So this is a OneShot I thought of when I was in Italy. And I simply loved the idea. So I hope all of you guys loves this.
As I have written in the summary, I do not post these once shots weekly nor daily. I am not a fast writer. I write very slow, if I don't have any ideas or inspiration. This OneShot took me almost two months to finish. And it's not very long. So I really hope you guys like this OneShot! And please tell me if you would like me to write more oneshots, and I will of course try to write more, in a possible less amount of time. But yeah. Let's just get to the story!
Of course all mistakes are mine!
It was a warm summer night in the middle centrum of Rome, Italy and Emma Swan had just finished her last round in the pool and was now on her way back to her room when she discovered it open. She narrowed her eyes at the door. As far as she knew, only she lived there so to see her own door open made the blonde 26 year old suspicious. But she wasn't a coward. A coward would run away down to the reception and ask for help. But Emma Swan wasn't like that. She would find out herself.
"Señora?", a tiny voice said and Emma shook her head looking down at the 5.2 feet tall woman who looked worried at her.
"Sorry", Emma said before smiling at her and walking inside her room. Closing the door behind her she sighed and walked to the bedroom and fell down onto the massive one persons bed. She sighed once more before checking her watch. It was almost 7pm so she was just in time for dinner. She decided to take a long hot shower and made a decision to eat at the hotel. She arrived this morning, so today she just wanted to relax and check out her home for the next week. After her long shower she put on a black dress and let her hair be put up in a pony tail. She puts on her makeup and chooses her black heels. She takes a look over and makes sure everything sits where it's supposed to sit. Not like last time, where she 'happened' to put on her dress the wrong way.
She nodded to herself, satisfied with her look and took the hotel key before walking out of her room, smiling at the cleaning lady in the long light hallway. She walked down to the hotels restaurant and her jaw dropped to the floor. To her enormous surprise, the restaurant was full, and as far as she could see, there was not a single table free. Deciding to take the chance, she walked to the reception and smiled at the boy who stood behind the counter.
"Good evening"
"Good evening, uh, is it possible there's a table free for one?", she asked and not even a second later she saw sympathy in the boys eyes, and she made a mental note to hit Ruby for arriving this late. Eating alone at a restaurant is pathetic. Especially for a beautiful woman like Emma.
"You're lucky. A couple just left their table. I can give that to you", the boy said and Emma smiled and him nodding.
"Thank you"
The boy showed Emma to her seat and gently held out the chair for her to sit. Emma smiled at him and whispered a thank you and received a smile in return.
"What would you like to drink?", he asked as he gave her the menu and Emma smiled at him. She just needed some alcohol. Fast.
"White wine. The best you have", she said and the boy nodded before walking away. Emma smiled before turning and looking over the menu. She was wondering what she should get. The meat with the potatoes. Spaghetti with the bolognese. The chicken breast with the fries.
"Miss?"
Emma looked up from the menu and saw the boy from before, but to her surprise he wasn't there to get her order. He was standing with another woman who was smiling nervously back at her. She was a brunette. A beautiful brunette might Emma add.
"I'm so sorry to ask you this, but as you know there's full house tonight, and the only free seat left is here on this table. I was wondering if you would be so kind and let this woman sit here with you?"
Emma was surprised by the question. She'd never been asked to share a table with a stranger. A beautiful stranger, she couldn't help but add once again. She looked over at the woman and couldn't help, but stare. She had beautiful long brown hair. Just under the shoulder length. She had the most beautiful brown eyes she had ever laid eyes on. Ruby red lips she just wanted to kiss right away. She was wearing a tight black dress that sat just where it should. Hitting every curve the perfect way and the right length to just under her knees. She wished she could see the woman's shoes, but the table was kind of in a way. But if she was not mistaken, the woman looked to wear probably some high heels. Maybe black to fit with the dress or red to fit with her kissable lips.
"Miss?"
Emma shook her head looking at the boy and now even more nervous and sad woman, because the smile had completely fainted. And of course she realised that she had been brutally caught staring.
"Right. Sorry. Uh, of course. Please sit", she said motioning for the other chair as she stood, and the woman exhaled in relief smiling a true smile to the blonde.
"Thank you", she said politely and relieved and Emma smiled at her teeth showing. The woman smiled back before turning to the boy.
"Thank you for your help. I'll just take a white whine"
"The miss here, has ordered our Sunset Vally 2011. Is that alright?"
The woman nodded and smiled a thank you before sitting down. She looked up and saw the blonde woman still standing looking guilty as ever.
"Why are you still standing?", she asked.
"I don't know", she said laughing nervously and sat back down. They sat in silence for a moment before Emma awkwardly cleared her throat.
"Uhm, Emma Swan", she said holding out her hand and the woman smiles at her nervously and takes the hand shaking it.
"Regina Mills"
*Wow. Even her name screams perfection*, Emma thought and smiled at the woman before pulling her hand back clearing her throat awkwardly. The awkward silence began and both women sways uncomfortably in their chairs looking around. Regina takes in the opportunity to look over the blonde. The woman was beautiful, she couldn't deny that. Not even an idiot would be stupid enough not to see that. Light blonde hair with faint stripes of silver, probably about to withdraw. Sharp cheekbones and a jaw as toned as her own. Thin lips to give endless kisses.
A cough brought her from her thoughts and she blinked her eyes to see a blushing blonde holding up a glass and a wine bottle. Apparently the boy had come with their wine without her noticing.
"Wine?", she asked gently and Regina nodded smiling weakly. Emma smiled back and poured her a glass of wine. She gave her the glass and held up her own. Regina smiled and the two women toasted for their evening.
"So", Emma started putting her glass down and looking at the brunette who looked back at her with expecting eyes.
"Where does Regina Mills come from? It's not very often you meet an American in Italy as an equal American"
Regina blushed and smiled at the blonde.
"Seattle, Washington. Born and raised"
Emma nodded taking in the information.
"Wow. That's far from New York"
Regina's face fell instantly and looked at her wine in sadness. Emma of course noticed and her own face fell as well.
"You look sad about that", she said and Regina looked up at her blushing, embarrassed for being noticed.
"What? No, I'm not sad. It just... Surprised me", she said and Emma nodded smirking at the woman. Regina blushed slightly and looked back down at the menu.
"Are we going to have the romantic dinner like lady and the tramp?", Emma asked showing the menu to the brunette and pointed on a picture of the famous spaghetti bolognese with meatballs. Regina looked at the menu and smirked.
"Am I about break your little swan heart and say that we aren't in Paris?", she asked before taking a sip of her wine.
"Right. It's just not everyday you sit with a beautiful woman in front of you", Emma said and Regina choked on her wine. Emma furrowed her eyebrows as she took her own napkin and gave it to the coughing woman.
"Are you alright?", Emma asked in worry and Regina nodded taking the napkin. She smiled at the blonde in gratitude and Emma raised her hand guiding the boy over to their table.
"Yes miss?"
"Can we please get a bottle of water?", she asked and the boy smiled nodding at her before leaving. Emma smiled and turned to Regina who was takin a sip of her whine.
"Sorry", she said and Regina smiled shaking her head.
"It's fine. I was just... A little surprised I guess"
Emma furrowed her eyebrows at the woman as she took a sip of her whine.
"Why?", she asked and she could see the woman tensing her jaw and swallowing a lump. She looked down and cleared her throat.
"I guess I'm just not used to hear those words being directed to me", she said her voice breaking slightly and it was now Emma's turn to choke on her whine. Regina furrowed her own eyebrows and to Emma's luck, the boy returned with their bottle of water and two glasses. She quickly took the bottle and poured some water into the glass before giving it to the blonde. Emma gladly took the glass and took a sip, relaxing a little.
"Seriously?!"
Regina furrowed her eyebrows suddenly worried that the blonde was angry at her.
"What?"
"Have you seriously never been called beautiful before?"
Regina looked down at her wine and shrugged.
"Well... Not very often", she said trying to convince the woman but Emma wasn't that easy fooled.
"Regina?"
Regina blinked her tears away and brought Emma's napkin to her eyes drying them.
"Regina—"
"So ladies. Have you decided what you would like to eat?", the boy asked and Emma turned to Regina smiling sweetly at her.
"Two times spaghetti bolognese with meatballs", she said and the boy smiled and nodded before taking the menu's and walking away. There were a few minutes of silence before the blonde ended it.
"Regina about—"
"Miss Swan... Please just... Don't", Regina interrupted her softly and Emma sighed and nodded before taking another sip of her water.
"So uhm. What do you do?", Emma asked awkwardly and Regina blushed at the blondes sweet attempt to get away from the brunette's fearful subject.
"I'm a teacher", she said and Emma smiled at the woman. So she liked children. That was a good sign.
"That's cool", she said and Regina furrowed her eyebrows. That one was new.
"Cool? I hardly believe many people would agree with you", she said and Emma chuckled.
"Working with children is a cool thing. A woman loving children is a cool woman"
Regina smiled nervously at the blonde in gratitude. She couldn't stop blushing and it irritated her to no end.
"Uhm. And what do you do, miss Swan?"
"Please. Call me Emma. Miss Swan is way too formal for my taste", Emma said holding up her hand and Regina blushed slightly before nodded looking back down for a moment.
"Of course. My apologies"
Emma laughed lightly and shook her head.
"Don't apologise. There's nothing to be sorry about. But I'm a detective. Homicide"
Regina raised her eyebrows at the job and Emma chuckled at the woman.
"What?", she asked looking into the brunette's eyes and said brunette blushed deeply before taking a huge sip of her wine. She needs that if she's going to survive this night.
"Nothing. I simply didn't imagine it", she answered and Emma chuckled before taking a sip of her own.
"Many people say that. But yeah. It has always been a dream of mine to become a detective really"
Regina smiled a true smile and nodded.
"I'm happy you got your dream job", she said and Emma could see the sadness in the brunette's eyes. Like she was keeping something.
"Didn't you?", she asked and Regina looked at her for a moment before softly shaking her head.
"I guess I've...", she trailed off as she looked down. Emma could see the woman was struggling getting the words out. And by the hard clench of the woman's hand on the table, it was a very hard struggle. Emma gently rose her hand and took the woman's clenching hand into her own. The hand instantly relaxed and Emma smiled at her accomplishment.
"It's okay. You can tell me", she said softly and Regina nodded still looking down. And as Emma had expected, it took almost two minutes for the other woman to look up at her and smile weakly.
"I've always wanted to be an author. Writing stories and showing the world what I can do with words", she said quietly and Emma's face softened at the admission. She smiled and squeezed the woman's hand.
"You can still be that. It's never too late to fulfil your dream"
Regina chuckled and looked down trying to hide her tears. She hated people seeing her this vulnerable. It was bad enough she had to ask a complete stranger to share her table with her just because she simply thought the woman was cute. She could have walked everywhere else, but she just couldn't stop herself once she saw the beautiful blonde sitting alone. Of course the beautiful blonde noticed the tears and she squeezed Regina's hand once more, silently letting her know that the support was there.
"I'm sorry. I'm usually not this... Weak", she finished in a whisper and Emma furrowed her eyebrows.
"Weak? Regina... You're not weak", Emma started and Regina looked up at her with vulnerable eyes.
"Regina look at yourself. You asked if it was okay to sit with me. You are sitting and telling me what you desperately want to do with your life. You are letting me hold your hand. And you just met me. That's not weakness Regina. That's bravery. It's strength. And I deeply admire you for that", she finished and Regina had several tears falling down her cheeks. The brunette could see the sadness in the blondes eyes as well and she knew it had gone to far.
This was not good. She couldn't let anyone in once again. She couldn't let anyone break her heart again. She had to get out of there. She pulled her hand away from the blondes and stood from her seat pulling on her coat.
"I'm sorry. I have to go", she said tears falling and Emma frowned as the woman stood and left the table, practically running out of the restaurant.
"Regina!", Emma called after her and stood from the table running after the woman, leaving the waiter with their orders in his hands.
She ran out of the restaurant and out of the hotel down to the road. She looked around and noticed Regina walking fast down the road. She ran towards the woman and kept calling after her.
"Regina! Regina please!"
But the brunette kept walking faster and soon she reached her car and sat inside it. She quickly turned on the engine and was about to drive out onto the road when a blonde stood in front of the car.
"Regina please, let me explain", the blonde said desperately, but didn't know what to explain. Regina at last broke down and leaned her head against the steering wheel as she cried hard and Emma felt it was safe enough to move closer and sitting inside the passenger seat. She immediately unlocked the woman's seatbelt and brought her arms around her. It took several minutes for the brunette to stop crying and Emma smiled as she finally stopped.
"It's okay", she whispered and Regina suddenly pulled away from the tight embrace and looked into the blonde woman's eyes. Emma felt herself crumble under the woman's gaze and instantly felt herself heat up.
"What?", she asked in a whisper and Regina shook her head before leaning in feeling a small smile against her lips before meeting the smile in a soft kiss. The moment she felt the lips on her own, Regina pulled back widening her eyes.
"Oh my god... I am so sorry", she said slowly, but Emma simply smiled and brought the woman in for another kiss.
"Don't worry about it. I like it", she said and Regina blushed before remembering why she was running in the first place.
"Emma, I—"
"Hey hey, relax. It's okay. Whatever you're feeling. It's okay to feel that way", Emma said and Regina felt a heavy amount of relief inside her body and smiled shyly looking down.
"Thank you. But I'm not sure how this is going to work... I can't have heart broken again. I won't...", she trailed off and Emma nodded bringing her hand to the woman's cheek. Said woman turned to her and Emma smiled.
"I could never break your heart Regina. If I broke your heart, I will break my own"
I hope you liked it guys! Let me know what you think in the comments and please tell me if I should do more! AND YES! I do takes REQUESTS! If you have any ideas for a OneShot, let me know! I would love to write a little one-chapter story for you guys with YOUR OWN IDEAS! Let me know!
Thank you for reading!