Italics are flashbacks!

Chapter 1

Walking around the mansion aimlessly, Regina looks towards the time while tightening her silk robe around her waist tightly. It was near enough bed time and Emma was yet to contact her to inform her that she has arrived in Boston safely, but she hasn't..

Taking a deep worrying breath, the brunette grabs at the phone to call the blonde but receives no answer. Just a silent tone. "Emma don't do this to me.." Sighing, the mayor decides to sit on her couch and wait a little longer with the phone upon her lap before attempting to call the blonde's parents. Absentmindedly playing with the ring on her finger, Regina looks down towards it and smiles back to the memory.

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Regina enter their bedroom with a smile at seeing the mother of her child glancing up at her from her position on the bed. Rising to her feet, Emma approaches the brunette with a soft kiss on the lips, gaining a contented 'hmm' in return. "Hi.."

Reaching for the woman's hands, the mayor smiles more, then pecks her lips. "Hello dear..good day?"

The sheriff nods. "Doing desk work? Oh yeah.."

Chuckling, Regina strokes a strand of blonde behind Emma's ear. "I'm sorry but I don't want you risking..anything. I would rather you sat at your desk bored that chasing idiots who could end up hurting you and the baby"

Looking up at her girlfriend in awe, the blonde agrees. "I know..oh and I wanted to ask, tomorrow is still our date night? Right?"

"Of course, just like it is every week Emma. We may have busy schedules with this town but they will never stop me going to dinner with you..even if it is only once a week"

Emma grins and hugs her tightly. "Good..I just thought we could talk about the baby and our plans"

Hugging back, the brunette holds onto her as if she never wants to let go. "Plans? Like what dear?"

"Just..about our nursery, names..everything about our little miracle, I can't believe we are going to be a family"

Biting her lip momentarily, Regina pulls away thinking she has to do it now, why waste anymore time. "..not exactly but hopefully..I can fix that"

Becoming completely confused, Emma raises an eyebrow as the brunette goes to retrieve something from her bedside table then return to stand before her. "What? How?"

Giving a nervous smile, the brunette explains. "Well..it would be..nice..amazing even if, we all had the same name...and" opening up her palm, Regina reveals a ring.

Eyes widening, Emma's jaw drops in shock not allowing the woman to continue her speech. "..no..no..this-"

"Forget it" looking away hurt not expecting that reaction, the mayor closes her hand and goes to leave the room.

"Regina no!" Grabbing the woman's wrist, the blonde turns her round. "I didn't mean no as in no, I meant no as in no this isn't happening because.." Shoving her spare hand into her pocket, the blonde pulls out the ring box she was hiding. "I was going to..ask..tomorrow. Which is why I was asking you about our date.." Giving a coy smile, Emma waits for a response.

Welling up, Regina looks at her before chuckling through the tears. "..well I guess at least now, neither of us can say no?"

Laughing along with the woman, the blonde steps forward kissing her gently as if to seal the deal then opens up the box to show her. "I love you Regina..you gave me a home and a family. This is it for me"

Stroking the side of her face, the brunette smiles. "I love you too, you gave me a second chance..to live, to be free, to love and that is exactly what I am going to do for the rest of my life. Love you and our baby"

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Becoming teary at the thought of anything bad, Regina grabs the phone again and dials for her parents in a panic. Hearing from the pair that they have not heard from their daughter either, the brunette covers her mouth to hold back a sob, secretly thinking that if the woman does get back to her soon, she will be a dead woman. Wiping her face, the mayor heads towards the stairs for bed but keeps the phone glued to her hand just in case. Stopping outside the guest bedroom, she pushes the door open slightly revealing the cream coloured walls with a painting of castle situated in the middle and a clear gap between the towers for the baby's name to go. Leaning against the door, she thinks back to the earlier conversation she had with her girlfriend.

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"I won't be long I promise, two days tops and I will call you as soon as I get there"

Regina pouts with a nod standing at their front door to see her fiancée off. "You better not be or there will be hell to pay..I wish you didn't have to go"

Wrapping her arms around the woman's waist to pull her close, Emma smiles at her pout and kisses her nose. "I know but I have to..weirdly enough, I did have a life before I came to Storybrooke and found my family..and it wasn't my intention to stay in the first place so I never got round to transferring everything over.."

"Why can't I come with you?"

"Because you are the mayor and the town needs you more than I need, to just collect a couple of boxes and sign a couple of documents" tightening her grip, the sheriff kisses the brunette lovingly. "The sooner I go, the sooner I'm back"

"Okay fine, go before I don't let you leave.." Regina sighs and lets her go watching the blonde turn away towards the steps. "Wait!" Stepping onto the porch, the mayor connects their lips once more with a smile. "Okay now you can go"

Laughing, Emma continues on down the pathway and to her bug to begin her journey out of town.

Watching until the bug is out of sight, Regina smiles to herself as she has a plan to decorate the guest room into a nursery for the blonde's return. She intended on replicating exactly what Emma had informed her she would like when they had their once a week date.

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Outside of town and on a side road of Boston, an array of people was standing around the scene in front of them, with the odd few standing within the taped off area, inspecting the damage and seeing to the casualties before transferring to a hospital.

Hearing a numerous amount of muffled sounds around her, Emma squints at the bright light that keeps flying from her view as she is wheeled down the corridor. Looking with her eyes to take in her surroundings, the blonde finds that she is prevented from moving as she is strapped down. With a wave of tiredness and pain, Emma blinks through the struggle then closes her eyes with the last noise of a beeping sounding through her mind.

A/N: hope you enjoyed!