I meant to start this a while ago, but I've been busy. Oh, yeah and I just met Mariska Hargitay from SVU. Happy Mardi Gras! (a day late)
"What is it that you want?" Cora asked.
Regina thought for a moment. This was the only time in her life where her mother had actually cared about what she wanted. She wanted so many things, but she knew none of them were possible. She wanted happiness. She wanted anonymity, to be able to walk down the street without eat-shit-and-die-bitch stares. If looks could kill…
But most of all, she wanted Henry's love. Regina thought about pulling over and giving into her mother, but then she remembered that it was her mother who framed her. So, she kept driving until she reached the station.
"You're really doing this, aren't you?" Cora asked. Regina got out the car and walked around to the passenger side to open the door. Cora chuckled as she stepped out of the strange carriage. "You're foolish if you think I'm surrendering that easily." With a flash of purple smoke, she was gone.
Regina didn't know what she expected. Did she really think her mother would humble herself just to please her daughter? She could feel her face contorting into a pout. She wanted so badly to cry, but wouldn't allow herself to. Instead, she slammed the passenger door shut as hard as she could.
As Regina entered the empty Sheriff's station, she realized something must have happened because there was a half-eaten sandwich on Emma's desk. After an hour of waiting, she decided to leave and come back in the morning.
As she was walking toward the door, Emma, Snow, and David entered. Everyone stopped short and slightly gaped at each other. Regina couldn't stand the awkwardness so she quickly spoke, "My mother did it." Emma nodded her head, "We know. Archie found us."
Regina looked puzzled. "He's not dead?" Emma shook her head, "No, and we're sorry for not believing you." Regina narrowed her eyes at Snow and Charming who didn't look sorry at all. If anything they looked disappointed.
At this point, Regina decided to ignore them completely. She had done a pretty good job with that since the curse broke. She had to deal with Charming for a while, but she could handle him in doses. It was Snow who crawled under her skin. Every word and every look made her want to strangle Snow. Snow was always perfect, and everything always worked out in her favor. Ever since the curse broke, she has been avoiding Snow. She has even looked her directly in the eye or talked to her for more than fifteen seconds. For Henry's sake, she was careful.
"We need to talk. Alone." Regina was very clear with that last word as she gestured toward the two idiots. Snow looked at Emma in protest. "I'm not very comfortable with that." After all, the last time these two talked, Emma was thrown twenty feet across Regina's front lawn. Regina quickly snapped, "I don't care."
Emma placed herself between the two and suggested they go into one of the observation rooms. As Emma shut the door, Regina began. "Cora came to me and tried to get me to side with her. I thought I had convinced her to turn herself in, but she was just using it as an opportunity to coax me back towards her. She disappeared, but I know she'll come back. She'll probably use Henry to get to me…"
"Wait, how do you know this?" Emma interrupted. Regina paused. "Because that's what I would do." Emma felt a chill crawl up her spine. She was starting to picture Regina as an evil queen. Regina could sense the tension building. "She knows Henry is my weakness."
Emma remembered what Cora had said to her back in fairy tale land about love being weakness. Emma paced a few times and then looked up at Regina. "We have to convince her that you're on her side. That you've snapped and no longer care about what Henry thinks of you so she won't need to use him."
"And how do we do that?" Regina asked. "Kill me. I mean, not really. Make it look as real as possible, and don't tell anyone." Regina looked a little surprised. "You realize your charming parents are going to kill me right?"
"It's the only way. What's more convincing than killing the Savior?"