So, I thought to add a little flashback from Regina's side... Hope you guys like it !
"Regina !" I was right. "What did you do ?"
"Just tell me that she's okay." I ask her, still crying.
"Are you kidding me ? You destroyed my daughter ! I knew you weren't enough for her, I knew you would eventually hurt her... And, may I be damned, I was right."
My heart breaks.
Her eyes are filled with anger and I know that she would probably kill me if she could. Luckily for me, Charming's right behind her, ready to stop her from hitting me. He's looking at me too, but I don't see anger in his eyes, I can only see disgust. He can express so many things just with his eyes and Emma can do that to... His expression, his eyes right now, make me think about an afternoon we shared together.
I have been staring at the phone for a quite long time, I think I should just grab it and dial that freaking number. I'm home alone and I still have four hours before having both Emma and Henry back home. Our lives became easier since Emma agreed to move in with us, I love having her here every single day. Before doing this, we had many problems because we could not just sleep at each other's place, even because she was still living with her parents and then we didn't know how to deal with Henry's presence.
"Oh come on, Regina." I say out loud, being home alone has this kind of perks. "Take the damn phone."
It is silly, the Evil Queen is not even able to make a phone call, even if it is basically the easiest thing in the whole world. I finally decide to grab it and dial his number. While waiting for him to pick up, I feel my body begin to shake.
"David Nolan." Well, it was about time.
"David, it's Regina, I just..."
"What happened ?" He interrupts me. "Is she okay ?"
Yes, glad to hear you too, David. He hates me, he still does... This is going to be more difficult than expected. I take a deep breath to calm myself down.
"She is fine. Don't worry. I just need to talk to you."
"When ? And about what ?" He sounds extremely annoyed and impatient.
"Sooner rather than later." I firmly answer.
He understands that this might be something serious or, at least, I hope he does. "Fine. I'll be there in a while."
He hungs up without even letting me react to what he just said. Well, I just needed him to come here, alone. Why is it so difficult to do this kind of things ? I am the Queen, this shouldn't be this hard.
When he finally rings the bell, I begin getting kind of anxious. I take a deep breath and try to look as normal as I could possibly look right now. I open the door with a big smile on my face.
"Oh well." he says. "What exactly do you need ?"
I need to keep calm, I cannot lose my temper and get angry at him for this. I know he is just teasing me, he knows that I'm kind of quick-tempered. Why is he doing this ?
"Fancy a drink ?"
"I'm good, thanks." He says, while sitting on the couch. Emma has been living here with me for about five months now, but it is the first time David actually happens to sit on that couch. He has never been here before today, he used to come here every once in a while for business, but he has never been here since Emma moved in. He starts looking at all the pictures we put on the walls and on the coffee table and then he starts staring at me.
"So, I guess you asked me to come here because you need something, don't you ?"
"I... Well, I actually need to ask you a thing."
He looks at me, curious. "What's that ?"
"I love Emma and you do know that, don't you ?" He nods. "Well, I thought about this for a while and I was sure I wanted to do this even before asking her to move in with me. I know this might even sound odd, but we are both royals and we come from a land where this happens to be normal and, even if here this is kind of outdated, I like traditions and I want you to know this, I need your blessing to do this." I take a deep breath and keep looking at him, knowing he already knows what I am going to ask him. "I want to ask her to marry me, David."
He looks at me, but doesn't answer. He grabs a picture of me and Emma from the coffee table and gives it to me. "Do you remember when I took this picture ?"
"Indeed."
"Well, that was the day I understood you were the one my daughter was going to marry. It was the day I understood I was going to hear you saying exactly what you just said. Anyways, the Queen doesn't need my blessing to marry my daughter."
"Yes, I do. I might even be the Queen, but I am nobody in front of you.
I love her and I want to take care of her for the rest of my life, because I can't feel complete if she's not around." I look at him and I suddenly know he accepts me in his family. There's something in his eyes that tells me that our past does not matter anymore and that he only cares for my future with his daughter. I wasn't expecting this kind of reaction, but I am beyond happy to know that he actually wants me to marry her.
"You have my blessing. Make her extraordinarily happy, because that's all that matters to me right now."
We both get up and I offer my hand, but he hugs me instead. "Welcome to the Charming family." He teases.
"Wait, maybe she's not even willing to marry me."
"Oh, believe me Regina. She is."
He walks away, leaving me with a huge smile on my face and my heart exploding out of joy.
"This reminds me of our past, Regina. You trying to destroy my life and my happiness, willing to ruin everybody's else's life just to separate me and David from our daughter... You didn't make it, is this some kind of revenge ? Are you trying to destroy her in order to hurt me ?"
"Are you even serious ? I am not that person anymore. I love Emma, I really do and you both know that I do. I hate myself for what I did to her, I didn't mean to hurt her... It just... It happened and there's no going back. Your daughter is the person I have been looking for my whole life, she is the true love of my life and nobody will ever change this. We're meant to be together and I'd do anything in my power to go back in time and stop myself.."
"What the hell did you do ?" She asks, angrily.
"That's none of your business, Mary Margaret."
"My daughter's my business !" She slaps me. "You're lucky she made me leave my freaking bow at home."