order you a purse with a compartment for conceal carry weapon. And we'll practice drawing and firing from it. While you won't be able to shoot like me or Lily, I'll breathe easier knowing you can stop whatever asshole is hiding in this town who thinks he can take advantage of you when you don't have your magic."

Assholes like Neal Cassidy.

Regina refrained from mentioning Neal to Emma as the blonde slid back the slide on the pistol and raised it with a confidence born of hours upon hours of practice at the range. Emma barely seemed to aim before she was squeezing off four rounds in quick succession. All four cans flew off the fence to join the others on the ground.

Mister Cassidy and done nothing to endear himself to either Emma or herself since arriving in Storybrooke. And frankly, Regina wasn't sure that Emma would be able to control her temper and refrain from attacking the man if she knew he had nearly struck her in the hospital after causing Henry's accident in the first place. Not to mention he had provided the cuff that bound her magic in the first place. Honestly it wouldn't surprise the brunette if it had been Neal's idea all along.

"We'll get proper silhouette targets for you next time, those won't be as hard to hit as cans on a fence." Emma flicked the safety on and slid the empty gun into a holster on her belt. "Why don't we pick up Peter from day camp and get some lunch?"

"That sounds like a plan." Regina slid her arm through Emma's offered one as though it was the most natural thing in the world as they headed for the car. Emma would clean up the cans and brass later.

Peter had been enrolled in a day camp at the recreation center. Emma was trying to ease him into the idea of going to kindergarten and being around other kids again. He needed to socialize with kids his own age and not just adults closest to him and Henry.

Emerald eyes slid from the road over to Regina as they sat in comfortable silence as she drove them back into town. Her mind racing over the possibilities now that Regina had confirmed that she was interested in women. After seeing a few of Regina's Evil Queen outfits in Henry's book Emma had been suspicious that Regina might like the fairer sex, but never had confirmation of it before. The blonde's confidence was boosted now that she had it. She could do this, she could ask Regina out on a date, but how?

Where would they even go? There wasn't any dining in Storybrooke that really seemed to be to Regina's tastes. Emma chewed on her lip as she considered her options, doing a family thing would probably go over well, but would it still count as a date? They already did things like dinners together now with the boys and those certainly weren't dates. Would Henry even be ok with the two of them seeing each other?

"Moms?"

"Hen?" Emma mumbled sleepily as the sound of Henry's voice roused her from sleep.

Emerald eyes blinked open slowly as they struggled to focus on the twelve-year-old standing in front of her with a knowing smile. "You know, Mom has a perfectly fine bed upstairs. The two of you could have just slept up there instead of the couch."

"Emma are you going to get out of the car?"

The blonde blinked and focused on Regina. She had already stepped out of the car and was peering at her curiously through the open driver's side door.

"Yeah, I just got lost in thought there for a moment." Emma offered the brunette a reassuring smile and clambered out of the car.

"Don't think too hard dear, smoke might come out of your ears." Regina teased leading the way up to the center.

The blonde just grinned and followed her. Emma still wanted to talk about their relationship, but maybe she could use the talk as a chance to ask the former Queen on a date. Emma went to grab the door and open it for Regina with exaggerated chivalry only to have someone on the other side open it first. She groaned as it crashed into her shoulder.

"Emma!"

"I'm sorry."

Emma recoiled from the door rubbing her shoulder, "I'm fine. I just wasn't expecting the door."

"I do apologize, I did not see you on the other side of the door."

Emma frowned recognizing the English lit in the speaker's voice without having to face them. Robin it seems was making an appearance before Emma had a chance to talk to Regina.

"What are you doing here?" Emma bit out in lieu of a proper greeting or accepting his apology.

Robin seemed to take her bad mood in stride. "I've just dropped off Rolan. Your sheriff David highly recommended this Recreation Center as a place that could keep an eye on my son while I job hunt. Apparently, I cannot barter in furs and animal meat for clothing in this realm."

"No, everyone uses money here." Emma bit out sourly.

"Well it is something I am still getting used to." Robin shrugged it off and smiled charmingly at Regina, his focus moving from the blonde to the brunette. "Ah, hello Regina."

"Mister Hood." Regina nodded curtly, finally tearing her eyes away from Emma to take in the man before her.

"I have been hoping to run into you again."

Emma whipped her head around so fast to examine Robin that her neck cracked. Again? When had they run into each other the first time.

"Perhaps I could take you to that lunch I promised now? If it's a good time of course."

The blonde's gut twisted painfully at Robin's words. He had already beaten her to the punch somehow. Perhaps Tinkerbell was right, fate had a way of sorting itself out in the end.

"Actually, I already had lunch plans with Emma." Regina waved off Robin's suggestion. "Perhaps another time."

"It's alright if you want to go to lunch with him Regina." The words escaped Emma before she could stop them. The churning in her gut twisted into a painful ache in her chest.

"Miss Swan?"

Oh, they were back to Miss Swan again. That meant Emma was in trouble. Emma turned her back on Robin and lowered her voice so that her words were for Regina only.

"He is the one with the lion tattoo Regina." Emma didn't know how the words were passing through her throat into the open. It felt so tight, just like the ache in her chest. Emerald eyes searched Regina's face for any kind of reaction. While Regina's face was carefully blank her eyes flashed with hope? Curiosity? Emma wasn't sure what she saw there. There was definitely a flash of anger, that was certainly something Emma recognized. "I swear I didn't know. Tinkerbelle only told me last night. And with everything that happened I forgot to tell you. Please don't be mad."

"Why on earth would I be mad?"

"Have you ever thought what your life might have been like had you walked into that bar?"

"Of course, I wondered." Regina paused for a long time before continuing. "But if I had walked into that bar I probably wouldn't have Henry. And he is worth every chance at love I may have destroyed."

Why indeed? Regina is meeting Robin now, later in her life when she already has Henry. Now Regina could get that second chance with her soul mate. Robin seems to have changed his tune about Regina now that he has met her, Emma supposed that was because they were fated. Was that something she could even fight?

Robin was supposed to be who made Regina happy.

"Peter and I can take care of ourselves for the afternoon." Emma couldn't stop the words that were coming out of her mouth now.

"We can do lunch another time." Robin offered graciously.

Her happiness is what really mattered.

"Go with him." Emma encouraged unconvincingly as she tore her gaze away from Regina's face, and instead focused on her car that had been left behind earlier that morning when she dropped off Peter. "I'll see you for dinner tomorrow after Henry's guitar lesson, yeah?"

"If you insist." Emerald eyes closed against Regina's snappish tone. "Let us go Robin. Tell me how is young Rolan since I last saw him?"

Every shred of hope that had built up within Emma this morning was crashing down around her with every step that Regina took away from her with Robin. The day had started off so well, the discomfort of Regina's couch had been easily outweighed but the rightness of having Regina in her arms. With a shaky breath Emma fought to control herself and entered the rec center to retrieve Peter.

The tiny blonde collided with her legs the instant he had seen her. Rolan's arrival had back tracked any progress he might have made with his peers and caused Peter to retreat into himself. Emma's heart broke for him as she wondered how many other children were already carrying their parent's prejudices and fear.

Instead of going to Granny's as their original plan, Emma took Peter to Pizza Planet instead. Less chance of running into Regina and Robin that way. There was no way Regina would allow the forest hobo to take her to a pizza joint. With the younger blonde happily munching away on one of his newest favorite foods Emma drove them to Mulan and Aurora's apartment. She hadn't seen the pair that had traveled with her in the Enchanted Forest since their arrival in Storybrooke.

"Emma it's good to see you up and walking around with my own eyes." Aurora smiled and waved the pair into the new apartment with her free hand. "Would you like to hold PJ?"

"Ah, no." Emma offered a weak apologetic smile, "I would probably drop him or something. Let's not tempt fate while he is still so young."

"Where is Mulan?" Peter asked as he wrapped his arms around Aurora's legs in greeting.

"Here." The stoic warrior entered the living room looking far softer than Emma could ever remember wearing sweatpants and a tee shirt instead of her usual armor. "Hello Peter, have you been watching out for Emma like you promised?"

Emma rolled her eyes and took a seat next to Aurora on the couch as Peter answered, "Yes, except Emma makes it really hard sometimes."

"Oh?" Mulan glanced at Emma amused, "And what has she been up to that makes it so hard?"

"She leaves town sometimes and doesn't take me with her." Peter shot Emma a pouting look. Henry had shown Peter the discovery channel and now the five-year-old wanted to see all the places in the realm that weren't the forest. Not that she could blame him. "But I get to stay with Gina and she is letting Balto inside now, so it's not so bad."

"You mean Regina?" Aurora perked up, a knowing smile spreading across her face as Emma's chest ached with fresh pain. "And how are you doing on that front Emma?"

"I apparently brought her soul mate to Storybrooke with us." Emma groused, sounding much like Lily complaining about the thief. "The two of them are, or were, having lunch."

"Oh Emma." the brunette shot Mulan a look and passed the warrior their infant son.

"Come on Peter, let's go play in the nursery." Mulan shooed Peter out of the room to give the two women some privacy. She certainly didn't want to get in the middle of Aurora's attempt at matchmaking.

"Did you try to court her?"

"I- no." Emma fixed her gaze on the floor. She didn't really want to talk about this, but she knew Aurora was unlikely to let up until she got what she wanted. "I was going to talk to her tonight or tomorrow. But so much has happened and he got to her first."

"Emma, I saw the way she looked at you in the hospital when you were injured." Aurora placed a hand over Emma's and gave it a comforting squeeze. "Whatever this soulmate has said or done. You still have a chance. It's obvious to anyone with eyes she feels something for you. I cannot believe she would just choose this unknown man over you."

A red flush began creeping up Emma's neck and onto her face. "I wouldn't say she chose exactly."

"What do you mean?" The royal upbringing was creeping into Aurora's voice now. The tone left no room for anything but answers. "What have you done?"

"Look I can't fight a soulmate, now can I?" Emma bit back, "He was there when we were picking up Peter and he asked her to lunch. I- I encouraged her to go alright? Pixie dust proved them to be meant for each other or some other shit a long time ago. And now, here they are. In Storybrooke with nothing in their way."

"Stop acting like a coward Emma Swan."

Flinching away from Aurora and her truth, Emma got to her feet and moved to stand by the window.

"Are you even going to fight for her? Will this man fight for her and protect her like you can?" Aurora pressed, "Do you think he deserves her?" There was a long pause before she asked, "Do you really think you should just take away her choices like this?"

"Excuse me?" Emma turned to Aurora then, confused as she tried to wrap her mind around how she was taking away Regina's choice. "I would never take away Regina's choice in dates or courtship or whatever you call it."

"Well you certainly seem to act like a suitor when you talk about her, and I'm sure you behave similarly when you are with her. But as soon as another comes along you just step aside without letting Regina know you are an option? That sounds like you are taking away her choices to me." the Princess folded her hands neatly in her lap. "At the very least you are confusing her."

"But what if she chooses her soulmate?" Emma's voice was small as she asked the question. The small child inside of her was screaming in fear of being unwanted in favor of someone else. She didn't think she could handle that, not from Regina. "What if Tinkerbelle is right and this is fate sorting itself out."

"Fuck fate."

Emma gaped at Aurora who waved off the blonde's concern as thought it was nothing. For a moment the blonde wondered if she was talking to the same soft-spoken princess she had known in the forest.

"Make your own fate Emma. Like Mulan did when she joined the army to serve her country rather than live as a house wife." Aurora took Emma's hands again. "Regina made her own fate when she chose to stop being the Evil Queen and be Henry's mother instead. You yourself said she has changed, she isn't the same person she was when the pixie dust was first used now is she?"

"Regina, you didn't ruin your chance at love. There is always another chance. You are a different person now then you were then. There is someone out there who accepts you for who you are now and forgives you for what you have done as the Evil Queen."

Gods Emma felt so stupid. She had gotten so hung up on the whole lion tattoo and soulmate and fate thing that she had forgotten what she herself had told Regina in Neverland. It still applied, it was still true. Hell, Robin was definitely all wrong for her based on what she had seen of the man in the Enchanted Forest. Whatever epiphany he had since coming to Storybrooke wasn't going to be enough to change who he was that fast.

Emma still had a chance, assuming she hadn't completely fucked it up.

"I have to go- Peter! Come on we are leaving!" Emma left Aurora in the living room to find the youngster sitting on the floor with the infant in his lap, all under Mulan's watchful gaze.

"Where are we going?" Peter questioned as he was lifted into the air as soon as Mulan relieved him of PJ.

"We are going to see Regina." Emma bade Aurora and Mulan a quick goodbye and was out the door in a flash. She needed to see her son's mother before she lost her nerve. "I might have made a big mistake, and I need to fix it."

"Will Gina help you?"

"I dunno Tiger." Emma admitted as she buckled Peter into the car before starting it and nearly gunning it out of her parking space.

A breeze by Granny's proved that Regina's car wasn't at the diner. Next stop was Mifflin Street. Anxiety coiled like an angry serpent in Emma's belly. The Mercedes was in its usual spot in the driveway. Emma was forced to park behind it as Regina had chosen to park in the middle of the driveway leaving no room on either side for the blonde's car; something she had not done since Emma had returned.

Steeling her resolve Emma let Peter out of the car and lead the way up to the house. Peter picking up on her anxiety and trailing along behind her silently. Emma, relieved the door was unlocked, let herself into the house.

"Peter go find Henry and play with him for a bit ok?"

The five-year-old nodded and tore up the stairs noisily without complaint. Instantly the sound of heels clicking on hardwood rang out as Regina sought out the source of the noise.

"Henry, you had better not be running-." The brunette cut herself off as she came to a stop in the foyer, surprised to see Emma standing there. "Miss Swan, what in the world do you think you are doing in my home?"

"I'm sorry about earlier." Words exploded out of Emma without her control once again. "I didn't mean to take away your choices and give you mixed messages. You have options- choices. Me I mean. It's just that Robin is supposedly your soulmate and I just want you to be happy."

"What on earth are you talking about Emma?" Regina took in the anxious blonde worriedly. She had been angry that Emma had passed her off to Robin without asking for her choice in the matter. But for now, that anger had been pushed aside in the wake of Emma's distressed state.

"I'm going to fight for you." Emma stated firmly.

Regina frowned, "Do you mean the cuff? You have already made your feelings on that matter clear."

"No! I mean yes- that. But-." Emma growled in frustration, words failing her. Impulsively she reached for Regina and stepped into her space. "Fuck fate."

"Excuse-."

Regina's protest was silenced as Emma captured her lips with her own. The blonde cradled Regina's face in her palms, holding her gently despite her agitated state. Emma felt Regina tense then relax in her hold, surprising her by grabbing handfuls of the blonde's jacket and holding her close as she returned the kiss. Reluctantly Emma broke the kiss and rested her forehead against Regina's content to stay where they were so long as Regina was.

"Robin is not your only option. I know he is supposed to be your soulmate but that was then. This is now and both of you have changed. Maybe he's not right for you anymore. Maybe someone else is." Emma spoke softly, her anxiety settling the longer Regina stayed in her grasp. "I will fight for you, because I want the chance to be that person for you.

"I don't know what to make of our relationship anymore, but I know where I want it to go." Emma paused searching Regina's face for any kind of hint that she was getting the green light for this. "So, Regina Mills, would you go on a date with me?"