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Henry shrugged, “I assumed you did something..”

“Thanks, Kid,” Emma gave him a fake smile, “where’s Grace?”

“Katherine is babysitting,” Henry said, “I think it’s been arranged for a while.”

“So, she was home alone and decided to take everything in the kitchen apart?” Emma said more to herself than Henry.

“Yeah,” Henry said, “she’s done it before but not that bad.”

“When’s she done it before?” Emma queried.

“After I got my book from Miss Blanchard,” Henry frowned, “do you think she’s sad?”

“I’m not sure,” Emma said, “I’m going to go and talk to her,” she cocked her head to the side, “is Beethoven on repeat?”

“Yeah,” Henry sighed, “I’ve listened to the same thing for the last hour, but at least it’s not O Fortuna, its scary when she plays that.”

“Okay, Kid,” Emma nodded, “go save yourself.”

She watched as Henry ran back up the stairs before turning and going back into the kitchen where Regina was now back on terra firma with the freezer door open while she scrubbed the plastic seal around the door.

“So,” Emma said as she walked over to the stereo pumping out classical music and turned it down a little, “are we going to talk about what happened?”

Regina didn’t look up as she focused on scrubbing the interior of the freezer door, “I don’t think that’s wise.”

“That’s too bad,” Emma sighed as she examined the CD case and changed the track to the Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, “because I’m going to talk about it whether you want to or not.”

Fast but light strings filled the air and Regina glared at Emma over the door, “I was listening to that.”

“I think you’ve heard it,” Emma shrugged, “what’s all this about, Regina?”

“I’m cleaning,” Regina said simply as if it were obvious.

Emma pointed around the room, “this.. this isn’t cleaning.. this is obsessive behaviour.”

“I have a baby in the house, germs are..” Regina began but Emma shook her head.

“Nope, this is because we kissed,” Emma said and Regina immediately broke eye contact and continued cleaning the fridge, “but if you’re busy cleaning then I’ll just wait until you’re done and then we’ll talk about it.”

Regina turned and walked to the sink and started to rinse the cloth she was using.

Emma sighed, “so, kissing,” she leaned back against the wall, “either you want to do it again or you don’t.. personally..”

She saw Regina pause slightly as she rinsed the cloth and smiled to herself as it indicated the brunette was listening and interested.

“Personally,” Emma continued, “I was to do it again.. and again.. and so on. But if you don’t want to then you need to speak to me about it or it will get awkward.”

Regina dropped the cloth into the water and turned around, “you want to..” she hesitated, “to..”

“Kiss you,” Emma completed, “yes,” she smiled, “I want to see where this goes.”

Regina smiled for a brief moment before shaking her head, “it’s not wise, I’m.. not good at relationships.”

“Yeah and I’m an expert,” Emma laughed.

Regina swallowed and her eyes flicked down to her feet, “I don’t want to.. damage what we have.”

Emma nodded, “I understand and I agree but I don’t want to not see where this goes either. I’m not suggesting we jump into bed or anything..”

Regina’s cheeks flushed and she quickly turned around to face the sink again and Emma’s eyes went wide with sudden comprehension and added, “I mean, I’ve never been with a woman so I wouldn’t know what that involved anyway!”

Regina continued to face the sink but queried in an over casual manner, “you’ve never been with.. with a woman?”

“No, never even kissed a woman,” Emma told her as she started to slowly approach the brunette, “you?”

“No,” Regina whispered and then added, “to both..”

“As I said,” Emma continued, “I’m not suggesting we.. rush ahead with anything, but I would like to see where it leads. I have feelings for you, feelings I don’t quite understand but feelings I definitely want to explore.”

Regina turned around and seemed surprised that Emma had approached and was now right behind her, “I don’t want to hurt you,” she admitted quietly.

Emma nodded, “the knowledge of that is comforting and I don’t want to hurt you either. But we’re both grownups, we can deal with this sensibly, and I’m not going to just forget about what happened.”

“Neither am I,” Regina admitted, “I.. am just fearful of.. holding onto people.”

“We’ll learn together,” Emma shrugged casually.

Regina nodded and looked around the kitchen as if seeing the devastation for the first time and then waved her hand to turn the music off, “I’m sorry, I just got a little carried away, I’m not good with time alone to think sometimes.”

Emma laughed as she looked around, “want some help putting everything back?”

Regina waved her hand and all the items in the kitchen levitated and started to move towards their rightful homes. Saucepans stacked themselves in size order before floating to the shelf beside the oven. Foodstuffs quickly returned to the cupboard, all labels facing the correct way. Emma watched with an open mouth as the kitchen cleaned itself before her very eyes.