Disclaimer: I don't own the show or any of its characters.
Pairings: Emma/Regina
Title: The Other Side
Chapter Four: Until Tomorrow
Regina is right about one thing, when people look at her they don't see Regina, they see the Evil Queen and that is not something that's going to change quickly. She ruined some many lives, so many happy endings were destroyed all because she wanted revenge. And now her happy ending is being kept from her, because she doesn't believe that people will be able to get past her being the Evil Queen. I know she thinks she's keeping me safe by keeping us apart, but I don't think that's going to work. Love isn't something people can control, you can't help who you fall for, cause trust me if I could have helped myself I wouldn't have fell for Henry's adoptive mother, the Evil Queen, the worse enemy of my mother Snow White, really Emma what were you thinking.
C'mon, now is not the time to be thinking about Regina, we have more pressing matters here in Storybrooke. Zelena, the wicked witch. We haven't been able to locate her, I mean we know she's at the farm house but every time we go there she's gone and so is Mr. Gold. Regina thinks she's spelled the house so that even if she was there when we showed up we wouldn't be able to see her. Either way, we need to find her; we need to know what she's playing on doing with Mr. Gold, David courage, and Regina's heart.
No one ever realize how fast it can happen, how little it actually takes for someone to fall in love without someone else. It could be just a look, a simply "hello" or even just the smallest of touches, like a handshake. For me, all it took was a look. When your brown eyes meet mine it was instantaneous. I felt something that I hadn't felt in a long time, and it was something I didn't think I'd feel again. I loved Neil more than I had intended upon first meeting him, but it was something real, and then it was gone. But when I met Regina, there was something there, something I couldn't quiet put my finger on, and I know she felt it too, it's why most of the time we couldn't stand to be around one another. I do believe what I have with her is real, even if we never get to experience it. Because that's another thing about true love, it's a feeling that you get when you're around that person, a warmth washes over you and it calms you. And Regina is that person for me. No matter how mad I am, or how angry I am becoming, whenever Regina is around that anger disappears.
"We know what she's up too!" Mary Margaret comes up to my desk smiling. I must have really be out of it, I didn't even hear them enter. Standing behind her is David, Belle and Regina. Regina looks stunning, and when our eyes meet that warmth washes over me again and I can't help but smile. But I make sure the smile is directed at Mary Margaret so that no one asks any questions, I mean after all Regina and I are supposed to hate one another. "She wants to go back in time," she finally says.
Whoa, wait. "Is that even possible?" I ask looking at Regina, warmthness being replaced with fear. I mean if we go back in time there is a possibility that Regina might not be born, and that I too might not be born, thus Henry never being born.
"It is," Regina says calmly looking down at her hands, she too knowing what might happen if Zelena succeeds. "Many have tried, although it goes against everything, but no one has ever been able to succeed, no one really knows the exact ingredients it would take to evoke that kind of power." She says looking around the group. "Until now that is."
"She has Regina's heart, David's courage, Rumples brain," Belle says pausing as she looks at me and then at Mary Margaret. "All she is waiting for is…is…"
"My baby?" Mary Margaret says, everything dawning on her at last. Clearly no one had told her about that part because I'm guess if she knew she wouldn't have been so excited.
"This explains why she was so eager to help you with your pregnancy." I say standing up. "There is one good thing about this," I say coming around the desk and standing between Mary Margaret and Regina. "The pregnancy gives us some time."
"Yeah," she says. "Not much."
…
That night when darkness came I wasn't surprised when I found myself on her doorstep. Night before I used to wonder how I found myself here, how I would mindlessly wonder and find myself on her doorstep, knocking, and silently hoping that she won't turn me away, which she hasn't done yet. I honestly don't know what I would do if she shut her door in my face, if she turned me away and told me I needed to find someone else to comfort me, because the truth be told I don't think anyone else could possibly make me feel the way she makes me feel.
This time I didn't have time to knock; the door was opening before I had a chance to even knock. She was holding out a drink for me as soon as she opened the door, I smiled took the glass and entered her house. I follow her into the kitchen where I can smell whatever she is cooking, and it smells amazing, how knew…Regina the chef. "I made enough if you'd like some," she says as if she could read my mind.
I just smiled. And before I could say anything else she set a plate in front of me. It looks as amazing as it smells. "How are we going to do this?" I ask as she takes a seat across for me with her own plate. I poke at the meat before looking up at her. "How are we going to beat her?" I ask and she sets her fork down, looking up at me.
"There is always a way," she pauses picking up her fork once again. "That's what your mother says all the time," she says when I don't respond. "I'm just trying to cheer you up," she comments looking up at me. "Listen Emma, I don't know what's going to happen," she sets her fork down again before looking up at me. "I'm just trying to live in the now, enjoying my time with Henry…and you."
I can't help the smile that crosses my face. I look up when I hear her chair moving and I watch as she walks over to me. She reaches up and brushes the hair from my face; I rest my hand on her waist looking into her eyes. For the first time, I see something in her eyes that I have never seen before, I want to call it love but I know it's not that, at least not yet. It's almost like need, not a sexual need, but just a need for human contact, not just human contact, but my contact. She places a soft kiss on my forehead, reaches down and takes a hold of my hand, I silent follower her and she leads me up the stairs.
I climb onto the bed that I've become so accustomed to falling asleep in and when Regina climbs in beside me, I wrap my arms around me, bringing her body closer to mine. "Regina…"
"Can we just save this conversation for tomorrow, Emma?" She says taking a hold of my hand once again before intertwining our fingers. "I just want to live in this moment." I do as she asks and I hold her body tightly against mine and for the first time tonight I'm glad Henry decided to stay with Mary Margaret and David because Regina and I, need this moment.
