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It didn't matter how she got there. She was just there now. She had a job and a life and a son, and everything was normal.
Emma goes into work at 6 AM that morning to open the cafe looking forward to her day. She liked her job, she made the best lattes out of anyone who worked there since Granny had retired and the best pumpkin pie, and as it was fall everyone wanted pumpkin pie and a big dollop of whipped cream. Regina comes in first thing in the morning and doesn’t say anything, just puts the money down on the counter and waits with her hand outstretched for the cappuccino she knows Emma has ready for her. Just like every other morning.
“Have a nice day mayor!” Emma calls after her.
“We’ll see.” Regina responds, pushing the door open and exiting the cafe.
“Honestly, I don’t know why you even try being nice to her. She may be a great mayor but she’s not exactly nice...” Ruby says to Emma with a smirk.
“I don’t care. It’s better to be nice than not say anything. Then I’d be no better than Mr. Gold.”
“Mr. Gold is married to the nicest person on the planet, it’s a perfect case of opposites attract.” Ruby pauses for a minute and blinks hard as a thought enters her mind. “Do you have
a thing for the Mayor?” Ruby asks holding back a laugh.
Emma isn’t even sure how to respond, because of course she’d noticed how beautiful Regina was, she wasn’t blind, but was she romantically attracted to her or did she just kind of want in her pants? She shook her head.
“No of course not. Besides she has that thing with the Sheriff remember? She’s not into women."
"Which means you've at least considered it Ems." Ruby answers back, causing Emma to roll her eyes and swat at her with the rag she had just bean using to clean the counter. Ruby jumps back and laughs when Emma misses, which just gets Emma laughing too.