Chapter 1
I posted this story already on my second account Pandaarmy but I don't want to switch accounts all the time so I corrected my mistakes and am now posting it on this account.
Don't own Ouat or it's characters.
Regina was hopelessly in love with Emma. Every time the blonde was next to her her heart fluttered and she felt butterflies in her stomach. She wanted to spend as much time as possible next to the blonde but Regina knew that Emma was not interested in her. She knew that she probably liked Hook or Neal. "Probably she will play happy family with Neal and Henry…" She mumbled sadly.
So Regina sat on her couch and drank some apple cider and just stared on a picture of her Emma which she had secretly taken. Wait? Hers? Never. Emma's heart would never belong to her. It was just her Emma in her mind. She sighed. Softly she caressed Emma's head on the picture and took another gulp.
The door bell rang and Regina quickly hid the picture and stood up. She left the cider on the couch table and went to the door. When she opened her heart stopped a moment. Emma stood in front of her. "Miss Swan… to what do I owe this late visit?" Regina asked her. "Henry wanted some comic books." Emma said and Regina stepped to the side and let her in. Emma walked in and then Regina saw Emma's limp.
"What happened to you?" Regina asked and stopped her. "Ah, you know. The ice and such things… Just twisted probably." "Let me take a look." Regina offered and Emma looked at her surprised but sat down on the stairs. Regina helped Emma take the boot off and then took the thin leg in her hand and stroke over the ankle. Emma hissed. "Yeah, it's twisted but that's no problem." She said and slowly healed her ankle.
Emma was shocked. Regina was so tender with her. The way she had stroked over her leg and the way she was directly noticing that something had happened to her warmed her heart. Maybe Regina wasn't just a cold bitch to anyone but Henry. Maybe she had seen her in just the wrong way for far too long.
"All healed." Regina said and looked up to Emma who smiled at her. "Thank you." Emma said and moved her ankle testing. She slipped back into her boot and Regina pulled her on her feet. They were just inches apart and Emma saw how Regina's breath hitched and her eyes focused on her lips shortly before they darted up quickly. Regina blushed and looked away. "Ehm… Comics… Do you know their numbers?" Regina asked her and Emma nodded.
They awkwardly moved to get upstairs and entered Henry's room. "So?" Regina asked and Emma gave her the list. She read it quickly and then walked to the wardrobe and opened it. She tried to reach the upper part of it to get the books. She felt Emma's body in her back and then an arm which reached over her to get them. Emma and Regina locked eyes before Emma quickly pulled the books down and put them on the bed.
Regina's heart fluttered when she was so near to Emma. When Emma had pressed her body against hers. She just wanted to pull Emma closer and kiss her until she couldn't breath. They searched the wanted books and then placed the others back. "Thanks." Emma said when they walked downstairs again. "No problem." Regina said and smiled slightly. When Emma reached for the door handle Regina panicked. "Maybe… would you like a drink?" Regina asked her shyly and Emma looked at her surprised. "Yeah, why not?" Emma asked her.
She followed Regina into the living room. "I'll just get some ice and another tumbler." Regina said and Emma nodded. She sat down and heard something rustling. She turned around and lifted a pillow. She saw the picture which Regina had earlier in her hand and gasped. It was worn out. The corners and everything but the area where her head was were creased. Regina obviously had often stroked over it and she gasped.
When she heard footsteps she quickly put the picture back and looked to the door where Regina entered. Regina filled both tumblers quickly and gave Emma the new one. She sat down next to her. Emma held her tumbler to Regina who clinked them together. They smiled slightly. Emma sipped on it while Regina took some more gulps. Drinking some more bravery. "How is Henry doing?" Regina asked her and pulled her legs on the couch to her chest.
She looked so hopeful. "He is doing fine. He misses you but…" "Yeah, I'm not the most trusting person…" Regina said saddened. "You are… It's just…" "That I'm evil and Henry shouldn't be around evil… It's okay, Emma. I just want to know how he is doing. If everything is alright." Regina cut her off. Emma nodded then and started talking about the last days with him. She saw how Regina hung on every word of her. Emma saddened it. Regina loved Henry over anyone and yet she couldn't be with him.
Regina's eyes lightened up and Emma sighed in her head. She looked on the clock and her eyes widened. 11pm. "Oh shit…" Regina looked at the clock too and looked down saddened. Emma put the tumbler on the table and Regina followed quick. She followed Emma out of the room. Emma picked up the comics and reached for the door when Regina suddenly turned her around and crashed their lips together.
She couldn't wait any longer. She couldn't hide her feelings for Emma any more. Regina felt how Emma put the books back and wrapped her arms around her body. Regina felt pure euphoria in her whole body. Her lips tingled. Her arms tightened around Emma and she smiled. Finally. Finally Emma was in her arms. Kissing her back. Emma bit her lip softly and Regina moaned. Emma took a hand from her and Regina smiled. She slowly pulled Emma to the stairs. Emma followed her and they walked upstairs.
After rounds of love making they just laid in bed. Emma tried to stand up when she felt Regina's cold hand on her back. "Stay… please…" Regina whispered and Emma turned around to look at her. Regina looked so tired and afraid. Emma sighed and slipped back into bed where she felt Regina directly snuggle closer.
The next morning Regina woke up alone. She cried in the pillow Emma had used for the short time she had slept there. Forever alone. Regina knew that she was deemed to never have a happy ending. At least she had it almost with Emma for one night. It wasn't like she had dreamed of but she had loved every second of it. She had cherished Emma the whole night like she wanted to. Like she had dreamed of.
Regina stood up when she felt hungry and made her way downstairs. When she entered the kitchen she gasped. Emma stood there and made pancakes. "You… you are still here?" Regina asked surprised and Emma turned to her with a small smile. "Huh? Uh yeah. I'm not leaving without a goodbye." She answered and Regina walked next to her and looked at the pancakes. "You didn't burn my kitchen." Regina said with a grin and Emma nudged her. "Meanie." She answered and they laughed quietly.
Regina took a pancake and ate it. "Mhm. That's delicious." She said surprised and Emma grinned. "Thanks." She made a few more pancakes and then they sat down at the dining table and ate. "When did you take the picture?" Emma asked her and Regina almost chocked at her pancake. She stared at her plate and said nothing for a while.
"Not that long ago... When you came back from the Enchanted Forest..." Regina said and Emma looked at her confused. "Why?" "Because... Because I didn't wanted to forget." Regina whispered and Emma nodded softly. "Do you... Do you have a crush on me, Regina?" Emma asked her and saw how Regina's face turned to a deep red and a few tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Y-yes..." Regina whispered and hid her face in her hands. Emma watched Regina before she stood up. Regina didn't move. Too afraid of watching Emma leave her. When she heard footsteps she thought that Emma went away until she felt a hand on her back and Emma's head on her shoulder.
Regina turned her head to Emma and searched in her eyes for anger but found none. Emma kissed her softly. They pulled each other closer and kissed more heated. The food long forgotten Emma pushed the plate away and lifted Regina on top of the table. They pulled each other closer again and Regina wrapped her bare legs around Emma. "Why aren't you angry or disgusted?" Regina asked her.
"Is there a reason to be?" "I'm the Evil Queen. The reason you never grew up with your parents... The reason why you had to fight for yourself your whole life... I'm the one who caused you all this pain even if I didn't do it myself." Regina answered. "No. My parents were fault. They decided to put me in the wardrobe. Not you." "But it was because of me." "Yeah, maybe. I don't care. I forgave you." Emma said shrugging and kissed her again.
Regina smiled in the kiss and cupped Emma's cheeks. "God, you're amazing..." She mumbled and Emma chuckled. "Did the Mayor really just complimented the sheriff? Aren't boss-employer-relationships forbidden?" Emma asked smiling. "Good thing I'm not your boss anymore then." She said. They cleaned up and then dressed upstairs before Emma kissed her goodbye and left with the comic books.
3 months later...
Everything shattered around Regina. She had found out about her pregnancy. Emma thought she had cheated on her. She really thought that Regina would do such a bad thing. "I never cheated on you!" Regina screamed at Emma who paced furious up and down. "Well the last time I checked I couldn't impregnate other women..." Emma snapped.
"It was my witching night! As long as my partner has magic it is possible to get pregnant. If you don't want to believe me then ask Gold but I never would cheat on you. Why on this fucking earth should I risk a break up with you for a person I never could love like you? Why throwing everything away I have just for sex? That doesn't even make sense! I fought so long to confess my feelings, I inhaled a death curse for you with the risk of dying myself." Regina panted heavily and Emma stared at her.
She saw the hurt and the fear in Regina's eyes. That woman loved her so much. She couldn't cheat on her. She had a point when she said that she wouldn't throw away what she had for a meaningless night. She opened her arms and Regina crashed into her and sobbed. "I could never hurt you, Emma. I would rather kill myself than hurt you." She said and Emma nodded.
They shared a passionate kiss when Snow entered with Henry. He saw the small smile on his moms faces and smiled too. Snow was furious. "Stay the hell away from my daughter." Snow snapped and both stepped apart. "Mary-Margret..." "Snow...",both gasped and then their gaze dropped to the smiling Henry. They relaxed slightly until Snow gripped Emma's wrist. "Come, Emma. She probably cursed you." Regina had grabbed her arm and held Emma close to her.
Emma wrapped her arm around Regina's waist and yanked her arm free. "She didn't. I'm here because I want to." Emma said and Regina wrapped her arms around Emma's body. "We are together for three months now. I won't let it happen that you take my happy end away a second time." Regina hissed and Snow growled. "Emma?" "I won't leave her, Mary-Margret..." She said quietly. "So you'll choose her over your family?" "She is family too." Emma protested. "No. She lost the right when she put Henry under the sleeping curse. Decide Emma. Her or us." Snow said and Emma gasped.
She felt how Regina's shoulders slumped down and how she retreated from her. Emma looked at her how she walked to the kitchen counter behind them. She trembled and looked down. "Leave." Regina said quietly. "What? No! Not when you are pregnant..." Emma said. Regina didn't knew how to scare her away so that she at least had her family if Regina couldn't provide her a happy one. "It was all a lie, Emma. Go with them." She said and Emma felt like Regina had crushed her heart.
"You really cheated on me?" She asked and Regina nodded. Henry was the only one who knew that Regina lied. She lied so that Emma wouldn't lose what she had wished for her whole life. He saw how angry Emma got and how she ran out of the house. "You didn't, did you, mom?" Henry asked her. Snow had forgotten him when she had bolted after Emma. "No but like I told her earlier. I would rather kill myself than hurt her. She will get over this. She wouldn't get over the loss of your grandparents." Regina said.
"Could I... Could I hug you a last time?" She asked him shyly and he ran in her arms. "I love you, Henry." "I love you too. We will see us soon." "I doubt that, sweetheart." "No, we WILL and we'll find a way to get you back together and show the others that you've changed." "That won't happen. Emma won't trust me anymore now... It will be alright, Henry, at least I can carry her baby..." She said and he looked up at her. "We will find a way." He said, kissed her cheek and ran after his mother.
The months after that day were horrible. People hit and pushed her around when she was grocery shopping. Ruby had noticed it and after Henry's explanation she quickly started to protect the pregnant woman. Regina often went to the diner past opening time. Ruby would made her her cravings and then talk to her. Regina got depressed. Emma wasn't hers anymore. She had seen Emma with Neal together and from Ruby she had heard that they were dating.
Regina just clung as much as possible at her baby she probably had to get with Ruby's help all alone in her big mansion. She had bought Henry a phone and kept him updated about her pregnancy while he kept her updated about his day and asked for help with his homework. She had magicked him little notes with tips and smiles and he hid them in his drawer and looked at them every night.
At Regina's 9 month mark of pregnancy...
Emma saw how Henry started to reject her, her parents and Neal. He always looked happy when they drove to school and he could catch he glimpse of his old home. Snow was suspicious and searched through his whole room. She found the notes and grabbed them. She called the council member and showed them the notes.
"She needs to be punished. We told her to stop seeing Henry and Emma and she didn't listened to it. Now she should pay the price. She should pay with her life." Snow said and the council members cheered her on. Ruby knew they would take her child first and then kill her. She quickly packed some food for Regina and ran to her.
"You have to flee. They want to kill you." Ruby said when Regina had opened the door. "Get in your car, I'll pack you some clothes." She said and Regina nodded. She grabbed her car keys and walked to the car. She got in and waited for Ruby who came back down with two bags. "I thought you wanted some personal items." Ruby said and Regina smiled. "Thank you, Ruby. Make sure that Henry get this phone number and don't give to any other person than him." She said and Ruby nodded. She took the note and put it in her pocket.
Regina started driving when she spotted David's car behind her. She sped up and saw how they also drove faster. They chased her to the town border. Regina drove through and stopped. She wasn't affected from the memory loss like everyone else because she was the curse's caster. She got out and looked at them. "I can't let you kill my baby..." She shouted at them. David and Snow looked grumpily at her.
She saw how Emma and Henry got out of the car. Henry ran past everyone to his mother and hugged her. "Ruby has my number." She whispered in his ear. "I love you too, mommy." He said loudly and Regina kissed his forehead. They hugged tightly before he slowly retreated. "Goodbye, mom. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have gotten Emma otherwise we still could be together." He said and she smiled sadly. "You don't mean that." She said and got in her car.
She drove away but looked at her son through the back mirror of her car. After her first 100 miles she felt her pants getting wet and she gasped. "Come on, sweety. Just a big longer until I find a hospital." Regina said and stroked her belly. Somewhere between Portland and Augusta the contractions got too painful for her so she stopped. It was around midnight and no one else was on the highway.
"Oh god... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry that you won't be able to see the world or your brother or anyone else from your family..." Regina sobbed and got out of the car and walked to her trunk slowly. She got a blanket and tried to walk back when her knees got weak. She fell on her knees but still tried to reach the door handle. She didn't knew how long she was out there but some time later a car crossed her and stopped.
A brunette woman hurried out of the car to Regina. "Miss? Are you alright?" She asked and Regina whimpered. "I... I'm in labor." Regina said crying and the woman opened the car door and helped her in. "What's your name, miss?" "Regina... Regina Mills." She said. "R... Pumpkin?" The woman asked and stepped more in the light. Regina nodded, she could see the brown eyes which were so similar to her own. "It's me. Miriam. Your sister." She said and Regina gasped.
"H-how? Miri? How did you survive?" "Mother... She pushed me through a portal... I was in Neverland until 20 years and then came here and grew up." Miri said and helped Regina to get comfortable. "What about you?" "I became the Evil Queen, cursed everyone in this land, fell in love with my enemies daughter, got pregnant from her, got banished and now am here...it's a story for after this." She said and Miri nodded.
"Good thing that I'm a nurse." Miri said and then helped Regina delivering her little baby. It took hours but when it was finally born Regina sighed relieved. "What is it? Is it healthy?" She asked scared. "It's a girl and she is perfectly healthy." She answered and cleaned the baby. She cut the umbilical cord and then wrapped it in another blanket. It wailed and Regina looked at it. "Beautiful." She said and Miri gave it to her.
"What is her name?" "Rose." Regina answered and kissed Rose's head. The wailing stopped and she contently snuggled close to her mother. "She is beautiful." Miri said and helped her out. "Come with me." She said and Regina got her things and abandoned the bloodied car. They walked to the other car and got in. "Where are we going?" "New York City." Miri answered and started driving.
In the meantime were Henry and Ruby in trouble. "I thought we could trust you?" Snow roared. "You wanted to kill a pregnant woman!" Ruby shouted back. Henry cried. Emma led Henry to her room and let him sit down. "You know something. Spill it." Emma said. "I just miss my mother." He said quietly and Emma sat down next to him.
"She cheated on me, Henry. She hurt my feelings and lied into my face without regret." Emma mumbled. Henry felt his phone vibrating in his jeans. Emma left the room and he checked his phone. It was his mom. A picture of his little sister. "She is alright. Her name is Rose." Was under the message and he smiled.
"Love you, mom. Can't wait for more pictures." He wrote back. "I found my sister Miriam. You will love her. Whenever you want to come I'll sent you my address." Regina wrote back. He smiled happily. His mother and sister were alright and safe
TBC?