AUTHOR'S NOTE! There was an addition to the ending of the last chapter (Chapter 6). Just want to remind those who didn't get to read it.

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Chapter 7: Reminiscing the Past

It's been almost 10 years since Emma and Regina first met and shared their first pie. 4 years since they both sat and shared that apple pie at a coffee shop after their misunderstanding. Since then they have been friends, great friends. Emma has been the kind of friend that will be there with you when you need the most. Like if you want to murder someone she asks where do you hide the body? She have been the kind of friend that enters to your back door without knocking, Emma have been those persons and more, much more than she expected, much more than Regina imagine her relationship with Emma will be. The brunette looks back at her dessert as she remembers those times and it brought a smile to her face.

Her eye goes to her hand and stares at her wedding ring with a sudden sadness expression as she whispers Oh Emma.

"What was that?" Someone asked from behind her. Regina was so preoccupied thinking about the past that she didn't hear someone walking towards her.

"Nothing." The brunette says nonchalantly as she pushes away the plate and presses her hands on the counter.

Seconds later she felt a pair of hands on her back as it travels to her shoulder down to her hands. Regina stares at their left hand that bares their matching silver wedding rings. The brunette felt light kisses between her neck and shoulder and she involuntary tensed. The person behind her must have felt her tense because Regina felt the other person's hand tighten around her to comfort or sooth her. "What's wrong?"

Regina looks at the person she married with her squinting eyes "Why did it take you months to ask me out?" she breaths deeply as she repeats the question "Why months that almost turn into a year to officially ask me out?" it's the question that bugs her from time and time again. Was she not worth it enough the first time? What was it about her that she seems to be always on someone's waiting list? Was she a second choice? Third choice? Why did it take Emma, her wife, months to ask her out on a date? And she only questions herself more when she accidentally saw Emma at a coffee shop a week ago.

From Regina's voice on the verge of crying and her contorted facial expression Emma knew something wasn't right and she has absolutely no idea what brought this sadness to her wife. "Honey what's wrong?" she asks worriedly as she sat down beside Regina and holds her hand.

"Don't you Honey me! Miss Swan!" the brunette angrily takes her hand away from the blonde. "Am I not good enough for you? Are you tired of me?" she asks as her tears pours down her face. "Why?" she sniffs as she clears her throat and looks directly at Emma "Why now…..when…" she just couldn't continue anymore.

Emma tries to touch her and hold her tight to comfort her but Regina would have none of it. "Regina please tell me what's wrong?" she desperately asks her wife.

Regina gave her a dry laugh and couldn't believe the nerve of this woman "Oh please I saw you with her!?" she finally lets it out with an accusatory finger at the blonde.

Emma was dumbstruck with the brunette's outburst. "Who?" she asks as Emma has no idea what the doctor was talking about but at the back of her mind she had an inkling on who it might be and that made her nervous. "Who's Her?"

Regina paced at the opposite of the counter trying to calm herself down "The one you're having an affair with!?" she shouted out at the open "Why Emma? Why there?" she cries and she felt like she could barely breath "Why at that coffee shop? Why in a place which holds something special to us?"she sobs as she remembered Emma with that woman at the coffee shop. The same coffee shop that she and Emma built their almost ruined friendship that months turned to an intimate relationship to partners for life.

Emma finally stood up and held her hands up in surrender "Okay, this is getting ridiculous. Seriously Regina, honey calm down for a second." She puffs air and looks at the ceiling asking herself how did things got out of hand? She looks at her beautiful amazing wife with so much love and smiles at her as she slowly approach her on the other side of the counter but no luck as Regina walks far away from her as much as she can. "Will you please hear me first?" she asks slowly not wanting to hurt her wife more.

Regina stops her pacing and realizes that they have already switched places, much like their position from the first time they met. She nods at her as she evens out her breath and the rampage pulsing from every pulse on her body that she can feel. She places her right hand where her heart is and just tries to ground herself and convince herself that she needs to hear Emma clear things out before she lashes on her wife again. She deserves that much.

When Emma realizes that Regina has already agreed to hear her side, she stands directly infront of her wife with the counter between them. "Okay…thank you" she says as she takes a breathe thinking on how she should go by it "I guess I should answer one question at a time." She nods to herself convincing her that it's a good idea and it seems that her wife agrees with her "First question, why it took me months to ask you out?" Emma pushed her lips at a thin line as she contemplates on this. It took her a few tries before words actually comes out of her mouth "Because the third time we met you said you just got out of a relationship. I wanted to slow things down and as time passes by I wasn't sure if it was still the same on how you feel about me." Emma sighs heavily.

Regina looks at her as she slowly sat on the high chair "Why that long?" she asks curiously.

Emma looks down at her feet because she knows her reason was a selfish one just tell her the truth she tells herself. She looks back to those beautiful chocolate brown eyes "I was selfish…" the blonde chews her lower lip as she continues "I wanna make sure I wasn't just a rebound." She honestly told her wife and she immediately saw the hurt on Regina's eyes "Regina you've been with Daniel for three years before we met the third time. I know you loved him and there is always a part of you that will love him." She says with such understanding that Regina can't stop the tears that runs down her cheeks once more "I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't a replacement."

"Oh Emma." Regina murmurs her name with softness and gentleness.

"That's why it took me that long because I knew what I wanted and to be honest I've always wanna ask you out since we first met." Emma smiles at Regina with such warmth that the brunette felt like her heart is melting. "I'm sorry if I made you feel like second guessing your importance and worth to me because Regina you are the most worthy, deserving, and important person that I have ever met." She says with such vindication that Regina couldn't stop the smile that graces her face.

Regina wanted to kiss her right then and there but something inside her stops herself as she remembers that they're not done yet. She clears her throat and looks directly at Emma once again and asks her the question that might break their marriage "Who is she?" she asks in such a low voice as if she's afraid to know the truth.

Emma gave her a smirk "She's a friend who owes me a favor." The blonde shakes her head as her plan was ruined by their meeting just being on the wrong time and place. She pushed the small box towards Regina "I asked her for that."

Regina didn't notice the box was just sitting there the whole time. Since Emma arrived she'd had a tunnel vision on her wife and was ready for retaliation. She looks at it skeptically "What is it?" she asked anxiously.

"Well you're never gonna know if you don't open it." Emma gave the brunette her famous smirk and a wink letting Regina know it's alright, that everything's gonna be okay. As the doctor slowly opens the box and Emma saw the confused, surprised, pure joy, and on the verge of another heart wrenching sobs she knew that it was the perfect gift. She walks close to her wife and stand besides her waiting for Regina to come back to reality.

As soon as Regina realizes what the gift meant she looks directly at the blonde's eyes asking for confirmation and Emma just gave her a nod "Really?" it was still a lot for her to take in but no explanation came to her for what she is feeling right know. It just felt like all the emotions of a person has hit her all at the same time. She throws herself at Emma immediately and gave her a bruising kiss. Lesson learned don't accuse your wife immediately, especially if said wife looks at you everyday like it's the first time she's ever seen you. That's how she always feels when Emma gave her that look, the exact one she's giving her now as the blonde puts her left hand around her waist and her right hand holds Regina's left between their bodies, very much like their first dance on their wedding.

Hmmmm

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Like I'm in love with you...

Didn't have to run

I knew it was love from a mile away

But I had to catch ya

Runnin' through my mind all day, baby

They all say I'm crazy, 'cuz anybody, even when your father say

That "I can't be with you", I don't hear a word they say

'Cuz I'm in love with that girl

So don't be mad at me

'Cuz I'm in love with that girl

So don't be mad at me

It took minutes for Regina to realize that Emma had played a song, the song from their first dance as a married couple infront of their family and friends. Emma beams at the brunette and gave her a sweet soft gentle kiss that radiates how much love she feels for her wife. The second kiss Emma gave her shows how happy she is to be with Regina, it wasn't too desperate but it was close enough to make her feel that she's losing her breath with how much Emma is kissing her with her soft lips and giving her lower lip a little bite that she just so loves. As they pull away from each other they just both sway to the music with their foreheads resting together.

So what, you're from the other side of the tracks

So what, the world don't think we match

I'll put it down, and my love's unmasked, guess what?

I'm in love with that girl

And she told me, that she's in love with me

Now we didn't have to fall

But we fell in love to the bottom babe

Knowin' that I'd catch us

Like when you fell from heaven that day, baby

People always starin', but I don't even care nothin' about it babe

'Cuz since I saw your face, I've been starin' just the same

Mmmmm...

It's been almost 10 years since Emma and Regina first met and shared their first pie. 4 years since they both sat and shared that apple pie at a coffee shop. And now "Happy advance 2nd Wedding Anniversary Honey." Emma tells Regina as she gave her a peck on the nose. "I hope you liked my gift?"

Regina looks at the counter and smiles as she saw once again the baby onesie with a design of an apple pie on the front. "The best gift." She says to Emma as she pulls her wife close to her and gave her a heated kiss as she cups her jaw.

Emma licks her lips as Regina pulls away "Since I put you through some shitty situation I think you should name our baby."

Regina was shocked and happy but she shakes her head NO "You're carrying our child. I think you have the right to name him or her."

Emma shrugs and insists that she should be the one to give their child a name "I think it should be you and the next time, when you'll be the one who carries our second kid, I have the privilege to name our second child." She hopefully tells her "Deal?"

Regina arched her perfectly left brow "You haven't even birthed our first one yet and you're already thinking of a second child?" the brunette playfully tells her but Emma just looks at her seriously waiting for her answer. She sighs as she agrees with her wife "Fine…. If it's a boy…" she thought for a moment before she answers "Henry…. We'll name him Henry." Emma nods her head in agreement as they sway to the music.

I'm in love with that girl

So don't be mad at me

I'm in love with that girl (Ohhh, oh)

So don't be mad at me

So what, you're from the other side of the tracks

So what, the world don't think we match

I'll put it down, and my love's unmasked, guess what?

I'm in love with that girl

And she told me, that she's in love with me

Now pretty lady

You'll always be my baby, baby, baby

It's so amazing

How you became my baby, baby, baby

My little daisy, come here

Let me rock you like a baby, baby, baby

Pretty lady, don't you know

You'll always be my baby, baby, baby

To the bridge...

Now don't it seem like these days

That everybody's got somethin' to say

But I don't pay attention to the talk baby

And I don't really care, if they stop and stare

'Cuz they'll see my number one

My number one girl

I told ya...

I'm in love with that girl (ohhohhh oh)

So don't be mad at me

I'm in love with that girl (oh no no)

So don't be mad at me (I don't care)

So what, you're from the other side of the tracks

So what, the world don't think we match

I'll put it down, and my love's unmasked, guess what?

I'm in love with that girl (that girl)

She already told me, that she's in love with me

Hahhhhhh, no

I'm in love, yes

I'm in love with that girl

I don't care

What people say, people say, uh

'Cuz I'm in love with that girl

(That Girl by Justin Timberlake)

Emma whisperes towards the brunette's lips "You stole my pie….. and I stole yours." She said faintly as she smiles.

Regina smiled as she teased her wife "Borrowed."

Emma looks at her skeptically "Barrowing implies the eventual intention to return what was taken." She said matter-of-factly as she looks intently at her wife.

Regina gave her a slow warm full kiss and tells her "What makes you think I would ever give it back to you?" she whispered closely to her ear and looks back at Emma "You stole my pie and I stole yours." She says right back to her as the faint sound of 'She Just Likes To Fight by Four Tet' plays at their background.

The first few months of their relationship Regina didn't understand why Emma kept telling her that phrase. It took her months to realize that it was Emma's way of telling her I Love You. She learned that the blonde have always had a hard time expressing her feelings to anyone. So when other's say 'I Love You' Emma says 'You stole my pie.'

.The End