White Swan to Her Red Queen// A SwanQueen AU

4:00 AM

Hope began to dose off, attached to her mother's breast as the minutes continued to pass and it got later and later. Emma just stared down at her beautiful baby girl, watching as the infant's eyes started fluttering closed.

The blonde stroked Hope's head and began humming a lullaby to her, as she stood up from her bed and carried the infant to her room. Emma walked into the nursery with lavender and baby blue painted walls, as she slowly detached her daughter from herself, and placed her down into the wooden crib.

The blonde continued humming as she got Hope's weighted stuffed animal, and placed it on the infant's chest. Emma then turned on the humidifier and the white noise machine, before slowly making her way out of the room.

Emma went back to her room and closed her door, before climbing into her warm bed, ready to fall asleep herself, and give her tired muscles a rest. The blonde reached towards her nightstand to turn off the lamp when there was a ding right next to it.

Emma sighed as she picked up her phone, then resettled in bed so she could check it. Across the screen, there was a number that the blonde didn't recognize, but when she read the message, her face immediately lit up.

The message read: " I had an amazing time with you at lunch today, and your daughter is an angel. Hopefully, we can do it again sometime" Within two seconds of reading this text message, Emma was sporting a giant grin.

She added the number to her contacts as Regina💋🙈 before beginning to type a response. " I'll be looking forward to it😉" Ok, so maybe the blonde was messing with the older woman just a little bit with that winky face, but Emma had never been "the nervous one" when it came to flirting, In fact, she was very confident in herself when it came to that sort of thing.

Plus, Emma found it a little funny seeing Regina get flustered over her, and even if She couldn't see the brunette right now, she could totally imagine Regina's bright red cheeks as she read the response.

Regina💋🙈: So will I🙃

💕Emma💕: Well then, goodnight Regina Mills...

Regina💋🙈: Goodnight Emma Swan💙

The grin on Emma's face had not faded for a second as she read through the short conversation one more time, before turning on her side, placing her phone on the nightstand, and turning out the light.

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She turned over and looked at her alarm clock for probably the hundredth time. 3:47 AM. Since Regina met the blonde, she couldn't get her out of her head. She had been lying awake for the past three hours just thinking about her.

The weird thing was, to the brunette it felt like it had only been 10 minutes. But, each time the brunette turned to check the clock, it would be significantly later.

The Latina woman let out a sigh as she returned to her position on her back staring up at the ceiling, as Emma's face once again popped up in her mind. "Maybe I should just call her..." "No, that's stupid. We literally just met. Plus, it's like 4:00 AM, there's no way shes awake.

" hmm...Maybe if I call- she won't pick up a-and I can just leave her message." Regina sat up in her bed and reached for her phone, but she was very hesitant to pick it up. For some reason... the blonde turned her into a flustered mess, which is what she usually did to other people.

Finally, Regina grabbed the phone and opened her contacts, as she began to scroll through them. Her finger hovered over the name that read 💕Emma💕 as she contemplated what to do. "Ah fuck it!" She finally said before tapping the name on the screen.