Author's note: made as a one shot but could stretch it if wanted.
Regina sat in her room staring at nothing. She didn't know what she was supposed to be feeling, she had just lost her mother.
No.
Her mother was killed. Killed by Snow White. The thought of revenge was all it took to stop her going crazy, she was angry, hurt, upset and most of all, guilty. Guilty that she couldn't stop it in time and that she was tricked.
Her phone rang for what seemed the hundredth time, pulling her out of her thoughts but she couldn't answer. She knew who it was, Emma.
HerEmma.
Looking to the ringing phone Regina lets a tear fall, what seemed to be the first since her mother's death. Truth be told she was desperate to answer, to hear the one person's voice who could maybe make it all better but there was also a problem with that. Her Emma was Snow White's daughter.
She never intended on falling in love with her enemy's daughter but she had. On many occasions she tried to push Emma away and told herself she didn't deserve a happy ending because she was a villain. Then there goes that saying, 'The heart wants what the heart wants' and for Regina she never took it lightly. She gave in and although at present time their growing relationship was a secret she wasn't scared of telling Emma that she loved her.
Hearing a loud banging on her front door, Regina rose from her position. Why? She didn't really know. She supposed a part of her was hoping it was Emma come to comfort her after rejecting all her calls. Approaching the front door she opens quickly with a fake smile which soon disappeared when she took in the person in front of her. Snow White. Glaring in her direction, Regina found it hard to take in the fellow brunette's excuses and only really paid attention at the words. 'Kill me" and "Take my heart"
Looking directly at her, Regina frowns unable to speak and slowly, lifts her hand hovering above the tear stricken woman's chest. Then there it was. Short but direct.
"No"
Snow looked at Regina confused as to why after all these years of trying to end her existence was she now refusing. Yes in recent events, Regina had shown a different side of herself. A more softer side but she couldn't understand the simple fact that she had just killed Regina's mother and Regina was showing no signs of acting on it or plotting revenge.
Snow looks up at her openly allowing her tears to fall and asks a simple question. "Why not?"
Regina looks back at Snow and answers honestly with an answer she thought she would never give. To her at least.
"I love Emma"