Chapter Four- Earned it.

Hey-Hey,

The rest of the days leading up to Friday morning had come and gone, like leaves in the wind. Emma had been successful at keeping her head down and not letting her father's derogatory remarks make her too upset. Honestly it wasn't even her father that got to her the most, Katherine had always been the daddy's girl out of both of them. Emma was simply the child that forced her parents to stay married longer than they wanted to be. She was used to his disdain when it came to her, so it hardly ever affected her. It was see her mother fold underneath her father's word. Ingrid had always been there for her in ways that her father wasn't. Not like it mattered anymore, she wasn't there when Emma needed her the most. She didn't stick up for Emma when she begged not to be sent away. She just took one hard look at Emma and her best friend Lily before walking away.

Her father had her bags packed that night and a driver took her away to 'camp'. The camp was actually hell on earth. They would force teenagers who identified as lesbian, gay or bisexual to interact with the opposite sex. They would make them touch each other and if they refused they had their parent's permission to try to cure them with electroshock therapy. Emma wasn't a quick study, and she had spent more time in that chair covered in her own urine then she could count. It was because of this that she couldn't look her mother in the eye. Because she wasn't there!

"Hey what's on your mind?" Katherine asked plopping herself down beside her sister who was digging her nails into her knees.

"This is a bad idea Kat. I can't go back!" Emma looked at the older blonde with glassy eyes.

"Em, what happened?" Katherine asked concerned, taking Emma's hands into her own.

"What if they found out? He doesn't care about me like he does you or Mal!" Emma ranted, the tears in her eyes refusing to fall.

"I'm not going to let that happen. Neither is Papa or Nana. They didn't even know dad had sent you away, they tore into Mom after you left." Katherine admitted.

"Nobody knew I got sent away , just like no one came for me until someone said I was cured." Emma replied bitterly, taking her hands back from her sister.

"Emma...I'm so sorry that I wasn't here for you. When I was at school I thought- I don't know what I thought but I should have tried checking up on you." Katherine's eyebrows furrowed into a grimace.

"Why did he do that to me? I know I'm not the best kid but I'm still his daughter. Hes never been a father to me." Emma ran a hand through her princess curls before there was a curt knock on her door. Phoebus came in moment's later not even waiting for a response.

"Kit-Kit, good morning. Emma"He nodded his head to the two girls sitting on the bed.

"Good morning." Katherine responded tersely , Emma opted for not saying anything.

"Do you have any plans for tonight? If not Emma, you know the rules. You are to be in by 9:30 pm, we don't need you running the risk of temptation." Phoebus didn't even realize he was glaring slightly at the girl.

"No I think that after being molested several times, I know exactly what to avoid if I want to stay on the path of righteousness!" Emma managed to chew out a response.

"Oh stop with your dramatics. Your mother and I did what we had to do, to save you from yourself and your wicked thoughts!" Phoebus pursed his lips into a thin line as he looked at his youngest.

"Maybe that should strap you to a chair and send burst of electricity through your body until you have a seizure. Maybe they should do it for hours until you defecate yourself, and they leave you sitting in your own mess. Maybe then you'll keep it in your pants, Father! Or maybe we should follow Leviticus 20:10. If a man commits adultery with another man's wife-with the wife of his neighbor- both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death!" Emma snapped, catching her father off guard. The man went pale from the accusation before he could feel his rage bubbling up.

"You shouldn't speak on what you don't know, child" His voice was like gravel, as Katherine watched on surprised that her sister said anything at all.

"Things I don't know? Since I was a child, it was shoved down my throat that you preferred your love child over me. I just had to deal with it...as a father you failed! You were supposed to protect me but you were the reason any of this happened at all! I fucking hate you! Probably just as much as you hate me!" Emma hissed watching her father blanch before his face fell.

"Unless you have plans, I expect for you to be in the house no later then 9:30." Phoebus repeated what he had said earlier, ignoring the burning sensation in his chest from Emma's words.

"She's going out with me tonight. I'll text mom about what time we will be back." Katherine interjected seeing her father's stiff nod before he left the room.

"Do you feel better?" Katherine asked her sister, who looked like she had just taken several heavy weights off her shoulder.

"A little bit, I've been wanting to say that for far too long. I just always held back." Emma shrugged sinking down.

"Look why don't we focus on tonight and you having fun. Let's find you something to wear and fix you hair up. Make you look like the princess you are." Katherine said in a slightly teasing tone causing her younger sister to glare at her. Emma's phone buzzed the classic Iphone tone, alerting them to a text message.

"Good morning Gorgeous ;)" Emma blushed reading the message.

"What does it say?" Katherine asked bouncing up and down on the bed, trying to read over Emma's shoulder. Emma taking pity on her sister, showed her the message.

"Well isn't she just a charmer." Katherine rolled her eyes.

"Oh stop. She's sweet." Emma snatched her phone back before typing out her own reply.

"Good morning :)" Emma replied back, getting a response almost immediately.

"I hope you're ready for tonight. Wear something casual that you won't mind getting a bit...dirty ;)"

"Oh you are so getting laid tonight" Katherine joked over her shoulder causing Emma to flush.

"Good lord Kat, do you have a filter? I'm pretty sure we can find and dust one off for you!" Emma slapped the older girl lightly on the arm.

"You know I'm kind of jealous. Graham hasn't even text me yet." Katherine pouted.

"Well it's his loss really. Besides you can do so much better than the scruffy sidekick." Emma snorted out her reply.

"Come on, you know he's hot." Her sister grinned.

"He has some physical appeal, other then that I would venture to say he's duller than the paint on the garage. But if simple is your type..." Emma smirked at her sister who scoffed.

"Not everyone is looking for that intellectual connection. Some of us just want to have a good time." Katherine huffed, crossing her arms.

"I think what you're looking for usually results in a pregnancy scare, and hang over and a life time of regrets. Not to mention the six month check up at a free clinic" Emma was all snark, watching her sister horrified expression. Shaking her head in an effort to stop from laughing she headed into her walk in closet pulling out a pair of gray leggings and a baby blue and white plaid shirt. She grabbed a white tank top, a white lacy thong and a matching bra before tossing them on the bed. Katherine still had her mouth wide open, looking at her sister in shock.

"I can't believe you said some shit like that to me." Katherine gasped.

"Would you rather hear it from me now, or from a nurse in two months?" Emma asked watching Katherine stick her tongue out.

"And they say I'm the child?" Emma raised an eyebrow.

"I thought you said you were taking the poor girl out to eat?" Zelena tilted her head to the side looking at her little sister.

"Yeah I said that, only to get her to agree to the date. I'm taking her to the stables." Regina snorted as she looked at her ass in her mirror. She had purposely picked out a pair of black leather trousers, knowing that riding would be the only time she could get away with wearing them without looking like a weird ass.

"Mhmm and the Yamaha FZ-09 sitting out in front of the house is for what?" Zelena cocked an eyebrow.

"Gotta pick her up in style. It's set the precedent for the whole date. Plus I look damn good on it." Regina smirked as she went to grab her black leather jacket.

"Did you tell Dad you were taking your crotch rocket out or is that going to be something else I'm going to have to keep on the D.L?" Zelena questioned.

"He knows I'm taking Chip out, I'll be back later. Don't wait up!" Regina teased causing Zelena to smack her on the ass.

"Don't be a hoe! No cookie on the first date!" Zelena called out.

They had agreed to meet up at a neutral location, hence the reason why when Regina finally rolled up to Granny's on her all black Yamaha, they were surprised when she held out a helmet for Emma.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Emma's jaw dropped when she caught sight of the most gorgeous motorcycle she had ever seen.

"Is it not up to par? I mean I still have time to head home and grab my car if you would prefer." Regina frowned, thinking her idea to have Emma ride on the motorcycle with her was a bad idea.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Emma repeated this time her tone in outrage.

"Really it's no problem..." Regina was about to start the motorcycle up again when Emma snatched the helmet.

"I've always wanted one but my mother told me no! Oh my goodness, Kat do you see it?" Emma was practically bouncing on her toes and Regina could feel herself relax slightly.

"I think your dirt bike just made her cream her panties." Katherine snorted causing both girl's to glare at her for different reasons.

"It's not a dirt bike idiot and I can assure you I didn't cream my panties like you would if a certain somebody was here." Emma said pointedly, climbing on the back of the motorcycle and wrapping her hands around Regina's waist.

"Remember to meet me back here around 10:30 ish and we will both head back to the house." Katherine warned before walking off. Regina slipped her helmet back on before making sure Emma was holding on tight. When she first took off Emma gripped at her tightly, and Regina was enjoying the feeling of the girl pressed tightly into her back. Ten minutes into the trip Emma had relaxed slightly but kept her firm grip on Regina's stomach around the leather jacket. Pulling onto the dirt road leading to her family's stables, she drove until she was almost 600 ft away, not wanting to startle the horses. Parking 'Chip' Regina slid her helmet off, noticing that Emma had yet to let go of her waist. This little fact caused her to chuckled deep from her chest. Turning around to where Emma got the hint and let her go finally, she watched as blonde curls cascaded down the girl's back in a waterfall.

"I thought you said we were going out to eat." Emma scrunched up her nose.

"Dinner at a diner for the first date is so predictable. I wanted to do something a bit more meaningful." Regina replied when her and Emma got off her bike.

"I haven't decided yet if this was a date or a get together." Emma smirked at Regina's presumptuous nature.

"What can I say, I'm optimistic." Regina grinned before taking Emma's hand into her own and leading her towards the stables.

"Optimistic or cocky? Either way it's a good look on you." Emma found it easy to flirt with the brunette, something about the others girl's presence was extremely comforting.

"I'm glad it appeals to you." Regina offered her a small smile before she began looking down at the ground.

"I like confidence, usually it's because I'm the one bumbling around. It's nice for someone else to lead for a bit until I can get my feet into the water." Emma admitted.

"How long have you know about your sexuality? I mean are you bi, gay, bi-curious?" Regina asked, needing to know the answer as much as she wanted to also.

"I'm gay. I've known since I was fourteen, my parent's found out when I was fifteen. Then they wanted to fix me." Emma answered, swallowing passed the lump in her throat.

"Fix you?" Regina raised an eyebrow.

"A camp for homosexual kids...it's effective in the way you don't even want to look at another girl or a boy without thinking you're going to be punished. A whole lot of pervs playing God if you ask me." Emma shrugged.

"I heard about that. My mother had a couple of them shut down a few years back. My parents were upset at first but then they were pretty supportive. I mean they still like to keep things behind closed doors but they wouldn't try to 'fix me'." Regina spat out the word fix like it was a disease.

"What can I say, we can't all have parents like that...why don't we talk about something else?" Emma asked uncomfortable with the conversation.

"Okay, do you ride?" Regina asked turning towards her, watching Emma's skin flush.

"Dirty dirty girl, what have I gotten myself into?" Regina smirked when she caught onto Emma's train f thought.

"Well you weren't very specific in what I am going to be riding!" Emma shot back.

"Rocinante!" Regina whistled out into the field and from her peripheral vision she could see the strong black stallion racing towards her. He slowed as he reached the field and Regina cooed at him.

"What the hell is that?" Emma yelped, jumping away from the fence.

"This is Rocinante, he's mine. I've had him since I was a little girl. Today I thought I would share something that I hold close to me. Riding is one of my favorite hobbies." Regina answered

"You expect me to get on that?" Emma gasped.

"I mean it would be nice, yes. However if you're feeling uncomfortable we can just walk the rest of the way to what I had planned." Regina frowned, and it was then Emma realized she didn't want to be the cause of it anymore.

"You're getting on with me, right?" Emma asked

"That was the plan." Regina nodded.

"Don't let me fall." Emma said seriously as Regina took her hand once more.

"I won't let anything happen, I promise. Now come on before the second part gets ruined." Regina grinned. She quickly prepared Rocinante before helping Emma up and sliding on behind her. They road at a steady pace, not too fast and not too slow and it only took about fifteen minutes before they reached a spot in the meadow that she had secured. It was right by the old barn and Emma could see some type of white cloth covering most of the side of the building. Right in front of it was a small wireless projector , a blanket and a picnic basket.

"Did you do all of this?" Emma cocked her head to the side as she looked at a blushing Regina.

"Yeah, I had a bit of help." Regina shrugged jumping off her horse and helping Emma down.

"I told my sister you were sweet." Emma shot the brunette a dimpled cheek smile causing Regina to snort.

"How'd you get on the subject of that?" Regina asked, kicking up a bit of rocks as they walked towards the blankets.

"She seems to think you're a bit of a charmer. I think you're sweet." Emma replied.

"I can assure you Miss. Midas, I am anything but sweet." Regina husked into her ear, causing Emma to shiver.

"Opinions are meant to differ." Emma tried to play it off.

"I suppose, why don't we sit?" Regina gestured to the black blanket watching Emma sink to her knees. Regina bent down to begin fiddling with the wireless monitor while Emma took the time to admire the way her ass looked pushing against her leather trousers.

"Comedy, horror, SiFi , Romance or Drama?" Regina asked over her shoulder, watching how Emma's eyes stayed glued to her assets.

"Comedy." Emma replied instantly, tearing her gaze away for a moment to pick at the grass.

"Good choice. I have Ride Along, 22 Jump Street or Heat." Regina continued to narrow down the choices.

"I haven't seen Ride Along yet, so I guess that's a good choice as any." Emma shrugged as Regina pressed several more buttons before coming to sit next to her.

"So I've seen you in sweatpants, a dress and now leather...any other styles I should be aware of?" Emma's lips quirked as she asked the question.

"I just wear what I like, I don't like conforming to one particular style. I've seen you in tights, a ridiculously expensive Swan costume and leggings. Anything I should know about?" Regina shot back.

"Like you I just go with the flow. Most of the time if it's not for dance, I just throw on whatever." Emma shrugged as Regina went to open the picnic baskets. Inside were two bottles of Glacier Freeze Gatorade, two separate containers of food that she couldn't see yet and then a decent size chocolate moose pie.

"So another thing I like to do is cook. I made us some lemon garlic grilled chicken, Italian pasta salad and some asparagus." She opened the tray and handed it to Emma who took it with a smile and a thanks.

"Are you Italian?" Emma asked cocking her head to the side.

"Sicilian and Puerto Rican. " Regina supplied before handing Emma a juice. They both began digging into their food, exchanging casual conversation when Emma asked a question she had been dying to ask.

"Why are you doing all of this? I mean telling me all of this stuff about you. Not that I mind but most people wait until a littler further on to reveal anything." Emma rambled and all Regina could do was smile at the brunette.

"I'm not normally like this. I don't take people here, or let them ride 'Chip' or Rocinante. However my father always said if you want something to last, you have to cut out all off the fake pretenses. Why would I take you out on a couple of faked dates or get together or whatever when I could just be upfront and show you that I like you and am interested in getting to know you?" Regina answered honestly

"Maybe Katherine was right, you are quite the charmer." Emma ducked her head shyly.

"I prefer charismatic" Regina grinned as they settled into the rest of their date.