Hey, I'm Smitty and this is my first story on my page. I broach different subjects and my stories are personal and I put my all into them. I hope you like this one. Have a nice read :). Please R&R I want to hear what you have to say.

To my Shnookums

*Monday, March 16*

Regina was going through a lot in the last year: moving back to Storybrooke, reclaiming her title as mayor, trying to get the townspeople to warm up to her, and making the appointed mansion feel more like her own. She fled town as she realized a couple that had been true love's had been getting along quite nicely despite the curse she had cast on the enchanted forest. She came back afterward by her mother's request, as the people actually were less angry and more scared of how Snow white had controlled so poorly that they had gone into recession and had no idea where to get things such as food, gas, and other modern conveniences they had got accustomed to. She accomplished all of these tasks with ease, but getting the dull mansion to feel less like a house and more like a home proved to be extremely difficult. It was boring, lifeless, and entirely too simple, yet she did not know what exactly she needed. After searching for two months, Ruby - a tall waitress with red streaked hair and a habit of gossiping- told her about the local contracting company, Marco's.

*Monday, March 23*

The week after she got the information for the contracting company, she called the owner. "Hello? Is this Marco?"

"Yes, at Marco's where we can make your house a home," came a friendly and old voice. "How may I help you?"

"This is Mayor Mills, I'm looking for a company to remodel my house."

"Oh! Hello, Mayor Mills. We can get the job done. At the next date of convenience, I'll send my architect over to get an idea of what you want. From there, I'll be able to get my construction team working within a week," he told her cheerfully. She smiled, internally thrilled.

"Thank you very much, Marco. If you have an available slot, today would be wonderful, around three or four?" she proposed looking at the clock that read 2:16 pm. There was shuffling heard in the background before she heard the phone being picked up once again.

"I have a man that can come over at 3:00 today, his name is August Booth, and he drives a blue pick-up truck, will be alone and can jot down any ideas, notes, preferences, etcetera," he said dispatching the aforementioned man.

"Thank you, again. I really appreciate it, Marco. My address is-," she was swiftly cut off by a chuckle.

"Madam Mayor, everyone knows you live in the beautiful mayoral mansion, fit for a queen," he said warmly before hanging up. She smiled shaking her head, thinking that only three years ago she would have had his head for uttering the word 'Queen', and he would have expected it. She had truly gained the love and respect of the townspeople and couldn't be more happy about that.

*Tuesday, March 24*

The Mayor was attending to some paperwork when she heard knocking on the front door. She got up quickly and answered the door to a tall man with full sleeve tattoos of tree branches. He smiled warmly at her and she let him in and closed the door.

"August Booth, nice to meet you Madam Mayor," the man said extending his hand. Taking the hand she smiled back walking to her study.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Booth," she said taking a seat behind her desk and gesturing for him to sit in front of her. After they got settled, the mayor got straight into business and began telling the man what she wanted to be changed around her house, "I have a wall," she pointed behind him, "that is quite boring, and since I read and keep plenty of files and such, I would like it to be converted to an in-wall bookshelf. In the living room, I would like for my grandmother's antique table to be modified so that it has a glass panel in the middle instead of just being wood, but I have a specific way I want it to look, may I speak to the worker(s) one on one about that?" she asked receiving a nod. "And lastly and perhaps the grandest, I want to add a screened in porch to my backyard that can keep pests out but still fit with the style of the house; is that do-able?" she asked expectantly.

"Seems do-able to me. This should take 1 month at the most, 1 week at the least depending on your schedule and preference," August said jotting everything down on paper already having sketched most of it.

Regina thought for a second, "I work from home on most days, and if I decide I won't be able to work from home I'll be sure to give you notice. I would prefer only 3 at the most maybe only 1 if they can handle it… I don't like the thought of a bunch of people being in and out."

"That can be arranged, but that may reduce you to only the month-long option, maybe longer. Also, I take it you want to supervise?" he asked.

"That is fine and I definitely would want to supervise. It's not that I don't trust your workers, just to make sure they're doing what I want or in case I have any additions or specifications such as with the table…" she trailed off.

"Completely understand. We can get our best out here tomorrow if you're free," he told her, almost saying 'best' with resent or anger. Regina assumed it was the simple men wanting to be the best at anything and everything and internally shrugged it off.

"I am. Thank you for being so efficient. I have no doubt you'll get the job done," she says in earnest.

*Tuesday, March 25*

The following day, Regina was in her living room watching Grey's Anatomy. 'Why can't I have a beautiful, sexy eyed blonde' she thought while watching a scene with Callie and Arizona when she heard a truck pull up and walked to the door.

She paused the television with a wave of her hand and took her time fluffing her hair to its perfect state before walking to the door. As soon as she opened it she was met with the fist of a short blonde in a loose sweatsuit. The blonde quickly looked up and met dark eyes and a raised eyebrow. Immediately she started profusely apologizing. 'I've still got it!' Regina inwardly joked happily at seeing the cyan eyed beauty before her and uncontrollably giggled, catching said blonde's attention.

"Don't worry, Dear, I wasn't upset," the brunette said with a jovial smile.

"Uh, hi. I'm Emma Swan; you can call me Emma," said the blushing blonde.

"It's nice to meet you, Em-ma," she said with a sexy smirk causing Emma to blush under her gaze.

"You too. So, I guess I'll get to work?" Emma questions.

Regina nods and leads her to the study to begin installing the bookshelf. The shorter woman takes off a duffle bag and starts unpacking. "Do you need anything?" Regina asks politely.

"Uh no, I think I'm fine," she responds and starts pulling up the bottom of her sweatshirt to reveal a beautiful V-cut, a chiseled 6 pack and small breasts in a sports bra.

Regina finds herself blatantly gawking at the younger woman. She lets her eyes travel up to arms of pure muscle and travels to the face to see a blushing Emma.

Regina then blushes but instead of embarrassment, out of lust and desire. She doesn't know why she has lost all of the usual effortless composure, but she did know that the blonde must be special. Emma turns around and begins working revealing a round buttock and strong back. "You work out often?" she says before she can stop herself.

"Uh inadvertently, I guess. I mean uh...ya know, my job involves a lot of physical work like lifting, pounding, running, and even climbing because of my height; it makes me have to do even more work," she said unknowingly causing the mayor to imagine her lifting and pounding.

Again before she can stop the compulsive, lust driven words, Regina accidentally thinks out loud, "Your body is amazing."

"Thank you," she responds with a blush. Emma doesn't know if she'd imagined it or not, but it seemed as though the brunette woman was blatantly flirting with her. It was definitely flattering and even a little arousing. Emma couldn't put her finger on it but something about this taller, and powerful woman just exuded a special feeling she couldn't quite place, but she was surely enjoying it.

That's all for this chapter, but I'll hopefully be continuing this very soon. If you like it I'd love to hear your opinions and such. Love you guys. :)