Summary: Growing up in a small town in the middle of Maine, Regina Mills and Emma Swan had been together since the 9th grade and best friends even longer. Graduation comes and goes with both girls realizing they both had different plans for their futures.

Every day was the same in Storybrooke. The same faces and day to day task, nothing ever changed. And that was the way Emma liked it, or at least she thought she did until she realized what she was loosing in the process. A crinkled Polaroid, creased heavily from Emma carrying it in her pocket everyday for the past two years sat heavy on her heart. Chestnut locks fell to the top of her back and chocolate eyes sparkled with mirth. Regina Mills was everything she ever wanted in her future, yet the brunette's future didn't consist of her staying in Storybrooke. She wanted to be some hard ass lawyer in New York and work her way up into owning her own practice. So Emma did the only thing she could do. She let her go...

The saying goes if you love someone you set them free in hopes they will come back to you, if they don't they were never yours to begin with. Something about that burned Emma's chest like no other. Regina never came back and if she did it was only to see her family briefly before heading back before Emma could corner her.

"Swan, have you ever been in love?" The newest member to their tight knit group asked Killian from somewhere overseas. Everyone got quiet, knowing exactly how much stress the question would cause the blonde. That picture weighed a ton right now, and that slight smirk of a smile that Regina always sported felt like it was mocking her.

"Killian..." Ruby warned shaking her head.

"What? It's just a question. No need to twist your knickers." Killian defended, watching Emma stoke the fire so it wouldn't burn out. They had decided to camp in the woods for a fresh change of scenery but also to initiate the brunette male into the group.

"Yeah I've been in love before." Emma ground her teeth after speaking, throwing some leaves into the fire listening to it crackle as it consumed them.

"Tell us about the unfortunate lad whom broke your heart." Killian prodded causing Emma to snort. He had been trying to get a feel for her since he came into town.

"It would be lass, in this case." Emma grinned watching his eyes widen much to Graham, Ruby and Belle's delight.

"She was the most beautiful person I have ever laid eyes on. With a tongue that could cut sharp as razors and my inability to filer anything I said it was a wonder we ever became friends to begin with. I met her in the fourth grade when I almost fell off my horse. Here comes this regal nine year old to save me, she pulled me onto her horse before lecturing me on how I could have died. Me being the smart ass that I am, I asked her was I in hell or heaven because she had me confused." Emma paused to chuckle along with everyone else.

"We held hands in the ninth grade and proclaimed to everyone we were dating after a kid named Robin asked her out. We were together all the way up until my senior year and I just knew that I could see my forever in her. I had never loved anybody as much as I loved her." Emma licked her chapped lips as she sucked in a shaky breath.

"What happened?" Killian asked softly, watching a looked of pain and regret flash across the beautiful blonde's face.

"She always talked about being some fancy ass lawyer. Once graduation hit, she got accepted into Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Columbia. She had dreams and aspirations in life, and that didn't include staying here. Me, this is all I ever wanted. A small town to settle down in and raise a family. Not the hustle and bustle of the city." Emma swallowed harshly as her eyes.

"I wanted her to follow her dreams and be happy, even if that wasn't with me. Last I checked she was dating some brunette ADA named Danielle." Emma exhaled sharply before rising to leave.

"I'm going for a walk." Emma ran a trembling hand through her hair. She immediately took off towards where the stream was overhead. Her and Regina would always go there after Emma's lacrosse games to cool off and relax. Pulling the picture out of her Northface, she started starting to sing what she had dubbed 'their song'.

'It's been to long and I'm lost without you,

What am I going to do?

Said I been needing you, wanting you.

Wondering if you're still the same ,

and who's been with you.

Is your heart still mine?

I wanna cry sometimes.

I miss you.'

Emma carefully traced every feature on the picture, committing it to memory as she did every night. She never wanted to forget the woman who hold her heart, even if it hurts.

'Off to college, since you went away.

Straight from High School you up and left me.

We were close friends, also lovers.

Did everything, for one another.

Now you're gone and I'm lost without you hear now.

But I know I gotta live and make it some how.

Come back to me, can you hear me?

Calling for you cause, it's been too long

And I'm lost without you.

Tell me what I'm gonna do.

Said I've been needing you, wanting you

Wondering if your the same,

and who's been with you.

Is your heart still mine?

I wanna cry sometimes.'

Emma sniffled, using the back of her sleeve to wipe her running nose. She was only nineteen, she should be moving on. It had been two whole years. Over seven hundred and seventy five days since she last seen her other half.

'Now I'm sitting here, thinking bout you

and the days we used to share.

It's driving me crazy

I don't know what to do.

I'm just wondering if you still care?

I wanna let you know, that it's killing me

I know you gotta life and you gotta concentrate baby.

Come back to me, can you hear me..

Calling for you cause, its been too long and I'm lost without you

I...can't...be...no...more
Since you went away I
Don't really feel like talkin'
No one here to love me
Baby do you understand me
I can't do or be without you"

I miss you.."

Folding back up the paper she tucked in safely into her pocket before standing up and brushing herself off.

"Where ever you're at Regina Mills, I just want you to know I will always love you. And I hope your happy. That you've gotten everything that you wanted out of this life." Emma whispered into the night, knowing the words were falling on deaf ears she said them anyways.

"Just know, I miss you." Emma let a gentle smile touch her lips.

AN: Dedicated to Bomrin for their Birthday! There may be a part two from Regina's POV, and there also maybe a part three...All mistakes are mine