Chapter 2 - A broken heart

Beep, beep, beep!. The sounds of Regina's alarm clock goes off. She rolls over and hits the snooze button to get another five minutes of rest. A light groan escapes her mouth as she pulls the covers over her head.

Beep, beep, beep!. Her alarm goes off again five minutes later. She was tempted to hit the snooze button again and, go back to bed. Precious dreams were spoiled, the day would carry on weather she was awake or asleep.

I'm up, I'm up!.

Regina rubs her hands through her bed hair, walks towards the massive vanity and combs the thick knots out with a brush. She took time getting ready, woke up on her own time without feeling rushed to get out the door. She stumbles into her big closet, puts on the first thing her hands grab.

Lola was sleeping on her warm dog bed, the dog woke up and meet Regina at the end of the stairs. She whined softly so her owner would take her out to go potty. She grabbed the dog leash and took her around the block.

It was a blissful morning, perfect weather for a walk. Regina took Lola in town so she could greet everyone as they opened up there shops. Her dog was sort of a celebrity, everyone knew of her, not one person had a bad thing to say about her precious pooch.

"Good morning Belle."

"Morning Gina." The bookworm shouts back to her friend as she opens up the library.

Granny sets out the open sign on the sidewalk as a very hungover Ruby leans against it.

"You just had to get drunk last night."

"I am not drunk."

"I can smell you all the way to down the eastern seaboard."

Regina rolled her eyes at the two bickering woman. Lola gracefully walked on her two paws, lifts her head up high like she's the most luckiest lady in the world. The two of them make it back to the house, she gives her dog a fresh scoop of kibble, water.

Knock, knock!

The front door was open, Tinkerbell let herself inside. She skips over to Lola, gives the brown chocolate lab some attention. The blonde pixie loved this dog, spoils her by giving her some homemade doggie biscuits.

"Woof, woof." Lola barks happily as she licks Tinkerbell's face with her slimy red tongue.

"That's a good girl, Lols."

Regina poured herself a cup of earl grey tea in a small cup. She was not expecting to have any visitors come by today. Her eyes scan the daily newspaper, reads a little bit of the latest news, job openings, obituaries, wedding announcements.

"You forgot to say good morning to me." her perky voice gave Regina a minor headache. She didn't like to be probed as if she were in court, Tinkerbell was the grand jury. She avoided having direct contact with the fairy, she saw her once or twice a week so they never had to speak about the past.

"He's still out there."

"I'm trying to read the paper."

"The guy with the lion tattoo. You should be with him."

"You should shut your mouth."

Tinkerbell was used to the evil queens brutal hatred towards anyone who tries to help. She just wants to see her happy again like she was with Daniel. What Regina needs is love, pixie dust never fails.

Her happy ending is snow white's head on a silver platter. She gave up those dreams, ended up with nothing but a broken heart and disappointment when hope leaves you with empty promises.

"Why do I even bother…" Tinkerbell's high octane tone pushes a wrong button, starts a slow burning fire in Regina's veins.

"Do you really think that you have me all figured out?."

"No, but clearly I never learn from my mistakes."

Her forehead wrinkles came together, twitched with rage and fury. She didn't need a man to make her happy. Regina proclaimed her declaration of independence for personal reasons that dont need to change for some guy who claims to be her soulmate.

She had love and he died, she suffered and nothing was ever going to change that.