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In The wake of Memories
A Painful Secret
Emma was looking over at Regina whom was tightening the main sail. Her face red from the wind and her chest going up and down fast from the effort it took to tighten it. She leaned against the railing for a second, then she slowly, head held high, made her way down to the cabin area. Emma took it she wished to be alone rather than chat with everyone. After all her mother and father, not to mention Rumple was not the one she seemed to be hanging around with most in Storybrooke. She was feeling bad for having been too harsh towards her in the past, and for excluding her. Maybe she on this journey should cut her some slack; after all they were in it together to save their only son.
She was about to go after when she heard her mother say, "Some weather huh?"
"Sure is, I don't mind though as long as we get to the island in the end," said Emma briskly.
"I guess not," said Snow, after all she was used to living in the forest in all kinds of weather.
"If you would excuse me, I wished to check on Regina, after all she has been through a lot lately," Emma's voice was suddenly filled with deep concern.
Snow nodded in a sympathetic way as Emma continued towards the cabin area a bit more zigzagging than Regina. How she could manage to walk so easily on the slippery deck she would never know. Still she somehow managed to the stairs and made her way down and to the room she was sharing with…well everyone. The ship didn't have a lot of cabins so they slept and rested in shift. Emma entered finding Regina lying down facing the wall, she could even due to the noise outside hear how her breath was going too fast.
"Regina, are you…okay?" she felt stupid for asking. How could she be their son was missing, she however had a feeling there was something more. It seemed like she had been keeping it to herself the few days they had been at sea.
"Why do you care, Swan?" she said, she didn't turn and her voice seemed bored.
"Because we are family like it or not, family…I just do okay," she finished. Damn that woman could surely be a pain in the ass sometimes.
"Whatever," said Regina.
"Would it be so bad if you did confide in me?" Emma asked, daring to sit down next to her, and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Please, don't…touch me," Regina could feel her tears welling up inside her now.
Emma quickly removed her hand, by the tone she used she knew something was wrong, very wrong.
"Greg, mum and dad told me he was harming you with electricity, did he harm you otherwise?" Emma dared to ask.
"So you mean that wasn't enough?" Regina's voice sounded snappy.
"Of course, he almost…killed you, so did he harm you otherwise?" Emma needed to know.
"He did not, his words maybe but…no," Regina said, seeming to doubt whether she should tell Emma what was going on or not.
"But someone else did, before him," Emma said thoughtfully.
"Don't be absurd," Regina tried to sound as secure and insulting as she always did, but as Emma had hit the nail on the head she didn't quite manage.
The blonde didn't know what to say, only that she was right, she tried to touch her again, but again she got rejected by Regina saying, "Get off me, I do not need your pity, I'm fine!"
"When you get of your high horse, come to me, I have your back," said Emma, her tone was soft, she dared to stroke Regina again, before she left the cabin. She found it best to leave her alone and not force her. She didn't wish to fight her and she knew she Regina would take her up on the offer, she didn't know when, but she knew she would.
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