The next morning was very calm and Gina woke up to the smell of something she hadn't had in a very long time. Pancakes. But this was some different kind of pancakes. She could smell the difference. This wasn't her kitchen cook's pancakes. This wasn't the smell she was used to, when she smelled the smell of pancakes at all.
She opened her eyes and was bet by a white pillow. This wasn't her bed either. She frowned and sat up in the bed, then suddenly remembered. She was in another realm. In a town called Storybrooke, where apparently, her twin was living. Or really it was herself, but just much older and yet the same age.
Gina shook her head at the confusion and got out of bed, looking around. The memories came back into her head and she couldn't help but smile when she remembered how nice Regina had been to her. How loved and well taken cared for her twin made her feel.
A knock was heard on the door, disturbing her thoughts and the woman cleared her throat and went to open the door, only to meet herself walking inside, walking into her.
"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't know you were already out of bed", Regina quickly apologized and Gina smiled shaking her head.
"It's quite alright. I actually woke because of...", she trailed off as she saw what her twins as wearing.
"Gina?"
"What is this?", she asked gently touching the woman's sports bra and Regina chuckled shaking her head.
"It's a bra, but you only use it, when you are training or doing some sort of sport activity", she explained and Gina raised an eyebrows that reminded Regina so much of the evil queen. But she couldn't. This was a new person. Her new sister.
"I want one", Gina said with a smile and Regina smiled at her.
"Sure. How about we get some breakfast first, and after we can go to town and buy you some clothes?"
Gina smiled wide and hugged the woman in front her, completely forgetting all about how sweaty the woman was. Again, Regina froze at the action but it took her a little less time to relax and hug her back.
"Thank you Regina"
Regina smiled and nodded before pulling back.
"Go get ready. If you need help with anything in the bathroom, you just call for me, okay?"
Gina smiled and nodded before walking to the bathroom opening the door gently. She instantly froze when she saw the big white seat in the corner.
"Regina?"
The woman heard the faint call of her name from the stairs, and frowned walking back up the few steps and inside the woman's bedroom.
"What's wrong?", she asked and Gina turned to her with furrowed eyebrows.
"What is that?", she asked pointing at the toilet and Regina stepped closer looking inside the bathroom.
"That's the toilet. That's were you... do your business", she said rather awkwardly and Gina nodded slowly looking at the toilet in awe.
"It's... big"
It took all of Regina not to laugh at the woman's face and nodded. "It is. And it's very easy to use", she said and walked inside the bathroom.
"Here. You sit down, do you business, and when you're done, you dry yourself with this, it's called toilet paper. You use it, throw it in and then you will press this button", she said and pressed the silver button on the wall just over the toilet and the toilet cleaned out itself, making Gina jump at the sound. Regina couldn't stop the smile from forming this time and Gina held her hand over her heart, looking at her twin.
"I do not like this"
Regina smiled and walked over to her, hugging her.
"It's going to be fine. I know this is a lot to get used to, but trust me, you'll learn it in no time", she said before pulling back, bringing her one arm around the girl's shoulder, turning back to the toilet.
"Trust me, it will be easier. And besides. You have someone to help you. I didn't when I first got here. You should see how well I was taking these things", she said with a chuckle and Gina couldn't help but smile either.
"I guess you are right. I'm sorry"
"Don't apologize. It's okay. We always meet challenges in life. We just have to learn how to handle them"
Gina nodded and hugged her twin once more. "Thank you Regina"
Breakfast was nicer and more freely than Regina originally had thought it would be. Gina and Henry talked about anything this world provided and she told him stories about her childhood. Good stories that is. There was no need to tell him about the bad times with Cora.
A phone ringing brought Regina back from her thoughts and she turned to see Snow's name on the screen. She stood from the table, earning a look from Gina and she gently smiled at her and squeezed her hand before walking into the kitchen.
"Snow. Yeah about that... We need to talk. Yes, can you and David come over? Of course. I'll see you later"
She walked back into the dining room and saw Gina smile at Henry as he showed her something on his phone.
"Uh uh, Regina. I want this as well", the woman said when she saw her twin and the twin smiled at her, happy to see how enthusiastic her twin was over a phone.
"Of course, we'll see what we can find in town later", she said and Gina smiled wide at her sister.
"Thank you!"
Regina smiled and heard a knock on the door, about to stand from the table when Gina stood and walked to the door. She smiled and turned to her son, who smiled back at her. Gina smiled and opened the door, meeting the familiar blonde she met yesterday.
"Hi!", she said with a huge smile and Emma smiled at her.
"Gina, hi"
The brunette smiled and stepped forward hugging the blonde tight, surprising the blonde. Said blonde frowned and turned to see her son and his other mother smile at her and she smiled back and hugged the woman tight.
"It's good to see you. Come in, we're eating pancakes", Gina said with excitement and took Emma's hand showing her inside. She closed the door and dragged the blonde to the table, letting her sit down next to her. She squeezed the blonde's hand before letting it go and walking to the kitchen. Emma smiled wide turning to Regina.
"She's happy today", she said and Regina smiled at her.
"She is. It's wired"
Both Henry and Emma laughed nodding in agreement. Seeing Regina, who was normally very formal and not as smiley, suddenly so happy and excited all the time, was very wired. But they all loved it.
"Here. Regina showed me where all the stuff were this morning, so I got you a plate, a fork and knife and a glass. Do you want a pancake?", Gina said giving Emma the plate and glass before sitting down in her seat. Emma smiled and looked at Regina with a smirk before turning back to the woman nodding with a huge smile. Gina smiled and took her plate, putting on a pancake before giving it back.
"Here you go"
Emma smiled and nodded in gratitude before taking a bite.
"This tastes amazing!", she said moaning and Regina saw the slight panic and confusion written on Gina's face. Not wanting the woman to be embarrassed, she cleared her throat turning to the three others.
"Now that you are all here, Snow and David is coming over in a few minutes", she said and Emma and Henry nodded while Regina furrowed her eyebrows.
"Is that the woman you were talking about last night?", she asked and Regina nodded. Gina nodded herself looking down for a moment before turning to Emma.
"They are your parents, right?"
"That's right", the blonde confirmed and Gina nodded looking back at Regina.
"Well that's nice, right?", she said a little insecure, but Regina smiled nodding.
"It's very nice. They just want to meet you"
Gina nodded and they ate the rest of their breakfast, Gina asking Emma many question about the blonde herself and how she and Regina met. While Regina had only given her a brief story about how they all ended here, she wasn't informed of the smaller details. But soon the knock on the door was heard and Regina stood from the table and walked over to the door, opening it.
"Before you two say anything, you need to understand something", she said quickly stopping them and they both furrowed their eyebrow and nodded. Little Neal smiled wide and brought his arms out to Regina and the brunette smiled and took him into her arms, kissing his cheek. She looked back at Gina who smiled at Emma before quickly walking out of the house closing the door behind her.
"Yesterday, Emma and I went to the vault, trying to find a way to kill her properly, now that we had found a way to do so, but when I arrived Emma was already there. And so was the queen. And we found out at that the queen wanted to take a forgetting potion", she started out and Snow frowned, while Neal played with the brunette's necklace.
"Forgetting potion? But how much has she forgotten? Her time here in Storybrooke? Her time before the curse?", Snow asked and Regina sighed shaking her head.
"Everything. Everything that's happened"
"Everything?", David then asked and Regina nodded in confirmation before turning to Snow.
"She doesn't even remember Daniel", she whispered and Snow gasped looking down.
"Regina. If... if she doesn't remember Daniel, how old is she? Or I mean her conscious?"
Regina sighed shaking her head. "Sixteen? Fifteen maybe?"
Snow sighed and turned to David who looked just as sad. "I guess its truly a new start then", she said and Regina nodded.
"Don't say anything about her past. About our past. Just talk to her like you just met her and don't know anything about her"
Snow and David nodded and Regina nodded as well before turning around opening the door. The trio walked inside and smiled at the other trio at the table. Emma turned to Gina and could instantly see how tense she was. She gently took the woman's hand into her own and squeezed it gently, making Gina turn to her and received an assuring smile. She smiled back, a little blush creeping on her cheeks before turning to Regina and the couple behind her.
"Gina. I would like you to meet Snow and David. Emma's parents", the oldest brunette said and Gina turned to the couple who smiled back at her.
"Hi", she said, obviously nervous and Snow smiled and walked over to her. Emma could feel the woman squeeze her hand harder and harder for every step her mother took and she quickly turned to Gina, looking into her eyes. Gina gently shook her head and Emma nodded before turning back to her mother. "Mom, stop. Why don't you guys go home and give Gina some time, okay?"
Snow stopped looking at Gina for a moment before sighing nodding to her daughter. "Of course. We'll see you later", she said and walked over to Regina, taking Neal into her arms. "Call if anything happens, okay? We just want to help"
Regina smiled nodding and let the little family walk out of the house. The moment the door closed, Gina felt herself relax and a tear fell from her eyes, down her cheek. Emma turned to the girl, immediately seeing the tear fall down. "It's okay", she whispered as she dried the tear away from her cheek with her thump. But Gina shook her head looking down.
"No. It wasn't fair to them"
Emma sighed and brought her arms around the woman, letting her rest her head on her shoulder. "It's okay. Just let it out"
Gina closed her eyes and let her tears fall. It wasn't meant to go that way. She wanted to meet them and get to know them, but after what Regina had told her about them and what she had done to them, she couldn't meet their eyes. She felt so bad about herself and what she had done to them. She wanted to make up for it. Regina could see the struggle on the woman's face and sighed turning to Emma who smiled sadly back at her, giving her an assuring smile.