So I got a lot of requests to continue and I didn't want to make you wait long. It isn't as long as the first chapter but some stuff did happen. There is some swearing and there will probably be more in the future.
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*Emma's POV*
I slowly started to wake up, not happy or sad, neutral really, that is until I fully woke up and realized I was lying in a jail cell because yesterday was the shittiest day of my life and everyone forgot it was my birthday. You know what Emma you need to stop feeling sorry for yourself. Why do you even care? No one has ever celebrated your birthday before. With that thought gracing me with its presence, I sat up on the bed getting physically ready to stand up.
"My parents should have remembered and so should have Regina and Henry," I whisper to myself as I lowered my head into my hands. So apparently my mood is not going to improve for today. Guess I'll just have to fake it.
I stood up and looked at the clock, 8:32am , I guess it's a good time as any to start the day. Has my dad really not shown up yet? That's annoying. I walk over to my desk and check my phone.
David: Almost there, ten minutes away. Sent 8:25am
"Okay, so he should be here any minute." I stated to myself, there is no need to reply since he's so close. I put my phone down, sit at my desk and stare off into space because honestly I am not in the mood to do work right now. I am basically still dead to the world. Okay, so today I don't start work until 8pm and I will be doing patrols most of the night since I did all my paper work last night. Well most of it. I won't really have to deal with people which is good. I don't know how I would react to seeing my family for long periods of time right now. I'm really hurt that they didn't remember. It's already over with, they can't really do anything to make it up to me anyways, they just have to live with it like I have my whole life.
While I was off in my own world of thinking, I didn't hear my dad walk into the office and start talking to me.
"EMMA!" he yelled and I jumped.
"duDEWHAT THE HELL? Why are you yelling, we are in the same room." I said confused and offended.
"Sorry," he said sheepishly, "I called your name like four times and you didn't answer, you seemed to be really spaced out or sleeping with your eyes open." He tried to crack a joke.
"Ha, yeah, no I was just spaced out." I say flatly not looking up, "So are you ready to work? I need to go get food." As I got up to grab my jacket from the hook and put it on, David followed me over there.
"Yeah, I'm ready. Hey, are you okay?" he asked tilting his head with his brow furrowed reaching out to touch my arm. GREAT this again!
I recoiled just out of reach so he couldn't touch me. It might have been a petty move but honestly who gives a shit. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little tired and majorly hungry." I walked back to my desk to grab my phone and keys, "I did a lot of paperwork last night so there isn't that much left to do, please try and finish that. Once you do," I say looking at him and walking backwards toward the door, "go ahead and check on Miss Goose, she called last night and said she needed someone to come down the next day." And with that I left the station not letting him get a word out. Once I was outside I let out a giant breathe I didn't realize I was holding. Today is going to be a lot harder than I thought it was going to be.
I honestly just want to go home and curl up on my bed to binge watch Fringe. Maybe I'll buy some snacks at the store and do that until work tonight. When I got into the diner I didn't really notice who all was in there, I was on a mission, go in and get my food to go and leave. Too bad life never works out for me.
"Hey Ems." Says Ruby.
"Hi, can I get grilled cheese and onion rings please. Oh and a hot chocolate to go." I said not really looking up. I use my phone as a way to avoid people, along with half the population. Ruby seemed to notice I wasn't in the mood to talk so she left to put in my order and didn't come back to chat. I continued scrolling through tumblr and wait for my food. The doorbell chimes, indicating a new customer but I'm not concerned with it until,
"Emma." The other mother of my son said. Great, fake smile Emma, fake smile.
"Regina, hey!" I say smiling and turning towards her. "To what do I owe the pleasure?"
"I was just coming to get me and henry breakfast, we are a little slow this morning because he was up late last night, so I let him stay home from school." Regina said sounding uncomfortable.
"Oh cool." Please don't try and continue talking to me. I'm in a shittier mood than I was yesterday.
"Yeah, so listen-" she started to say but Ruby interrupted her with my food.
"Here you go Ems, enjoy!"
"Thanks," I say to ruby, "look, I had a really long night last night and I just want to go home to my own bed, can we have this conversation another time?" I ask with a sigh to Regina.
She looked down at her hands but then spoke, "Why was last night hard?" Regina was just trying to keep the conversation going, she felt really bad about yesterday but she didn't know how to bring up the fact that she found out it was Emma's birthday. Emma didn't know that though.
"Regina." I said sharply, "did you not just hear what I said?" I questioned confused.
"I did hear you sheriff, I'm not deaf." Regina started and then seemed to realize she lost her main goal, "I just thought we would be able to talk, but by all means dear, go home." She said and turned to face the counter and I got up and left, not having to be told twice. What Emma didn't see is how after she left the diner Regina put her head in her hands, trying to figure out why she just said what she did.
I left the diner in a worse mood than I was in, I honestly didn't think that it was possible. Why couldn't I just get my food in peace? Did she honestly need to come up to me and start something? She could have just walked in and sat somewhere else, not next to me. I'm not happy here anymore. If it wasn't for Henry I would leave, but he has so much family here. It's good for him to be surrounded by the love he deserves.
*Third person POV*
What Emma didn't know was that Regina had gotten up and left the diner without ordering when Ruby asked her what she wanted. She couldn't leave things the way they ended, so she ran after Emma.
Emma was just sad with how her life has turned out, she doesn't understand why she wasn't important enough to have people remember her birthday. She remembers everyone else's. She spent weeks trying to figure out Regina's birthday because she is important to her. Finding out the former evil queen's birthday is not an easy task. A single tear escaped Emma's eye. She has been trying so hard not to let it happen, no one needs to see the savior cry, that wouldn't give many people hope.
"Hey!" Emma heard, she just assumed it wasn't meant for her. "Emma! Hey, slow down!" okay that is a little harder to dispute not being for her. She quickly wiped her face and turned around.
"What, Regina?" she asked exhausted.
Regina didn't miss Emma wiping her face before she turned, that didn't make her feel any better. "I-I need to talk to you." She stated.
"I said we could talk another day, I told you I was tired." Does no one fucking care? She thought to herself.
"Yes I am aware of this Miss Swan." She stated obviously. "But I need to speak to you now."
"Fine." Emma said, getting tired of arguing with her. "Would you like to have the conversation in the middle of the sidewalk where we are, or would you like to finish walking to my house and have it there?" she finished in an annoyed voice.
"We can go to your house." Regina said simply and then they started to walk. It was quiet the whole way there since Regina knew that when she started talking she wouldn't be able to stop.
Emma enters the house first, she isn't really excited to have a guest here right now. She wants Regina to leave. She throws her keys on the table and sits her food down. Once she has all her food spread out and ready to eat she looks at Regina, "You wanted to talk, so talk." She said as she put an onion ring in her mouth.
Regina raised her eyebrows but decided it wasn't worth a fight, "How have you been?" she starts off simple thinking she can just ease into it.
"Really? That's what you are starting with? Honestly Madame Mayor, I know you well enough to know that is not why you are here." Emma is honestly just so tired. Please just get to your point.
Regina looked taken aback when Emma called her Madame Mayor, that hasn't happened since the beginning of everything. "Madame Mayor?" Regina questioned Emma, "You know my name, use it."
"That's rich coming from you!? You call me sheriff or Miss Swan ALL THE TIME." She snapped and then added quietly so that only she could hear, "plus we obviously aren't as good friends as I thought."
Regina heard the beginning but tried hard to hear the rest and couldn't, "When was the last time I called you either of those, and honestly Emma speak up, it's not attractive to mumble."
Now Emma was getting pissed, "Seriously? You fucking called me Miss Swan not even an hour ago! And what should I care if it's attractive or not? I mumble because I want to, not to gain the attention of a person!" Emma lost her appetite so she pushed her food away from where she sat, "great, now I just wasted food. Why did you come here Regina I'm pretty sure it wasn't to just bicker?"
"You are correct. I came here to make sure you are okay." She said looking into Emma's eyes. Emma never broke eye contact.
"I'm fine." She said
"Like hell you are!" Regina through her hands in the air.
"Look who swears now," Emma said just to point it out, "and how are you going to tell me whether or not I'm actually fine? I think I know myself better than some lady that has known me for like five years."
"Some lady? That's who I am to you? No, we are friends, Emma! Stop trying to belittle it." Regina said desperately and on the edge of her seat so that she is closer to Emma.
"Fine, yeah, we are friends. That doesn't mean that you KNOW how I feel, Regina." Emma took a breath, "Honestly I don't know why you assume something is wrong. So if that is all you can go."
Regina was upset with how hurt Emma actually seems to be and she is mad at herself for not remembering her birthday. She just had to let it out.
"The reason that I assume you aren't okay, Emma, is because you're family and friends forgot your birthday yesterday." She tried to figure out what Emma was thinking but she couldn't tell. Emma was hiding her emotions really well. So she continued, "And when some of us remembered you were already asleep in the station." She said putting her head down in shame.
It took what felt like a few minutes for Emma to respond but when she did Regina knew Emma was hurt far more than she assumed she would be.
"It was just a birthday." Emma said with a shrug and a straight face while internally she was shattering.
"Just a-" Regina started confused.
"So if that was the reason that you came here, you just wasted your time and my own." Emma got up and started walking towards the front door. Regina realized she was supposed to follow so she did and when they got to the front door she saw Emma opening the door to let her out.
"Emma," she sighed.
"Regina, I'm tired. Leave." Emma said as she was looking anywhere but her face.
Regina walked out the door but once she was on the porch she turned back to Emma.
"You are obviously hur-" she started but got cut off by the door closing.
Feeling so much worse than she did this morning she left Emma alone for now so that she could get some sleep. She needs to go talk to someone's idiot parents anyways and maybe make a plan with Henry to get Emma to feel better.
Poor Emma T_T
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