Regina made her way over to the injured blonde she checked her leg for infection which there was none thankfully then she touched the younger woman on her shoulder to get her attention.

"Emma I'm sorry for how I acted here you are thinking of me even though you're the one who's hurt."

"I think the only way we can survive being trapped down here is if we put our differences aside and work together."

"I think you may be right. Do you have any food?"

"I have a couple of power bars if we eat only tiny pieces we can make them go further."

"I happen to have two bottles of water and like the power bars they will go further if we only take small sips."

So for the next few hours Regina and Emma sat in a comfortable silence until Emma grunted in pain when she shifted positions.

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah just hurts to move."

Regina would check Emma's leg every hour to make sure that no infection had crept up on them even though no infection was present Emma was feverish. Regina was keeping her warm trying to break her fever by sweating it out of her considering they needed to conserve their water supply, when sweating the fever out didn't work Regina used her water to bring down the blonde's temperature within 4 hours Emma's fever finally broke.

"Regina what happened? Where's your water?"

"I used what I had left to bring down your fever."

"Regina you needed that water."

"Emma saving your brain from cooking was more important than keeping myself hydrated."

Emma went to protest but Regina cut her off by placing three fingers to the blonde's lips.

"No arguments!"

So the younger woman said nothing except to thank Regina for helping her.

Soon the sun was coming up when both women woke.

Emma noticed that her leather jacket had been put back on her and knew that Regina must have put it on her when she had fallen asleep.

Suddenly voices could be heard from above.

"Sheriff Swan? Madam Mayor? Can you hear me? Are you alright?"

Emma immediately recognised the voice belonging to Sidney Glass.

"We're down here Sidney and the sheriff is injured badly."

A harness was lowered down and Regina helped Emma to fasten it once Emma was out of the mine Regina was next the mayor noticed that Emma was looking a little hurt emotionally and asked her what was wrong.

"I thought Mary Margaret would be here she was there when Henry was down there but now that I need her she's not here. I thought she cared about me?"

"Emma..."

"I shouldn't be upset. I'm used to not being cared about I mean my own parents didn't want me that's why they dumped me on the side of the road."

"Emma you know that's not true. Mary Margaret does care about you I've seen the way she looks at you when you're upset or injured she wants to protect you from all harm, she's probably really busy and doesn't even know that you were trapped down that stupid mine."

"Maybe then again maybe not."

"You're not going to believe what I say until you have proof are you?"

"You got it."

Once Emma was admitted to the hospital Regina made a call to Mary Margaret and when she told the teacher that Emma had an accident she could tell by the other woman's reaction over the phone that she was right and Mary Margaret did care for Emma within minutes Mary Margaret was at the hospital and Regina took her to Emma's room.

Upon seeing Emma's condition she was horrified for there lay Emma her arm in a sling to support her dislocated shoulder and broken clavicle her broken leg resting on a pillow, stitches holding the cut above her eye closed and her skin covered in cuts and bruises.

"Oh my gosh. Emma are you alright? Regina told me you had an accident but she didn't tell me how bad you were hurt."

Mary Margaret started fussing over Emma like a mother hen, while Emma looked at Regina with a smile on her face which told Regina that she now believed Mary Margaret cared about her.

"Miss Blanchard I think it would be best if the sheriff came and stayed with me while she heals the stairs at my home are not as steep as the ones leading up to your apartment."

"Is that alright with you Emma?"

"I guess so."

Once Emma had spent a week in hospital Regina signed her out and took her to the mayoral mansion where she got the blonde upstairs and into bed.

"The covers aren't too heavy on you leg are they?"

"No they're not."

"Right well I'll go get you something to eat."

As Regina went to leave Emma grabbed her hand which caused Regina to turn around and face her houseguest.

"Thank you Regina, for everything."

Regina's heart felt lighter for in all her life as the Evil Queen and the last 28 years as mayor she had never been thanked before.

"You're welcome dear, try to rest maybe even get some sleep I'll wake you when I bring you your lunch."

"Alright."

With that Regina left while Emma settled down under the covers within minutes she was asleep but it was not a peaceful one.

Regina was downstairs in the kitchen when Henry came home considering he had a half day of school.

"Hi mom."

"Henry be quiet Emma is here and she is upstairs sleeping."

"Why is she here and not with Mary Margaret?"

"Because she had an accident and can't get up the steep stairs to Miss Blanchard's apartment, so she's staying here until she has healed."

"Ok cool. Can I watch T.V. for a while?"

"Do you have any homework?"

"Not much."

"Do that first then you can watch some T.V."

Regina finished making lunch when a scream came from upstairs Henry was at the top before Regina even got to the foyer as soon as she was at the top Henry followed Regina into Emma's room as Regina opened the door both mother and son were met with another blood curdling scream and saw Emma in the middle of a nightmare.

Regina made her way to the thrashing blonde and gently grabbed her by her arms being careful of her injured one and softly shook her awake.

"Emma wake up dear."

Emma's eyes opened and she took in her surroundings and realised she was safe.

"Regina?"

"Are you alright now?"

"Yeah it was just a nightmare because of the accident."

Regina noticed a large scar running down the inside length of Emma's right arm.

"Emma how'd you get that scar? Did someone hurt you?"

"Nah it was nothing like that. I was working in the kitchen of a restaurant and I went to get something from the grill and I knocked over a block of knives and one sliced my arm open, it took a total of 204 stitches to close the wound."

"It was that bad?"

"Yeah it was."

"What happened after?"

"My boss decided I was an incompetent idiot so he fired me with no real reason so I sued him and won, unfortunately he wasn't going to let me get away with it so he followed me after the court case and raped me and he threatened me saying that if I went to the cops he'd make sure I regretted it."

"Did you tell the cops?"

"No I was terrified that he'd actually go through with it besides he had a wife and 4 little kids I didn't want to break their home so I kept my mouth shut."

(AN: feel free to leave a PM or review about what you want to see happen in the next chapter.